California serial killer appears to be ‘on a mission’, as police link seven shootings
The Guardian says A California serial killer seems to be “on a mission” dating back to last year, which has seen the fatal shooting of at least six men and the wounding of one woman – but authorities have not figured out what’s behind the violence.
Ballistics tests and some video evidence linked the shootings in Stockton and Oakland, about 70 miles apart in northern California, police said.
“We don’t know what the motive is. What we do believe is that it’s mission-oriented,” Stockton police chief Stanley McFadden said on Tuesday. “This person’s on a mission.”
Although police would not say whether all seven shootings had been linked to the same gun, McFadden alluded to a single pistol during the news conference.