Naked woman shoots at drivers on the highway

A couple of witnesses were driving from work when they noticed an unusual traffic arrangement. A car was parked sideways, disrupting the smooth flow of traffic. They heard a “pop”, then saw a naked woman firing into oncoming traffic. People reported her for reckless driving, which was something she apparently also did. Law enforcement eventually arrived on the scene and took control of the situation.

From WSFA 12 News:

Michael Crawford and his co-worker Alex were on their way back to the East Bay after work when they came across a car parked sideways blocking multiple lanes of traffic.

“I heard the pop, like I saw her walking around and I heard, and I was like ‘Oh, that’s a gun, that’s actually a gun,'” Crawford said.

That’s when they noticed a woman, not wearing any clothes, firing a weapon into oncoming traffic.

“How do I get out of here?” Crawford said. “We can’t just stay here, we’re sitting ducks, we have nothing but a windshield protecting us.”

California Highway Patrol said that at about 4:40 p.m. they received a report of a reckless driver heading eastbound on the bridge.

At one point, she reportedly stopped on the bridge, got out of her car and started yelling at other drivers with a knife in her hand. She then reportedly got back in the car, passed the toll plaza and got out a second time.

“She was yelling at other vehicles, she began firing shots into the air,” said Officer Andrew Barkley with the California Highway Patrol Golden Gate Division. “And then as other vehicles, who appeared to be kind of confused as to what was happening, maybe thinking there was a crash and they were trying to drive around it. As they were trying to drive around, she started firing rounds towards those other vehicles.”

Police said their officers were able to safely de-escalate the situation, convince the woman to drop the weapon and give up.

She was taken to the hospital for a physical and psychiatric evaluation and remains on a 72-hour hold at the hospital.

WSFA 12 News provides the balance of the story here.

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