A large police presence and investigation involving federal officials caused a traffic slowdown along Interstate 17 in north Phoenix early Wednesday morning.

Before 4:30 a.m., first responders started gathering on the freeway near the Dove Valley Road exit.

Video from the scene showed a large traffic backup amid the police presence on the off-ramp.

According to Department of Homeland Security officials, ICE officers attempted a traffic stop in the area on a vehicle around 4 a.m.

The driver, identified as a man from Honduras in the country illegally, initially stopped but then started to drive away.

Officials say an officer was in the path of the vehicle and fired his weapon two times, hitting the vehicle.

The driver was injured in the shooting and taken to a hospital in stable condit

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