A birthday party in Stockton turned into one of the region’s deadliest mass shootings in years, leaving four people dead — three of them children — and 13 others wounded.
The gunfire erupted Saturday evening at a crowded celebration for a child’s second birthday, shattering what should have been a joyful gathering and sending waves of grief through a city long familiar with violence.
“Stockton is a place of great resilience,” former Stockton mayor Michael Tubbs said. “I oftentimes say, ‘I wish we didn’t have to be so resilient all the time.’ There’s a resilience and a fortitude that comes from being in a community that has experienced such hardships.”…