Police in Stockton, Calif., say a suspect has been arrested in a series of killings that rattled nearby communities.
Wesley Brownlee, 43, was taken into custody early Saturday, Stockton Police Department Chief Stanley McFadden said at a news conference. Charges were pending.
"Our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving," he said. "He was on a mission to kill. He was out hunting."
"We are sure we stopped another killing," McFadden said.
Five victims, all men between the ages of 21 and 54, had been fatally shot while alone in dimlit areas in the early morning ar late at night between July 8 anc Sept. 27. Four of the men were Hispanic.
Another 40-year-old Hispanic man was killed in Oakland, Calif., on April 10 and a Black woman was shot in Stockton on April 16. She survived her injuries.
This is a developing story.
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