{"id":168390,"date":"2025-12-01T00:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/168390\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:22:11","slug":"four-dead-and-11-wounded-in-shooting-at-banquet-hall-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/168390\/","title":{"rendered":"Four dead and 11 wounded in shooting at banquet hall in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four people were killed and 11 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n

The victims who died ranged in age from eight to 21, said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Early indications \u201csuggest this may have been a targeted incident\u201d, Ms Brent said during a news conference at the scene.<\/p>\n

Local officials said the suspected gunman has not been caught and pleaded with the public for help. Detectives are still working to identify a possible motive.<\/p>\n

\"CaliforniaFour people were killed (Ethan Swope\/AP)\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have any information as to this individual, reach out immediately. If you are this individual, turn yourself in immediately,\u201d San Joaquin County district attorney Ron Freitas said during a news conference.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred just before 6pm inside the banquet hall, which shares a car park with other businesses. Stockton is a city of 320,000 about 40 miles south of Sacramento.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is Thanksgiving weekend. This is when families come together, celebrate, share memories, give each other love,\u201d Mayor Christina Fugazi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately tonight, heaven is a little bigger with the individuals, children and adults that unfortunately did not make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Fugazi recalled a shooting several years ago in which \u201cseven people were gunned down\u201d in the city, adding that both attacks were \u201cunacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"CaliforniaStockton Mayor Christina Fugazi condemned the shooting (Ethan Swope\/AP)\n<\/p>\n

\u201cStockton is better than this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Authorities did not immediately provide additional information about the conditions of the victims. Officials said earlier that several were taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamilies should be together instead of at the hospital, standing next to their loved one, praying that they survive,\u201d Ms Fugazi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four people were killed and 11 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-168390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}