Late Saturday night, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials and others involved in the Phoenix freeway shootings investigation revealed that suspect Leslie Allen Merritt Jr. was discovered and apprehended by using bullet fragments from the first four freeway shootings.
On September 19, Phoenix freeway shooting suspect Leslie Allen Merritt, Jr., made his first court appearance and told the judge that police arrested the wrong guy.
On September 18 an Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) SWAT team arrested 21-year-old Leslie Allen Merritt Jr. over alleged connections to the Phoenix freeway shootings that have haunted commutes since August 29.
An Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) SWAT team arrested a suspect believed to be behind the Phoenix freeway shootings that have plagued commuters since August 29.
On September 14, Arizona Department of Public Safety director Frank Milstead announced that the reward for information leading to the capture and arrest of the person or persons behind the Phoenix freeway shootings has been raised to $50,000.
On Sunday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona Department of Public Safety Director Frank Milstead announced the arrest of two “copycat” suspects allegedly tied to shattered windows at SR 24 and Ellsworth on Saturday night.
Along the area of I-10 where the freeway shootings in Phoenix have occurred a group of armed civilian volunteers are positioning to themselves to watch overpasses, alleys, roof tops, and other possible places where a person or persons could position themselves to shoot at cars.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the “person of interest” they took in for questioning on Friday regarding the Phoenix freeway shootings is not a “prime suspect.”
On September 11, Breitbart News reported that Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials had taken a “person of interest” into custody as a result of the investigation into freeway shootings near downtown Phoenix. On Saturday, officials identified the person as 19-year-old Oscar de la Torre Munoz, of Avondale, AZ, but were quick to point out that they believe multiple shooters–and multiple motives–could be involved.
