Vehicle hit in shooting on Highway 24 in Orinda; driver escapes injury
A shooting on Highway 24 east of the Caldecott Tunnel in Orinda late Wednesday morning blew out the back window of a vehicle and led to westbound lanes being temporarily shut down, authorities said.
The California Highway Patrol said the driver was unscathed in the shooting near the Wilder Road overcrossing at about 10:30 a.m.
SR-24 WB at Orinda Temporarily Shut Down: CHP Contra Costa temporarily has all lanes closed to investigate a possible freeway shooting. ETO is approximately 30minutes. Use alternate Routes if necessary. pic.twitter.com/EPzn0OzmVB
— CHP Contra Costa (@CHP_ContraCosta) March 5, 2025
The CHP closed all westbound lanes of state Highway 24 between Camino Pablo and the Caldecott Tunnel for about 50 minutes following the shooting. All westbound lanes were reopened to traffic shortly after 11:45 a.m.
Based on the preliminary investigation, the victim appeared to have been an uninvolved passing motorist at the time of the shooting and was not an intended target, the CHP said.
No other injuries were reported and no suspect vehicle information was available.
Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to contact the CHP Contra Costa Area at (925) 646-4980 or at 320investigations@chp.ca.gov.
The incident marked the third freeway shooting in the East Bay in just over a week. The first shooting happened on Highway 24 in Oakland on Feb. 25 and left one person hospitalized last week. The second shooting happened on Tuesday, also in Oakland on southbound I-880. There were no injuries in that incident.