Highway Shooting in Corona: Gunfire Erupts on 91 Freeway, One Injured

 

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 11-3-23, 10:32 p.m.
LOCATION: EB and WB 91 Freeway and McKinley Street
CITY: Corona
DETAILS:

New information:

CORONA (CNS) – One person suffered a gunshot wound after multiple rounds were fired at two vehicles on the 91 Freeway in Corona, authorities said Saturday.

The California Highway Patrol responded at 10:32 p.m. Friday to a call regarding shots fired on the freeway near McKinley Street, according to authorities.

A female victim driving westbound on the 91 Freeway approached a slow- moving vehicle in front of her and drove around it, the CHP said. Authorities said the suspect became angered, sped up next to her vehicle and shot twice with one of the bullets penetrating through a window. The woman was not injured.

A male victim was shot in the leg, which might have been from the same rounds fired at the other victim. He was driving eastbound on the 91 Freeway when he felt a pain in his leg and immediately called 911 after exiting the freeway, according to the CHP.

He was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries and was said to be in stable condition.

Both of the victims’ vehicles were impounded for evidence.

The shooters’ whereabouts are unknown, and no further information was immediately available.

Anyone with information about the shooting was urged to contact the CHP’s Corona office at 951-637-8000.

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1. California Highway Patrol Riverside responded to reports of shots fired on the eastbound 91 between McKinley and Pierce. A few minutes later a second call of shots fired on the Westbound 91 and McKinley were received.
2. A victim called from a parking lot in Riverside at Magnolia and Pierce suffering from a gunshot wound.
3. According to that victim, he was driving eastbound on the 91 when he felt something hit his leg and he took the next exit, where he called 911.
4. That man was transported suffering from one gunshot wound to the leg.
5. The 2^nd victim pulled off the road on Hamner Avenue. Her vehicle was hit 2 times, with one of the rounds going all the way through the vehicle, in one window and through another.
6. According to the victim, she was on her way to work, driving westbound on the 91 when she approached a car driving slow on the freeway, so she tried to go around him when he got upset, got next to her on the freeway and fired multiple rounds at her. She then followed him until he left the freeway.
7. At this time, according to Sgt Dotter with California Highway Patrol, they believe that both victims are the result of the same shooting and that one of the rounds hit the man going opposite direction on the freeway.
8. Both vehicles have been impounded for evidence.
9. For more information call CHP Dispatch.
10. Sot is at the end of the 2nd video.

HANDLING AGENCIES: California Highway Patrol, Riverside Office

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