A man was injured during a car-to-car shooting on the 710 Freeway in Compton, as reported by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The incident unfolded around 5:20 p.m. on Monday when the driver of a silver Jeep sought help at an Arco gas station following the shooting. The location is at the crossing of Alondra Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue, a spot well known to locals but unfamiliar with such violence. CBS Los Angeles notes that the victim, who has yet to be identified beyond being a man, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the lower body.
After apparently getting shot, the driver managed to pull into the station and was subsequently transported to a nearby hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, according to information obtained by ABC7 News. Investigators are still trying to piece together precisely where the shooting occurred on the freeway, and the search for the shooter is actively ongoing. While the nature of the incident points to an unsettling disregard for life, the closure to this case will have to wait while deputies attempt to uncover who was behind the trigger pull.
Details about the suspect remain scant. The Sheriff's Department has thus far only identified the shooter as a man, and details about the suspect vehicle were not immediately available. As the investigation continues, the department urges anyone with information to come forward.
