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Reports to our own Bob Lonsberry, and other media outlets, say a tractor trailer was shot at on 390 South Near Buffalo Road. Last week a vehicle was reported as shot in the same area. Read more: http://www.wham1180.com/articles/local-news-122742/breaking-reports-of-tractor-trailer-shot-12308244/#ixzz30TsLisrU

Police in Kansas City are thanking the public for information that led to the arrest of a man in connection with a series of highway shooting that wounded three people. Prosecutors have charged 27-year-old Mohammed Whitaker for at least a dozen shootings in the Kansas City area over the last month. Manuel Bojorquez reports.

Suspect wouldn’t discuss damage to car consistent with nearby accident Investigators wonder if Charles A. McCoy Jr. was the driver who rear-ended this car Dec. 17 on Dyer Road. Shots were fired nearby the same night. Charles A. McCoy Jr. was evasive about how he wrecked his 1999 Chevrolet Metro when he brought it to the body shop Dec. 19, owner Rusty Blades said. McCoy pulled into the Fine Line Auto Care, 2071 Payne Ave., came inside and said, "I need an estimate." Then he walked back out, Blades said yesterday. Investigators trying to put McCoy at or near the...

The suspect in a series of shootings that killed one woman and terrorized central Ohio is a troubled 28-year-old man who lived with his mother near the center of the shooter’s favored territory. Authorities were seeking Charles A. McCoy Jr. last night in connection with the series of at least 24 shootings across four counties since May — many along I-270 in southern Franklin County. McCoy should be considered armed and dangerous, said Chief Deputy Steve Martin of the Franklin County sheriff’s office, and the national all-points bulletin issued to police said he is mentally unstable. As of last night,...

Gunman Knows Escape Route Before He Takes Action COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The key characteristics from the serial shooter's latest attacks are changing, according to a former FBI profiler. Those opportunities are opportunity and location, according to Clint Van Zandt, who now provides his expertise for MSNBC. "(The shooter is) shooting from an overpass, where he has the ability to go left and to go right," Van Zandt told NewsChannel 4's Duarte Geraldino Monday. "He's not trapped on an interstate where he has to look for an exit." The serial shooter's latest victim was driver Tony Hall. He was driving east...

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.

Local Resident May Have ImagesCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Fayette County resident may have captured images of the serial shooter on tape, NewsChannel 4's Monique Ming Laven reported. Lester Beers said a surveillance camera mounted on his Brock Road home takes pictures of his driveway. The camera also might have been in the line of sight of the Brock Road overpass, where serial shooting investigators believe on Sunday a man shot a car traveling on Interstate 71, Laven reported. Beers said he expected law enforcement officers to go to his home Wednesday night to pick up the surveillance equipment. Beers would...

Two Overpasses Closed Over Highway COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State routes 38 and 41 in Fayette County are closed over Interstate 71 as the serial shooting task force investigates multiple shootings, NewsChannel 4 reported. There is no word on if any injuries were reported.