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One person killed, five injured in Vallejo shootings

Vallejo Police ofc. Garett Saye goes on April 30, 2025 in Vallejo.

Nine separate shootings rocked Vallejo in 10 days, killed one and, according to public records and the Vallejo police, were injured at least five people.

The shootings occurred between April 28 and May 7th. The police found that shortly after 6 a.m. on April 28, Giordano Ceretti in a gutter in the 1300 Block of North Camino Alto was fatally shot in the police in a police police marked by confusion and delay.

According to the Incident Logs department and sending audio, the police reacted over two hours over two hours. Three days later, attackers with at least one automatic weapon sent people in a shopping center. On May 7, the police reacted to almost loyal shootings in two different urban areas.

A policeman who wears gloves photographs a used spherical housing in a residential street, while several colleagues are in the background near parked cars.
A police officer from Vallejo examines on April 30, 2025 in Vallejo, California (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo), a ball housing at the crime scene in the Laurel Street in Vallejo, California.

The first shootout on April 30 occurred shortly after 5:50 p.m. in the 100 Block of the Laurel Street. “We receive several calls that a drive-by shooting, a subject in the leg,” reported a police dispatcher.

The responding officials found a person with at least one firing wound, which was not life -threatening, the spokesman for the Vallejo police, Sgt. Rashad Hollis told Open Vallejo in an interview on Wednesday.

Two police officers from Vallejo search an overcrowded SUV at night - a marked
The Vallejo police searched for a vehicle for a shootout at the intersection of Sonoma Boulevard and Alabama Street in Vallejo, California, on April 30, 2025. (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo)

The second shootout on April 30 occurred about an hour and 40 minutes later, as police incident protocols show. According to the shipping Audio, the police reacted to a report of a man who was shot behind his vehicle at the Marathon petrol station on the 2500 SONOMA Boulevard. There, an official found a person on the ground at a nearby intersection who looked “vigilant and consciously”. The victim's injuries were also not life -threatening, said Hollis.

The police registered additional shootings on April 29 at 5:35 p.m. and damaged property on April 30 at 8:04 p.m., but nobody was injured, said Hollis.

At dusk Dark Blood blow the concrete around the basis of a metal road light stick, while the investigators' boots is near the jet of the flashlight nearby.
A blood of the shooting victim marks the sidewalk near Sonoma Boulevard and Alabama Street on April 30, 2025 in Vallejo, California (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo)

On May 2, shortly afternoon the authorities were attentive to the victim and pursued a suspect that fled on foot. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where, according to Hollis, it was treated for injuries that were not life -threatening.

On May 3, around 8:40 p.m., an officer radivated: “We have just heard of 20 to 40 rounds of automatic shots in the coat of arms. We will carry out a area check.” Additional officers have sparkles to “report several people” and report a “large group” near the shootout.

A shootout in Vallejos Crest district on May 3 had several business with ball holes, including the Boys & Girls Empowerment Group, a community center for Vallejo youth. (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo)

An officer at the crime scene reported that suspects had come across King's Market & Alcohol with a rifle. Officers reported that a woman was shot into the buttocks according to shipping audio.

Local companies with large ball holes had the shootout interspersed, including King's Market & Liquor and the boys & girls Empowerment Group, a community center for Vallejo youth.

Open Vallejo found that the police still examined the scene the next day and marked dozens of list housings on the street. The council member of Vallejo, Dr. Tonia Lediju and Solano County Supervisor Cassandra James, both represented the area, visited the scene the day after the shootout. James refused to comment on this article. Lediju did not respond to inquiries about comments.

On Sunday, the Vallejo police announced an arrest at the shootings on May 3 and confirmed that at least one woman had been taken to a local hospital. The police reported that another woman came to a local hospital after the incident and suffered at least one gunshot wound.

Dozens of numbered yellow prove a Vallejo crossing, while two police officers guard a patrol -SUV that blocks the shooting scene.
The Vallejo police found dozens of additional list housings on May 4, 2025 after shot in the city of the city the night before. (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo)

According to the department protocols, the Vallejo police did not record shootings between May 4th and 6th.

On May 7, shortly after 4:15 p.m., Callers reported a group of young people who, according to the police studio, fought in the parking lot of the Vallejo Transit Center near the city center. About three minutes later, Callers, shots and several people reported to hear who scream. A dispatcher advised the police that several callers had reported a group of young people who tried to fight a person who might have shot at them and who had later fled the scene by car.

A police officer from Vallejo in Body armor dominates the right foreground, which is somewhat out of focus, while two colleagues are on the water over a sunny road in the city center near a parking space. A black patrol -SUV is parked next to them.
Vallejo Police Sgt. Matthew Komoda (foreground) and other officers will examine a shootout in downtown Vallejo (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo) on May 7, 2025 on May 2025)

When the police examined the shootout in the city center shortly after 4:35 p.m., a caller reported that her son's girlfriend had driven and shot from a police incident report and the shipping of audio in her house on the 400 block of the McGrue Circle.

In one of the incidents of May 7, nobody was injured, Hollis told Open Vallejo.

In February, the Vallejo police announced a joint surgery with law enforcement agencies in the federal and the district to tackle gun violence in the city.
At a press conference in Vallejo later this month, the authorities announced that the federal partnership led to the arrests of eight people in a number of coordinated attacks throughout the city due to suspected weapons and drug violations.

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