Stockton Police Arrest Suspected Serial Killer, Seven Victims in a Year

A suspected serial killer is in custody in Northern California — and police say they caught the man whereas he was searching for his subsequent sufferer … this after 6 lives have already been taken.

43-year-old Wesley Brownlee was arrested Saturday morning in Stockton … the place Police Chief Stanley McFadden says he seemed to be scoping out a new individual to kill. Stockton PD have been surveilling him and stopped Brownlee after he left his home in a automobile round 2 AM. Upon a search, they are saying they discovered him armed with a gun and a masks round his neck.

Chief McFadden says there isn’t any doubt in their minds he was “out hunting” and that they stopped one other killing. Brownlee was booked for murder — though it is unclear if all the murders are being pinned on him proper off the bat.

Six males have been slain courting again to April 2021 — all of whom have been ambushed, shot and killed. Five occurred in the Stockton space up by September, and the ultimate one occurred in Oakland greater than a yr in the past. A seventh sufferer, a girl, was additionally shot in Stockton final yr, however survived. A great handful of the victims are stated to be homeless.

No motive has been ascribed … not one of the victims have been overwhelmed or robbed, merely shot and killed. Eventually, police declared that they had proof linking the murders — and introduced a manhunt to search out the killer … providing up as excessive as a $125k reward for assist from the general public.