Tampa neighborhood fears serial killer after 3 killings

October 23, 2017 at 4:27 p.m. | Updated October 23, 2017 at 4:35 p.m.

by Associated Press

During a candlelight vigil Jacqueline Melendez, left, and her husband Jose Melendez mourn the death of three victims who were killed in the recent shootings in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa on Sunday, October 22, 2017. The deaths, which took place in the same neighborhood over the past 10 days, prompted Tampa police to warn residents in the Seminole Heights neighborhood not to walk alone at night.(Octavio Jones/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
During a candlelight vigil Jacqueline Melendez, left, and her husband Jose Melendez mourn the death of three victims who were killed in the recent shootings in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa on Sunday, October 22, 2017. The deaths, which took place in the same neighborhood over the past 10 days, prompted Tampa police to warn residents in the Seminole Heights neighborhood not to walk alone at night.(Octavio Jones/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida neighborhood is on edge after three people were shot and killed in the past two weeks.

Police believe the shootings are linked by proximity and time frame, but they don't have a motive or a suspect. The mayor is hesitant to say a serial killer is on the loose, but Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan hasn't shied away from saying that.

The slain were killed within a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius in the normally quiet Seminole Heights neighborhood. All three victims rode the bus and were alone when they were shot on the street. None of the victims were robbed, and they didn't know one another.

The first victim was shot Oct. 9. The second on Oct. 11. The third victim was killed Oct. 19.

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