problem. >> also we have u.s. marshals, beefed them up in the valley to look at individuals that -- with warrants, even misdemeanor warrants, to determine if somebody fits that profile that has been doing the shootings. >> reporter: with all the resources police chief says there is a good chance case will come down to a tip. they got 1500 tips so far but they are waiting for that one that will break the case. $75,000 if you have that tip. back to you. >> somebody out there knowing something. hopefully they call in. thank you. more details involving dps and the freeway shooting case. the one suspt fights to get his gun back from

story. sounds like leslie merritt jr. is not getting the gun back anytime soon. >> reporter: no. not anytime soon. things got heated in court. we learned why dps changed the time line of the shootings and why the gun will stay with investigators as least for now. so today in court the defense for leslie merritt jr. grilled an investigator. got him to admit the media pressure of the time line not matching up, led dps to second the time line and requestion the victims victims and the gun and bullet evidence was tested and retested by an independent expert and both came up with the same result. >> dps was unsatisfied with

they said everyone else is wrong. the atf, the expert and they are right. >> reporter: bottom line dps has been able to show they still need the gun for more testing testing and the judge did grant the test so leslie merritt jr. will not get his gun back for now. coming up at 6:00 p.m. more. back to you. >> all right. thank you. a breaking news update from the abc 15 live quite a sight. a bus stuck in a sink hole. you can't even see the back wheels. crowds of people now gathering waiting waiting to see how you get the bus moving again. no passengers were on board. at this moment 35th avenue and van buren is still closed so avoid the area all together.

cottonwood. look at all the hail. storms hit it high country. lots of heavy rain too and now we are keeping an eye on flooded washes. live look at sedona. dark clouds as well. tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms across the higher terrain and in the valley. few spotty showers at this hour. starting to see winds pick up and we have a now at the adot camera. we are starting to see dust coming in there. i-10 and wild horse pass. you can see dust picking up in the distance there. we will keep an eye on this for you and in the meantime as we look at tonight there is a chance, 10% of isolated showers for the next several hours. we will up it to 20% tonight and over night hours. a chance for showers and

tomorrow and saturday. we will take you hour by hour and a peak at the weekend coming up. from the abc 15 live desk a mother begging for help to find her baby and his father. they disappeared 24 hours ago, headed to pick her up from work but they never showed. these are the photos of ramon salas and the baby. keep an eye out for their truck as well. it is a grey 2002 ford f-250 crew cab truck with arizona license we have just learned these two fugitives who were spotted in arizona, they have been caught in colorado. they are accused of kidnapping her three nieces and nephews and called persons of interest in the murder of the children's mother, body found in southern california. they left the children safe in

man shot in his yard. tonight he is behind bars and he drove up in his truck yesterday morning and then shot the victim. investigators are still trying to figure out why. that victim is in critical condition. in phoenix, investigators hoping reward money will help them solve a duddy shooting at a -- deadly shooting at a phoenix motel. gunned down in the south parking lot july 15. if you have information call silent witness. when you end up in handcuffs the next stop is jail but tonight a suspect is on the run after he slipped out of a dps cruiser still shackled. abc's chris gros in sun city. there is no active search right now? >> reporter: no. take a look around me.

guy. dependence telling me -- dps telling me they are hoping to work with law enforcement in order to track this guy down. >> reporter: cops arrest bad guy and bad guy goes to jail but this morning it ended up like this. >> he got out of the car. >> reporter: tonight the hunt is on for a man dps describes as hispanic with a white top, black pant businessesweren't even open when -- businesses weren't even open when this went down. >> i am shocked. i am. i have seen a lot of that. i can't see him getting out of the car. >> reporter: now he isn't taking chances. >> i am checking. who knows. he could still be in the area.

and that is when troopers found drugs. dps don't believe she a danger to -- he is a danger to the area. >> reporter: it is hard enough to get out of the cruiser when it is locked but this guy asked for the window to be rolled down, he reached out, opened up the car and that is when he made his get away. we told you about this story on abc 15 mobile this morning. when we get more that is when you will hear the breaks. the just released mug shots of two people busted in an illegal gambling ring. they are accused of working at the mega bite cafe. investigators say thousands of dollars of cash would change hands every week. we learned police are recommending charges against a driver who hit three people,

the shattered windshield and shoes in the road tell the story. there is good news tonight. investigators telling us all three people hit including a little girl are expected to survive. the driver's mother who took them to the precinct to turn himself in. tortured at the hands of isis. how the parents of kayla mueller say this video shows the true strength of her character. >> moving could imagine finding out your most prized possessions is gone. that is what this family is dealing with. more on their story coming up on abc 15 at 5:00 p.m. >> and dust in chandler right now. a live look from air 15. showers tracking and heading to the east at this hour. a look at abc 15 desert doppler

. this year's training camp all but wrapped up for the arizona cardinals and in two weeks they kickoff the season. >> seconds to last practice just came to a close at university of phoenix stadium. this is wher jason snavely. the grind is almost over. >> reporter: easy there. air conditioned stadium, camp cupcake. it is the frosting stage of the camp cupcake. one more day of training camp and back to tempe. that is when the cardinals will get back to their regular season routine at the training facility and get back to

the team seems excited about that. ba looking forward to wrapping things up. >> i am anxious to get back to playing real football. this is fun to work the roster and -- but we still got good battles going on. everybody is anxious to get out. >> we ever been up here for a while. it will be good to break and get home. it will be good to get >> we heard that from several guys. looking forward to the family reunions. one more practice here. a morning practice. closed to the public. and saturday they take off for houston for the pre-season game number three. fun to watch. [ talking at the same time ] the real question if you go

ready? new at 6:00 p.m. helping you get the game for the best price. you can get the ultimate fan experience with abc 15 and your arizona cardi nals. we are giving away tickets to the cards and broncos game on september 1. all you have to do is download the abc 15 mobile app and look for the contest entry for your chance to win. new at 5:00 p.m. accused of stealing $10,000 worth of jewelry and electronics, how a cup managed to land him behind bars. >> the hunt for a killer. the new push to bring justs to

weather alert and dust picking up right now south of the valley. looks like it is headed off to the east. may see this heading to the northeast.

no blowing dust advisories issued yet. we will keep you posted. those come from the national weather service. visibility is getting reduced south of the valley. there is a chance for showers and thunderstorms tonight too. we will have your most accurate forecast in minutes. targeted by thieves. a man hopes they will show heart and return his prissed possessions. abc's sonu wasu has more. >> reporter: grabbed whatever boxes th quickly as possible. they left the most valuable items behind. this metal detecter and bikes. >> reporter: a big move from phoenix chandler. the ones missing held the most value. >> things that have little monetary value but great, huge sentimental values. >> reporter: like the flag draped over the coffin of his

tours in vietnam. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: also a personal loss, a teddy bear hand made by her grandmother. framed wedding and baby photos and christmas ornaments gone. now they left a note on the garage door pleading with thieves to return the items that mean nothing to them. >> i back. leave it somewhere where someone could find it. >> reporter: have someone drop off the box at retreat at the raven so someone can get the items back home. sonu wasu, abc 15. back to you. police busting a predator charged with assaulting a 16- year-old girl. investigators say he is in the country illegally and got

a phone conversation where he admitted to the assault. police hoping to bring justs to the family of a valley man murdered outside a la fitness. the 84-year-old was found with stab wounds one week ago today. no suspects in custody. police say they need to know what you saw. even if you think it is insignificant. >> people that might have heard anything, that saw something suspicious and later found out it could have been related. that is what we are going after. >> there is a $1,000 reward if you could help lead police to the killer. new at 5:00 p.m. a rare apology from an accused teen jewel thief. investigators say they are accused of stealing 3 grand worth of jewelry from homes to fuel their heroin addiction.

plate. before being arrested she returned the items with a handwritten apology letter. investigators say he accidentally left his circle k drink cup at a home where he stole jewelry and electronics. police used the dna on the straw to link him to the case. just into the abc 15 live desk on severe weather across the first unrelated to the weather but in the same area, a small plane crashed into home in indiana. we don't know if there are specific injuries at this point. we don't know how bad it is. the picture is horrible. we will get you more information on that. in indiana they revised the number of tornadoes yesterday. national weather service saying 7, not 8. one had winds 165

the governor says it is a miracle no one was killed or badly hurt. pence is donald trump's running mate and he had to cancel a campaign trip today. louisiana got the news nobody wants to hear. if their house is flooded and has mold in it they have to keep the ac off and follow removal guidelines. relief is on the way. a new proposal to get owners the help they plus a historic housing program just announced. we are tracking our own weather. yeah. a live look from children's hospital cam. dust picking up down there. this coming from showers and thunderstorms that we have been tracking over the last hour and a half. between maricopa and gila bend. winds, dust. to the east right now. slightly to the northeast. looks like it will cruise

cities. building towards chandler. and following that path to the east here across the southeast valley. blobbed advisory. just kicked in -- blowing dust advisory. just kicked in. it looks like the national weather service has put that out as we were talking about moments ago. to the west, showers and thunderstorms and scattered activity across the high country that lead to heavy rain, localized flooding, flood advisories in effect right now r and hail today. the threat continues for the next 48 hours as we watch more monsoonal moisture coming in tomorrow and saturday which will up the chance for showers and thunderstorms again. right now 100 degrees. that after a high of 102. dew point in the upper 40s. winds at 8 miles per hour. and tonight we will stand a 10% chance for showers and thunderstorms over the next few

or 10:00 p.m. this evening. temperatures in the low 90s through 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. after the sunset at 7:02 p.m. 90s in excuse dale and deer valley. glendale and tempe 101. goodyear 105 as well and globe 92 degrees and prescott, sedona and payson in the 70s. tonight 60 sedona. 46 flagstaff. 52 show low. low 80s to the west northwest. phoenix 80 degrees as well. tomorrow 98 here. 80 payson. 90 kingman and 84 degrees in page for tomorrow afternoon. across the valley, much of the valley in the 70s over night. phoenix sky harbor 80 degrees. tomorrow 97 for your high in tempe, gilbert and mesa. 92 carefree. anthem 95 degrees. temperatures around 99 in avondale and laveen. ozone high pollution advisory

limit your time outside throughout the day. hour by hour tomorrow, we have a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. morning showers, 80 degrees at 6:00 a.m. and showers and storms into the late afternoon. there is future cast, showing the chance over night before we see it again in the heat day tomorrow. we will continue that chance saturday and dry out sunday and monday. higher terrain seeing a better chance for storms each day in the seven-day forecast. here is temperatures, 99 degrees on saturday. low 100s sunday. a break from the storms sunday, monday and tuesday and storm chances return in the valley on wednesday.

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only a 10 revealing kayla mueller's heart breaking message to her family while in the custody of isis. >> my name is kayla mueller. i have been here for too long. i have been very sick. very terrifying here. >> e-mailing the clip to kayla mueller's parents after she was kidnapped demanding a $5 million ransom. despite knowing she was being

slave labor. that video also brought them hope. >> how thin she looked. i saw her eyes were clear. she was very steady. so i -- you know, it broke my heart but i also saw her strength. >> the incredible decision to stand up to executioner to declare her faith. it will be detailed by fellow hostages and parents tomorrow on 20/20 at 9:00 p.m. on abc 15.

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