Police: 1 hurt in Peoria road-rage shooting

Whitney M. Woodworth | The Republic | azcentral.com

One person was shot and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following a suspected road-rage incident Wednesday evening in Peoria, according to police.

Westbound lanes of Happy Valley Road were closed between 67th and 75th avenues while police investigated. It wasn't clear when the road would reopen.

Officer Brandon Sheffert, a Peoria Police Department spokesman, said one driver, a 28-year-old man, fired one round into another vehicle over an apparent road-rage incident that took place in front of Terramar Elementary School.

The bullet struck the victim, a 45-year-old man, in the arms, and he was taken to a hospital.

Sheffert said the shooting suspect called 911 and stayed at the scene. The suspect had a 4-year-old child in his vehicle at the time of shooting, Sheffert added.

The child was not harmed, and the suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night, Sheffert said.

Police did not immediately release his name.