Man shot on 710 Freeway, lanes shut down [Updated]
One person was shot in the arm on the 710 Freeway near Alondra Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, snarling traffic.
The shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m. as the motorist drove in a southbound lane, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
The victim was hit in the arm and taken to a local hospital in stable condition, authorities said. Deputies had not identified a suspect.
The California Highway Patrol said it has closed two southbound lanes.
[Updated 7:04 p.m.: Authorities said the lanes have been reopened.]
No other details were immediately available.
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EDITOR'S PICKS:
An extraordinary number of freeway shootings lately. Is this a new gang initiation?
Posted by: Erwin | April 07, 2011 at 07:17 PM
Why do they have to shut down the entire freeway and inconvenience thousands of people? Hell, dude wasn't even seriously injured! I guess we gotta pay those 25 cops for standing around and doing nothing...
Posted by: Mark | April 07, 2011 at 10:08 PM
It´s scary...
Posted by: Marcela | April 07, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Wow, that's crazy! I passed by there at 3:30pm... Glad I was an hour early... lol
Posted by: Kimberly | April 08, 2011 at 11:22 AM