CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in southern Arizona are searching for a deputy who radioed for help and said he had been shot with an AK-47 assault rifle in a remote desert area.
Pinal County Sheriff’s Lt. Tammy Villar says the deputy called in Friday
to say he had encountered a group and been shot in the abdomen.
The area is used by drug- and human-smugglers from Mexico.
However, the circumstances that led to the shooting are unclear.
Villar says law enforcement officers are trying to find the deputy, who apparently was near Interstate 8 and Arizona 84 about 50 miles south of Phoenix.
