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Man arrested after shooting woman on highway near Apache Junction

DPS says no arrests have been made at this point
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APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — Authorities are investigating a shooting that happened on a highway near Apache Junction on Thursday night.

Officials with the Arizona Department of Public Safety say just after 10:30 p.m., they received reports of a shooting on State Route 88 near milepost 203.

DPS says a suspect fired from a vehicle, striking a woman passenger in another vehicle. The woman was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to her head.

On April 7, 64-year-old Donald Roy was arrested and booked into the Maricopa County Jail to face charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and drive-by shooting.