911 caller: I-75 gunmen 'shooting at anybody that was in sight'

Scroll to the bottom of this story to hear two 911 calls.

"These guys in the car behind me shot at my car," Rachel, 28, told a Hamilton County dispatcher at 11:26 a.m. She was the first of several people to call 911 as two shooters opened fire on Interstate 75 Tuesday morning.

"They must have shot eight or 10 times," Rachel continued. "They passed me and shot at my car. They didn't hit anything as far as I know.

"Today is my birthday."

A second caller, another young woman, is heard on 911 tapes obtained from Hamilton County: "They were driving really fast and shooting at anybody that was in sight."

Then a call came in that two people had been shot in a gold vehicle.

Both victims are expected to live, but the whereabouts of the shooters is unknown.

Whether the two victims – Thomas Evans, 28, and Nake'La Williams, 24 – were the targets is also unclear. Callers to 911 said the gunmen appeared to be firing indiscriminately at vehicles as they sped down the berm of northbound I-75 north of the Lockland split firing shots.

Rachel was driving in front of the gold vehicle when she heard the shots.

She saw a maroon vehicle driving next to the gold car. Two men from the maroon vehicle held handguns out the window and fired eight to 10 shots directly at the gold vehicle, she said.

The vehicle Evans and Williams were in was found full of bullet holes. Evans was shot twice through the chest and Williams was shot three times. Both are from Cincinnati.

After firing at Williams and Evans, the shooters speed past Rachel and fired two or three more shots.

"I didn't know what was happening," Rachel said. "If I was next in line or if it was targeted. The whole thing probably lasted 10 to 15 seconds but it felt longer."

Evidence collection markers were spread over a 75-yard area of the northbound lanes, which were closed for roughly four hours.

There apparently was no concerted effort by law enforcement to track down the vehicle, which 911 callers described as a four-door maroon vehicle with Ohio plates, occupied by two men.

Leaders with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Hamilton County Sheriff's Office could provide little detail about the shootings throughout the day, referring questions to Lockland Police.

Two hours after the incident, Lockland Chief Jim Toles said he could not comment on whether two gunmen were on the loose but said an investigation was ongoing.

The first statement issued to the public came early Tuesday evening and said that the Southwest Ohio Violent Crimes Task Force will aid in the investigation. It is a collaboration between the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Cincinnati Police, Woodlawn Police, Lockland Police, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the FBI.

According to initial reports, the shooters fled north.

Patrick Brennan and Patrick Reddy contributed to this report.

If you are on a mobile device, you may be asked to download the Soundcloud app.