Exclusive | Haunting images capture blood-soaked toys, bullet holes after Calif. shooting that killed 3 kids, young adult
A vivid picture of a pink toy unicorn, slick with blood, sits beside cold ice‑cream and a wall slick with bullet holes—remnants of the tragic shooting that took the lives of three children and a 21‑year‑old in a California city steeped in crime. The photographs, captured exclusively by The Post, show the chaotic scene inside Monkey Space, a banquet hall in Stockton, where a little girl was celebrating her second birthday before chaos erupted.
A stunned local, Brent Terill, told the paper, “I witnessed a woman pull up on the side of the street and just run, yelling, ‘My baby! My baby! My baby!’” The clip ends with a plastic unicorn barely inches from a pool of blood left by one of the victims; the party had lost its joy almost instantly.
Bullet marks fan the walls and doors of Monkey Space, echoing the violence that left 11 others wounded—including children. The melting ice‑cream cup, still bearing the inscription “Nalayah’s 2nd Birthday,” could be seen cling‑ing to the side of the hall as the screams faded.
One of the shooters was a local rapper, who according to his father, Junior Dongon, was wounded along with his wife during the attack. “He just came to drop off a present at his friend’s party, whose daughter was the celebrant,” Junior recounted. “He was shot, but he is OK. … He called me and said, ‘Don’t say anything to anybody.’ ” He added, “My daughter‑in‑law was hit in the butt.” Webb has lived outside the city since two years ago after a harrowing assault in which his family’s house was fired upon with 22 bullets, the father explained.
Terill described the sound of gunfire as a relentless barrage: “I heard 20 to 30 rounds, boom boom boom boom boom, back to back. A full‑on blast.” Proud neighbor Brandon Hernandez, who has a house directly across from the hall, remembered how people screamed and ran toward the open windows.
The venue now lies silent, as community members gather for a vigil that pays tribute to the victims of the gang‑related violence that has plagued Stockton. Police are still searching for the perpetrators, and no arrests have been announced as of Monday night. Terill emphasized that the city of Stockton has long battled violent crime, ranking second only to Oakland in California’s murder statistics for 2024. The last year saw 51 homicides, a rate of 15.7 per 100,000 residents, with 34 killings in the first half of 2025 alone—excluding the late‑night mass shooting that occurred just outside the city limits. The Simmrin Law Group’s 2024 report highlights San Joaquin County as the most dangerous in the state, averaging 72 violent crimes per 1,000 residents—nearly double the statewide average. (Additional reporting by Jared Downing in Stockton, Calif., and Zoe Hussein in NYC)
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