Detectives investigating after woman shot and killed in Stockton
STOCKTON - Detectives on Sunday were investigating a homicide that happened overnight in Stockton.
According to the Stockton Police Department, officers responded to the 1700 block of East Lafayette Street at around 2 a.m. after receiving the report of someone being shot. There, officers located the victim, a woman, 46, who had been shot multiple times.
She later died.
The woman's name has not been released, but we're told she was a mother of two, and family members say the shooting was random.
Neighbors say the area is usually pretty quiet.
Police say the investigation was turned over to detectives, who, while investigating the homicide, encountered a man who was combative and assaulted two officers. An officer's taser eventually subdued him using a stun gun.
The suspect is Pedro Macedo, 31. He's facing battery charges on an officer, resisting arrest, and public intoxication. Police say he is not connected to the shooting.
