A 24-year-old woman from San Bernardino County is in custody, accused of attempted murder during a road rage incident after investigators used automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to track her vehicle, officials with the California Highway Patrol announced.
According to a CHP news release, the March 16 roadway violence unfolded at around 8:15 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway, east of Riverside Avenue in the San Bernardino area.
A motorist in a gray Nissan Rogue, now identified as Loma Linda resident Angeline Marie Gable, was reportedly angered over a lane change when she pulled alongside the victim, the driver of a black 2024 Honda Civic.
Authorities said that Gable pulled out a handgun and fired several rounds at the Honda, striking it numerous times.
A witness to the road rage shooting immediately called 911 and reported the incident.
Responding CHP officers located the victim’s vehicle, contacted the male motorist and noted the bullet holes in his car.
“The Office of Criminal Investigations’ Emergency Notification and Tactical Alert Center, located in Sacramento, provided real-time investigatory assistance and discovered a FLOCK Safety camera had captured an image of the suspect vehicle,” the release stated.
An ALPR system, Flock Safety cameras are widely used by law enforcement agencies in California and across the country for their database of information that includes vehicles’ color, make, model and even identifiers like decals and stickers.
Using information from the Flock system, officers with the Fontana Police Department spotted the 24-year-old suspect’s vehicle just after 5 p.m. the same day and conducted an enforcement stop.
Gable and another adult female were detained until CHP officers responded and took both women into custody for questioning, while the Nissan Rogue was impounded for evidence. During the vehicle inventory, detectives located a loaded firearm that matched the description provided by the witness, officials said.
“Deliberate acts of violence such as these will not be tolerated,” CHP Captain Lance Berns said.
Gable was booked at the San Bernardino County Detention Center on multiple felony charges, including attempted murder and discharging a firearm at an occupied vehicle.
No additional information was provided about the 24-year-old’s unidentified female passenger and whether she was present during the road rage incident or if she was facing any charges in the matter.
