Gunfight in Maricopa

If anyone was wondering why the intersection neat WalMart was blocked off last night. Well, we had a gunfight in Maricopa.

A car chase and gunfight in Maricopa Sunday night ended with a suspect being shot by police.

Officers responded to a call for help on Aug. 7 at around 6 p.m. near Maricopa Casa Grande Highway, between Stonegate Road to White and Parker Road. When they got there, the person now considered the suspect reportedly fled the scene and officers began to follow the car.

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The driver hit an innocent bystander’s car, then came to stop. That’s when officers reportedly engaged in a gunfight with the suspect.

Images shared with Buzaz show the suspect’s car riddled with bullet holes.

According to Maricopa police, a gunfight erupted at Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway and North Porter Road, near Walmart.

John Potter of Maricopa witnessed the scene about 6 p.m.

Potter and his son were in their vehicle sitting at the traffic light waiting for a train to pass, when he heard sirens and saw a car “coming up pretty fast” south on Porter, he told Buzaz. “I saw him coming and he just didn’t stop … The cops were right behind him.”

The suspect’s vehicle collided with an SUV traveling on MCG Highway in the intersection, Potter indicated.

“Hi hand popped out of the door, with the gun in it, and he just started shooting,” Potter said of the suspect. Potter said he told his son to get down on the floorboard of the car. They were both unharmed.

Police returned fire, with more than 27 bullet holes later reported in the windshield, driver’s side window and body of the suspect’s car.

Potter said he remained at the intersection until the gunfire ended, when he saw the suspect crawl out of the passenger side of the vehicle and lay down on the ground.

“It looked like he had been hit a few times,” Potter said.

According to police, the suspect was injured in the incident and taken to a hospital for treatment. He was not identified by authorities and no condition was provided.

No officers were injured during the incident.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

The Maricopa Casa Grande Highway was closed due to the investigation, but it has since reopened, we noticed this morning around 5am.

At least one other innocent bystander was injured and hospitalized after the initial crash, it was reported.

The local news station also reported it counted more than 27 bullet holes in the windshield, driver’s side window and body of the suspect’s car.

The incident occurred apparently after a reported stabbing in Homestead, according to a resident of Sanders Way, who posted a comment on the MPD’s Facebook post.