A man has been hospitalized after being shot in what police say was road rage on the 710 Freeway in South Gate.
The 39-year-old man, whose name his family did not want to identify for fear of reprisals, was shot dead at least once. His mother, Blanca Claire, told Telemundo 52 the bullet entered her son’s hip, hitting his bladder and barely missing an artery.
“He’s a survivor,” Claire said.
On Sunday, a violent driving incident in Santa Clarita occurred at noon at an In-N-Out restaurant near Magic Mountain Park.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said the victim argued with the driver and passenger of a green Kia Soul on Interstate 5 on Monday morning. Then, on the 710 highway southbound, someone in the Kia shot at the man’s car, which ended up on its side on an embankment.
Claire said her son called her and then she called 911. Her son was rushed to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where he is expected to stay for the next few weeks.
The CHP plans to interview the victim to gather more information. Meanwhile, his mother says others can learn from her son’s experience.
“We just have to be more careful. We never understand if we are going to go home,” he said.
This story first appeared on Telemundo 52’s sister station NBCLA. Click on here to read this story in English.