Crime & Safety
Tujunga Man Charged with Carjacking, Attempted Murder After Crash on 2 Freeway in LCF
Manuel Jesus Rodriguez is facing two felony counts of attempted murder, a charge for carjacking and a count of assaulting a man with a firearm.
A Tujunga man and reputed gang member has been charged with trying to kill two Glendale men during a carjacking and later after crashing a car on the Glendale (2) Freeway in La Cañada Flintridge.
Manuel Jesus Rodriguez, 28, of Tujunga is facing two felony counts of attempted murder, a charge for carjacking and a count of assaulting a man with a firearm, according to the Glendale News-Press.
Rodriguez allegedly carjacked a car Tuesday and fired shots at the victim near Broadway and Sinclair Avenue in Glendale around 10 p.m.
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Rodriguez then allegedly crashed the car on the northbound Glendale (2) Freeway and opened fire on a Good Samaritan who stopped to help, according to the News-Press. Neither victim was wounded.
Rodriguez allegedly fled on foot and was caught by CHP officers around 11 p.m. about half a mile west at Verdugo Boulevard in Glendale. At some point, police said he had shot himself in the foot, according to the News-Press.
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-- City News Service contributed to this report
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