Bullets hit car driving on Phoenix-area freeway

PHOENIX — Bullets flew into a car on an East Valley freeway early Tuesday morning but no one was injured, Arizona highway authorities said.

Department of Public Safety detectives said five bullets hits a white car heading north on Loop 101 near the Broadway Road exit in Tempe and the shot were fired from a maroon vehicle.

The shooter hit the passenger-side door.

No other details were immediately available.

Last summer, the Valley was rocked by a series of freeway shootings mostly along Interstate 10. There were 11 shootings from late August to mid-September. A suspect was arrested for four but charges against Leslie Merritt were dropped in the spring.

The landscaper had been indicted on charges for four of the shootings that included drive-by shootings and aggravated assault.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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