(KRON) -- The Vallejo Police Department said a Halloween shooting has marked the city’s 12th homicide of the year.
VPD said officers responded just after 4 p.m. to the 100 block of Simonton Street for the report of a shooting. Officers discovered a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Despite the lifesaving efforts of police and paramedics, the victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
The motive and circumstances behind the shooting are not yet known.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released by the Solano County Coroner's Office.
Anyone with information that can aid investigators is urged to contact Detective Zach Horton at (707) 648-5425, or Zach.Horton@cityofvallejo.net or Detective Seamus Lanham at (707) 648-4514 or Seamus.Lanham@cityofvallejo.net. Anonymous tips can be submitted at 1-800-488-9383.
