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I-15 freeway lanes reopened after fatal shooting between biker gangs
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A man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting between rival biker gangs that forced the closure of the southbound I-15 lanes late Saturday night.
The California Highway Patrol said the shootings resulted from a confrontation between the Hells Angels and the Mongols biker gangs, ABC7 reports. Authorities responded to shots fired calls at 6:33 p.m. near the I-15 southbound freeway and the El Cerrito off-ramp, according to a Riverside County Sheriff's news release.
"Officers arrived on scene and found two males suffering from gunshot wounds," the release states. "One male was pronounced deceased by doctors and the second was admitted to the hospital for his injuries. A third male victim was identified and treated and released for similar injuries."
The southbound I-15 lanes were reopened Sunday morning, according to ABC7.
The identity of the fatally wounded man was being withheld pending the notification of his family, authorities said.
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