At least nine vehicles were shot at in the Saturday incident, authorities said.
Ivan Pereira, Riley Hoffman and Bill Hutchinson, ABC NewsThe shooting unfolded about 5:30 p.m. local time on Interstate 75, near exit 49 about eight miles north of London, officials said.
The sheriff's office released a photo of Couch, who allegedly fled the freeway shooting near London, Kentucky, and is believed to be in an area where the terrain is "very rugged," according to London Mayor Randall Weddle. Arriving deputies found nine vehicles had been shot in both the north and southbound lanes of I-75, Laurel County Sheriff John Root said at a news conference late Saturday night.
Two additional people were injured in a car crash that occurred during the shooting, authorities said.Root said I-75 was immediately shut down in both directions, saying that at the time, deputies didn't know where the bullets came from.The sheriff declined to say why Couch is a person of interest in the shooting but did say it is "based on our investigation at the scene.
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