Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe said the city needs law enforcement help, even suggesting the National Guard or a curfew as possible solutions to stop a recent spate of at least a dozen gang-related shootings in the Sycamore Drive and Cavallo Road areas.
At least four people have been wounded since 21-year-old Elijah Scales was fatally shot on Sept. 2 in the 2100 block of Peppertree Way.
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