Freeway Shooting In Walnut Creek Injures Woman

WALNUT CREEK, CA — The California Highway Patrol is investigating a Wednesday afternoon freeway shooting in Walnut Creek that left a woman hospitalized and closed a freeway on-ramp.

The woman, who was driving a silver Chevy Malibu, contacted a CHP officer on an enforcement stop on Highway 24 at Pleasant Hill Road about 3:35 p.m., telling him about the shooting and saying she needed medical help.

She said she was shot by a male in the front passenger seat of a Chrysler 300 sedan being driven by a female, while on the transition ramp from southbound Interstate Highway 680 to westbound Highway 24, according to the CHP. The suspect vehicle then fled.

The woman was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury to her leg, the CHP said. Two children in the car with the victim were uninjured.

The westbound on-ramp to Highway 24 was closed to traffic from Ygnacio Valley Road for about an hour for an investigation, which is ongoing, the CHP said.

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