EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Multiple casualties occurred during a Stockton children's birthday party shooting, sparking panic and drawing immediate emergency response.
Details remain preliminary, and this is a fluid, developing situation. But as more information has emerged, authorities, witnesses, medical responders, and community leaders are beginning to paint a fuller picture of what happened, why it has struck such a deep chord locally, and how Stockton is moving forward in the aftermath.
Parents scrambled to shield their children. Some grabbed blankets, some…