LONDON, Ky. − A manhunt was underway Sunday for a gunman whose carnage on a rural southeastern Kentucky highway wounded five people, damaged nine cars and caused an hours-long shutdown of Interstate 75 .
Gilbert Acciardo, spokesperson for the Laurel County Sheriff’s office, said deputies responding to a 911 call at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday found vehicles parked on the side of the highway with windows shot out or riddled with bullet holes. Some of the wounded were “severely” injured, though he said no fatalities were expected.
“Some of them were injured so badly and bleeding so bad that our deputies actually loaded them up and took them to an area hospital,” he said at a briefing Sunday. “Everything was chaotic.”
Joseph A. Couch, 32, was identified as a person of interest in the investigation. Acciardo said Couch should “definitely” be considered armed and dangerous and that he would “more than likely” be considered a suspect by the end of the day.