Vallejo police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Saturday, Oct. 31, in a residential neighborhood in the northern part of the city, as children and families were getting ready for Halloween trick-or-treating.
Officers were called at 4:04 p.m. to the 100 block of Simonton Street in the Country Club Crest neighborhood. They found a man with at least one gunshot wound, and he died at the scene. Police said the shooter left before officers arrived. As of Saturday night, police had not released any suspect information.
The man's name is being withheld until his family is notified. Police said the killing is Vallejo's 12th homicide of the year.
How to help
Detectives Zach Horton and Seamus Lanham are handling the case. Anyone with information can contact the Vallejo Police Department through its non-emergency line, and anonymous tips are also accepted. Police have not said whether they think the shooting was targeted.