Kentucky Shooting News: Kentucky Highway Shooting Suspect Found Dead

The suspect in the Kentucky highway shooting earlier this month is believed to have been found dead, authorities announced Wednesday.

Remains likely belonging to 32-year-old Joseph Couch were found in the area off exit 49 of Interstate 75 in Laurel County, the same exit near which the shooting occurred, Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip "PJ" Burnett, Jr. said in a news conference. A weapon was found with the body as well.

The body was discovered at about 3:30 p.m. local time by "two troopers and two civilians" in "deep brush,"