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Body found near site of Kentucky highway mass shooting

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Investigators working to identify body located in vicinity of I-75 exit where suspect Joseph Couch opened fire

Authorities have found a body near the rural south-eastern Kentucky site where a gunman opened fire on an interstate highway, hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five people, police said Wednesday.

Investigators were working to identify the body, Scottie Pennington, state police master trooper, said in a social media post. It was located in the vicinity of the Interstate 75 exit where the 7 September shooting occurred near London, a city of about 8,000 people about 75 miles (120km) south of Lexington.

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