Police: 5 California Killings May Be Work of Serial Killer

Police: 5 California Killings May Be Work of Serial Killer
A person is shown from behind, in Stockton, Calif., in an undated surveillance image. Stockton Police Department via AP
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STOCKTON, Calif.—A serial killer may have ambushed five men in central California separately in recent months, shooting them to death alone in the dark, and police are baffled as to why the victims were targeted.

None of the men were robbed or beaten before their killings—which all took place within a radius of a few square miles—and none appear to have known each other, Stockton Police Officer Joseph Silva said Monday. The shootings also do not seem to be related to gangs or drugs, either.