Sniper suspect driving for UPS accused of attempted murder after ‘shooting at seven different cars along Transit Station of his truck and injuring one woman’ over a period of three months
- Kenneth Ayers, 49, of Roseburg, Oregon, was arrested Thursday by state police
- Police followed his UPS truck an hour after the most recent shooting on Wednesday
- A search for truck revealed all the firearms that were used in various shootings
- A woman was shot Wednesday while driving along Interstate 5
- Police said Ayers shot at several cars over a three-month period
Kenneth Ayers, 49, of Roseburg, Oregon, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault
A UPS truck driver accidentally shot at several passing cars along a southern Oregon intersection on separate occasions in the past three months and injured one person, according to state police.
Kenneth Ayers, 49, of Roseburg, Oregon, was arrested on Thursday – a day after the most recent shooting.
A woman driving along Interstate 5 sustained a gunshot wound on Wednesday. She was treated and released from a local hospital, according to state police.
Investigators left a tractor-trailer about 60 miles north of where the shooting took place.
A search of the truck revealed a gun that matched the weapon the bullets fired in previous shootings, according to Oregon State Police.
Police declined to say how the truck was lying. Investigators also refused to disclose the type of firearm used in the shooting, according to The New York Times.
Ayers pleaded not guilty Friday in a Jackson County court building to multiple charges that escaped Wednesday’s shooting, including attempted murder, assault, and several counts of unlawful use of a weapon.
He was ordered to be held on $ 1 million bail.
Ayers made his right appearance Friday. He asked the court to provide a lawyer for defense.
‘The only thing I had a chance to talk to was my wife,’ he said.
The seven shooting sports were spread across various locations in Jackson, Douglas and Josephine counties in southern Oregon.
Ayers was arrested Thursday after police tracked down his truck about an hour after a shooting that took place on Wednesday along Interstate 5 in southern Oregon
Police said prosecutors and investigators from all three jurisdictions have cooperated.
“We are afraid to hear about these allegations and are fully cooperating with the responding authorities,” a UPS spokesman said.
“Firearms are prohibited at UPS facilities and in our cars, and we are extremely concerned about the other motorists and individuals affected,” the statement said.
“We will issue further comment to the response authorities.”
Police said the first shooting took place on May 12, which was a short time after Ayers received a new delivery route that required him to drive along Interstate 5.
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