Two men were killed in separate shootings that took place only 20 minutes apart in Vallejo last month, and authorities said an 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in both of the deaths.
Terrell Blutcher Jr., 18, of Vallejo, was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the Oct. 6 killings, according to the Vallejo Police Department. He was arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder, one for each of the men who died. The arrest came roughly five weeks after the violence unfolded during a single morning in the city.
The case dates back to the morning of Oct. 6. The first shooting was reported at about 8:03 a.m., when officers were dispatched to the area of Springs Road and Castlewood Drive following reports of both a crash and a possible shooting, police said.
At the scene, a gray Subaru had collided with an unoccupied Toyota Camry, and officers found the Subaru's driver wounded inside the car. According to police, he had been shot at least once.
The man was hospitalized, but the wound proved fatal. Police said he died from his injuries six days later.
The violence did not end there. Twenty minutes after the initial report came in, at about 8:23 a.m., officers were dispatched to a second shooting, this one in the 200 block of Main Street.
At that location, officers came upon a second man who had also been shot at least once. He was transported to a hospital, where he died.
Relatives identified the man killed on Main Street as Devaughn McBride, 32, who worked for the U.S. Postal Service.
Both victims were shot during the same morning in Vallejo, and both were taken to hospitals, where each of them later died.
Police said detectives eventually linked Blutcher to both of the fatal shootings, leading to his arrest this week. Authorities have not released a motive or described the circumstances surrounding either shooting, though officials said both incidents appeared to be isolated. The information released about the case came from the Vallejo Police Department.
