Vallejo police found a man fatally shot on the 1300 block of North Camino Alto Monday morning, marking the city’s fourth homicide this year.
Police and firefighters responded to a report of an unresponsive individual shortly after 6 a.m., according to Vallejo police spokesperson Sgt. Rashad Hollis. Officers arrived at the scene to discover a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound, Hollis said. Firefighters pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Vallejo Police Department’s response to the killing appears to have been marked by confusion and delay. A 911 operator who dispatched officers just after 6 a.m. told them that a caller initially reported the incident as a shots-fired call around 4:02 a.m., according to dispatch audio. But the shooting occurred at 2:53 a.m., according to the Vallejo Police Department’s daily incident log. The log does not include an entry for the 6 a.m. call, making it appear as if police responded promptly to the scene, and not more than two hours after the shooting occurred.
“The circumstances regarding this shooting are being investigated as we speak,” Hollis told Open Vallejo. “We have no one in custody as of yet.”
In response to a public records request by this newsroom, the Vallejo Police Department disclosed a heavily redacted dispatch report in which the agency blacked out incident times and other details, citing the ongoing investigation. Basic incident information is generally subject to disclosure under California transparency laws. A request to reopen the request went unanswered as of Tuesday afternoon.
The Vallejo Police Department and the Solano County Coroner’s Office declined to release the name of the victim, citing the need to notify next of kin.
This article has been updated with additional information about the Vallejo Police Department’s delayed response to this homicide.
