Vallejo police have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the July fatal shooting of Damien Davis.
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Patrick Lamont Thompson last month, court records show. Around 10:30 p.m. Friday, a patrol officer spotted Thompson standing at the corner of Sonoma Boulevard and Ohio Street, according to police. Officers assembled an arrest team, then asked an emergency dispatcher to grant them priority use of the radio before moving in at gunpoint, according to dispatch audio. Thompson was taken into custody without incident, police said.
It was not immediately clear from court records whether Thompson had an attorney.
Davis, 34, was shot around 11:30 p.m. on July 24 near the intersection of Sonoma Boulevard and Louisana Street, a block from the site of Thompson’s arrest on Friday. He died at the scene, according to police.
Davis’ mother Theresa Porter said in an interview Saturday that Det. William Carpenter called “first thing this morning” to inform her of the arrest. “I know there is a broken system, I know there’s problems, I know they are lacking officers,” Porter told Open Vallejo. “I can honestly say that Det. Carpenter went out of his way to keep me in the loop, even calling me from home.”
“I am grateful.”
Reached by phone Saturday, Vallejo police spokesperson Sgt. Rashad Hollis said the department “is committed to seeking justice for victims and their families.” There have been 18 homicides in Vallejo so far this year, according to police.
Porter, who is now helping raise her six-year-old grandson, said she spends little time thinking about her son’s alleged killer.
“In my heart I don’t have any hatred or anything toward him,” Porter said. “If anything, just a prayer, in this process that he is able to turn his heart, and his mind, and his life around. It is still possible.”
