SURPRISE, AZ — Police say a person has been taken into custody without incident after a shooting and standoff situation in Surprise.
Surprise police say it started just before 11 a.m. when they received multiple calls about shots fired near Bell Road and N.R.H. Johnson Boulevard.
When police arrived, they found a man had been shot, and another had fled the scene.
Officers were able to narrow down a residence nearby where they believed the shooter was located and secured the area.
The suspect, 40 year old Parrish Morell Stephens, was eventually taken into custody.
The victim was taken to a hospital, but his condition is not known.
Police believe the shooting was not random, and that Stephens and the victim knew each other.
Police have not released any details on what led up to the shooting.
Stephens has been booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct with a weapon and endangerment.
