Girlfriend recalls slain Vallejo man

The girlfriend of a man killed in Vallejo earlier this week said he had been pursuing a career in the music industry.

“Oscar (Garcia) was succeeding in life and chasing his dreams in a music production company that was going in the right direction for success,” Lindsey Pilotti said in an email.

Garcia, 22, and another man in his 20s were found seriously wounded about 8:25 p.m. Monday in the garage of a house in the 800 block of Humboldt Street, Vallejo police said in a statement released Tuesday morning.

No other information has been released as of Wednesday morning.

Garcia died at a local hospital, while the other man was stabilized at NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield. Three others — two women and a man in their 20s — walked into Sutter Solano Medical Center at about the same time, also with bullet wounds. The preliminary investigation indicates all five shooting victims were part of the same incident, police said.

The four other people are expected to survive.

Pilotti said she and Garcia were middle school sweethearts and lived together in the house on Humboldt Street.

According to Garcia's Facebook page, he graduated from Vallejo High School in 2008. The site also indicates his production company was called Brown Crowd Productions.

“He took pride in taking care of me (and) his family all the time,” Pilotti said.

As memorial candles and flowers were placed in the home's driveway Tuesday, the motive for the shooting remained unclear as police continued to investigate.

Nancy Mata of American Canyon said she grew up with Garcia in Napa and was shocked by his death.

“I feel destroyed. I just can't believe this is happening,” Mata said by phone Tuesday.
Mata said Garcia was an only child.

“He was very, very loved and spoiled by his mother. She adored her son. She was so proud of him,” said Mata, who has been trying to reach Garcia's family to offer her condolences.

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call the Vallejo Police Department at (707) 648-4524.

Garcia's death marks the city's second homicide of 2013, and the second in a week. On Feb. 4, Jimmy Richardson, 27, of Vallejo was found shot to death on Evelyn Circle.

Staff Writer Irma Widjojo contributed to this article. Contact Lanz Christian Bañes at (707) 553-6833 or Follow him on Twitter@LanzTimesH.