Vallejo police shoot man allegedly holding pellet gun

VALLEJO – Vallejo police officers shot and wounded a man who allegedly pointed a pellet gun at officers on Friday evening, according to police.

Officers had responded to a report of vandalism to a vehicle in progress in the 2000 block of Ascot Parkway, in Blue Rock Village, just after 6 p.m. Friday, police said.

When the officers arrived, they found a man later identified as 24-year-old Alexander Schumann. Schumann walked toward the officers and pointed “what appeared to be a handgun at them,” and at least one officer opened fire, according to police.

Schumann was wounded in the shooting and transported to a hospital by helicopter and is expected to survive, according to police. The weapon he was holding “appeared to be a pellet/BB gun,” police said.

Vallejo police said that the department would hold a town hall meeting in the next week or two to provide more information about the shooting.

The shooting was the first by a Vallejo police officer since 2023, when Officer Matthew Komoda shot and wounded a fleeing juvenile robbery suspect.