Four people were killed and 10 others were hospitalized in connection with a shooting at a children's birthday party in Stockton, California, Saturday (November 29) night, authorities confirmed via NBC News .

Gunfire was reported at a banquet hall just prior to 6:00 p.m. local time, according to San Joaquin County Sheriff's spokesperson Heather Brent , who characterized the event taking place at the time as a family celebration, which Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee specified was a children's birthday party in a statement shared on his Facebook account.

"As Vice Mayor of Stockton — and as someone who grew up in this community — I am devastated and angry to learn about the mass shooting at a child’s birthday party," Lee wrote. "A birthday party should never be a place where famili

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