BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A FOUR-DOOR DARK GREEN 1999 GEO METRO WITH A BLACK HOOD, OHIO LICENSE # CGV7387. SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS CHARLES A. MCCOY, JR. -- 5'8", 185 LBS., 28 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE WITH BROWN HAIR AND GREEN EYES. HE IS TO BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
IF YOU SPOT THE SUSPECT, DO NOT APPROACH HIM. CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE HELPFUL IN LOCATING MCCOY, CALL THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FREEWAY SHOOTINGS TIP LINE AT (614) 462-4646.
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Ohio Highway Shootings Suspect ID'd
Fox News
Monday, March 15, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities identified a suspect Monday in a series of highway shootings (search) around the city and are asking for help finding the man.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Charles A. McCoy Jr., 28, should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators did not provide a hometown.
"We do not have any warrants for his arrest right now," Chief Deputy Steve Martin said. "It is unfolding as we speak."
The only person hit was killed. The shootings at vehicles and buildings started in May, although most have been since October. The most recent was on Feb. 14. Bullets collected from nine of the 24 shootings were shown by lab tests to have been fired from the same gun.
Martin would not say what evidence led investigators to McCoy. He said the shootings task force don't know where McCoy is.
"I don't know if he's still local," he said. "We don't have any reason to believe he's not."
In the last shooting and two the previous weeks, witnesses described seeing someone aiming at them while standing next to a car. Both the description and car are similar to what the sheriff's office released Monday: a 5-foot-8-inch, 185-pound white male with brown hair and green eyes.
McCoy drives a four-door, dark green 1999 Geo Metro (search) with a black hood, the sheriff's office said. The Ohio license tag is CGV7387.
IF YOU SPOT THE SUSPECT, DO NOT APPROACH HIM. CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE HELPFUL IN LOCATING MCCOY, CALL THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FREEWAY SHOOTINGS TIP LINE AT (614) 462-4646.
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Ohio Highway Shootings Suspect ID'd
Fox News
Monday, March 15, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities identified a suspect Monday in a series of highway shootings (search) around the city and are asking for help finding the man.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Charles A. McCoy Jr., 28, should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators did not provide a hometown.
"We do not have any warrants for his arrest right now," Chief Deputy Steve Martin said. "It is unfolding as we speak."
The only person hit was killed. The shootings at vehicles and buildings started in May, although most have been since October. The most recent was on Feb. 14. Bullets collected from nine of the 24 shootings were shown by lab tests to have been fired from the same gun.
Martin would not say what evidence led investigators to McCoy. He said the shootings task force don't know where McCoy is.
"I don't know if he's still local," he said. "We don't have any reason to believe he's not."
In the last shooting and two the previous weeks, witnesses described seeing someone aiming at them while standing next to a car. Both the description and car are similar to what the sheriff's office released Monday: a 5-foot-8-inch, 185-pound white male with brown hair and green eyes.
McCoy drives a four-door, dark green 1999 Geo Metro (search) with a black hood, the sheriff's office said. The Ohio license tag is CGV7387.
