Highway 401 shooting caught on dashcam [Video]

A man was on his way to work early Tuesday morning, travelling on the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 in Mississauga, when he encountered a person walking on the busy freeway.

“You clearly see just a guy run from the left-hand side all the way to the right-hand side. And you think nothing of it until you see a gun pointed at you, and it’s fight or flight mode,” a man CP24 agreed to only identify as Mike on Wednesday afternoon.

His dash cam, which did not have audio, captured a man in a grey hoodie in the live lanes of traffic, approaching vehicles and appearing to point a gun at them.

“My first decision was duck down, put it into third gear, and get the hell out of there,” Mike said. However, an accident a few metres ahead prevented him from quickly fleeing.

“That’s where the fear comes in. …