A California family was about to cut the cake when gunfire erupted at a toddler's birthday party
Aundre Smith, left, watches as Genesis Smith places flowers near the scene of a mass shooting on Saturday at a banquet hall in Stockton, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Family members were getting ready to cut the cake at a toddler's birthday party when the gunfire started inside a banquet hall packed with relatives and friends over the weekend in California.
“I actually thought it was my balloons popping. It was gunshots," said Patrice Williams, the birthday girl's mother.
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