Shootout In Fairfield Leaves 1 Dead: Police

SOLANO COUNTY, CA -- One person died after a shootout between people in two vehicles in Fairfield on Sunday night, according to police. Officers responded at about 9:30 p.m. to multiple reports of a shooting between two vehicles in the area of Madison and Broadway streets and a subsequent crash of one car near Madison and Deleware streets.

Arriving officers found the vehicle with two people inside, including one who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital where he later died, police said. His name has not been released.

Detectives were quickly able to identify suspects in the case and went to a home in the 300 block of Taylor Street, where several people were detained, according to police.

Christopher Vanning Johnson, 22, and Jesus Gutierrez Jr., 19, both of Fairfield, were arrested on suspicion of homicide, shooting into a vehicle and carrying a concealed firearm, police said.

Jordan Hendricks, the passenger in the car that had crashed after the shooting, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a loaded firearm in public.

All three were booked into Solano County Jail and four firearms were recovered, police said.

Investigators are also looking into a possible connection between Sunday's case and another shooting that occurred in the 3500 block of Nelson Road in Fairfield on Aug. 11.

Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the Fairfield police investigations bureau at 707-428-7600, a tip line at 707-428-7345, Solano CrimeStoppers at 707-644-7867, or can text "TIP
FAIRFIELDPD" followed by a message to 888777.

By Bay City News Service

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