The San Joaquin County, California District Attorney filed formal charges against Wesley Brownlee in a series of recent homicides in Stockton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brownlee, 43, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Jonathan Rodriguez Hernandez, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz and Lawrence Lopez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brownlee also faces charges of carrying weapons and ammunition. He was not asked to plead guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brownlee was taken into custody Saturday, authorities say, in connection with seven California shootings that Stockton police believe are connected by ballistics evidence: the homicides of five men in Stockton and one in Oakland, and the shooting of a woman. in Stockton, from April 2021 to the end of last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims of this year’s homicides were identified by the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner as: Paul Yaw, 35, who died July 8; Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died on August 11; Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, who died on August 30; Juan Cruz, 52 years old, who died on September 21; and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, who died on September 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reward for information leading to the arrest increased to $125,000 this week. According to Stockton Mayor Kevin J. Lincoln, hundreds of tips were received from the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stockton is a city of about 322,000 people located about 70 kilometers southeast of Sacramento.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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