PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Department of Public Safety says one of its troopers shot at a driver who allegedly tried to run over the trooper during a traffic stop in Phoenix.
After initially pulling over early Friday, the driver began driving off before making a U-turn and allegedly trying to run down the trooper, the department told local media outlets.
That’s when the trooper, who was not injured, shot at the departing vehicle, authorities said. It wasn’t known if the trooper’s gunfire hit the vehicle.
No information was released on the suspect.
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