Howell Donaldson arrested in Seminole Heights serial killing (1 Viewer)

[Cold Ethyl]

• • A 24-year-old man suspected of being the Tampa serial killer who fatally shot four people has ties to New York City.
    Howell “Trai” Donaldson III, was taken into custody Tuesday after bizarrely handing over a gun to the manager of a McDonald’s 10 minutes away from the neighborhood he allegedly terrorized, according to reports.
    Donaldson played basketball for St. John’s sometime after graduating high school in 2011, according to his social media accounts. In 2016 he worked as a “guest experience host” for the Mets, according to his LinkedIn page.
    According to a class page, he was born in North Carolina and moved to Tampa when he was 2, where he graduated from Alonso High School.
    
  • Inquiries with the university and baseball team were not immediately returned.
    The Tampa Bay Times reported that Donaldson, who may have worked at the McDonald’s, left a 9mm handgun with a manager while he went to get a payday loan.
  • The manager alerted cops, who searched a red Mustang in front of the fast food restaurant.
    
  • Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said he’s “optimistic” they’d found the gunman behind murders in the Seminole Heights neighborhood that put the entire city on-edge.
    
  • There’s a lot to go through, a lot to sift through and it’s going to take many things to fall in line,” Dugan said.
    The police department received more than 5,000 tips during the investigation, Dugan said.
    Tampa police released chilling surveillance footage on Nov. 15 showing the suspect walking just before 60-year-old Ronald Felton was killed.
  • Police suspect Anthony Naiboa, Monica Caridad Hoffa and Benjamin Mitchell were also shot by the same gunman.
    "Justice will occur when this individual rots in hell," Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn said late Tuesday.
    "Tonight, we're about to bring justice to someone who doesn't deserve to walk amongst us."
    Efforts to reach Donaldson’s relatives were unsuccessful.
  • Howell Donaldson arrested in Seminole Heights serial killing

 

[gandog56]

Waiting to hear the results of ballistic tests before I get all excited.

 

[Wolf]

Strange story. Only thing that made sense was working at Mcdonalds and needing a payday loan.