Tampa McDonald’s manager getting $110K for serial killer suspect arrest

The manager of a McDonald’s in Tampa who helped police track down the man suspected of murdering four people in the Seminole Heights neighborhood will receive the full $100,000 reward.

Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan announced Friday that Delonda Walker will receive the reward for the information she provided to a Tampa police officer, which then led to the arrest of Howell Donaldson III, a former employee of the same McDonald’s in Ybor City.

“She’s going to receive every penny of that,” said Chief Dugan.

On Tuesday, Walker tipped off an officer inside the restaurant after Donaldson handed her a bag with a gun inside before leaving the restaurant briefly.

The gun matched the weapon used in all four murders in Seminole Heights.

Even though Walker gave her tip to police instead of the Crime Stoppers line, Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay announced Thursday it will still reward Walker with the $5,000 it had pledged.