SigAlert: Freeway Shooting Shuts Down Eastbound 210 Freeway

Los Angeles CA

01 July, 2021

12:08 PM

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LOS ANGELES, CA — A non-injury freeway shooting shut down the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Irwindale area Thursday morning. A motorist who confronted another driver on a Foothill (210) Freeway off-ramp in Irwindale Thursday morning was met with gunfire but escaped injury, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorists both stopped their vehicles on the off-ramp, where "the victim exited their vehicle to confront the suspect," Alexander said. The driver told the CHP the suspect "brandished a weapon and fired several shots," he said. Investigators were talking to "a person of interest," Alexander said. The shooting was reported shuts after 8 a.m. at the Irwindale Avenue off-ramp. The California Highway Patrol shut down the eastbound side of the freeway and issued a SigAlert at 8:18 a.m., according to CHP Officer Tony Polizzi. The freeway remained shut down for about two hours. City News Service contributed to this report.