An arrest has been made in the State Route-163 shootings that left a college student wounded earlier this month. The California Highway Patrol is announced details Thursday morning.
Police say Dragasits is a transient who lives in an RV that is usually parked off of the 163 near Kearny Villa Road. He claims he is a former member of the U.S. Navy as well as a former San Diego county employee.
Officials say Dragasits fired a dozen shots along the freeway, just north of Mission Valley, during the April 5 morning rush-hour. One shot wounded a student after penetrating her car door.
He was also arrested and convicted last month for an incident involving rocks that were thrown at cars in the same area.
The 21-year-old University of San Diego student called her mother and told her she was having trouble breathing, according to authorities. The victim's mother called 911. The woman was taken to a hospital for emergency surgery for a wound to her rib cage.
The victim told authorities she was driving in the far left-hand southbound lane of the freeway, near Balboa Avenue, when she felt a pain in her right side, according to San Diego police.
A second driver also reported that his vehicle was damaged by gunfire along the same stretch of the highway, and at the same time.
Investigators determined that a hole in a rear window frame on the man's car also was caused by a small-caliber bullet, according to the CHP.
Dragasits is set to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow for attempted murder and other charges.
