Man killed in freeway shooting was college athlete
A collegiate football player from Los Angeles was killed over the weekend in a car-to-car shooting on the 60 freeway.
The president of Chaffey College says Sheldon Martin was fatally shot Saturday night in the westbound lanes near Main Street.
Martin was a wide receiver for the Rancho Cucamonga-based college. He was one of five men in the car when shots were fired on them from another vehicle, two men were injured.
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The car’s driver told investigators that his friends got into some sort of verbal dispute with another group at a drive-in restaurant, and were followed onto the freeway by people in a dark-colored car.
Authorities are searching for suspects.
The conditions of the other two victims were not available.