Erian Sandoval, 26, was shot at and then crashed his vehicle into the freeway median and died on the scene, police said. It's unclear if he was shot.
Update: DOTD reported just before 9:40 p.m. that I-10 East has been reopened but advised that traffic is still backed up to Elysian Fields Avenue.
A section of Katy Freeway in the Heights area was reduced to three lanes Monday as work on the Interstate-10 White Oak Bayou elevation project begins. Two out of the five lanes were closed on I-10 westbound from I-45 to Studemont for phase one of the project.
Shooting and crash investigations shut down the westbound lanes of I-10 at 75th Avenue in Phoenix on Jan. 15. It's unknown when the freeway will reopen. PHOENIX - The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 are closed in Phoenix due to shooting and crash investigations.
Westbound Interstate 10 was closed in west Phoenix on Wednesday morning after a shooting that remains under investigation, authorities said.
The Arizona Department of Transportation has announced a $2.1 million project to extend the westbound I-10 climbing lane.
As such, IH-10 eastbound from Farm Road 365 to Major Drive will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday until 7 p.m. Saturday. At that point, I-10 west from the Brooks Road/Major Drive exit to Farm Road 365 will be closed until 5 a.m. Monday.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office investigators detained a man who's accused of walking on Interstate 10 in Metairie with a rifle on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities. There have been no reports of gunfire or anyone injured by gunfire, said Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office.
The closures will make things tricky for North Side drivers over the next week. The work is part of the $1.4 billion Loop 1604 North Expansion Project.
An apparent road rage shooting has left one man dead and closed a portion of Interstate 10 in Maryvale on Wednesday morning. Phoenix police say that the shooting happened in the westbound lanes of I-10 near the Loop 202 interchange.
According to JPSO, deputies responded to a man walking on Interstate 10 between Transcontinental and Clearview Parkway.