A schizophrenic who admitted involuntary manslaughter and 10 other charges over a series of Ohio highway shootings has been jailed for 27 years.

Pupils at an US school were confined to their classrooms today amid fears that a new sniper is on the loose.

The death of a woman driver who was shot on a freeway on the way to a doctor’s appointment has been linked to other shootings.

FEARS that another sniper was on the loose in America were fuelled yesterday after police said 10 motorists had reported being fired at on a stretch of road where a woman was shot dead.

Fears that another sniper was on the loose in America were fuelled today after police said 10 motorists had reported being fired at on a stretch of road where a woman was shot dead.