in america. this is abc 15 news taking action. >> well, you are waking up to a weather alert on abc 15 desert doppler. quite a bit of green as rain moves into the west valley and other parts of the valley. will we see enough rain to tracking your most accurate forecast. >> a deadly night in the valley. officers are on the scene of two different shootings. there is a question. is one of them tied to a serial street shooter. >> this is abc 15 mornings. >> first we have to start abc 15. we saw some smoke from this earlier. whatever is going on? >> a major threat to public safety in phoenix. a fire at a pool store sending

this is going to be 32nd street. this is going to be mcdowell. it's right at 33rd street. they are keeping you and everybody else far away. first and foremost, we have to talk about you have confirmed that three firefighters have been taken to the hospital. what is that about? >> yeah, that is correct, chris. two have some sort of res prof tour issue. that other firefighter it's just down the street here. it is hard to see from this vantage point. we could see them hosing off firefighters. the pool supply store is just north of where you see all of those fire trucks. like i said when you got here, there was a heavy haze in this area. they were telling me to get back because they didn't know what was going on. they thought it was too dangerous. you can spin the camera around. you can see more fire trucks lined up on 32nd street.

standby. as for what started this fire, we are not sure. testify phoenix fire public information officer just came over. he said in five minutes, least going to be giving us a briefing. we're going to ask him what started this fire. we do know they are trying to contain these chemicals. that is the big issue. in just a few minutes we're going to start to phoenix fire and give you an update. >> let's get to mallory right now. this is a traffic alert right now. you're going to see mcdowell ad you will not be able to use that. you are also going to see some restrictions. some fire trucks on 32nd street. your smart routes this morning. head out early. you're going to need some extra time. thomas road is in mcdowell. this is north of the 20 # 2. busy on this intersection. it is early. i will give you a look at the rest of your roads in just a minute. >> another reason to be careful on your roads. you said it could be an interesting driver. >> it could be an interesting driver into work.

into the area, especially the west valley. some showers and storms in the east valley too. let me show you abc 15 desert doppler, a whole lot of green as we are tracking showers and storms overnight. a lot of them developing initially in spots out to our west. you can still see some of the stronger storms out to our west as well where we are seeing lightening. rain moving into buckeye. that storm had a lot of lightening in it. this lightening is starting to taper off, but still, some pockets of heavy under that flash flood warning here until 5:30. this area is getting a lot of rain here this morning. that alert is meaning that we could see some flash flooding not that area, so use caution. the valley is getting in on that rain. we're talking the north valley some scattered showers. some scattered showers in the southwest valley and again in the west valley. i'll show you how long to expect this rain and when what to expect for your morning and afternoon commute in just a few minutes.

>> there is a question. has the serial shooter struck again? it's a question because a person was shot and killed in a phoenix driverway. officers are still on the scene near 51s avenue and mcdowell. not far from where that serial killer has taken vicktisms. katie conner is live in phoenix. obviously, it is a busy scene there behind you. what do you have? >> that's right. witnesses are telling people they heard gunshots followed by a car screeching detectives are gathering evidence and trying to identify the victim. here is what we know. around 9:30 last night, a man was shot and killed in a driveway here. detectives are trying to figure out why he was at this home. they say the family inside did not know who the victim is. detectives have been here all night combing through evidence. right now, they are loaching to get some kind of an eyewitness to figure out what kind of car was seen speeding away from here. this scene is less than two miles or less

serial street shooter killed four men on the left. garcia died in the driveway on june 10th and on the right was the tripped murder from june 19 where two men and a 12-year-old girl were killed. right now, police won't say if this is connected to the serial street shooter. they say there is still a ton of investigating that needs to be done. chris, as soon as we learn more about this, we'll pass along to you at home. >> in is really a community- wide alert. any information, please let us know. let's move you over where one person has died after shots were fired. it did not happen at the parabling. i want to be clear about that. it happened right on mill avenue and baseline near the park. it started as sounds like a fight between two groups here. two men were shot. one was injured. the other died. officers are not telling us specific details about a suspect. we talked to a witness who says he saw this guy flee on a harley.

arguing in the parking lot. he shoots the other guy six times or so and took off on his motorcycle. >> several people were in the area at the time of this shooting, so city buses were brought in so they could wait it out during the investigation. a hit-and-run leaves a person dead. it happened on 44 had the street and mcdowell. details still limited. the road was shut down for hours. as soon as we we'll pass it along. burglary suspects seem to be targeting an arcadia neighborhood. a hid tennessee camera caught them in the act. you hear that? they say they want to look around. seem pretty confident that guy was going to pull off this break-in without a hitch. his partner had a feeling they were being watched. they walked away with $30,000 worth of stuff. the homeowner fears the suspect had

that homeowner is offering a $1000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. >> i want to prevent other houses from being hit. i want to prevent these guys from burglarizeing other people, from robbing other people. >> one of the suspects had a distinct tattoo. we have posted the raw video. you can watch it at abc1.com. if you know anything that would lead to arrest, please contact police. we have a -- we are a few hours away from high profile at 8:30, a sentencing for aarron michael bray. you might know him as the guy who helped bounty hunters show up to the home of phoenix police chief. he pled guilty to planning the whole thing. police say he set up a rival bail bondsman by putting a tip online. at 8:30, a teenager will learn his fate for a rollover crash that killed four people. and pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. that crashed happened last summer. officers say that

and also facing a judge this morning, former nfl star will learn his sentence in a federal courtroom in new orleans. sharper faces 15 to 20 years behind bars for drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states including right here in arizona. a judge rejected the recommended nine- year prison term that was part of a plea deal. sharper pleaded guilty or no contest to charges in louisiana, ash as, california, and nevada. this next story, that hit everybody in the pit of their stomach. that ice cream truck driver giving his side of the story after a three-year-old little girl was critically injured after getting hit by a police vehicle.-is happening near 75th avenue. the child was hoping to get ice cream. she ran out into the street. now, the driver says it is something that he will never forget. >> when i heard the children scream, i looked and saw that the police car had run over the little girl. >> at last check, that girl remains in

danielle. >> so many of us hoping that she'll be able to recover, dan. it's official. the for sale sign is up on chase field after the maricopa board of supervise -- supervisors voted to sell the stadium for at least $60 million. county officials say the stadium has gone down in value with wear and tear. who has $16 million just lying around? one guy has a plan? >> there are some misspellings. a go me page. 60 million bucks is the goal. as of right now, look what you have the opportunity to do. it says no donations yet. you can help launch the campaign and be the first donor. chase field, for the people, it says. >> okay. i wonder what we do with all that space. we're tracking rain moving through the real valley right now. this is going to make for an interesting driver at the very at least

roads on your earth. and we are seeing bulk of the rain. and last night. and we are pushed into the phoenix metro moving into the west valley right now. apartments of the east valley also getting in often the information. we do have scattered or sidespread in spots like phoenix, also glendale. some of the neighbors getting hit the hardies right now. gland avenue. bethany home road. dunlap as well getting some of that rainfall. not seeing any thunder with that. it is not very heavy rain, but it is at least some moderate rainfall that is going to get those rains out. and that is all tracking -- tracking in the same area area. and the phone tential through the morning for rain. we have a few scattered showers and isolated storms too. we're going to keep these wet roads in the forecast here through the morning commute.

i'll explain in a few minutes. take a look at the roads. out in the west valley. even though you can see some slick roads. that is valleywide, especially where you could see some of the wet road conditions. and southbound. that is going to take you new to the 10. and this is where we do have a crash blocking several lanes. this is i- e really not slowing things down. give a little extra space. we'll take a look at i-17 next. 4:41. and three firefighters have been taken to the hospital. this is hazardous material. and a live look heading out

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jury. countdown to kick-off is on. we'll have the coverage right here. occasionally some lightening. some storms move ago cross the valley. we're starting to see more bide-- widespread rain in some spots. where the rain is falling the hard exist what to expect the rest of the day before you head and i'm allison rodriguez right now. we are on the 303. let me slow you last going on outside. it's not raining very heavily but did pick up in the last couple of minutes. we have seen a lot of impliesive lightening shows out here as well. just those branchy kind of looking ones that reach across the entire sky. it's been pretty interesting to see.

you are seeing anything and it is safe to do so while you are out and about. share what you have at share @abc15.com. we'll do our best to get it on there. in the meantime, we're going to continue to track. we're going to head back in toward the phoenix and see what is there. we'll check in just a little bit. allison rodriguez. and there are several roads shut down at this hour. it is this monstrous. and i mean this thing is a beast of a wildfire burning out of control. it's in california. i start seeing some of that haze move into arizona in our communities. this is newest video in the blue cut fire 70 miles east of los angeles. and boy, it is growing so much faster than crews can even keep up with. they have made some progress. the fire is 4% contained. the acreage is up to nearly 26,000 acres. thousands, and i mean tens of thousands of people have fled their homes and they don't yet know the status of what they are going to return to.

month and a half ago. >> all i can do is hope and pray it will still be standing. >> and right now, several schools in the area are closed as well as one hospital. noteworthy here at one point, 82,000 people were evacuated, danielle, told the leave. that would have easily filled up. certainly spending -- sending positive thoughts. are you scared of heights. the washington monument may not be for you. sit closeed after an elevator c causeing it to stop nearly 500 feet in the air. 84 people had to walk all the way down those stairs to get down. the monument was closed last weekend and in july because of an elevator problem. an hoa with its own runway got the okay to change its safety rules. that have change is not sitting well with a neighboring property owner. the airstrip is along 237th avenue. douglas and morris down. county supervisors gave the go ahead

runway. one woman who owns the property south of that runway thinks the decision turned her land into the safety zone. here is her attorney. and this is from the dutch to give to the poor for private aircraft owners. >> a run for the hoa declined to excellent. well, the calling of the biggest and >> and incoming freshman with record numbers. 11,500. that is the official headcount. and more than half are students staying home to stay? school. 2000 are part of the honors college. we have to send these over to our proud sun devil. >> yeah, and you know what? some of those students that have early-morning classes. you sign up for that 8:00 class. if you have that 8:00 class, then you may get caught under some showers here early this morning as it looks

stick around for the morning commute. we are tracking some more widespread showers and rain across the west valley. not as much rain as we have seen earlier, but enough rain to wet the roads and slow you down. that rain falling over to sun city, and glendale getting some rain. also, the southwest valley, spots like goodyear, buckeye, and richfieldpark getting some more of that widespread rain. the east valley. we have seen some passing shows morning and a few isolated storms. right now one little batch near guadalupe. we have also got a few isolated storm flays are tough to see because they are right around the radar sight, but out near apatchee junction and near queen creek. you can see that widespread rain to our west and southwest. it stretches all the way down and even further to the west with some strong storms tracking through the county and also into western maricopa county. so, we are

that area until 5:30, and those storms will aggravate that flash flooding situation, so really use caution in that area. but because a lot of this is pushing in from the west, that rain potential is there for the morning commute as this sweeps across the valley here this morning, and eventually becomes a little bit more widespread in the east valley too. so your rain chances, scattered showers through the morning commute. right now, we are at 30%. notice we keep those elevated rain chances in the forecast through about 9:00. after that, those storch do start to trend down a bit. i do think we're going to start to see these showers and more widespread rain off to our east and northeast. we'll get a little bit of a lull toward midday, and we could see more storms this afternoon. this storms this afternoon could be very dependent on how long our clouds stick around this morning. i think the clouds are going to clear out quick enough to bring us the slight chance for storms later on. today is a good day to keep that abc 15 mobile app happy and know that you could get rain for your morning

the time you are heading home. watch for those wet roads this morning. we are under mostly cloudy skies. temperatures sitting at 92- degrees now. we'll warm into the upper 90s by lunchtime. by the time you are commuting home, a 20% chance for thunderstorms. it's not going to be as hot as it has been the last few days. that is a good news now. we keep storm chances in the forecast not just through the afternoon, but going into tomorrow. we could see more storms along the rim. in the weekend, those storm chances lingering. what that means for temperatures is that temperatures are going to continue to trend down over the next few days. today a high of 105 with that 20% chance of storm this is afternoon. remember that rain chance is a little higher here this morning. and over the next few days, lingering storm chances allowing those temperatures to drop to right near average as we head through the weekend. mallory, i'll be tracking those storms in just a few minutes

is falling in just a bit. abc 15 desert drivetimes brought to you by century link prism. >> as far as the freeways go, i am not seeing any slow-downs. i want to give you a look on i-17, your desert drivetime. even though you could main see some rain, it is just a 16-minute desert drive time. this is southbound from the 101 to i- 10. i want to give you a look from our adot camera. this is loop 101 at i-17. you can see a little bit of shine on those ramps. use some caution getting on and off of the 101 and the 17. i'll give you a closer look at the i-10 in the west valley next. it is 4:52. i autopsy going to be updating you on phoenix firefighters injured in a hazmat fire. getting new information. he's conducting an interview at this moment. >> reading, writing, getting ready to pay the bills. an east valley classroom is preparing sixth graders for

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out the germans. those medals keep up with a count. three olympic swimmers have been robbed. now an athlete from great britain is making the same claims. the athlete says they were held at gunpoint while enjoying the night out on the town. a spokesman for the team confirms an incident of theft happened, but saying that everybody is safe. all right. the ordeal surrounding ryan lochte and a few other u.s. swimmers is heating up. we're going to take a deeper look at the siat football is back. you can get the ultimate fan experience at abc 15 and your arizona cardinals. we're giving away tickets on the cards/broncos game. all you have to do is download the abc mobile app and look for the contest entry for your chance to win. >> rain is moving into the valley as you are getting ready to head out to work. where the rain is falling now and what to expect through the morning next. we have a concerning situation unfolding in phoenix right now. we have confirmed six firefighters have

right now. there on the scene.

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early-on driverring in, i know we were talking about if you the west, a lot of lightening was happening. last going on now (. >> with have lightening. the lightening is kind of tapering off just a little bit. we are seeing a few lightening strikes, but it's mostly just rainfall, enough to make those roads wet and slick as you are getting ready to head out the door. it is mostly affecting the west valley. we do have a few scattered showers and storms across the southeast valley too.