Maricopa County Sheriff’ Joe Arpaio says that just before 7pm last night his office received a 911 call where a caller reported his vehicle had been struck by an unknown projectile while in the Town of Queen Creek Az.
This incident follows 11 reported cases of highway incidents which are being investigated by the Department of Public Safety.
Arpaio says, the vehicle driver and passenger, both Mesa residents, reported that they had been stopped at the intersection of Queen Creek and Ellsworth when the light turned green, the projectile shattered their rear driver’s side window.
The vehicles occupants were not injured and were able to identify a passenger vehicle positioned in the lane adjacent to the damaged window. As the vehicle sped away, the victims were able to take pictures of the vehicle and the license plate.
Sheriff’s deputies contacted the Mesa Police Department and discovered that another similar incident had occurred near Ellsworth Rd and State Route 24 approximately 10-20 minutes earlier.
The victim in that situation provided a vehicle and incident description identical to the Queen Creek events. Deputies contacted the Arizona Department of Public Safety and provided the details of the two incidents.
Both DPS Director Frank Milstead and Sheriff Arpaio believe that these acts are the work of copy cats.
The men, all eighteen years old, are Aaron Nottingham, Albert German, Christian Cook.
The search for the serial shooter on I-10 continues.
