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Two cars are targets along Ohio highway
By Associated Press
Published February 9, 2004
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ohio - A van and a Mercedes were shot minutes apart Sunday on an interstate in a region where a series of 21 sniper shootings have occurred, investigators said.
The gunfire seems consistent with the sniper shootings along Interstate 270 south of Columbus, based on initial evidence, Franklin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Steve Martin. He stopped short of linking the two shootings to the serial gunfire.
No injuries were reported in Sunday's shootings, which happened about 11:30 a.m. on Interstate 71 near Jeffersonville, about 40 miles southwest of Columbus.
One person has died in the serial shootings, which have targeted vehicles, schools and homes since May. Authorities were looking for a dark sports car that may have been connected to the gunfire.
Martin said the shots were fired from two overpasses about one mile apart. Witnesses said they saw a white man in his 30s or 40s and a small, dark-colored vehicle on the overpasses.
Authorities had taken two juveniles with a pellet gun into custody after Sunday's shootings, but ultimately determined they were not connected to the crimes, a sheriff's spokesman said.
[Last modified February 9, 2004, 01:05:23]
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