TEMPE, AZ — Police are searching for a driver after Tempe officers were involved in a shooting Sunday, October 16.
The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. near Baseline Road and Priest Drive after officers were alerted to a stolen vehicle in the area. Officers conducted a traffic stop in a parking lot and the driver ran from the scene.
A passenger in the vehicle refused to comply with officers' orders, got into the driver's seat, and rammed the police vehicles, leading to officers firing their weapons at the person driving the car.
That person has been identified as a 33-year-old woman.
Police say the woman disobeyed multiple commands to stop and exit the vehicle and continued ramming vehicles in the area. At one point, officials say an officer feared for their safety and fired their weapon at the woman.
The vehicle eventually stalled and officers pulled the woman from the vehicle. She was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. She is expected to survive.
The original driver of the stolen vehicle has not been located, but police have identified them and are actively searching for them.
Tempe police officials announced that the woman shot was involved in a similar incident in Gilbert earlier this month. Details on that incident haven't been released.
