Tampa, Florida (CNN)Michael Haynes used to take long walks with his dog through Seminole Heights, the tree-lined neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, where he has lived for the last 17 years with his wife and three children.
But the 56-year-old no longer takes such strolls. Now, when he goes out with his dog at night, he stays in the line of sight of the police who blanket the area.
"Everyone is on edge," he said. "We are trying to maintain as normal of life as possible. We don't want to live in the shadows."
In the last month, four seemingly unconnected people have been shot and killed in Seminole Heights not far from Haynes' home. The victims are separated by age, race and occupation, and each was killed -- but not robbed -- while walking alone at night within a half-mile area, police said.
Officials have said the killings are connected in their methodology, leading to fears that a serial killer is on the loose. Nobody has been arrested for the killings.
Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan released blurry video in late October of a "person of interest" wearing a hood casually walking down a street near one of the killings. On Wednesday, Dugan released new video showing a similar-looking person with the same gait who was present near Tuesday's killing of 60-year-old Ronald Felton.
The person in the video, he said, is now a suspect.
"Somebody has to know who this person is," Dugan said. "We don't need speculation, we don't need profiles. We need names."
Based on a witness statement, Dugan described the suspect as a black male between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches with a thin build and a light complexion. He was wearing all black and a black baseball cap and armed with a large black pistol, police said.
Police said they believe the suspect also lives in the same neighborhood as the shootings and is familiar with the area.
Police have received 2,300 tips in the case so far, he said, including 450 tips on Tuesday.
Source CNN
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