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.

Vallejo police shoot man allegedly holding pellet gun
Alexander Schumann was allegedly holding this pellet gun when he was shot by Vallejo police on Friday evening. Photo via Vallejo Police Department.

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.