'It's like a nightmare still': Father of Amari Peterson shares anguish six months after mass shoo...

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]SON DIDN’T DESERVE NONE OF THAT.

[00:00:04]TONIGHT, WE’RE HEARING FROM A FATHER OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE STOCKTON MASS SHOOTING.

[00:00:10]SIX MONTHS AFTER IT HAPPENED.

[00:00:12]AND HE SAYS HE’S STILL WAITING FOR ANSWERS.

[00:00:14]THAT SHOOTING CLAIMED THE LIVES OF FOUR PEOPLE, THREE OF THEM KIDS, AND IT LEFT 13 OTHERS HURT.

[00:00:20]BUT NOBODY HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

[00:00:22]KCRA 3’S PEYTON HEADLEE SHARES WHAT THESE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR THIS FAMILY.

[00:00:27]MY FAMILY IS STILL SUFFERING LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT.

[00:00:31]IT’S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THIS NIGHT AND PATRICK PETERSON SAYS EACH DAY FEELS THE SAME.

[00:00:37]IT IS LIKE A NIGHTMARE STILL.

[00:00:38]LIKE WE’RE ALL MESSED UP ABOUT THIS.

[00:00:40]LIKE, HOW COULD YOU GET OVER SOMEBODY MURDERING YOUR SON IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY?

[00:00:46]LIKE HIS SON, 14 YEAR OLD AMARI PETERSON WAS ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE CELEBRATING AT A CHILD’S BIRTHDAY PARTY IN NOVEMBER.

[00:00:55]13 OTHERS WERE INJURED.

[00:00:56]ANYTHING THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU ASK, YOU KNOW GOD FOR AND A SON LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE HAD IT IN HIM.

[00:01:03]HE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE.

[00:01:05]AND HE’S NOT HERE BECAUSE OF OF SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME RAP BEEF OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE GOING ON.

[00:01:14]THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF BELIEVES THERE WERE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS IN THIS CASE.

[00:01:19]SO FAR, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

[00:01:21]I’M STILL, LIKE BAFFLED BY THIS WHOLE SITUATION.

[00:01:23]LIKE, I KNOW THEY NEED TO FIND OUT WHO DID THIS BECAUSE THIS IS IT.

[00:01:27]DON’T EVEN MAKE NO SENSE.

[00:01:29]LIKE WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEM DOES THIS MAKE?

[00:01:31]MY SON WAS SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE TWO DAYS AGO.

[00:01:35]PETERSON SAYS IT’S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

[00:01:38]SO HIS SON AND THE OTHER VICTIMS CAN FINALLY GET JUSTICE.

[00:01:43]HE HAD CHARACTER.

[00:01:44]YOU KNOW, HE WAS A FUNNY, SMART KID.

[00:01:46]YOU KNOW, HE WAS HANDSOME.

[00:01:47]YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?

[00:01:49]LIKE IT’S A REAL VOID THAT CAN’T BE FILLED ANYMORE.

[00:01:53]SO IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, PEYTON HEADLEE KCRA THREE NEWS.

[00:01:56]IN JANUARY, INVESTIGATORS ASKED THE PUBLIC TO HELP THEM FIND TWO CARS BELIEVED TO BE TIED TO THE SHOOTING.

[00:02:02]THOSE CARS WERE FOUND AND PROCESSED FOR EVIDENCE AND DNA.

[00:02:05]SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NOT GIVEN AN UPDATE.

[00:02:08]SINCE.

[00:02:08]WE DO NOT WANT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES IN BRINGING THESE PEOPLE TO JUSTICE AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

[00:02:16]WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE SLAP ON THE WRIST.

[00:02:20]WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE PUT AWAY FOR LIFE.

[00:02:24]TWO WITNESSES WERE DETAINED FOR VIOLATING PAROLE, BUT THEY WERE LATER RELEASED.

[00:02:27]NEITHER IS CONSIDERED A SUSPECT IN THIS