A woman behind the wheel of the car shot up on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley Monday shared her story with NBC 7.
“It was so close to my ear like it was really scary it was life-changing,” she said.
The shooting closed eastbound I-8 from State Route 163 to Texas Street for three hours while the California Highway Patrol officers investigated the shooting.
The 22-year-old driver agreed to talk with NBC 7 but asked to not be identified.
Around 2 a.m. Monday, she and her friend were on their way home driving eastbound on I-8.
Just before Texas Street, a compact sedan with square headlights sped up to the right side of her red Chevy Colbolt.
“As the car was passing the back window that's when I heard ‘Pow, pow, pow,’” she said.
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One bullet hit her friend and passenger in the fleshy part of his right tricep when he raised his arm to protect himself.
At least one more hit a tire and flattened it.
The woman and her friend though, were very happy to have escaped with their lives.
“I'm just glad both if us our safe and healthy,” the driver said.
CHP investigators used flashlights to painstakingly search for evidence.
They said they have no suspect information or motive for the shooting.
“Honestly I just think I was at the wrong time in the wrong place,” the shooting victim told NBC 7. She and her friend were at the Ocean Beach Pier before the shooting. They had light conversation with some of the fishermen there and left. There were no angry confrontations. She said neither she nor her friend had dangerous enemies.
After the shots were fired, the gunman exited Texas Street so quickly the driver said she was unable to identify him.
“My first reaction was keep calm, call the police, and help my friend out keep pressure on his wound,” the woman said.
She spent the day caring for her friend and trying to collect your composure.
For now her car is impounded but she's in no hurry to get back behind the wheel.
“I don't want to touch my car. If I ever get it back, I don't want to drive at night,” she said.
