Journey Rose Reotutar Guerrero, 8, identified among Stockton shooting victims

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA: A kind-hearted third-grader who dreamed of becoming a doctor and a high-school cheerleader has been identified as the last child slain in the horrific Stockton mass shooting that turned a toddler’s birthday party into a slaughterhouse.

Journey Rose Reotutar Guerrero was just nine years old when she was gunned down alongside three others at Monkey Space banquet hall on Lucile Avenue during a two-year-old’s birthday celebration on November 29. Thirteen more were wounded in the chaos.

Heartbroken mother remembers her 'precious baby girl'

Journey’s devastated mom Jacqueline Reotutar, who is a teacher in the same Stockton school district, poured her heart out on a GoFundMe page. “My precious baby girl was taken from her family in the tragic mass shooting at her cousin’s birthday party," she wrote.

The heartbroken mother described her little girl as kind, helpful, and having many friends at school. Journey was a student at Commodore Stockton Skills School. “She loved school and was excited to tell her family about what she learned every day,” Reotutar said. “She was a curious and gentle soul who touched many hearts.”

The pint-sized scholar was obsessed with art, crafting, baking, trivia, math games, and gymnastics. Her family remembered her as the kid who always lent a hand and inspired everyone around her to be better.

“Journey was growing up beautifully and should have had a long life where she would learn and play as much as she pleased,” her mom said. “She had so many dreams and goals she wanted to reach.”

Among those dreams were becoming a high-school cheerleader, then following her big sister into medicine. “She wanted to help people,” her mother said.

Journey leaves behind an 18-year-old sister and brothers aged 15 and 10. “They had so many adventures together,” Reotutar wrote.

The family’s GoFundMe had raised more than $16,000 of its $90,000 target by Tuesday night.

The other young victims

Journey wasn’t the only child stolen that night.

Eight-year-old Maya Lupian, a third-grader at Aspire Apex Academy, was just two weeks from turning 9 when she was killed. Her big sister Yesenia wrote on a fundraiser, “Maya was the light in everyone’s life, the sweetest soul.”

The karate purple-belt loved to dance, sing, draw, and stay active. “She deserved a childhood full of laughter, school days, karate, family time, and dreams... not this,” her sister wrote.

Maya leaves behind her parents, a sister, two older brothers, and two little nieces.

Fourteen-year-old Amari Peterson from Modesto also died in the tragedy. The straight-As student-athlete boasted a 3.8 GPA and was described by family as “loving, caring, and a wonderful athlete.”

Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee praised the teen. On GoFundMe, loved ones called him “a bright, loved, and promising young soul whose life was taken far too soon by a senseless act of violence.” His fundraiser is also seeking $90,000.

The fourth person tragically killed was 21-year-old Susano Archuleta.