A vehicle stop conducted by an ICE officer evolved into a shooting on Interstate 17 in north Phoenix early on Oct. 29, federal officials said.
Officers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a vehicle stop at around 4 a.m. on I-17 near Dove Valley Road, Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, said in an emailed statement.
The driver of the vehicle, identified by federal authorities as Jose Garcia-Sorto, from Honduras, initially stopped for the officers. But as they approached Garcia-Sorto’s vehicle, he started to pull away, Pitts O’Keefe said…