Crime & Safety
1 Person Killed, 7 Others Injured in Roadside Shooting in Vallejo
Group of young adults en route to a party were changing a flat tire when incident occurred.
BY BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
One person was killed and as many as seven others injured in a mass shooting in Vallejo late Saturday night, police said today.
According to a preliminary investigation, a group of young adults from South San Francisco were in four cars heading to Vallejo for a party, Vallejo police said. At about 11 p.m., one of the vehicles hit a curb and got a flat tire near the 200 block of Princeton Avenue, police said.
As all four cars pulled over and several individuals were changing the tire, a white SUV with tinted windows drove by and opened fire on the group, police said.
There appeared to be one gunman inside the vehicle. Police and paramedics responded to reports of a shooting and found five people suffering gunshot wounds.
Three other victims from the same incident arrived at area hospitals on their own, police said. A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His name has not been released.
No motive for the shooting had been determined as of Sunday morning.
Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact Vallejo police at (800) 488-9383. Anonymous callers can call Solano Crime Stoppers tip line at (707) 644-1867.
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