Four people were killed and at least 10 injured Saturday evening after a gunman entered a family event at a banquet hall in Stockton. <\/p>\n
Shortly before 6 p.m., the San Joaquin County sheriff\u2019s office was flooded with 911 calls reporting a shooting, and reporting children as young as 9 who were bleeding, including a 15-year-old boy who was not breathing.<\/p>\n
Deputies responded to the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue near a Dairy Queen and found shooting victims in the parking lot, and a large number of people panicked and screaming.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s preliminary investigation suggests the incident was a targeted attack, said public information officer Heather Brent. Investigators are still considering all possibilities, she said. <\/p>\n
While ambulances were called to take victims to a hospital, others arrived there on their own, including two men who walked into St. Joseph\u2019s Medical Center with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight, my heart is heavy in a way that\u2019s hard to put into words,\u201d said Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee in a statement<\/a> posted on Facebook. \u201cI am in contact with staff and public safety officials to understand exactly what happened, and I will be pushing for answers.\u201d <\/p>\n