PHOENIX — A traffic stop led to a shooting involving Department of Public Safety troopers Wednesday night near Interstate 17 and Buckeye Road.
Officials say troopers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle because it was not yielding and eventually the vehicle crashed into a concrete divider.
DPS says the driver, 37-year-old Douglas Clifton, ran from the scene on foot and a trooper tried to use a Taser on him.
That was when Clifton allegedly shot at troopers and troopers returned fire.
At one point, DPS says Clifton shot at another trooper in a vehicle, but that trooper didn't shoot back.
Clifton then ran into a residential area where a "gun battle" took place, according to DPS officials.
Officials say Clifton hid in a storage shed in the backyard of a house.
The family inside the house was evacuated in order for officials to go inside and search. Officials say the family was not harmed.
Clifton was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot.
One officer was injured during this incident, but officials say that it was not from gunfire. The officer was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
After treatment, Clifton was booked and charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
