SigAlert: Major LA Freeway Shutdown Ahead Of Rush Hour

LOS ANGELES, CA — One person was hospitalized after he was shot while traveling on the 10 Freeway Wednesday afternoon. The entire eastbound freeway was later shut down, bringing traffic to a standstill in a 10-mile traffic jam just as rush hour was beginning.

California Highway Patrol officers responded to a report of shots fired on the freeway near Arlington Avenue, just west of downtown Los Angeles, at around 12:26 a.m., a CHP spokesman told Patch.

Officers determined a man was shot while he was traveling in a Lexus SUV eastbound on the freeway. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was listed as being in stable condition, according to the CHP.

Authorities have not described the nature of the shooting; it's unclear if the man was shot by someone inside or outside of his vehicle.

Video aired by KTLA showed a black SUV with a bullet hole in the front windshield parked along Hoover Street a few blocks south of the freeway.

The station reported that officers blocked off Hoover Street near the freeway and appeared to be interviewing people in the area.

At 3:30 p.m., authorities reported that all lanes of the eastbound freeway were shut down between Arlington Avenue and Hoover Street. Eastbound traffic was being diverted off the freeway at Arlington Avenue, according to a Sigalert.

Eastbound motorists were told to reenter the freeway at Western Avenue.

By 5 p.m. the freeway was reopened. At that time, traffic was backed up to Centinela Avenue and motorists were advised to expect delays of up to an hour.

The Sigalert indicated the closure was due to unspecified police activity.