Car Reportedly Shot On Interstate 70

NBC 4 Columbus ^ | February 14, 2004

[flutters]

No Injuries Reported

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There is a report of a car being shot on Interstate 70 East, NewsChannel 4 reported.

The incident happened at about 10:45 a.m., west of Route 310 near the Pataskala exit.

A vehicle appeared to be shot on the right side panel, NewsChannel 4 reported.

There is no word if the shooting is related to the serial shootings to the south of Columbus. This apparent shooting is outside of the general geographic location that 23 other shootings have occurred.

[GaltMeister]

Another evil SUV on the loose?

[Samwise]

Bump

[flutters]

This shooting happened on Tollgate Road. I live on Tollgate about 18 leapin' lizard steps from the freeway. We have two helicopters above. The East bound lanes of the freeway is closed. Our road is also closed. It's a rural area and once the guy shot he could have escaped using a number of roads.

[CharlotteVRWC]

The guy is getting more and more brazen.....I pray he is caught soon. Be careful!

[Samwise]

I hope they catch him soon. It's a scary world we're raising our kids in today. I keep telling myself the bad guys have always been there; we just hear about it more today.

Keep your head down and stay safe.

[Glenn]

The guy is getting more and more brazen

It's a cry for help. And it might not be a guy. It might be a girl.

[LisaMalia]

Flutters, stay safe.
I was just up there last night to visit my daughter and son in law. Calling now to see if everyone in my family is home safe and sound now.

[flutters]

It sure is. I want to go driving around and see if I can spot a dark colored sports car, but hubby won't let me. :(

Sad thing is, I have my 8 year old niece and a girlfriends daughter staying with me right now. They were outside playing at the time. Scary stuff.

[flutters]

They are still searching the area. The shooting happened about an hour and a half ago.

[flutters]

It's a cry for help. And it might not be a guy. It might be a girl.

A male in his 30's to 40's was spotted at the Jeffersonville Mall shootings last week.

[CharlotteVRWC]

I read where the guy was seen, (white, in his 30-40's)....dark colored car, with a handgun

[hadaclueonce]

what kind of bullets have they recovered?

[jellybean]

Stay safe!!

Thank you for keeping us up to date.

[CharlotteVRWC]

They haven't released any info on the caliber of bullets, but someone who heard shots said it was a LARGE caliber gun
(not a .22 or .35 etc).

[flutters]

I always find myself coming back to a reporter that said it was a 50 caliber. The reporter announced it on the air right after Gail Knisley was shot. The station then went to commercial break and when they came back the reporter fell all over herself saying it was not a 50 caliber. I think it was and she slipped and let the information out.

[hadaclueonce]

50 are rare, that would limit it to one type handgun, a 50 in a rifle, the car would not move very far...

[flutters]

I hope to heck we found out soon. This has gone on far too long. I've followed the story since it broke in November but never dreamed a shooting would happen practically in my own back yard.

[LisaMalia]

Have been able to get ahold of everyone but my sister and her family. They live a couple of miles from Pataskla. Have you heard anything else?

[snippy_about_it]

The choppers were hovering here just a few minutes ago, searching it appears unless something else new just happened.
270 and 62. Grove City. 1pm

[Free Trapper]

This is the first report of a handgun that I've seen.I've been pretty much out of action lately and could have missed some reports,though.

A handgun would be my choice if I wanted to terrorize an area as this shooter has.

Too many people discredit the effectiveness of handguns because "they" haven't used them for shooting at any range to speak of.

[DooDahhhh]

hope they catch that b*stard!

[EternalVigilance]

Car Reportedly Shot On Interstate 70

Did it die?

[templar]

50 are rare, that would limit it to one type handgun ...

I can thinnk of only one (in 50AE). There may be a few otherws, but they would be even more uncommon. What I'm wondering is would the type of person that generaly buys one of those (hunters, collectors) be the type that does this kind of shooting? Could be a stolen gun, I guess. Ammo for them is not real common (like at a walmart) and the source could probably be located, maybe giving a hint as to the shooter.

[hadaclueonce]

I am betting the statement that it was a 50 Cal. was made by some media snipe that would not know a .50 from a air rifle. I hope they catch this nut soon.
I just am offended when the media "experts" start quoting gun facts from unknown sources.
The scary part is that a lot of "professional law enforcement" individuals, do not have a clue either.

[verity]

"A vehicle appeared to be shot on the right side panel"

Does not sound like a fatal wound.:~)

[archy]

"A vehicle appeared to be shot on the right side panel"

Does not sound like a fatal wound.:~)

Let's hope paramedics from the Triple-A arrived in time to render first aid. Those hits to the right side panel could result in a fatal loss of hydraulic brake fluid....

[flutters]

I just got back from running a few errands. The helicopters stopped searching continuously around 1:00. I hear one now, so I imagine it's sporadic. The cops are still at the entrance/exit ramps at 70 & Pataskala. I passed about 15 cruisers while I was out. We normally see zero. Anything more about Grove City?

[flutters]

The information about the hand gun came out last week during the Jeffersonville shootings. A witness said he would have noticed if the shooter had a rifle.

[flutters]

I am betting the statement that it was a 50 Cal. was made by some media snipe that would not know a .50 from a air rifle.

That might be the case. I just thought it was odd that she would make that kind of statement on TV if she didn't have the information. LEO's are releasing very little information to the public.

[flutters]

Vehicle Shot On I-70 Appears Linked
No Injuries Reported

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A vehicle was shot Saturday morning on Interstate 70 near Pataskala, and investigators said the shooting appears to be linked to the series of shots fired throughout Central Ohio, NewsChannel 4 reported.

The incident happened at about 10:45 a.m., west of Route 310 near the Pataskala exit.

A Chevrolet Suburban appeared to be shot on the front right-side panel, NewsChannel 4 reported. The shot might have been taken from the Tollgate Road overpass.

This shooting is outside of the general geographic location that 23 other shootings have occurred, and a link to those shootings has not been confirmed. This shooting was the farthest east.

The serial shooting task force announced that it will hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m. and can be seen live on NewsChannel 4.

The task force said witnesses saw a white male in his mid-30s who was well-groomed and wore black sunglasses. They described his vehicle as a black compact car, perhaps a Chevrolet Geo Metro.

The description is similar to one given by witnesses who were shot at last Sunday on Interstate 71 in Fayette County southwest of Columbus.

According to witnesses to last Sunday's shootings, the description of the shooter was a white man with a handgun. He was believed to be 30-40 years old. The man was believed to be driving a small, dark-colored sports car or sedan.

A reward for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the shooter or shooters responsible for Gail Knisley's death stands at $60,000.

Anyone with information is asked to call (614) 462-4646.

[LisaMalia]

Let's hope paramedics from the Triple-A arrived in time to render first aid. Those hits to the right side panel could result in a fatal loss of hydraulic brake fluid....

I'm glad you find this amusing. Pathetic.

[LisaMalia]

I wonder about what our world in general is coming to when I read these posts from people who try to make funny comments on this situation. It really makes them look like the idiots they are.

[cajun-jack]

it it was from a .50 cal, the right side might appear to have been shot, but what did the left side look like??

a car will not stop a .50 cal bullet.

[snippy_about_it]

Nope. Haven't heard a thing. They did some fly bys and then a little more concentration but haven't seen them or heard them since.

[snippy_about_it]

Lisa, I'm familiar with EV and archy and I don't think they mean any harm. Perhaps they just don't understand what those of us that live here have been witnessing.

While it's true one person has been killed by this sniper, and what, close to 30 shootings we may know of, I don't think all FR folks have been keeping up with this since it only pertains to those of us who live where the shootings have been occurring.

FYI - we have a shooter, using a hand gun who likes to shoot randomly at cars on freeways and country roads and at houses too. He has managed to kill one elderly woman who was a passenger in a car, that is only one time where he managed to hit a person and when he did it killed her.

The rest of the time it has been hitting cars and trucks and shooting into peoples houses. He is in a pretty small area and it has been going on for some time. Those of us that live and have to travel around here do so cautiously and would like to see him caught.

[LisaMalia]

Thanks for your input.

I actually do have a sense of humor, a pretty good one I like to think. I guess my post was a knee jerk reaction to being on the phone this morning calling to check to see that my child and other family members were home and safe. The fact that noone else has been injured or worse is a miracle.

Just wondering, I wasn't on FR at the time of the DC shootings. Did people make inappropriate, lame jokes during that situation as well, and was it acceptable?

[snippy_about_it]

We make inappropriate jokes all the time. It's the way we deal with a lot of things. No one intends on being crass but sometimes it does get a little touchy. Most mean no harm.

Most jokes were made about the police chief or the fact that they were sure it was a white guy in a white van.

But the seriousness was not lost on most. I think for today's thread all folks see is the headline, a car was shot and that is what they are responding to.

[LisaMalia]

Points taken. Stay safe. And lets hope this scum(s) gets caught soon.

[EternalVigilance]

Forgive me my insensitity.

My comment was on poor writing by so-called journalists, not on the horror that folks up there are going through.

[LisaMalia]

Thanks, I appreciate that you took the time respond.

[snippy_about_it]

That's okay EV, I knew better of you. :-)

[archy]

Let's hope paramedics from the Triple-A arrived in time to render first aid. Those hits to the right side panel could result in a fatal loss of hydraulic brake fluid....

I'm glad you find this amusing. Pathetic.

Naw, just my own sneering response to the deathless prose of those reporting the shootings, hardly the work of a *sniper* and not of a very effective shot at all. If the shootings weren't taking place in a locale where the citizenry is disarmed and the disarmers more occupied with other things.

I've been shot at before, best of all by those who expected me to be unarmed and incapable of doing anything about it, and found to their surprise I was not. And I am still here to tell the tale, and they are not.

And having also worked as a newspaperman in the Cinci area and having observed other similar stories in the area before, including the I-70 sniper- who really WAS a sniper; [and I was close enough to that story to hear the shots when State troopers armed with Browning automatic rifles put him out of business for good] three other serial killing stories in the Conci area and two elsewhere in Ohio, and a couple of other interesting events that somehow never seemed to ever get *solved*, I'm certainly not the only one who might be described as *pathetic,* nor the most deserving of such a term.

-archy-/-

[archy]

FYI - we have a shooter, using a hand gun who likes to shoot randomly at cars on freeways and country roads and at houses too. He has managed to kill one elderly woman who was a passenger in a car, that is only one time where he managed to hit a person and when he did it killed her.

They had one like that in Arkansas back in 1979, too. The only woman he killed was a woman reporter from the UPI statehouse bureau in Little Rock, in an excellent position to have heard some of the stories floating around about the just-sworn-in governor, and the woman he had raped in the Little Rock Doubletree hotel when he was Attorney General- Clinton was his name, as I recall. But the governor directed the State police to carefully investigate the *random sniping attacks, the work of a single crazed shooter* and no arrest or conviction ever resulted. Judy Danielak, eighth entry down].>

Any former Cinci politicians run for any higher office lately?

[CharlotteVRWC]

There were also some sniper shootings in Ohio a few years back that were aimed at hunters in the field...Did that ever get solved?

[archy]

There were also some sniper shootings in Ohio a few years back that were aimed at hunters in the field...Did that ever get solved?

Yes. That was Thomas Lee Dillon, one of the serial killers I made reference to in my previous post above.

[LisaMalia]

Actually former Cinci mayor/talk show host Jerry Springer considered a run for either the Senate or Congress(can't remember), but dropped out. He made an unannounced appearance at our local sportsbar one night when I was out with family and friends there. Ruined the night for all of us.

As far as Clinton/Arkansas thing, I have no doubt about what caused the demise of that poor woman.

[archy]

Actually former Cinci mayor/talk show host Jerry Springer considered a run for either the Senate or Congress(can't remember), but dropped out. He made an unannounced appearance at our local sportsbar one night when I was out with family and friends there. Ruined the night for all of us.

As far as Clinton/Arkansas thing, I have no doubt about what caused the demise of that poor woman.

Well, so far as generally speaking the Judy Danielak murder does indeed seem to have at least one individual with an obvious motive who could have benefitted from her death. But that does not necessarily mean that he is the one who gave the order for her death, and it's a fact that at the time of her death, a lot of observers noted the odd choice of weapon for the *sniper* who shot her in the head while driving her car home from work: a .357 magnum revolver, similar to those then in use by the Arkansas highway patrol. Why it's as if a State Police car pulled up alongside her, and....

-archy-/-

[snippy_about_it]

Nope, this is Columbus and pretty boring politically speaking. I think he's just some nut wanting to make a name for himself.

[Ciexyz]

Saw this on one of the news channels. A witness said the guy was 6 ft. tall. Showed pics of the bullet hole. Scary stuff.