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Police in Florida believe a serial killer may be on the loose after a series of three murders in the same neighborhood within the past 10 days.
They are offering 25k for info that leads to an arrest. For some reason they are not describing what this potential serial killer could possibly look like.
Anthony Naiboa, 20, became the most recent victim on Thursday after he was shot in the Seminole Heights area of Tampa when he got off the bus at the wrong stop while coming home from his new job.
The deadly shooting took place a short distance from where Benjamin Mitchell and Monica Hoffa were also shot and killed on Oct. 9 and Oct. 13 respectively.
Crime Stoppers teamed up with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to offer a $25,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s arrest.
“We have someone who’s terrorizing the neighborhood,” Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan, told CBS News.
Police released surveillance footage of where the first murder took place and believe the three murders are connected, although it doesn’t appear any of the victims knew each other.
“Through the proximity, and the timeframe, they are related,” Dugan said. “There is no doubt in our mind about that.”
Mitchell, 22, was shot in front of his Seminole Heights home and later died in the hospital. Hoffa, 32, was found by a city official two days after her death.
Police heard the gunshots that struck Naiboa and found him dead less than 200 yards away from Mitchell’s home.
“Our officers heard the gunshots. Our officers found Anthony Naiboa out there. We have a heavy presence and this person, whoever did it, was able to sneak away,” Dugan said.
Some residents gathered in the neighborhood on Friday chanting “Whose streets? Our streets!” as police encouraged residents to remain cautious while not being taken hostage by fear in their homes.
“We’re not going to be held hostage by whoever is doing this,” Dugan said. “We need everyone to come out of their homes at night, turn on their porch lights, and just not tolerate this type of terrorism.”
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They got Amish in Floriduh?
Not enough info in that shit article to rule out the goddamn Avon Lady. Useless.
Times of day even?
If they haven’t gotten him by Tuesday night , N.C.I.S will be on and Jethro can get him !
It’s clearly a tall, skinny black male – there’s a lot of video to watch – but the police say it could be a male or female, black or white.
Walks with a black-guy swagger to me.
Let’s see if our racist stereotyping was actually right.
*also, they profile most serial killers as gay white men until proven otherwise.
What the article doesn’t mention that one murder in THAT neighborhood is routine…. so drug deal gone bad, number two dead girl is just dumped by a scorned lover… and the third, ‘great guy who was going places’ is an anomaly for anywhere else. The police are just trying to find someone to close out three cases at once. Pin the tail on the convenient donkey. If this had been in any other area of Tampa it would be cause for alarm, but a serial killer? I find it hard to believe. On the outside chance, a drug addled spree killer but not a true serial killer. What better place to kill someone than where killing is routine?