{"id":1697212,"date":"2022-10-16T20:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T00:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1697212"},"modified":"2022-10-16T20:49:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T00:49:45","slug":"suspected-serial-killer-of-six-arrested-in-california-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-serial-killer-of-six-arrested-in-california-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Serial Killer Of Six Arrested In California, Police Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuspected-serial-killer-of-six-arrested-in-california-police-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1697212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Police officers in Northern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\">California<\/a> believe they prevented another murder after arresting a \u2018potential serial killer\u2019 Saturday suspected of murdering six men and wounding a woman over the last 18 months in a string of late-night shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was arrested on homicide allegations, according to Stockton Police Department officials.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bhdp8jjQzxo\">news conference<\/a>, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said officers arrested Brownlee in two parts: community tips and \u201cgood old-fashioned police work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on tips coming to the department\u2019s Stockton Crimestoppers, were we able to zero in on a possible suspect,\u201d McFadden said. \u201cOur surveillance team followed this person while he was driving \u2026 watched his pattern and determined early this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was on a mission to kill,\u201d McFadden added.<\/p>\n<p>McFadden said officers took the dark-clothed suspect \u2014 who was carrying a firearm and wearing a mask draped around his neck \u2014 into custody after making contact around 2 a.m. on Saturday. After following the suspect drive around parks and other dark places where he would stop and look around before moving again, authorities \u201cidentified that he\u2019s posing a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was out hunting,\u201d McFadden said. \u201cWe are sure we stopped another killing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar echoed the police chief\u2019s sentiments saying, \u201cthe crime was solved because we\u2019re Stocktonians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you don\u2019t come to our house and bring this kind of reign of terror and not mobilize 350,000 people \u2014 780,000, this whole entire county \u2014 mobilized, mobilized and captured this individual whose reign of terror is no longer,\u201d Salazar said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities suspect Brownlee \u2014 who has a \u2018criminal history \u2014 of allegedly murdering six people and wounding a woman as far as April 2021. While two of the seven homicides happened last year, the remaining shootings happened between July and September.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the deadly shootings happened in Stockton within a four-mile radius of one another, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/suspected-stockton-serial-killer-arrested-while-out-hunting-police-chief-says\/41631651#\">KCRA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the local media, public records show Brownlee had drug and traffic violations \u2014 including a DUI \u2014 in Arizona and California.<\/p>\n<p>McFadden told CNN that all seven victims were \u201calone, often caught off guard, or maybe relaxing in a vehicle or walking alone in almost pitch darkness\u201d when attacked in the evening or early morning.<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/16\/us\/stockton-serial-killings-suspect-sunday\">reports<\/a> that according to jail records, Brownlee was being held in the county jail on Saturday without bail and that authorities confirmed he would be arraigned in court Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because an arrest was made does not mean the investigation stops,\u201d McFadden said, later adding, \u201cthe work is not done, though, as this is still a very active investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln said public safety in the city is their number one priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make this very very clear, to the people of Stockton, to the United States and around the world. When the people of Stockton come together and we unite we can get things done,\u201d Lincoln said. Stockton will be a place where people can live, raise a family and grow a business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/crime\/stockton-crime-gun-violence\/103-08407b6d-d452-498e-9700-84ede3ad2d5f\">reported<\/a> in August that Stockton had seen 34 homicides in 2022 \u2014 an increase from the 26 homicides it saw last year.<\/p>\n<p>Stockton Police Officers Association (SPOA) told the media outlet that the rise in crime is directly connected to fewer uniformed officers on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a shortage of over 100 officers, almost 20% of our staffing not here any longer and leaving more by the day, it\u2019s emboldened the criminal element because they don\u2019t see those uniform patrol officers on the street. They don\u2019t see as many police officers out there,\u201d said Patrick High, president of the SPOA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officers in Northern California believe they prevented another murder after arresting a \u2018potential serial killer\u2019 Saturday suspected of murdering six men and wounding a woman over the last 18 months in a string of late-night shootings. Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was arrested on homicide allegations, according to Stockton Police Department officials. 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