The Stockton Police Department released 45 seconds of a 911 call reporting a shooting at East Church and South San Joaquin streets. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, the suspect fired shot at the officer, Stockton police said. In the 911 call, shots can be heard in the background as the caller describes what is going on to the dispatcher.

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