THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. A $15,000 REWARD AIMING TO HELP FIND A SUSPECTED GUNMAN AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT JUST DRIVING ALONG I-75 OVER THE WEEKEND THERE IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT FIVE. I'M MIKE DARDIS. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO. YET WORST CASE HERE BECAUSE IT. SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY RANDOM. SO AN ARREST WARRANT SAYS THAT 32 YEAR OLD JOSEPH COUCH TEXTED A WOMAN WRITING, I'M GOING TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE. WELL, TRY AT LEAST. THE SEARCH FOR. COUCH IS UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW IN LAUREL COUNTY. THAT'S NEAR LONDON, KENTUCKY, ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S TODD -- IS LIVE NOW WITH THE MANHUNT AND THE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THOSE SHOOTINGS. TODD. WELL, WE ARE NOW IN DAY THREE OF THE MANHUNT AND THE EXHAUSTIVE SEARCHES ARE HAPPENING IN HEAVILY WOODED AREAS. AND WE'RE LEARNING MUCH MORE NOW ABOUT EFFORTS TO FIND I-75 SHOOTING SUSPECT JOSEPH COUCH, WHO POLICE SAY PERCHED HIMSELF IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND TOOK AIM AT UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS BELOW. I KNOW THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN BOTH ROCKCASTLE AND LAUREL COUNTIES ARE STRESSED TO THE MAX AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BRING THIS TO A CALM AND AN EASE FOR THEM. YEAH, THE STRESS THAT PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY ARE FEELING BEGAN ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN POLICE SAY COUCH USED AN AR 15 STYLE ASSAULT GUN TO SHOOT AT CARS ON I-75. INVESTIGATORS SAY COUCH USED DIFFERENT POSITIONS ON A LEDGE OVERLOOKING THE HIGHWAY TO SEND BULLETS DOWN ONTO THE HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAY BELOW. AT THIS POINT, POLICE SAY FIVE RANDOM PEOPLE WERE HIT BY BULLETS. THE GOOD NEWS ALL ARE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. NOW THE FOCUS IS ON THE PAINSTAKING PUSH TO FIND THE 32 YEAR OLD JOSEPH COUCH, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE HIDING SOMEWHERE IN THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST. THIS MANHUNT HAS BECOME A METHODICAL EFFORT, SIMILAR LIKE A HIDE AND SEEK. WE'RE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR HOMES AND THE BUSINESSES DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME. OUR GOAL IS TO APPLY STEADY PRESSURE AND WORRYING. MR. COUCH DOWN. YEAH, AND TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A TEXT EXCHANGE BETWEEN JOSEPH COUCH AND A WOMAN WHO POLICE INTERVIEWED AFTER THE SHOOTING INCIDENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. AND IT'S RATTLING EVEN MORE NERVES. IN ADDITION TO WRITING THAT HE PLANNED TO QUOTE, KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE. COUCH ALSO SENT A TEXT TO THE WOMAN SAYING, I'LL KILL MYSELF AFTERWARD. REPORTING HERE IN LONDON, TODD -- WLWT NEWS FIVE. SPEAKING OF RATTLING NERVES, TODD, I KNOW SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS KEPT KIDS HOME TODAY SINCE COUCH IS STILL ON THE RUN. DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE TOMORROW? IT CERTAINLY COULD BE THE CASE, SHEREE. IT'S JUST NOT CLEAR AT THIS MOMENT. LAUREL COUNTY OFFICIALS, THEY HAVE SAID ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE THEIR WEBSITE AS WELL, THAT FAMILIES CAN EXPECT A DECISION ABOUT CLASSES TOMORROW IN THE COMING HOURS. NEIGHBORING ROCKCASTLE COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS THERE SAID A DECISION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AT SEVEN. DURING THIS AFTERNOON'S UPDATE FROM KENTUCKY STATE POLICE. ALSO, SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS HERE IN LAUREL COUNTY, THEY SAID THEY'RE GETTING THOSE CALLS FROM SCHOOLS THERE, GIVING THEM THEIR HONEST ASSESSMENT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO SUPERINTENDENTS TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT TOUGH CALL. SHEREE. ALL RIGHT. TODD -- LIVE FOR US