Vallejo to pay $300,000 to Stanford grad tackled while recording police
The city of Vallejo has agreed to pay $300,000 to a man who was tackled by a police officer that he had recorded making a traffic stop.
Vallejo police reveal more details over fight that left 80-year-old stabbed, 1 shot to death
A person has been arrested after an 80-year-old man was stabbed, one 31-year-old person was shot to death and another 27-year-old person was wounded by gunfire, in what a neighbor described as a property dispute involving a group of people living illegally on the site, Vallejo police said.
Officer fired after 2 deadly Vallejo shootings hired as Broadmoor officer
Officer Ryan McMahon, who was involved in two deadly shootings in Vallejo and fired from that department, now has a new job along the Peninsula in the small community of Broadmoor.
Police chief of troubled Vallejo Police Department resigns
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams resigned Friday after three years as the city's top cop.
Grandma rescues grandson after stolen moving truck plows into Vallejo apartment complex
A stolen moving truck plowed into an apartment complex early Thursday morning, Vallejo Police Department says. A woman had to rescue her grandson who became trapped.
Vallejo High football coach shot after breaking up fight outside school
An assistant football coach at Vallejo High School was shot Tuesday afternoon after breaking up a fight outside campus, police said.
Vallejo police investigate shooting that left one man dead
Police say they were called to the 2000 block of Solano Ave. at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Sunday and found a man who had been shot at least once.
Armored car employee robbed at gunpoint in Vallejo
An armored car employee was robbed at gunpoint at a Safeway in Vallejo on Tuesday.
One person dead, another injured following Vallejo homeless encampment shooting
Vallejo Police are investigating a fatal shooting at a homeless encampment that left a 57-year-old man dead and injured a 46-year-old woman.
Fired Vallejo police lieutenant reinstated with full back pay, interest
A long-time Vallejo police lieutenant who was terminated from his job and then sued has been reinstated with full back pay, according to his attorney.
21-year-old homicide victim killed in Vallejo shooting
Vallejo police are investigating their ninth homicide of 2022 after a 21-year-old man was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning.
Vallejo police identify Friday's shooting victim
Vallejo Police have released the name of a man shot and killed on Friday night, the city's eighth homicide of the year.
Man shot and killed in Vallejo, police investigating
Vallejo police are investigating their eighth homicide of the year after a man was shot and killed Friday.
Matthew Muller sentenced for raping woman he kidnapped in Vallejo case once deemed hoax
Matthew Muller, the man who abducted Denise Huskins in Vallejo, sparking a case in which police initially accused her of staging her own kidnapping, was sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison for raping her during her ordeal.
Vallejo cops disciplined in two cases, records show
In one case, Officer Colin Eaton - one of six officers who shot and killed Willie McCoy in a Taco Bell drive-thru in 2019 - was faulted for swearing at a suspect and putting his foot on the man's head a year later.
Vallejo shooting leaves one man dead, police said
Vallejo police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead. This is the third victim of the year.
Man killed in shooting, Vallejo police investigating Friday morning homicide
Police in Vallejo are looking for a shooting suspect in connection with the killing of a man Friday morning.
Vallejo community holds vigil on anniversary of police shooting of Willie McCoy
February 9th is a particularly hard day for the family of Willie McCoy, a 20-year-old man shot dead by six Vallejo police officers on that date three years ago as he sat in his car at a Taco Bell drive-through. McCoy was shot at 55 times and died at the scene.
Deadly police shootings and race the topic of Bay Area filmmaker's new documentary
A new documentary by a Bay Area filmmaker examines several deadly police shootings including one in Vallejo.
Woman arrested in 55-year-old man's shooting death, Vallejo police say
Vallejo police say they have arrested a woman suspected of shooting and killing a man on Sunday.