DELAYED BRIEFLY WHILE CREWS CHECKED THE TRACKS. A STOCKTON RAPPER POSTED A STATEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT AFTER THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING THAT KILLED FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN, AND INJURED 13 OTHERS. WITNESSES TELLING KCRA THREE THAT THE RAPPER JANELLE WAS AT THAT CHILD’S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON NOVEMBER 29TH, WHEN THAT SHOOTING BROKE OUT. IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, HE SAID IN PART, THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN MAKE SENSE OF THIS AND I DO NOT WANT TO ADD NOISE WHERE THERE SHOULD BE CARE. AND HE ADDS, OUT OF RESPECT, I’M CHOOSING TO MOVE QUIETLY AND INTENTIONALLY. I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING ON DETAILS OR SPECULATION. MEANTIME, NEARLY THREE WEEKS AFTER
Stockton rapper MBNel responds to mass shooting at birthday party
Updated: 11:17 PM PST Dec 19, 2025
It’s been nearly three weeks since a mass shooting at a child’s birthday party in Stockton that killed three children and an adult. On Friday, a rapper took to social media for the first time to address the tragedy.Witnesses previously told KCRA 3 that rapper MBNel was in attendance at the Nov. 29 party where the shooting took place. In a social media post, MBNel said:”My deepest condolences to the families who had to bury their children, and to the innocent lives lost. What happened in Stockton has left families carrying an unimaginable loss. There are no words that can make sense of this, and I do not want to add noise where there should be care. This is about the families, and no one else. Out of respect, I am choosing to move quietly and intentionally. I will not be speaking on details or speculation. Rest in peace to the lives lost may their souls live on forever.” On Thursday, San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow expressed confidence in the ongoing investigation and extended his sympathies to the affected families during his monthly address on Facebook. Withrow noted that the investigation is going extremely well. However, authorities said there is no new information to share about the case.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
It’s been nearly three weeks since a mass shooting at a child’s birthday party in Stockton that killed three children and an adult. On Friday, a rapper took to social media for the first time to address the tragedy.
Witnesses previously told KCRA 3 that rapper MBNel was in attendance at the Nov. 29 party where the shooting took place.
In a social media post, MBNel said:
“My deepest condolences to the families who had to bury their children, and to the innocent lives lost. What happened in Stockton has left families carrying an unimaginable loss. There are no words that can make sense of this, and I do not want to add noise where there should be care. This is about the families, and no one else. Out of respect, I am choosing to move quietly and intentionally. I will not be speaking on details or speculation. Rest in peace to the lives lost may their souls live on forever.”
On Thursday, San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow expressed confidence in the ongoing investigation and extended his sympathies to the affected families during his monthly address on Facebook.
Withrow noted that the investigation is going extremely well.
However, authorities said there is no new information to share about the case.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel