By THOMAS GASE | [email protected] | Vallejo Times Herald UPDATED: July 15, 2021 at 4:27 p.m.
The Vallejo Police Department provided more details on Thursday into the city’s seventh homicide that killed a 15-year-old on Wednesday.
At approximately 5:52 p.m. on Wednesday, officers responded to reports of multiple shots fired in the 200 block of Maine Street in South Vallejo. Upon arrival, officers located a 15-year-old male victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Tragically, the juvenile victim was declared deceased at the scene by Vallejo fire medical personnel.
The juvenile victim’s identity is being withheld.
At the scene of the incident, there were numerous people seen running in the area immediately after the shooting, according to a VPD news release.