Man shot on Loop 303 freeway in West Valley, suspect being sought

A man was shot and injured Thursday afternoon while in a vehicle on State Route 303 north of Interstate 10, and a suspect was being sought, officials said.

DPS troopers responded to the area just before 4 p.m., for a report of a driver of a Chevrolet Camaro who was shot by another person in a pickup truck, said Trooper Jonathan Montes, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The man was shot in the leg and taken to a nearby hospital with injuries not considered life threatening, Montes said.

He was released later that evening and was expected to make a full recovery, according to Goodyear police, which has assumed the investigation.

The suspect's truck is "a work type white Ford F150 pick-up truck with a roof rack," wrote Lisa Berry, a spokesperson for the Goodyear Police Department, in a statement late Thursday.

Officials were still investigating a motive for the incident, Berry said.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Goodyear Police Criminal Investigations Division at 623-882-7484, and leave a message with your contact information.

A portion of the freeway was closed during the investigation, but reopened just after 8 p.m.

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