Ohio Freeway Sniper Case: 12-5-03 Now up to 14 cases

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12-5-2003 Ohio Freeway Shooting Cases Rise to 14

Two more shootings have occurred along an interstate highway since a woman was killed on the freeway last month, bringing the number of cases under investigation to 14, authorities said Friday.

On Sunday morning, a woman heard a thud as she drove on Interstate 270 and noticed a bullet hole when she got home, Martin said. She notified police on Tuesday.

In the other shooting, Emma Fader found a bullet hole in the front of her house about a quarter-mile from the highway and a bullet on her living room floor, the deputy said. Fader made the discovery Monday following a weekend away, she said.

At Fader's home, the bullet splintered solid oak paneling about a foot above a birdcage and about four feet from the couch where her son Donald Fitch sleeps.

While authorities haven't commented on the type of weapon used, Fitch said a police officer from suburban Obetz told him the shot must have come from a high-powered rifle.

 

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12-6-2003 Ohio Closing Freeway in Shootings Probe

The task force led by the Franklin County Sheriff's office requested the closure from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and state transportation officials and local law enforcement agencies were to shut down ramps as soon as 4 p.m., said Michelle May, an Ohio Department of Transportation spokeswoman.

While authorities haven't commented on the type of weapon used, Fitch said a police officer from suburban Obetz told him the shot must have come from a high-powered rifle.

"A 12-gauge or a handgun wouldn't have made it," Fitch said.

He said investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told him they were trying to determine the bullet's path on Saturday.