Frustration and anger after the latest freeway shooting in the East Bay injured an eight year old boy. He's the latest innocent victim to be caught in a rolling gun battle on the highway. Our crime reporter Henry Lee live at CHP Oakland office with the latest. Henry Greg, it's been happening over and over. These freeway shootings can be in discriminate with the most vulnerable victims , children ending up getting shot. This is now the third innocent child to be hurt or killed on a bay area freeway within the last couple of years . Another innocent child now fighting for his life after being shot on an Alameda County freeway. An eight year old boy was riding in the car on eastbound 580 near Harrison in Oakland when he was caught in the crossfire of a rolling gun battle involving two other cars. At about 620 Friday evening, he's now in grave condition at UCSF. Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland. Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson represents the part of Oakland where the shooting occurred. My thoughts and prayers go with the family and for the child, you know, because they're going to be traumatized forever. Even after the child hopefully gets out of the hospital. Two other freeway shootings have led to the deaths of innocent children on the day before Easter. Five year old Eliana Christina was shot and killed on 880 in Fremont after alleged gang members fired at her SUV. Authorities say the men believed the driver was a rival gang member and Jasper Wu was shot and killed on 880 in Oakland during a gang shootout in 2021. Two alleged gang members are awaiting trial on murder charges for Alameda County prosecutor Norbert Chiu has been advising Jasper's family. He says he sees sad parallels in the shooting Friday that injure the eight year old boy. In a statement, Chiu told KTVU, law enforcement is necessarily reactive to a crimes commission. The critical issue is once suspects are arrested and charged, what is the punishment? Assuming guilt is proven, the only way to deter applies to the convicted defendant themselves. Cameras along 880 and 580 have yet to be installed after Governor Newsom approved them last year. Supervisor Carson says cameras should be only part of a more comprehensive attack on freeway violence, bringing together public health, bringing together the probation department, bringing together the highway patrol, bringing together local police, the victimization that is visited upon these well, most vulnerable people within our communities don't demands proactive policing policies, checkpoints to technology legislation to hold those accountable. Now, the CSB investigation into this latest shooting, it's in its earliest stages now. The governor's office tells me that the East Bay cameras will be installed by the fall and activated at some point after that. Greg. Henry, been getting a lot of calls from viewers and questions. Any update to that eight year old's condition? Pretty tight lipped, Greg, on the investigation. They're not releasing any details on the boy, have not released any descriptions of the suspect or any vehicles involved
