LOS ANGELES — Rescue crews responding to a wreck on a San Fernando freeway found a driver fatally shot in the head, while another driver was shot and wounded in a separate attack about 30 miles (48 kilometers) away in Long Beach, authorities said.
The incidents were the latest in a string of Southern California freeway shootings stretching back several weeks.
The San Fernando Valley victim is thought to have crashed his car after being shot on the 101 Freeway early Sunday morning, Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman said.
The unidentified man was found early Sunday by rescue crews responding to a report of a rolled-over vehicle on the freeway, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Cecil Manresa said.
We went through a whole string of these shootings back in the late 80's. Steve Martin even made fun of the shooting incidents in his 1991 movie L.A. Story in a scene in which he's randomly shooting at the drivers on the freeway around him.
When driving during that time I can remember jokingly saying "cover me, I'm changing lanes!"
These latest incidents could be road rage, maybe gang retaliation - who knows? It doesn't take much to set some people off these days.
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