This is the horrific moment a Dodge Durango driver mercilessly killed a Cadillac driver in a fit of road rage.
The Durango driver is seen running across the road northbound 5 Freeway in Los Angeles, near South Lorena Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, with a gun in hand.
The gold Cadillac is seen with its rear fender off as the driver attempts to make a three-point turn, apparently against traffic and away from the shooter.
But before the driver can escape, the gunman fires eight bullets through the door, which was open while the car was moving.
The gunman is then seen fleeing the scene before falling over and crashing into a car with several other people.
Shocking dashcam footage of the deadly incident, which seriously injured another person, showed the Dodge driver, who has not yet been identified, running along the open highway with a gun in hand.
The police are still investigating the shock murder
The man was seen running from the scene of the shooting
Lieutenant Bob Purvis said following the incident, which took place last Thursday: ‘The occupants of the Dodge Durango got out and began shooting at the occupants of the gold Cadillac.
“The gold Cadillac driver was able to make a U-turn and head back south via the northbound lanes.”
The shooting caused a miles-long standstill on LA’s already busy freeways.
Authorities were forced to close the highway until at least Friday for investigations.
A white sheet was seen covering the gold Cadillac.
Little is known about the identities of those involved in the shooting. Police identified the dead man only as someone in his 20s and said they were still pursuing the two suspects involved in the deadly incident.
Police have still not released a description of the killer or revealed a motivation for the killing, and have urged anyone with more information or dashcam footage to come forward.
The highway was closed as police investigated
After the fatal shooting, a white sheet was thrown over the car
The gold Cadillac was seen with its rear fender hanging down as the driver attempted to make a three-point turn
The fatal shooting happened last Thursday around 4 p.m. in Los Angeles on the northbound Freeway 5, near South Lorena Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
It comes as much of California is overwhelmed by crime, even as Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled plans to defund law enforcement agencies.
He proposed a budget that included $97 million in cuts to the Justice Department, $10 million to the Justice Department’s Law Enforcement Division and more than $80 million to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.”
Violent crime in Los Angeles rose 2.9 percent in the first three months of 2024, and robberies rose 9.5 percent. The number of murders increased by 28.1 percent.
Since March, the increase in homicides has fallen to about 9.5 percent, with 81 homicides compared to 74 in the same period in 2023.
Meanwhile, homelessness rose 6 percent last year to more than 180,000 people in California, federal data shows. And since 2013, the numbers have exploded by 53 percent, with the state accounting for a third of America’s entire homeless population.
Violent crimes in the state increased 27 percent between 2013 and 2022, and the number of pickpockets more than doubled.