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An Apache Junction officer was hospitalized Tuesday after being shot, police said.
The officer was shot just before 4 p.m. near Crismon Road and Apache Trail near Mesa, Apache Junction Police Department spokesperson Marshall Harshman said.
Police found a black, stolen truck at a Bank of America in Apache Junction earlier in the week. The vehicle fled the scene and officers followed, but said they stopped the pursuit “out of concern for the safety of the public, Harshman said.
About 2 p.m. Tuesday, officers received confirmation the truck had been spotted again in the area near Crismon Road and Apache Trail. About 3:45 p.m., officers found the truck in the parking lot of the Up in Smoke Shop where Harshman said two men in the truck started ramming into the officers’ vehicles.
Rebekah L. Sanders, Arizona Republic
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11:43 pm UTC Dec. 30, 2020
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