California police are on the hunt for a suspect. He has been identified as a serial killer who has been claiming victims in Stockton. Until now, according to information provided by US authorities, he has already killed five people out of six who were attacked. One of them survived. Understand what the police have to say.
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Serial killer is claiming victims in Stockton
In a short period – less than three months – of time, five people were shot during the night or early mornings in Stockton. This is a city of around 310,000 inhabitants. Detectives leading the case believe that other murders in a neighboring town are linked to the murders in question.
“We have a series of homicides that we believe are connected. The problem is, we don't have the evidence to tell us whether it's one person, two or three," said Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden.
Profile of victims and locations:
The detectives involved explain that all victims, registered between July 8 and September 27, exhibit the same ballistic criteria. Another important factor in these characteristics is that the serial killer is mostly targeting Hispanic men aged between 20 and 50 years.
Not to mention that they were all killed in places with little lighting and almost no security cameras.
Links to other crimes and suspects:
Investigators are looking into a possible connection to another case. That of a black woman who survived after being shot in April last year in Oakland, 80 kilometers from the Stockton area.
A video from a security camera was released on police social media. The record shows a man from the back who is wearing dark clothes and limping slightly. He is classified as a person of interest. He was seen in several security videos near the places where the crimes took place.
Police increased the number of street patrols at night and into the early hours. In addition, they warned residents to avoid passing through poorly lit areas and not to walk alone after sunset.
They are also offering a $125,000 reward to anyone with information that will help them catch the perpetrator. Currently, around one hundred tracks a day are analyzed.
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