TOLLESON, AZ — A shooting involving a truck driver and a security guard is under investigation at a truck stop near 83rd Avenue and Roosevelt Street.
Officers first responded to the area for reports of gunshots heard in the area around 11 p.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found a Love’s Truck Stop Security Guard with a gunshot wound to the leg.
The security guard was reportedly attempting to contact a truck driver who was in his truck and parked incorrectly. At some point during their contact, the security guard used pepper spray against the driver before the driver shot him in the leg.
The security guard then used his own firearm to shoot toward the driver, striking the truck. None of the shots hit the driver.
Police say the security guard suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Phoenix police officers assisted with the incident and were able to locate the driver, who was attempting to leave the area in his truck.
The driver was arrested on aggravated assault charges.
