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Arizona DPS arrest the I-10 Freeway shooter. Details are slim at this point. Good Job DPS!!!!!
[h=1]DPS officers take suspect in AZ Freeway Shootings into custody[/h]
[url]www.fox10phoenix.com/arizona-news/21696347-story[/URL]
The Director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety says they have made an arrest in the Arizona Freeway Shootings Case.
Authorities arrested 21-year-old Leslie "Les" Merritt Junior, Friday evening at a WalMart located near 57th Avenue and Northern Avenue.
Investigators forensically linked Merritt Junior to the weapon used in the first four shootings on August 29 and August 31.
Governor Doug Ducey also tweeted the update to the case just after the arrest.
FOX 10 spoke with a source in the DPS command staff who says Merritt Jr. had anti-police and anti-government views, was vocal about his views on social media.
Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio tweeted that DPS located a 9mm handgun that was recently pawned a gun that matched the same as the freeway shootings. The owner and person who pawned it was the same person who is in custody.
Police were seen impounding a dark grey colored Saturn from the WalMart parking lot. A woman was also taken into custody.
[h=1]DPS officers take suspect in AZ Freeway Shootings into custody[/h]
[url]www.fox10phoenix.com/arizona-news/21696347-story[/URL]The Director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety says they have made an arrest in the Arizona Freeway Shootings Case.
Authorities arrested 21-year-old Leslie "Les" Merritt Junior, Friday evening at a WalMart located near 57th Avenue and Northern Avenue.
Investigators forensically linked Merritt Junior to the weapon used in the first four shootings on August 29 and August 31.
Governor Doug Ducey also tweeted the update to the case just after the arrest.
FOX 10 spoke with a source in the DPS command staff who says Merritt Jr. had anti-police and anti-government views, was vocal about his views on social media.
Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio tweeted that DPS located a 9mm handgun that was recently pawned a gun that matched the same as the freeway shootings. The owner and person who pawned it was the same person who is in custody.
From PD: Freeway shooter case: 4 confirmed incidents from same 9mm handgun. DPS located 9mm handgun recently pawned at...
Posted by Sal DiCiccio on Friday, September 18, 2015
Posted by Sal DiCiccio on Friday, September 18, 2015
Police were seen impounding a dark grey colored Saturn from the WalMart parking lot. A woman was also taken into custody.
