Father recounts final moments of son killed in Stockton birthday party shooting The father of 14-year-old Amari Peterson is sharing painful details about the Stockton mass shooting that erupted during a two-year-old’s birthday party. Patrick Peterson says he saw his son crawling on the ground after gunfire broke out and tried to resuscitate him before the teenager died from a bullet wound above his heart. He says his daughter was also grazed during the chaos as families ran for safety. Peterson describes Amari as a gentle, loving boy who enjoyed sports and always told his father he loved him. Investigators have not released a motive, and a growing memorial now honors the victims of the Stockton shooting. #Stockton #StocktonShooting #AmariPeterson #CaliforniaNews #MassShooting