Man Charged with BB Gun Highway Shootings Faces Attempted Murder Charges
RIVERSIDE An Anaheim man accused of using a BB gun to blow out the windows on a Tesla in Norco and possibly targeting other vehicles in a weeks-long series of similar attacks on Southern California freeways is set to be arraigned today on three counts of attempted murder.
“Shooting at moving vehicles with a BB or pellet gun while traveling at high speed on our roads and freeways is incredibly dangerous,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said. “Shooting out windows of cars could easily startle drivers in traffic and cause a major accident. We are all relieved that no one was seriously injured by these crimes.”
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) - An Anaheim man accused of using a BB gun to blow out the windows on a Tesla in Norco and possibly targeting other vehicles in a weeks-long series of similar attacks on Southern California freeways – is set to be arraigned today on three counts of attempted murder.
“Shooting at moving vehicles with a BB or pellet gun while traveling at high speed on our roads and freeways is incredibly dangerous, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said.
“Shooting out windows of cars could easily startle drivers in traffic and cause a major accident. We are all relieved that no one was seriously injured by these crimes.
Jesse Leal Rodriguez, 34, was arrested after his vehicle was identified in connection with the attack in Norco and similar incidents on the 91 Freeway.
A 34-year-old man possibly involved in a rash of attacks involving projectiles shot through vehicles' windows on freeways in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties was being held Wednesday in lieu of $750,000 bail.
By City News Service
May 27, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A 34-year-old man possibly involved in a rash of attacks involving projectiles shot through vehicles windows on freeways in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties was jailed this morning in lieu of $750,000 bail, authorities said.
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim was booked late Tuesday night into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and reckless discharge of a weapon. He is scheduled to be in court Friday.
The California Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate whether Rodriguez was one of the perpetrators, or the sole party involved, in more than 100 attacks spanning a month on the Riverside (91) Freeway and other freeways in the three counties.