The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has recovered two cars linked to a November mass shooting in Stockton that killed four people, officials said.
Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office announced on Facebook that its investigators “have identified and recovered both vehicles of interest used in the Stockton Mass Shooting.”
The cars have been “processed for evidence,” and investigators are collecting DNA from them now, the post said.
Included in the announcement were two photos, one of a silver sedan that could be a Volkswagen Passat and the other of a white Honda, possibly an Accord.
Sheriff’s spokesperson Heather Brent said the department had no additional information to share beyond what was provided in the social media post.
The discovery comes less than a month after the Sheriff’s Office sought the public’s help in identifying two light-colored sedans caught on surveillance video.
Sheriff’s investigators believed the cars were used during a Nov. 29 shooting at a 2-year-old’s birthday party in north Stockton that killed four — three children and a 21-year-old man — and injured at least 13 others.
Wednesday’s announcement revealed no details about the circumstances surrounding the cars’ recovery, including when and where investigators found them.
It also didn’t spell out what role investigators believe the vehicles played in the shooting. No arrests have been announced in the case.
In a separate Facebook post reacting to the discovery Wednesday, Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee urged anyone with information about the vehicles to call law enforcement.
“If you know whose cars these are who they belong to who was using them and how they were used in the commission of this crime, please contact the sheriff’s department,” he said.
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