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 "We got him! DPS SWAT team is in custody of the individual
suspected of I-10 shootings. Apprehended moments ago," Arizona
Governor Doug Ducey said on Twitter.
At a late Friday news conference, law enforcement officials gave few
details of the suspect and did not release his name, but said a gun
he owned was "forensically linked" to the first four shootings on
the highway.
Authorities have been investigating about a dozen possible vehicle
shootings since Aug. 29 on a roughly 10-mile (16-km) stretch of
Interstate 10 through Phoenix. A 13-year-old girl who suffered a
slight cut to her ear has been the only injury reported.
State and federal law enforcement were confident the suspect in
custody was involved in at least the first four shootings, said
Colonel Frank Milstead, director of the Arizona Department of Public
Safety.
 He did but did not rule out the possibility of copycats in other
incidents along the roadway.
"Are there copycats? That's possible," Milstead said.
The male suspect was taken into custody on Friday after being
watched by law enforcement, officials said.
"We've had our eyes on him for a while," said Arizona Department of
Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves.
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ABC affiliate KNXV-TV, citing multiple sources, said the suspect was
found trying to pawn the gun used in the shootings.
The shootings have caused anxiety for motorists using the stretch of
I-10, the southernmost transcontinental highway in the United
States, which runs through the Phoenix metro area.
A hotline, along with about 125 overhead freeway message boards,
have been urging people to call in tips.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere and Dan Whitcomb)
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