After gunfire shattered the car’s front driver-side window on the southbound 5 Freeway in Sun Valley, the driver left the freeway and stopped on Sheldon Street. Responding officers began their investigation there, according to ABC7 Los Angeles, citing California Highway Patrol information.
The incident was reported shortly after 10:30 p.m. Neither the driver nor the passenger was injured, ABC7 reported.
Video from the scene appeared to show at least four bullet holes in one of the sedan’s shattered windows, ABC7 reported. Authorities had not identified a motive or released a description of the shooter, the outlet said.
Other Southern California freeway shootings have had more serious outcomes. In a separate road-rage incident on Interstate 5 in northeast Los Angeles, one passenger was killed and the driver injured; an Associated Press report republished by WCIA said a preliminary CHP investigation found the suspected shooters drove away.
KTLA separately reported on three freeway shootings that left at least one person dead and three others injured.
What the broader record shows
California Highway Patrol data offer some wider context: confirmed freeway shootings statewide fell from 349 in 2022 to 274 in 2023, a decline of more than 21%, and were down 38% from 2021, according to the California Highway Patrol. Those statewide figures do not establish a trend for this particular location. A separate historical episode shows that highway violence has occurred in the region before: the Los Angeles Times reported on July 30, 1987, that a spate of Southern California highway violence had left four people dead and two injured since mid-June.
