Man Shot in Head While Driving Through Cahuenga Pass

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A man was shot in the head while driving through Cahuenga Pass this morning, Studio City Patch reports.

The shooting victim, described as a man in his 30's, was driving north on Cahuenga Boulevard around 3:30 a.m., when he was shot through his headrest.

The wounded driver was able to make it to a Mobil Station on Barham Boulevard and ask for help. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Although he is listed in serious condition, he has a fuzzy recollection of the events that he is telling police, LAPD Sgt. Mike Kammert told Patch:

The victim told police one of several people in a black sport utility vehicle, another Escalade or a Chevrolet Suburban, opened fire on him, Kammert said, adding that the man appeared to be in shock and gave some other conflicting information.

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By Emma G. Gallegos in News on September 3, 2011 10:15 AM

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msmerymac

I'm kind of scared. I got on the 101 at Highland, through the Cahuenga pass, at 5:30 this morning. Something didn't feel right - I wasn't liking being out in the dark when I left the house.

bo_burger

Can we go back to just giving the finger? It's getting a little too shooty on the roads this summer.

hoovton

328Ia is absolutely correct. Statistically the subway is much safer. People
are less likely to commit violent crimes on the subway because there is too
much surveillance that could capture the crime which would lead to a greater
likelihood of getting caught. However, in a car you own (or stole) with tinted
windows (no license plate) its far less likely someone will get caught. You
very rarely hear of a random shooting on the subway and it will most likely
stay that way. You're more likely to get pick pocketed on the subway which usually doesn’t
lead to death.

328la

This is why they should run the Red Line subway 24/7 into the valley. It's safer.

Joe Dunavan

um, that guy that was hit by the skateboard and stabbed on the redline died. I don't think that is safer.

Will Campbell

Um. Really, Joe? You take a single fatality on the Red Line since it began running in 1993 versus however many shootings, DUIs, suicides, traffic collision-caused fatalities/injuries that have happened on the 101 Freeway in that same time span and somehow deem the subway more dangerous? WOW.