Saturday’s freeway shooting is just one of many reported in recent years. So, how often are they happening in the Bay Area? And where are drivers most at risk? Here’s a breakdown.
A deadly shooting on April 8, 2023 is the latest in what appears to be a troubling uptick in gun violence on Bay Area highways.near the Fremont-Milpitas border Saturday evening. The victim's parents were inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting but were uninjured, the California Highway Patrol said. No arrests have been made and no suspects were immediately identified.
An NBC Bay Area analysis of California Highway Patrol data found that reports of highway shootings in the Bay Area doubled during a three-year period, from 82 incidents in 2019 to 178 in 2021. There were 384 total reports across nine Bay Area counties during that span. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano set the bar for both the total number of reports and the rate of incidents adjusted for population.
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