SigAlert: 1 Hurt In 405 Freeway Shooting; Shooter At Large

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — A freeway shooting that injured one person shut down portions of the San Diego (405) Freeway in Sherman Oaks through the morning rush hour Friday. The shooter remains at large.

It's the county's second freeway shooting in two days.

California Highway Patrol officers were called to the busy stretch of freeway shortly after 5:30 a.m., where they found a vehicle blocking the carpool lane on the northbound side of the freeway near the Burbank Boulevard offramp. The driver was suffering from a head wound, and officers found bullet holes in the vehicle, leading investigators to suspect a possible shooting had occurred, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Paramedics took a person to a hospital for treatment of an unspecified injury, the CHP reported.

All northbound lanes were closed while an investigation was conducted. Some lanes were reopened around daybreak, but all lanes were closed again until about 12:15 p.m., when all lanes were reopened, the CHP reported.

Police did not release a description of the shooter.

The freeway shooting comes less than 48 hours after another freeway shooting and chase ended in the Encino area. Authorities have not said if there is any connection between the two cases.

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In Wednesday's shooting, the driver of a black Mercedes-Benz E350 reported being shot at and suffering a graze wound in the San Gabriel Valley area. The attackers pursued him across several freeways, the driver and a passenger told the CHP.

Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the CHP WestValley Area office at 818-888-0980.

City News Service contributed to this report