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The investigation is expected to be lengthy and complex. Ballistics experts are analyzing the trajectory of the rounds to determine if there were multiple shooters, while digital forensic teams scrub social media for any potential threats or clues that might have preceded the massacre. The community remains on edge, waiting for the “refresh” of the news cycle that might bring a name or a face to the evil that visited their streets. For now, Stockton is a city in mourning, grappling with the reality that four empty chairs will now sit at future dinner tables, and ten more lives have been irrevocably altered by a Saturday afternoon that was supposed to be about nothing more than a child, a cake, and a year of growth.
