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Matthew Brown

Matthew Brown is an investigative reporter at Open Vallejo.

A group of people, including several uniformed police officers, sit around a table in a large, well-lit meeting room. A flipchart with handwritten notes stands behind them, and other participants are gathered at tables in the background. One individual wears a colorful patterned headwrap, while another person in a knit sweater faces the group. A few officers stand nearby, observing or listening to the discussion.
Posted inCivil Rights

Vallejo police commissioner resigns, questioning city’s commitment to reforms

by Anna Bauman and Matthew Brown March 3, 2025March 4, 2025
A police officer in dark uniform walks along a dimly lit residential street carrying a clipboard or folder. The area is shrouded in haze or smoke, illuminated by the orange emergency lights of a tow truck parked nearby. Several cars and a bare tree line the background, with warm lights from houses visible behind a soft fog.
Posted inPublic Safety

Man found dead in Vallejo Saturday

by Matthew Brown February 24, 2025April 14, 2025
Posted inPublic Safety

Store clerk shot, wounded Saturday in Vallejo

by Matthew Brown February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
A night scene on a dark roadway where multiple emergency vehicles display flashing red and blue lights, creating pronounced lens flares that obscure much of the surrounding area.
Posted inPublic Safety

Woman killed in Valentine’s Day shooting in Vallejo

by Matthew Brown February 21, 2025February 21, 2025
A close‐up booking photograph of an individual with long, wavy blonde hair, parted at the center. The background is neutral gray, and the person is wearing what appears to be a dark shirt or jumpsuit.
Posted inPublic Safety

‘Zizian’ namesake who faked death in 2022 is wanted in two states

by Anna Bauman and Matthew Brown January 31, 2025February 14, 2025
A wider shot of a park scene cordoned off by yellow police tape. A set of outdoor stairs attached to a light-colored building is visible on the left, with a police officer standing in the distance near the tape. The surrounding area has leaf-covered ground, trees, and lampposts, suggesting the scene is in a public park.
Posted inPublic Safety

Person shot in populated Vallejo park Wednesday

by Matthew Brown January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
A low‐lit scene outside a gray building bearing the address “333 LEMON.” Yellow crime‐scene tape stretches diagonally across the frame, with a police officer or investigator bent over near the building’s foundation. A grassy lawn slopes up from a wooden retaining wall in the foreground.
Posted inPublic Safety

Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology

by Anna Bauman and Matthew Brown January 27, 2025January 29, 2025
A daytime scene outside a grey building cordoned off by yellow “Crime Scene Do Not Cross” tape. In the foreground, a man wearing a black button-down shirt and tan pants walks over the curb while talking on a phone. Behind him, another individual in dark attire follows closely. At the right edge, a uniformed police officer, wearing a cap and carrying equipment, steps over the tape. The sun casts long shadows on the sidewalk.
Posted inPublic Safety

Man killed in Vallejo was main witness in upcoming murder trial

by Anna Bauman and Matthew Brown January 27, 2025February 8, 2025
A nighttime scene in front of the “Omayh Food Mart & Liquor” storefront. A uniformed police officer stands in profile near a white vehicle, wearing a dark cap and vest labeled “POLICE.” Tall trees form a dark backdrop, and bright overhead lights illuminate the store’s entrance.
Posted inPublic Safety

Three injured, one critically, in separate shootings in Vallejo Thursday

by Matthew Brown January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
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Posted inPublic Safety

Back-to-back shootings in Vallejo leave two injured Thursday

by Matthew Brown January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

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