Alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee ‘on a mission to kill’ nabbed by California cops

California cops stated they nabbed a serial killer as he looked for his subsequent sufferer.

Wesley Brownlee, 43, was allegedly driving the streets of Stockton within the wee hours of Saturday, wearing black with a masks round his neck and a gun by his aspect, police stated.

“Our surveillance workforce adopted this particular person whereas he was driving. We watched his patterns and decided early this morning, he was on a mission to kill,” Police Chief Stanley McFadden wrote on Fb.

“We’re certain we stopped one other killing,” he added at a later information convention.

Brownlee is believed to be liable for capturing seven folks since April 2021, slaying six of them and leaving one harm, authorities stated.

The motive for the shootings is unknown, stated police. Not one of the victims had been assaulted or robbed.

Most of his targets had been homeless, ambushed and shot to loss of life between July 8 and Sept. 27.

The homicide spree started April 10, 2021, when Juan Vasquez Serrano, 39, was slain in Oakland. The following sufferer, police stated, was Natasha LaTour, 46, who was shot six days later, however lived. Her attacker didn’t say something earlier than opening fireplace, she advised police.

The bloodshed stopped for months, till July 8, when Paul Yaw, 35 was killed in Stockton, adopted by Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died Aug. 11; Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, who died Aug. 30; Juan Cruz, 52, who died Sept. 21; and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, who died Sept. 27.

“Primarily based on suggestions coming into the division and Stockton Crime Stoppers, we had been in a position to zero in on a attainable suspect,” McFadden stated.

Brownlee was stopped after cops noticed him going to parks and darkish areas, stopping and looking out round earlier than transferring on, McFadden stated.

Extra reporting by Marjorie Hernandez

With Submit wires