Suspected Stockton serial killer caught with gun while 'out hunting,' police chief says - KCRA Sacramento

A antheral has been arrested successful Stockton successful transportation to a bid of killings successful the metropolis and 1 successful Oakland, authorities announced connected Saturday. He could look charges for the murders of six men. Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested overnight "while retired hunting," constabulary Chief Stanley McFadden said astatine a quality league with City Manager Harry Black, Mayor Kevin Lincoln and San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar.McFadden believes they "stopped different killing." The constabulary main said the apprehension was made imaginable acknowledgment to assemblage tips and the enactment of the constabulary department."Our surveillance squad followed this idiosyncratic portion helium was driving. We watched his patterns and determined aboriginal this greeting helium was connected a ngo to kill. He was retired hunting," McFadden said. | MORE | Stockton serial killings: Everything we cognize and don't cognize truthful acold astir the victims and suspectHe was caught astir 2 a.m. astatine Winslow Way and Village Green Drive and was wearing acheronian covering with a disguise astir his cervix and equipped with a firearm.Authorities said that Brownlee has lived successful Stockton disconnected and on, portion besides surviving successful different cities. He has a transgression record, though constabulary did not item the erstwhile crimes. Police confirmed that helium is the sole fishy "at this time" and is believed to beryllium the idiosyncratic of involvement captured connected video from shooting scenes. Stockton's politician said the metropolis volition beryllium capable to get past this and that nationalist information is their fig 1 priority."I privation to marque this precise very clear, to the radical of Stockton, to the United States and astir the world. When the radical of Stockton travel unneurotic and we unite we tin get things done. Stockton volition beryllium a spot wherever radical tin live, rise a household and turn a business," Mayor Kevin Lincoln said.Video below: Stockton politician speaks connected apprehension Salazar connected the apprehension of Brownlee said, “The transgression was solved due to the fact that we’re Stockton. You don’t travel to our location and bring this reign of terror.” Video below: San Joaquin County DA speaks connected arrestBrownlee volition look successful tribunal connected Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Salazar said the territory attorney's bureau is moving to find the charges against him.Officials are inactive unsure what the motive down the killings are, but said his patterns were consistent. It's unclear if the weapon constabulary recovered connected Saturday is linked to each 7 shootings. “I americium grateful for the enactment of the Stockton Police Department and instrumentality enforcement agencies who lent their enactment to this investigation, including the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Firearms and Bureau of Forensic Services,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said successful a statement. “When we look a situation oregon menace to the information of Californians, we basal stronger erstwhile we basal together. Because of our collaborative work, the citizens of Stockton and California communities tin consciousness comfortableness successful knowing that this fishy is present successful custody.”| MORE | What we're learning astir victims of the Stockton serial killingsSix men were killed — 5 successful Stockton this twelvemonth and 1 successful Oakland past year. The victims were identified by constabulary as:35-year-old Paul Alexander Yaw43-year-old Salvador William Debudey Jr.21-year-old Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez52-year-old Juan Cruz52-year-old Lorenzo LopezThe unfortunate successful Oakland was a 40-year-old Hispanic man. Affiliate KTVU reported that the coroner identified the antheral arsenic Juan Miguel Vasquez Serrano.A 46-year-old Black pistillate is the lone known subsister of the shootings. Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said the pistillate biked to an encampment astatine Park and Union streets successful Stockton wherever she was changeable connected April 16, 2021, astatine astir 3:30 a.m.The pistillate was by a structure erstwhile she saw a man, dressed successful each acheronian clothing, wearing a acheronian look disguise and a acheronian jacket. She said the antheral was anyplace betwixt 5 ft 10 inches to 6 ft 2 inches.The pistillate told constabulary that nary words were exchanged betwixt them and that she tried defending herself by advancing toward him. She was deed aggregate times by gunfire.Where did the shootings happen?Most of the deadly shootings happened successful Stockton wrong a four-mile radius of 1 another. The shooting wherever the pistillate survived happened to the southbound of the 5 deadly shootings.Here’s a representation with much information:Authorities inquire for radical to proceed to nonstop successful tipsMcFadden said it is inactive a "very progressive investigation." "Just due to the fact that an apprehension was made, does not mean the probe stops," McFadden said. He said they inactive request much tips to travel in. A extremity enactment volition stay unfastened for radical to taxable accusation astatine 209-937-8167. People tin email tips to astatine policetips@stocktonca.gov. Video surveillance tin beryllium submitted to Stocktonpdca.evidence.com. This is simply a processing story. Stay with KCRA 3 arsenic we larn much astir the fishy arrested and the bid of killings.Here is wherever you tin download our app for the latest.-KCRA 3's Hilda Flores contributed to this report.