STOCKTON, Calif —
A 17-year-old boy was killed in Stockton after an early morning shooting on Sunday.
Stockton police said the shooting happened at in the area of Rose Street and Queen Avenue.
Police responded to the west Stockton area around 2:20 a.m., but the boy was pronounced dead on scene.
Homicide detectives are investigating, but they haven't found a motive for why the teenager was killed. Currently, police don't have any information on a suspect.
Rochelle Valverde identified the victim as her son, Rafael Chavez.
Chavez was the second person killed in a little more than 24 hours in Stockton.
“It kind of makes you sick to your stomach," said Kevin White, pastor with Crosstown Community Church. "You get a gut feeling, especially for those of us who have had loved ones who are murdered.”
White and his congregation make efforts to heal Stockton by praying after these devastating losses by praying over the sites of homicide scenes.
“A lot of these shooters, they don’t understand how it reverberates through the community. They think they’re just targeting one person. They don’t know the devastation they do to so many people,” White added.
Anyone with information on the killing can call the non-emergency line for Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8377 or the Investigations Division at (209) 937-8323.
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