Howell Emanuel Donaldson III allegedly shot four people to death in Seminole Heights, in the Tampa, Florida area. A forensic analysis found that shell casings from the first three murder scenes were fired from a Glock handgun that Donaldson admitted to purchasing on Oct. 3 at Shooter’s World on East Fletcher Avenue in Tampa, the report says. Store receipts showed he picked up the gun four days later, after a mandatory waiting period, along with a 20-round box of SIG Sauer brand .40 caliber ammunition.
It was that gun, according to the report, that Howell gave in a food bag to a coworker at an Ybor City McDonald’s on Tuesday afternoon, saying he planned to leave the state. The coworker turned the gun over to a Tampa police officer who was in the restaurant doing paperwork at the time. The Glock had a loaded magazine containing five unfired rounds of .40 caliber ammunition, the report says.
The 24 year-old made it all the way up to crew chief at McDonald's.
He's now facing four counts of first-degree murder. Florida still has the death penalty....
