Posted on 05/01/2005 3:11:41 PM PDT by 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.
I heard about that billboard on the Mark Williams Show on KFBK Sacramento. That's the first time I had seen that billboard. Sounds like the Governator isn't too happy about that billboard.
Doubt it. MS-13 is concerned with hitting the MMP at the borders.
The description "5 shaved head Hispanics in a black Honda" tells me this is just a typical LA freeway shooting.
Ah, OK, somehow I knew my gut instinct was wrong on this one.
well if you can afford an armored vehicle then the price of gas is pittance for the security it provides...
Could be....but the victim also wouldnt say if he knew who had shot him.....car to car shootings really arent uncommon in LA...usually it is the gang bangers shooting at each other.
There was a second incident 20 minutes later nearby on the 210....and Las Vegas had one this weekend.
Planning to sail there? Or leaving that behind?
(Best wishes for your move.)
Yep, I agree with you.
I plunked it here for posterity, because a good people are being shot at for no reason.
Freepmail.
Haven't decide whether to truck it or do the canal again. We're keeping the boat.
I expect to only get worse.
Kalifornia will respond by passing more gun control, while making it easier for illegals to live there.
Several of the recent LA-area freeway shootings have happened in the early afternoon (1 or 2 PM) or otherwise broad daylight.
Yes, that's what the article says happened early today: one shooting on the 405 and one on the 210, with presumably no injuries in the latter.
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.
Congratulations on your 50th HS reunion!
Yep. And the next mayor of LA looks to be a chicano radical.
Are you sure you want to move to Florida? They have a gangster problem . The gangsters there wear black robes and carry gavels.
FL does not hold a monopoly on judicial tyranny.
Yes, but that's not from lack of them trying though :-)
Damn I want one in a pickup truck version.
As I said...these are the first ones and only under George W. Bush? This has been going on for a long time. Or were you asleep during 8 years of clintin???????????????????
Following Clinton's lead is not my idea of what a Republican president should be doing .
It's at its worst in sanctuary cities, like LA, where cops are forbidden to check legal status, even when they know the person was just deported a week ago.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Wasn't always like that. In the early 90's, we had multi-agency operations alongside INS, targeting illegals. It sent a strong message. It was always true that most illegals would eventually sneak back in, but at least they laid low, compared to today. As the police had to back off more and more, the illegals became bolder and the gangs more entrenched.
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