Suspect in shootings on Phoenix-area highway had body armor
Source: Associated Press
Suspect in shootings on Phoenix-area highway had body armor
Updated 7:54 pm, Wednesday, May 25, 2016
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (AP) — A gunman armed with a rifle, body armor and extra ammunition opened fire on vehicles on a highway in the Phoenix outskirts, leaving at least two people injured before police captured him near a stolen car that crashed into a ditch, authorities said Wednesday.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials identified the suspect as James David Walker, 36, of San Tan Valley. They said Walker was being booked into the downtown Phoenix jail on suspicion of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, endangerment, armed robbery, theft of means of transportation and possession of dangerous drugs with additional charges pending.
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Officials with DPS and the Arizona Department of Corrections said Walker's criminal record includes a second-degree murder conviction in Maricopa County. DOC records indicate Walker served a 16-year prison sentence on the conviction stemming from a 1995 offense and he was released from prison in 2014.
Before his arrest, the suspect allegedly carjacked a vehicle at a gas station and shot at a state trooper's cruiser during a manhunt Tuesday night. The officer was not injured, but authorities said one person was grazed on the head with a bullet and another was hit in the leg during the highway shootings.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Phoenix-area-police-seek-suspect-after-2-hit-by-7944007.php
"Good guys" deserve to wear body armor, too.
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