Five shot in Stockton over 24-hour period
May 31, 2010 12:00 AM
STOCKTON - Jorge Sanchez said he was driving early Sunday evening when he saw a woman outside a liquor store on Wilson Way where she had been working.
Sanchez said he pulled over, and the woman told him, "I've been shot. I've been shot."
Her face was bleeding, Sanchez said, and she had a bump on her forehead.
A few minutes later, the woman was rushed by ambulance to St. Joseph's Medical Center with what Stockton police spokesman Officer Pete Smith said appeared to be a non-life-threatening injury.
The woman - whose name was not available from police - was the fifth person shot in Stockton over the weekend, the 11th in the past two weekends.
Outside The Liquor Barrel at 1702 N. Wilson Way, a woman who declined to give her name said she and her husband have owned the store for 12 years and have been robbed "too many times." Six years ago, a 26-year-old man suffered fatal injuries inside The Liquor Barrel. Police said at the time the man had been injured in a fight with the store's owner during an attempted robbery.
In the early stages of their investigation into Sunday's shooting, police watched surveillance video in the store as they tried to get an early read on what had happened. It appeared as if they were looking for one male suspect, and also that the victim may have been shot by a pellet gun.
In the 24 hours before the shooting, three men and one woman suffered gunshot wounds in other incidents in Stockton, with none of the wounds considered to be life-threatening.
The first shooting took place in the 600 block of Bedlow Drive in north Stockton late Saturday afternoon. A 20-year-old man was shot once in his right knee and was treated at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Police said the victim was uncooperative, and there was no suspect information.
About 2 a.m. Sunday, a 32-year-old woman said she was a passenger in a friend's car at Ponce De Leon Avenue and Acapulco Way in north Stockton when she heard six gunshots. One of the bullets struck her hand and she was treated at Dameron Hospital. There was no suspect information.
Less than three hours later during an attempted robbery, a 22-year-old man was shot twice, possibly with a pellet gun, at Rosemarie and Precissi lanes. He was treated at St. Joseph's Medical Center.
According to police, the man was walking with his brother and sister when they were approached by three armed men. The victim was shot when he refused the suspects' demand that he turn over his property. One suspect was described as an unshaven 6-foot, heavyset black or Latino man in his early 20s wearing a black hooded sweat shirt. Descriptions of the other suspects were less complete.
The fourth shooting took place at 3 p.m. Sunday. A 21-year-old man was with friends at Madison and Acacia streets, and one of the man's friends was playing with a gun, police said, when it went off. The victim was struck in the left knee and was treated at Dameron Hospital.
Police were looking for a 19-year-old black man nicknamed "Lil D." He was described as 5-foot-4, 110 pounds and bald, last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.
Contact reporter Roger Phillips at (209) 546-8299 or rphillips@recordnet.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/phillipsblog.
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