PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on a homicide and freeway closure (all times local):
10:35 a.m.
The Arizona Department of Safety says a crash and related police investigation that closed part of a freeway in a Phoenix suburb during the Friday morning commute involved a homicide.
The DPS said the incident occurred along the northbound Loop 101 near the Thunderbird Road off-ramp in Peoria.
No additional information was released.
There was a large police presence in the area in the immediate aftermath as paramedics treated at least one person on the freeway side of a concrete-lined drainage channel after a second person was taken away by ambulance.
A heavily damaged car was on the other side of the channel, part way through a fence and next to a tree.
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8:25 a.m.
A 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) stretch of a freeway was closed in a Phoenix suburb during the Friday morning commute as police responded to an incident that involved a reported altercation and a car crash that sent at least one person to a hospital.
The northbound Loop 101 freeway was closed in Peoria between Peoria Avenue and Thunderbird Road.
There was a large police presence in the area as paramedics treated at least one person on the freeway side of a drainage channel where a crashed car sat on the other side.
No additional information was immediately available.
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