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Denise Marie Wimmer was a 12-year-old seventh grader from Stockton, California, who was killed in a drive-by shooting on March 20, 1995. She was outside her home on North Pilgrim Street when a station wagon with four males drove by and someone inside fired five shots; one struck Denise in the chest and she died. A friend who was with her was not injured.

Investigators reported that Denise may have been targeted because of associations with gang members and speculated the shooting could have been retaliation for an earlier stabbing incident that involved Denise and another girl; her family denied she was involved in gang activity. No arrests were ever announced and the case remains unsolved. The shooting prompted local gang-prevention counselors to work with schools and parents and led to programs aimed at helping at-risk youth.

Did anyone in Stockton at the time see the station wagon or remember any other detail that could help identify who was inside?