Suspect charged with hate crime after shooting man 7 times

Updated: 11:08 PM EDT Oct 16, 2021

Stockton, California, police said that an arrest was made after a man was shot seven times in what authorities had been investigating as a possible hate crime. The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office confirmed later that it will be moving forward with hate crime charges.Detectives with the Stockton Police Department arrested Michael Hayes, 31, in connection with the Friday shooting of 45-year-old Bobby Gayle Jr., a news release said. Hayes was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail and is facing attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and weapons charges.“I would like to thank the anonymous tipster and the hard work of our detectives for bringing a quick resolution to this case for the victim and his family,” Stockton police Chief Eric Jones said in a prepared statement. “Gun violence is not tolerated in our community.”Part of Friday night's violence was captured in surveillance footage obtained by KCRA 3. Bobby, a cement mason, was preparing to do some work with a friend near the Wells Fargo Bank on Pacific Avenue near Rivara Road when a driver going backward almost hit them, said Bobby's brother, Dr. Marlon Gayle."My brother threw his hands up, was like, 'Hey, man, slow down. What's going on, like slow down,'" Marlon said. “And the guy got out his truck, parked his truck, got out, and he started saying the 'n' word and just started shooting."Bobby is seen on the right of the video holding his hands up as a gunman on the left shoots. Marlon said two of the shots hit Bobby in his face.Even though he was injured in the shooting, Bobby managed to call for his brother, Marlon recalled, and played a voicemail that said, "Marlon, I've been shot. Pray for me. I swear to God. Please. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah."Marlon said none of the bullets pierced any major arteries. He is expected to survive.Gayle remains in the hospital, but his family said he's recovering."I'm in pain a little bit right now. But it's a good pain and just I can feel myself being carried by the lord. This is the lord's work. My brother wants me to slow down — I can't go back out there and work," Gayle said in a recorded video to KCRA 3.The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said Hayes could be arraigned on Monday.

A bar owner was arrested in connection with selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said Tuesday.

Luke Blehm, a spokesperson with ABC, told sister station KCRA the agency launched an undercover operation after receiving complaints that fake vaccine cards were being made at The Old Corner Saloon in Clements. Agents succeeded in purchasing several of these cards from the owner and a bartender in April.

At least eight sales to customers were made at the bar at around $20 a card, Blehm said. Finished and unfinished vaccine cards were found during the undercover investigation, along with paper cutters and laminators.

Blehm said bar owner Todd Anderson is facing charges of falsifying medical records with forging public seals, along with several counts of identity theft.

"Falsifying medical documents and also on the cards there are several agency seals on them, and that is illegal to falsify a seal of an agency or an entity, which makes that identify theft. And also there's a section — forgery section — with forging a seal," Blehm said.

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A Tuesday search of the saloon by ABC agents also turned up an unregistered handgun, Blehm said. ABC will also seek a criminal complaint against another employee from the saloon.

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