Ohio Highway Shootings

Motorists travel down Interstate 270 at the Interstate 71 split Nov. 30, 2003, in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities are investigating a series of at least two dozen shootings on or around I-270, which circles Columbus, Ohio.

Gail Knisley, 62, in this undated family photo, was killed Nov. 25, 2003, when a bullet ripped through the driver's door on Interstate 270 near Columbus, Ohio. Authorities are investigating whether the shooting was related to reports of several other shots fired at vehicles on or near the same stretch of highway.

The casket of Gail Knisley is removed from a hearse at Washington Cemetery in Washington Court House, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2003.

William Briggs poses for a photo in his home, Nov. 28, 2003, in Hilliard, Ohio. Briggs, a truck driver, reported that someone shot at him while he was driving his truck on Interstate 270 on Oct. 19.

The skyline of Columbus, Ohio, can be seen from the corner of Rathmell Road and U.S. 23, about two miles away from Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, Ohio, where the Franklin County Sheriff's Department announced Dec. 2, 2003, that a window shot out of the school early in the morning on Nov. 11, is connected to 11 other shootings along a five-mile stretch along Interstate 270.

A police car sits in the parking lot of the Hamilton Central Elementary School as children arrive, Dec. 3, 2003, in Columbus, Ohio. A bullet that broke a window at the elementary school on Nov. 11 is linked to 11 other shootings in a five-mile stretch of Interstate 270.

The corner of Rathmell and U.S. 23 about two miles away from Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, Ohio.

Traffic is backed up for miles on Interstate 71, Feb. 8, 2004, near Jeffersonville, Ohio, after a van and a Mercedes were shot at along the highway. The vehicles were fired upon minutes apart in a case resembling a series of 21 sniper shootings along Interstate 270 south of Columbus, investigators said.

Douglas Berry looks back to the overpass at Brock Road where he was shot at earlier in the day, Feb. 8, 2004, near Jeffersonville, Ohio. The bullet hole in his Mercedes is shown foreground. Berry described the gunman as a middle-aged white male, with a medium build. Another motorist called 911 reporting a black sports car on an overpass the same day.

Franklin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Steve Martin answers questions about two highway shootings at a news conference, Feb. 8, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio. A van and a Mercedes were shot minutes apart on Interstate-71 south of Columbus, in a region where a series of sniper shootings have occurred.

Investigators search for evidence on top of and under a bridge about after a van and a Mercedes were shot at along Interstate 71, Feb. 8, 2004, in Jeffersonville, Ohio.

Motorists go about their business and pump gas at a station near the sight of a highway sniper shooting, Feb. 6, 2004, off Interstate 71 in Mount Sterling, Ohio. A bullet that pierced a van's windshield was linked to the series of shootings.

Bill Davis has a coffee at a gas station in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, Feb 6, 2004. Davis lives near the sight of the latest highway shooting that pierced the windshield of a van, Feb. 3, 2004, on interstate 71 about 15 miles south of Columbus. The bullet is linked to at least eight used in the Interstate 270 shootings including one that killed a woman.

Investigators talk with Robert Cross, a resident of Tollgate Road, near the Tollgate Road overpass which crosses Interstate 70 in Fairfield county after another shooting was reported, Feb. 14, 2003 near Pataskala, Ohio. Cross told investigators that he was not home at the time of the shooting.

Charles Longworth looks out his front door towards the Prairie Rd. overpass over I-71, Feb. 9, 2004, near Jeffersonville, Ohio, where a shooter fired on motorists.

Ron Fannon points toward the Brock Rd. overpass over I-71, Feb. 9, 2004, that is close to his home near Jeffersonville, Ohio, where a shooter fired on motorists.

Traffic moves along Interstate 71 underneath the Prairie Road overpass, Feb. 9, 2004, near Jeffersonville, Ohio, where a shooter fired on motorists.

Franklin County Deputy Sheriff Robert McKee makes a phone call along a stretch of U.S. 23 after a minivan was struck by a bullet, Feb. 18, 2004, south of Columbus, Ohio. Authorities later determined it was a hoax, and driver Richard A. Adams admitted he shot his own van.

Investigators confer on the Tollgate Road overpass which crosses Interstate 70 in Fairfield County where another shooting was reported, Feb. 14, 2004, near Pataskala, Ohio. A sport utility vehicle was struck by gunfire on Interstate 70, and investigators said it appears to be linked to the series of highway shootings near Columbus.