Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty when they retry a man who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a string of sniper-style shootings in the greater Columbus area.
An Ohio jury could not reach a verdict over the weekend in the trial of Charles McCoy Jr., whose lawyers said his mental illness prevented him from understanding right and wrong in 12 shootings that terrorized the greater Columbus area.
Jurors deliberating the fate of Ohio highway shootings defendant Charles McCoy Jr. appeared to seriously consider the defendant's sanity during their second day of deliberations in his capital murder trial.
In her second turn on the witness stand, the mother of admitted highway sniper Charles McCoy dabbed away tears as she apologized to her sons' victims for a shooting spree that killed one person and terrorized motorists in Central Ohio for four months.
The sister of the suspect in the Ohio highway shootings said Thursday that her family is enduring a "living nightmare" but she's happy her brother was caught safely.
Charles McCoy Jr., 28, the suspect in two dozen Ohio shootings has been arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's office.
Ballistics tests confirm that a bullet that struck an SUV yesterday in Licking County, Ohio, is linked to 23 other shootings near Columbus, the task force investigating the shootings said Sunday.
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty when they retry a man who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a string of sniper-style shootings in the greater Columbus area.
An Ohio jury could not reach a verdict over the weekend in the trial of Charles McCoy Jr., whose lawyers said his mental illness prevented him from understanding right and wrong in 12 shootings that terrorized the greater Columbus area.
Jurors deliberating the fate of Ohio highway shootings defendant Charles McCoy Jr. appeared to seriously consider the defendant's sanity during their second day of deliberations in his capital murder trial.
In her second turn on the witness stand, the mother of admitted highway sniper Charles McCoy dabbed away tears as she apologized to her sons' victims for a shooting spree that killed one person and terrorized motorists in Central Ohio for four months.
The sister of the suspect in the Ohio highway shootings said Thursday that her family is enduring a "living nightmare" but she's happy her brother was caught safely.
Charles McCoy Jr., 28, the suspect in two dozen Ohio shootings has been arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's office.
Ballistics tests confirm that a bullet that struck an SUV yesterday in Licking County, Ohio, is linked to 23 other shootings near Columbus, the task force investigating the shootings said Sunday.
Authorities in Ohio said Thursday they want to talk to the owners of four vehicles captured in grainy images on a gas station's videotape about one of the 18 related shootings along Interstate 270 near Columbus.
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