Antioch man’s death being investigated as a homicide
ANTIOCH — A man’s death earlier this week in Antioch is being investigated as a homicide, according to authorities.
Officers were initially called to the 2200 block of Country Hills Drive around 7:20 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a man down on the sidewalk possibly in need of medical attention.
The man was dead when officers arrived. Police identified him as 48-year-old Antioch resident Raheem Coe.
“After an autopsy and further investigation, the death has been determined to be a homicide,” Antioch police Lt. Desmond Bittner said in a news release Friday night.
Coe frequented the area where he was discovered, according to Bittner.
Additional details about the case, including how Coe died, were not immediately available.
Anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective John Cox at 925-481-8147 or jcox@antiochca.gov.
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