The investigation continues over a shooting between two cars in Orange County. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News on August 2, 2023.
A car-to-car shooting on a freeway late Tuesday in the Diamond Bar area left one person dead and another injured.
California Highway Patrol officers responded to a 911 call around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday about a freeway shooting near the westbound 60 Freeway and the southbound 57 Freeway. Officers could be seen later Wednesday morning walking on the freeway in a search for evidence.
Officers responded to another scene on a street in Costa Mesa, where they found the gunshot victims about 30 miles from the scene of the shooting. One victim, a rear passenger, died at the scene in Costa Mesa. A second passenger in the car was injured in the shooting and later released after treatment at a hospital. The driver was not injured, authorities said.
It was not immediately clear why the driver traveled to Costa Mesa after the shooting.
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Another vehicle was struck by gunfire in Diamond Bar but no one was injured.
The CHP closed the freeway transition road for several hours for the shooting investigation. Traffic was backed up in the area Wednesday morning until the road reopened around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
