Vallejo police shoot robbery suspect during foot pursuit

VALLEJO – A Vallejo police officer shot a robbery suspect in the arm after a brief pursuit in Central Vallejo on Monday, according to police radio traffic.

The suspect had pointed a gun at the pursuing officer just before the officer shot him, according to the radio traffic. The suspect was wounded and police called for medical assistance.

In a statement, Vallejo police confirmed that an officer shot a robbery suspect following a pursuit. Police said that officers recovered a handgun and the suspect's injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

The incident started after two men in a white Lexus allegedly robbed a man and his brother at gunpoint outside of Seafood City at 3495 Sonoma Blvd. at around 11:30 a.m., according to police radio.

A short time later, an officer spotted the Lexus driving on Sonoma Boulevard. Police pursued the driver, who crashed into another car at Sonoma Boulevard and Tennessee Street, according to police.

The Lexus stopped a block away at Sonoma Boulevard and Alabama Street. A man fled from the crash scene. An officer said over the radio that the man pointed a gun at him, and the officer fired, wounding the man in the arm. 

Police called an ambulance for a person in the other car at Sonoma and Tennessee, who suffered a head injury in the crash, according to police radio. Police did not disclose their condition.

Police spotted another suspect in the area a short time later and pursued him on Tennessee Street. Police did not say if he had been apprehended.

Investigators with the state Department of Justice and the Solano County Major Crimes Task Force, which investigates police shootings, were still at the scene at about 3 p.m. Monday.

The shooting is the second by Vallejo police this year after a three-year drought. Officer Brad Kim shot Jamazea Kittell as Kittell allegedly fled a burglary at a gas station in June.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from Vallejo police.