2 New Ohio Freeway Shootings
Two more shootings have occurred along an interstate highway since a woman was killed on the freeway last month, bringing the number of cases under investigation to 14, authorities said Friday.
A car and a house were hit in the latest shootings, Franklin County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Steve Martin said.
On Sunday morning, a woman heard a thud as she drove on Interstate 270 and noticed a bullet hole when she got home, Martin said. She notified police Tuesday.
In the other shooting, Emma Fader found a bullet hole in the front of her house about a quarter-mile from the highway and a bullet on her living room floor, the deputy said. Fader made the discovery Monday following a weekend away, she said.
“Investigators now know the person or persons has consciously decided to continue with the same activity which unfortunately resulted in the death of Mrs. Knisley,” Martin said.
Police believe the shootings are the first since Gail Knisley, 62, was killed Nov. 25 as she was being driven to a doctor’s appointment. She was the only person who has been hit in the series of shootings.
At Fader’s home, the bullet splintered solid oak paneling about a foot above a birdcage and about 4 feet from the couch where her son Donald Fitch sleeps.
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