Ok- WTF Cali people??

[Nephythys]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A teenage driver was killed in a car-to-car shooting at a freeway off-ramp early Thursday in the latest in several recent fatal roadway attacks in California.

Samantha Padilla, 19, of Los Angeles, was shot in the upper torso around 12:30 a.m., authorities said.

She apparently was attacked while stopped at a traffic light at the end of an off-ramp from the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles, police Detective Tommy Thompson said. A car pulled up alongside and someone fired about five rounds from a medium-caliber gun, he said.

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Southern California has had a spate of shootings on major roadways; at least five other people have died in recent weeks.

Among the victims were a 54-year-old chiropractor who died after she was shot in the head while driving on Interstate 10 in eastern Los Angeles County; a 26-year-old man who died in a shooting on U.S. 101; and two teenage boys who died after they were shot on a state highway in San Diego County. Another death is being investigated as a possible suicide.

In Northern California, a driver was killed Wednesday in a rush-hour shooting on a San Francisco freeway as he drove with two children in the car.

Now I am not one to live in fear but this is crazy freaky!

[€uroMeinke]

Just remember that here in California we probably spend a larger percentage of time in our cars than in other places. We probably have a high instance of car births as well

[Snowflake]

It's a media ploy to keep people from moving to California

Seriously, very sad. I'm going to have to make sure I mind my manners when cars are passing me as I ride the Cable Car to work, who knows?

[Sub la Goon]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Just remember that here in California we probably spend a larger percentage of time in our cars than in other places. We probably have a high instance of car births as well

And don't forget the ever-popular vehicular conception...

And the torso shot was just poor aim. We usually go for the head.
Bad show, shooting motorist!

[Pirate Bill]

California freeway shootings are soooooo '80s.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

A bass player in one of my bands had his rear side window shot out a few months ago on the 405 freeway. Understandably, he was quite freaked out by the incident.

[blueerica]

I remember this happening a few years ago... and then a few years before that. It's like El Nino, some years you get shooting rampages, other years you don't.

Edited to add: Not that I'm trying to be flippant about it. I do think it's a serious issue and I have been freaked out nights when I've had to drive the freeway when these things have gone on. But, I am a little flippant, too... Oh well.

[Alex]

These things seem to spawn copycats, like school shootings. Once the idea is planted...

But so far this currents spate is nothing compared to the freeway shooting spree in the '80s. In 1987 there were more than 50 of them in Southern California. If you've seen the movie you may recall a scene in L.A. Story that spoofed on that spree.

The one mentioned up here in the Bay Area was actually the second within a week but it turns out the first was a targeted attack.

[RStar]

I dunno, but perhaps it's a gang initiation thing or something...

What ever it is (over population, the housing market or money issue anger, high divorce rates, what ever) I wish it would end already!

[NickO'Time]

Bill Cosby's son was killed by a shooter alongside the freeway. Tragic.

People are getting pulled over for their Bikes and being robbed recently.(New thing, maybe?) That's why I carry pepper spray and mace and for those with the get off the road mentality.