Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff WriterSaturday, January 30, 2010
Police have arrested a suspect in the Antioch slaying of a man who was shot after he refused to give a cigarette to the alleged killer's friend, investigators said Friday.
Clarence Johnson Jr., 21, was arrested Thursday night at a home in Oakland in the shooting death of 32-year-old Howard Brooks Jr. of Antioch, said police Lt. Leonard Orman.
The chain of events that led to the shooting started about 8 p.m. Sunday when Johnson's friend asked Brooks for a cigarette outside a market on West 10th Street in Antioch, Orman said.
Brooks refused to give him one, police said. About 15 minutes later, the men ran across one another on the 900 block of K Street near the Contra Costa County fairgrounds.
Words were exchanged, and Johnson shot Brooks three times, Orman said. Brooks was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Johnson is being held without bail at Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez.
From: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/30/BAU21BPKCG.DTL
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