Posted on 12/02/2025 1:12:49 AM PST by Morgana
A manhunt continues for the people believed to have been behind the Stockton-area mass shooting that killed four and injured 11 at a child's birthday party.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said the attack appears to have been targeted. The ages of the victims who were killed were 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Family of the 14-year-old identified him as Amari Peterson, a teen who was simply "in the wrong place at the wrong time." The 21-year-old was identified by family and friends as Susano Archuleta. The 8-year-old who died was a third-grade student with the Stockton Unified School District. SUSD will offer counseling services in the wake of the tragedy.
Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, said the shooting took place just before 6 p.m. Saturday at a banquet hall in the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue at Thornton Road, where the birthday party was happening with between 100 and 150 people in attendance.
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Patrice Williams told The Associated Press Monday that she had organized the party to celebrate her daughter's 2-year-old birthday and that the shots rang out as partygoers were getting ready to cut the cake.
"All we heard was gunshots, and everybody just dove to the ground. It was just unexpected," she recalled.
Williams said she initially thought the sound of gunshots was balloons popping.
She said her daughter was unhurt, but her daughter's father lost two nieces in the shooting.
"My sister actually got shot. My cousin got shot. My son's friend got shot. Three of my friends got shot," Williams said.
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“The observation that the longer it takes the media to identify a mass
shooter in the United States, the less likely it is to be a white male.”
Oh I agree. The guy could be all the way to Mexico or Canada by now.
Such a tragic situation & my heart goes out to the families. But on the other hand, 150 ppl at a party for a 2 yo is a little excessive & seems weird to me. I think there’s a lot more to this story.
Probably retribution for dishonest dealing with illegal drug trade. Am taking bets/sarc
Stockton? No way!/s
It didn’t take long for the GoFundMe to pop up.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amaris-family-through-this-tragedy
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