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SJU Alum Charged with Series of Murders in Florida

Howell "Trai" Donaldson III, a former Red Storm basketball walk-on, was arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with four shootings in the Tampa area

Howell "Trai" Donaldson III's profile on the University's athletics site, which has since been deleted (Torch Photo/Dylan Hornik).

A St. John’s University graduate and former basketball walk-on was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder in Tampa, Florida Tuesday night, according to police.

Twenty four-year-old Howell “Trai” Donaldson III is charged with four murders from Oct. 9 through Nov. 15 dubbed the “Seminole Heights Slayings,” according to local news outlets.