All northbound lanes on the 5 Freeway near Lorena Street in Boyle Heights were closed Thursday evening following reports of a shooting and a vehicle collision. Authorities are investigating the incident and searching for three possible suspects.
All northbound lanes on the 5 Freeway were closed near Lorena Street in Boyle Heights following reports of a shooting and a vehicle collision , authorities said. The California Highway Patrol responded to a call of shots fired and a vehicle driving in the wrong direction around 4:11 p.m. Thursday, Officer Erik Larson said. It was not clear whether the shooting took place on the freeway or on nearby surface streets before the collision, he said.
CHP units were guiding vehicles carefully against traffic and to various offramps to alleviate congestion between the crash site and the 710, said Larson. The California Department of Transportation was assisting with the road closure, using trucks, cones and flare patterns to help safely direct vehicles as night fell, he said. At 6:30 p.m., Larson said the closure was expected to continue for several hours.
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