Ronald Celestine, a 34-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Stockton, California, on the afternoon of May 1, 2019. The shooting took place near Holiday Drive and East March Lane; his death was reported as the city’s 14th homicide of the year.

Three days later, a candlelight vigil for Celestine at a makeshift memorial in the same parking lot was itself attacked. Just before 7:45 p.m. on May 4, gunfire erupted; five people were struck. One of the victims, Celestine’s 34-year-old cousin Benny Lott III, later died at a local hospital. The other four survivors—a 31-year-old woman, a 39-year-old man, a 29-year-old woman, and a 49-year-old man—were hospitalized, one in critical condition and the others stable.

Stockton police announced they believed the two shootings were connected and had a gang component, prompting a multi-jurisdictional probe into the Everybody Killa (EBK) gang. That investigation led to arrests on June 20, 2019; two people were arrested and charged in Celestine’s murder: Brian Norman, 20, charged with homicide with gang enhancements, and Raemaonie Gaines, 20, charged with accessory to murder with gang enhancements. The investigation was described as ongoing; anyone with information was asked to contact the Stockton Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the Stockton area attend the vigil or have information about either shooting that could help investigators?