At least one person was killed and another injured in a car-to-car shooting on the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway in the Boyle Heights area Thursday, prompting a freeway closure that snarled traffic during the evening rush hour.
The shooting was reported near Lorena Street around 4:10 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Video from the scene showed a white sheet covering the passenger side of an older-model Cadillac, an indication that a dead body was inside. The car was facing the wrong way on the freeway near the center divider, its rear window shattered by apparent gunfire.
Several other vehicles were also stopped in the area. At least one other car also appeared to have its rear window shattered.
According to the CHP, Dodge Durango and a gold Cadillac sedan were driving in the northbound lanes of the freeway when the Cadillac rear ended anther vehicle . Two men then exited the Durango and began shooting at the two men inside Cadillac, whose driver made able a U-turn on the freeway but eventually crashed into other vehicles before coming to a stop, CBS 2 reported.
A passenger from the Cadillac pronounced dead at the scene, CHP Officer Sean Lough told City News Service and the driver was taken to a hospital in an unknown condition.
According to reports from the scene, authorities were seeking three suspects.
All northbound lanes of the freeway were closed at the shooting scene after the CHP issued a Siglert, causing a miles-long backup throughout the afternoon rush hour.
CHP officials warned that the freeway would be closed until further notice while the investigation continued.
As of 11 p.m. Thursday. the lane closures were still in effect, Lough said.