PITTSBURG — A man is in stable condition after being struck repeatedly with a sledgehammer Thursday in the culmination of a series of brawls he may have helped instigate, authorities said.
Meanwhile, police are looking for three men they believe carried out the attack and were involved in two previous clashes with the victim — a 26-year-old Pittsburg resident — earlier in the day, said Pittsburg police Lt. Brian Addington.
The fights began around 3 a.m. in Bay Point, when the Pittsburg man was at a home near Water Street and Alves Lane and got into a dispute with people inside, said Contra Costa County sheriff's Lt. Jim Mahoney.
The occupants made the man leave, and in retaliation, he began slashing the tires of a vehicle in the driveway, Mahoney said. When the group inside saw this, they came outside and began brawling with the man, resulting in a 21-year-old Pittsburg woman being cut.
The woman's injuries, which were reported by staff at John Muir Medical Center in Concord, brought the fight to the attention of the sheriff's office, Mahoney said.
Two men involved in the house fight caught up with the Pittsburg man near Willow Pass Road and Ambrose Avenue around 5:15 a.m. and beat him again before fleeing, Mahoney said. Several hours later, the Pittsburg man was in front of a home in the 200 block of West Santa Fe Avenue when he was confronted by two of the men who had fought him at the intersection, with a
third man in tow, Addington said.
That led to a third fight, about 12:45 p.m., during which the Pittsburg man was struck multiple times in the body and head with a sledgehammer, Addington said.
Authorities were unsure whether assailants were fans of comedian Gallagher
Meanwhile, police are looking for three men they believe carried out the attack and were involved in two previous clashes with the victim — a 26-year-old Pittsburg resident — earlier in the day, said Pittsburg police Lt. Brian Addington.
The fights began around 3 a.m. in Bay Point, when the Pittsburg man was at a home near Water Street and Alves Lane and got into a dispute with people inside, said Contra Costa County sheriff's Lt. Jim Mahoney.
The occupants made the man leave, and in retaliation, he began slashing the tires of a vehicle in the driveway, Mahoney said. When the group inside saw this, they came outside and began brawling with the man, resulting in a 21-year-old Pittsburg woman being cut.
The woman's injuries, which were reported by staff at John Muir Medical Center in Concord, brought the fight to the attention of the sheriff's office, Mahoney said.
Two men involved in the house fight caught up with the Pittsburg man near Willow Pass Road and Ambrose Avenue around 5:15 a.m. and beat him again before fleeing, Mahoney said. Several hours later, the Pittsburg man was in front of a home in the 200 block of West Santa Fe Avenue when he was confronted by two of the men who had fought him at the intersection, with a
third man in tow, Addington said.
That led to a third fight, about 12:45 p.m., during which the Pittsburg man was struck multiple times in the body and head with a sledgehammer, Addington said.
Authorities were unsure whether assailants were fans of comedian Gallagher
