Suspect in California serial killer investigation charged with 3 murders

Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Northern California man with fatally shooting three men whom police have said were among six men slain by a serial killer over the past 18 months. 

Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested Saturday in connection with a series of shootings dating back to April 2021 in which six men were killed and a woman was wounded. Police had been conducting surveillance on him in the early morning hours Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, armed with a handgun and possibly "out hunting" for another victim.

The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday filed three counts of murder, one count of a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of ammunition. He is currently only charged in the three most recent slayings that occurred in Stockton.