More questions arise after I-75 shooting

Scroll to the bottom of the story to see video of the shooting released by the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Police are hopeful two victims injured when gunmen opened fire on Interstate 75 will be able to shed light onto what happened -- but their injuries are so extensive, officers haven't been able to interview the two yet.

Lt. Terry Wilkerson of the Lockland Police Department said the victims – Thomas Evans, 28, and Nake'La Williams, 24 – were in surgery Wednesday.

"Any time there's a shooting, it's almost always targeted," Wilkerson said late Wednesday. "That's why we want to talk to the victims."

Wilkerson said police are pursuing leads, which he declined to elaborate on, citing the ongoing investigation. The 15-member police department is being assisted by several other agencies, including the Southwest Ohio Violent Crimes Task Force, to which Wilkerson is assigned.

"We have a whole team working on the case," Wilkerson said.

The shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The highway was shut down for more than three hours as the scene was investigated, leaving motorists stuck for hours.

The Ohio Department of Transportation on Wednesday released traffic camera video showing the shooting from afar. The gunmen aren't visible, and it's unclear whether the video will be of any investigative help to police.

A 28-year-old witness to the shooting, named Rachel, told The Enquirer that aside from her talk with a 911 dispatcher Tuesday, she has yet to be contacted by police for a formal interview.

The Enquirer is not printing Rachel's last name because she is a witness to a crime for which the suspects are apparently still at large.

"I have family visiting from out of town, and they said they were surprised I didn't hear from anyone other than newspapers and media agencies," said Rachel, who had shakily told the dispatcher the shooting occurred on her birthday.

Rachel said she was driving immediately ahead of the gold car carrying the ultimate victims. The gunmen at one point had pulled ahead of her and were firing toward her car, she said, but she doesn't know if they were aiming at her or the car behind her.

"It was pretty terrifying," she said. "I've already been on that same stretch again, and I get nervous if someone's slowing down next to me. I'm kind of jumpy, but I know this was a one in a million chance, so I'm trying not to get overwhelmed by it."

She acknowledged that she'd like to at least know if the shooting was random or targeted.

"It's a double-edged sword. On one hand, if I find out it was targeted, maybe I could think I wasn't really in danger," she said. "But if it was random, when they pulled ahead of me and shot back at what seemed like toward me, that would be different."