Arizona police nab suspect in highway shootings

Police in the southwestern US state of Arizona said that they caught a suspect in a spate of shootings targeting motorists on a busy freeway.

"We got him!" read a tweet from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey yesterday.

A SWAT team from the Department of Public Safety "is in custody of the individual suspected of I-10 shootings. Apprehended moments ago."

At least 11 shootings have taken place on or near Interstate 10 in Arizona since August 29, including a semi-trailer being struck in the side by a bullet, police told AFP.

The only injury has been a teenage girl who was cut by flying glass when the window of the car she was traveling in was shattered by a bullet.
 

Colonel Frank Milstead, head of the Arizona DPS, said the shootings amount to "domestic terrorism" and a reward of USD 20,000 was being offered for information leading to an arrest.

The first shootings saw two cars and an empty tour bus being struck by bullets in separate incidents.