Motorist Shot on San Diego Freeway (Los Angeles)

ABC7,com KABC-TV Los Angeles ^ | May 1, 2005

[Travis McGee]

Motorist Shot on San Diego Freeway in North Hills

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 18 year-old motorist on the San Diego (405) Freeway was shot three times today by a gunman in black Honda, police said.

A no-hits shooting occurred shortly afterward on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway near Hubbard Street.

The victim from the 405 went to the Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, and police said his vital signs were stable, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Jeff Hart of the Devonshire Station.

The victim, whose name police refused to make public, told police he was shot on the northbound 405 between Roscoe Boulevard and Nordhoff Street, Hart said. The wounded driver pulled off the freeway and flagged down an officer at Devonshire Street and Balboa Boulevard about 1:10 a.m., he said.

Five people were in the suspect car, the victim told police.

The car-to-car shooting was latest in a recent rash.

On April 24, a 33 year-old motorist was wounded on the northbound Costa Mesa (55) Freeway near 17th Street, near where Jake Tuason, 26, of Fontana, was fatally shot March 12.

Two other people were killed recently on the Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles.

Michael Livingston, 26, of Long Beach was shot in the head near Manchester Avenue on March 29.

On April 13, James Wiggins, 47, was shot near Redondo Beach Boulevard as he and another man were headed to a Bible study.

Ricky Smith, 32, of San Bernardino was shot to death at the 62-15-91 interchange in Riverside County on April 22.

A veteran California Highway Patrol supervisor with a background in freeway shooting investigations recently told the Daily News that the CHP and other agencies repeatedly asked Caltrans to use their traffic-monitoring cameras as crime surveillance tools.

[Travis McGee]

The word is that these shooters were ID'd by the victim as shaven-headed Hispanics. So far as I can tell, none of the victims have been Hispanic. A possible gang initiation or hate crime angle cannot be ruled out.

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT

[Travis McGee]

Please don't let the usual cast of characters turn this thread into a flame war. Just ignore them, please.

[Sabatier]

...veteran California Highway Patrol supervisor with a background in freeway shooting investigations recently told the Daily News that the CHP and other agencies repeatedly asked Caltrans to use their traffic-monitoring cameras as crime surveillance tools...


Meaning that Caltrans refuses?

[Brad’s Gramma]

The word is that these shooters were ID'd by the victim as shaven-headed Hispanics

.....per KFI 640am news!

[Mr. Mojo]

....told police he was shot on the northbound 405 between Roscoe Boulevard and Nordhoff Street, Hart said.

The Valley. .....gang-invested, and getting moreso by the year.

[Mr. Mojo]

infested, that is.

[sushiman]

Coming to your town soon ...Gracias Jorge !

[Travis McGee]

I wonder why KABC-TV left that little detail out? Mustn't stir up the sheeple, I guess. Shades of the DC Beltway Sniper.

Better more murders, than to make an un-PC perp ID statement.

[bikepacker67]

The wounded driver pulled off the freeway and flagged down an officer at Devonshire Street and Balboa Boulevard about 1:10 a.m.,

Nothing good happens outside one's bed after 12AM.

[ErnBatavia]

hate crime angle cannot be ruled out.

As if a Latino gangbanger would ever get charged with that aspect. Slap yourself straight, Travis!

[Travis McGee]

Oprima el numero dos para Ingles.

[Brad’s Gramma]

KFI's pretty big....word will get out, I'm sure.

John & Ken (from KFI) are up there today doing the protest of the billboard. I'll lay you ODDS that they mention this latest shooting.

[Navy Patriot]

Start of a new trend?

[Travis McGee]

Last year a CHP cop was shot in the head and killed outside of the LA County court house by a teenaged illegal alien.

It was a gang initiation. Kill a gringo cop to make your bones.

[ErnBatavia]

Invested...you had it right the first time, given the new mayor about to be elected. Mr. Mexican Mafia himself is in overdrive and cruising toward home plate.

[Travis McGee]

Who knows? Shades of Kosovo, perhaps.

[The_Macallan]

The word is that these shooters were ID'd by the victim as shaven-headed Hispanics.

Gee, do you think they might be {gasp!}... nah, couldn't be.

Obviously they were merely engaging in "Undocumented Target Shooting"... you know, they were probably just shooting the people that Americans don't want to shoot.

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It's Not Just A Gun...

It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!

[Lazamataz]

Nothing good happens outside one's bed after 12AM.

Nothing good inside, either.