PHOENIX – Police swarmed a convenience store near Interstate 10, detained a man and seized his white Chevrolet Tahoe on Friday, raising hopes of a resolution to the freeway shootings rattling Phoenix.
A man and woman were taken into custody for questioning, but Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves said only the man is of interest to investigators.
The man has not been arrested, but his questioning could continue for hours, and the SUV was being examined for any evidence that might connect it to 11 confirmed shootings on the city’s freeways in the last two weeks, Graves said.
Witnesses said law enforcement officers seemed to be waiting for the man to appear and moved in quickly, surrounding his SUV with unmarked vehicles.
“What you saw occur today is a result of a lot of troopers on the road, a lot of detectives on the road, a lot of undercover and marked vehicles, just a lot of work by our detectives trying to solve this case,” Graves said.