Crime & Safety
Man Shot In Parked Car Dies In Hospital, Vacaville Police Say
Police are reviewing video from cameras in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred.
VACAVILLE, CA — A Vacaville man who was shot as he sat in a parked vehicle early Tuesday morning died Thursday, Vacaville police said. Police identified the victim as 21-year-old Michael Hawthorne Jr. The shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Robin Drive. A female in the vehicle with Hawthorne was not injured, police said.
Police said shots were fired at the parked vehicle from a passing 4-door sedan occupied by three men. A detailed description of the suspects was not released.
The vehicle then fled east on Robin Drive.
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Police are reviewing video from cameras in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. Anyone with cameras in the Robin Drive, Poppy Circle and Meadowlark Drive areas is asked to contact detective Lisa Sampson at 707-454-5722.
—Bay City News Service