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The family demands answers when shooting the death of Giordano Ceretti

Giordano Ceretti posted this self-portrait in his Facebook profile on January 16, 2025 (with the kind approval of the Ceretti family)

The family of a man was shot on Monday morning and demands answers to an emergency call from Vallejo's police department, which was provided more than three hours before the discovery of his body.

The police found the 36-year-old Giordano Ceretti in a channel in the 1300 block of North Camino Alto, half a mile from the next hospital, shortly after 6 a.m. on April 28th. But the police recordings place its murder at 2:53 a.m. – at the same time when someone called 911 about listening to shots near the pool of a nearby residential complex.

Now Ceretti's parents Robert and Esther Ceretti say that they have left “haunting questions” about what happened to their son.

“I don't understand why nobody answered,” said Robert Ceretti in an interview with Open Vallejo on Tuesday. “The Sutter Hospital is only one or two blocks. Who knows? Maybe he would have been saved.”

The police reaction to Ceretti's murder was characterized by confusion and delay, as shown by public records.

A 911 operator informed the officials that someone had called Audio according to the shipping Audio shortly after 6 a.m. via a body on the street. The officers arrived on site within four minutes, as recordings. However, the dispatcher also informed the police that a call had arrived at a shot at 4:02 a.m. and then found that the former incident protocol of the Vallejo Police Department contains an order at this time at this time, contained an entry for 6 a.m., so that the police answered the scene almost three hours earlier.

A strongly edited CAD incident report by the Vallejo Police Department of April 28, 2025 with the most fields.
The Vallejo police authority refused to reveal basic information about the case, including the reaction times of the incidents. (Screenshot / Open Vallejo)

Andrew Murray, City Manager from Vallejo, refused to comment on the case and transferred questions to the police spokeswoman SGT. Rashad Hollis. When Hollis was asked about inequality, he said: “The 6 clock call was registered for service in 2:53 call.”

Open Vallejo submitted an inquiry for public records for basic information about the incident on Monday morning. The department announced two pages with greatly reduced shipping documents on Monday afternoon. Most of the information, including incident times, is darkened.

Basic pre -infections are generally subject to disclosure according to state and local transparency laws. Open Vallejo asked the city to reopen the application on Monday, but had not received an answer from Tuesday evening. On Tuesday afternoon, this newsroom submitted a second, accelerated public records to apply for the reaction times, the names and badges of emergency personnel, and other information that is usually subject to immediate disclosure according to Vallejos Sunshine Ordinance. The city replied that the fulfillment of the request will take at least 10 days.

Ceretti was “known for his friendly heart, known for his friendly heart, his talent as a hairdresser and deep love for animals and family, according to a written explanation of his family.

In the declaration, Ceretti's family asked the leaders to “thoroughly review the protocols of the emergency reaction and to ensure a stronger accountability and equity when setting resources in all districts”.

“We should take care of everyone in our city, not just for those who have a better life,” said Esther Ceretti, Giordano Ceretti's stepmother, her voice broke. “Everyone is important in our city.”

The mayor of Vallejo, Andrea Sorce, reached her condolences on Tuesday, Ceretti's family offered her condolences.

“My heart goes to you because we try to reduce violence in our city, and any number of murders over zero is too many, and every loss of life is tragic,” said Sorce. “We will provide our part as a city guide to ensure that our police authority reacts to the community and builds up confidence in the community as far as possible.”

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