Overview
- Police responded to a 9:45 a.m. call reporting a person brandishing a firearm near Sutter and Illinois streets.
- Officers quickly secured a perimeter and ordered residents south of Nebraska Street, west of Broadway, north of Tennessee Street, and east of Sonoma Boulevard to shelter in place.
- Police initially believed the suspect was barricaded on the 400 block of Illinois Street but later discovered he had slipped away before containment was complete.
- Vallejo PD and Alert Solano issued real-time updates through social media and emergency notifications to keep residents informed.
- Vallejo police maintain an active search for the suspect and stress that residents beyond the perimeter face no ongoing risk.