California Shooting Rampage Leaves Four Dead

"All of this is happening so quickly," he said, estimating that Syed shot at drivers from the side of the freeway transition for about a minute.

The shooter then exited the freeway in nearby Santa Ana but ran the curb and got his car stuck, authorities said.

He approached Melvin Edwards, 69, who was on his way to his Santa Ana business, as Edwards sat in his BMW at a stop sign. Syed forced Edwards to get out of his car, marched him across the street and shot him three times, including in the back of the head and the back, as horrified drivers looked on, Jordan said.

Syed took Edwards' BMW and next popped up at a business where he shot and killed construction worker Jeremy Lewis, 26. Lewis' co-worker rushed to intervene and was shot in the arm, Jordan said.

Syed took the second construction worker's utility truck and fled to Orange, this time with California Highway Patrol officers in pursuit. He jumped from the moving utility truck at an intersection, and shot himself immediately, Jordan said.

A shotgun was recovered at the scene.

A message left at Syed's parents' home wasn't immediately returned on Tuesday.

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Associated Press writers Sue Manning and Shaya Tayefe Mohajer in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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