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YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT THE
TURNOUT NUMBERS.
ON "24-HOUR News8" AT 6:00.
FIRST TONIGHT, ONE MAN IS
BEING CHARGED WITH ONE OF THE
I-96 SHOOTINGS SHOOTINGS THAT TD
DRIVERS FOR WEEKS.
THE 24 SHOOTINGS HAPPENED
BETWEEN LANSING AND DETROIT,
HURTING ONLY ONE PERSON.
TONIGHT, 43-YEAR-OLD RALEIGH
CASTILE FROM WIXOM IS CHARGED
WITH ONE OF THOSE SHOOTINGS, BUT
INVESTIGATORS SAY MORE CHARGES
ARE LIKELY.
WE HEARD FROM INVESTIGATORS
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
THEY TOLD US THEY CONNECTED
CASTILE TO A SHOOTING IN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY ON OCTOBER 18.
INVESTIGATORS HOPE THE ARRESTS
WILL HELP YOU FEEL SAFER WHEN
YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA.
WE ALL WANT OUR CITIZENS TO
BE ABLE TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY
LIVES WITHOUT FEAR THAT HAS
GRIPPED THE I 96 AND M52
CORRIDOR AREAS FOR THE PAST
MONTH.
IT IS OUR SINCERE WISH OUR
CITIZENS WILL REST EASIER
TONIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC.
WE ASKED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND
HELP AND YOU CAME THROUGH.
NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT
RULING OUT MORE PEOPLE MAY HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED.
CASTILE IS IN JAIL ON A
$2 MILLION BOND.
HERE'S A LOOK AT CASTILE'S
MUG SHOT SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE
SUSPECT'S POLICE TO BE SHARING
WITH US.
THE HAIRSTYLE IS DIFFERENT BUT
FACIAL FEATURES APPEAR SIMILAR.
KEN KOLKER HAS BEEN WORKING
ALL DAY TO LEARN ABOUT CASTILE'S
PAST.
HE'S ALONG 96 TONIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH THE 3 OF 24
SHOOTINGS HAPPENED AROUND I 96,
THEY SPREAD FEAR IN MOTORISTS AS
THEY GOT EAST OF LANSING.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT MOTIVATED
THE ALLEGED SHOOTER.
WE FOUND AN ONLINE RESUME THAT
SHOWS HE GRADUATED FROM MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1997, THAT
HE STUDIED GEOSCIENCES AND
RETURNED TO MICHIGAN STATE TWO
YEARS LATER FOR GRADUATE WORK.
SAYS HE WORKED WITH COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES, THAT HE WORKED AS A
PROJECT MANAGER BUT THAT HE ALSO
WAS LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME JOB.
WHILE POLICE AREN'T TALKING
ABOUT A MOTIVE, IT APPEARED HE
HAD ISSUES WHICH HE AIRED OUT ON
TWITTER, WITH TWEETS IN EARLY
OCTOBER ANT IMPEACHING PRESIDENT
OBAMA FOR TREASON.
HE WROTE "I'VE GIVEN THE
MILITARY THE OPTION OF MARCHING
HIM OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN
HANDCUFFS.
HE ALSO WANTED THE ARREST OF THE
FED CHAIRMAN AND THE U.S.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE WROTE ABOUT TAXES AND COMMON
SEQUENCE CONSERVATIVE.
IN LATE SEPTEMBER, HE TWEETED
ABOUT HIS RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS,
"THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS AN
COMPROMISE.
I CARRY EVERYWHERE I GO ."
A GAP IN THE TWEETS INTERRUPTED
OCTOBER 2nd, STARTED AGAIN ON
OCTOBER 16.
POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE HE FIRED
ON TWO DOZEN CARS ON THE ROAD ON
96 BETWEEN LANSING AND WIXOM.
ON OCTOBER 24, HIS LAST TWEET
WAS IN SUPPORT OF A REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE.
THREE DAYS LATER, HE ALLEGEDLY
SHOT AT TWO CARS ON INTERSTATE
96 HITTING A DELTA MAN IN THE
BUTTOCKS.
WE TALKED TO THE INGHAM COUNTY
SHERIFF AND SAID PROSECUTORS AND
THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE ARE
MEETING TO DECIDE WHETHER HE WAS