A Palo Alto man has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident where he allegedly shot out a car window on Highway 101, police said today (Dec. 8).
A man in his 30s was driving south on 101 at 6:40 p.m. on Friday when a car started following him, flashing its lights, police said.
After getting off the freeway, the man drove west on San Antonio Road and stopped at the Middlefield Road intersection.
A car driven by Misael Enrique Zamora, 20, pulled up next to the man and told him to lower his window, according to police.
When the man didn’t lower his window, he heard a pop and the sound of his window shattering. After that, Zamora’s car sped off, police said.
The man told police that the rear window of his vehicle was shattered due to the shooting.
Zamora was arrested at his home without incident and a BB gun was allegedly found in his vehicle.
Zamora was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of discharging a firearm in a negligent manner and vandalism.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Palo Alto police 24-hour dispatch center at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be sent via text message or voice mail to (650) 383-8984, or submitted using the “TipNow-Palo Alto” app, which is available via the App Store or Google Play.