Passenger Wounded After Gunfire Erupts On 10 Freeway In El Monte

EL MONTE (CBSLA) — A passenger was wounded in a car-to-car shooting along the 10 Freeway in El Monte Wednesday night which was allegedly prompted by road rage.

A white Toyota was struck by gunfire just before 10 p.m. on the westbound 10 Freeway between the 605 Freeway and the Santa Anita Avenue exit, according to California Highway Patrol.

The brother of the driver said he received a frantic call from his 22-year-old sister moments after it happened.

"The first thing she said was, 'Someone shot at us,'" he said said. "It worries me. This is the first time someone in my family has been shot at, and then what makes it worse is that he actually hit someone in the car."

According to the brother, his sister and her boyfriend were in the car after shopping when they experienced what they called violent road rage.

"There was this one guy who was driving recklessly, and they almost crashed as they were getting onto the freeway, so my sister honked," the brother said.

The two followed the driver who they said drove a white pickup truck off the freeway, but then lost the car. He said his sister didn't realize at first that they had been shot at, or that her boyfriend had been struck. The driver then drove to a gas station off Baldwin Avenue, and called El Monte police and CHP officers responded.

The driver's boyfriend, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, was rushed to a hospital with a gunshot wound. His condition was not immediately known.

CHP said it was investigating the incident and was still searching for the shooter and the truck allegedly involved. Anyone with information was asked to call CHP.