91 Freeway Road Rage Suspect Charged

CORONA, CA — A felon accused of shooting at another driver during a road rage confrontation on the Riverside (91) Freeway was charged Monday with firearm assault and other offenses.

Enrique Campos, 47, of Homeland was arrested Thursday following a California Highway Patrol investigation.

Along with the gun assault count, Campos was charged with shooting at an occupied vehicle and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.

He pleaded not guilty during an arraignment before Riverside County Superior Court Judge John Molloy, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Oct. 19 at the Riverside Hall of Justice and ordered that the defendant be held in lieu of $200,000 bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.

Campos was previously being held without bail.

"The California Highway Patrol takes aggressive driving and road rage seriously and will actively investigate these incidents," Riverside CHP Commander Capt. Levi Miller said Friday, after the agency announced that the defendant had been taken into custody.

According to the CHP, about 11 p.m. Thursday, Campos was driving his Kia Soul eastbound on the 91 in Corona when he became enraged with another motorist for unknown reasons.

Officer Javier Navarro alleged that the defendant pulled a handgun and "fired an unknown number of rounds" at the victim, whose identity was not disclosed. The man was not struck by the gunfire.
Navarro said Campos fled, exiting the freeway at McKinley Street.

The victim called 911, and CHP officers initiated a search for the assailant, ultimately confirming the type of sedan he was driving and the license plate — information that was distributed to regional law enforcement agencies, according to Navarro.

He said Chino police officers spotted the vehicle hours later and stopped it on Riverside Drive, where Campos was taken into custody without incident.

He has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County. However, court records showed that he does have convictions in another jurisdiction, but the offenses weren't specified.