The Interstate 71 southbound ramp to Interstate 70 westbound reopens in the east Split area shortly before noon.

UPDATE: Authorities open a portion of Interstate 670 eastbound Wednesday morning after a tractor-trailer crashes into a barrier and catches fire.

Police are looking for a man who witnessed the crash and shooting involving a rape suspect from Los Angeles in Columbus this summer.

Police say the rape suspect who was shot and killed on a local interstate was unarmed at the time of his death.

A serial rape suspect who died after a police pursuit, crash and shooting this week died as a result of gunshot wounds, authorities said Thursday.

More details are being released about a police chase, crash and fatal shooting of a L.A. rape suspect in Columbus.

ODOT officials said police closed one lane of Interstate 70 westbound for several hours Wednesday.

UPDATED: Police release the name of the serial rape suspect who was shot after a pursuit and crash.