Witnesses sought in brazen highway shooting in Randolph

July 4, 2008 01:32 PM Email| Comments (0)| Text size – +

By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff

Investigators are searching for witnesses to a brazen highway shooting in Randolph early this morning in which a gunman wounded three people when he stood up out of a sunroof and riddled another car with .45-caliber bullets.

At least eight rounds of gunfire from an automatic pistol pierced a white Toyota Camry as it sped north on Route 24, hitting three of the five occupants of the car, said Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating. The victims -- two women and one man who were in the late teen and early 20s -- suffered what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting occurred sometime between 12:15 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Route 24 after the occupants of the Camry left the Brockton Fair, Keating said. The people in the Camry told authorities that they were accosted by a white car near the exit for Route 139.

"One of the passengers in the white car popped up though the sunroof and fired at least eight rounds into the car of the victims," Keating said.

The driver of the Camry continued north, turned onto Route 128, and called police when they reached Dedham. The other car sped off. The three young people who were shot were taken to Boston area hospitals.

Authorities are asking witnesses to call State Police at 508-820-2121.

"Perhaps someone saw something -- maybe at the fairground or on Route 24," Keating said.