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Man fires shot into Ariz. ambulance with 4 people onboard

Police said the man fired a single shot into an ambulance before fleeing and attempting to rob a convenience store

By EMS1 Staff

PHOENIX — Police arrested a man after he fired a shot into an ambulance with four people onboard and attempted to rob a convenience store early Sunday morning.

Leroy Scott, 25, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest, reported AZ Central.

Officials said Scott fired a single shot into an ambulance outside a hospital before fleeing; no one was injured.

Scott was later apprehended after attempting to rob a convenience store and firing a second shot into the air. He was identified as the suspect who shot into the ambulance earlier that evening, Phoenix Police Sgt. Vince Lewis told AZ Family.

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