Bullets flew on a California freeway leaving two kids injured, as detectives are racing to piece together the details of a horrifying drive-by shooting. The incident, which earmarked a peaceful evening with terror, occurred on the northbound lane of Interstate 880 near Hesperian Boulevard in San Lorenzo, according to the California Highway Patrol's (CHP) Golden Gate Division.
The shots rang out at 7:05 p.m. on January 11, launching CHP officers into action as they converged on the grim scene where the driver of the victim's vehicle lurched to the shoulder during panic and the acrid smell of gunfire to find two minors wounded, one struck in the leg and another in the lower abdomen, as reported by CHP on Facebook. The victims, seated in the backseat, were rushed to a local hospital, fortunately surviving with injuries deemed non-life-threatening. For about half an hour, officials shut down all lanes, turning the freeway into a makeshift crime scene as they scoured for any shred of evidence that could lend itself to the truth.
Finding the motive behind the trigger pull remains the quest of the CHP detectives, a puzzle to solve amidst a steady pulse of violence that courses through the freeways as traffic does. The authorities have cast a wide net with a call to the public for any information, asking witnesses or anyone with knowledge about the shooting to reach out through the CHP Investigations Tipline at (707)917-4491.
