Current Events > 6 year old killed in road rage shooting

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/child-shot-during-apparent-road-172038301.html

A 6-year-old boy on his way to school was fatally shot Friday morning when someone opened fire on his mother's car on the 55 Freeway in Orange in what authorities are calling a road rage incident.

The suspect's vehicle 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 lanes with her child in a booster seat when the shooting occurred, California Highway Patrol officials said. Witnesses reported hearing a gunshot from a white sedan right before the child's mother pulled over to the shoulder.

"This was an isolated road rage incident," CHP Officer Florentino Olivera said. He said the driver of the white sedan shot into the back of the mother's Chevy Cruze sedan.

The child was hit from behind when a round passed through the trunk of the vehicle, authorities said.
Reyes Valdivia and his wife, Joanna, had just dropped their children off at school when they spotted the woman on the freeway shoulder pulling a child out from the passenger side of the car, he said.

"The mom was hysterical," Valdivia said. "We couldn't tell at first what happened to the child."
The woman told him, "I got shot at in the car," he said.
"That's when we noticed the blood on the boy," Valdivia said.

He looked at the car and realized a bullet had entered the left side of trunk and hit the boy seated in the back in his booster seat.

"It went through the boy's back," he said.
A short time later, an off-duty police officer arrived and performed CPR on the boy, Valdivia said.
"We were all hoping he would survive," he said.

The mother of the child said they were on the way to school in the carpool lane. When she tried to switch lanes to exit, the white sedan with a man and woman inside cut her off, Valdivia said. She gestured to them and proceeded into the exit lane, and that's when the shooting occurred, he said.

"She heard her child scream and immediately stopped," he said, recounting what the woman told him.
It was unclear who was driving or who fired the shot, he said.

Valdivia, who said he served in the U.S. military, said seeing a child shot was especially hard to take.
"There was no reason, no justification to shoot a child," he said. "That shouldn't happen."
The child was rushed to nearby Children's Hospital, where authorities confirmed that the boy had died. His name was not released.

The suspect's vehicle was last seen heading north on the 55 Freeway, which was shut down for hours. The northbound lanes were reopened about noon.

Officers could be seen from a news helicopter footage combing the area for evidence.
CHP officials said the shooting was not related to dozens of recent BB or pellet gun shootings on the 91 Freeway in Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. There have been nearly 60 cases in which motorists have come under fire.

Such shootings arent unprecedented on Californias busy roadways. The rear window of a CHP patrol car was shattered after being struck May 14 in Anaheim on the eastbound shoulder of the 91.

The windows of three cars were shot out on the 91 in Corona overnight Tuesday and into early Wednesday. One car heading east was struck about 11 p.m., and about 5 a.m., the windows of two other cars heading west were damaged.

No serious injuries have been reported so far in the 91 Freeway shootings. So far there are no specific descriptions of suspects or vehicles involved.
We are taking each of these incidents seriously and actively searching for those responsible, CHP Assistant Chief Donald Goodbrand said. The public should still feel safe while driving their vehicles on our California freeways.

Because of the spate of shootings and the escalating threat, the CHP is conducting a widespread, coordinated investigation across the three counties, Goodbrand said.

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Very sad. I hope his Mama can make it through this.

Jesus fucking Christ, man...

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I hope someone has dash cam footage to turn into police

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holy shit this is actually one of my irrational fears.

rip to the boy

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If he didn't have a gun, the suspect simply would have stabbed a child through the windshield.

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Did they catch the evil motherfuckers who did this?

Theres also some other highway or overpass in northern CA where theres been a string of someone or multiple people firing at vehicles. Several have died from the incidents, including children. They've yet to identify the culprit, sadly

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Perascamin posted...

Theres also some other highway or overpass in northern CA where theres been a string of someone or multiple people firing at vehicles. Several have died from the incidents, including children. They've yet to identify the culprit, sadly

If it's contained to one or so overpasses, why not do their fucking job and post an officer there to deter?

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This is why I always tell my mom not to anger people on the road. She loves to honk and it always makes me nervous

DepreceV2 posted...

The child was hit from behind when a round passed through the trunk of the vehicle, authorities said.
Reyes Valdivia and his wife, Joanna, had just dropped their children off at school when they spotted the woman on the freeway shoulder pulling a child out from the passenger side of the car, he said.

"The mom was hysterical," Valdivia said. "We couldn't tell at first what happened to the child."
The woman told him, "I got shot at in the car," he said.
"That's when we noticed the blood on the boy," Valdivia said.

DepreceV2 posted...

"She heard her child scream and immediately stopped," he said, recounting what the woman told him.

Fucking hell why did I read this

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Ratchetrockon posted...

holy shit this is actually one of my irrational fears.

rip to the boy

It can honestly sometimes be damn near impossible to drive 100% defensively. Sometimes you gotta put on an aggressive stance in driving at least occasionally just to avoid odd situations that come up on the road, and sometimes other motorists will take umbrage. It does get ridiculous.

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I saw the mom talk on the news last night. Man, I'm just like...;_;

This is why I completely change my driving habits when I'm in the US.

The worst I've ever had here is either have someone follow me around for a few minutes or they've gotten out of their car at a light to yell at me. Simply for honking at them for being idiot assholes.

In the US I could be dead.
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Bio1590 posted...

This is why I completely change my driving habits when I'm in the US.

The worst I've ever had here is either have someone follow me around for a few minutes or they've gotten out of their car at a light to yell at me. Simply for honking at them for being idiot assholes.

In the US I could be dead.

If you notice somebody following you, especially in the US, your best bet is to either find a police department or call 911 saying you're being followed.

Especially if you did something to piss them off. Even if they don't have a weapon, it can result in you safely getting away and potentially in them being removed from the road.

Now I've never personally seen this situation on the road but it's something to keep in mind

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Darmik posted...

Fucking hell why did I read this

This is horrifying

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Zikten posted...

This is why I always tell my mom not to anger people on the road. She loves to honk and it always makes me nervous

Nah, fuck bad drivers and fuck them if they get mad.

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Road rage in the US is a growing thing, seems like people got used to empty roads and light traffic during the high point of corvid, with people feeling encouraged to start going places and workers being sent back to their offices the sudden re-introduction into high traffic has probably made people snap even more.

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Road rage is fucking dangerous. What can you do when people feel entitled to your space and time?

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Spooking posted...

There is so much road rage going on that there is usually a 'Road Rage Compilation' posted on YouTube every month.

most of the time the only damage is to peoples feelings and car. never death :(.
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I always have to get on to my wife when she drives cause she will honk at people and flip them off when she gets mad. Ive told her you never know who is on the other end and people are crazy, its not worth it.

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This post isn't very empathetic to this specific situation.

But to someone who lives in a place with regular shootings. The ones where people snap on a random person are the true scary ones. Cause when it seems like the person has a planned target, I can still walk down the street knowing I don't have any enemies. Like, rob me. Fine. That's just money and I get why that ain't gotta be personal. But don't fuckin kill me over some bullshit >_>.

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