‘Keeps me up at night’: fear of serial killer petrifies California communities

The still unknown serial killer was likely responsible for shooting six people in Stockton and one in Oakland. Photograph: Glenn Moore/Getty Images/EyeEm

Kimberly Warmsley does not remember the last time a string of homicides so deeply affected her community as the seven slayings that have rocked the cities of Stockton and Oakland.

“All of this keeps me up at night,” said Warmsley, who serves as a city council member in the northern California city of Stockton. “It’s caused some of our residents, especially in our Hispanic community, to be a little disturbed and uneasy.”