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The '''Ohio highway sniper attacks''' were a series of 24 [[sniper]] attacks along [[Interstate 270 (Ohio)|Interstate 270]] and other nearby highways in the central part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]] (mostly around [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]) against traffic and homes. The shootings began in May 2003 and continued for several months. |
The '''Ohio highway sniper attacks''' were a series of 24 [[sniper]] attacks along [[Interstate 270 (Ohio)|Interstate 270]] and other nearby highways in the central part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]] (mostly around [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]) against traffic and homes. The shootings began in May 2003 and continued for several months. One person was killed (62-year-old Gail Knisley, killed on November 25, 2003), and the shootings caused widespread fear. |
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The suspect, [[Charles A. McCoy, Jr.]], was arrested in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] on [[March 17]], [[2004]]. McCoy, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1996, stood trial in 2005. The first trial with [[death penalty]] charges resulted in a [[hung jury]] on May 9, 2005, most likely due to McCoy's severe mental illness. Rather than face a retrial, McCoy accepted a plea arrangement where he avoided the death sentence. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison on August 9, 2005. |
The suspect, [[Charles A. McCoy, Jr.]], was arrested in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] on [[March 17]], [[2004]]. McCoy, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1996, stood trial in 2005. The first trial with [[death penalty]] charges resulted in a [[hung jury]] on May 9, 2005, most likely due to McCoy's severe mental illness. Rather than face a retrial, McCoy accepted a plea arrangement where he avoided the death sentence. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison on August 9, 2005. |
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Revision as of 12:18, 24 July 2006
The Ohio highway sniper attacks were a series of 24 sniper attacks along Interstate 270 and other nearby highways in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio (mostly around Columbus) against traffic and homes. The shootings began in May 2003 and continued for several months. One person was killed (62-year-old Gail Knisley, killed on November 25, 2003), and the shootings caused widespread fear.
The suspect, Charles A. McCoy, Jr., was arrested in Las Vegas on March 17, 2004. McCoy, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1996, stood trial in 2005. The first trial with death penalty charges resulted in a hung jury on May 9, 2005, most likely due to McCoy's severe mental illness. Rather than face a retrial, McCoy accepted a plea arrangement where he avoided the death sentence. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison on August 9, 2005.
See also
- Beltway sniper attacks (October 2002)
- 2003 West Virginia sniper
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