Omar Gonzalez was 40 when he was shot and killed in Concord in the early hours of April 14, 2025. Officers near Monument Boulevard heard gunfire around 3 a.m. and found Gonzalez on the ground near Monument Boulevard and Reganti Drive; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say he was not the intended target.

Reports describe a prior dispute in a parking lot on Monument Boulevard between a man and a group of people. That man, identified as 27-year-old Chance Martin of Pittsburg, reportedly drove away and then returned, firing multiple shots from his vehicle toward the group. One of those bullets struck Gonzalez.

Gonzalez was well known in Concord as a devoted father, husband and mechanic and as a former youth baseball coach for the Concord Junior Giants from 2016 to 2021. Family and community members remembered him as kind-hearted and involved. Concord police arrested the identified suspect two days after the shooting and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office initially charged him with murder.

If anyone knew Gonzalez, was in that area that night, or has information about the dispute in the parking lot, please come forward.