Act Daily News
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An extra 5 costs had been filed Tuesday towards a Stockton man already charged with homicide in a collection of killings in Northern California, San Joaquin County prosecutors mentioned Tuesday.
Wesley Brownlee, 43, was already going through three counts of first-degree homicide for the capturing deaths of Jonathan Rodriguez Hernandez, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz and Lawrence Lopez in Stockton.
When he was arrested in October, Stockton police had linked him to a collection of different shootings.
On Tuesday, Brownlee was charged with a further 4 counts of first-degree homicide for the killings of Juan Alexander Vasquez, Mervin Harmon, Paul Yaw and Salvador Debudey Jr., in addition to one rely of tried homicide, the District Attorney’s Office introduced in a news launch.
Three of the gunshot victims had been in San Joaquin County, whereas the opposite two had been in Alameda County, the discharge mentioned.
The killings had been all a part of a collection of shootings that shook Stockton earlier this 12 months as police introduced they believed the assaults to be associated and launched surveillance pictures in seek for the assailant, saying the shootings all concerned individuals who had been alone and who had been shot both within the night or early morning.
Investigators discovered ballistic proof that linked six homicides and one tried murder, Police Chief Stanley McFadden has beforehand mentioned.
Working off suggestions from the general public, a surveillance crew adopted Brownlee as he drove round parks and darkish locations, “stopping, looking around and moving again,” McFadden mentioned. The crew watched his patterns and arrested him after they “identified that he’s posing a threat,” mentioned the chief.
“He was on a mission to kill. He was out hunting,” McFadden mentioned on the time.
Act Daily News has reached out to Brownlee’s legal professional for remark.
Brownlee will likely be arraigned for the extra costs on January 3, the District Attorney’s Office mentioned.
“The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office continues to collaborate with our local law enforcement agencies to ensure justice for these victims,” District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar mentioned in an announcement.