Joey Costa, a 57-year-old Stockton resident, was shot and killed on August 28, 2022. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 600 block of East Oak Street, near downtown Stockton; officers pronounced him dead at the scene and the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

Stockton police have released few details about what led to the shooting and have not identified suspects or motives. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains active; authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Costa’s death was listed as the city’s 37th homicide of 2022, part of a wider rise in violent crime that year. Does anyone in Stockton have information about activity around East Oak Street that morning?