Following a comprehensive investigation by the Vallejo Police Department (VPD), a man suspected of attempted murder last June has been placed under arrest. On June 9, 2024, VPD officers responded to calls about gunshots on the 900 block of Amador Street, where an adult female victim was found with gunshot injuries in a yard on the 1300 block of Alabama Street. Sourced from a Vallejo Police Department's report, the victim identified her assailant as Hector Placencia-Gazmuri before being rushed to the hospital.
As the victim was conveyed to a local hospital, originating from a moving vehicle, shots were reported fired from it. Multiple eyewitnesses have corroborated the victim's identification of Hector Placencia-Gazmuri, a 41-year-old man from Antioch, as the shooter. Following their investigation, the VPD obtained an arrest warrant charging Placencia-Gazmuri with attempted murder and kidnapping.
In a recent development, Hector Placencia-Gazmuri was detained in Mexico and extradited to the United States. On Tuesday, the VPD took Placencia-Gazmuri into custody while being held for unrelated charges at the Martinez Detention Facility, Contra Costa County. He will be transferred to Solano County Jail, where he is to be booked on the charges from the June shooting incident.
