Two SoCal freeway shootings, one fatal, investigated

[villager]

Source: AP

Two SoCal freeway shootings, one fatal, investigated

By JACOB ADELMAN

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man died Sunday after being shot in the head while driving on a San Fernando Valley freeway, while a second non-fatal freeway shooting was being investigated in Long Beach, authorities said.

The incidents were the latest in a string of Southern California freeway shootings stretching back several weeks.

The San Fernando Valley victim is thought to have crashed his car after being shot in the head on the 101 Freeway, Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman said.

The unidentified man was found early Sunday by rescue crews responding to a report of a rolled-over vehicle on the freeway, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Cecil Manresa said.

The victim's vehicle hit a sound wall before flipping across the freeway lanes, he said. Rescue crews had transported the man to a hospital in critical condition, he said.

Authorities did not know what led to the shooting and were trying to establish exactly where it occurred. The car crashed near a freeway onramp, so it is possible the victim was shot on a surface street and then drove onto the highway, Eisenman said.

"There's absolutely no witnesses at this time, no information," she said.

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[notesdev]

1. Becoming a pattern

Also happened today in West Haven CT, and last week in Virginia.

[villager]

2. It happened in West Haven!? Boy, good thing guns are keeping everyone so safe!

n/t

[notesdev]

3. link

Someone shooting at cars on I-95 in West Haven

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8087968