Community Mourns as Vallejo Woman Dies in Crash While Fleeing Gunfire, Marking City’s 13th Homicide of 2024
Vallejo, Calif. — Tragedy struck twice for Sharmell Mitchell when she died last week under harrowing circumstances that eerily echoed her brother’s death four years earlier. Mitchell, 48, succumbed to injuries after a violent crash caused by a nearby shooting incident, highlighting an ongoing surge in gun violence within the city. Police reports indicate that the incident, which led to Mitchell’s death, occurred in the early afternoon last Tuesday. Officers were dispatched to the intersection …