7 Shootings Now Linked To Stockton Serial Killer -- And Police Fear There May Be More
06.10.2022 - 23:21
/ perezhilton.com
Police in California are trying to solve a horrific string of serial murders stemming from seemingly random shootings — and now it appears there are more on the list.
As we’ve been reporting, cops in the Central Valley city of Stockton have been trying to stop a serial killer who murdered five people between July and September of this year. But now, investigators say ballistics evidence indicates the gun used in those five shootings was also used in two other shootings in April of last year, as well.
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According to the Stockton Police Department, the gun used in this year’s five unsolved murders was also used to commit a murder of a 40-year-old Hispanic man in the city of Oakland on April 10, 2021. Then, six days later, the gun was used to shoot and seriously injure a 46-year-old Black woman in Stockton. Oakland is about 70 miles west of Stockton.
Now, cops are checking a California statewide police database for more ballistics information to determine whether there are other shootings linked to the same gun. Detectives are also going through case files of additional recent shootings in and around Stockton to determine if there is any connection.
Stockton Police Public Information Officer Joe Silva spoke to NPR about the investigation, relaying his concern:
Per NPR, the surviving victim — who was also the shooter’s only known female victim — has thus far been able to offer “few details” as to his identity. Police believe the shootings were random, or if they are not, they have yet to find a common thread linking them all together.
On the day of her shooting last April, the victim reportedly recalled the shooter wearing a dark sweatshirt