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Ohio Police Asking Person or Persons Behind Shootings to Get in Touch with Them
Aired December 01, 2003 - 08:13 ET
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, police in Ohio are asking the person or persons behind a series of shootings there to get in touch with them. The latest shooting last week took the life of a 62-year-old woman who was just riding in a car. It is the first fatality since the shootings near Columbus began last May.
Kris Osborn is live for us in Columbus, Ohio -- good morning, Kris.
KRIS OSBORN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good morning to you, Anderson.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department, along with a task force including some federal officials, the FBI, have been doing what they can to investigate this bizarre and seemingly inexplicable string of shootings, all of them in the general area of I-270. That's an interstate thruway that essentially just wraps around parts of Columbus. And people's vans have been hit, cars have been hit. And, as you mentioned, one woman, Gail Knisley, was killed in the shootings. That happened this past Tuesday.
Now, ballistics investigations have led them to connect at least two of them. The bullet that killed Gail Knisley has been connected to at least one of the other shootings. Investigators are doing a lot that they can. They're talking to various people who have called in on the tip line and they've been able to eliminate possible suspects by virtue of people calling in and suggesting suspicious behavior or calling in a suspicious vehicle.
Also, authorities have a message for the shooter.
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CHIEF DEP. STEVE MARTIN, FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: We do know that anyone that is willing to shoot at a moving vehicle occupied by people, most likely traveling at a posted speed of 65 miles per hour, is should and likely keenly aware of the consequences of such an action.
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OSBORN: Also, clearly to further their investigation, authorities have been asking not only that the shooter or shooters contact them, but that they mail in some sort of written communication to a post office box. They're providing the address, as well, in addition to just encouraging more people to call in the tip line -- Anderson.
COOPER: All right, Kris Osborn in Ohio.
Thanks very much, Kris.
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Aired December 1, 2003 - 08:13 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, police in Ohio are asking the person or persons behind a series of shootings there to get in touch with them. The latest shooting last week took the life of a 62-year-old woman who was just riding in a car. It is the first fatality since the shootings near Columbus began last May.
Kris Osborn is live for us in Columbus, Ohio -- good morning, Kris.
KRIS OSBORN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good morning to you, Anderson.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department, along with a task force including some federal officials, the FBI, have been doing what they can to investigate this bizarre and seemingly inexplicable string of shootings, all of them in the general area of I-270. That's an interstate thruway that essentially just wraps around parts of Columbus. And people's vans have been hit, cars have been hit. And, as you mentioned, one woman, Gail Knisley, was killed in the shootings. That happened this past Tuesday.
Now, ballistics investigations have led them to connect at least two of them. The bullet that killed Gail Knisley has been connected to at least one of the other shootings. Investigators are doing a lot that they can. They're talking to various people who have called in on the tip line and they've been able to eliminate possible suspects by virtue of people calling in and suggesting suspicious behavior or calling in a suspicious vehicle.
Also, authorities have a message for the shooter.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHIEF DEP. STEVE MARTIN, FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: We do know that anyone that is willing to shoot at a moving vehicle occupied by people, most likely traveling at a posted speed of 65 miles per hour, is should and likely keenly aware of the consequences of such an action.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
OSBORN: Also, clearly to further their investigation, authorities have been asking not only that the shooter or shooters contact them, but that they mail in some sort of written communication to a post office box. They're providing the address, as well, in addition to just encouraging more people to call in the tip line -- Anderson.
COOPER: All right, Kris Osborn in Ohio.
Thanks very much, Kris.
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