Man Accused Of Firing Gun, Leading Concord Police On Chase

CONCORD, CA — A 31-year-old man arrested Tuesday after leading police on a 1.6-mile pursuit after allegedly firing a gun in a Concord backyard has been charged with negligent discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, and resisting arrest, Concord police said Saturday.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office on Friday filed the charges against Kentreal Julius Irving, who had had recent addresses in Richmond and Sacramento. Irving remained in the Martinez Detention Facility Saturday night in lieu of a $50,000 bond.

Concord police were called Tuesday to the 3500 block of Concord Boulevard, near Farm Bureau Road, on reports of someone discharging a firearm in a back yard. When officers arrived, the man later identified as Irving fled by jumping neighborhood fences.

Police tracked the suspect with the help of several area residents who called 911 to report a man running through their yards, and help from a California Highway Patrol helicopter. After a 49-minute, 1.6-mile pursuit, police arrested Irving near Chestnut Avenue and Emma Court, about a half mile away from where he had first been seen, police said.

Officers found a loaded gun and several shell casings near where they first spotted Irving, police said.

Police referred the case to the district attorney's office on Thursday.

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