[UPDATED] Sheriff's Identify Men Involved in La Puente Shooting, Diamond Bar Crash

UPDATED: Sheriff's investigators have identified the suspect in a La Puente shooting whose alleged getaway attempt left the eastbound 60 closed for 90 minutes Wednesday morning as 50-year-old Constantino Sanchez-Vejar.

Sgt. Russell Boucher of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Industry station said Sanchez-Vejar is suspected of shooting his co-worker — 44-year-old Ricardo Cortez — three times during an altercation at a business in the 16400 block of Valley Boulevard in La Puente. 

City News Service contributed to this report.

Originally reported Wed. at 5:45 p.m.:

The man involved in a center divider crash that closed the eastbound 60 freeway for 90 minutes Wednesday morning was identified by investigators as the suspect in a La Puente shooting, after he was . 

Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Wilson said the Industry station received a call reporting the shooting at around 7:25 a.m. at a business in the 16400 block of Valley Boulevard in La Puente.

The two men involved in the shooting were coworkers, Wilson said. 

The suspect, age 50, reportedly fired several shots that wounded another 40-year-old man in the hand, head, and "mid-face" before driving away and heading east on the 60 freeway.

The suspect was injured in the fight but was not shot in the altercation. 

Investigators believe the suspect passed out just after Diamond Bar Boulevard on the freeway before crashing into the center divider.

Nicole Nishida of the Industry Sheriff's station said deputies discovered the driver of the vehicle with a wounded hand and a graze wound on his head. 

According to a KTLA report, the driver was found bleeding and holding a gun.

Sgt. Wilson said an off-duty Huntington Park police officer stopped to help the man and both were tansported to separate hospitals for treatment. 

Neither man was arrested this afternoon as the investigation into the matter continues. 

City News Service contributed to this report.

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