Federal agents in a gunfight with suspects in Phoenix area
Authorities say federal agents exchanged gunfire with suspects while trying to execute a felony arrest warrant connected to human smuggling in the Phoenix area.
They say five people were in the suspect vehicle and one of them was a woman who was pronounced dead at the scene of Thursday’s shooting.
Her name and age weren’t immediately released.
Phoenix police say four Homeland Security Investigation agents were taken to a hospital for medical evaluation of undisclosed injuries and four people in the suspect vehicle were treated for injuries not considered life-threatening.
Video from TV stations at the scene showed several police patrol cars and emergency vehicles surrounding a pickup truck that crashed into a brick wall.
An SUV and a pickup truck also appear to have crashed into each other.
