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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A woman was shot and killed Tuesday morning while riding in a car with her friend along Interstate 270.
The shooting took place around 10 a.m. along the eastbound lanes of I-270, between state Route 62 and U.S. 23.
SLIDESHOW: Shooting On Local Interstate
According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, a bullet entered the driver's side door of the car and struck Gail Knisley, of Washington Court House. The driver, Mary Cox, was not hurt. Knisley died at Grant Medical Center at about 10:45 a.m.
Woman Shot, Killed On I-270
"I can't see anything I don't even see a bullet hole," Cox told the 911 operator.
Family members said Cox had just picked up Knisley in Canal Winchester. They were headed for a day of shopping in Easton, but while driving along I-270, they both heard a "bang, like a balloon." Kinsley then slumped over in the front seat, NewsChannel 4's Jesse Abdenour reported.
"We were just traveling, talking," Cox told a 911 operator. "We haven't been together for a while."
Knisley and Cox grew up together, according to family members. Cox's son said the women had not seen each other for about a month.
Police planes, helicopters and canine crews were searching the woods north of I-270 for possible suspects, Abdenour reported.
All lanes of I-270 reopened at about 12:30 p.m.
The shooting was the third in the past week in that area, NewsChannel 4's Holly Hollingsworth reported. On Wednesday, a car was hit by a bullet while driving on U.S. Route 23, just south of I-270. Two days earlier, another vehicle was hit by a bullet while driving on I-270 between Parsons Avenue and Route 23.
Police Probe Highway Shooting
A woman reported that a bullet struck her sport-utility vehicle on Wednesday. A bullet struck a UPS driver's truck two days earlier.
"I just went to the back of my truck, and there was a hole in the back of it," the driver said. "That's when we called police."
Additionally, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office confirmed that they have three additional reports of vehicles being struck by bullets -- two in October and one in May, Hollingsworth reported. No one was hurt in any of the incidents before Tuesday.