According to Tracy police Sgt. Tony Sheneman, a fight broke out at about 1 a.m. Saturday inside Amore’s, an Italian restaurant that turns into a dance club after dark on the corner of 11th and A streets.
After the combatants were kicked out by Amore's security, Sheneman said, at least eight gunshots were fired into the crowd and into the restaurant. One man was hit in the head and was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital via ambulance, where as of 5 a.m. he was in critical condition, according to doctors at the hospital.
According to Sheneman, the other six victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
As of 3:30 a.m., two had been treated and released from Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, two were at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton, one was in the care of Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Manteca, and the seventh had also been taken to a local hospital.
Just after the shooting, Sheneman said that three men could have been involved and that police are still trying to ascertain the identity of the possible suspects. He said a gang investigation crew was on scene, but he wasn't certain if gangs were involved in the shooting.
Witnesses at the scene said that after the shots were fired, several men fled in varying directions, including one with a noticeable limp.
The police department set up its mobile command center outside Amore’s, and the investigation continued into the wee hours.
Crime scene technicians catalogued the shell casings scattered between vehicles in the parking lot and documented the blood stains on the restaurant’s floor. At least one bullet appeared to have lodged in a sign outside the eatery, and the restaurant’s heavy wooden chairs were left cockeyed as fleeing patrons had left them.
As of 5 a.m., police tape had shut down A Street and the restaurant’s parking lot. Eleventh Street was clear to through traffic.
Amore’s shares a rear parking lot with the Tracy Press.
When asked if he could recall any similar incident in his nine years as part of the Tracy police force, Sheneman said he could not.
Sheneman said that police are in the process of identifying suspects, and he asked any one with information to call 831-4550.
For more updates as they are available, visit www.tracypress.com.
I'm not in favor of booting existing businesses by any means, but if you put blood red curtains in a massage parlor, it just looks skeezy! Even the adult store in Livermore kind of blends in a bit...a bit. ;-)
I hope the Brew House does well...and I'm planning to hit every movie at the Grand (especially "It's a Wonderful Life") as a show of support for the arts downtown. There is a great little bakery down there and I just think the area has huuuge potential. Plus, with all the cute little houses around the area...there is a growth potential there too. Look at places like Palo Alto...do that but keep reality in play and suddenly downtown Tracy is a destination!
We as citizens and taxpayers just need to find a way to make ourselves heard and work with the city to make it a reality. I have high hopes! :-)
With the new hospital and campus in plan, I want to share this with you.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_livable_city_quest_e.html
CN
Just maybe when the gangs see what happened years past, they might blush! Pale in comparison?
Just an idea... like a living Ghost Town... for visitors? Too expensive?
CN
Many people want to bring back Tracy to its glorious days of the past of rooten, shooten, getty up cowboy.
How many died, how many got hurt.
Well hurray, Old Tracy is back. The evil came back to Tracy because it never went away.
Great Future for our loser and no horse town.
The things that are broken ARE fixable...and Tracy CAN be a safer place (no place is safe...a friend just told me that her mother's business partner was randomly shot in Palm Springs at a Von's supermarket...isn't that supposed to be a hotbed of rich and famous?) with some work and thought behind the planning.
I have high hopes and am even looking into how to get more involved to maybe try to make a difference. I think it's going to come down to those of us who live here and pay taxes...it is OUR responsibility to let our elected officials know that we are fed up and sick of the bad choices they've made.
Let's let 'em hear our voices!
I'd love to see downtown get more businesses like you mention. If I had the capital, I'd turn the old True Value into a market that had a great deli, local meat and veggies and was happy to special order things for people. Nothing against the downtown groceries, but they just aren't for everyone...and I think some people are almost "scared" to shop at a Mexican grocery (which is dumb but true).
The Grand is a great step...now let's continue to get some bookstores and boutique stores instead of tattoo parlors and massage joints. (although, at least we don't have an "adult" store like Livermore!) Let's make Downtown Tracy be smart, cute and successful!
The present rate, from the pictures, I would hate to see more massage center, nail salon, bars, pool hall, bonds office. Great way to scare families from living in city?
Not much revenue if the later happens.
Good luck.
CN
I bet all those shot relived the moments too many times to give them peace. Talk about it with those who care about you, or see a therapist to deal with the emotional trauma.
Hope they sue the pants off the criminals then gas them!
Harsh, I know, just fed up.
CN
But if you can just hold on long enough to see this through, you;ll come out a new person stronger, with new understanding, and with a new pride in yourself from knowing you made it.
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The head victim was not gang affiliated for sure. A security professional, in fact - and as correctly stated a husband, father, and hard working bloke.
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Downtown Biz District? Freakin' hogwash. Police presense and holding people accountable is all that will work. [Gassing the certainly guilty is fine by me - I don't want to feed, cloth, bath and strengthen them]
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Tracy doesn't have a council woman, it has a "wannabe" councilwoman.
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Underage drinking?? Hold Tracy responsible for it????? Moronic. Parents need to do that. Arrest THEM for thier kids being loaded.
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Whomever mentioned professional sports hit a huge nail on the head! Boycott the crap. It's boring, too expensive, USELESS and the people in it are theives. If people didn't go - or sit on thier a$$ and watch - salaries AND big egos would disappear.
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Hey Mr./Mrs. anonymous armpit???? What's wrong, to afraid to show your face? You're just jealous because you can't afford to buy a house selling methamphetemines. Move to San Diego and rent there.
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San Diego? Are you kidding?? So much to offer??? It's a great place to visit. Legoland is fun. Nice dirt there. Luckily you don't like art, music, fine dining, and people who can spell. Where were YOUR parents while you were running around Tracy all stoned?
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Will someone please explain how you can get your foot caught in a "weed" on the muddy bottom of a slew WHILE YOU'RE IN A KAYACK??? Better make the swim park a fountain 2 inches deep so your kid won't drown!
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My wife always tells me to say nothing if I don't have anything nice to say. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
you are ABSOLUTELY right about the dresscode. I have worked in the bar/club industry many years, and as soon as I would see the security getting lax on the dresscode, I was gone so fast it created a vacuum. The formula is simple: 1. People who show up wearing an outfit they paid good money for, and took time to look nice in (as opposed to a solid white t-shirt 4 sizes too large), are far less likely to want to bloody themselves and others, and 2. Eliminating any showing of colors or sports attire keeps everyone on the same playing field so to speak. And finally, many people who show up in white-t's and excessively baggy pants are often the ones who drink in the parking lot, and thus spend less money inside the establishment.
I don't know if Amore's has a strict dress code, but judging from at least one of the pictures, it appears it wasn't in affect last night. At least one other local establishment maintains a dresscode, and though there may be the occasional scuffle, it regulates any bad behavior very well. I hope this is a lesson to other local establishments how dangerous letting in just anyone who they think MIGHT spend money can be, and I wish all the victims a speedy recovery.
I just saw him at the gym a few days ago. He is a husband, a father of two, and just a down-to-earth guy.
I hope they catch everyone who participated in this act of violence. These gangsters have it all twisted. Honor or "props" don't come from shooting into a defenseless crowd of people.
Get yourselves a Downtown Business District and deal with the problems in YOUR downtown. Including underage drinking downtown Tracy!
"The trio were arrested by SWAT forces and detectives from the Tracy Police Department and the youth services division in Manteca, according to Sheneman.
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When is enough, going to be enough?