On Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at approximately 12:45 a.m., the Tolleson Police Department requested the assistance of the Arizona Department of Public Safety for a shooting which took place during a road rage incident on Interstate 10 in the West Valley.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), 18-year-old Brittany E. Gutierrez-Bugarin of Phoenix sustained a gunshot wound during the road rage incident between the occupants of two vehicles traveling westbound on Interstate 10 in the area of 83rd Avenue. She was a passenger in one of the vehicles.
The other vehicle did not remain in the area.
She was transported to the Abrazo West Campus hospital in critical condition and died as a result of her injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.