Last edited by raisedbywolves; 11-15-2022 at 11:29 AM.
Yep. The one victim took the wrong bus and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. On the news tonight the Tampa police are telling locals that it is not safe to go outside by their selves, and to travel in pairs or groups. They are escorting school buses, and the bus routes for the city bus have been changed.
Last edited by raisedbywolves; 11-15-2022 at 11:29 AM.
The only thing that sucks is inducing panic is exactly what this guy wants and they're giving it to him. I get that they have to keep people safe, but he's getting the attention he wants at the same time.
I'm not sure how going out in pairs or groups does anything. Just gives him more targets in one spot.
I had the same thoughts.
They're doing some kind of police conference for the citizens of Tampa tonight. I don't really know what additional info they are going to give them. I guess just trying to calm the panic, but as you said their directions caused some of the panic.
Just wondering... How many killings does it take to be identified as a Serial Killer verses murderer?
Bored? Enjoy!!
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Here are the FBs I was able to find for two of the victims.
Monica Hoffa: https://www.facebook.com/mhoffa?fref=mentions
Anthony Naiboa: https://www.facebook.com/DivineFirefox
Poor people, poor kitties. Hope they figure out wtf is going on before they kill again.
I live in Tampa. The shit is crazy because it's so random ...I still don't think he's been caught but the found a woman dead in st Pete too around the same time. Really creepy...I found out too that a couple of blocks away from my house a son killed his mom on her birthday this was after it happened but it explained all the police that was in the area at the time..a dad killed his daughter too in my area..they keeps it real quiet here
This is scary.
So much for my last post I guess.
https://www.facebook.com/tampabaynew...5995105230409/
Tampa Police questioning person, have gun that may be related to Seminole Heights murders
Chief optimistic it's related to Seminole Heights
Oops the rest...
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police are currently questioning a person after they responded to a tip about someone with a gun at an Ybor City McDonald's on Tuesday afternoon.
During a 5 p.m. news conference, Tampa police chief Brian Dugan said he was "optimistic" that the situation was related to the Seminole Heights killer.
ABC Action News cameras were rolling as the person was taken into custody earlier today.
Tampa police seize gun, question McDonald's employee
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...oyee_163084698The unexplained killings began Oct. 9 with the shooting of Benjamin Mitchell, 22. About two days later, Monica Hoffa, 32, was shot. On Oct. 19, Anthony Naiboa, 20, was gunned down. And Ronald Felton, 60, was killed Nov. 14.
Dugan said police received more than 5,000 tips, and they?re treating this one like any other.
He?s optimistic, he said, because of "the way things are progressing."
"We?ve had that before and unfortunately, it?s led to nothing," Dugan said. "I?m guarded because I?ve been on this road before. It?s day 51 that we?ve been doing this. It?s been two weeks since Ronald Felton was murdered. It?s been a long time for the families and the cops and so I?m guarded on the whole thing but I?m very optimistic.
"There?s a lot to go through, a lot to sift through and it?s going to take many things to fall in line."
Gail Rogers, who has worked at the McDonald?s for four years, said the employee police took in for questioning is in his 20s and was driving the red car, possibly his father?s car. He has worked at the restaurant for just four months, she said.
Rogers said the man walked into the restaurant wearing his McDonald?s uniform and gave the manager a loaded 9mm handgun and asked him to hold it for him. Then the man walked to Amscot to get a payday loan, Rogers said. She does not know if he was working that day.
The manager didn?t know what to do with the gun. Rogers said she huddled with the manager and said she told him to alert an officer inside the restaurant. A female officer was sitting there doing paperwork.
The manager told the officer about the gun. The officer called for backup and the employee was approached by Tampa police as he walked back into the McDonald?s parking lot.
As word of the police activity spread, one victim?s relative came to the McDonald?s.
"I just want to see what?s going on," said Casimar Naiboa, whose son was killed.
"I want to know what is happening. I want to see this guy behind bars."
Naiboa expressed cautious optimism.
"You are excited, but don?t want to be disappointed," he said.
Bettie McDaniels, the aunt of murder victim Benjamin Mitchell, said she is "waiting for police to say they really got him" before making any major statement.
"I hope it is him, but I am waiting to see," she said. "I just hope it is the Lord?s will that they catch him," she said.
Kenny Hoffa, father of murder victim Monica Hoffa, said he had spoken with Dugan and Det. Austin Hill and that they told him they were "optimistic" that the man picked up at McDonald?s is connected to the killing of his daughter.
"I have faith in Tampa police and Chief Dugan," said Hoffa, 52. "I am just going to wait and see what they have to say."
"I am nervous, and I really, I want this to be the end of this, " he said. "It is like riding a roller coaster right before you go over the edge and you feel your stomach raise up in your face."
I am really having trouble posting today, here is the rest of that article that didn't copy through...
TAMPA ? A McDonald?s employee handed a manager a gun Tuesday afternoon and then left the Ybor City restaurant to visit an Amscot, a coworker said.
When the employee returned, Tampa police were waiting. They took him to headquarters to ask about the gun and were soon proclaiming optimism about the ongoing hunt for the Seminole Heights serial killer.
"We have the person down at headquarters and we are talking to them now," Police Chief Brian Dugan said at a hastily called news conference. "They are not under arrest and they are not in custody."
Dugan did not characterize the agency?s interest in the man, who was not identified by police. The chief did not say whether the man was believed to have direct or indirect knowledge of the killings or any knowledge at all.
But, he added, "Yes, I believe this has to do with Seminole Heights."
Officers used crime scene tape to block off a red Ford Mustang parked near the McDonald?s.
Hillsborough County court records show that two people have had traffic tickets while driving that vehicle, including one who worked at the McDonald?s. He has no criminal record in Florida.
Late Tuesday, two police SUVs closed part of a Sulphur Springs street where the man?s family owns a boarded up house. Additional officers arrived as the night went on.
"It?s very early in the investigation," Dugan said at the news conference. "This person might be completely innocent," he said. "I?m optimistic on this one, but only time will tell. We have a lot of work to do. It?s very important that people still use caution, stay together when you?re outside and be careful out there. It?s still very early and when we have more information, I will release it."
CAUGHT: Arrest made in Seminole Heights murders
. TAMPA, Fla. ? It was a tip from a McDonalds that ultimately fed an entire neighborhood the news they wanted to hear for two months ? the arrest of a suspected serial killer.
Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, 24, will be charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Benjamin Edward Mitchell, Monica Caridad Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa and Ronald Felton in Southeast Seminole Heights.
Donaldson was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon at the restaurant on East 13th Avenue in Ybor City after another employee said he handed a gun to a manager, who then reached out to an officer who was already in the building.
Speculation of an arrest in the killings quickly spread. A crowd gathered in the parking lot. Police Chief Brian Dugan gave a press conference to quell any excitement of an arrest while also expressing cautious optimism.
Hours later, his feelings were validated.
"When I think I found out there was a gun, and when we looked at his description, it was a little more than what we really had," he said. "It just felt right. I kinda had a feeling that we were going to get a break."
Investigators are still determining Donaldson's connection to the neighborhood, said Dugan, who did not elaborate on whether he confessed to the killings.
"We're not sure why he was in this neighborhood," Dugan said. "We're not aware what his ties are and we don't know what his motive is. But there is a lot more to go."
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn described the killings and the subsequent investigation as a battle between good and evil.
"Well tonight, goodness has won," he said. "Tonight, in the battle between darkness and light, light has won."
Buckhorn added that Tuesday's arrest is not the end.
"Tonight is the beginning of when justice will be served," he said. "And then the process will occur when this individual rots in hell."
It's not the first time Buckhorn has used expressive language during the investigation.
?It neighborhood? gripped in fear
Donaldson?s arrest happened during the kick off for the first annual ?Light the Heights? event.
The effort aimed to light every home with Christmas lights and some holiday cheer.
"We have a goal of having every house in our neighborhood lit up to bring a positive light to our neighborhood,? organizer Courtney Bumgarnar said.
The event also aimed to build neighborhood unity during a time of uncertainty.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/semin...ders/495348497
There is already a FB page pleading his innocence:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/icantbutmikesican/
Here is Donaldson's FB: https://www.facebook.com/trai.donaldson
Reading around on in the FB group, I see that apparently he may have been dating the McDonald's manager-?
Hence why he was so comfortable with asking them to hold on to the bag...
Seminole Heights Killings: Timeline of events that led to arrest of Howell Emanuel Donaldson III
Timeline at link:A witness provided a sworn statement to law enforcement that she saw an African-American male shoot Felton. The same witness told police that the suspect ran eastbound in the 900 block of East McBerry Street. The witness described the male as approximately 6-feet tall with a thin, strong build.
Video surveillance footage from a nearby business shows a single suspect shoot Felton as he crossed Nebraska Avenue.
All four murders took place in the Southeast Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa.
The F.D.L.E. and A.T.F. analysis of the fired cartridge casings recovered from all four scenes proved that the same firearm was used to shoot all four victims. The casings were further identified as being fired in a Glock .40 caliber handgun.
During the ongoing investigation related to the pattern of the homicides, call detail records were obtained from AT&T. The records showed that within minutes of the murders on October 9, October 11, and October 19, Davidson's cell phone was geographically associated with the AT&T cell tower providing coverage for the areas that include all the homicide locations.
Clothing Found in Car
When police searched Donaldson's car, they found clothing that looked similar to the clothes worn by the subject captured in surveillance video the night Benjamin Mitchell was murdered. The arrest affidavit states that police saw what appeared to be a blood stain on an article of clothing.
The Firearm
The F.D.L.E. comparison of the Glock firearm to the cartridge casings revealed that the cartridge casings, which were recovered in the first three murders, were fired through the Glock firearm. The casings in the fourth murder were unavailable for comparison but had been previously identified as being fired in the same firearm as the previous three. The recovered Glock firearm was loaded with a magazine containing five rounds of SIG brand Smith and Wesson .40 caliber ammunition.
Investigation into the firearm's purchase revealed that Donaldson purchased the firearm on October 3, 2017, and he picked it up on October 7. His purchase was in accordance with the mandatory wait period, which requires three days between purchase and delivery of a firearm, according to the Florida Constitution.
Receipts of purchase further revealed that Donaldson purchased a 20-round box of SIG brand Smith and Wesson ammunition on October 7.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/re...-donaldson-iii
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