CAR-WINDOW SHOOTINGS DWINDLE : CHP PUTS BRAKE ON FREEWAY ATTACKS.Byline: Terri Hardy Daily News Staff Writer The spate of freeway sniper shootings slowed significantly over the weekend, with four window-shatterings reported in a 24-hour period, a California Highway Patrol officer said. ``There has been a drastic decrease this weekend,'' said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Pablo Torres of the southern headquarters division. ``The most shootings reported within a 24-hour period was 42.'' Between 2 a.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday, four windows were shot out on freeways from Sun Valley to Pomona, bringing the total number of incidents to 251 since Sept. 11, Torres said. No injuries were reported. CHP officials believe the arrest last week of two suspects in the shootings slowed down any copy-cat actions. Vandals apparently are ``starting to realize that the CHP is taking this extremely seriously,'' Torres said. Two convicted felons were arrested last week on suspicion of felony vandalism in connection with the freeway window shootings. The men were stopped in a van described by witnesses as a vehicle that might be tied to as many as five freeway attacks, CHP officials have stated. CHP investigators continue to look for other snipers as the attacks continue. Officers have said they believe the shootings may be tied to the activities of tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. vandalism crews. The two suspects in custody are both suspected gang members. During their arrest, police seized two BB guns, marbles, a 9 mm handgun, an AK-47 assault rifle and a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun. Torres said the CHP had received 44 calls on a special tipster tipster A person who provides inside information. hotline during the 24-hour period. ``Investigators will continue to follow up leads which may produce further arrests,'' he said. The first vehicle attacked on Saturday was a Los Angeles Daily News The Daily News of Los Angeles, also known as the Los Angeles Daily News, is the second largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which owns eight other Southern California newspapers truck, Torres said. The driver reported that he believed a rock shattered the back window, but officers were not able to determine what broke the glass, Torres said. The incident occurred at 3:43 a.m. on the northbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , just north of Lankershim Boulevard in Sun Valley. Then at 11:32 a.m. Saturday, snipers struck on the westbound Pomona Freeway near the Phillips Ranch Road exit in Pomona, Torres said. At 7:30 p.m. a shooting was reported in the area of the southbound Long Beach Freeway and the westbound Pomona Freeway in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. , Torres said. Then at 9:28 p.m. Saturday, a car window was shattered on the eastbound Glenn M. Anderson Glenn Malcolm Anderson (February 21, 1913-December 13, 1994) was a Democratic congressman from California. Anderson was born 1913 in Hawthorne, California. He received a BA from University of California, Los Angeles in 1936. Freeway west of Atlantic Avenue in Lynwood, Torres said. In some previous attacks, BB pellets or marbles were found in the damaged vehicles. CHP officers do not know what was used in the four most recent window-shatterings. ``Officers did not find any evidence to suggest what type of projectile projectile something thrown forward. projectile syringe see blow dart. projectile vomiting forceful vomiting, usually without preceding retching, in which the vomitus is thrown well forward. was utilized,'' Torres said. |
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