Amari Peterson, age 14

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Lost to gun violence on November 29, 2025 in Stockton, California.

Photo sources:

• Contributed photo

News sources:

• Dec 9: Stocktonia News: Latest in Stockton shooting: At least 50 shots fired from 5 guns, sheriff says - Stocktonia News
• KCRA: What we know about the victims of the mass shooting at a Stockton birthday party
• Dec 2: The Stockton Record: Number of victims injured in Stockton mass shooting increases to 17 total
• KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco: 8-year-old girl killed in Stockton birthday party mass shooting ID'd
• KCRA: 8-year-old girl killed in Stockton mass shooting at birthday party identified
• https://hiphophero.com/california-rapper-mbnel-targeted-mass-shooting/
• https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article313283547.html
• 14-year-old Stockton mass shooting victim identified
• Dec 1: The Stockton Record: ‘My baby was innocent.’ Modesto boy among Stockton mass shooting victims
• Mass Shooting Update: 15 People Shot and 4 Killed, Including 3 Children at Child’s Birthday Party in Stockton
• PBS News: Investigators urge witnesses of shooting at a party in California that left 3 children dead to come forward
• Los Angeles Times: 4 dead, including 3 children, in shooting at family event in Stockton
• https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article313249629.html
• https://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article313259607.html
• https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article313260125.html
• abc10.com: 3 minors and 1 adult dead in Stockton mass shooting | Update
• Hindustan Times: Stockton Banquet Hall mass shooting: Were rappers MBnel and Fly Boy Doughy targeted?
• https://x.com/eclipsethis2003/status/1995155614822244770
• Facebook
• KCRA: Stockton mass shooting: Manhunt underway after 4 killed, 11 injured at child's birthday party
• Gun Violence Archive

Also killed were:

• Journey Rose Reotutar Guerrero, age 8
• Maya Lupian, age 8
• Susano "Cooch" Archuleta, age 21

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