CA - Shooting at Stockton Sikh Temple leaves 5 people injured, Aug 2022 *arrests*

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Three people are hospitalized after a shooting at the Sikh temple in Stockton, California Saturday evening.

The incident occurred at approximately 6:42 p.m. (9:42 p.m. ET), according to Joseph Silva, spokesperson for Stockton Police Department.

Silva said there was an event taking place at the temple when the shooting occurred.

Both the suspect and the victims are Sikh, according to authorities.

A motive for the shooting is unknown.

California authorities search for suspect in Sikh temple shooting

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Police said officers found the three victims in the 1900 block of Sikh Temple Street. First responders transported all of them to the hospital for what they said appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.

3 people hospitalized after shooting at Stockton Sikh Temple, police say

Stockton police said officers found the three victims in the 1900 block of Sikh Temple Street.

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Sutter County District Attorney Jennifer Dupré said the two syndicates were responsible for multiple shootings where 11 people were shot, including five people at a Sikh temple in Stockton last year and two more victims at a temple in Sacramento last month.

None of the victims died. Dupré said all of the men arrested are part of California’s Sikh community and were members of one of two rival groups whose feud was fueled by intense personal connections.

“This started out as one group, and one faction broke off, and since then they have been rivals trying to outdo each other. Mainly they show up places and try to shoot each other,” Dupré said, comparing it to the U.S. Civil War “where brothers were fighting against brothers.”

17 men from warring criminal groups arrested in California Sikh community shootings

The Sutter County DA said suspects from two criminal syndicates were responsible for multiple shootings in which 11 people were shot, five of them at a Sikh temple in Stockton last year and two at a temple in Sacramento last month.

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