The authorities in Kentucky were looking on Sunday morning for a suspect in connection with a shooting on an interstate highway that left at least five people seriously injured.
Officers were called to Interstate 75 at Exit 49, about eight miles north of London, Ky., about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday over reports that someone had been shot, Laurel County Sheriff John Root said in a statement early Sunday.
They found nine vehicles with gunshot damage in the northbound and southbound lanes, and five victims with serious injuries, Sheriff Root said.
All five victims were in stable condition on Saturday, said a spokesman for the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Gilbert Acciardo.
The London Police Department said on Saturday night that a person of interest had been identified and asked the public for any information about his whereabouts. The city of London is about 90 miles south of Lexington.
Deputy Acciardo said helicopters and infrared scanners were being used to search the woods.
Randall Weddle, the mayor of London, said in a Facebook video that the authorities were searching for a “suspect or suspects” in “rugged terrain” in the northern part of Laurel County.
The authorities closed I-75 for several hours on Saturday night “because of the danger to passing cars in the area of the shootings,” Sheriff Root said.
Angel Jarrett was working at the 49er Truck Stop, near the exit where the shooting took place, when someone told her that shots had been fired nearby.
Eventually, multiple police cars surrounded the truck stop and placed it on lockdown.
“We’re not allowed to go in or out,” Ms. Jarrett said. “It’s a little panicky, but we’re OK..”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on social media that it was sending agents from its Louisville office to help the Kentucky State Police and the local authorities “with a critical incident” near Interstate 75 in Laurel County.
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