Man Positive He Saw Gun Flash
UPDATED: 9:04 AM EST December 12, 2003
OBETZ, Ohio -- A trucker driving along Interstate 270 said that his truck was hit by gunfire late Thursday night.
The driver, Efrean Regalado, was driving his tractor-trailer from Nashville, Tenn., to the Aaron's Distribution Center, just off Groveport Road, when he said he noticed a flash coming from an overpass.
NewsChannel 4's Beth Dal Ponte reported that Regalado then claimed he heard something hit his truck very hard. Regalado said that he then pulled off at an exit and called police.
Regalado said that he has been around guns and was positive he saw a weapon.
"I know it was a gunshot," Regalado said. I've been around weapons all my life. And I know what a gun looks like when you fire it at night. This was no flashlight. It was actually a gun flash."
Regalado, who told Dal Ponte that he lives in Texas, said that he was unaware of the I-270 shootings that have taken place. The shootings date back to May, but most happened during the last two months. They have involved bullets hitting cars, a house and a school. Police are investigating 15 shootings, and six have been linked to the same weapon that killed a Central Ohio woman last month.
Obetz police officers and investigators from a task force that is investigating the shooting examined Regalado's rig but could not find any damage, Dal Ponte reported.
He said that he would re-examine his rig after sunrise Friday.
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