(TNS) A cup bearing a “Nalayah’s 2nd Birthday” label rested in the parking lot at 1937 Lucile Ave. in Stockton, California, on Monday morning, frozen in time and filled with half-eaten food.

The site had hosted a child’s birthday party that became the scene of a mass shooting that killed four people — three of them children — and wounded 11 others. The shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. Saturday in an unincorporated area of Stockton.

Fragments of joy disrupted by violence were all that remained outside the banquet hall Monday as authorities continued searching for suspects and the city continued searching for answers as the FBI moved to offer a $50,000 reward for information into the shooting.

Patrice Williams, a resident of Galt, said in an interview Monday outside San Joaquin Superi

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