FREEWAY SHOOTING SUSPECT ARRESTED, CHARGE WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

October 5, 2011 (San Diego) – Enrique Ayon, 24, has been arrested in connection with three freeway shootings that occurred yesterday in San Diego. The Lancaster, California resident has been booked into San Diego County jail and is charged with attempted murder, assault, discharge of a firearm causing injury, and shooting at an inhabited vehicle. He will be arraigned in Superior Court on Thursday.
 

Authorities are searching for a possible second suspect, since witness reports conflicted on whether there were one or two men in the vehicle.
 

A motorist spotted Ayon’s Chevrolet Malibu vehicle in the Lake View Terrace area of Los Angeles and notified authorities, who shut down the freeway before arresting him at gunpoint, the Los Angeles Times reported. He is being held without bail.
 

The rampage began after the vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run collision in San Ysidro. The first shots were fired around 10:30 a.m., striking a vehicle in on I-805 National City near Plaza Blvd. Soon after, a motorist at the Mesa College exit on I-805 was struck by a bullet and wounded in his thigh, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
 

Shots were also fired at I-805 near 163, where a CHP officer was assisting a motorist. In addition, an ambulance was struck on northbound I-5 near Del Mar Heights Road. No one was injured in the attacks, except at the Mesa College location.

The shootings are believed to be random and the motive is unknown.
 

ECM news partner 10 news reports that all shots were from the same gun and of the same caliber, according to CHP Officer Art Athans.
 

Ayon has previously been arrested for public intoxication, unlawfully carrying and possessing a weapon, and possession of marijuana while driving.