The so-called highway shooter changed his plea today and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. WOSU’s Howard Ornstein reports.

More pre-trial work was done Thursday in the case of suspected highway shooter Charles McCoy. McCoy is accused of 12 shootings along and near interstate highways in Central Ohio from October 2003 through February 2004. One of the shootings on the Columbus south outerbelt killed a Washington Court House woman. McCoy’s trial is scheduled to begin in early April. WOSU’s Tom Borgerding reports.

A downtown church will host a service to pray for the capture of the person responsible for more than 20 shootings along area highways and neighborhoods.