MARTINEZ, California — California Highway Patrol officers arrested a 33-year-old Antioch man before dawn on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, ending a night that began with a driver shot on Highway 4 in Concord and continued with a second freeway shooting in Oakland, the CHP said. The suspect, David Milburn, was taken into custody at about 1:35 a.m. in Solano County after a short pursuit on Interstate 80, during which officers say he threw a semiautomatic pistol and two high-capacity magazines from his car. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Martinez Detention Facility.
Milburn was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, shooting at a vehicle, and multiple counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and of ammunition, according to the CHP. Those are allegations: the CHP has announced no motive, has not said whether Milburn knew either driver, and he is presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the charges in court. The East Bay Times reported the arrest and the CHP's account on Wednesday.
The first shooting: Highway 4 in Concord
The CHP alleges that Milburn, driving a white Chrysler Crossfire, shot a man who was driving westbound on Highway 4 near Willow Pass Road in Concord at 8:07 p.m. on Tuesday. The man was hospitalized; the CHP has not released his condition or identity. Highway 4 is the main east–west corridor through central Contra Costa County, carrying commuters between Antioch, Pittsburg and Concord and freight traffic moving between the Central Valley and the Bay Area.
The second shooting: Highway 24 in Oakland
About four and three-quarter hours later, at about 12:52 a.m. on Wednesday, a second driver was shot at on eastbound Highway 24 near Highway 13 in Oakland, the CHP said. The car was hit by the gunfire, but the man driving it was not injured. Highway 24 is the commuter artery through the Caldecott Tunnel corridor between Oakland and Walnut Creek. Investigators linked the Oakland shooting to the same white Chrysler Crossfire seen in Concord.
The arrest on Interstate 80
At about 1:35 a.m., CHP officers spotted the Chrysler travelling eastbound on Interstate 80 near Midway Road, on the border between Vacaville and Dixon in Solano County. Milburn initially refused to stop, the CHP said, but was arrested without incident after a short vehicle pursuit. During the chase, officers saw him throw a semiautomatic pistol and two high-capacity magazines from the vehicle; both were recovered, according to the CHP. A CHP photograph released with the announcement shows the handcuffed suspect beside a patrol car with two officers.
How detectives linked three incidents in one night
Detectives from the CHP Golden Gate Division's Special Investigations Unit linked the Concord shooting, the Oakland shooting and the I-80 arrest to one suspect with help from the patrol's Traffic Management Center and Communications Center and from Flock Safety freeway camera data, the CHP said. Flock cameras — automated plate-reading cameras installed on Bay Area freeways and surface streets in recent years — let investigators reconstruct a suspect vehicle's movements across county lines, which is how a case that began in Contra Costa County could be closed in Solano County within about five and a half hours of the first shot.
“Swift work by CHP personnel across the Bay Area directly led to the apprehension of another dangerous criminal who chose to endanger the general public with his reckless and careless behavior,” CHP Golden Gate Division Chief Don Goodbrand said. “From officers in the field to detectives and dispatchers, incredible teamwork is the key to successful outcomes in these investigations, and I applaud all of them for their hard work.”
Highways 4, 24 and 80 are daily routes for the Punjabi community of the East Bay and the Central Valley — families commuting from Antioch, Pittsburg and Tracy, and truckers running between the Port of Oakland, I-5 and the valley's warehouses. A shooting on Highway 4 at the evening peak and another on Highway 24 after midnight are exactly the corridors those readers drive, and this case also shows how the freeway camera network now follows a suspect car across three counties in a single night.
What is not yet known
The CHP has not released a motive for the shootings, has not said whether the two drivers were targeted or chosen at random, and has not updated the hospitalized Concord driver's condition. It has also not said whether investigators believe there were further incidents involving the same car — the reason it is publicly asking for more witnesses. The identity details the CHP has released are limited to Milburn's name, age and home city of Antioch.
What happens next
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information, or who may have been involved in an incident with a white Chrysler Crossfire, is asked to call the CHP investigative tip line at 707-917-4491. The case will now go to prosecutors for a charging decision on the offences the CHP booked — attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, shooting at a vehicle and the felon-in-possession counts — and Milburn remains in custody at Martinez on $1 million bail in the meantime. Awaaz Punjab will update this story when charges are filed or the Concord driver's condition is released.