A 21-year-old man was wounded by gunfire Sunday night while driving near San Carlos Way and San Antonio Drive in Stockton, and as of the latest report, no suspect has been identified. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury, while the 20-year-old man riding with him walked away unharmed.
The two men were driving through the area at around 7:17 p.m. when they heard several gunshots nearby, according to FOX40. The 21-year-old then realized he had been hit and was taken to a nearby hospital, while the Stockton Police Department confirmed his passenger, the 20-year-old, was uninjured. As of the station's report, no information about potential suspects had been released to the public.
Investigation Remains Open
Details beyond the basic sequence of events remain scarce. The station's report does not include a description of a suspect vehicle, a motive, or whether investigators have identified any persons of interest, leaving the case open as detectives continue to piece together what happened near San Carlos Way.
The shooting adds to a string of recent gunfire incidents in Stockton involving people driving through neighborhoods when they were hit. In a separate case reported by Hoodline, a 21-year-old man was shot in the city's Park District and told police he could not describe the person who shot him. That same report noted that weeks earlier, a 35-year-old man was wounded while driving through the Burkett Avenue neighborhood after a gunman got out of another vehicle and opened fire on him.
Citywide Shootings Persist Despite Falling Crime Numbers
The San Carlos Way shooting also follows a separate drive-by attack described by Stocktonia, in which a 47-year-old employee of the city's Office of Violence Prevention was wounded in south Stockton. In that incident, a vehicle pulled up and an occupant opened fire on the man shortly before 11:45 a.m. on a Wednesday, leaving him with a gunshot wound to the leg that was not considered life-threatening, Stocktonia reported.
Citywide, the numbers tell a complicated story. Stockton recorded 16 homicides and 43 non-fatal shootings in the first six months of 2026, down from 18 homicides and 48 non-fatal shootings over the same stretch in 2025, according to Hoodline's earlier reporting. The outlet also noted that October passed without a single homicide in the city, the first such month in four years, with police having logged 23 homicides for the year at that point, a 30% drop compared to the same point in 2025.
Stocktonia has separately cited Police Department figures showing District 5 recorded 2,974 crimes and 76,449 calls for service in 2025, with total crime down about 22% from 2023 and calls for service down roughly 14% over that same span. Still, shootings like the one near San Carlos Way show that gun violence continues to disrupt the city even as broader statistics trend downward. No arrests or suspect details tied to Sunday night's shooting had been made public as of the latest update.
