BY ABC News Radio | May 27, 2021
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(LOS ANGELES) A suspect was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly shooting at a number of cars with BB guns on a Los Angeles freeway. Investigators are now trying to determine if the same suspect is linked to dozens of similar recent shootings on Southern California highways.
Authorities believe the suspect was using either BB or pellet guns to shatter car windows and terrorize motorists.
The California Highway Patrol and Riverside Police Department arrested Jesse Leal Rodriguez, 34, of Anaheim, for a series of recent shootings on State Route 91. An investigation continues into a more widespread series of BB gun shootings in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties in recent months.
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RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) A man arrested on suspicion of shooting a BB gun on the 91 Freeway is being investigated in connection with the rash of similar shootings in LA, Orange, and Riverside counties.
Late Tuesday, CHP investigators, with the assistance of officers from the Riverside Police Department arrested Jesse Leal Rodriguez, 34, of Anaheim, for his suspected involvement in the recent shootings on SR-91.
Rodriguez was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on $750,000 bail.