Antwane Perkins, 27, a Black/African American man, was killed on Memorial Day, May 26, 2025, in Stockton, California. Late that afternoon, police were called to reports of gunfire in the 300 block of South San Joaquin Street—just south of Highway 4—where officers found Antwane Perkins, 27, and Jessie Hilliard Jr., 19, both suffering from gunshot wounds. Medics pronounced both men dead at the scene.
The San Joaquin County Medical Examiner identified the victims two days later, confirming Antwane Perkins’s age and name as one of the two men slain in the attack.
In the immediate aftermath, police believed the shooter might still be nearby and summoned a SWAT team to methodically clear the premises. The search locked down the area as officers warned the public to avoid the scene, but no suspect was located that day. The initial investigation yielded no arrests at the time, even though multiple people were detained amid the chaos.
Weeks later, the case broke open. On June 13, 2025, in a multi-agency operation targeting a violent criminal network—an effort police dubbed Operation White Noise—authorities arrested Devontae Holmes, 19, as a suspect in the Memorial Day double homicide that claimed the life of Antwane Perkins, 27. A week after announcing the sweep, investigators apprehended a second suspect: a 16-year-old boy who was booked into San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall on homicide charges. Police linked both suspects to the shooting that left Antwane Perkins, 27, and Jessie Hilliard Jr., 19, dead.
Detectives described the timeline of the shooting as unfolding around 4:45 p.m. along South San Joaquin Street near Lafayette and Sonora streets, close to the Crosstown Freeway. By June 20, 2025, authorities publicly confirmed the two arrests tied to the killing of Antwane Perkins, 27, and emphasized that the coordinated crackdown had seized firearms and targeted individuals allegedly connected to homicides and other violent crimes.
