{"id":977,"date":"2026-05-05T15:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/?p=977"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:33:56","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-at-least-21-dead-34-injured-after-mass-shooting-at-child-see-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: At least 21 dead, 34 injured after mass shooting at child..See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thknews11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/87-735x400-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/thknews11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/87-735x400-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thknews11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/87-735x400-1.jpg 735w, https:\/\/thknews11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/87-735x400-1-300x163.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>What began in laughter ended in screams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>A child\u2019s birthday party in Stockton turned into a killing ground in seconds,<\/p>\n<p>leaving families crawling across blood\u2011streaked floors, searching for their children in the dark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Parents are now replaying every second of that afternoon, wondering how a backyard filled with balloons and gift bags became a war zone.<\/p>\n<p>Some still see the flash of muzzle fire when they close their eyes; others hear only the sudden silence after the last shot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Officers moved from room to room through the small house, stepping over wrapping paper and toys, trying to separate the living from the dead.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors stood behind yellow tape, clutching each other, whispering the same question: why here?<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>In the days since, Stockton has turned its grief into vigils and makeshift memorials, candles flickering beneath rain\u2011soaked teddy bears.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives continue to chase leads, reviewing shaky camera footage and incomplete witness memories, searching for a face, a car, a reason.<\/p>\n<p>But for the families who came only to celebrate a child\u2019s life, no arrest or explanation can return what was stolen in those few horrific seconds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What began in laughter ended in screams. A child\u2019s birthday party in Stockton turned into a killing ground in seconds, leaving families crawling across blood\u2011streaked floors, searching for their children &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}