UPDATE: Prosecutors have charged a man with fatally shooting three men whom police have said were among six victims slain by a serial killer in Stockton and Oakland over the past year and a half.
It was not immediately known if Brownlee has an attorney who can comment on his behalf. He is being held in jail without bail.
Authorities 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. Investigators have said ballistics tests and video evidence linked the shootings. The five men killed in Stockton this year were Paul Yaw, 35, who died July 8; 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. 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.
The criminal complaint filed Tuesday only lists charges for the killings of Rodriguez, Cruz and Lopez. Brownlee has a criminal history that includes traffic violations and convictions for drug crimes that goes back to an arrest when he was 15 years old Stockton officials confirmed an arrest was made in the Stockton serial killer case. The suspect was arrested Saturday morning and police believe he was on "a mission to kill."
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