On March 4, 2023, at about 6:03 p.m., Stockton police responded to a reported shooting in the 2100 block of South Airport Way and found two male victims, 29-year-old Jacob Haywood Thomas and 24-year-old Andrea Jones, both with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a local hospital and died of their injuries.

In early May 2023 two teenagers were arrested in connection with the double shooting: 18-year-old Iosua Sataua and a 16-year-old male. Their arrests were reported as occurring without incident; further circumstances of those apprehensions were not released. Nearly a year after the shooting, on March 5, 2024, 27-year-old Derek Yatil Gordon was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Las Vegas and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on homicide-related charges.

Stockton police have not publicly disclosed a motive, and the investigation is described as active. Anyone with information about Jacob Thomas or the shooting is asked to contact the Stockton Police Department’s Investigations Division or the non-emergency line.