Man Shot in Freeway Road Rage Incident

A man driving on the Harbor (110) Freeway near downtown Los Angeles suffered a gunshot to the back today as a result of either road rage or a racing incident, police said.

The shooting took place about 1:10 a.m. on the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway just south of the westbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway, California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball said, adding that the case is being investigated by the the Los Angeles Police Department.

“There was either some kind of road rage incident or highway racing going on,” said Sgt. M. Glenn, the watch commander at the LAPD’s Rampart Division. “Two shots were fired and one of them hit the victim in the back. He was transported to a hospital and is in stable condition this morning.”

After the shooting, the victim managed to get on the westbound 10 and got off at Normandie Avenue. At 20th Street and Normandie, he pulled into a gas station and called 911. LAPD and CHP units went to the scene.

The only description police have so far of the shooter’s vehicle was it was a Volkswagen car. CHP Officer Francisco Villalobos said the first report was that the car was blue, but that remained unconfirmed.

The northbound Harbor Freeway was temporarily shut down at Ninth Street so police could conduct a sweep of that part of the freeway for evidence.

City News Service