Maricopa police said no officers were injured in Friday’s incident.
MARICOPA, Ariz. – Three people are in custody after driving from a vehicle allegedly involved in the hit and run incident, according to Maricopa police.
At about 9am on Friday, police tried to stop a traffic stop on a vehicle bound by an incident in the Cedars area of the desert. Three residents of the suspect’s vehicle ran, two of whom were immediately taken into custody.
Police pursued the third suspect, who was later found in a backyard armed with a rifle. While officers were trying to detain the suspect, police said “a shooting occurred involving an officer.” Neither the suspect nor the officer was hit.
Police said the suspect eventually surrendered and was taken into custody. Two firearms were recovered from the scene.
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office will conduct an investigation into the police shooting.
Maricopa Police said no further details about the incident that are currently disclosed are available.
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What is a valley? :
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is considered to be the largest metropolitan area in the southwest.
The valley consists of a variety of major cities other than Phoenix.
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Backeye
Whether a city is in “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it has a connection to Phoenix.
According to the 2020 US Census, the valley city has a population of 4,845,832 people. This will make it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country just behind the Boston and Atlanta regions.
How big is Maricopa County?
According to the 2020 census, Maricopa County is the fourth largest county in the United States in terms of population of 4,485,414.
The county includes approximately 63% of Arizona’s population, weighing 9,224 square miles. This will increase the county’s seven states in the United States: Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
One of the nation’s largest park systems is also found in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks, including hundreds of miles of trails, a nature center and campsites.
The county seats are in Phoenix. Phoenix is the state’s capital and the fifth most populous city in the United States, designated by the census.
The county is named after Maricopa, or Pipashu, a Native American tribe.
