On November 7, 1997, 56-year-old grocer Besun Yu of Stockton, California, was shot and killed during a robbery at Village Oaks Market, the North Stockton grocery store he owned. Yu, who was of Chinese descent, was killed alongside his friend Jun Gao, 46, when an assailant entered the store and opened fire.

Investigators tied the attack to a series of killings committed over roughly two weeks by a former tow-truck driver, Louis James Peoples, 35 at the time. Witness descriptions matched Peoples’ vehicle to others seen at the scenes; after his arrest he led police to a muddy field where a .40-caliber handgun believed to be used in the murders was recovered, and detectives found a map in his apartment marked with multiple commercial locations. Peoples was charged in connection with multiple murders and a bank robbery; his arrest and conviction ended the crime spree that had terrorized Stockton.

Did anyone in the Stockton area remember Village Oaks Market or Besun Yu and have details that could add context to what happened that day?