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And number four, they just murdered benjamin mitchell. >> reporter: police have been going door to door in the sminal heights neighborhood, a neighborhood of about 1900 homes. among the questions they are asking members of that community as they speak to them is, do you have a home surveillance camera. if you do, they want you to register it with authorities so that information like this could come forward, brooke. but again, lets stress not jesus speck but a person very important for this polic...

They want to talk to this man. tonight, the simplest tasks, from going to the grocery store to walking the dog have now become a real concern. abcs victor oquendo from tampa. >> reporter: tonight, a tearful plea from the father of monica hoffa, one of the victims gunned down in tampa. >> i need that community to stand up and i need them to point out, you know, who that man is. >> reporter: hes the person of interest tampa police are desperate to find, spotted near the site of the first of three ...

Lead, showing a person of interest. police not releasing much information about evidence, but insisting the killings are connected. >> i assure you that they are related, theyre linked. >> reporter: three people gunned down in ten days, less than half a mile apart. two of the three victims, benjamin mitchell and anthony naiboa, killed near bus stops. naiboa just happened to take the wrong bus home when he was murdered last thursday. the transit authority has since altered its routes. the other v...

And they dont want anyones vision boxed in, as to who this killer could be. they want peoples minds open, as they search for a lead, a motive, a suspect. they do have this video, police have been circulating. it was video captured the night of the first murder, october 9th, when benjamin mitchell was gunned down at a bus stop outside his home. people watching this video say the man you see there has a distinct walk and yet police havent had anybody come forward with any information. so, now, chr...

Alert, fear is growing able football -- about possible serial killer in florida community. rob: three people killed in the same tampa bay neighborhood. shala with more this morning. >> special community meeting is scheduled for tonight, among those in attendance the tampa mayor as well as the tampa police chief both are expected to address that spike in violence here in the citys seminole heights neighborhood here comes after residents and relatives of victims joint forces of victims for a serie...

Of a person walking alone, wearing a jacket and hoodie. this video came just down the street where the first victim, benjamin mitchell, was shot and killed. >> we dont know if this is one individual. we dont know their color, we dont know the race, their ethnicity, their sex. theres so many unknowns, and thats why were hesitant to label it with anything. >> reporter: unfortunately, we didnt have the surveillance video there, but again, it was a man with a hoodie, long sleeve ares. they dont know...

. eric: there have been three unsolved killings in contampa, florida neighborhood in just ten days, police are confirming that those killings are linked. most recent was a 20-year-old man with mild autism. he was shot to death on the street. police are advising residents to be aware of surroundings and not walk alone at night. bryan llenas has more from our new york city newsroom whats going on. why do they think theyre connected, first of all? reporter: all about proximity right now. all three ...

Far is this surveillance video of a person walking alone, wearing a jacket and hoodie. this video came just down the street where the first victim, benjamin mitchell, was shot and killed. >> we dont know if this is one individual. we dont know their color, we dont know the race, their ethnicity, their sex. theres so many unknowns, and thats why were hesitant to label it with anything. >> reporter: unfortunately, we didnt have the surveillance video there, but again, it was a man with a hoodie, l...

Was shot waiting for a bus. october 13th, 32-year-old monica hoffas body was found in a vacant lot, shot. and anthony balboa was shot 20 yards from where one of the victim was kill. he got off at the wrong bus stop accidentally. police are warning people not to travel alone, be aware of surroundings and turn on porch lights. there could be a serial killer on the loose. eric: this is chilling and so sad. do they have any suspect or a motive or anything at all? reporter: no, unfortunately there is...

good evening. this thanksgiving week, our usual conversation will be about the sweetness and stress of being with family. but this year, something different. americans are wrestling with the new rules of travel versus the threat of terrorism. so we set out to find some facts today, what is really happening at the airports and also, a new abc news poll on those aggressive patdowns. it shows we are a nation divided. half of us say the new body searches go too far. the other half feel the...