People take once unthinkable precautions as police search for the Kentucky highway shooter
Jittery residents living near where a gunman opened fire on a highway in Kentucky are taking precautions they never thought would be needed
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Jittery residents living near where a gunman opened fire on a Kentucky highway are taking precautions they never thought would be needed in their rural region, as searchers combed the woods Tuesday hoping to find the suspect.
Brandi Campbell said her family has gone to bed early and kept the lights off in the evenings since five people were wounded in the attack Saturday on Interstate 75 near London, a city of about 8,000 people roughly 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Lexington.
“We go home and lights go off, and we go upstairs and our doors stay locked,” she said.
Several area school districts remained closed Tuesday while a few others shifted to remote learning as the search for Joseph Couch, 32, stretched into a fourth day.
