STOCKTON SAW A sharp increase in its number of homicides last year, finishing 2024 with a New Year’s Eve fatal shooting that contributed to the third-highest tally in the past decade.
The city ended the year with 54 people dying at the hand of another person — almost always due to gun violence — compared to 45 in 2023. That’s a 20% increase, Stockton Police Department statistics show.
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