STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, sheriff\u2019s officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n
The victims included both children and adults, said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County sheriff\u2019s office. Early indications \u201csuggest this may have been a targeted incident,\u201d Brent said during a news conference at the scene.<\/p>\n
Local officials said the suspected shooter has not been caught and pleaded with the public for help. Detectives were still working to identify a possible motive.<\/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 6 p.m. inside the banquet hall, which shares a parking lot with other businesses. Stockton is a city of 320,000 about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Sacramento.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamilies should be together instead of at the hospital, standing next to their loved one, praying that they survive,\u201d Mayor Christina Fugazzi 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[565,7,9,8,733,43747,723,18,5364,43746,734,33117,43748,15774,483,17],"class_list":["post-75269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ap-top-news","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-child-abuse","tag-christina-fugazzi","tag-crime","tag-general-news","tag-gun-violence","tag-heather-brent","tag-law-enforcement","tag-local-news-for-apple","tag-ron-freitas","tag-shootings","tag-stockton","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}