Overview

• Authorities say occupants of two cars exchanged gunfire around 4 p.m. on eastbound Highway 24 near the Highway 13 connection in Oakland.
• Bullets struck multiple other vehicles, including a pickup that pulled over, while several possibly hit vehicles continued driving.
• One involved car later slammed into another near the Ygnacio Valley Road exit in Walnut Creek and crashed into the center divide.
• The California Highway Patrol took that driver into custody as an investigation into the freeway shooting continued.
• The incident caused major backups, with eastbound Highway 24 jammed past the I-580 interchange and northbound Highway 13 heavy to Joaquin Miller Road.