Gunshots rang out near Napa's Memorial Stadium on Menlo Avenue Wednesday evening, Oct. 7, leaving at least one vehicle struck by bullets but no one injured. Napa police located a crime scene with bullet casings after the shooting, which happened at a stadium corridor better known for high school football games than gunfire.
According to a local Facebook page, Corey Edwards reported that the shooting took place on Menlo Avenue at about 8:37 p.m., as reported by The Napa Valley Register. Police said investigators found bullet casings at the scene and confirmed that one vehicle had been shot. Officers reported no injuries among anyone present, and the department has so far provided few details about the incident.
A video circulating on Facebook, posted by an account identified as Cee Cee, purportedly depicts the shooting itself. The footage shows a person stepping forward and back, followed by at least two flashes consistent with gunshots, while two other people appear to move away from the person firing the weapon. Napa County reporter Barry Eberling has been following the story for the Register, though it remains unclear whether investigators have formally authenticated the video.
A Stadium Corridor With a History
Memorial Stadium sits at 1400 Menlo Avenue and serves as the official home field for both Napa High School and Vintage High School, hosting community events including the annual Big Game, according to the Napa Valley Unified School District. The stadium and surrounding streets fall within Napa's McPherson Neighborhood, a mixed residential and commercial area bounded by Highway 29 and Soscol Avenue that also houses the school district's headquarters and Napa High School itself, per the City of Napa.
A multi-agency mass casualty training exercise was held at Memorial Stadium on March 7, 2025, involving city and county responders.
What Charges Could Apply
The legal stakes in this kind of shooting hinge on a key factual question investigators have not yet answered publicly: whether anyone was inside the struck vehicle when the shots were fired. Under California Penal Code Section 246, maliciously and willfully discharging a firearm at an occupied vehicle is treated as a serious violent felony punishable by three, five, or seven years in state prison, according to the Shouse Law Group. If the vehicle was empty at the time, Penal Code Section 247(b) applies instead, classifying the act as a wobbler offense that prosecutors can charge as either a misdemeanor carrying up to a year in county jail or a felony carrying up to three years in state prison.
Napa police have not said publicly whether the vehicle was occupied, nor have they released a suspect description. The department, which operates with roughly 76 sworn officers and 71 professional staff members split between its Operations and Administration divisions, is asking anyone with information or footage of the incident to come forward. Tipsters can text the keywords 707SAFE or 707NPD to 847411 through the department's confidential Tip411 system.
Investigators have yet to say whether suspect descriptions have been established or whether the vehicle struck by gunfire was occupied at the time.
