Juvenile suspect held in two slayings

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STOCKTON - Police are investigating the death of a man found shot Thursday night in north Stockton. A juvenile has been arrested and booked on murder charges in that case and another homicide in the same neighborhood earlier in the month.

Stockton police found Corry Rojas, 32, shot about 9:45 p.m. Thursday at his residence in the 700 block of Ponce de Leon Ave. He was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, was found in the residence and arrested without incident. He was booked into juvenile hall on felony murder charges related to Thursday's slaying and the earlier homicide, which occurred May 1 in the 8600 block of Santa Paula Way.

In that case, police found a 30-year-old man shot to death in the alley between Santa Maria and Santa Paula ways after they received a report of a shooting about 10:30 that night. Three days after the killing, the Stockton Police Department still had not released the identity of the victim, because family had not been notified.

The first shooting occurred around a cluster of apartments just west of Kennedy Elementary School. One bullet also struck the gas main to a nearby building, requiring authorities to shut off the gas to several apartments, according to police.

No further details were available Friday.

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