Timeline of 10 shootings on highway around Columbus

The Dayton Daily News ^ | November 29, 2003 | AP

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Timeline of 10 shootings on highway around Columbus Associated Press

Authorities are investigating 10 shootings on or around a southern section of Interstate 270, which circles Columbus. Reports of 11 shootings in the area have been gathered by several law enforcement agencies, but investigators would not confirm which of the following reports they’re looking at:

May 10: A 37-year-old woman runs out of gas around 4 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-270 east of I-71. After walking for help, she returns to find the car’s windshield shot out and the hood damaged.

Oct. 7: A 42-year-old Columbus woman, taking her daughter to the doctor, reports that a gunshot struck her windshield about 4 p.m. as she pulled onto I-71 from state Route 104, about two miles north of I-270.

Oct. 10: A woman driving north on U.S. 23 north of I-270 had a flat tire. She didn’t know the tire had been shot until she took the flat to be repaired.

Incident reported at state Route 62 and Alkire Road, details not available.

Oct. 11: A 36-year-old man was driving about noon along I-270 when a bullet struck the rear side panel of his Nissan Sentra and exited through the rear window, shattering it.

Oct. 19: Truck driver William Briggs, 56, of Hilliard, turned north onto westbound I-270 off of U.S. 23 at about 11:30 p.m. and had driven about a mile when the driver’s side window exploded.

Nov. 17: A United Parcel Service truck was eastbound on I-270 around 11 a.m. between Parsons Avenue and U.S. 23 when the driver reported hearing a noise. A bullet hole was found in the door behind the driver’s seat.

Nov. 18: A woman is driving a Ford Explorer around 9:30 p.m. on U.S. 23, north of Rathmell Road when a bullet strikes the driver’s side door.

Nov. 21: Edward Cable, 53, a retired prison guard from Lucasville, reports bullet fired into his minivan about 7:40 p.m. on U.S. 23 south of Rathmell, 1.5 miles from I-270.

Nov. 25: Gail Knisley, 62, of Washington Court House, is killed on I-270 about 10 a.m. when a bullet rips through the driver’s door of the Pontiac Grand Am driven by a friend.

Hours later, a man from Pickaway County, just south of Columbus, reports his GMC Jimmy was struck by gunfire.

[sgtbono2002]

Send out the Moose.

[jocon307]

Yeah, to look for the Moose-limbs

[kimmie7]

My brother and his family live near Columbus and take that route home. They are disturbed by this understandably. Hopefully, whoever is doing this will be caught soon.

[JustPiper]

My first thought was that one of Moose's shooters was found guilty and sentenced to death, the boy is going on trial. These are sympathy shootings.

[deadhead]

Hope they catch whoever is responsible soon. My cousin works at a school in the area. The school has been on lock down since last Tuesday. School is locked up tight and children don't go out for recess. Frightening.

[WVNan]

I have to drive U.S.23 to get to my eye doctor and I am about due for my BOTOX shots. I may hold off for awhile.

[af_vet_1981]

Send out the Moose to look for two white men in a white box car/truck/van. There is no way this could be the terrorist work of Black muslims.

[deadhead]

"I may hold off for awhile"

Sounds like a good idea, Nan.

[GreenLanternCorps]

This frightens me. I know several people in the Columbus area...

[cardinal4]

Hey, what about the sniper in Charelston, WV? Did they ever figure that one out?

[Palladin]

The profile they've put out says it is probably a local, probably a fairly young male, access to a rifle; acting oddly lately; goes missing for hours.

I kind of agree. He would be an obsessive-compulsive young male, maybe a teenager, whose life has not been going well lately. He's taking his frustrations out on passing motorists. He seems to be escalating the attacks, and the frequency is increasing.

I hope to God they get him before he kills again.

I have many cousins in Columbus.

[flutters]

These are sympathy shootings.

I haven't thought of that. You could be right. I heard a news piece (can't site the source...I was only 1/2 listening) that said it may be a teenage boy. Why or how they came up with that, I don't know. I'll look for more info on it.

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They lock down schools for the slightest of reasons now days. Security is tight. I'm glad the schools in the area are taking precautions. I remember the little boy that was killed by the DC sniper at his school. There hasn't been any indication that the I-270 sniper would target children, but we can't be overly cautious when it comes to our precious ones.

[flutters]

No, they didn't. The killings just stopped in WV. I read an article earlier today that said some of the same FBI agents are working the case.

[flutters]

Thanks for passing along the information. I heard a bit about the profile, but didn't get the specifics.

[JustPiper]

Well, they also thought in the Malvo shootings they were white males. And one was a teenager. There just seems to be some influence somehow. They would do good to consult Moose. It wouldn't hurt.

[Consort]

Anybody have a map showing the shooting locations?

[Brimack34]

Moose was not the one that caught the snipers. It was a truck driver who prayed for the end to come!! He was the hero who caught them in a rest area!!!!!Where is the media with his story. Oh yeah that GOD thing got in the way.

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There is an area map here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1030656/posts