Driver Says Rig Hit By Gunfire Along I-270

WCMH - 4 - Columbus ^ | Dec 12, 2003 | NBC4Columbus

[smith288]

Driver Says Rig Hit By Gunfire Along I-270

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.

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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."

[smith288]

Seems like he is hiding under the darkness now...

[smith288]

Continued...

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.

[smith288]

Previous NBC stories

Previous Stories:

• December 9, 2003: Drivers Allegedly Spot Armed Person In Vehicle
• December 8, 2003: Public Asked To Examine Serial Shootings Time Line
• December 7, 2003: Reward Doubles In Serial Shootings Cases
• December 6, 2003: I-270 Reopens After Investigators Probe Shootings
• December 6, 2003: 20-Mile Stretch Of I-270 To Close Saturday
• December 5, 2003: Two More Shootings Linked To Investigation
• December 5, 2003: Shooting Witnesses Asked To Call Tip Line In Timely Manner
• December 4, 2003: Business Dips For Restaurants Near Shooting Sites
• December 4, 2003: Some Recall Similar Local Crimes In Wake Of Serial Shootings
• December 3, 2003: FBI Expert Helping In Serial Shootings Case
• December 3, 2003: News Of Shooting At School Unsettling To Many Parents
• December 2, 2003: 2 More Shootings Linked To Highway Death
• December 2, 2003: State Senator Wants Stiffer Penalties For Highway Shootings
• December 2, 2003: Wal-Mart Pulls Video Game After Highway Shootings
• December 2, 2003: Opinions Vary On Highway Shooter
• December 1, 2003: Reward Offered In Fatal Highway Shooting
• December 1, 2003: Commuters Return To Freeway Stretch Where 11 Vehicles Shot
• November 29, 2003: Authorities Can't Positively Link All Shooting Cases
• November 28, 2003: I-270 Shootings: Public's Assistance Still Needed
• November 28, 2003: Authorities: Highway Shooting Death Not An Accident
• November 27, 2003: Authorities Investigate 10 Possible Highway Shootings
• November 27, 2003: Martin: Not Enough Evidence To Say Shootings Related
• November 26, 2003: I-270 Shooting Victim Remembered As Kind, Loving Person
• November 26, 2003: Seventh Bullet Hole Reportedly Found In Vehicle
• November 25, 2003: Passenger Shot, Killed Along Freeway

[Alberta's Child]

I predict that this case will be solved about 48 hours after groups like the American Automobile Association, Motor Club of America, etc. issue formal travel advisories warning motorists to avoid the Columbus area if at all possible.

This is precisely what brought that string of tourist shootings in Florida to an end about ten years ago.

[smith288]

ping

[Atlas Sneezed]

Good spotting! This is a major break! (Except for those of us who don't want the gun-grabbers to have an excuse to ban flash-hiders.)

[flutters]

Ping

[flutters]

Great list of links/articles!

[El Gato]

This is a major break! (Except for those of us who don't want the gun-grabbers to have an excuse to ban flash-hiders.)

That's all it would be, an excuse, since flash-hiders do not hide the flash from the target, but rather from the shooter, not much of course, but enough to help preserve night vision better than no flash hider.

[Smokin' Joe]

All any of the excuses to ban firearms have been just that--excuses. The people who would ban firearms have not let their ignorance of the subject keep them from expounding their nonsense far and wide,nor has the truth deterred them from continuing to spread their ignorance in the name of 'informing' the public.

Anything else is unmitigated deception.

You'll find far more accurate information in the National Enquirer on virtually any topic, than in any firearm expose' on television.

[Atlas Sneezed]

flash-hiders do not hide the flash from the target

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Well, they might not be perfect, but I have seem them (such as on an AR-15) reduce the flash from a foot-long fireball to a peanut sized dim flick of light. A definite factor in observation from the target side.