Crime & Safety
I-17 Reopens After Friday Assault On Police Officer, Collision
A suspect shot at a Phoenix police officer, causing a crash that's closed I-17 at Greenway in north Phoenix, police said Friday morning.
PHOENIX, AZ — Southbound Interstate 17 has reopened after a suspect shot at a police officer, then collided with two other cars, Phoenix Police said Friday morning.
The crash occurred around 9 a.m. on the Greenway Road exit in the Deer Valley region of Phoenix, with the suspect's blue sedan hitting a box truck and an SUV, police said.
The officer that was shot at was uninjured in the incident and the suspect was detained and transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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There were no serious injuries to anyone else involved in the crash, with three adults in the box truck transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Suspect shoots at officer, flees from the scene and collides with a vehicle resulting in a 3 vehicle collision at I-17 and Greenway Road. The officer is not injured and the suspect has been detained. There are no serious injuries to any other community members. pic.twitter.com/jnaPzIoiJD
— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) April" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/PhoenixPol... 16, 2021
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