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The Stockton, California Police Department is searching for a person of interest linked to the five murders, the first of which occurred July 8th. All the victims were men and all were alone at the time they were fatally shot.
The police released only a few details about the series of murders and when they occurred: a man from 35 years old shot to death at 12: 30 am July 8 ; a 43 year old man shot to death at 9: 49 pm on 11 of August; a 27 year old man shot to death at 6 : 41 am del 30 of August; a 52 year old man shot to death at 4: 27 am on 21 of September; and a 54 year old man shot to death at 1: 53 am del 27 of September.
Photo of a “Person of Interest” in a series of homicides being committed in Stockton. There is an $85,000 reward for info that leads to an arrest. Please call SPD or @StocktonCrime with info or scan the QR code to send any pertinent videos related to this investigation. pic.twitter.com/i2q4t8C6bg— Stockton Police Dept (@StocktonPolice) September 21, 2022
According to ABC News, Stockton Police mentioned that all the victims were ambushed, none were robbed and none were drug or gang related. The police would have physical evidence linking the five crime scenes.
None of the victims was publicly identified by police, but the most recent victim’s family identified him as Lorenzo Lopez, according to Sacramento ABC affiliate KXTV.
“He was just a person who was here in the wrong place at the wrong time in the wrong circumstances,” his brother Jerry Lopez said. “It is difficult to process that this has happened. I mean, my brother and I were like twins. We were a year apart, so we were pretty close.”
According to CNN data, the city of Stockton said it was offering a reward of $75,000 dollars for information leading to an arrest in the research. Stockton Crime Stoppers is posting an additional reward of $10,.
The day after Lopez’s murder, Stockton police had said in a press conference that they were not sure if the series of murders was related.
“We are still looking at it from a random point of view, but we see some similarities,” Police Chief Stanley McFadden said Wednesday. “We have been provided with absolutely no evidence to lead us to believe that an individual is running rampant in the city of Stockton killing people.”
But that has changed two days later when the department linked the five murders and released a picture of a person of interest.
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