Vallejo lost two men to gunfire on the night of August 18, 2025, when shots rang out on Amelia Street in North Vallejo. Police were called just after 9:30 p.m. and found two men with gunshot wounds; one was pronounced dead at the scene and the other later died at a local hospital. The Solano County Coroner identified one of the victims as George Maddox IV, 43, a Black/African American resident of Vallejo.

Hours earlier that day officers had responded to a separate shooting about four miles away on Broadway Street, where a man survived after being shot in the back by an unknown assailant. Police described a chaotic response at the Amelia Street scene—one victim alert, one not alert—and said the circumstances and motive were unclear in the immediate aftermath. By the end of the week no arrests or suspects had been announced and the case remained open.

Friends and relatives remembered George Maddox IV as a devoted father, brother, and son who loved cars, mechanical work, and computers.