Police arrest suspect in California serial killings

Oct 15 (Reuters) – Police in Stockton, California mentioned on Saturday they’ve arrested a person suspected of killing six folks in a string of murders which have rocked the world in Northern California.

Because of suggestions and investigative work, authorities have been capable of watch a person and cease him whereas he was driving within the metropolis within the early hours of Saturday morning, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden mentioned.

The person, who was clad in darkish clothes, had a masks round his neck and was in possession of a firearm when investigators stopped him, was “on a mission to kill,” McFadden mentioned at a information convention.

“We’re certain we stopped one other killing,” he added.

McFadden recognized the suspect as Wesley Brownlee, 43. The shootings, which began final yr and continued into September, have been linked by forensic ballistics proof, authorities mentioned earlier this month. learn extra

The San Joaquin County District Lawyer’s workplace was reviewing the proof and the suspect will seem in courtroom on Tuesday, mentioned Tori Verber Salazar, the county’s district lawyer.

Six victims have been killed, all however one within the Stockton space, and a seventh individual survived her accidents.

On Oct. 4, police launched a surveillance video of an individual of curiosity within the killing spree, and mentioned the crimes may very well be the work of a serial killer “on a mission,” though no motive was given.

Stockton is a metropolis of greater than 300,000 folks in California’s central valley, about 60 miles east of San Francisco.

Reporting by Maria Caspani, Modifying by Diane Craft

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