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U.S. NEWS Thursday 30 November 2017

Tampa police: Finding gun was key in arrest in 4 slayings

By TAMARA LUSH three of the killings. listed a job as a “guest
Associated Press “The gun is what we need- experience host” for the
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A re- ed,” Police Chief Brian Du- New York Mets in 2016. The
cent college graduate gan said at a news confer- Mets would neither confirm
who was charged in four ence surrounded by family nor deny that he was em-
slayings that terrorized a members of the victims. ployed by them.
Tampa neighborhood over The arrest overnight Police in New York said
the past 51 days used the brought relief to an anxious Donaldson had been ar-
same gun in all of the shoot- community worried about rested in May 2014, but
ings and targeted people a serial killer. The first shoot- the arrest was sealed and
near bus stops with “no ap- ing happened Oct. 9, fol- no details were available.
parent motive,” a police lowed by two more shoot- Authorities there said they
chief said Wednesday. ing deaths. By Halloween, review cold cases to see if
The crack in the case the fear was so great that Donaldson could be linked
came Tuesday when How- police escorted children to any crimes there.
ell Emanuel Donaldson, 24, while trick-or-treating. The He was a crew chief at the
brought a bag with a load- fourth killing happened This booking photo provided by the Tampa Police Department, McDonald’s when he was
ed handgun in it to his job earlier this month. Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, shows Howell Emanuel arrested. The tip that led
at a McDonald’s and asked “We had a community that Donaldson. Donaldson, the suspect in a string of four slayings police to him came from
a co-worker to hold it while was on edge,” Mayor Bob that terrorized a Tampa neighborhood was arrested after he one of his co-workers at
he went across the street, Buckhorn said. “Today the brought a loaded gun to his job at a McDonald’s and asked a an Ybor City McDonalds,
authorities said. Restaurant light shines. The darkness is co-worker to hold it, authorities said. which is near the Seminole
workers thought that was over. This community be- (Tampa Police Department via AP) Heights neighborhood.
odd and when Donaldson gins the healing process.” ing on Thursday. worked in customer sup- Donaldson asked an em-
left, they reported the gun Donaldson did not live Donaldson graduated from port at the Ultimate Medi- ployee at the restaurant to
to a police officer who was in the Seminole Heights St. John’s University in New cal Academy, a school hold a bag with a .40-cali-
doing paperwork there, neighborhood where the York in January 2017, ac- that trains workers for ber gun while he went to
setting off an investigation shootings occurred and cording to school spokes- health care jobs. He started a nearby business to get a
that linked Donaldson to told investigators he was man Brian Browne. He was there Feb. 13 and worked payday loan, according to
the shootings. Aside from unfamiliar with it. Arrest re- a walk-on for the men’s for about three months be- an arrest report.
matching shell casings at cords don’t list an attorney basketball team during the fore he was fired for absen- The employee told her
the shootings, authorities and the police chief said 2011-12 season, but never teeism. The academy said manager about the gun
said location data from he didn’t know if he had a played in a game, Browne he passed a background and the manager alerted
Donaldson’s cellphone put lawyer yet. He’s scheduled said. check before he was hired. a Tampa police officer at a
him at the scene of at least for a first appearance hear- After graduating, he His LinkedIn account also table in the restaurant.q

Michigan:

Sports doctor pleads guilty to assaulting gymnasts

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A for injuries. plea nearby in Ingham help. Meanwhile, more than 100
disgraced Michigan sports Larry Nassar, who worked County, the home of his Nassar, 54, has dropped his women and girls are suing
doctor who admits he sexu- at Michigan State Univer- campus clinic. claim that he was perform- him.
ally assaulted female gym- sity and at USA Gymnastics, “Guilty, your honor,” Nassar ing legitimate treatment “I’m so horribly sorry that
nasts and possessed child said he molested girls with told a judge in response to with his ungloved hands. this was like a match that
pornography pleaded his hands at Twistars gym- charges involving a girl un- In a third case, Nassar will turned into a forest fire out
guilty Wednesday in a third nastics club in Eaton Coun- der 13 and two teenagers be sentenced in federal of control,” Nassar told a
criminal case, acknowl- ty, near Lansing. at Twistars, where gymnasts court on Dec. 7 for possess- judge last week.q
edging that he molested A week ago, he made a with hip and back injuries ing child pornography. He
girls who sought treatment separate but similar guilty would line up to seek his faces decades in prison.