about the victim as this is an active homicide investigation and there's limited investigation because there were no witnesses -- information because there were no witnesses. you can see how busy this street is and neighbors aren't saying too much and some people were surprised that the body wasn't noticed for some days because of how busy it is out here. >> really bizarre. police though also on the hunt for a gunman after a bizarre shooting overnight. a couple claims they were out walking their dog near 51st aven someone approached them asked them about their dog and then pulled out a gun and shot one of them in the leg and then ran off. the victim is expected to be okay. got a breaking news update as we learn what a motorcyclist was doing just moments before dying in a horrific crash in mesa this afternoon. abc15's jason ballen tine live for us and dps says the guy was actually on the run from troopers?

-- happened back where you see the dark colored road. troopers tried to pull him over -- [ inaudible ] the rider didn't stop and dps decided it wasn't worth the chase. perhaps the rider didn't know he had already gotten away because he was still going way over the speed limit at country club when he hit the red suv so hard it bent the vehicle's frame. the rider flew through the back passenger windows of the suv and ended another car. police say they're still investigating but the rider may have had a suspended license causing him to run. >> we don't know if he didn't see the light or he was still running from the police or what he was doing. but obviously he made a bad decision. >> reporter: so far police are just saying that this victim was a man in his 20s no other identification on aim. he died here at -- on him. he died here at the scene and nobody else was hurt.

phoenix after an accident involving the lightrail. a white car clipped the side of the train near central avenue and palm. at least one person was taken away on a stretcher and a car was towed away. the rail is now back up and running. breaking news at the live desk a terrifying attack on a child at the local circle k. of 6-year-old thomas flanagan -- 66 of-year-old thomas flanagan facing felony charges tonight. he was caught to convince thissen-year-old girl -- 7-year-old girl to get into the truck. when she did he drove her back to the back of the business and started inappropriately touching her. thankfully he let her go and she ran home and somebody called police. they were able to track him down because he was wearing a security company uniform. she passed that information along to police. all right, a dark and ominous start to the day for many of you. woken up by the thunder and lightning this morning.

through. air15 capturing the lightning action as the sun started to rise. and in mesa the san tan 202 at elliot back open tonight after this crash. dps telling us the rain caused one of the drivers to hydroplane across three lanes of traffic. all four cars left mangled and badly damaged and luckily nobody was seriously hurt. vegas also hit hard. so many people driving to -- trying to drive through it and learning the hard way. to tow away six cars and an ambulance. your most accurate forecast just minutes away. just into the live desk a prison worker may end up spending time behind bars after admitting to a sexual relationship with an inmate. correction officials at perryville prison say martin sessmus was a warehouse supervisor but resigned immediately after the arrest. he used to be the boss of the

into her prison account. developing now a worker fighting for his life tonight after being shocked on the job. he was just flown to the hospital in the past two hours after paramedics say he raised his truck bucket into a live power line near lower buckeye. the electricity going through his hand and out his elbow. in the past few minutes aps released a statement reeding in part this is the worst fear for an electric utility worker to see one of our own injured on the job. our thoughts and prayers are with our employee and his family during this difficult time. developing now from the live desk a woman fights for her life after even jumping from a moving car to put a man already on probation for domestic violence back behind bars. court records show justin neville just got out of prison last october and is now being held for sexually assaulting a woman hours after she says he began beating her inside that car and then tried to stab her. she finally was able to

neville was arrested ten days later. democracy 20 receive. donald trim -- 2016. donald trump expected to take the stage in austin, texas in a half hour and tonight rumors are swirl he is planning another trip here. abc15 news confirming in the past few hours that his campaign staffers have been scouting out locations of the area including mesa. abc15 digging into this so knew he plans to deliver a policy speech? >> reporter: yes steve. issued that close to so many of us here in arizona. we're hearing a big focus of this policy speech could be immigration. over the past few weeks we have heard the tough talking trump change his tone on the hot topic using words like humane even bobbing -- backing off the deportation task force. but how could that affect his

the republican party in arizona said it's not unusual for candidates to tweak their message talking to real people during the campaign. >> you start to listen more and as you watch a candidate from the beginning of their campaign to where they finish hopefully in this case for victory you see they mature a lot as a candidate and they get more on point with their message. >> reporter: donald trump has been making a big effort to hear the hispanic voice. over the weekend forming hispanic task force and advisory council and much more on that coming up tonight about abc15 news at 6:00. back to you. >> lots of folks watching have closely. and if you want to be the first to hear about the confirmed plans of trump just download the free abc15 mobile app to have breaking news alerts sent straight to your smart phone or tab lets. some incredible breaking news out of south florida tonight. the images just unreal. this is right near miami where thousands in miami are without power after that explosion at a substation.

two explosions theine sue athe -- you see all the flames and black smoke there. that could be seen for miles. as many as temperature thousand people without -- 26,000 people without power at one point and no reports of any injuries. fighting for her life, after being hit by a police patrol car, tonight the family of a phoenix girl speaking out about that tragic night and her long road to recovery. >> plus, a power battle at the center of arizona's primary. how your vote could impact your future lek trill bill. >>om the live desk the dangerous place police found a valley toddler that now has her father facing some serious charges. >> and a live look at abc15 desert doppler 15, the valley in the clear a few showers and storms to track up in the higher terrain and across northeast arizona as well. but coming up in just a bit we're going to talk about any storm chances we might see here

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just into the live desk a vault lee father arrested for child abuse. 34-year-old jason nopah was passed out drunk near 40th street and van buren in the middle of the night. now of # 50 feet away -- 6 # feet away his 2-year-old daughter they stay strapped into the stroller. luckily she was not harmed but she was very warm and police say level of .28. for very first time we are seeing her sweet smiling face as well as hearing from her family. after she was accidentally run over by a phoenix police car. >> that little girl is in a medically induced coma right now. nick ciletti reports. >> reporter: 3-year-old vanessa should be playing dress up and she should be doing all of the things that little girls love

but instead, she's lying in this hospital bed, her tiny body hooked up to machines and wires. clinging to every breath. >> vanessa is lighting for her live -- fighting for her life. >> reporter: this is what it looked like off of 67th avenue and camelback a week ago. a phoenix police car slamming into the 3-year-old. moments after she got a popsicle from the ice cream truck. her parents, too upset to speak in person today. message. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so excited to me, she was -- she wanted to may with me. flush -- play with me. >> reporter: lawyers are now conducting their own investigation for the family. they say they have not reached any formal conclusions yet except for the fact that they say vanessa did not dart out into the middle of the street like had been reported. >> vanessa's mother witnessed the entire incident. >> while her head and the side

against the asphalt. >> reporter: attorneys say her road to recovery is a long and uncertain one but they tell us the emotional wounds may be the hardest to heal. >> these are images that they'll never forget. >> that was nick reporting. we reached out to phoenix police and we know the officer involved in the accident is just devastated by this. as soon as we hear more from police you can count on us to pass that along to you. it's something you probably do just about every morning. but all new at 5:00 see

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our state. abdul kareem now going to be suspended on september 15th. he had testified he had no knowledge beforehand about that attack. the verdict marks the second conviction in which a person was tried in the u.s. on charges related to isis. in the past few minutes we've learned judgment day will have to wait for a phoenix woman who ran down her boyfriend with her car. missy wilkins' sentencing has been postponed until september 1st. surveillance video shows her plowing him down just minutes after he dropped the bombshell he was hiv positive. she told police she was just distraught and tried to get away. court documents show witnesses heard her threaten to kill her boyfriend moments before impact. just a drill. today many in pima county wondering what was going with s.w.a.t. teams in full gear. sheriff's deputies and tsa employees telling us they were all taking part in active shooter training. the hope is to prepare law enforcement in case a disaster happens. right now from the live desk the help is needed in the

a home invasion in arizona city. the sheriff's office from pinal county sharing us to show how violent it was. that's actually from the 46- year-old who was hit with a gun. his 62-year-old roommate was not hurt. detectives believe these people targeted the wrong home. solar city and aps a huge power struggle here in arizona. fighting each other for customers and profits. abc15 has learned the company is now trying to gain a political advantage by funneling big bucks into the primary election. abc15's melissa bray zoo is reporting live on how this could affect your electric bill. >> reporter: that's right. solar city wants to keep the cost for customers for rooftop solar low in order to remain in business here in arizona. an independent committee raising half a million dollars so far all to keep one

corporation commission. >> reporter: bob burns has been the biggest critic of aps and a dark money campaign supporting two winners in the last corporation commission election. >> the only purpose that i can see there is try and gain undue influence over the commissioners who are there to protect the rate payer. >> reporter: but as as he says the words solar city and a group has raised at least $457,000 to support just one candidate. him. burns' republican opponents say it's hyporysy. >> this is a political ploy. >> reporter: i'm personally shocked that we haven't had more people raising an eyebrow, more people commenting on that. >> more people acknowledging that there's some duplicity here. >> reporter: we asked the leader why are they doing this? even after ones urged -- burns urged entities to stay out of the election. >> apst declared war on solar. and so we have had you know, no choice but to you know, engage in this election.

of solar jobs are on the loin and the future of -- line and the future of affordable rooftop solar for homeowners. but where does that leave the utility users who look to the commission to come up with fair rates? >> and i don't think that anyone who is familiar with this doesn't believe that right now the orange case commission -- corporation commission is broken. >> reporter: abc15. >> all new at 5:00 a story quite frankly we cou n up. this phoenix man arrested accused of letting his whole neighborhood get quite an eyeful. investigators say iran gourd? was high on meth and pot when she decided to bathe in his front -- he decided to bathe in his front yard for two hours before someone called police final launches live look outside right now from our queen creek cam. a few clouds in view out there but the valley had a

of us. taking a look right now at what we expect here going into the evening hours, and a look at the radar as well. we are going to continue to see chances for showers and thunderstorms in the higher terrain. but for the valley, it doesn't look like we're going to see anything at all here. so we're going to dry that forecast out and going into tomorrow. and then we'll start to see some monsoon moisture come back and by the end of the week. there's a look at the ray tar now. and thunderstorms coming down to the south across cam ran and also -- cameron and also across northeastern arizona but the valley is in the clear, tonight the temperatures into the low 90s at 7:00 and 8:00 and down into the upper 80s by 9:00 tonight. right now we're at 95 degrees and winds about 11 miles per hour and currently coming in out of the north-northwest. temperatures valley wide looking like this. most of us in the low to mid- 90s a few spots in the 80s. like cave creek right now at 88 degrees. and across the state. looking pretty good up in the

temperatures, slow low at 66 and payson and prescott low 70s and low triple digits near courtside and yuma and gila bend too. the spots will be feeling triple digit heat again tomorrow. here in the valley, 102 for our high in phoenix. and 87 up to the north in sedona tomorrow and 74 degrees in flagstaff. looking hour by hour, we are going to see a nice start to the day. we felt a little bit of this this morning with those 70s if you were an early riser it felt great out there. same story tomorrow. 79 at 7:00 a.m. and by 11:00 we'll be low 90s and by 3:00 touching the lowell triple digits and staying -- low triple digits and staying there for a couple of hours tomorrow afternoon before the. temperatures drop -- temperatures drop again. here's futurecast. muff of the high country -- much of the high country will stay with that slight chance for storms in the forecast tomorrow so we'll see some of that along the rim and there's a slight chance we could see some of that come down toward anthem about a 10% shot in the forecast going into tomorrow afternoon. and evening. and then we dry things out going into your thursday forecast before some of that monsoon moisture comes back toward the end of the week.

into tomorrow. florence ated 9 and san -- at 99ed and san tan valley at 101 and fountain hills also low triple digits tomorrow and early morning lows in the 70s and 80s across the valley. deer valley 99 tomorrow afternoon there and anthem will be at 100. glendale at 101 and farther to the south tempe at 102 and ahwatukee at 101 degrees after an early morning start of 80. and going over to the west valley more of the 70s to start the day. nice morning and then the afternoon at low 100s across the board. so 10 the in a lot of the west valley cities tomorrow that's what we expect in phoenix sky harbor as well. 103 on thursday and friday and saturday we kick in the slight chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms. and then we'll start to see -- start to see some drying again toward the end of the weekend and early next week as temperatures start to really climb. looking at 107 by tuesday. don't forget we're gaving awe -- giving away tickets to the cards and broncos' game on september 1st.

for your contest entry for a chance to win. now here's david muir with the stories coming up next on world news -- >> state of more than, the wildfires severe storms hitting tonight as well. the power plant explosion today thousands without power. the deadly police shooting the young deaf father, was he

in san francisco a taxi driver plowed right into two people. the video and pictures just coming out. you can see people are fighting for their lives right now. witnesses say the taxi jumped the curb and went under the sidewalk in the financial district. hits a street sign and a street

stand and then those people. police say it's too soon to know exactly why happened or if the driver will face any charges. school could be tough even in the best of situations but for the 10,000 plus kids in foster care in arizona it can be even harder. kristin glover knows just how hard. she went into foster care after 15 years of living with her grandparents. and the pain at being pulled from her home wasn't the only difficulty she faced. >> definitely scary. i mean me and my sister when we we were placed into like a group home all the way in phoenix and we went to school in chandler. so they told us we couldn't go to the same school and we had a little panic ape tack. >> she was luck -- attack. >> she was lucky. in the ends she is now in college. an organization called foster ed wants to be sure all kids have the same success. the group is working to connect foster kids with mentors from

each child's educational goals, earlier this year we joined the scripps howard foundation and the trust to donate $100,000 to the program. you can find out more information on how to help at fostered.org. still ahead at 6:00, we'll have even more on the breaking news we've been following since 4:00. we told you earlier in this newscast an aps worker was shocked on the job and you are looking at a live picture from air15 at this hour. investigators are just starting to put out there. >> plus, katie the final tally we're going to take a look at the dozens of violations against a valley apartment complex riddled with complaints. and now, investigating a death. >> plus, the right combination? a company testing out a new bottle that could help cut down on prescription drug abuse. >> a guy minding his own business was taking pictures of a sunset and came back to his car and found this.

coming up at 6:00 who he thinks did this and how police are trying to track down those responsible. >> mold, faulty air- conditioning kept security deposits, you have rights. joe ducey here, renters, the things you should and shouldn't do. when fighting back. >> checking the forecast, we're drying out and getting a little break and still storm chances up in the higher terrain but here in the valley no storms again until friday at least and a 20% shot friday and saturday with a little dip in dry out and start a big warm-up taking us to 107 by the end of the seven day. >> that would be nice. >> exactly. perfect. "world news tonight" is coming what do doctors from leading cancer centers in the country have in common? many of them now call cancer treatment centers of america home.

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tonight, donald trump taking aim. new and scathing attacks on hillary clinton. amid new reports about who got to meet with clinton while she was secretary of state. and tonight, clinton herself responding to trump's claims about her health. also tonight, what we've now learned about the deadly police shooting. the young father, who was deaf, shot and killed. pouring through police videos. was he trying to use sign language when he was shot? the state of emergency. the wildfires tonight. also, the severe storms hitting the middle of the country this evening, as president obama visits the flood-ravaged south. the uproar tonight. the student athlete who walks free, accused of sexually assaulting two of his classmates. the judge tonight under fire. and american families fleeced again? the life-saving medical device