we were hoping it wasn't true, but breaking tonight, a 3- year-old girl rushed to the hospital after getting hit by a car. >> and not just any car, but a police cruiser near 75th and camelback. >> >. navideh forghani was first on the scene, and the little girl was tragically just trying to get some ice cream. >> reporter: yeah, it's

especially with the hot temperatures, they hear testimony music, rush -- the music, rush out, and don't lock both directions -- look both directions, and you can see the truck just behind me. we found out in the last 10 minutes that the 3-year-old little girl just finished getting her ice cream, then ran in front of the ice cream truck and then the patrol car. she was initially hit by the patrol car, then the car that female officer jumped out of the car trying to help her as soon as she could, trying to comfort her. i'm told she was actually in the area responding to an animal call and she just finished that call, and so she was just leaving the neighborhood when it happened. we actually talked to the neighbor who called police out to the scene for that animal call, and he says he just can't help but blame himself.

said a prayer right away. i don't even know who it is. but i'm praying. after this happened, you know, it happened, maybe she's going to be okay, but she ran to the ice cream truck, it was an accident, you know. it wasn't her fault. >> reporter: this kid is definitely fighting for her life right now. she's breathing but is in extremely critical condition right now. she will be in surgery for the next few hours, won't have any updates until abc 15 morning, but so many people are praying for her and the officer as well. it's a 35-year-old female officer with phoenix police department, an eight-year veteran, absolutely devastated about the accident. she has crisis response support helping her through this as well. officers are going to be talking to her to find out exactly how it unfolded, but the biggest message tonight is

hands when the ice cream truck goes through. the mother was nearby but not right next to her daughter when it happened, so again sop important for parent -- so important for parents tonight. hold your kids hands and make sure you're watching them. >> thank you. what would you do if someone came at awe with a hammer? one man's decision tonight is why you see all the flashing lights in tempe. he says he was cleaning offices when approached by a man with a hammer so you can see that view here, the hammer laying on the ground testimony worker says -- the worker says he fired in self- defense. the man with the hammer died at the hospital. and a family having to find a new place to stay after a fire at their apartment. no word on what sparked it, but everyone made it out safely. and jesse wilson missing

got an avondale police report that goads into details -- goes into details from 2011 about child abuse surrounding his adoptive mother. she was not charged, but people claimed she wasn't giving the kids enough food, and when police showed up they found two 4-year-old boys tied to their beds. at that time cops decide nod further action, no follow up. mom said it was because the boys were getting out at night. that's the same thing she's >. it's happened again, somebody turning tables and selling counterfeit tickets hoping to scam adele fans at a sold out show downtown. jon erickson is live at talking stick arena, and this isn't exactly water under the bridge here, we saw this months ago at another concert. >> reporter: that was beiber in glendale, and this one it's adele, thousands of excited fans, looks like the show is

there were an unlucky few that couldn't get in bruise the tickets -- because the tickets turned out to be fake. it's the night that brings downtown phoenix alive. the mets playing the diamondbacks and the adele concert next door. every fan needs one of these, a ticket. and sanchez needed two of them to bring her sister to the adele show. >> $200 down the drain. >> reporter: but instead of being inside she's out here with us yi fake. >> i'm just so hurt. my sister is blaming herself. >> reporter: bought them today after finding a craigslist ad. she's a college student and spent $400 on them. >> i worked a double all week, you know, pulling extra shift this weekend. >> reporter: to buy these tickets? >> yes, just to buy the tickets. >> reporter: and it's happened before. fans were scammed into counterfeit justin bieber

we went on craigslist today and set up an undercover by. >> you can see it's real. >> reporter: no idea if the ticket was $100 was real until we heard yes, it was real. went to a hardworking abc 15 web staffer. if only marissa had found our seller instead of whoever sold her these. >> like i said if you need the money more, or just greedy? just makes you >> reporter: marissa says she bought the tickets from a man named david ramirez. we tried to call him back after she couldn't get in, but he didn't pick up. >> unbelievable, but happens all too often, and it's not always easy to know if the ticket is real or fake, so we're taking action tonight with a five-step checklist. make sure the font is the same across the whole ticket, look for spelling errors, if there's a website link check to see if it's legitimate, and on ticket

dates, and finally might sound crazy, but the people at detect a fake says one of these will help, a simple paper clip. heat it up and put it on the edge of the ticket. if it's real only the front of the ticket will start to turn brown. if it's fake the back will turn well. and the murder of a 3-year- old in young town, police found evidence of drug activity inside shea holloway is accused of pushing his brother down the stairs and then stabbing him to death. >. so the cardinals are back, and it's exciting, but the fun of football taking a backseat tonight to some serious concerns for cardinals head coach bruce arians. craig fouhy broke the news at 6 about the coach's health scare and is with us now. how is he doing tonight? >> reporter: well, from what we

he's resting at the -- better. he's resting at the hospital tonight. the last time we saw coach was today at noon at the press conference. you wouldn't notice anything was wrong with him in the video when we talked to him at noon. we know when he got to the stadium he wasn't feeling well, felt pain in his stomach. got paramedics, and took him to the hospital along with the team physician. they ran tests, and we know the team physician was back at the end of practice and the team, and according to what the players told us it could have been an infection or a stomach pain coming from a diet. we caught up with larry and tyrann after practice. >> just heard about him just now, um, yeah. >> reporter: is he okay? >> yeah, he'll be fine. we got the toughest coach in the business. >> we heard he's doing better. some discomfort, so always

heart beat of our team of coursely, but we wicker him a -- obviously, but we wish him a speedy recovery. >> reporter: the team does expect him to be back tomorrow, and the cardinals said they'll update us tomorrow morning some time, so that's the latest here. coming up later in sports we'll talk about the scrimmage and give you the latest on coach. >> all right, we look forward to it, craig, thank you. scared of the serial tonight more of a determination to catch him at a community meeting in phoenix. the room was full with about 50 people, and many are asking detectives how to be a better witness and how to help. >> what makes me nervous is i'm kind of convinced that the shooter or shooters don't look too much like the sketch, but we're depending on that entirely. >> well, we're told that more than 30 phoenix detectives are working a full-time street shooter task force and we want

$50,000 reward in this case. now the most accurate forecast, tracking storms this evening, and tonight we have an isolated pop up to tell you about in the north valley. here's street level on desert doppler, and you can see the rain along i-17, heaviest near bell within the last 15 minutes, but it's starting to weaken pushing farther to the east at this hour. few more showers to track along the north near wickenburg and west of the valley along i-10 near tonopah. nothing major at this hour, but we are going to keep storm chances going throughout the week. we'll take you day by day coming up in minutes. and a mesa family that can't seem to catch a break, and they desperately need one. grandma just home from the hospital half a shocking diagnosis, then a fire takes about everything they have, including their pets. nohelani graf is live near southern and mesa drive, and

the ringer. >> reporter: and you know what, don't let the outside of the house fool you, because if you could smell it now you'd think they had a campfire going. imagine being this close to the house, looks normal from the outside, but through the smoke stained windows that you can't go through, you know your pets died in there, and most of your stuff is charred. the rooks are a close family, too close. >> they get very bored and run out the door. >> reporter: especially for the toddlers, but it's home sweet hotel for the foreseeable future, fire forcing them out of their house, so damaged you can't go inside. kira so traumatized she wouldn't if she could. >> the most horrific thing in the world. >> reporter: the single mom of three takes care of her mother who nearly died from a flesh

>> the smoke, it was bad. >> reporter: she was making dinger when her stepdad -- dinner when her stepdad started yelling. >> fire, fire. >> reporter: her kids safe, but her fur babies, four cats and two dogs don't make it. >> i feel like it's my fault, i should have gone in and grabbed them. >> reporter: a firefighter saved one dog, mickey. he's in bad shape, but everything else is gone. he's all they have to hold on to. >> the whole bag right here is filled with clothes for my daughter and a few toys. >> reporter: along with giving them clothes to get by, giving her hope that life will get better. will get back to normal. even if it's one step at a time: so if you would like to help the rooks get back on their feet, they could use clothes donations, especially for the boys, they're looking for sizes 3 toddler and 9, and clothes for the kids and toys can be dropped off at killer elementary -- keller

would help, you can find that information on www.abc15.com. now back to you. and we know our viewers will step up. they always do in times like this. thank you. as if it wasn't bad enough, the deadly floods in the south may have just gotten worse, and it had nothing to do with the water. what's the deal with the diamondbacks? a major vote just hours away on the future of chase field.

82,000 people told to get out tonight, all evacuated due to a huge fire burning east ovulation. >> and at least -- los angeles. >> and at least a dozen buildings already burnedth to the ground. it's pry -- burned to the ground. and interstate 15, the main route between la and vegas is shut down right now. >> trying to find an alternate route, and i don't think there is one. >> reporter: what's the plan now? >> punt.

declaring a state of emergency to get resources. and mcso says it's a bb gun a man aimed at deputies at his apache junction home earlier today. deputies eventually shooting 53- year-old larry curtley, jr. who later passed away. he was wanted for range of things including drugs and weapons charges. what will happen to the home team? questions swirling ahead of tomorrow's meeting with maricopa county will talk about selling off the diamondbacks have been at odds with the county in a very public battle over who needs to pay up for renovation costs. now the board of supervisors will vote on the potential of a private buyer. the diamondbacks say they reached out to investors at one point, but that's all they're saying for now. we do know the price tag is somewhere around 60 million dollars. it's a situation no family should have to go through. two kids losing their dad, a

january by a now former mesa cop. philip brailsford going on trial next year for the death, and new at 10:00, a facebook post call our attention. shaver's daughter throwing a dart at a dart board with a picture of brailsford on it. the mother says it's their pewter, and says -- therapeutic and says it's good to get it out. and about the florence unified district using inmates for labor, and they've been doing it for 15 years. only low level and low custody inmates doing it, and never on school days, but she says she saw them the -- but a mother says she saw them the day after her daughter told her she saw one. >> i saw it clear as day.

haven't been around since the summer. more than a dozen red cross workers from our state touching down to help the families in louisiana devastated by the floods. the water still as high as some rooftops, and the disaster taking the lives of 11 people. and there's a curfew after 10 people were arrested for looting. meantime flood victims just trying to keep their heads up. >> see your home underwater, what comes >> fixing it. it's all i can do. wait for the water to go down and fix it. what else can i do? that's the plan. >> clean up could take weeks if not months just today huge piles of debris was showed up on road sides as the water recedes. >> and rain is still falling in louisiana, we'll have updates for you on abc 15 mornings and throughout the day tomorrow.

additional half an inch to an inch of rain. and an active monsoon day for parts of state, and an isolated shower making its way through parts of north valley. now mainly on the east side of i-17. you can see the time lapse over the last hour. between thunderbird and the loop 1101, but moving farther to the east right now. farther to the north, a few spotty showers on their way to dwindling out near i-17. more activity and southeast of wickenburg where we're seeing the heaviest pockets and a few showers near tonopah as well. down across southeast arizona near tucson, big thunderstorms firing up there. 100 lightning strikes and the threat for gusty winds and flooding. the flood advisory now in effect for the area of pima county until midnight tonight. here's what happens tomorrow. stormsfire up once again in the higher terrain, and the late morning and early afternoon. there is a chance some could work down into the valley.

it's 10 percent tomorrow, and we'll start to see temperatures drop toward the end of the week. today though, 111 was the high. it marked the 30th day so far this year at 110 or hotter. still in third place overall, but closer to the all time record in 2011 of 33 days, and we have about a month where 1110 plus days -- 110 plus days are possible here. right now 95. the dewpoint in the mid-50s. temperatures across the valley in the 90s everhe and across the state going up to the north. 77 in sedona right now, and 60 in flagstaff. tonight, lows in the 50s along the rim. low 70s in globe and safford, and from the valley to the west mid-80s in the forecast. lake havasu and bullhead city back at 110 for tomorrow, but phoenix will drop a couple of degrees, down to 108. highs of 107 in gilbert, tempe, and chandler. 106 in mesa tomorrow.

here's the hour by hour so you can plan your day. 6:00 a.m., 86, warm morning, 98 by 10:00. fifth day in a row under ozone high pollution advisory, and triple digit heat throughout the afternoon. 104 by friday, near average for this time of year. storm chances slight throughout the next seven days about 10 to 20 percent. our best bet on thursday. get you back out live to 75th and camelback where that 3- ye police cruiser just trying to get some ice cream. we're told she's in the fight of her life remaining in extremely critical condition. that officer, a 35-year-old woman talking to a crisis response team right now. we're told she's so traumatized by what happened out there. still ahead were tonight at 10:00. they can save you a lot of money, but do you get the same taster or quality?

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earlier in the newscast we talked about head coach bruce arians, and here's an update from craig fouhy. >> reporter: he'll spent the night in the hospital waiting for test results. we'll get the next update on the coach's health tomorrow morning, but players expect him back tomorrow. that's good news. and they held the were joint practice with the chargers tonight. about 5,000 fans on hand, and we c after, and they said it was much better than they thought it would be. it ended up being a very professional scrimmage between both teams. >> a lot different than i thought it was going to be, and it was fun, real professional. i thought everybody would want to fight, but it was real professional. >> it's a lot of funnel. it really -- fun. it really was. going against a different tame,

catch up and really compete and work on different moves. i really enjoyed it. i wish we could do it more often. >> reporter: the team will hold another joint practice tomorrow at the charger's training facility just north of stadium in the afternoon. that one is closed to the public. we'll be there with the team and bring you updates throughout the day. craig fouhy, abc 15 sports. they practice then play, why three miles an hour days more days until the cards take on the chargers in sunny san diego. coverage starts at 5:30, kickoff at of. >. and you can get the ultimate fan experience with abc 15 and your cardinals, we're giving away tickets to the game against the broncos september 1. just download the mobile app and contest entry for a chance to win.

if you don't have to pay more, why would you? sure, qualities is key, but sometimes the gentlemen nearbyics are -- generics are just as good. >> on the best list wallet pop lists a half dozen products, pantry staples like flour, sugar, salt. ballet res, bagged -- batteries, bagged salad and cereal. >> ketchup and potato championships get -- chips get the most complaints. and trending now, trump u and hill yeah. those are the names of two new card games developed right here in phoenix. a couple of inventors just launched a kick starter, and they say it's like old maid, but you try to match pictures with the same quote or moments

clinton. >> we're just local kids trying to do good, and i think if we can get the community to rally behind us we'd really appreciate the support, and really what we need is just getting in front of people. >> everything is made right here in the valley, and they're trying to raise $10,000 to roll it out nationwide. they plan to sell the cards for $20 each. finally tonight, why not be kind? >> it's the focus of a new social media challenge. the goal is flood the social media through positivity -- with positivity through dance and music. >> the gilbert fire department is the latest to accept the challenge. ?[ music ] ??

what happened to the old fire house pole? >> yeah, it's an upgrade. >> we need one here in addition to the pole we already have. >. a few isolated showers out there, nothing major, just a few pockets across the valley. we'll keep a close eye on them overnight, and meantime the storm chances stay at 10 to 20

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