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Driver Found Shot in LA Freeway Wreck
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 30, 2008
Filed at 8:29 p.m. ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rescue crews responding to a wreck on a Los Angeles
freeway found a driver fatally shot in the head early Sunday, while another
driver was shot and wounded in a separate attack about 30 miles away,
authorities said.
The shootings were the latest in a string of attacks on Southern California
freeways that have alarmed motorists and authorities.
Investigators did not know what led to the fatal shooting on the 101 Freeway
in the San Fernando Valley on Sunday. The wreck snarled traffic for several
hours near Van Nuys.
''There's absolutely no witnesses at this time, no information,'' Los
Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman said.
The car crashed near a freeway onramp, so it was possible the victim was
shot before entering the highway, Eisenman said.
The second shooting was in Long Beach, where the victim was able to drive
himself off the freeway and phone for help on Saturday night, Officer Jackie
Bezart said.
The man told officers another motorist shot at him as the result of road
rage along the 710 Freeway, Bezart said. The man was hospitalized with
non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators do not think the cases were related to three other shootings,
two that were fatal, in the past several weeks on Southern California
freeways.
In Virginia, authorities on Friday arrested two teenagers in connection with
random shootings along Interstate 64 and potshots taken at a credit union
and a residence a day before. Two people were slightly injured, prompting
investigators to briefly shut down a 20-mile stretch of the highway between
Waynesboro and Charlottesville.
Those shootings stirred memories of the Washington-area sniper shootings six
years ago that killed 10 people.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 30, 2008
Filed at 8:29 p.m. ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rescue crews responding to a wreck on a Los Angeles
freeway found a driver fatally shot in the head early Sunday, while another
driver was shot and wounded in a separate attack about 30 miles away,
authorities said.
The shootings were the latest in a string of attacks on Southern California
freeways that have alarmed motorists and authorities.
Investigators did not know what led to the fatal shooting on the 101 Freeway
in the San Fernando Valley on Sunday. The wreck snarled traffic for several
hours near Van Nuys.
''There's absolutely no witnesses at this time, no information,'' Los
Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman said.
The car crashed near a freeway onramp, so it was possible the victim was
shot before entering the highway, Eisenman said.
The second shooting was in Long Beach, where the victim was able to drive
himself off the freeway and phone for help on Saturday night, Officer Jackie
Bezart said.
The man told officers another motorist shot at him as the result of road
rage along the 710 Freeway, Bezart said. The man was hospitalized with
non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators do not think the cases were related to three other shootings,
two that were fatal, in the past several weeks on Southern California
freeways.
In Virginia, authorities on Friday arrested two teenagers in connection with
random shootings along Interstate 64 and potshots taken at a credit union
and a residence a day before. Two people were slightly injured, prompting
investigators to briefly shut down a 20-mile stretch of the highway between
Waynesboro and Charlottesville.
Those shootings stirred memories of the Washington-area sniper shootings six
years ago that killed 10 people.
