Boy, 16, arrested for car-to-car shooting on Southern California highway

A 16-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been arrested in connection with a car-to-car shooting on a Southern California highway that sent a woman to the hospital last month, authorities announced Wednesday.

The shooting occurred just before 4:30 p.m. April 2 on the 210 Freeway, east of Haven Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga, a California Highway Patrol news release said.

A young woman, 18, from Alta Loma was hit by the shots.

Medical personnel responded to the scene and transported her to Pomona Valley Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, the release said.

Investigators from CHP’s Inland Division Investigative Services Unit took over the case and with little information were eventually able to identify the two suspects, both of whom are from Rancho Cucamonga.

According to authorities, the 16-year-old was the shooter and the 21-year-old was the driver. Both men remain in custody and face charges of attempted murder and assault with a firearm.

The identities of the two suspects have not been released and CHP did not provide a motive for the shooting.