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‘The most traumatic experience’: Mother recounts shooting on Highway 4
Mom says passenger shot at her from aggressive driver’s automotive
A lady mentioned {that a} passenger in one other automotive on Freeway 4 fired a gun at her as she drove her daughter and niece over the weekend. It is one in a latest spate of freeway shootings that the California Freeway Patrol is investigating within the Bay Space.
PITTSBURG – Leisa Baker thought she was dealing with an aggressive driver on her approach dwelling to Pittsburg over the weekend. However the scenario quickly turned probably lethal when the passenger within the automotive subsequent to her on Freeway 4 pulled out a gun and opened hearth.
Baker was unhurt. She mentioned a bullet barely missed her minivan along with her 13-year-old daughter and niece inside because of her evasive driving. However she nonetheless cannot shake the ideas of what may have occurred.
“I’ve by no means skilled someone pointing a gun at me to shoot me – by no means,” Baker recounted in an interview with KTVU on Monday. “You simply consider your life flashing in entrance of you.”
The episode is simply the newest in a spate of freeway shootings which have motorists on edge and investigators with the California Freeway Patrol working to seek out the shooters.
There have been three reported shootings within the final 5 days and arrests in not one of the circumstances. CHP officers affirm they’re wanting into Baker’s case however have not recognized any suspects.
SEE ALSO: Two wounded by gunfire on I-580 in Oakland
It started round 5 p.m. Saturday when Baker mentioned an aggressive driver in a burgundy Honda SUV approached her within the quick lane from behind. When she moved over, she mentioned the SUV did the identical and somebody threw a cup of liquid out of the window. That is when issues escalated.
“The younger lady who was within the passenger facet. She rolled down the window and displayed a gun,” Baker mentioned.
She hit the brakes and a bullet missed her van.
“I used to be breaking and ducking for canopy, and it was essentially the most traumatic expertise that I’ve ever skilled in my life,” she mentioned.
Baker mentioned everybody within the automotive referred to as 911 – however by the point officers arrived, the driving force and gun-wielding passenger have been lengthy gone.
One other car wasn’t so fortunate a day later.
The CHP on Monday revealed extra particulars a few taking pictures on Interstate 580 in Oakland close to Freeway 13 on Sunday.
Officers say two folks in a Nissan SUV have been hit when an unidentified shooter fired a number of rounds into the car.
CHP officers mentioned the victims have been hospitalized with severe accidents.
And on Thursday, investigators closed all lanes of I-580 in Livermore resulting from gunfire on the freeway. A sufferer in that case was anticipated to outlive.
Baker, in the meantime, remains to be processing what occurred to her. And needs the shooter off the streets.
“You attempt to avoid that, but it surely’s not even protected to honk your horn at folks.”
Evan Sernoffsky is an investigative reporter for KTVU. E-mail Evan at evan.sernoffsky@fox.com and observe him on Twitter @EvanSernoffsky