A man was arrested on suspicion of a freeway shooting that occurred last week near Tracy, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.
Around 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, a freeway shooting occurred on eastbound Interstate Highway 205, east of MacArthur Drive.
According to the victim, the suspect’s vehicle, a black Dodge Ram, fled the scene and continued eastbound on I-205 after the shooting. CHP said no injuries were sustained in the shooting.
According to CHP, numerous witnesses called 911 to report the shooting.
On Monday at noon, detectives assigned to the CHP Valley Division Special Investigations Unit located the suspect’s vehicle on North Wilson Way, near East Flora Street, in Stockton.
After a traffic enforcement stop, the suspect, Howard Bruce Schroyer Jr., of Castro Valley, was arrested without incident and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of assault with a firearm, brandishing a firearm at an occupied vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a loaded firearm.
The investigation is still ongoing, CHP said.
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