In this undated surveillance image released by the Stockton Police Department, a grainy still image of a “person of interest," dressed all in black and wearing a black cap, who appeared in videos from several of the homicide crime scenes in Stockton. Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California— all potentially at the hands of a serial killer — in crimes going back more than a year, police said Monday. (Stockton Police Department via AP)
A murder in the Bay Area is now connected to a possible serial killer. Police say a man gunned down last year in Oakland was actually the first victim. Days later, a woman in Stockton was shot but survived. Five others have also been killed there since July, all men and just miles apart. Police only have a grainy photo to work with of either a suspect or witness. They’ve upped the reward to $95-thousand, hoping someone will come forward.