OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police arrested three suspects on Thursday who are alleged to have participated in the shooting at an off-duty police officer while he was driving on a Northern California freeway.
The officer was not injured but the officer’s vehicle was struck by bullets shortly before midnight Wednesday while driving south on Highway 880 in Oakland.
A nearby patrol car was able to pursue the shooter’s car immediately after the shooting, but the suspects escaped on foot after ditching their vehicle. They were arrested Thursday. The Oakland Police Department didn’t release the officer or suspects’ names.
The incident was the third freeway shooting in the region since Saturday. Investigators say they don’t yet know if the shootings are related.
On Saturday, a man died in nearby Antioch following a shooting on Highway 4. On Monday, a man driving on Interstate 580 in Pleasanton escaped injury after shots were fired at him following an alleged road rage incident.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.