The district attorney said she expects additional charges in two other murders in Stockton.
, was arrested with a gun during a traffic stop, and police say he was allegedly looking for another victim.
In court Tuesday, Brownlee, who appeared stoic and unemotional, was ordered held without bail, according to county inmate records. “We can prove with high confidence the same gun was used in the three homicides we’re charging you with today,” Salazar said at the news conference, addressing the defendant.
It’s thought to be one of the first known serial murder cases in which a ghost gun was said to be the weapon. According to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the record, in early 1999 he was sentenced to two years in prison for possession for sale of a controlled substance. He was released on parole about seven months later.
A fatal attack on April 10, 2021, was the only one outside Stockton and is believed to be the serial killer’s first. It happened in Oakland, when Juan Vasquez Serrano, 39, was shot in the predawn darkness, officials said.
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