8-25-2012 Massachusetts:Stockton Police are on the lookout for a man who cops say shot a 68-year-old family friend to death. The victim was a convicted sex offender.
The shooting happened early Saturday morning, with police responding to calls near Dwight Way and N Tuxedo Avenue. During the same shift, officers in Stockton were out on a violent crime sweep.
The only problem is they didn’t come to this area.
“Last night the multi-agency operation was all over the city,” Detective Joe Silva said. “We don’t have that large of a crime issue in that neighborhood,” Silva added.
68-year-old Jesse Jimenez was found shot and killed. His family told FOX40 that an argument broke out between Jimenez and a longtime family friend, 44-year-old James Morales. In the heat of it, they say Morales shot Jimenez, got up, and left.
Police believe the incident is not gang related.
It’s Stockton’s 44th homicide of the year. Compare that to only 26 last year at this same time.
The almost four dozen murders has the community shaken.
“To me it’s like being in an earthquake, but you can’t do nothing about it. You just try to ride through,” a neighbor said.
Police consider Morales armed and dangerous. He drove away from the murder scene in a small, white, 2006 Nissan Altima 4-door, with California plates 5WPB726. ..Source.. by KTXL-TV
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James Morales was acquitted of all charges on October 31, 2013. The jury found the homicide was justified as self-defense.
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