Overview

• Stockton Police responded around 9 p.m. Sunday to reports of gunfire on the 8600 block of Santa Paula Way near Kennedy Elementary School.
• Officers found an unnamed man suffering from a gunshot wound and he died after being taken to a hospital.
• Homicide detectives have taken over the case to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.
• The incident raised Stockton’s 2025 homicide tally to 22, compared with 54 for all of 2024.
• Local residents and school officials expressed renewed concern over safety in and around school zones following the shooting.