Arizona - A man was shot and killed after a traffic confrontation

SPRING VALLEY, AZ - Authorities say a man who was shot during an apparent confrontation after a traffic collision in Northern Arizona has died.

Deputies with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the shooting on Highway 69 near Mayer High School in Spring Valley around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Officers with the Department of Public Safety were already on the scene and reported that a man in his 40s had been shot and was being transported to a local hospital.

Officers had detained a 59-year-old man and identified him as the shooter.

Within the hour, deputies learned the victim had died.

YCSO says witnesses indicated the two men, each in their own vehicle, were in some type of dispute while driving south on Highway 69.

The man who was shot apparently confronted the other man on the side of the road following a collision.

The shooter remained at the scene and is being interviewed by sheriff’s detectives.

YCSO said a handgun has been recovered.

No arrests have been made and the incident is under investigation.