SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Escondido police officers opened fire on a vehicle Friday, wounding at least one person, following a chase that ended in a collision on Interstate 15 in the Miramar area.
The shooting took place at about 5 p.m. Friday on the southbound side of the freeway, near state Route 15 in northern San Diego, according to police.
Paramedics took a wounded woman to a hospital in unknown condition, Escondido Police Department Sgt. Andrew Maxwell said. No other injuries were immediately reported.
It was not immediately clear what led to the pursuit, which began in Escondido at about 4 p.m., Maxwell said.
The incident forced a complete closure of the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 in the area, Caltrans reported.
