Mom left son outside convenience store at time of shooting, police say

A 2-year-old boy was shot when his mother left him outside a convenience store in Stockton, police said Monday. Officers received reports of gunfire at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday outside Cal/Park Liquors near California and Park streets. Police found the toddler, who was with his mother, suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was taken to UC Davis Medical Center and is expected to survive, Stockton police said. The child's mother told investigators that she left her son outside the store while she went inside. Soon after, she heard a car drive by and someone fired several gunshots, so she went outside to check on her son and discovered he had been shot, officers said. Two vehicles being driven in the area were also hit by gunfire. These additional victims reported seeing a large group of men standing on Park Street near Doyle Manner and then they heard several gunshots coming from the group, according to police. The incidents appear to be related. No one was arrested in the shootings.

A 2-year-old boy was shot when his mother left him outside a convenience store in Stockton, police said Monday.

Officers received reports of gunfire at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday outside Cal/Park Liquors near California and Park streets.


Police found the toddler, who was with his mother, suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was taken to UC Davis Medical Center and is expected to survive, Stockton police said.

The child's mother told investigators that she left her son outside the store while she went inside. Soon after, she heard a car drive by and someone fired several gunshots, so she went outside to check on her son and discovered he had been shot, officers said.

Two vehicles being driven in the area were also hit by gunfire. These additional victims reported seeing a large group of men standing on Park Street near Doyle Manner and then they heard several gunshots coming from the group, according to police.

The incidents appear to be related.

No one was arrested in the shootings.