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[h=4]DPS: Multiple Phoenix freeway shooters likely[/h]Arizona authorities question a "person of interest" in the attacks that began Aug. 29.
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Police say the"person of interest" taken into custody is not linked to a string of Phoenix-area highway shootings.
A sign baring the number of the shooter tip line shines above vehicles on Interstate 10 at Seventh Street in Phoenix on Sept. 10, 2015.(Photo: Patrick Breen/The Republic)
Arizona authorities are questioning a "person of interest" in the recent string of Phoenix-area freeway shootings, but say they believe more than one gunman is likely involved in the bizarre attacks.
“It does not appear to be the same guy,’’ Arizona Department of Public Safety Director Frank<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Milstead tells<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Arizona Republic. “I think we have three MOs. We have one that looks like road rage, we have the bullet ones, we have the projectile ones.’’
The only reported injury from the 11 shootings that began Aug. 29 was a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>13-year-old girl whose right ear was cut by broken glass when the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>SUV in which she was riding<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was hit.
Authorities identified a person of interest who was detained on Friday as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Oscar de<span style="color: Red;">*</span>la Torre Munoz, 19. His<span style="color: Red;">*</span>white SUV was also impounded and was being searched.
De la Torre, who was picked up at a convenience store, was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>being held<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on a related charge of suspicion of marijuana possession. A woman detained with him on Friday was released.
DPS spokesman Bart Graves would not discuss details in the case, but<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said only one person of interest was being held in the investigation.
"We're just talking to him about a number of things, quite possibly this investigation," Graves said. Court records show de la Torre had multiple traffic infractions, the latest of which included an arrest in May on suspicion of driving at criminal speeds and fleeing from law enforcement.
DPS has confirmed 11 shootings dating to Aug. 29, mostly along Interstate 10, a major route through Phoenix.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Eight vehicles were struck by bullets and three were struck by unspecified projectiles,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>possibly BBs or pellets. The DPS spokesman says at least one of the incidents involved road rage, the Associated Press reports.
Three of the vehicles<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were passenger cars, three were pickups and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>two were box trucks. The other targets were an SUV, <span style="color: Red;">*</span>a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>tour bus and a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>semitruck. The bullets and projectiles have hit various parts of the vehicles, including windshields, passenger windows and a ladder.
Contributing: Megan Cassidy and Jim Walsh, The Republic, azcentral.com
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