A United Parcel Service driver was busted this week in connection with a shooting on an Oregon highway – and is suspected in a string of six other highway shootings dating back to May, according to authorities.
Kenneth Ayers, 49, was arrested Thursday, a day after a woman was shot on Interstate 5 in Jackson County, according to NBC News affiliate KOBI.
Police said they tracked down Ayers’ UPS tractor trailer about 60 miles from the shooting, and made “a firearm in accordance with the type used” in the shooting.
The unidentified woman was taken to hospital, treated and released, and there were no injuries in the other shootings, the outlet reported.
No motive has been confirmed, police said. It was unclear if Ayers hired a lawyer.
“We are afraid to hear about these allegations and are fully cooperating with the responding authorities,” a UPS spokesman said in a statement. “Firearms are prohibited at UPS facilities and in our cars, and we are extremely concerned about the other motorists and persons.”
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