Stockton, Calif., police arrest suspect in serial killings

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California was arrested before dawn Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, armed with a handgun and possibly searching for another victim, police said.

Investigators began watching the suspect after receiving tips and stopped him in a car at about 2 a.m. in the Central Valley city, where five of the shootings took place, Police Chief Stanley McFadden said at a news conference.

Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was dressed in black, had a mask around his neck, had a gun and “was out hunting,” McFadden alleged.

“We are sure we stopped another killing,” he added.



Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden speaks during a news conference at the Stockton Police Department headquarters about the arrest of suspect Wesley Brownlee in a series of killings in Stockton, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Pictured behind McFadden are Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, left, San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Veber Salazar and Stockton city manager Harry Black. (Clifford Oto/The Record via AP)


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[SoCalDavidS]

1. Just Another Day In Wonderful America nt

[RussBLib]

2. Damn, this is a violent country

Just look at practically any movie trailer or ad for one of the countless crime shows.

[Jack the Greater]

6. It's a violent world, always has been, sometimes more, sometimes less

... but evil is built into the fabric of existence, that much cannot be denied.

[Demovictory9]

3. Glad he was caught

[SoCalDavidS]

4. There Are Several Others Waiting To Take His Place This Month nt

[Stuart G]

5. Very sad point you make, and it is totally true.

[SoCalDavidS]

7. We're Really A Sick Country

I don't see how anybody could argue with that.

People may be coming here from countries in worse shape, but I find it hard to imagine that people in more civilized countries are clamoring to immigrate to America.

[lark]

8. So happy to hear this!

My best friends son lives there and in the area where this asshole did his hunting. The son doesn't drive and walks everywhere including to and from work at night. So glad this menace has been removed!

[IronLionZion]

9. Good that they caught him

There are way too many violent dangerous people out there.