6-year-old boy fatally shot during apparent road rage incident on 55 Freeway in southern california

[Demovictory9]

A 6-year-old boy was fatally wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire on the 55 Freeway in Orange on Friday during a road rage incident, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The suspect fled immediately after the shooting near West Chapman Avenue as police officers and paramedics responded to the gunfire shortly after 8 a.m., authorities said.

The boy’s mother was traveling on the northbound freeway with her child in the booster seat when the shooting occurred, CHP officials said. Witnesses reported hearing a gun shot from a white sedan right before the child’s mother pulled her vehicle over to the shoulder.

“This was an isolated road rage incident,” said CHP Officer Florentino Olivera. He said the driver of the white sedan shot into the back of the mother’s Chevy Cruze sedan and then fled.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-21/child-shot-during-road-rage-incident-on-the-55-freeway-in-orange-airlifted-to-hospital

[AndyS]

1. Anyone want to wager that the shooter was not a white male who bought the gun legally?

Anyone?

[Aristus]

2. I'll take that action, along with: he's a "law-abiding gun-owner".

Aren't they all?

[Initech]

4. Oh I'd bet good odds!

This is very close to where I live, and we have lots of MAGAs and so-called "patriots" where I live. Also a lot of gun and ammo stores in places like Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach.

[chowder66]

3. The senselessness of this is infuriating. A child is dead because someone got mad.

My heart goes out to that family of the poor child. I hope they find that POS.