Police have been searching for the killer for 16 days now. A grainy, black and white surveillance video of a person walking in a hooded sweatshirt near one of the crime scenes has been shown to the public, hoping tips from the video will lead them to the shooter.
Many wonder if the deaths are the work of a
serial killer.
“I have avoided that because there’s a stereotype associated with serial killers. What do I mean by that?” Interim Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan told
ABC Action News. “I hear serial killer I think of Ted Bundy. But here’s the problem. … It may not be a white person, it may not be a male it could be a black person, maybe a female. How do we know there’s not two stepbrothers living in a house and they’re doing it together. So let's not let labels and stereotypes box our vision in and we miss whats right in front of us.”
Mitchell was killed on Oct. 9, Hoffa two days later and Naiboa on Oct. 19. Police believe their shootings are related but random. The only connection between them is they all rode the county bus.
“I’ve never seen anything like this, really to tell you the truth, there’s no rhyme or reason,” Sgt. Robert Fannin with the Tampa Police Department told
ABC Action News.