San Diego (CNS) – Officials from the Centers for Health Protection and sheriff’s deputies were searching for four men on Saturday who fled their vehicles on Interstate 54 after shooting at another vehicle, the authorities said.

According to the accident record of the Health Protection Center, the shooting occurred at 2:22 pm on Saturday at SR54 westbound on Reo Drive.

A man driving a black Chevrolet Colorado told California Highway Patrol officers that someone driving a white Lincoln Continental shot at his vehicle and then crashed under the Reo Drive overpass near Lincoln Acre.

An eyewitness said that four passengers from the Lincoln Continental Hotel fled the scene.

The officer found a gun in the crashed vehicle and stated that a shot appeared to have been fired.

The Centers for Health Protection said the Colorado driver later found a bullet hole in the back of his vehicle.

The deputies of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and officials from the Center for Health Protection are searching for four suspects in nearby residences.

According to Cal Trans San Diego, all lanes of the westbound SR54 were closed due to the investigation of the shooting.

No further information is immediately available.

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