Wanted Manhunt under way for suspect in highway shootings

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | March 16, 2004 | Jodi Nirode

[flutters]

Ping to new thread. I'll add updates here.

[VadeRetro]

They have his name, desription, and picture. Soon they'll have his ass.

[Lokibob]

Does anybody have any ideas as to why there isn't mass panic in this case, and/or there was mass panic in the DC sniper case?

[ahayes]

fantasizing about vigilante justice

That's me! I was thinking, "I bet my car could run a little Geo Metro off the road, no problem!"

Paranoid schitzophrenic, hmm? Well now they really are out to get him!

[dead]

The DC Snipers were much better shots.

Plus that case to place in the liberal center of the world, not out in flyover country. Ohio might as well be Sri Lanka to the national press.

[BikePacker]

Hopefully they'll find him dangling from a tree.

Save the taxpayers the trouble of paying for his trip to hell.

[martin_fierro]

A Geo Metro.

Now that's a great choice for a getaway car. <|:/~

[dead]

He looks like an adult bed-wetter.

[ahayes]

The DC shootings were different because there the snipers were consistently killing or wounding people. After they were caught, it was obvious from the setup with the peephole in the car trunk that their goal was to park somewhere, aim at a relatively stationary person, and kill them.

From the beginning I've though this guy was a rather second-rate sniper. He's been firing from overpasses with a handgun on cars moving 60-70 mph, often in bad lighting. He's only actually hit one person, but unfortunately she was killed. The image I had was of some 50-60 year old unemployed loser. Instead it's a 28 year old probably unemployed and definitely mentally ill loser.

I think we feel more contempt for him than fear.

[nightdriver]

"They have his name, desription, and picture. Soon they'll have his ass."

Then some humped-up liberal judge will most likely turn his ass loose again.

[flutters]

From Channel 4 News:

Alleged Shooter's Mother Filed Missing Persons Report
Search For McCoy Continues

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The mother of the man who authorities believe was involved in the serial shootings filed a missing persons report on her son hours before he was identified as the suspect.

The report, obtained by NewsChannel 4, was filed at 12:27 a.m. Monday. On Monday evening, the task force investigating the serial shootings said that Charles A. McCoy Jr. was their prime suspect in the shootings that have taken place in Central Ohio for the last ten months.

"The key issue for us right now is to locate this guy," Franklin County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Steve Martin said.

McCoy was described as armed and dangerous, NewsChannel 4 reported. He was charged Monday night with felonious assault out of a shooting incident Dec. 15 on Brown Road in South Columbus.

His mother, Ardith McCoy, told police that she last saw her son last Friday at 4 p.m., according to the missing persons report. The report said that McCoy was upset over a possible move and he left home to go to Gameworks at Easton Town Center.

She told police that her son withdrew approximately $600 from his bank account and he has not been seen since.

McCoy, 28, lived within miles of where most of the shootings occurred. He is described as white, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes.

He attended Grove City High School and graduated from there in 1994. According to South-Western City Schools, he played football in 1993 and 1994 and was a wrestler.

McCoy, whose address is listed as 989 Radbourne Avenue in Columbus, drives a dark green four-door 1999 Geo Metro with a black hood with license plate number CGV7387.

Anyone who sees McCoy should call 911, Martin said.

McCoy should be considered armed and dangerous "because we believe he bought another gun," Martin said.

McCoy's own family and at least one of his guns led to a break in the serial shooting case, NewsChannel 4's Nancy Burton reported.

NewsChannel 4 learned that McCoy left town Friday and that his whereabouts are unknown. The missing persons report indicated that he was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, a blue flannel shirt and tennis shoes.

[bmwcyle]

Lacks proper training

[Pontiac]

Paranoid schizophrenic, hmm? Well now they really are out to get him!

And that’s really him that they are talking about on the TV and the radio!

[Ciexyz]

I wonder how long the family wondered and/or knew that their boy was doing something weird, before they turned him in.

[CharlotteVRWC]

Thanks for the ping....Hope they catch him Soon! Someone on news said he was seen in his neighborhood yesterday, so he shouldn't be too far.

[Skywalk]

Well, since he's white, they'll definitely be sure to find him and not let him slip through dragnet after dragnet.

[kAcknor]

Notice how the local paper calls this guy a 'shooter' and not a 'sniper'. I live within 5 miles from where many of the shots were taken, and I have to agree with it. "Shooter" describes it well, as calling this guy a 'sniper' just doesn't fit.

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[Orangedog]

He attended Grove City High School and graduated from there in 1994.

Great, the moron went to my old high school.

[Jaidyn]

Thanks for the heads up. I suspect he will kill himself, but hope he doesn't. I'm interested in his reasons for going berserk. It's good to know that drivers are safer, now.