(The Center Square) – Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee spoke out this week about what he called inaction by other city officials, which he said created the conditions for the deadly Nov. 29 shooting.
“I’m not going to say that the mayor and the city council is completely responsible because they didn’t pull the trigger,” Lee told The Center Square on Thursday. “But when you don’t invest in communities like these, when you don’t prioritize the lives of young people, you put the bullets in the clip. I’m not going to absolve the council of responsibility.”
According to local law enforcement, the November shooting in Stockton killed three children, ages 8, 9 and 14, and a 21-year-old and injured 11 others. The four victims were shot at a children’s birthday party that an estimated 100 people had attended, police said. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, the lead law enforcement agency investigating the shooting, has not released information about a potential suspect. No arrests have been made…