Seven people were injured and 12 vehicles were shot in Saturday's rampage.
This handout image taken and released by the Mount Vernon Fire Department shows traffic stopped on Interstate 75 during an active shooter incident near London, Ky., Sept. 7, 2024.
This handout image taken and released by the Mount Vernon Fire Department shows traffic stopped on Interstate 75 during an active shooter incident near London, Ky., Sept. 7, 2024.Before the interstate shooting, according to the arrest warrant, a Laurel County 911 dispatcher received a call from a woman who alleged Couch texted her before the interstate shooting and "advised he was going to kill a lot of people. Well try at least." The text message was sent to the woman at 5:03 p.m.
Saturday's interstate shooting unfolded around 5:30 p.m. local time on I-75 at Exit 49, about eight miles from London, officials said. A silver Toyota SUV registered to Couch was found abandoned on a forest road in the dense woods near Exit 49, according to the arrest warrant issued for Couch. A Cobalt AR-15 rifle believed to have been used in the shooting and a green army-style duffle bag containing ammunition and several magazines were discovered in roughly the same area, according to the arrest warrant. The duffle bag had "Couch" handwritten on it, according to the warrant.
Root said Couch has an address in Woodbine, Kentucky, and the sheriff's office described him as about 5-foot-10 and 154 pounds. "We're in the Daniel Boone National Forest; this is thousands and thousands of acres. It's kind of like a jungle," Pennington said.
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