Two men shot and killed at a Stockton flea market in January were recently identified as Angel Gustavo Muñoz, 26, and Sergio Guadalupe Muñoz, 34, both of Stockton, according to the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner’s Office.
At about 12 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18, the Stockton Police Department responded to the 2500 block of South El Dorado Street on a report of a shooting. Three people with gunshot wounds were located upon officers arrival. The two men were found dead and a woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
As of Friday, Feb. 6, Stockton police have not confirmed who the woman injured was in connection with the shooting.
The investigation is ongoing, police said in an email to The Record on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
“As the investigation continues, we encourage anyone who has information regarding this incident to contact the Stockton Police Department or submit tips via crime stoppers,” said Officer Omer Edhah, a Stockton Police Department spokesperson.
In an updated Stockton Police Department statement from Jan. 28, authorities said the shooting is being ruled a “self-defense case during a robbery.”
The business’ employees are not currently being charged, according to the statement.
When asked why the shooting was ruled self-defense and if there could be charges pressed against the business owners at a later time Edhah referred any legal questions to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.
Dispatch audio from Stockton Flea Market shooting
During initial dispatch audio, 911 dispatchers received several calls for a shooting at the South El Dorado flea market. In the dispatch audio recording, a business within the flea market tells dispatch shooting suspects were wearing ski masks, and some wore sweaters in black, gray, and white and had small guns.
According to the audio recording, the two men who were found unresponsive were armed. It is unknown if the two men were suspects in the shooting.
The Stockton Police Department said they don’t have information on whether if there are any suspects involved in the shooting who are on the loose.
A Spanish speaking vendor, who preferred to remain anonymous for safety reasons, told The Record she heard the gunshots when she was selling at her stand. She said, as she heard several gunshots, she ran to look for her daughter.
Another vendor told The Record, he saw people running out of the flea market but didn’t know what had happened.
No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation can contact the Stockton Police Department or submit tips through Stockton Crime Stoppers at 209-946-0600.
Record reporter Angelaydet Rocha covers business and community news in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at arocha@recordnet.com or on Twitter @AngelaydetRocha. To support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow.
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Reporting by Angelaydet Rocha, The Stockton Record / The Record
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