Bystander injured during road rage shooting at Glendale intersection
GLENDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- A woman is hospitalized after road rage led to a shooting at a Glendale intersection on Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m., Glendale police were called to a shooting at the intersection of 59th Avenue and Eugie Avenue, just south of Thunderbird Road. Glendale police say a road rage incident occurred between two cars at 59th Avenue and Cactus Road.
According to police, one vehicle followed another car up Eugie Avenue. As they were headed eastbound on Eugie Avenue, the front car slowed down, and two shooters went out of the windows and shot at the car behind them. Police say bullets hit the car, along with two more vehicles driving through the intersection.
A woman driving through the intersection was hit by a bullet and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police say she was a bystander and not involved in the initial road rage incident.
The area of 59th Avenue from Cactus to Thunderbird Road is closed as police investigate.
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