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Video shows chaos on I-190 amid series of Worcester shootings that left 2 dead

The chaotic situation shut down busy I-190 for a time on Wednesday

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Shocking video shows a man in a shootout in police on a highway in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Police say 41-year-old Felix Rivera of Worcester shot and killed another man, 40-year-old Yubar Perez of Worcester, at a home on Heroult Road Wednesday afternoon.

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A short time later, Rivera was found running with a gun in traffic on Interstate 190. Police and witnesses say he was armed and trying to break into people's cars.

Officers exchanged gunfire with Rivera, who can be seen shooting a gun in cellphone video. He then killed himself in the middle of the highway, authorities say.

“We were kind of shaken up because I’ve like never heard gunshots like live before. We saw the police with the guns like running past my car," witness Alessandra Impomeni said. “Then we saw a guy who jumped over the barrier who was like putting his hands on cars, kind of like giving him a push. And then he got like five feet from my car, so I quickly locked it and then we heard gunshots.”

Those witnesses and the neighbors of the other man who died in the shooting on Heroult Road say it was a shocking turn of events.

“It’s a rental and I think they just moved in recently, so as far as that, no, like I said, it’s a quiet neighborhood, so I don’t know when they moved in, but they were quiet, so that’s all I know," neighbor Sean Gilfoyle said.

Police say they believe the man who killed himself on the highway is the person responsible for shooting and killing the other man on Heroult Road. Neither man has been identified at this time.

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