“She heard someone walking around her campsite when she came out of her tent, she encountered someone holding a gun” who then shot her, Chief McFadden said. The woman, who the chief described as a “light-complected” Black woman, was in her tent when she heard noises outside, he said. One victim was white, but the rest were Hispanic males.Ĭhief McFadden also said that police had been able to interview a seventh victim – a homeless woman who survived an attack by what is believed to be the same perpetrator in April of last year. Six men have been shot dead under cover of darkness while alone in dimly lit areas since April 2021, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said Tuesday. Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said the man was “out looking to kill, he was hunting”.Įarlier this month Stockton officials released seconds-long footage of a slender figure with an uneven gait and unusually upright posture who police would like to question in connection with the shootings of seven people in and around the port city. The 43-year-old man was arrested in the area of Village Green Drive and Winslow Way in the early hours of the morning. On 15 October police said a suspect had been arrested. Police say two shootings in 2021 are also connected to the latest spree. There have been nearly four dozen murders in the Californian city so far this year, already surpassing its homicide total for the entirety of 2021.įive recent murders of men killed while alone in dimly lit areas have been linked, police say – sparking fears of a serial killer in the 445,000-person port town.

The city of Stockton is no stranger to shootings.

(Stockton Police Department/Cathy Lopez Leal/Greta Bogrow)

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