Mystery Shooting
Friday, December 12th, 2008Police are still trying to determine who shot a man driving a Bentley this morning on the northbound 101 Freeway, leaving the victim in critical condition and jamming traffic during the morning commute and beyond.
All lanes of the northbound 101 Freeway and the Interstate 5 and Interstate 10 connectors were reopened by 11:43 a.m. after being closed for nearly eight hours while authorities conducted an investigation.
Police found the driver slumped over his steering wheel with gunshot wounds about 3:30 a.m. near the Aliso Street exit. There were multiple bullet holes in the passenger door and window of the Bentley. Police said the shots probably were fired from another car.
The southbound 101 was closed from the northbound 110 Freeway to the eastbound 10 Freeway, said CHP Officer Anthony Martin, and traffic was still being diverted at the connectors to surface streets at 10:30 a.m. as police finished a traffic report.
-PW




