Kenneth Wayne Cooper Jr., 23, of Pittsburg, California, was killed in a shootout on July 8, 2014, in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Delta Fair Boulevard in Antioch. The shooting occurred during an attempted robbery: two Antioch residents, Gary Bryant Jr. and Diallo Jackson, allegedly approached a car where Cooper and friends were sitting and a confrontation escalated to gunfire. Cooper was fatally wounded after exchanging gunfire with Bryant; Bryant was found near the scene with a gunshot wound and at first claimed his injury was from an unrelated incident.

Investigators linked Bryant and Jackson to an East Contra Costa gang with ties to Pittsburg’s El Pueblo neighborhood, and gang activity was described as a factor in the violence. Bryant and Jackson were convicted of murder and related charges following the 2017 trial.

If anyone knew Kenneth, witnessed the July 8, 2014 confrontation, or has information about the gang activity that led to this shooting, please come forward.