OAKLAND — A 57-year-old man suspected of shooting at two vehicles on Highway 24 driven by people he did not know has been charged with five felony counts, according to authorities and court records.

Both vehicles were hit by the gunfire but no one was injured in the Oct. 10 shootings.

The suspect, Carlos Ray Thomas of Oakland, was charged Monday with two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, two counts of shooting at an occupied vehicle and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. According to court records, his prior felony conviction was in 2004 in Alameda County for vandalism over $400 damage. He is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail and is scheduled to enter a plea on Friday.

The shootings happened about 3:45 p.m. Oct. 10 in the eastbound lanes of Highway

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