A police SWAT team on Friday arrested a suspect in a string of shootings along an Arizona freeway that have put drivers on edge over recent weeks, NBC News reported.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced the arrest on Twitter with a post that began: "We got him!"
The suspected shooter, 21-year-old Leslie Allen Merritt, was arrested at a Walmart in Glendale, Arizona, and is expected to be arraigned on Saturday.
At a news conference Friday night, Arizona Department of Public Safety Director Frank Milstead said Merritt owned a weapon that was "forensically linked" to the first four shootings, noting that others may have been involved in the remaining shootings.
"I believe we have some copycats that decided to participate," he said.
Since Aug. 29, there have been 11 confirmed shootings of vehicles in the Phoenix area involving bullets or other projectiles.
