More than a dozen police officers with the Vallejo Police Department are known as a the ‘Fatal 14’ by residents because they have repeatedly shot and killed civilians, apparently without severe consequences.
The most recent officer-involved shooting in happened June 2nd when Monterrosa of San Francisco was shot outside a Walgreens on Redwood Street, during a night of looting.
Detective Jarrett Tonn, who shot Sean Monterrosa on the night of June 2, is one of those police officers and was involved in at least three other shootings in just three years.
Det. Tonn fired five shots from inside his cruiser, hitting Monterrosa who had a hammer in his pocket, which Tonn an 18-year veteran claims he thought was a firearm.
Police typically have 45 days to release officer video of the incident unless it interferes with the investigation.
Until the protests apparently forced their hand,s Vallejo police had given no such indication, prompting victim’s attorney John Burris to request the release of video evidence.
‘The fatal 14 are the 14 officers who are currently still on VPD staff who have been part of more than one police shooting,’ said resident Obinna Chinaka, one of the protesters who demanded body camera footage be released told KTVU.
‘And have not been reprimanded or removed from the staff.’
In one instance, former officer Sean Kenney shot dead three residents over a five month span. He was later promoted to detective.
Monterrosa’s death is the 18th police-involved shooting since 2010 in Vallejo.
Residents have called for the department to be defunded after there were 18 fatal police shootings since 2010.
The Vallejo Police Department was also the subject of several lawsuits over police brutality and excessive force.
The California Department of Justice spoke with Vallejo officials to implement an ‘extensive review’ of the police department.

The most recent officer-involved shooting in Vallejo, Calif., happened June 2nd when 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa of San Francisco was shot outside a Walgreens on Redwood Street, during a night of looting. Activists say ‘We want to know whether it’s a police officer’s imagination that justified the shooting [of Sean Monterrosa], or that there’s some real evidence to support that’. 

The Vallejo Police Department, just 30 miles from Monterrosa’s home in San Francisco, was the subject of dozens of lawsuits over excessive force and overly forceful policing.
In one case, four officers were seen on body camera footage attacking an unarmed white man with punches, kicks and batons as he screamed ‘I didn’t do anything!
Tonn has become one of 14 officers whom residents call the ‘Fatal 14’ because they’ve repeatedly shot and killed civilians.
Open Vallejo, an independent and nonpartisan public interest newsroom, reported that Tonn was involved in at least three other shootings dating between 2015 and 2017.
In those instances, victims  Gerald Brown and Kevin DeCarlo suffered gunshot wounds. Victor Hurtado, a third victim, was shot at but avoided injury.
Monterrosa’s death is the 18th fatal police shooting since 2010, and the majority of victims were Black and brown men.
The victim’s sisters have been vocal in their questioning of the Vallejo police, which they said misrepresented the timeline of Monterrosa’s death.
An initial press release failed to explain that Monterrosa was dead, and Chief Williams did not disclose that fact until the next afternoon during a press conference.
According to Monterrosa’s family, he was confirmed dead about one hour after he was admitted to a local hospital for treatment.
‘The department worked as quickly as reasonably possible to gather accurate information from the initial phases of the investigation to share with the public,’ the department said on it’s website.