Police officer survives after pursuit of stolen vehicle results in gunfire

Someone in a stolen car shot at a police officer chasing the vehicle on Sunday night, police said Monday.

The officer was not injured but some of the “several rounds” fired struck the patrol car, according to Antioch police Lt. Rick Martin.

It all started about 10:25 p.m. when police responded to Lone Tree Way and Deer Valley Road, where a vehicle reported stolen out of San Francisco was spotted, Martin said. After the officer pulled behind the suspect vehicle, the driver took off and a police pursuit ensued.

Somebody in the stolen vehicle then fired shots at the officer, and more than one bullet hit the patrol car, Martin said.

The pursuit continued into Brentwood after the driver of the vehicle got onto Highway 4 at Jeffrey Way in Antioch. Martin said the officers lost sight of the vehicle in the area of Golf Course Road and Cache Peak Drive. It was later found abandoned near the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center on Deer Valley Road.

Martin said police then returned to the original scene at Lone Tree Way and Deer Valley Road to look for evidence. There, officers saw a vehicle reported stolen out of Concord driving without headlights on. Antioch and Brentwood police pursued that car, and its occupants ran away after abandoning it in the area of Lone Tree Way and Heidorn Ranch Road.

Police found a rifle and shell casings at that scene but did not find the suspects despite surrounding the area, Martin said.

Pittsburg police also provided assistance during the incidents.

Police continued to search for the suspects Monday and Martin urged anyone with information to call him at 925-779-6972 or the department at 925778-2441.