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 sc

they found the body of ronald felton in the street. police believe felton was shot from behind in another unprovoked attack. >> we need to catch this killer before we have to notify one more family that one of their loved ones is dead. >> reporter: felton's death follows three others in the seminole heights community last month. anthony bowa was shot dead, ten days earlier, benjamin mitchell was shot, and less than a block from there, police found monica hoffa's body in a vacant lot. >> i want you to go into your house and find out if your gun is still there. >> reporter: since the murders, officers have saturated the area, going door-to-door, looking for clues that could lead to an arrest. residents are on edge. >> i'm in total, utter shock. someone downtown just steps away from my business, but more importantly, it's a senseless, senseless murder. >> reporter: police believe the person responsible for these murders lives in the community. cbs news, new york. >>> according to tampabay.com, ronald felton was an unemployed construction

monica hoffa, 32. 20-year-old anthony naiboa. 60-year-old ronald felton.ll seemingly unconnected members of this community shot and killed in a series of murders that confounded authorities. yesterday, 24-year-old howell donaldson iii, a former st. john's university student, was brought in for questioning, picked up outside of this mcdonald's where he worked after police received a tip from a co-worker. >> he told my boss to hold his book bag for him. he said, don't go in the book bag, whatever you do. she went in the book bag, she found a gun. after finding the gun she called police. >> reporter: this gun police say was the missing link leading them to donaldson. >> that firearm was used in all four murders. as our investigation continued into the early hours of this morning, we were then able to gather the probable cause and charge howell donaldson with four counts of first-degree murder. >> reporter: police say donaldson admitted to owning the weapon which authorities say was bought legally, but has not confessed to the killings. >> he was cooperative.

the shooter ran east -- >> reporter: officers arrive in seconds and find the body of 60-year-old ronald felton >> someone came up from behind and shot him. >> reporter: police believe his murder may be linked to a spate of recent horrific killings that have shake then tampa neighborhood to its core. >> police and the fbi are going door to door in southeast seminole heights trying to track down the killer -- >> reporter: witnesses telling officers they missed the suspect by five seconds, describing him as a thin black man about 6 feet tall. >> this has to stop. we will hunt this person down until we find him. >> reporter: police sate killing spree began on october 9th at 9:00 p.m. with the death of 22-year-old benjamin mitchell, shot while waiting alone at a bus stop. four days later -- >> she didn't have a chance to get married. >> reporter: the body of 32-year-old monica hoffa is found in this empty lot, down the street and around the corner from where mitchell was killed. moni monica's uncle, devastated. >> she loved everything. her interest was the community, the deaf community, she loved e

the latest victim, 60-year-old ronald felton, was shot fr b he volunteered.olice are still asking for help in identifying a person of interest captured on surveillance video. that video was shot near the scene of the first murder. police are urging people in the neighborhood to stay inside. three u-c-l-a basketball players accused of shoplifting in china are back home in los angeles. they arrived at l-a-x just hours ago, after nearly a week under house arrest. reporters mobbed them, but they didn't answer questions. president trump says he sought the help of china's president in their case. the white house says the players were given relatively light treatment, as a result of mr. trump's intervention. an update on the dallas assistant district attorney who was fired after a fight with an uber driver.. jody warner is now apoligizing for her actions. uber driver shaun platt called 9-1-1 after warner refused to get out of his car. he recorded the conversation and facebook. warner says she became uncomfortable when platt took a different route then she was used t

. >> i won't be able to see >> reporter: a fourth victim, 60 year old ronald felton killed almost a monthater while on his way to feed the homeless. >> i love him, but he's still going to be in me. he's going to be. >> in my heart. >> reporter: in each shooting, the victim was alone, but none were robbed. before donaldson's arrest, one of the mane leads were these grainy videos of who they called a suspect. community members and families of the victims welcome the arrest of the alleged killer. >> thank god we got this guy. we got this guy. >> reporter: embracing each other with cautious optimism that the dread of the past two months may finally be over. >> we call a group hug, when everybody comes together, that's a group hug, that's when everybody becomes one. letting our spirits go together. >> reporter: i'm victor oquendo in tampa, florida. >> such a bizarre case. police say the evidence agast the cell phone information as well as getting the gun and connecting the gun to those murders, but they can't figure out a motive of what would have driven him to do this. and looking back at his

while detectives say they can't be sure the murder of 60-year- old ronald felton is related to three murders last month, they're treating it as if they are related. >>> back here in the district, a 3-year-old boy is recovering after being pulled from a burning car. it happened outside his daycare this morning. a mother was dropping off her kids at the growth spurts daycare when the car caught fire. she thought all the children were out of the car, until firefighters told her, her son was still in the backseat. >> i heard a scream from a child. i immediately looked into the very back on the third row of a minivan, and a child was inside the car. i grabbed him, and pulled him out. >> thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you so much for being brave, doing your job. beev thank you so much for saving my nephew. thank you. >> a lot of people are saying thank you tonight. the boy's aunt says he's going to be okay. firefighters believe this whole thing was an accidental engine fire. >>> we've got 50s out there for now. 60s by friday. topper tracking the temps. >> don't look now. we have a

. >> reporter: just before 5:00 a.m., witnessed reported hearing five gunshots. 60-year-old ronald felton shot from behind and killed. tampa's seminole heights neighborhood shuttered again. four murders in five weeks. and a suspected serial killer, tampa police chief, brian dugan. none of the victims knew each other. there its no ties to the victim. killer on the loose. fair amount of pressure to get this solved asap. >> this is what i dreaded. dreaded having to face a fourth family. and tell them what happened. >> reporter: investigators say this security video last month shows a suspect. a black male, 6'2", dressed all in black. the three other victims were gunned down within 11 days of each other. swat teams did a-to door search of more than 100 homes here. >> the second killing, monica hoffa killed half a block from the house. this last killing. two blkz await. >> stan lassiter is president of the seminole heights neighborhood association. >> you have added police presence yet it happened again. does that create added anxiety? >> it does. the thing 'tis, we have said all along who eve

they found the body of 60-year-old ronald felton in the street.hey believe that felton was shot from behind in another unprovoked attack. >> we need to catch this killer because we have to notify one more family that one of their loved ones is dead. others in the seminole heights community last month. anthony was shot dead, benjamin mitchell was killed at a bus stop and less than a mile from there police found monica's body in a vacant lot. >> if you own a gun and it's in your home, go to your home right now in your house and find out if your gun is still there. >> police previously released surveillance video of the suspect. since the murders officers have saturated the area going door to door looking for clues that could lead to an arrest. residents are on edge. >> i'm in total utter shock as we all would be to have someone downtown just steps away from my business but more importantly it's a senseless , senseless murder. >> police believe the person responsible for these murders lives in the community. >> john shumo, cbs news new york. are at a

fbi agents went door to during after 66-year-old ronald felton was shot.ocal church. witnesses tell police they missed the suspect by just five seconds. and last night, frustrated residents packed a neighborhood watch meeting demanding answers from investigators. >>> alabama senate candidate roy moore is accusing both republicans and democrats of working together to stop his campaign. moore told a church audience last night that both political parties are doing everything they can to keep him out of washington. the uproar of sexual assault has forced the republican committee to end a joint fund raising agreement. but moore remains defiant and is showing no signs of dropping out of the race. >> why do you think i'm being harassed by media? after 40 something years of fighting this battle, i'm now facing allegations. and that's all the press want to talk about. >> also last night, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell opened the door to a write-in campaign to challenge moore. he named attorney general jeff sessions as a possible write-in candidate. >>> on c

. >> reporter: the latest victim, 60 year old ronald felton on his way to fied the homeless at his church. he enjoyed helping others. >> i love him. he's going to be in my heart. >> reporter: for weeks, police asking the public to help them identify this person of interest, spotted on multiple cameras, near the scene of the first of three murders in october. those victims killed at night, blocks apart, shot at random. fell top now killed in that same neighborhood. we spoke to a woman who heard the gunshots. she asked that we not show her face. she already has a stun gun for protection but is thinking about buying a real gun. >> i think it's the best way, but it's scary, quite scary, so. >> reporter: police clearing this neighborhood and reopening the street where the took place. residents are allowed to leave their home, but they want residents to look through surveillance and make sure any guns or weapons are accounted for. >>> and we're getting a look at a violent confrontation in a botched drug raid. officers raided a home, completely unaware that they were actually facing undercover c

camp akilling four people since october: benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa, anthony naiboa, and ronald felton. >> f.b.i.! >> reporter: officers flooded the streets with few cliewrkz except the surveillance video. investigators say they have found a hollywoody similar to the one seen here in donaldson's car. what still confound police and people here is the lack of a clear motive. for monic monica hoffa's uncle, robert, relief over the arrest is enough for now. >> it's like having somebody sit on your chest for 51 days and you're not breathing, and this 50-second day you take your first breath of air. >> reporter: police say donaldson did not live in the seminole heights neighborhood, and at this point has no known connection here. tonight, residents say they'll be able to sleep well for the first time in nearly two months. anthony. >> mason: manuel bojorquez in tampa. thanks, manny. at a news conference today, our paula reid asked attorney general jeff sessions about his department's civil rights priorities. her question seemed to touch a nerve. paula, what happened? >> reporter: anthony, i t

. >> i don't sleep at night authorities releasing this new video taken before 60-year-old ronald felton monday morning. they believe the same person on this video taken before the murder of benjamin mitchell and filmed running away from the crime scene moments later. >> same gait and same walk and not the same jacket but the same hoody. i don't believe in coincidence that the same person was around the same time the people were murdered. >> police and fbi are going door-to-door to this neighborhood on edge. desperate to find the person involved in five murders in just five weeks and believe the suspect may be hiding out locally. someone familiar with the neighborhood that knows their way in and around and able to get away quickly. it comes after the murder of benjamin mitchell all of the crimes committed in a half mile of each other and each was walk ago loan in the pitch dark of night. >> he was a good guy. investigators hoping to end the spree before he strikes again and some serial killers have gone for decades before they were caught. and bk murderer kills 17 of the course of 17 yea

the fbi has been going door to door across the seminole heights neighborhood after 60-year-old ronald feltonas shot and killed 24 hours ago. he was on the way to the church to feed the homeless. the fourth case in that area since last month. >> we thought it was over and probably scared the person out of the neighborhood because the police presence is so great now. and then this happens. >> well, police now believe the shooter liv neighborhood. they're urging residents to make sure any weapons they have in their homes are secure. >>> in washington congress is making a move to prevent sexual harassment. speaker paul ryan says all house members and staffers will have to undergo anti-harassment treatment. two female staffers claimed they were sexually harassed. >> the young staffer is a young woman. went there and was greeted with a member in a towel. it was a male. who then invited her in. at that point he decided to expose himself. he left and then she quit her job. >> another female lawmakers says she knows of two current members who engaged in sexual harassment. >>> a louisiana man who has

there. 0> reporter: just before 5:00 a.m., witnesses reported hearing five gunshots. 60-year-old ronald felton shot from behind and killed. tampa's seminole heights neighborhood shuttered again. four murders in five weeks, and lesuspected serial killer still on the loose. tampa police chief brian dugan: >> none of the victims knew each other, as far as we know. there is no ties to the victim. >> reporter: with a killer on the loose, fair amount of pressure to get this solved asap? >> this is what i dreaded. i dreaded having to face a fourth family and tell them what happened. ay reporter: investigators say this security video from last spnth shows a suspect, a black male about 6'2", dressed all in black. the three other victims were all gunned down within 11 days of each other. >> f.b.i. >> reporter: swat teams did a door-to-door search of more than 100 homes here. >> the second killing, monica hoffa, was killed half a block from the house. and this last killing, the fourth one, is two blocks away. >> reporter: stan lassiter is the president of the seminole heights neighborhood association. yo

. >> reporter: the latest victim, 60-year-old ronald felton, who was on his way to feed the homeless at a local church, when he was shot from behind. his family today saying ron enjoyed helping others. >> i love him, but he's still going to be in me. he's going to be in my heart. >> reporter: for weeks, police asking the public to help them identify this person of interest, spotted on multiple cameras, near the scene of the first of three murders in october. those victims killed at night, blocks apart, shot at random. felton now killed in that same neighborhood. we talked to one neighbor who heard the gun shots this morning and asked we not show her face. >> this is a stun gun. it looks like a cell phone. >> reporter: she has aprotectio thinking about buying a real gun. >> i think it's the best way, but it's scary. quite scary, so -- >> victor 0 kwen toe live with us tonight. and we understand that neighborhood was on lockdown for much of the day. that lockdown now lifted, but not without reminding everyone to be extremely vigilant? >> reporter: david, late today, police clearing thi

. >> reporter: the fbi seen here going door to door after 60-year-old ronald felton was murdered. the fourth victim shot to death in the last month, all within a half mile, all walking alone in the dark. >> i don't sleep at night. >> reporter: for the people who live in this neighborhood, no reprieve from fear. >> we thought it was over, that we had probably scared the person out of the neighborhood, because the police presence is so great now. and then this happens. >> reporter: police have gotten thousands of tips, and they're hoping by increasing the reward to $91,000, someone with concrete information will come forward. david? >> victor, thank you. >>> we turn next to washington tonight, and that bombshell dropped yesterday on capitol hill. the congresswoman who said there are two congressmen who have harassed staffers, still on the hill right now. well, tonight, a new bill to require training, and to reform the process to file complaints for staffers on the hill, and it comes as we have also learned about your money. that congress has paid more than $16 million to settle comp

. >> new video taken moments before 60-year-old ronald felton was killed early tuesday morning. believe it is the same person spotted on this surveillance video taken moments before the october 9 murder of benjamin mitchell and the same suspect filmed running away from the crime scene moments later. >> same date. same walk. >> i don't believe in coincidence that the same person was around at the same time the two people were murdered. released as the fbi and police are going door-to-door in this florida never heard on edge. coming up at 7:00, former u.s. marshall weighs in on the case. grave condition. police detective fighting to survive after a gunman shot him in the head. the manhunt underway right now for the gunman. moore,women accusing roy the list keeps growing. trump: they don't have order. that's ok. what? that's ok. autria: the top of the water cooler as president trump bends over to take a swig of water in the middle of a press conference. maybe it would not have been such a big talker if you not made of someone else doing the exact same thing. we will get you up-to-d

in black. >> i got a male down the middle of the street on nebraska. >> reporter: relatives say ronald felton was shot and killed on his way to a local church where he was helping to feed the homeless. felton's sister says she warned him not to travel alone in the area. >> don't you go nowhere by yourself. you got too much going on. >> reporter: felton is now the fourth person to be shot and killed within a half mile of each other, all walking alone with no motive for their murders, according to police. anthony naiboa was just 20 years old, casimar was his father. >> what goes through your mind when oh, my gosh, there's another one. it's happened again. >> it's pain. >> pain? >> pain inside. you're reliving everything again. >> reporter: because the killer strikes and then disappears so quickly, people around here are convinced that he lives among them. that the killer is one of their neighbors. and that has only added to the sense of anxiety here. once it gets dark, people head indoors and they stay indoors. >> an entire neighborhood being held hostage by this killer. mark, thank you. >>> al

october 9 benjamin mitchell was shot to death. , and tuesday the latest victim was 60-year-old ronald feltonhe was crossing the street just before 5:00 a.m. when someone came up behind him and shot him. he was on his way to church to volunteer. perhaps a break in this case. this surveillance video shows the suspect moments before he murdered felton. police believe this man the video is the same man caught on surveillance video in the first murder. he's thought to be 6 foot. he's armed with a large black pistol. police believe the suspect is a resident of the neighborhood. >> look at the video and look how that person walks. it's clear to me that this person is able to flip a switch and go out there and murder someone. reporter: police have been canvassing the neighborhood all month trying to capture the killer. knock on doors and board up vacant homes. the first three victims were killed at night, ferks lton was killed in early morning. his sister says she warned him to be careful. >> you walk out your door and somebody just chute for no reason? all he was doing was helping the homeless. he

that's similarly dressed that was supposedly involved in the killing of a gentleman by the name of ronald felton it's a matter of time. >> see something, say something. rob: exactly. everybody keeping their eyes open. ted, thank you so much. democrats in all out civil war but bill and hillary clinton seem to have no idea. >> apparently, you know, my former opponent is obsessed with my speaking now. i don't understand it. maybe that's my whole point. rob: really strange time for them to take the stage right now. is it time for the clintons take a hint and maybe step back for the good of their party? we are going to debate that coming up. jillian: music biggest stars honor our nation's heros. >> 2017 was the year that tested our faith and these moments of crisis heros emerged, with us tonight -- jillian: with us today is carley shimkus and she has what's trending, that's coming up next. hey. rob: good morning. ♪ ♪ there's something ♪ for you and me, ♪ and the american road is calling, ♪ ♪ so what's it gonna be? ♪ ♪ hey it's an amazing day, ♪ ♪ traveling our own highway, ♪ ♪ no matter where it lead

. >> reporter: authorities releasing this new video taken before ronald felton was killed early tuesday morning. they believe it's the same person teen moments before the october 9th period. and the same suspect who was also filmed running away from the crime scene moments later. >> same gait, same walk, maybe not the same jacket, definitely a hoodie. i don't believe in coincidence that the same person was around the same time two people were murdered. coming up at 7:00 a.m., former u.s. marshall lenny depaul weighs in. i'm victor oquendo, abc news, tampa. >>> more man 1500 scientists signed the letter, saying unless people change their habits, earth will become unable to sustain life as we know it. the science community issued a similar letter 25 years ago. they say that over time the human population has ground by 26%, while the mammal, reptile, amphibian and fish population declined by almost 30%. we're talking about the same time span scientists say it's time to, if we reverse waste, use green technology and establish nature reserves. >>> mike is helps us do that. >> that moderate i

two weeks ago, 60-year-old ronald felton was murdered while walk to go a local church to help feed theing community breathing a sigh of relief now that the killer is behind bars. >> the process will occur when this individual rots in hell. >> reporter: the big question that everybody has right now, alisyn, is why did he do it? what is the motive? at this point police haven't given any indication of that. to give an indication how big a deal this is, the governor of florida is making his way to visit with the police to congratulate them on catching this murderer. >>> to sports now. for the first time in 13 years, eli manning will not be the starting quarterback for the new york giants. andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. what's up with this, andy? >> bleacher report brought to you by the new 2018 ford f-150. second only to brett favre's legendary streak. but he is being benched after 2-9 start by the giants. he was emotional when speaking about the news yesterday. >> i don't like it. but in football, you handle it and do my job. >> it's hard. hard day to handle this. but hang

60-year-old ronald felton.five a.m.en when he was shot from behind. felton was a church and food bank volunteer who was on his way to distribute food to needy families. >> all he was doing was helping the lord. of he wasn't hurting nobody, he wasn't doing anything to nobody, and they took his life, you know? and his life, to me, to everybody else might not mean nothing, but to me, that's my blood. >> reporter: but perhaps a break in the case. new surveillance video shows the suspect moments before he murdered felton. police now believe this man in this video is the same person who was caught on this surveillance video on october 9th, night of the first of four murders. the suspect is said to be about six feet to 6-2 with a thin build. he was last seen wearing all black with a baseball cap and armed with a large black pistol. the police believe the suspect is a resident of the seminole heights neighborhood. this working class community, eric, is on edge. people have stopped walking by themselves, walking their d

ronald felton was shot and killed early yesterday.icials today released surveillance footage of a man spotted near the scene of felton's killing, and a previous murder. >> if you look at both videos from october 9 and yesterday, it appears to be the same person. i don't believe in coincidence, that the same person was around at the same time the two people were murdered. i'm pretty convinced, whoever it is, it's probably the same person, and if they didn't do it, they know something. >> sreenivasan: the earlier victims were killed over a ten-day period in october. a louisiana man walked out of prison today, after serving nearly 50 years for a rape conviction that's now been thrown out. wilbert jones was released to his family in east baton rouge. a judge ruled the case against him was based solely on a shaky identification by the victim. jones is now 65. prosecutors say they do not plan to retry him. sign-ups for health plans under obamacare are up 45%, so far, over last year. that word comes today as republicans are pushing to pay fo

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was arrested tuesday for the murders of benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa, anthony na voya, and ronald felton. that u were killed within blockses of each other in the seminole heights neighborhood. hoffa's uncle is relieved. >> we will not let their names die in vain. >> tampa's police chief says there's no apparent nomoive. >> that's what's so hard about this. there's nothing he could say that would make this okay. i still want to know why did you do that and what were you thinking. now we'll never know the answer to that. >>> investigators say a missing 17-year-old and missing soccer coah are definitely together. they've been caught on camera in three different stat >>> prince harry says it was love at first sight when he met actress meghan markle on a blind date. >> ahead, we meet the match maker. with were all wondering who was responsible for that. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." they stole her kids' mountain bikes and tablets along with her new juice press. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped her with homeowners insurance.