

Juan Vasquez Serrano, 39, was killed in Oakland on April 10, 2021, and Natasha LaTour, 46, was shot in Stockton on April 16 that year but survived.

21 and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, who died Sept. 11 Jonathan Rodriguez Hernandez, 21, who died Aug. The five men killed in Stockton this year were Paul Yaw, 35, who died July 8 Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died Aug. Investigators have said ballistics tests and video evidence linked the shootings. The public defender’s office did not immediately return a message seeking comment.Īuthorities previously described the suspect - now identified as Brownlee - as a serial killer who was “on a mission” but did not appear to have a clear motive in who he targeted for his crimes. The judge assigned him a public defender. “There are some people who are just simply too dangerous to share the streets with you and I,” Verber Salazar said at a press conference after Brownlee’s arraignment.īrownlee did not enter a plea Tuesday and was scheduled to return to court on Nov. Another killing occurred last year in Oakland, which is located in Alameda County. Brownlee, a truck driver who had recently moved to Stockton from Oakland, was only charged in three recent slayings in Stockton.ĭistrict Attorney Tori Verber Salazar said she expects to file additional charges in two other murders in Stockton, as well as an attempted murder. The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday filed three counts of murder, one count of a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of ammunition. Police had been conducting surveillance on him Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, armed with a handgun and possibly “out hunting” for another victim. Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings dating back to April 2021.

(AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Northern California man with fatally shooting three men whom police have said were among six victims slain by a serial killer over the past year and a half.
