Sean White, 43, male, Black/African American, was killed in Vallejo, California, on August 18, 2025. The violence unfolded late that Monday in the Crest neighborhood, where police were called to the 300 block of Amelia Street at around 9:30 p.m. and found two men shot. Medics pronounced one victim dead at the scene and rushed the other to a hospital, where Sean White, 43, later died.
The Solano County Coroner identified the two men as Vallejo resident Sean White, 43, and George Maddox IV, 43, marking a grim milestone as the city’s ninth and tenth homicides of the year.
The evening had already been tense in Vallejo. A few hours earlier and roughly four miles away, officers had responded to the 600 block of Broadway Street for a separate shooting in which a man reported being shot in the back; he survived with injuries that were not life-threatening. By nightfall, emergency lights again painted the streets on Amelia as officers secured the block and investigators began piecing together the chain of events that brought gunfire to the residential corridor.
In the days that followed, authorities described a case with more questions than answers. Investigators said the motive and circumstances remained under review, and there was no description of a shooter or shooters publicly released. As of the immediate aftermath of the killings, police reported no arrests tied to the attack that took the life of Sean White, 43, male, and left another family grieving. Detectives appealed for tips from the community, emphasizing that even small details could help them understand what happened on Amelia Street and who was responsible.
