CA - 10-year-old boy shot in head on 15 Freeway in Phelan, Feb 2019 *Arrest*

[drjones]

10-year-old boy shot in head on 15 Freeway in Phelan

"California Highway Patrol officials said the shooting happened shortly after 9 p.m. on the northbound 15 at Cleghorn Fire Road.

Someone fired an unknown number of rounds at a BMW 5-series. One of the rounds traveled through the BMW's small rear window and struck the head of the young boy, CHP officials said.

The child was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries."

 

[drjones]

Boy Critically Injured In Shooting On 15 Freeway

"CHP said the vehicle may have been caught in the crossfire of a road rage incident.

A description of the shooter was not released."

 

[drjones]

CHP Seeks Witnesses in Car-to-Car Shooting on 10 Freeway in Colton, Not Far From Where Boy Was Shot in Head

"Investigators are working a second car-to-car freeway shooting in San Bernardino County that occurred the day after a 10-year-old boy was shot in the head while in the back of a BMW on the Cajon Pass last week.

As in the previous incident, detectives have few leads on the gunman who fired into a Nissan Pathfinder driving east on the 10 Freeway at the 215 Freeway overpass last Friday, Feb. 8, around 10:05 p.m., the California Highway Patrol said in a Monday news release."

 

[JerseyGirl]

The California Highway Patrol announced the arrest of 48-year-old Jose Luis Chavez during a Wednesday morning press conference.

On the night of the shooting, Chavez was caught trespassing on the property of a retired San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy in the High Desert.

Chavez was arrested, and a search of his nearby parked car turned up a firearm. He was booked on suspicion of trespassing and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The next day, that retired deputy saw media reports of the shooting and called CHP and told officers about the suspect who had trespassed on her property on the night of the shooting.

CHP investigators spoke with Chavez, who was in custody. Then, they served a search warrant at his Phelan home, where they found several more weapons.

Chavez was identified as the suspect in the shooting, and he is facing a charge of attempted murder.

Arrest made after boy, 10, shot in head on 15 Fwy in Phelan

The boy's mother also said that after going through this whole ordeal, her son now wants to be a law enforcement officer in his community when he grows up.