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Police: Arrest Made In Photo-Radar Shooting

POSTED: 10:50 pm MST April 19, 2009
UPDATED: 10:24 am MST April 20, 2009

PHOENIX -- Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting
of a photo-radar van operator Sunday night, according to the Phoenix
Police Department.

According to department spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill, the department and
the Arizona Department of Public Safety will hold a joint news
conference Monday afternoon to announce more details of the arrest.

In the meantime, photo-radar vans have been yanked off Arizona
highways as DPS and Phoenix police investigate the shooting, according
to Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. CEO Karen Finley.

The 911 call came into DPS at 8:52 p.m. Sunday.

DPS said the driver, Doug Georgianni, 51, was shot multiple times
while sitting in the marked van parked on the eastbound side of Loop
101.

Georgianni was taken to John C. Lincoln Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead, DPS said.

DPS said Georgianni had been working for RedFlex Traffic Systems Inc.
as a driver technician for three months. RedFlex is under contract
with DPS to operate the photo-radar systems, which are used to catch
speeders and red-light runners.

"The entire Redflex family is grief-stricken for Doug and his loved
ones," Finley said. "We will continue to dedicate every resource to
work with the police to help identify and apprehend the person who
took Doug's life.

Phoenix police described the shooter as a white male in his 60s with a
thin face, unkempt white hair and a white mustache.

He was driving a two-toned white and gray 1980s-model Chevy Suburban
with black rims and tires and a roof rack, police said. Investigators
believe the shooter left the crime scene traveling south on Seventh
Street.

Police are asking anyone with information to call Silent Witness at
480-948-6377.

Reporter Omadelle Nelson contributed to this story.