A man was found dead near Paddock Bowl on Pacheco Blvd. in Pacheco this afternoon.
The incident, which we’re hearing could be a stabbing, occurred around 12:14 p.m.
The Sheriff’s Office has the area blocked off while they investigate, so use caution if you’re in the area.
Customers at Wendy’s, which is located next door to Paddock Bowl, are being held in the parking lot.
UPDATE: A Concord Police K9 is on its way to the scene to assist with the search for a possible suspect. A blood trail was found near the victim.
photo credit: Craig Cannon – for use only on Claycord.com
Dose any one know who it was
Sketchy location completely overrun with homelessness. The 7-Eleven parking lot across the street is the worst.
The 7-11 needs to be pressure washed off the face of the earth, I have to use hand sanitizer just to use the hand sanitizer afterwards
Pacheco Blvd. northbound is completely closed at Wendy’s and traffic is a mess. Definitely avoid the area if at all possible.
Any idea on the suspects? A description would be nice. We’re local and we have our doors locked.
Locking yourself in your home is completely unnecessary
How would you know, Josh? Are you the perpetrator and is this your way of gloating?
@Googlar: I think Josh is correct. Locking yourself in is a bit paranoid. No one is going to break into your house.
Somebody needs to learn about how to survive like the city folk, without finding out the hard way! People on the run from the cops (or not) DO sometimes come into stranger’s homes through unlocked doors. I know what I’m talking about. The chances of it being YOUR door may be slim, but why risk it?
Wow, being held at Wendy’s… what nightmares are made of.
Man, these guns are getting dangerous
Omg, the gun stabbed somebody?!?
It was a stabbing!
According to neighbors, who saw the incident, there was a disagreement between two homeless men behind the 7-11 by the creek. One stabbed the other in the chest (apparently more than once) and he ran across the street and collapsed in front the bar door at Paddock Bowl.
From the looks of the scene, the victim was probably attacked behind the Casino on the creek bank or in the parking lot and wandered to the location he was found.
The Bay Area has become an absolute crime ridden sewer. I have zero hope that it’s ever going to get better, been watching it go downhill for the last thirty plus years. People want to think the homeless are just down on their luck, but there are plenty of them who are out of their minds and dangerous. How many are armed with weapons of one kind or another. I can’t wait until the day I can leave this lawless state.
MOST of the homeless are not just down on their luck. That myth is just that: a myth. People want to feel good helping people that need it. So they lie to themselves and pretend that these people are going to go use that money on food and toiletries. The people actually down on their luck are not running around on street corners or begging for money on the side of the road.
So to you the ones who are living off their family’s and friends are the ones down on their luck because they are not out running on the streets totally homeless but living off of others? Seems to be they are the lucky ones and the ones on the streets are the ones with no support or family at all. Though I will admit many are there from doing drugs and mental illness but Oh, please lets get real a lot just never had family, friends or any real support. Real privilege is people that did and the nepotism they benefited from it though most want to lie to themselves and pretend they did not.
I hear that I can’t wait to leave this state myself. I’ve lived here most of my life and it is so going down hill I can’t stand living here
Oh Please is privledged and ignorance
@Oh, please:
“The people actually down on their luck are not running around on street corners or begging for money on the side of the road.”
That may be true, but those people just down on their luck do actually comprise the vast majority of homeless. You only hear of the bad apples like those involved in the stabbing.
Has anyone, family, of the victim been contacted? There is a senior league that bowls at 1pm. League participants may have been at Paddock already 🙁
Thank you 🙁
betting it was transients. saw 3 or 4 homeless outside there last night, 2 girls and a guy. seemed super sketchy. poor dog the girl was holding looked terrified
Was it a dark tan skin lady with light Afro hair? If so it’d be good if someone gets animal abuse help
This is part of the “new normal” for California. It’s disgusting.
Scary. I grew up walking along that creek to Valley View and College Park.
Valley View Casino?? That’s near San Diego.
Valley View middle school
🙄
You eye roll was uncalled for. I am not familiar with most of the schools in the area since I do not have kids. When people say “Valley View”, to me that means the casino.
LoL!
When perpetrator is apprehended would not be at all surprised if person is known to law enforcement from many previous incidents. Criminals really have to work at it to be charged with a Felony in this state since prison emptying and Prop 47 raising dollar limit to be charged with a felony.
Hear, hear.
Stabbing is a felony…..its almost like criminals do not care whether or not a crime is a felony. They still commit the crime. Connecting this event to Prop 47 is such a lame attempt at political masturbation. Get help.
This is what happens when you close down all of the mental institutions and let the mentally ill roam the streets homeless. They don’t get the help they need, and they end up co-mingling then this kind of thing happens.
No, this is what happens when people do not have to take responsibility for themselves. They know the state will keep paying them so they can get their drugs.
Oh Please, Im sure you have statsticial evidence to back up your claim or is your post the most recent example of privledged people talking out of their ass?
hey, btw, my brother wasn’t homeless…
before you speak on a situation, know the facts.
@Josh – Locking the doors/windows is a very good idea if you are in the immediate area. At present it’s reported that there is one stabbing victim and it’s not being called a suicide. The location of the suspect is unknown. As they have called a K9 unit it appears there was at least one witness that claims the suspect walked or ran off. Had the suspect left in a vehicle or by bicycle they would not call for a K9.
Thus it’s reasonable to assume suspect is on foot in the area and with all of the police attention would be looking for a place where they can disappear until the cops give up. You may chose to leave your residence unlocked. I can imagine the chatter on Claycord should the suspect then be found in your home.
This is what happens when you allow the mentally ill to forgo taking their medication!
…& comments like that happen when people who know nothing about anything decide to speak up…
Be careful California, next up, the morons in Sacramento will try to start background checks for knife purchases.
Conflating a knife with a gun is a fallacy of the utmost proportions. Thank you mouth breather.
@DUH,
If you think Tsa’s statement is a fallacy, just look at England. They banned guns, so people started stabbing each other instead. Last I heard, they were proposing or already had gun-type controls on knives (banning pointy knives, prohibiting mail-order sales, restricting transportation, etc.) This will continue as long as people insist on blaming inanimate objects for the actions of humans.
Not everyone who is homeless is a drug addict or mentally ill or a criminal. The cost of housing in the bay area is absolutely RIDICULOUS and if it weren’t for family then I’d probably be homeless too. And I’m a nursing student. Minimum wage plus cost of living in bay area = YAH RIGHT! And even if they were drug addicts so what…..you dont think they have families? Who care about them? Sure, maybe being in that situation comes with risks but nobody should be looked down on or mocked for their unfortunate situation. Like they deserved it or something.
MOST of the homeless are not just down on their luck. That myth is just that: a myth. People want to feel good helping people that need it. So they lie to themselves and pretend that these people are going to go use that money on food and toiletries. The people actually down on their luck are not running around on street corners or begging for money on the side of the road. They are certainly not stabbing each other and mumbling to themselves because their minds are too far gone form the years of drugs they chose to use. They are NOT in an “unfortunate” situation. They chose this life. It is too bad we all have to suffer due to their poor choices.
that’s neat and all,but most homeless have had plenty of chances and family to get off the streets but they want to be there.Any money they have goes to their habits,and paying rent is a waste of good money to them when they can just sleep anywhere.In that area its chronic homeless that will most likely live that way for the rest of their life.Reality.Nobody holds a sign anymore that say”will work for money” cause too many people started offering them work and they wouldnt show up,so now it”Im homeless,please help (me get my next bottle’)
Agreed. I was homeless living in my car here for two years due to housing costs. I was certainly not an addict or mentally ill. I have a college degree and went to graduate school too. I had an income, showered everyday, dressed normally, washed my clothes at a laundromat, and looked normal. I still had my doctors, phone, bank accounts, laptop/scanner/printer, AAA, Costco membership, and webhosting account; and did normal things, but I just didn’t have a place to live.
Marie, I was a police officer for 28 years in Central Contra Costa County in a city that borders this area.
I can tell you from personal experience that the number of homeless I had contact with who were simply down on their luck pales in comparison to those who have mental health problems and are self-medicating with alcohol, heroin, methadone, methamphetamines or all three. The numbers are not even close in comparison.
Yes, some of these people do have family and most whom I have contacted, when they would talk to me or call me back, have helped their loved ones to the point of compassion fatigue. No matter what they do, there is no behavior modifications on the part of their loved ones. Most refuse to take them back into their homes because they have done so in the past and it did not work. When rules are enforced the loved one leave after stealing whatever they can carry to sell for more drugs. It is a cycle they refuse to repeat.
Deserves and the minimum wage for the vast majority isn’t their problem.
Your right most people can’t afford housing I know if it also weren’t for family leaving me their house I would either be homeless or definitely in a different state because unless you make over a hundred grand a year you can’t afford to live in the state of California.i have a few homeless friends and they have a job and go to work 40 hours a week and still can’t afford housing. So what the f does that tell you.
@Carnac the Magnificent:
Unfortunately, your logic is flawed. You were not likely to encounter a regular homeless person who was just down on their luck. I was one of those, and did not have police contact because I appeared normal. The vast majority of homeless people are not the bums like you encountered, but regular homeless just down on their luck that people do not see.
For the same reason, police say eBay is a bad place to buy because they only get the reports of people who have been burned there. But those people make up a very small percentage of the people who successfully use eBay, You don’t hear from those people.
@Oh, please:
“MOST of the homeless are not just down on their luck. […] The people actually down on their luck are not running around on street corners or begging for money on the side of the road. They are certainly not stabbing each other and mumbling to themselves because their minds are too far gone form the years of drugs they chose to use. They are NOT in an “unfortunate” situation. They chose this life. It is too bad we all have to suffer due to their poor choices.”
Unfortunately, you are wrong. You are right in that the people who are down on their luck do not do this. You never hear from them because they are normal, just homeless. They comprise the vast majority of the homeless people. That is the part where you were wrong. These people who purposely lead a homeless lifestyle and stab each other are bums, but are not the majority of homeless.
@ concord ygnacio
Why exactly do feel the need to call them “bums”. Homelessness is still homelessness regardless of the reason why.
Whereas it is true that I came across fewer people living in cars than I did people living literally under an overcrossing, I did, in fact, contact them because they have to park somewhere. So long as no law was broken our contact was minimal which might be as little as me watching them sleeping in their car in the middle of the night. You might have thought of yourself as being invisible but a good beat cop knows their beat.
It didn’t matter to me how they ended up homeless and I didn’t differentiate or categorize them as you do. If I could help I would. If they broke the law I arrested them.
That still doesn’t change the fact of my experience in dealing with the homeless and I do stand by my 28 years of actual experience.
@ concord ygnacio
I get it now facepalm.
You want to categorize and differentiate the homeless. The police and I imagine the general public call everyone that doesn’t live in a dwelling homeless.
You want to differentiate. You might have been homeless but you, to use your vernacular, were not a “bum”. For you, the reason why is an extenuating circumstance.
Okay, if you want to use your definition of homelessness I have no disagreement with your opinion. If you use the common definition you should have no disagreement with my opinion.
Is the Gambling Hall still open?
What gambling hall? If you mean casino, yes, it is still open. Casinos are good places. Most people go to them for the buffet or their various restaurants or conventions. Most people who go there are senior citizens.
@CY ~ They have conventions in Pacheco?
That’s news to me. When I went to California Grand Casino (once) it was mostly Asian/Oriental folks and a few oldsters… but it sounds like you go there alot & know much more about it.
It’s not a “true” casino. It’s a card room. No slot machines. Not even sure there’s a buffet.
Honestly marie said some of it but really all you people on here bashing all homeless, transients, money beggars, mentally ill people etc. Sitting in your nice a/c homes on your laptops sipping your soy lattes are all finger pointers. As if any of you are any better then the next. You all need a reality check, yeah its ur opinion thats fine. But not all “homeless” people run around on drugs stabbing people. Some still have morals, some better then some of you sitting home with your doors locked. A dispute between those two people has nothing to do with any of you and no one will be running up in anyones home because of what has happened. Its an isolated incident which will soon be delt with by police as they know who did it n will handle it accordingly. But you all can bash me and anything I have said but in the end reread all of the comments on this post yours and others n tryn see what you say from anothers perspective. Till you have lived in that situation you shouldnt speak on it or anyone still in it. Fortunately I made it out with hard work sobriety and morals. But the last thing I would ever do is hide behind a screen name while pointing fingers. There are specific reasons for each and every homeless person with their own story some bs some not. I suggest maybe take a second, stop n talk to one of them someday maybe becoming closer in the community will lift everyone up instead of further secluding everyone. Maybe im wrong but nothing will ever change if it continues this way
But the last thing I would ever do is hide behind a screen name while pointing fingers.
That’s exactly what you just did.
Ive been homeless before when I lived in so-cal in the 80’s and it was to save money for a place while I camped out in my VW camper.During the period during parts of 1990 and 1991,the other homeless I met,were all older drug addicts,and within the time I was homeless,every single one of then died or went to prison.Everyone of them.I never wanted to be homeless again because the next step is death if youre not able to improve yourself.And of those homeless I knew,one stabbed the other,he died,and the other went to prison,and all the others died of heroin overdoses.The news of death always spread vey quickly among the street people,There was no helping those people,they didn’t want it.they just wanted to play and get high,and eat out of del tacp dumpsters which there is several in every city in Orange country.All they care about is keeping their mind happy,and they have abandon all shame.
We need to stop using the term homeless;
There are a lot of perfectly respectable houseless people who are just living a different lifestyle and there are Bums.
These are Bums and someone should chase them all out of here. This isnt San Francisco.
@WC Resident: Spot on! Yes, you should lock your doors after this type of incident occurs. Not to mention all the important things YOU pointed out, but it was also reported that there was a blood trail leaving the victim! That means the perp is still out there with his knife and tons of evidence, and maybe in the mood to take someone hostage instead of going to jail if confronted by the police. This is dangerous business, no matter how you look at it. If he’s not caught yet, keep your doors locked and be extra vigilant and aware of your surroundings!
Taking someone hostage is the stuff of fantasy and made-for-TV movies. I choose not to live my life in fear.
What a bunch of online know-it-alls. You’ve got no details but you all speculate it was mentally ill drug addicts killing each other.
I’ll bet they were just a couple of typical Bums probably fighting over some missing booze or a woman…. but how the hell would I know?
Thank you!
@Dr. Jellyfinger:
“What a bunch of online know-it-alls. You’ve got no details but you all speculate”
As you have just done.
@ concord ygnacio ~ Did you not read the last line of my post?
“but how the hell would I know?”
You missed my point entirely.
With very few facts, all the people posting here have determined the crime was committed by homeless drug addicts & are now in heated debate about homelessness, it’s cause and effect etc. and so many experts on the subject (YOU in particular).
You’ll all look pretty silly if it turns out turns out that the killer isn’t a homeless drug addict.
to the people hotly defending the crazies who hang out behind the 7/11, you are a good example of why the problem will never be solved. Be sure to give them all at least twenty bucks every time you see them, that will help.
Giving $20 might now work, but long time investment and institutional planning through policy might work. That would take an enlightened group of voters dedicated to long term outcomes and not easily distracted by singular events. If this comment section is any indication of the voters, we are screwed.
WC Resident is exactly correct, “Locking the doors/windows is a very good idea if you are in the immediate area.” It is called shelter in place. Keeps you safe from a criminal who might still be in the area AND helps law enforcement clearing the area during a search. Last thing they need is having to deal with a bunch of lookie loos slowing them down.
That’s right, people who are just “down on their luck” and are clean from drugs/alcohol and mental illnesses…
Because sober and sane folks regularly stab one another in the streets.
The level of delusion in these threads is hilarious.
“Because sober and sane folks regularly stab one another in the streets.”
You make no sense. No one here ever said that or those involved in the stabbing were just down on their luck. What people have said are that most homeless are just down on their luck and are not mentally ill or addicts. Most want to work or already do work or are too disabled or elderly to work.
Keeping your doors locked is common sense regardless of where you live, or whether or not someone is on the run. I wouldn’t shelter in place unless I heard from law enforcement to do so. I’m cautious, but not paranoid. There’s a difference.
Just found out this was one of my old friends who got
Stabbed… damn life’s a trip..
How would you know if police haven;t released the name yet?
Who if you dont mind me asking
@ eastbaysadness : hey! thanks for commenting. im his sister. if you can find a way to reach out to either me or my sister, we would really appreciate it. thank you and hope youre doing well.
This is the type of stuff going on down there, this was a few months ago, I filmed this
https://youtu.be/J938bNRNtrY
What’s an arpicade?
The suspect was seen in his car on Mendocino Ave in Concord. He ran from the Police on foot. They called in air support to help locate him. No updates yet
EastBaySadness, Sorry about the loss of your friend.
The homeless population is a mixture of drug, mental health and financial difficulties, some may be helped, others never will be.
Meanwhile……108RS is 10-8
You coming Carnac?
The suspect was arrested and charged with murder sometime last night. His name is Aaron Goode. He did not own a vehicle so im not sure what that comment above meant. I do know the name of the victim but i hesitate to release it because i am anaware of his family situation or whether they have been notified. What i do know is that he had some kind of social, mental or intellectual challenges, possibly on the autism spectrum, or something else like that. Yes, suspect and victim knew eachother and yes they were both experiencing homelessness. But the crime had nothing to do with homelessness or drugs. Goode has previous violent charges and was known to be unpredictable. In other words, most of us were not surprised to hear that he had stabbed and killed someone. Rest In Peace, to his victim.
@know-it-all May I ask your name ? I am one of Ericks sisters.
I do want to correct you in that Erick was not homeless. My mother and father provided him w a home of which he lived.
I live in this neighborhood, too. I see a lot of what you guys are talking about. The situation is so bad especially around the7-11. It’s so bad – 9 times out of 10 – i won’t stop & get anything there. I go over to Valero. They do not let them hang out over there. One time there was a man with a little dog stranding away from the door. He was asking for a blanket or something to be warm. I told the guy inside & he told the man to move on. I felt terrible, he wasn’t asking for booze money or whatever. I drove home and got my sleeping bag that was just sitting on a shelf waiting for a camping trip & I took it back to him. I told him I was giving him the sleeping bag because of the dog.He was grateful as could be. I’ve never seen him again. Another time I was picking up some food at Los Panchos. There was a very dirty, very unhappy man. I asked them to make me another burrito. I took it out to the man & gave it to him, he rolled his eyes and begrudgingly said thanks. I wanted to grab it back. Most of the time you will see the same bunch waiting for some kind of ” connection”. I think 7-11 should tell them to get away from the store. And give that whole parking lot & the sidewalk in front of the store a good hose down with a fire hose to remove all the disgusting crap on the ground. It will only get worse unless we say enough. You have to wonder why is this area the hang out for them, why not some other place?
@Chicken Little. Guns are not banned in Britain (note, Britain, not England). They are just well regulated. Stabbing do seem to have increased a lot recently, but there is no correlation between the gun laws and recent rise in stabbings, as the gun laws have been in place for many, many years and the spate of stabbings is a recent statistic, i.e. guns were not banned one day, and knife attacks went up the next.