<figure id="attachment_3223859" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3223859" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3223859" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/37929e69-3932563.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3223859" class="wp-caption-text">Stockton is located northeast of San Francisco. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
LOS ANGELES: Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting at a family gathering in California on Saturday night, US police said, calling it a &#8220;targeted incident.&#8221;
The shooting took place inside a banquet hall in Stockton, northeast of San Francisco, just before 6pm, San Joaquin County Sheriff&#8217;s office spokesperson Heather Brent told reporters in a news briefing.
The victims, who range from &#8220;juveniles to adults,&#8221; were taken to local hospitals, Brent said, adding that information on the shooting was limited.
&#8220;What we have confirmed at this time is that there was a banquet hall where a family was celebrating. We have 14 victims of this shooting. Four of those are deceased,&#8221; Brent said.
&#8220;Early indications suggest that this may be a targeted incident. Investigators are exploring all possibilities at this time.&#8221;
The sheriff&#8217;s office said in a post on social media that detectives were &#8220;working to determine the circumstances leading up to this tragedy.&#8221;
&#8220;We are urging anyone with informtion, video footage, or who may have witnessed any part of this incident to contact the San Joaquin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office immediately,&#8221; it said.
No suspect has been identified so far.
California Governor Gavin Newsom had been briefed on the shooting, his office said in a post on social media.
There have been 504 mass shootings in the US so far this year including the Stockton incident, according to the Gun Violence Archive &#8212; which defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot.

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4 killed, 10 wounded in California shooting

The shooting took place inside a banquet hall during a family gathering in Stockton.

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