1 dead, 2 wounded in Norwalk car-to-car freeway shooting [Updated]

 

One person was killed and two were wounded in a car-to-car shooting on the northbound Interstate 5 in Norwalk, authorities said Thursday.

The three victims were shot about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday near Carmenita Road. They were taken to a hospital, where one died Wednesday, said Sgt. Ralph Gama of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The other two victims remained in stable condition Thursday, Gama said.

The shooting was under investigation and investigators had no suspects or vehicle information, Gama said.

[Updated at 9:05 a.m.: There have been at least two other car-to-car shootings in the L.A. area in the past week, including that of Marisol Aguayo, 22, who was shot and killed last Friday while driving west on the 91 Freeway near the Wilmington Avenue exit in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

In the other case, a 27-year-old man was shot Monday near the Western Avenue exit of Interstate 5 in Burbank during an apparent road-rage incident. He was expected to recover from his injuries, officials said.

That incident began with an altercation between the victim and the suspect on the northbound freeway, officials said. The two drivers exited the freeway at Alameda Avenue, stopped and got out of their cars near Ash Avenue and Varney Street, where they continued to argue.

The suspect, who was driving a van, pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots at the victim, who was driving a Mercedes sedan. The victim was struck once, and his car was hit multiple times, cracking the windshield and rear window.

The victim then got back into his Mercedes and drove several blocks to the intersection of Lake Street and Providencia Avenue, where he flagged down a passing motorist to ask for help. The driver of the van fled. There was no indication the drivers knew each another, authorities said.]

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Comments

[2nd amendment]

How is this possible? California has strict gun laws. I'm sure it will be easy to find the suspects as guns need to be registered and I'm sure these folks follow all laws, as we can see they 're law abiding citizens.

[Freddie]

The streets are no longer safe.

[356man]

This is getting ridiculous. Are we all supposed to become Israelis and pack heat everywhere we go?

[latimesreader]

Allow CCW's so we can defend ourselves.

[Chuck B]

What's very alarming is that most gang members carry concealed weapons and us law abiding citizens do not.

[shadowpark]

We need to really crack down on this sort of thing fast track the death penalty for gun killings send a message this is getting way out of control!!

[Tom, Long Beach, California]

2 wounded? Tilte wrong or story missing some info?

[schlock]

I read recently that a couple of years ago the LA TIMES was going to publish the ethnicity of all persons murdered as well as all persons associated in a criminal act. Well guess what? the LA TIMES now only publishes the ethnicity of murder victims and only sometimes. Hmmm, I wonder why they dropped those that are associated with a criminal act? any one got an answer because im baffled

[ndirish]

Why even argue and get off on the same exit unless you are willing to kill or be killed. Those are the only 2 things that are going to happen to anyone involved with childish things like this. Was it worth it???