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The trial was scheduled to begin in August.įamily members and investigators attended the hearing. The guilty plea Monday came during a hearing that had been set for defense motions seeking to toss out evidence obtained from the McDonald’s encounter, which Donaldson’s lawyer had contended was an illegal arrest. Investigators also used cellphone records and the video to place Donaldson at the locations where the four victims were killed. 40-caliber Glock handgun.ĭonaldson was taken into custody and the handgun was matched to the slayings. The manager instead showed the bag to a Tampa police officer who was eating in the restaurant and found it contained a. The case wasn’t solved until Donaldson asked the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant where he worked to hold a plastic bag with something heavy in it while he ran an errand. Police eventually concluded that the killings were linked. They were each shot in the early morning hours in the Seminole Heights neighborhood with the same type of ammunition while doing everyday tasks such as waiting at a bus stop or crossing a city street. 14, 2017, of Benjamin Mitchell, Monica Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa and Ronald Felton. “He will now be locked away in a prison cell for the rest of his life where he will make no more headlines.”ĭonaldson, 30, admitted to the shooting deaths between Oct. “This coward committed unspeakable acts and wreaked havoc on our community for weeks on end,” said State Attorney Suzy Lopez in a news release. The surprise plea deal means that Donaldson will avoid the death penalty, prosecutors said.
Howell Donaldson III entered the guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole, according to court records.
Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)Ī Florida man pleaded guilty Monday to randomly shooting four people in a 2017 killing rampage that set a Tampa neighborhood on edge for weeks. The Florida man pleaded guilty to randomly shooting four people in a 2017 killing rampage that set a Tampa neighborhood on edge for weeks. It’s thin but taut and at a lean 95 minutes, it zips along at a propulsive, entertaining clip.Howell Donaldson III stands in the Hillsborough Courthouse on Monday, May 1, 2023, in Tampa. A lot of the film’s enjoyment rides on Foxx’s star power, who delivers a committed performance here. Naysayers will call it generic I say genre-specific. Most of the action is confined to the sleek interiors of fictional Las Vegas hotel the Luxus bloody smackdowns occur in settings including a dimly lit casino, a pulsing, neon nightclub and a spa pool, among other toothsome cliches. When Vincent’s Nancy Drew-type colleague, internal affairs officer Bryant (Michelle Monaghan), begins to meddle, Vincent finds himself further compromised. Vincent Downs (Foxx) and partner, Sean (rapper TI), have 25 kilos of cocaine in their possession, wanted by sleazy casino owner Rubino (Dermot Mulroney), in turn wanted by punkish drug dealer Novak (a menacing Scoot McNairy). I n this remake of the 2011 French thriller Nuit blanche, Jamie Foxx stars as a Las Vegas cop increasingly embroiled in a mafia-type drugs scandal with just a few hours to sort things out – and save his kidnapped teenage son.
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