A California woman is left with a broken heart after witnessing the murder of her boyfriend, who was a 28-year-old Navy veteran. Bria Echols said she was returning home with her boyfriend Carl Flenoy after a night out in Marina Del Rey when somebody started shooting at them on the highway.
“On Saturday January 28th my boyfriend and I were on our way home when we were approached by two gunmen on the 405/LaTijera exit,” Echols wrote on a GoFundMe page. “That night our life changed forever and it’s a night I will never forget.”
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Speaking to KABC, Echols said she looked through her car window as the pair were driving back home around 2 a.m. and saw a man holding a gun.
“It happened all so fast,” Echols told KABC. “Carl hit the gas. I hear a shot and then we hit head-on another vehicle. Immediately open the door and we start yelling for help. I look over and Carl is slumped. There’s blood everywhere. All over my phone and he’s not responding.”
According to Echols, the two men who carried out the attack were in a vehicle directly behind the couple on the off-ramp. After the two men got out of the car, one of them approached the passenger side and tried to open the couple’s car door, but it was locked.
The other man, according to Echols, approached the driver side and fired a shot, hitting Flenoy as he tried to speed off.
Witnesses said the suspects then jumped into a four-door burgundy sedan and fled the scene. Police said no one is in custody at this point.
Authorities also said they didn’t get a license plate because some of the cameras in the area weren’t working.
“There was no reason for us to suspect that someone wanted to do this or follow us. I believe it was a random act of violence or mistaken identity ’cause I just can’t see any cause to why anyone would want to do this to Carl,” Echols said said.
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