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A woman was killed by a pit bull last night in Stockton.

San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies arrived at a home in the 400 block of Lillian Avenue for a report of a dog attack about 8:20 p.m. Deputies arrived to find the woman who was attacked by the dog. Medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

The pit bull was found in the backyard of the home where the attack occurred. Animal Control officers removed the dog from the yard, taking it to the county shelter where it will be held pending the conclusion of the investigation into the woman's death.

The woman's name has not been released.

Fox40 reported Stockton residents were shaken after the pit bull attack.

The Stockton Record, quoting authorities and residents, said the woman was killed Thursday night when she was attacked by a pit bull that has terrorized an east Stockton neighborhood for months.

San Joaquin Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Rees described the dog as a "big, nasty pit bull," according to the Record.

Read the Stockton Record story here.

By Allen Pierleoni
apierleoni@sacbee.com

Wanted fugitive Michael Paul Thompson and parolee-at-large Ricky "Smoke" Gonzales were surprised Friday night when they walked out of the Days Inn motel off Interstate 5 and Lathrop Road.

Waiting for them about 7 p.m. in the parking lot were officers on surveillance from the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, ready with handcuffs.

Thompson and Gonzalez spotted the approaching officers, raced across the parking lot, jumped into a Cadillac Escalade and sped away, followed by the deputies.

Lodi police said the death of a little boy hit by a vehicle driven by his father was accidental.

Police responded to Tree Court about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on a report of a child that had been struck by a vehicle. The three-year-old boy hit by the vehicle was transported to Lodi Memorial Hospital.

The child, who suffered severe head trauma, was later pronounced dead. A police press release said his death appears to be an accident.

Still, the circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by the Lodi Police Department Major Accident and Investigation Team.

A driver was shot and killed by law enforcement officers on a Stockton street Saturday night, after he allegedly tried to back the car into officers while they stood outside the car, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

The car was believed to be connected to an armed robbery in Stockton Friday afternoon, sheriff's officials said.

Members of the San Joaquin County Gang Task Force stopped a car in the 200 block of S. Adelbert Avenue about 9 p.m., after they noticed it matched the description of a car involved in an armed robbery on Cardinal Avenue a day earlier.