A man was fatally shot near the Vallejo Ferry Terminal Saturday afternoon, police said, in a daylight attack that has pushed the city's homicide count to 13 for the year. Officers responded to a reported shooting on the 200 block of Mare Island Way, where the terminal building sits, at 12:48 p.m.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, officers arrived to find the victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound and provided emergency medical aid until paramedics arrived. Paramedics then transported the unidentified man to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, per Vallejo police.
Vallejo detectives are now investigating the motive and circumstances surrounding the killing, though no further details about a suspect or what led to the shooting have been released. The victim's identity has not been made public.
Trauma Team Dispatched to Scene
In the aftermath, the Vallejo Police Department's Neighborhood Impact Team and IHART responded to the area to provide trauma-informed outreach to residents and businesses affected by the shooting, the station's report states. IHART is described as a mobile crisis response unit.
Saturday's killing marks the 13th homicide Vallejo has recorded in 2026, according to the same account. It comes eight calendar days after the city logged its 12th homicide of the year, when an adult male was fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene on the 100 block of Simonton Street shortly after 4 p.m. on Oct. 31, as reported by Times Herald Online.
A Year of Shifting Homicide Numbers
Vallejo's homicide count has fluctuated sharply in recent years. The city's first homicide of 2026 was recorded back in March, per Times Herald Online, which at the time noted that Vallejo had suffered 16 homicides in 2025, down from 25 in 2024.
The outlet's report also traced the trend further back: 22 homicides in 2023, 24 in 2022, and 20 in 2021, following a particularly violent 2020 that saw 29 homicides — just one short of the city's reported record high of 30 in 1994.
Separately, San Francisco Bay Ferry announced on social media that special schedules would be in effect on the Vallejo Route from Saturday through Tuesday to accommodate dredging work, with the Vallejo Ferry Terminal temporarily closed and service shifted to operate out of Mare Island during that four-day window. It remains unclear whether that closure had any connection to Saturday's shooting or the police response.
No arrests have been announced, and Vallejo police have not released additional details about what prompted the shooting. Detectives continue to investigate.
