TONOPAH, Ariz. — The Latest on a shooting in which a state trooper was wounded (all times local):
8 a.m.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a Highway Patrol trooper was shot and wounded after responding to the scene of a roll-over wreck on Interstate 10 about 55 miles west of downtown Phoenix Thursday morning.
DPS says there was an altercation at the scene between the trooper and a suspect which resulted in the trooper being shot through the shoulder and the suspect also being shot.
A spokesperson for DPS says the trooper should be OK but that the suspect's condition isn't known. Media outlets reported that helicopters airlifted the trooper and another person from the roll-over and shooting scene.
The incident closed westbound I-10 about 55 miles west of downtown Phoenix and the state Department of Transportation suggested that westbound travelers use State Route 85 and Interstate 8 as alternative routes.
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7:40 a.m.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirms that a state trooper was shot and wounded in a Thursday morning incident that closed westbound Interstate 10 about 55 miles west of downtown Phoenix.
DPS Director Frank Milstead says in a Twitter post the trooper was shot but that he apparently "will be OK after some recovery."
No additional information has been released but media outlets reporter the trooper and another person were airlifted to a hospital in Goodyear and that the trooper was shot after he responded to a wreck near Tonopah.
The Arizona Department of Transportation said westbound I-10 would be closed for an extended period.
ADOT suggested that traffic headed for California and western Arizona use State Route 85 and Interstate 8 as alternate routes.
6:15 a.m.
Westbound Interstate 10 is closed about 55 miles west of downtown Phoenix because of what authorities call "police activity," and medical helicopters have flown at least two patients to a hospital in a Phoenix suburb.
Media outlets report that the incident Thursday morning involved shooting, but state Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says no information is immediately available.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says an extended closure of westbound I-10 near Tonopah is expected and it suggests using State Route 85 and Interstate 8 as alternate routes for traffic headed toward western Arizona and California.
ADOT says eastbound lanes of I-10 remain open.
