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Tampa, Florida, police are crediting a McDonald’s worker with a tip that led to the arrest of a suspect who allegedly fatally shot four persons in the Seminole Heights neighborhood, a crime spree that started on October 9 and terrorized the area. Authorities have charged the suspect, Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, 24, with four counts of first-degree murder.
The suspect made his first court appearance today, and a Hillsborough County judge ruled that he will be held without bond pending the next court hearing early next week.
Donaldson, who was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon, also worked at the McDonald’s fast-food outlet in the Ybor City section of Tampa.
According to AP, the break in the case came when Donaldson allegedly asked a co-worker to hold on to a bag that contained a loaded gun while he left the restaurant to do an errand.