MESA, Ariz. — A suspect who was shot by Mesa Police is in surgery, but is expected to survive, police said. The shooting closed US 60 in Mesa between Loop 101 and Country Club Road, and the highway will remain closed for several hours while police investigate.

Mesa police officers responded to an apartment complex around 4 p.m. on Sunday, where a suspect was allegedly threatening with a knife.

The caller told police a male suspect kicked in a door, grabbed a kitchen knife, and attempted to force a woman into a vehicle.

Mesa Police Department Public Information Officer John Dreyer said officers arrived shortly after the call, and the vehicle, a blue pickup truck, left the apartment complex. Officers pursued the vehicle onto the US 60 highway near Alma School Road and attempted a PIT ma

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