LOS ANGELES - A shooting near a downtown Los Angeles freeway forced police to shut down the road for several hours. According to the California Highway Patrol, a fight broke out between two people near the 101 Freeway at the N. Mission Road on-ramp around 1:30 p.m. Saturday. That fight escalated, and gunshots were fired.

A shooting on the 101 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles has forced a closure of northbound lanes for the next three hours, according to authorities. Officials with the California Highway Patrol told KTLA that officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 101 at Alameda Street at about 1:51 p.

One person was hospitalized after a fight on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles escalated into a shooting on Saturday afternoon.