Man arrested in connection with deadly road rage shooting on I-5, CHP says

LISA: NEW INFORMATION TONIGHTN A DEADLY ROAD RAGE SHOOTING THAT SHUT DOWN PART OF I-5 LAST NIT.GH THE C.H.P. HAS NOW MADE AN ARREST AFTER OFFICERS IDENTIEIFD THE SUSPECT ANDHE T VICTIM. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MOREUT ABO HOW THE C.H.P. TRACKED DOWN THAT SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. BRIAN: KCRA 3'S LYSEE MITRI HAS THE LATEST NOW ON THE INVESTIGATION. >>> SACRAMENTO COUNTY CORONER RECORD SHOW 60-YEAR-OLD LUFINO REYES MEJORADO WAS THE MAN KILLED I THAT ROAD RAGE SHOOTING YESTERDAY AND C.H.P. HAS NOW IDENTIFIED DIDAV PERRY ASHE T SUSPECTED SHOOTER THE RECORDS SHOW HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JLAI AT 5:00 A.M. ISTH MORNING FOR MURDER. C.H.P. SAYS IT ALL STARTED AROUND 2:15 P.M. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON INTERSTATE 80 AT WATT AVENUE WHEN NETTLE STARTED GETTING CALLS ABOUT A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TWO CARS INVOLVED CONTINUED WEST BEFORE GETTING ON INTERSTATE 5 SOUTH. AND WHEN THEY REACHED THE AREA OF RICHARDS BOULEVARD, C.H.P. SAYS THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE, SHOOTING THE DRIVER OF THIS RED PICKUP TRUCK. SEVERAL PEOPLE HEARD THOSE GUNSHOTS, INCLUDING A WOM WANHO WAS WORKING AT ETH MOTEL 6. SHE SHOWED US WHERE SHE WAS WHEN IT HPED.AP >> I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. >> T Rheeporter: SHE SAYS, SHE WAS CHECKGIN A ROOM AT THE MOTEL 6 ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING FACING THE INTERSTATE AND GOT SCARED WHEN SHE HEARD THE SHOOTING. >> AND THEN I HEARD THREE SHOTS. AND THEN FROM THERE, I WAS JUST GOGIN TO HIDE MYSELF AND MAYBE IT'S GOING TO HIT ME, YOU KNOW AND AFTER THAT, I WAS JUST HIDING AND THEN AFRTE THAT, I HEARD TWO MEOR SHOTS. >> C>.H.P. SAYS THEY FOUND THE WHITE MERCEDES THEY BELIEVE THE SHOOTERAS W DRIVING LAST NHTIG AT 5:00 P.M. ON WATT AVENUE SOUTH OF THE CAP CITY FREEWAY. EY GOTTH A WARRANT TO SEARCH IT AND TO SEARCH THE RESIDENT OWNER'S ADDRESSND A WEER ABLE TO COLLECT EVIDENCE LEADING TO HIS ARREST. THE SHOOTGIN VICTIM, LUFINO REYES MEJORADO, DIED JUST THREE DAYS AFTER HIS 60th BIRTHDAY, ACCORDINGO T CORONER RECORDS. IN NORTH SACRAMENTO, LYSEE MITRI, KCRA 3 NEWS. BRIAN: C.H.P. SAYS THAT THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THE ROAD RAGE INCIDENT STARTED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY SPECIFICS ON WTHA

A man was arrested in connection with the deadly road rage shooting on Interstate 5 that killed one person and shut down the roadway for several hours, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday.David Perry, 33, of Sacramento, was arrested in connection with the shooting and booked into the Sacramento County Jail, CHP said.According to CHP, the situation began around 2:15 p.m. on Interstate 80 at Watt Avenue, nearly 10 miles away from the shooting scene. That is when officers started getting calls from people about it.The road rage continued to I-5 near Richards Boulevard, where a man driving a maroon truck was shot, CHP said. That person, identified by the coroner's office as 60-year-old Lufino Reyes Mejorado, was sent to the hospital and died a short time later, officials said.CHP said they closed I-5 at Interstate 80 so investigators could canvass the area where the shooting happened. Lanes have since reopened.Officers are now searching for the other person involved in the road rage, who is believed to be driving a white Mercedes sedan, but the model and license plate number are unknown. Anyone with information on the shooting or the road rage is asked to call CHP. Dispatch calls obtained by KCRA 3 reveal the victim was shot in the arm and was given CPR on scene.Matt Ritchie works across from where the road rage shooting occurred. He said he first heard gunshots after 2 p.m.“Then a few minutes later I was walking across the parking lot and heard two more,” he told KCRA 3. “I look up and saw the car driving away from the truck.”He described that car as a white four-door vehicle.After he heard the multiple gunshots, he helped his building go into lockdown until police said it was safe to open back up.“It’s kinda scary,” Ritchie said. “It’s a really aggressive act. Somebody like that needs to be brought to justice.”

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

A man was arrested in connection with the deadly road rage shooting on Interstate 5 that killed one person and shut down the roadway for several hours, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

David Perry, 33, of Sacramento, was arrested in connection with the shooting and booked into the Sacramento County Jail, CHP said.

According to CHP, the situation began around 2:15 p.m. on Interstate 80 at Watt Avenue, nearly 10 miles away from the shooting scene. That is when officers started getting calls from people about it.

The road rage continued to I-5 near Richards Boulevard, where a man driving a maroon truck was shot, CHP said. That person, identified by the coroner's office as 60-year-old Lufino Reyes Mejorado, was sent to the hospital and died a short time later, officials said.

CHP said they closed I-5 at Interstate 80 so investigators could canvass the area where the shooting happened. Lanes have since reopened.

Officers are now searching for the other person involved in the road rage, who is believed to be driving a white Mercedes sedan, but the model and license plate number are unknown.

Anyone with information on the shooting or the road rage is asked to call CHP.

Dispatch calls obtained by KCRA 3 reveal the victim was shot in the arm and was given CPR on scene.

Matt Ritchie works across from where the road rage shooting occurred. He said he first heard gunshots after 2 p.m.

“Then a few minutes later I was walking across the parking lot and heard two more,” he told KCRA 3. “I look up and saw the car driving away from the truck.”

He described that car as a white four-door vehicle.

After he heard the multiple gunshots, he helped his building go into lockdown until police said it was safe to open back up.

“It’s kinda scary,” Ritchie said. “It’s a really aggressive act. Somebody like that needs to be brought to justice.”

Man arrested in connection with deadly road rage shooting on I-5, CHP says

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