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DPS: Trooper shoots at driver fleeing traffic stop in Phoenix, suspect at large

The trooper stopped a car near Glendale and 23rd avenues when the driver drove off almost hitting the trooper, DPS reported.
Credit: 12 News

A DPS trooper shot at a driver as they fled a traffic stop in Phoenix overnight.

After midnight, a DPS trooper pulled over a driver on Glendale and 23rd avenues. 

DPS said the driver took off as the trooper got out of his patrol car. The driver made a U-turn and allegedly tried to run down the trooper.

The trooper fired his gun as the car fled the scene, according to DPS. 

The trooper was not injured. 

This is a developing story. 

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