The man authorities have named as a suspect in a Kentucky freeway shooting bought the weapon used in the incident legally on the morning of the shooting.
Ivan Pereira, Riley Hoffman, Bill Hutchinson and Darren ReynoldsJoseph A. Couch, the man authorities have named as a suspect in a Kentucky freeway shooting that left seven people injured, bought the weapon used in the incident legally on the morning of the shooting, authorities said Sunday night.
The shooting unfolded around 5:30 p.m. local time on Saturday evening, officials said. Arriving deputies initially 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. By Sunday night, that number had jumped to 12 vehicles, according to officials.
"A couple of our deputies, because of the severity of the injuries, loaded the people up, the injured persons, and transported them to London Hospital," Root said. Couch was first named as a person of interest in the incident but upgraded to a suspect on Sunday. Root said the decision to name Couch a suspect was based on evidence collected in the investigation. Asked to elaborate, Root said that the recovery of the weapon and Couch's vehicle, as well as "some information" he could not share, prompted investigators to elevate Couch to a suspect in the shooting.
Dalrymple said Sunday night that the suspect allegedly fired from a ledge about 30 feet down from a cliff by Exit 49. To find the location, Dalrymple said he had to hold onto a tree and look down to see the site to find the location. More than 150 individuals were involved in the search for Couch on Sunday, with efforts set to resume on Monday morning, according to Root.
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