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Possible I-40 vehicle shootings prompt interviews

No one has been arrested in connection with two possible shootings of vehicles along Interstate 40. But Canadian County law officers are talking to a few people about the incidents, an investigator said.

FROM STAFF REPORTS | Modified: September 21, 2012 at 12:32 pm | Published: September 21, 2012

EL RENO — An investigator from the Canadian County Sheriff's office said Friday there are a few persons of interest to be interviewed in the reported shootings of two vehicles in western Canadian County on Interstate 40.

No one was injured, but two men have told authorities they think someone took shots at their vehicles while they were traveling on I-40 near Methodist Road about 9 miles northeast of Hinton on Wednesday, sheriff's Capt. Kevin Ward said.

“We have some folks of interest,” Ward said Friday. “But we don't have any suspects. We're going to be doing some legwork.”

A man from Louisiana said the passenger-side window of his pickup was shattered about 10 a.m. Wednesday as he was driving west on I-40. Then, about 3 p.m., a Bethany man driving east on I-40 in the same area said his back windshield was shattered after he hear a “thump,” Ward said. Anyone with information can call the Canadian County Sheriff's office at 262-3434.