PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities say a member of a Phoenix street gang is accused of running over a man with his car and instructed other people to shoot him.
Phoenix police say 42-year-old Johnny Ruiz was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder, street gang affiliation, drug possession and assault with a deadly weapon.
Bond was set at $500,000 at his initial court appearance Thursday.
Ruiz doesn’t have an attorney yet.
He was identified by a witness in a police lineup as the man who ran him over last June and instructed others to “blast that fool.”
The victim told police Ruiz and other members of a Phoenix street gang had been searching for him.
The man says gang members started shooting at him from the car while he was trying to hide.
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