Man arrested in Loop 101 road-rage shooting

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the "isolated road-rage shooting" Saturday morning along Loop 101 near Bell Road in Peoria.

Detectives with the Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested 36-year-old Christopher Hoffman, who DPS officials say admitted his involvement. No one was hurt in the shooting, which left a Honda Civic with a broken window and bullet holes.

The incident is unrelated to the string of 11 freeway shootings that began late in August.

According to the DPS, witnesses helped detectives locate Hoffman and "vital evidence."

Raul Garcia, a DPS spokesman, said Saturday afternoon that the Honda Civic was going north on the freeway just south of Bell Road at around 11 a.m. when a tan pickup truck pulled up on the car's left side. Someone inside the truck then "fired multiple shots out of the passenger window," striking the Honda, Garcia said.

According to the DPS, Hoffman admitted his involvement in the shooting and evidence links him to the scene.

Hoffman faces multiple charges including drive-by shooting, aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm in city limits and possession of a dangerous drug.

Reporters Miguel Otárola and Jarod MacDonald-Evoy contributed to this report.