PHOENIX (AP) – The latest developments on a series of freeway shootings in the Phoenix area. All times local:
10:50 a.m.
Authorities are questioning two people in a string of freeway shootings that have rattled Phoenix over the past two weeks.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves confirms the people are being questioning but doesn’t have additional details.
Police on Friday were at a convenience store near Interstate 10, focusing on a white SUV.
Eleven cars have been shot since Aug. 29, eight with bullets and three with projectiles that could include BBs or pellets.
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7:26 a.m.
Arizona state police say they can’t confirm that shots were fired from one vehicle at another on a Phoenix freeway Friday morning.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says there’s no physical evidence corroborating a motorist’s report of hearing at least one gunshot.
Television station KNXV earlier reported that DPS vehicles were seen with a red car stopped alongside Interstate 17 in central Phoenix and that the car was then escorted to a secure area at the agency’s nearby headquarters.
Authorities have confirmed that 11 vehicles have been shot at in the Phoenix area, with most of them occurring on freeways.
The 11th incident occurred Thursday morning when authorities found a bullet hole in a commercial truck.
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6:39 a.m.
Arizona state police are investigating a report of possible shots being fired on a Phoenix freeway.
The state Department of Public Safety says shots were reportedly fired from one vehicle at another Friday morning but that nothing has been confirmed at this point.
No additional information was released and circumstances of the possible shooting aren’t known.
Television station KNXV earlier reported that DPS vehicles were seen with a red car stopped alongside Interstate 17 in central Phoenix and that the car was then escorted to a secure area at the agency’s nearby headquarters.
Authorities have confirmed that 11 vehicles have been shot at in the Phoenix area, with most of them occurring on freeways.
The 11th incident occurred Thursday morning when authorities found a bullet hole in a commercial truck.