Highway Sniper Suspect Mentally Ill in Past
The man wanted by police in a deadly string of highway sniper attacks has a history of mental illness and is believed to have a semiautomatic pistol and ammunition, authorities in Columbus, Ohio, said.
Charles A. McCoy Jr., 28, lived with his mother within miles of where the gunman’s bullets killed a passenger, shattered windshields, dented school buses and drilled into homes and a school.
“McCoy has had mental health issues in the past and is currently not on medication,” the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said in a bulletin released to police departments nationwide.
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