A Vallejo man accused of gunning down a younger lady with “goals of recording music” is now suspected in a second capturing on the exact same road, and police say he remained free for weeks earlier than officers lastly tracked him down after a chase and neighborhood manhunt.
Roberto Alfonso Tamayo-Cazarez is charged with murdering 29-year-old Ceicilia Corsetti, who was shot Might 1 close to the intersection of Indiana and Sutter streets, simply blocks from her mom’s dwelling, in response to investigators and relations.
Corsetti was rushed to a neighborhood hospital with at the very least one gunshot wound, however docs have been unable to avoid wasting her.
Family members described the aspiring artist and musician as a lady with a “lovely soul,” KRON reported.
Detectives later recognized Tamayo-Cazarez because the suspect within the murder case, and the Solano County District Lawyer’s Workplace issued a homicide warrant on Might 6.
However regardless of the warrant, authorities mentioned the suspect stayed on the streets for almost two extra weeks.
Then, within the early morning hours on Tuesday one other sufferer was shot on the 600 block of Indiana Avenue, the identical road tied to Corsetti’s killing.
Police mentioned an grownup male affected by at the very least one non-life-threatening gunshot wound was pushed to a hospital by a pal round 4:30 a.m.
Detectives rapidly recognized Tamayo-Cazarez, who was already needed for homicide, because the lead suspect in that capturing too.
Later that afternoon, officers working with a California Freeway Patrol helicopter noticed Tamayo-Cazarez driving in Vallejo and tried to cease him.
As an alternative of surrendering, police mentioned he fled, triggering a pursuit by way of town.
Officers ultimately used tire deflation gadgets close to Chico Avenue and Beverly Drive to disable the automobile earlier than the suspect allegedly bailed out and ran right into a residential neighborhood.
Police flooded the realm, established a fringe, and activated the division’s Emergency Providers Unit earlier than officers discovered Tamayo-Cazarez hiding exterior a house on Beverly Drive.
He was arrested with out incident and booked into the Solano County Jail on expenses together with homicide, firearm violations, and evading officers.
Extra expenses linked to the second Indiana Avenue capturing are nonetheless being reviewed.
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“This investigation concerned a harmful topic needed for a murder and later recognized because the lead suspect in an extra capturing that injured one other sufferer,” Vallejo Police Chief Jason Ta mentioned.
“The Vallejo Police Division utilized coordinated planning, containment techniques, de-escalation methods, obtainable know-how and specialised gear, and the mixed efforts of patrol officers, detectives, specialised personnel, and the CHP air assist to securely find, isolate, and arrest this topic.”
Authorities haven’t launched a motive in both capturing.
The California Submit additionally contacted the VPD to ask whether or not Tamayo-Cazarez is a US citizen.
The division responded: “I don’t know, I don’t verify for that form of stuff.”
