An occasion of highway rage escalated to extra alarming violence early Sunday morning in Lengthy Seaside, California, resulting in an arrest.
Metropolis resident, 48-year-old Jean Claude Lewis, was arrested somewhat after 2:50 a.m. native time after police decided that he had been concerned in a number of car crashes and had at one level opened hearth at one other driver, the Lengthy Seaside Put up reported.
By way of their investigation, Lengthy Seaside Police decided that Lewis had been concerned in a vehicular accident close to the town’s Recreation Park space. The chaotic scene then precipitated Lewis to, at one level, take out a gun and open hearth. Officers first decided {that a} capturing had occurred when shell casings had been discovered on the scene of the crash.
After opening hearth, Lewis reportedly collided with a 3rd car, who then hit a house that was unoccupied. Lewis and the motive force of the second automotive, who had additionally opened hearth throughout the incident, fled the scene earlier than police arrived.
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Police had been capable of observe Lewis after a gunshot sufferer checked into a close-by hospital, permitting officers to interview three different occupants of his car. One of many occupants, a lady, sustained a number of gunshot wounds throughout her physique, however they had been in the end deemed non-life-threatening. The opposite two occupants averted gunshot wounds, however had been injured in one of many collisions.
From the occupants, Lewis’ identification was decided, permitting police to arrest him and seize his firearm. He was booked at an space jail on $60,000 bail, and at the moment faces costs of carrying a loaded firearm and one depend of driving with a suspended license.
The seek for the opposite driver concerned within the first crash and capturing has not been positioned as of Sunday night. The investigation general stays ongoing.
Newsweek reached out to the Lengthy Seaside Police Division for remark.
One other occasion of California highway rage not too long ago led to rather more extreme injury for one of many drivers concerned. On August 12, a 21-year-old girl driving on State Route 91 close to Corona reportedly rammed her Jeep right into a Tesla, inflicting it and one other car to careen off the highway. In consequence, one of many victims suffered accidents so extreme that they wanted to have one in all their limbs amputated.
