![]() No one was injured in either of Sunday's shootings, which happened minutes apart at two interstate overpasses about a mile from each other at 11:20 a.m. The witness also said the man held a handgun as he stood on the overpass bridge and fired down at the vehicle. ![]() ![]() The shootings are the latest incidents authorities believed are linked to a string of 21 others southwest of the city since May, including one that was fatal.Ī passenger in one of the cars attacked Sunday described the shooter as a white male, between 30 and 40 years old, in a small dark car, Franklin County Sheriff Chief Deputy Steve Martin said Sunday. McCutcheon Road in that area is mostly residential and runs between Stelzer and Sunbury roads, both major links to the Easton Town Center commercial-residential development to the north.(CNN) - Investigators trying to solve a string of highway shootings near Columbus, Ohio, now have a description of the shooter who fired on two vehicles a day earlier. Several 911 calls indicated that several young people were running door-to-door to homes trying to get help, but nobody was answering, according to a police dispatcher. Other details about both shootings, possible motives, were not immediately available. Three other teens were in the car but were uninjured, according to police. The victim was 18-year-old Chaz Fleming, according to police.Īnother shooting victim, later identified as a 20-year-old male, was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center. Victim identified in Northeast Side shootingĬolumbus police have identified a man found dead from a gunshot wound inside a white sedan Friday afternoon near the intersection of McCutcheon Road and no-outlet Merwin Hill Drive. One Columbus police officer was taken to a local hospital to be examined for a non-gunshot-related injury, Fuqua said. He was initially listed in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable condition, according to the highway patrol. Myers was eventually shot by police and taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center Downtown, Fuqua said. ![]() A female also exited the vehicle and was in the grass median. Myers exited the vehicle and started randomly shooting at vehicles on the interstate with a handgun, Sgt. >Read More: Grand jury decides not to indict Columbus police officer in death of Ma'Khia Bryant Friday when a man who authorities now believe was Myers, driving a 2014 gray Ford Fusion, went off the left side of I-71 northbound north of East Powell Road and the Gemini Place/IKEA Way exit in Delaware County and struck a cable barrier in the median, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. "I have zero tolerance for shooting at law enforcement and for endangering the lives of citizens in Delaware County." " Schiffel said in the recorded statement. "I am so thankful for the men and women of law enforcement who descended on this chaotic scene to protect all of the human life on the road way today. The multiple bullet holes in the windshield were fired by the officer inside returning fire. A photo from the active shooter scene Friday morning on Interstate 71 shows a bullet hole in the front of a Columbus police cruiser that was allegedly fired by the gunman at police. ![]()
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