Man Wanted For Shooting 5 On Kentucky Interstate Vowed To 'Kill A Lot Of People': Warrant

LONDON, Ky. — The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and wounded five people on Interstate 75, authorities said in an arrest warrant. Richard Dalrymple of the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, said that before authorities received the first report of the shooting about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, a dispatcher in Laurel County received a call from a woman who told them Couch had sent her the text messages at 5:03 p.m. “We’re not going to quit until we do lay hands on him,” Laurel County Sheriff John Root said, with the search area covering thousands of acres. Laurel County sheriff John Root gives an update at the London Community Center in London, Ky., on Sept. 8, 2024, on the efforts to find the suspect in the Saturday shooting at Interstate 75 near Livingston, Ky. Timothy D. Easley via Associated Press Administrators in Rockcastle County, just north of where the shooting took place, closed for the day, as did Knox County to the south. “And I’m confident eventually we’ll figure it out and we’ll find him.” State police Master Trooper Scottie Pennington, a spokesman for the London post, said troopers are being brought in from across the state to aid in the search focused on a remote area about 8 miles north of London.