When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent one couple into the woods to join the dayslong manhunt for the assailant.

Officials are working to confirm the identity. It was not clear if the discovery was related to the shooting this month that led to an intense manhunt.

Learn about the Kentucky interstate shooting and the subsequent manhunt. Find out how one couple joined the search for the shooter.

Investigators believe they have found the body of a man they say shot five people and a dozen cars on an interstate highway in Kentucky this month, state police said Wednesday – ending an 11-day manhunt that stretched deep into the sprawling Daniel Boone National Forest and put surrounding communities on edge.

Kentucky authorities said the discovery of a deceased body is presumed to be Joseph A. Couch, the prime suspect in the I-75 shooting on Sept. 7.

YouTubers found a decomposed body in the woods of Laurel County, Kentucky. The remains are believed to be from gunman Joseph Couch.

The body of a man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on Interstate 75 in Kentucky was found Wednesday, authorities said.

Kentucky police are working to confirm the identity of a body found near where a suspect opened fire Sept. 7 on vehicles on I-75, injuring multiple people before fleeing into the woods and evading authorities.