Crime & Safety
Cops Hunting Duo 'Of Interest' In Pedestrian Fatality In North Bay
A 47-year-old man was struck and killed last week in hit-and-run on Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo. [Breaking]
SOLANO COUNTY, CA – Vallejo police are looking for two persons of interest in a fatal vehicle collision with a pedestrian last week.
Matthew David Bennett, 47, of Richmond was killed around 11:10 p.m. Aug. 11 when he was struck by a 2002 Nissan Maxima in the 400 block of Sonoma Boulevard.
Bennett was crossing Sonoma Boulevard south of Cherry Street outside a marked crosswalk when he was hit by the southbound Nissan. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police found the car abandoned more than a dozen blocks away on Aug. 12 and arrested the registered owner, a Richmond man who they believe was directly involved in the incident, Vallejo police Lt. Michael Nichelini
said. The man has since been released.
Police are searching for two other men they believe have information about the fatal collision.
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Police identified them as Taylor Warren Alexander Gallon, 21, and Dominic Terrell Smith, 25.
Anyone with information about the men is asked to call Vallejo police Officer Jim Melville at (707) 648-4014.
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--Bay City News/Images via Vallejo PD
