this is "nightline." tonight, the killer strikes again? another cold-blooded murder in a tampa neighborhood. the fourth in just five weeks. police fearing it could be the the work of a serial killer. >> this has got to stop. we will hunt this person down. >> now new clues in the investigation. a description of a person in interest. the community on edge. >> whoever knows anything, stand up. do not be afraid. >> plus, resilience. two months after the hurricane, struggling families. >> she asks me every day, when are we going home? >> we're on the ground from houston to puerto rico to the devastated virgin island.

>> the storm's rather behind, the struggles ahead and the resilience.

good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight we take to you a florida

community in fearful several schools have been locking their doors in some tampa neighborhoods today after the fourth seemingly random murder in what authorities believe could be a random killing spree. now new clues could help track down the elusive suspect. >> reporter: it was the news tampa residents had been fearing for weeks. police here speculating that a possible serial killer may have struck again. >> the fourth family in mourning over a senseless and random killing. >> reporter: shortly before 5:00 a.m. when police receive a call of shots fired in the seminole heights neighborhood. the officers arrive in seconds and find body of 60-year-old ronald felton shot dead. >> someone came up from behind and shot him. >> police believe his murder may be -- >> they're going door to door, trying to track down the killer.

>> witnesses telling officers they missed the suspect by five seconds. describing him as a thin black man. about six feet tall. >> this has to stop. we will hunt this person down until we find him. >> police stay killing spree started with the death of 22-year-old benjamin mitchell. he was shot while waiting alone at a bus stop. >> she didn't have a chance to get marriedful? have the body of 32-year-old monica is found down the street and around the corner from where mitchell was killed. >> monica's uncle, devastated. >> her interest was everything, the deaf community, she loves everybody. we don't want monica to be forgotten but we don't want everybody to forget there are two other families just as bad. >> following the death, a third murder. that of anthony. >> it was really close. just five minutes later, the paramedics came. >> he was a recent high school

graduate who had autism. he was killed on his way home from work. his family, heart broken. >> it is a shame that i won't be able to see him no more, talk to him no more. >> then this morning fourth victim, ronald felton who was on his way to feed the homeless. >> i love him. he'll be in my heart. >> police point to each victim being gunned down within a half mile of each other. in each case, the victim was alone but not ronald. >> i keep stating the past day, whoever knows anything. stand up. do not be afraid. because this has to stop. >> we are in the hunting mode. >> police have been searching for this person of interest. here he is walking in the

direction. they believe this shows the same person strolling casually that night, flipping a cell phone in his home. police hope someone recognizes what could be a significant clue. >> if they take the tone and flip it. so anything that may trip somebody's memory and help them recognize that person. that's what we're trying to bring their attention. didn't he just talk about how scary. >> this is the first time anything this horrific has happened. >> he said he won't be caught off guard. >> now is the time the of i have to protect my family. >> some parents say they prefer to drive their children to school rather than having them walk alone. >> i have never seen this many

police officers. it is unsettling but settling. >> late last month, i joined the officer as he conducted nightly patrols. >> are you heading home? >> checking on neighbors. >> we're passing right by the spot where benjamin mitchell was killed. >> that's why we're out here. we want this guy. we really do. so does neighborhood. >> the sentiment is all too familiar to the residents of the washington, d.c. area. >> we're interrupting your nightly news program. >> back in october of 2002, what was believed to be a lone sniper tr terrorized the beltway. in the end there would be ten murders this three weeks. >> people can't understand how someone can do this. >> a seemingly random gunshot. >> in each shooting, the victims were killed by a high caliber

rifle from a distance. >> when i talk on people who are getting gas or going to the gym or eating in a diner. they weave when they walk. they won't wear red or yellow. >> no one is going to play grounds. you just want your children to be safe. >> the eighth victim was a 13-year-old child walking into school. >> someone is so mean-spirited that they shot a child. now all of our victims have been innocent, have been defenseless. >> the number of victims and fear on the rise caused then president bush to step in. >> i've ordered the full resources of the federal government to help local law enforcement officials in their efforts to capture this person. >> more than 1300 federal officers were assigned to the case. the abc contributor, an fbi agent at the time, was one of them. >> literally this case had thousands and thousands of leads. people were scared.

>> some of those leads began to pay off. >> we got a vehicle description. then a tag number. that tag was spotted at a rest area in maryland not too far from d.c. by a guy going to work. he called it in. the police surrounded the car at some point. pulled them both out. >> 41-year-old john allen mohammed and lee. >> i mentioned the movie the matrix. his eyes just dropped and immediately connected with mine. it got him to a point where he was willing to talk to us. we got him to walk through a number of the shootings. we got a pretty decent confession out of him during those five six hours. >> 15 years later, he's hoping tampa police get a similar break in their case. >> the terror in the community will be similar. and the utter importance it is

for the public to continue to feed the police with information to figure out who this guy is. that's ultimately what caught the d.c. snipers. >> police promising to keep their community safe. >> we need catch this killer before we have to notify one more family that one of their loved ones is dead. not in our town. not in this neighborhood. not now. and we're going to stay on this until we catch this guy. >> for "nightline," in tampa, florida. next, we're with them in the aftermath of hurricanes irma and harvey. what life is like for them now. i sure had a lot on my mind. my 30-year marriage... ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me?

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tonight we take an emotional journey back to the places hardest hit by this year's unrelenting storms. the magnitude of the aftermath so great that despite months of relief efforts, there's so much work to do. our team took to the seas and the skies. what they found was unparalleled resilience. >> the house was pretty open. we were able to salvage the blinds, which was great. >> this is what it looks like the rebuild your life from scratch. >> i miss my house a lot. >> two months after hurricane harvey destroyed her

neighborhood, the single mother of three is ready to bring her family home. >> i think the most emotionally taxing thing for me is just how long this process is taking. >> we first met her when houston was a city in crisis. >> there they are. we're coming to get you! >> whole neighborhoods swallowed by the waters as more than 22 trillion gallons of water poured down. in those first days, we embedded with a team of former military soldiers as they performed life saving operations. as the floodwaters receded, a harsh reality set in. more than 185,000 homes danieled or destroyed. she was just one of many displaced. we made the journey back with her to survey the damage. nearly impossible to reach her neighborhood by foot. so a group of volunteers stepped in to help. >> this is the street where my kids play. they come off the bus at the

entrance. >> kids' bikes, our camping gear. >> inside, the weight of damage began to sink in. >> my favorite furniture piece. i've had this almost 20 years. it is tough to see some of these things destroyed. >> now a second chance. >> every time i come here, i get emotional. this is where my kids slept. i'm looking forward to getting this done. >> it is and not if the next storm will hit. just when. >> there are concerns, too. what if thises happen again? can we sustain something like the again? financially, emotionally. >> this texas suburb tells one part of a story, one of recovery and resilience. americans from the gust coastal to puerto rico struggling to reset and rebuild in the wake of a series of massive storms. in the florida keys, piles of

debris tell the story of hurricane irma. 130-mile-an-hour winds destroy nearly everything in its path. >> we don't have a roof over our heads. >> when we walked in, there was water everywhere. >> what was going through your mind? could you even believe your eyes? >> no. this is our home. and it is hard to see somewhere where we raised our daughters. >> while not destroyed, it is filled with mold and unlivable. her fema claims were denied because of too little damage my daughter wants to go home. she asks me every day. when are we going home? >> this cost upwards of $300 billion. all on the already $1.2 trillion caused by weather and climate disasters since the 1980s. a portion of which will now be

on the taxpayers' shoulders. in another corner of the united states, the idea of recovery is still distant on the horizon. the lingering devastation, an able reminder of how hurricane maria hit a corner of puerto rico. >> we are approaching where my grandmother was born and lived. >> the enchanted island, as it is known. a place close to her heart. >> i was here last year. it is completely devastated. it doesn't look anything like it looked just last year around christmas time. >> for many -- there's just not enough help coming from the outside. all they can do is pick up the pieces. >> she's saying, after the hurricane, there is no way she can live here. if you look, the roof is on the floor. at night, this is where she

sleeps. they have a mosquito net over the bed. serving wet. fema sent her a letter which says they've reviewed and everything she's eligible for $500. she doesn't know what she would do with $500. >> 56 days later, more than half the island is in the dark. residents are in desperate need of electricity. >> the truth is without power, the economy will not start rolling. without the economy not starting to roll, people cannot go back to work. students cannot go back to school. in more ways than one, it is ball power. >> and the farther you travel from the capital, the tougher the situation gets. >> we're headed toward a town that had a bridge that connected two sides of the town. that bridge was decimated by the hurricane.

literally half the bridge is gone. i've never seen anything like the before. we're talking about a concrete bridge. once you make your way across this river bed and up the two-story ladder, you can see why the people in this town are calling themselves camp of the forgotten. >> i feel like i'm in jail. i haven't been able to get out. i'm afraid of the stairs. this is bridge. and i will not cross. >> and it's been seven weeks. without electricity. you have some water now. >> yes. he gave us water. we had no water either. >> the weight of the fury not solely on puerto rico. >> both sides of the walls completely blown out. >> my colleague he traveled to the virgin islands still reeling from the 1-2 punch of hurricane irma and then maria.

more than 70% here still living without power. >> so this is your home. >> this is it. >> but like so many here, he lost his home. reminded us of the beauty that still remains and the hope that was not forgotten. >> a lot of people here lost their home, their life. >> you can do whatever you need to do. >> but you can't build back alone. >> how are you? >> mrs. phillips, a mother of 12. choosing to give back to others. she and her family began cooking meals for those in need. >> it's not too much extra. >> so it was out of necessity that you came one this idea. >> the family gooks 250 meals per day. most of the food donated from others across the island.

>> no one would blame you if you said woe is me, life is terrible and just buried your head in the sand. but you didn't. >> because we raise our children to serve god and to always love your neighbor as yourself. >> for disparity parts of america. bound by tragedy. >> we'll have a bigger and a better puerto rico. >> it's all about restoring hope and making sure people don't lose that hopeful. >> now proving that the human spirit is he stronger than any storm. >> i'm looking forward to a starting fresh. i think all of us are looking forward to it. next, meet the first ever hijab wearing barbie.

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