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

By Anita Chang, Columbus, Ohio POLICE were yesterday hunting for a 28-year-old man they believe was the gunman in two dozen highway shootings that have terrorised motorists for months.

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.

THE latest three attacks linked to the elusive Washington area sniper were carried out near major highways that would have allowed the killer to come and go quickly.