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Today’s homicide follows three unsolved killings that occurred within blocks of one another days before Halloween near a bus route used by two of the victims. Police said they believe those three killings were committed by the same person.

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— TampaPD (@TampaPD) October 31, 2017

The other victims

The first victim was 22-year-old Benjamin Mitchell. He was shot and killed steps from his home while waiting for a bus at North 15th Street at Frierson Avenue on Oct. 9.

Two days later, 32-year-old Monica Hoffa, who police say died Oct. 11, was found slain a half-mile from Mitchell, officials confirmed.

Then on Oct. 19, Anthony Naiboa, a 20-year-old man with autism, was killed in the southeast Seminole Heights neighborhood after taking the wrong bus home from work.

All three killings remain unsolved, according to police.

Early on, police released pixelated photos of a person of interest, a slender individual wearing pants and a hooded windbreaker who was initially seen walking near one of the crime scenes and then picking up the pace to a sprint.

“We believe this is the same person we saw walking just moments earlier,” Dugan said during a news conference last month, adding that the person of interest likely has ties to the neighborhood.

“He is running in the other direction ... We believe this is the same person, once again, running away from the scene of the shooting.”

In surveillance videos subsequently released by police, the same individual is seen flipping and repeatedly staring at a cellphone in the person’s right hand.

‘Very scary and quite stressful’ for neighbors

The murder of Felton has again put the neighborhood on edge.

One resident who asked not to be named because of concerns about her safety told ABC News she and her dog were stirred awake this morning by what she thought was a neighbor taking out the trash.

Instead, it was gunfire.

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“It was maybe three or four [shots],” the woman told ABC News. “I was in my bedroom, and I heard the shots, and I looked out from the living room, and there were cops all over the corner.”

“All you saw was red and blue lights flashing and the crime scene tape,” she added.

The resident said she was forced to be “on lockdown” in her home as police taped off her driveway.

She said she exchanged text messages with neighbors who, like her, were in their homes looking on as cops investigated the killing.

“It’s very scary and quite stressful,” she said. “I think we’re all on edge at this point.”

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