Freeway Shootings Rising Throughout San Francisco Bay Area, Arrests Dropping

The fatal shooting connected Tuesday day of an Alameda County Sheriff's recruit arsenic helium was driving westbound connected Interstate 580 is the latest incidental successful a agelong bid of deaths and injuries arsenic weapon unit increases connected Bay Area freeways.

California Highway Patrol information shows determination were 82 shootings connected Bay Area freeways successful 2019. Those shootings resulted successful six deaths and 50 injuries. In 2020, that fig of shootings jumped by much than 50% to 124, portion 5 radical were killed and 54 injured. And successful 2021, determination were 178 shootings successful each - sidesplitting 8 radical and injuring 62.

Data shows injuries from freeway shootings person grown twelvemonth to year, from 50 successful 2019 to 62 successful 2021. Deaths are besides up successful the aforesaid clip period.

Interstate 80 tops the database for the freeway with 86 shootings since 2019, followed by I-580 with 79 and I-880 with 57 shootings during that three-year period.

The astir unsafe stretches of road successful 2021 were connected I-580 successful Alameda County, wherever determination were 31 shootings. State Route 4 successful Contra Costa County had 23 shootings. I-880 successful Alameda County saw 21 shootings, and I-80 successful Solano County had 15. Next connected the database is the agelong of I-80 successful Contra Costa County with 14 shootings.

The information besides shows that adjacent arsenic the fig of shootings has increased, arrests declined. In 2019, with 82 shootings and six deaths, determination were 22 arrests made - which is 17% percent of each cases. But successful 2020 arsenic the fig of shootings roseate to 124, determination were lone 16 arrests, which means determination were arrests successful lone 11% of the shootings. And successful 2021 with 178 shootings and 8 deaths determination were lone 22 arrests, which means 10% of each the cases resulted successful arrest.