this is abc15 news taking action. >> it's been a summer filled with shootings in the valley. police investigating another one as we work to find out if it's connected to a previous incident. there were ordered increases -- the reward in -- increases regarding the serial street shooter. how you can stay s calling it. and what we are just finding out about this developing situation. and morning everyone, i am dallas and -- danielle lerner. >> and i analysis rodriguez. we have to get it right over to iris tracking what's happening right now outside. >> yes we had rain earlier this morning, some break in the action and now issues in the

showers. now lightning in this batch but across sun city as this batch moves off to the northeast and there's more out west heading up towards the whitman area but this is coproducing -- this is producing gusty winds and the batch of storms moving out -- east. it could clip parts of wickenburg as it continues to track to the northeast. much of the valley is fairly quiet but we spotty showers from sun city west into surprise that we will continue to track to the northeast towards loop 303 and eventually could impact spots like him. this is just the beginning -- like anthem. this could be firing up along the rim and we are walking -- watching storms to ourselves and there's a threat of dust as we head through the afternoon. so a lot to track and the forecast. i will break it down for the

in just minutes. -- a shooting near 28th street and broadway is where we find megan thompson. >> police say he went door-to- door asking for help after he was shot around 3:00 this morning. police say it was a neighbor who drove into a county hospital where he's now in critical condition or -- but they didn't know about him until half hour or so until they -- after they got on scene. they found shell casings and a car with bullet holes but police say the car belongs to sleeping inside their house when this all went down. we're told many neighbors aren't being cooperative which has made the investigation harder. they said people are always coming and going from the house and he heard eight gunshots and what makes the issue even more strange is that there was a deadly shooting a couple blocks away where two men died. they are looking into a possible connection but right

the string of serial street shootings and they said they don't believe that at this time either. going back to the other shooting from weighs in -- last night that megan just touched on. you see one of the victims being wheeled away in a stretcher as to people are confirmed dead and another is in the hospital but is expected to survive. no word on a suspect but this also happened on 28th street and broadway. the reward to stop the serial street shooter just got a whole lot bigger. 75 grand about for anyone who helps bring the street shooter to justice. it's completely anonymous also. they don't take your name or contact information. instead they will give you a code and the only way to let you know -- to know if you get the cash is to call back in and they give you the code. >> we stress like crazy to hold on and hide your tip codename because we don't know how to

that. >> multiple tips have helped lead to an arrest and they will decide the importance of those test and a civil board will determine how the money is divided. the swat team was in a neighborhood near seventh avenue and happy valley road. air15 was also over the scene and deputies told us they've been there all night long looking for a woman who locked herself in a room with a knife. she ran away from the home having gotten out through a bitten by a dog in all of this but we're told he's doing okay. crews are back on scene at the sinkhole this morning that opened up near 35th avenue and van buren. expect this mess to be here for at least a week. that city bus was towed out yesterday and thankfully nobody was on board and nobody was hurt. speed and impairment may both be factors in this bad

facing charges. it happened at cave creek in peoria where he driver tried to pass, lost control and slammed into a tree and a wall. injuries are said to be serious in this one. while they were cutting that driver out another one went right through the flares and crime tape. he was pulled over and taken into custody. investigators are looking into possible arson. the county sheriffs department was on the scene of three different house fires. they are not releasing many details at the moment but they do say it is possible they are all connected. one is accused as the freeway shooter -- once accused as the freeway suspect shooter, leslie merritt junior is trying to get his gun back and why dps

right now we're waiting on a few updates from inside the courtroom as a couple accused of the unthinkable is expected

they believed they -- they are believed to have killed her four-year-old daughter back in 2013. she admits to hitting her daughter in the stomach and both are accused of child abuse and murder. and the man accused of shooting and killing a 7-eleven clerk, we're told joseph admitted to the shooting but he admits -- says it was an accident. he will also be in court on tuesday. the formally accused freeway shooter face to get his gun back. leslie merritt junior -- his gun is still with dps. they grilled a dps investigator about the gun and ballistics testing but dps is sticking to their guns even though tests by the atf and independent experts both show the gun does not match the evidence. >> dps was unsatisfied with that . they had their own lab do yet

they said it was a match. effectively they said everyone else is wrong, the atf, the county attorneys expert, and they are right. >> so for now the gun will stay with dps. a phoenix mother is accused in the methadone overdose of her daughter had another child overdose nine years ago. aniline russell died in april, her mother natalie russell now facing murder charges and abc15 has uncovered court documents ab custody case. they say the two- year-old boy was brought to the ic you well in brussels care -- russell's care. the judge ruled russell was not fit to parent and the father got full custody. going in tonight -- in- depth tonight, hearing from the people who were held captive by

all right, go ahead and give me one shot. >> very disturbing and hard to watch, two years later and the pain is no easier to bear, an arizona gun instructor accidentally killed by the nine- year-old girl he was teaching to use than -- an uzi. the family has now filed a

automatic weapons. >> since the day it happened we knew we wanted to change the law and that all started with forgiveness. it started with telling the little girl that she could move on. it wasn't her responsibility to worry about us or any of this. it was her job to move on and we let her know. >> the family says the lawsuit could finally pulling somebody accountable. -- holding somebody accountable. >> my name is michaela m?ller. i need your help. i'm very sick. it's very terrifying here. >> it is just so heartbreaking to see kayla mueller in this proof of life video from three years ago. the aid worker and prescott native later died at the hands of isis and tonight her parents are breaking their silence about the failed efforts to

. >> it's hard to even recall some of these things because you just going to almost a catatonic state i think. you just can't even stand up. >> i saw how thin she looked but i saw that her eyes were clear. she was very steady. so it broke my heart i also saw her strength >> tonight at 9:00 more never before seen video as well as the full interview with her parents, all of that happening right here on abc15 and tomorrow a playground will opening her honor -- will open in her honor. it's located in prescott, her hometown and will serve as a memory of her dedication to children. let's switch gears now a valley school district is redefining the term chop shop. the washington elementary

selling their for scraps -- theirs for scraps so they had the idea to buy up the buses. >> it helps them in down time. the buses are down long. we can keep them going. we don't have to wait for parts that don't exist. a lot of times we are waiting to her three weeks were part or something >> they said the chop shop idea has allowed them to repair instead of replace parts to save taxpayers half $1 million. >> getting to and from work these days but passersby noticed hannah -- tanner marine walking to and from school everyday.

from the washington high school area and that he was heading eight -- to a location in sioux falls but was still several miles away. >> he decided tanner needed a bike so he went and bought her one -- bought him one. it makes you feel good seen this happen for him. the photo posted on the facebook page hazard been shared more than 1000 times and it's been like nearly 8000 times. >> at least he doesn't have to walk now. >> he doesn't need an umbrella where he was. >> let's get right to it. we've got several disturbances moving across arizona today and tomorrow and we also have a boost in monsoon moisture so all of that is combining to give us higher storm chances today through saturday. it will

give -- keep that mobile app handy. right now i am tracking a few showers moving through the west valley mainly just some pop-ups producing moderate rainfall in some spots a list -- especially loop 303. we also had a stronger storm losing its energy but it's continuing to track through the northeast, with been -- wickenburg and litman -- wittman. there's more showers activity between the loop 101 and the loop 303 , that also pushing to the northeast so it's not going to spread, but it could clip by spots like deer valley, up the river and also anthem. you see the pocket of heavier rain just southwest of surprise so as it tracks toward grand avenue watch for that as it could possibly create slick spots on those roads as it continues to track to the northeast.

and storms get going and we know storms over the desert areas could bring that blowing dust our way. i am seeing storms firing up southeast of gila bend slowly tracking to the northeast. we will have to watch for gusty winds that could produce that dust and more storms tore south near tucson. again areas that we will need to watch as they could send storms closer to the valley or send blowing dust our way. on things as it looks like it could be more of an active day. we have more storms that will develop along the mogollon rim and in the paint -- prescott area and the yavapai county. storms will be possible along the mountains and you can see there's an area of quite a bit of lightning near lakeside, pushing toward the northeast and that new mexico border so another area to keep a close

storm potential is there and we could see blowing dust too so the dust threat is in the moderate to high range, and also the wind threat and rained threat -- rain threat is also in the matter area. -- moderate area. tomorrow the threat is a bit lower but not enough to let your guard down. so your -- your most accurate forecast for today, isolated showers like in the west valley. as we go through the next few hours the rain know that we could see storms at any point in the afternoons -- in the afternoon. we will climbed to 97 by 2:00 and a high of 99 by 4:00 so noticed temperatures today will be a little bit lower because of the storm chances altering -- all due to that increase in humidity. coming up in just a little bit we will talk more about the weekend forecast because as i

chances. i will show you that and when we start to dry out in just a few minutes. apparently it's a good time to be an airline worker as most are getting raises. pilots got a 23% pay hike last year. pilots got a 16% pay bump and in all 30,000 ground workers for american will get raises up to 55%. that doesn't include mechanics who get a 30% wage increase over five years. but unfortunately t feeling the heftier paychecks and delta airline pilots are planning to picket headquarters in atlanta today asking for 37% raises. the airline pilots association is now resuming mediated talks with management. the union says their meant -- wages have yet to catch up with where they were before financial losses and concessions. low-carb -- low prices and full planes helped them get record profits last year.

how the baby born with zika virus is doing. she contracted the disease when she was there three months pregnant the baby was born just weeks ago and had to spend two weeks in the nicu. the fda is now calling on all blood banks in the us and territories to start screening blood donations for zika virus as a major expansion is intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the disease. the requirement was limited to -- puerto rico but it now includes all the other blood banks. the order follows now confirmed reports of local zika transmission, the first in the continental u.s. in the continental u.s. does the new decision by the fda discourage you from wanting to donate blood only yes or no? hop on abc15.com to vote i clicking 15 links. -- by

still ahead the competition heating up as hillary clinton and donald trump take aim at each other. the latest controversy in the race for the white house.

donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. he is taking hate groups mainstream. >> the war of words taking a nasty turn on the campaign trail, both hillary clinton and

racist during rallies and clinton also just released an ad showing the leader of the [ null ] talking about why he supports trump. >> she lies and she smears and she paints decent americans -- and you -- as racists. >> meanwhile emails from her private server could be released in just a few weeks. of federal judge has ordered the state department to uncove emails no later than september 13. it's aimed at documents relating to the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. this is different from an order by another judge demanding the release of nearly 15,000 documents. you see this ad on air but is it true? this is a did -- an attack on christine jones. steve irvin has the results.

attempts to associate jones with hillary clinton. he's in a four-way primary against three others. >> jones called hillary clinton the capable and respected leader and an effective secretary of state. hillary clinton -- effective? christine jones thinks so. >> we put the clean three truth check and found she did make the remarks in blog posts dating back to 2012 put the former go daddy exec walked back those comments since 2014 ounces her politics are different and the ad makes it sound like she still pretty -- supports clinton so it rated the ad as half true. to see the full ad, go to abc15.com. the university will have a polling place right on campus for the first time ever on election day. it did take some work to do and the group behind the effort called it a great accomplishment.

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a hot pursuit in deer valley after a prisoner escaped but got burned in the end. this is an abc15 exclusive as phoenix police say they stopped unexpected car thief but before booking him they had firefighters taken to deer valley medical center after he reportedly swallowed drugs but at the hospital he jumped out of the ambulance. no luck though -- he ran further to the budget inn, tried to hotwire another car and after firefighters and police got there we are told he ended up in a scuffle in the patrol vehicle. he did not want to give up. it lurched forward onto a curb and then onto a wall and if that's not crazy enough this guy was running barefoot in the heat of the day so he did end up having to be treated for

booked, police will release his name. a video you will only see here as chandler k-9 officers searched through the grass to find a potential murder weapon. we're told they did find at least one gun out there. we're told -- we know one person is dead. air15 was over that scene as it unfolded last night . chandler placed tweeting out they actually have one custody in -- one suspect in custody but we are still waiting for more details on this one. rafael mendoza is accused of child molestation and several other crimes apparently tried to leave the country but he got busted in the process down in florida. we looked through the paperwork and found he wasn't supposed to be eligible for release, but he is out of jail already after getting an ankle monitor. sources show he was an ob/gyn working with a healthcare company in surprise. he lives in peoria and has pleaded not guilty. a serial foyer is off the

streets. he admits to as many as 20 incidents in phoenix dating all the way back to 2013. in mesa police busted this accused predator charged with assaulting a 16-year-old girl. investigators say gabriel quinones is in the country illegally and he got busted when the teen's mother recorded a phone conversation with him where he admitted to the assault. the search is on for a person who brutally murdered two nuns who worked as nurses helping mississippi. the secretary of state saying unbridled love and care for mankind has been met with unparalleled savagery. police say the women may have been victims of a break-in and vehicle theft. their bodies were found yesterday morning in their home and the car of one of them was found abandoned less than a mile from their house.

hear criminal cases, judge erred persky asked to be moved to only hear civil cases now. he ordered the six-month sentence for brock turner the ex stanford swimmer who was convicted of raping an unconscious girl near a trash bin. appeal denied, new details on another appeal for pearland be an oscar pistorius. a judge in south africa has rejected the bid to challenge his six-year sentence. they originally pushed for so -- 15 years for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. on the lookout for some thursday -- today. they stole a big rig full of monster energy drinks. they said whoever did that had some inside info because they knew how to take off with the trailer. at this point investigators have not been able to find the dust -- the suspects or the drinks. and manager of a starbucks named angel made everybody run

dest right now we are hearing from the people who were inside this coffee shop. >> we didn't have the thought that it was so close. nothing was telling us that. angel told us that. i just wanted to get home to my family and to see that now -- we wouldn't have been there. [laughter] >> when the tornado hit somebody in the neighboring buildings caught it all on video and moments later they rushed in to help. actually saw the building fall over so as soon as it was safe to do with a couple of other guys and we busted the bathroom doors out. >> nobody was seriously hurt by the storms fortunately but 800 people were displaced from their homes. the ely prison houses people in trouble for issues with illegal immigration. they are calling a home security to privatize these person starting with the way. >> we want all immigration

humane, cruel and unusual punishment for people who are literally struggling to make a case for why they should stay in this country. >> this comes on the heels of a damning report calling private prisons dangerous and abusive and in fact that affirmative justices parting ways with 13 federal prisons because of -- justice -- the department of justice is parting ways with 13 federal prisons because of the reports revolution coppermine does not have the okay for this entire project but it can start testing. it's been pretty controversial because of the environmental and cultural concerns near the oak flat area. the video you have to see to believe as a man leaps off of a bridge. the chilling moment from today's video. and from concerts to pokimon go in football, we've got you covered this weekend. you will see an animal just walking around in circles

cup stuck on its head. so two university of arkansas police officers -- there they are -- they see the skunk in distress and they know they've got to help someone officer quickly reaches down, pulls the cup off the skunk's head, throws it and starts running. of course the start -- the skunk starts

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we are giving away tickets to the cards broncos game going on september 1. i know you want these, so just download the abc15 app, look for the contest entry for your chance to win. look at all the rules and get more info online. good luck to everybody out there . the weekend is just about here and there are plenty of things to do across the valley. >> the my 2k tour takes over

that takes the stage at 7:00. and teenage mutant ninja turtles is playing at goodyear ballpark tonight at seven act 30. tonight chandler cpd invites everybody to catch a pokimon with cops. and the arizona rattlers take on the philadelphia soul in the arenabowl tonight starting at 4:00 at the gila river arena. toed shoes, bring water and a flashlight -- blacklight from 8:00 10:00. it's a big day for little girls, american girl has rolled out its latest be forever character. this celebrates the arrival of melody. free events are going on all weekend long. this is geared to girls ages eight and up.

if you want to get paid to shop there are legitimate secret shopper jobs but you've got to know where to look to avoid the scams. things are quiet right now for much of the valley but

keeping a close eye on wall street, right now the dow is down just a little over 88 point sitting at 18,360.

users -- can find information about new and used cars to compete with established players in the field so sites like cars.com, it won't sell cars but will provide reviews so he decent research tool there. they already sell car parts and accessories with the automotive store a hot freshly brewed cup of coffee for some of us is a morning ritual but for others it's a necessity uneven and up session. -- and up session. -- up session a european researcher found that this gene is linked to coffee consumption. it breaks down the -- to how quickly we break this down in

forget about the beer. you may be genetically programmed to crave coffee. they found the gene linked to coffee consumption -- so the faster your body can process it -- the more we tend to crave it . it's the first time researchers have found the specific gene of this kind so this may help explain why siebel just cannot start their mornings -- why some people cannot without that cup of joe. researchers surveyed almost 15,000 people about their use of e-cigarettes. roughly 20% make nicotine and only 20% -- less said they had baked marijuana. joe ducey here, talking about things that could be legitimate or scams like the

scam if they ask you for money up front or to send you a big check -- before you done anything. >> but there are real jobs out there, you just have to know where to look. it could be scams again if they pay you up front or say -- they will give you a big check. they are not going to guarantee you anything like that you have one something. -- won something. >> the state's largest utility aps this is the ongoing battle over alleged dark money. the corporation commissioner bob burns subpoenaed aps taking action to get documents that may show they used dark money to lobby to commissioned candidates during the 2014 election. the commission now has the task of regulating certain utilities. burns says he's not been able to do that. >> it's our responsibility to

the authority to do that then we are not regulating obviously. >> he's up for reelection in tuesday's primary but plans to continue investigating even if he loses. right now the field includes rick gray, alan melvin and andy done. >> when you get the chance to vote come november on marijuana? the group arizonans for responsible trade policy doesn't even want the issue placed before voters. in maricopa county judge already ruled that out to a be on the ballot and the state high court should let us know by next thursday. it can be pretty tough on the streets, so we will hope for those who don't have a place to call home. a temporary overflow shelter near 10th avenue and jackson will stay open through the end of february. the maricopa county board of supervisors is approving that funding. oftentimes people are homeless because of things they can't

once he recovered and found a place at a shelter he found they started looking for work again. >> i'm doing like 20 job searches a day. >> the shelter will be able to house up to 250 people every night. the county is also going to help them find permanent housing. phoenix mesa gateway airport is getting $9 million for a makeover, one of the largest federal grants it has received since transitioning to a regional airport. the year-long project should begin next month and should add more than it's time for the right this minute video involving a serious sleep of faith. >> this man -- serious leap of faith. >> this man jumps off of a bridge. >> oh my gosh! he managed to swim to the surface unharmed after his leap off of a bridge in morgantown, west virginia. i'm getting the shakes just watching that.

too much. >> this is another look at it. he throws these rocks to show them how far he has to go to reach the water. >> he jumped off the bridge safely into the water but he does warn people, do not attempt this jump. we of course are arguing -- going that -- we are echoing that safety message. it's not >> i knew it wasn't like -- if i knew i would be okay i might try it. you've got to live a little. let's talk about your most accurate forecast because i know we are thinking about the weekend. we have storm chances over the next couple days to keep an eye out for so don't let your guard down.

of several disturbances moving across today into tomorrow and a boost of monsoon moisture so you see a little bit more humidity as the day goes on, and that will combined to get the storms going. so far we just had a few showers in parts of the valley and still seeing that sun peeking through partly cloudy skies. showers are tracking a little earlier billy -- that we were trekking earlier have started to die down. we have storm southwest of wittman -- the storm southwest of wittman fizzling out now as it moves across the 60 you notice the showers that were going through parts of glendale and sin city are also starting to diminish but still light rainfall from sun city up to the loop 303 heading up toward lake pleasant and moving to the northeast. i'm watching areas to our south as we see storms firing up in southern maricopa county over that higher terrain. this will be an area to watch as these storms could continue to track northeast and we know storms

potential to bring us dust so we will have to watch these over the next few hours as the dust threat is there and we have more storms to our south just south of tucson so things will get active down there and as a result we could end up with dust in our area and eventually storms also as the storms pushed to the north. in the high country it hasn't been so active as of yet but you can see we still have light showers moving to the northeast and storms firing up right around the flagstaff area so storms like this to fire up over the next few hours along the mogollon rim. we also have an area of thunderstorms and areas along the rim and the way chances -- white mountains have chances as we go to the afternoon. valley storm chances are sticking around through the afternoon into tonight and even into tomorrow, at least a slight chance of storms especially once we get daytime heating. we could -- we will be watching

storm chances going up as we head into later this afternoon and evening. the chance for storms even through the 10:00 hour and as we head into tonight. again not looking like we will see widespread rain moving through but scattered pop up storms are a possibility and they could produce pockets of heavy rain and strong winds, enough to keep an eye on the radar through that mobile app. storms will continue to develop across the higher terrain. we will be watching that into early tonight a few showers into tomorrow afternoon and then the storms get going again along the rim. a few of those come close to clipping by the valley so we will have to watch that tomorrow. and as we head into sunday we get drier air in here that will drop the storm chances out of the forecast for the phoenix metro starting sunday and into monday. so the most accurate forecast today, the 20% chance for storms and a high of only 99 degrees so the impact -- keeps

tomorrow we hit a high of 100 but still below average with the increasing monsoon moisture . as we get drier air in here temperatures get a little hotter but sunday is still not bad at 102 and morning temperatures should be pretty comfortable in the morning -- in the lower 70s through the weekend. this afternoon we reach 97 in an apache junction -- in apache junction and 98 under partly cloudy skies. 99 for the high today in phoenix and with those hundreds out west -- only low 100s protruding to those temperatures. it's 82 in spots like sedona. overnight tonight we see the lows drop in the 40s in the grand canyon and also in flagstaff. mid 60s in winslow and 50s and 60s from payson over to prescott and sedona, a low of 51 in show low and phoenix is down to 80 degrees for the low

but remember there's a chance to see showers and thunderstorms. that's a potential so we will keep an eye on that and keep you posted through the weekend. as we head into saturday there's a chance again for a few storms with the high at 100 degrees as we dry out sunday into monday getting a little bit hotter some of they are temperature peaks at 105. it's pretty close to average for

and now time for our poll of the day >> now to get to the results of our poll of the day, the fda is calling on the fda -- on blood banks to screen donations for zika virus. 80 person did you say this affects your interest in donating blood while 20 person

say no. tsa officials say average wait times in some of america's largest airports are now less than 10 minutes long. it's due to -- weather is not the leading cause of flight delays but rather quote airline miscues like scheduling issues. faye is >> two people are dead after multiple shootings blocks away from each other. we are live from the scene with the very latest details coming your way at 4:00 and the community search for a missing father and baby has ended but now the dad is in big trouble. and a sinkhole opened up on valley role -- valley road. we

today is national dog day and it's time to appreciate the pooch in your life or honor the sound next-door. -- the hound next-door. >> this is maggie. the chihuahua is geo. the most popular dog name for yorkshire terrier is max. i had two dogs when i was younger, angie and jake. >> i had ringo, the golden retriever. >> how cute. >> i miss him every day. keep that mobile app handy. we have a chance for storms this afternoon and possibly dust with a high of only 99 degrees. storm chances continue into

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