Several men have been shot dead in Stockton, California, since July. Police have now released surveillance video and are asking for information.
Deadly shootings of six men in California are attributed to a suspected serial killer, according to new findings by investigators. Ballistics tests and surveillance camera footage suggested a link between the cases, Stockton City Police Chief Stanley McFadden said Tuesday (local time). So the first murder took place in April 2021 in Oakland, days later a woman was wounded by a sniper in Stockton, 110 kilometers away.
The victims were shot from behind in the dark
Stockton Police said last week that five men had been ambushed in recent months while alone in the dark. More recently, investigators said they saw a connection between all the cases.
The suspect’s motive is unclear, Police Chief McFadden told a news conference. But you know that “this person is on a mission”. Meanwhile, the Stockton Police Department has released surveillance video of a suspect and is offering a $125,000 reward for information leading to the arrest.
Woman survives alleged serial killer attack
The police chief said of the recording: “If everyone sees the video, I want you to pay close attention to this person’s erratic gait,” as Newsweek reports. He added: “We have no evidence linking this individual to the commission of any of these crimes, but we are interested in speaking with her.”
The woman, who survived the gunman’s shooting last year, described him as a silent 180 centimeters tall man wearing only dark clothes and a face mask, according to Newsweek.
As reported by the “Washington Post”, the authorities urged the population to be vigilant, not to travel alone and to remain in well-lit areas of the city. In the city of 779,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan region, 43 homicides have already been recorded this year.
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