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Cops to suspected serial killer: 'We know it's you. Can you please tell us why?'

A suspected serial killer in Tampa, Florida, told police he gave his gun to his boss to keep it away from his little brother.
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Howell Emanuel Donaldson III is pictured in an arrest photo distributed by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
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Prosecutors to seek death penalty against suspected Tampa serial killer

Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a suspected serial killer in Tampa who is accused of shooting and killing four people.
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Howell Emanuel Donaldson III is pictured in an arrest photo distributed by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Donaldson is facing four counts of premeditated murder for a series killings in Tampa, Florida.
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Alleged Tampa serial killer pleads not guilty from jail

Howell Emmanuel Donaldson III will return to court next month.
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Howell Donaldson Jr., left, and his wife, Rosita the parents of Seminole Heights murder suspect Howell Donaldson III, appear in court for contempt for refusing to answer questions from the state attorney's office at the Hillsborough County Courthouse in downtown Tampa, Fla., Dec. 7, 2017.
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Howell Emanuel Donaldson III is pictured in an arrest photo distributed by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Donaldson is facing four counts of premeditated murder for a series killings in Tampa, Florida.
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During their court appearance, they are to show cause why they should not be held in civil contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about their 24-year-old son who is suspected in a string of fatal shootings in Tampa, Florida.
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Parents of suspected Tampa serial killer refuse to answer investigators' questions

A judge will rule on whether they should be held in contempt.
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The parents of suspected Tampa serial killer Howell Donaldson III, Rosita Donaldson and Howell Donaldson Jr., said they were "devastated" at the news of their son's arrest.
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VIDEO: Accused Tampa gunman's parents called to testify
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Parents of suspected Tampa serial killer 'devastated' by his arrest

Rosita and Howell Donaldson Jr. are "heartbroken" for the victims' families.
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The parents of suspected Tampa serial killer Howell Donaldson III, Rosita Donaldson and Howell Donaldson Jr., said they were "devastated" at the news of their son's arrest.
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VIDEO: Suspected serial killer in Tampa faces judge for the first time
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Tampa serial killing suspect Howell Donaldson held without bond

The man accused of killing four people in six weeks in Tampa, Florida, will be held without bond until his next court hearing.
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Tampa police are "optimistic" that a tip that led them to a McDonald's to investigate a person with a gun is connected to the recent string of murders in the city's Seminole Heights neighborhood.
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VIDEO: Howell Donaldson will be held without bond until his pretrial hearing on Dec. 5.
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VIDEO: Suspected serial killer in custody for Tampa murders
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VIDEO: Tampa serial killer suspect due in court today
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VIDEO:  How Tampa police tracked down alleged serial killer at a McDonald's
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How a McDonald's food bag led Tampa police to alleged serial killer

A McDonald's bag that Howell Donaldson III handed to his coworker at the fast food restaurant where he worked in Tampa was the key piece of evidence police needed.
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Tampa police are "optimistic" that a tip that led them to a McDonald's to investigate a person with a gun is connected to the recent string of murders in the city's Seminole Heights neighborhood.
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VIDEO: Cellphone information and shell casings place suspect Howell Donaldson III at the scenes of a string of recent killings in Tampa, Florida, according to a police affidavit filed a day after his Tuesday arrest.
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VIDEO: Man arrested in connection with murders in Tampa
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VIDEO:  Arrest made in Tampa murders
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Man arrested in connection with string of killings in Tampa

Four people were killed in the same neighborhood between Oct. 9 and Nov. 14.
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Tampa police are "optimistic" that a tip that led them to a McDonald's to investigate a person with a gun is connected to the recent string of murders in the city's Seminole Heights neighborhood.
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Chilling video links suspect to Tampa's 4 murders in 6 weeks: Police

A reward has risen to $91,000 for information leading to an arrest.
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An FBI unit dressed in military uniforms joins the investigation of a fatal shooting in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 14, 2017.
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A reward has increased to $91,000 for information leading to an arrest.
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VIDEO:  Police searching for apparent serial killer terrorizing Tampa neighborhood
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4th person slain in Tampa neighborhood amid search for apparent serial killer: 'This has got to stop'

Police: "We are treating it as though it is related until we rule otherwise."
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Tampa police early Tuesday morning rope off a section of N. Nebraska Avenue and E. McBerry Street in the Tampa neighborhood of Seminole heights where gunshots were heard and a man has been found shot dead. The fatality is close to the crime scenes where three unsolved murders occurred in October that police believe to be connected.
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VIDEO: Possible 4th victim found amid search for serial killer
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VIDEO: Authorities have identified the victim as Ronald Felton, 60, who was supposed to "meet up with someone" when he was apparently targeted and slain in cold blood, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said.
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VIDEO: Tampa police, responding to early-morning reports of gunfire, found a gunshot victim in the same Seminole Heights neighborhood where three people died in a span of 11 days last month, authorities said.
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VIDEO: Halloween security increased amid suspected serial killer manhunt
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Tampa police brace for Halloween night amid the dread of 3 mysterious killings

Mayor and police chief to trick-or-treat with the community in Seminole Heights.
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Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Interim Police Chief Brian Dugan address the media at a press conference at Giddens Park in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 25m 2017.
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VIDEO: Tampa neighborhood killer still on the loose
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Tampa police release more video of person of interest in 3 killings

The video is at times in color and is captured from various angles.
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Tampa Police released video of an individual that they say was seen walking in the area where Benjamin Mitchell was shot on Oct. 9, 2017 in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Fla.
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"I carry throughout the house, now," Ron Davis, a Tampa, Florida, resident told ABC News' Victor Oquendo.
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'We got a nut running around, so I'm protecting my family': Tampa residents take up arms amid killings

Police are trying to calm anxious residents after three murders in two weeks.
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A makeshift memorial for shooting victim Anthony Naiboa sits on a sidewalk in the Seminole Heights section of Tampa, Fla., Oct. 24, 2017. Similar murders have occurred in the neighborhood in the span of two weeks leading fears of a possible serial killer.
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Father of Tampa murder victim says someone knows his daughter's killer

Monica Hoffa was gunned down by a suspected serial killer earlier this month.
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VIDEO: Manhunt grows for suspected Florida serial killer
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VIDEO: 3 Florida murders in 11 days
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VIDEO: Manhunt in Tampa after 3 murders in 2 weeks
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VIDEO: Authorities searching for killer terrorizing a Tampa Bay neighborhood
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Mystery deepens as police search for answers in 3 Tampa killings

The victims were all alone and vulnerable at the time they were attacked.
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A surveillance video of a person of interest is shown here from Tampa Bay Police Department.