PHOENIX — The Department of Public Safety said southbound Interstate 17 has been reopened at Deer Valley Road in Phoenix following a police situation Wednesday afternoon.
DPS says around 3:50 p.m., detectives located a stolen vehicle at a motel near Deer Valley Road and 27th Avenue. When they tried to take the suspect, Timothy Carpenter, 36, into custody he sped off, drove the car over a curb, and punctured its tires.
Officials say Carpenter fled the scene on foot but was taken into custody a short time later.
Detectives located what appeared to be a military munition in the stolen vehicle.
An explosives team responded to the scene and determined the munition to be inert military ordnance.
DPS says Carpenter was booked for theft of means of transportation and three outstanding warrants for his arrest.
The freeway reopened around 8:40 p.m.
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