Boy, 4, Killed in Southern California Road-Rage Shooting

LANCASTER, Calif.—A 4-year-old boy was killed in a road rage attack in Southern California, and two people were arrested in connection with the death, authorities said Dec. 16. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Friday in the area of Sierra Highway and East Avenue J, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. Investigators said a driver cut off the vehicle that contained the boy, his father, and his mother and then began following them through surface streets. When the second driver slowed down, the suspect pulled up along the passenger side of the victim’s car and began shooting, officials said. The boy was sitting in the back seat and was struck by gunfire in the upper body....