and that is allison rodriguez you see there on the scene. allison , what is the situation? >> reporter: look how far back the are keeping us because of the impact. firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get one of the passengers out. neighbors heard the whole thing sending us a vehicle of those involved. two people are dead and police told us two man in a w came speeding down 35th avenue plowing right into that smaller honda civic. the two guys traveling in that car died on the scene. police are saying the impact of the crash was severe. >> the reason why you are so far back is evidence is in the northbound lanes for 1000 feet or so. the damage to the honda civic

had to use cutting tools to get individuals out of the car. >> reporter: you heard him. he then described this as catastrophic. the two man who both 36. the driver is in police custody and the passenger is cooperating with police. they are waiting to release names involved just because it has been >> allison rodriguez starting a site. we now need to go to our second deadly crash on deadly -- alice. justin pazera, what happened here? >> reporter: allison was saying her scene will be shut down and some of this one. partly because of hers and the

investigators are just getting on her scene. they won't exactly find out what happened. preliminarily a woman was trying to cross 15th avenue when the white suv hit her. that woman was taken to the hospital where she died. the driver of the white suv was in her 60s. police do not believe she was drunk and they do not believe that she was speeding. at this going in here but once investigators get her, they will completely shut this down. if you have to take the light rail to work, they are going to shut down just a little bit later. of course this is just going to cause a headache for folks and mallory is standing by. i wanted to give you a look at road closures because a portion of 19th avenue is shut

the other crash at 35th avenue. taking a look at the big picture, your slowdowns are on the 17th and the tens. let's talk about your most accurate forecast . it is a cool morning with most of us waking up to temperatures in the 50s. it is cool and chilly with light winds this morning. today it is a degree warmer the time you're getting ready at home. we have warm temperatures ahead of a big cool down and i will take it day by day in minutes. a driver who hit a valley mother had no business being behind the wheel. nick ciletti is in chancellor. the driver had his license suspended and you would think that would mean he would be in jail this morning. >> reporter: this story is

the suspect was at home this week and even more shocked to realize he already has some mishaps on his record. there is speculation as to why the suspect was released. william epperly was released. he never went to jail and he was at home this weekend. officers say epperlein was driving with a suspended license when he hit the mother on ray road. her kids are also injured with the suspect being tracked down at his house. >> reporter: i chris with abc15. you don't want to talk to us? >> no. >> reporter: at last check those kids are still in serious condition and had 6:30 there is

out. this is tough to even wrap your head around. it is so sad for this family. >> thanks for the update. right now police need your help solving two murder investigations. we begin in glendale for a man is shot. investigators telling us two men were seen leaving the sudan moments after the shots were fired. this story. we are winning to learn the name saturday morning ar-15s avenue. -- near 15th avenue. all we know is someone was shot and killed. we do not know the motive as of now, and we are checking with police. flagstaff police are on the hunt for an armed man last seen

this guy stole the vehicle then drove to flagstaff. northern arizona university students were not invited via a tweet -- were notified via a tweet. right now backlash is growing over the donald trump transition team. demonstrations continue after the election of donald trump. repuic priebus name the chief of staff and steve bannon has been tracked for senior counselor. this morning we are learning more about what to expect when donald trump gives an interview to 60 minutes. he has no plans to roll back the same set mayor total same- sex marriage rights. as for immigration he could be

he said some areas will not have a wall but rather a fence. a story out of mexico with a priest having been found alive. instigators say he has notable signs of torture. he was one of three kidnapped in september. the others were shot and killed. investigators are working for a motive at this point they believe drug cartels this. maybe it seems like it is taking forever but the tieups with grand avenue is coming. there will be additional restrictions tonight. the entire project should wrap up sometime in the spring. light rail continues to push east through mesa the extension on gilbert road.

extend along main street with valley metro unveiling the traffic flows. forced to pay up, toyota is agreeing on a $3 billion settlement about not enough rest protection. it will cost $15,000 to replace each frame. they will inspect each individual. in morning a fight at a bakery gets out of hand. we are told two men looking at the le dolci bakery got into an argument. one of them pulled out a knife to cut the other one, taking off. fortunately the injuries are not serious at this point. maybe you want to check out the supermoon that is bright

it does not set until 6:54, so you have some time if you want to see it. share at www.abc15.com with chandler, not 54 and peoria. 59 in deer valley and 57 in apache junction. it cool start to another warm day bit warmer then yesterday. by 10:00 the warm into the 70s and 80 by lunchtime. we have a high of 86 in phoenix. we are in for sunny skies and then even warmer tomorrow. today we should stay below the record of 91 but tomorrow the

i have some big changes to show you by the end of the week. we are talking a huge cool down, mallory. abc15 desert drive times is brought to you by centurylink prism. >> i want to give a closer look at the closure you are seeing from the deadly crash on 35th avenue. it is shut down between dunlap and peoria. hop over and use 43rd avenue. taking a look at the freeways, the 17 is slow and go between glendale as you pass the stack. as you are traveling eastbound they cleared this up pretty quickly. here is a look at 67. it will take you about 20 minutes heading in this morning. we will take a look at your east valley tribe met. this is one of the many cars shot at this weekend.

sheriff's deputy targeted. the president elect engaging in a war of words.

looking at a safety alert.

valley neighborhoods targeted for the street shooter. something to be a little concerned about. abc15's katie conner is tracking the story for us. any leads in this one? >> reporter: fortunately police do have some leads over the weekend 20 people called after their car window was shot out. you can actually see the damage from a few of the cases. jonah vmas out that showed the car come back around and shoot out of the car. these cases took place during different times of the day but all in the northwest part of the valley. fortunately, no one was hurt but the street shooter has already targeted make it cars before. he shot at a man waiting off a stop sign and right now the investigation is unfolding.

trying to catch this guy. detectives have not released any new information august. we have reached out to phoenix police to ask if these cases are connected. we are going to break down the description of the getaway car scene over the weekend. the brand-new information about a sheriff's deputy ambushed in california happened near sacramento. or 30s was investigating when he was calledfor backup. he was found with two gunshot wounds to the head. the suspect took off in a stolen van and was later caught after he robbed a liquor store and tried to steal a woman's purse. more one wishes for donald trump as the president of china called to congratulate him on

critical of china during the campaign calling for a 45% tariff on imports. he believes the leaders have one of the strongest relationships. an investigation will begin today. a confederate flag was one from a pickup truck. witnesses captured this photo of officer michael peters drinking a parked truck near a love trumps hate rally. peters has been suspended without pay. ann mckee episcopal church was vandalized with anti-trump racial messages. they also found this sign promoting a spanish-language service. they replaced the hurtful

taking a few to a new level as they put up a billboard hoping to get a neighbor kicked out. he is a registered sex offender even though he is complying with the law people say that is not enough. they say they have no plans to get the billboard down until the man knew. four people including interjected armor covering after being attacked by a flash mob in philadelphia. fighting here. the detective tried to jump in and stop all of this but was injured in the process. two in the process. 216-year-olds are facing assault charges. it is time now for your most accurate forecast at 6:17. this is a time lapse with clear skies but it looks a little bright and that is because of the supermoon that we saw

now the sun is starting to come up on the other side just before 7 a.m. just before 7 a.m. clear skies across the valley as temperatures are down into the 50s and 60s this morning. maybe a light sweater for the little ones. you will not need the sweater later as temperatures will get warm from the low 60s back to 80 degrees by lunchtime. 86 degrees and it is warmer than yesterday. it should be a nice day but a little warm and tomorrow gets even warmer with the high near 83 degrees 1 degree shy of the record. we are near the record temperature but then changes coming our way by wednesday the winds kicking up and temperatures start trending down with cooler air moving in. the cold front will have this

on wednesday down into the 70s for our high on thursday. something to look forward to. it looks like it'll be two good dry but the high country could get at least a shower or two but we just get stronger winds and more cloud cover. look at temperatures falling with 70s thursday coming up we will talk about how strong the winds will be by wednesday. from our centurylink present traffic center no issues but there is a crash off the 10. elliott road east of i-10 you might want to use one or road

morning. also this is i-10 you will see some flashing lights off the right-hand side. wiltshire if this is a crash or a stall. a closer look at the 17 is coming up. >> the holiday spirit is upon us. there are several festive displays along arizona avenue. different winterland and for more holiday events visit downtown chandler. america's brave men and women can get a free lunch for data today honoring those who have served in the u.s. military . you must have proof of service and reservations are welcome. the white house is up for sale not the one on

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a horrible crash has slipped two people dead and those who were killed may not have seen this guy coming he was going so fast. it is just off 35th avenue. that is where allison rodriguez is for us right now. what is the latest? >> reporter: chris, typically we can be closer to these types of crashes but look at far back

the perspective on how severe this impact was with investigators swarming the area now. they were going so fast that neighbors heard the whole thing. they sent us some video of the vehicles involved. two are dead and police are telling us this morning two men driving in a white bmw came speeding down 35th avenue plowing right into a small honda civic. there is debris for hundreds of feet. the officer telling me about 1000 feet because the impact was so bad. the two men in the honda were killed. the sound of the crash was so loud it startled neighbors here. >> i was doing laundry here and i heard a really loud bang.

>> reporter: the driver and passenger both 6-year-old man took will survive. the driver is in custody as a passenger cooperates with police. i asked investigators how fast do you think people are going? they said they were well over the speed limit. allison rodriguez, abc15. i am justin pazera at 19th avenue another deadly crash a couple miles from allison rodriguez. you can see some gathering around the car taking photos. that is the car that was involved in the crash. a woman was trying to cross 19th avenue. the driver of the white suv hit her and killed her. the woman did die at the hospital. most of those investigators that need to come here are tied

phoenix police say it will be quite some time for the area to be shut down. this is affecting the light rail. in the next couple of hours it will be shut down throughout the morning and you have to take it bus to get around this area. as far as the road here at the 19th avenue, it is closed and mallory is standing by how to get around it. south of dunlop is where you will see this says seventh avenue is your best option. you would think the 17 would look worse, but it is not doing too bad. i will give you a quick look from our adot camera. loop 101 eastbound near 19th avenue is heavy here. the moon is getting ready to such to the west and if you are checking out either of

is looking -- supermoon is looking pretty cool. if you step outside it is a little chilly with temperatures warming into the 80s this afternoon with a high of 86 degrees. i will show you how much warmer it will be tomorrow before a big cool down heads are way. a close call for a friend of mine at abc15. a photographer on loop 202 came almost face wrong-way driver. adot giving us this screenshot of the vehicle. there are no reports of crashes and dps responded when they cannot find the guy. you may want to avoid those hov lanes because often times we have covered many of them and those crashes seem to happen in the hov lanes.

valley woman hit and killed. she was walking across the street with her children and her family is now asking you for help. nick ciletti is live. tragedy does not begin to describe, right? >> reporter: absolutely. this is at the memorial that continues to grow in chandler. the young mother taken too soon . she went out for a casual stroll with her kids, and ended in tragedy. they are told the victim in this case is 35 year-old pamela hessel bacher. these are photos from the family 's gofundme page. it looks like so far they have raised $2800. chandler police tell us pamela was walking with her children saturday night when the suspect came and ran a red light.

her injured tone her injuries. we have been able to catch up with people who have come here to pay respect. >> i walk the streets daily. the holidays, it is just heartbreaking to think that people are having to deal with finding closure. >> reporter: if you would like to take action and donate, we have posted a link to the gofundme account. head to www.abc15.com right happening today and make arizona hero will be laid to rest as officer darren reed was shot and killed on the job last week in show low. his funeral today at the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints is at 1:00. overflow seating has been added and we will be streaming that at www.abc15.com.

into what sparked three mobile home fires. it happened near 41st avenue and van buren. firefighters were able to keep it from spreading. nobody here was injured. tomorrow is one week from election day and the ballots are still being counted in maricopa county. later on today officials will begin the counting once again with a couple races still too close to call including the one for county recorder. we are watching the numbers coming from proposition 205 2052 legalize recreational marijuana. right now we know side -- the no side is winning. only one dollar is what donald trump says his salary will be as president.

know how much the president gets paid. he said taking one dollar is required by law, so he will take that. he doesn't think the public really cares. donald trump is in a new twitter war talking the new york times targeting the paper saying they are losing subscribers because of inaccurate coverage of the trump phenomenon. the news outlet replying they have had a surge in online subscrip day. the wall street journal debuting a new version of its print edition today. the paper is also combining its business and technology into one section to bring -- reduce costs. >> so it is shrinking. mandatory evacuations her in place throughout the

wildfires burn out of control. and lots of rain and heavy winds are helping to fuel these fires. arizona fire crews are lending a hand with two members from the peoria fire department heading to north carolina. it is time to print up some resumes. workers are wanted this monday. chase and say flight are all taking part in a diversity job fair. it runs until 1:00 in the afternoon. honoring the victims of the uss arizona. construction should be done by december 4 three days before the anniversary of the pearl harbor attack. 2400 u.s. servicemembers were

it will honor those who lost their lives on the arizona. you have got to love a good arizona sinkhole. a new one just opened up and decided to swallow a car in tampa. this is on the ipad here. watch how the car goes down and here it is. it is now upside down because of a water main break. >> incredible images the main getting ready to set creating a nice view over the valley. we have the sun slowly working its way up and remember share your pictures with www.abc15.com. we would love to see your photos. if you are going to be stepping out, the temperature is now 61 degrees in phoenix, but we have

and we will keep those clear skies in the forecast for today with 70 in your most accurate forecast and the temperatures warming back up into the 80s today. a bit warmer than yesterday as we talk out at 86 degrees. tomorrow back to near record with the 89 forecast. we are in a record territory, but then temperatures trend down by wednesday. i want to head back up to this crash on the 101. it was blocking the left lane at one point, but it is super slow before 19th avenue coming off of the i-17 transition. let's give you a look at your desert drive times. i think it will get worse before it gets better but right now it is their 35th avenue and the drive time takes you from

it is starting to pick up from thunderbird to northern. so a lot of folks are choosing the 17 instead with the slowest part between thunderbird hitting northern or so. we also have a new crash at the 202. i will show you that next. maybe you got the amber alert notification. brand-new a shot of a valley dad accused of triggering the alert. he was captured and he took two girls from a circle k near broadway and roosevelt. he and the mother got into a fight. they were worried she would take the girls as far as florida. they are safe this morning. more than a dozen cars shot

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a shot of the supermoon this morning at a want to thank all of our viewers for sending these photos. the moon at its closest point in almost 70 years. is still have a few minutes to go catch it. i have your most accurate forecast in minutes. great pictures, iris. a warning this morning for those living in the west part of the valley. investigators are investigating a string of car windows being shot. we have katie conner tracking

has anybody been hurt in all of this? >> reporter: police want to keep it that way and it is no. this is the description of the getaway car. they say it is a 90s for door -- four door dark green sedan. it is being shown driving by the home and that is when somebody shoots something out the window. the police received at least 20 over the weekend. the shooter could be using a bb gun. that is the same type of gun investigators believe was used in some of the i-10 shootings last summer. this guy has never been caught. he is not for shooting at people in vacant cars. we will reach out to see if there could be a connection. at this time there is no

could develop throughout the day. stick with abc15 and if you see anything in the area make sure to call the witness. arizona prison inmates wilson could help to fight occurred eviction. we received a federal grant for 50 trough -- vivitrol . it establishes the when. they will offer vivitrol as a bridge between incarceration and outpatient treatment. a gunman goes on a rampage at is then taken houses. the guy ran to his car and was taken hostage. one officer eventually opening fire and four people were shot by the shooter.

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her 60s and is not impaired and was not speeding but it is impacting traffic in and around the area. 19th avenue is closed from the centurylink prism traffic center. as we get around the closure this is south of dunlap. i recommend seventh avenue. once you get on the 17, things are looking better. taking a look at thea valley you are slow on i-10 westbound. then we had a crash on group 202 and it has since cleared. i want to show you a look from our adot camera. this is a look at mcclintock. it is still a little heavy in the area. i want to take you to air15. we are checking out the setting moon.

give us incredible views. so check it out. make sure to send your pictures to share@abc15.com . clear skies this morning given us the great review of the men. temperatures warming back into the 80s and we are back to 80 by lunchtime. the forecast >> reporter: warmer than yesterday putting as 10 degrees above the 30 above the 34 average where we should be for this time of the year. we are well above average across the valley in the clear skies with 80s to the west and near 90 in yuma. 64 today in flagstaff. changes are heading our way

the winds look at gusty and even on the western half of our state by wednesday ushering and cooler air. a bit of a roller coaster from mid-80s today and near 90s tomorrow back into the mid-80s by wednesday before a cool down thursday into friday with the highs only in the low 70s. i will show you the seven-time and we will talk about whether we will see any rain moving in and just a few minutes. it is almost holiday time and we could all use extra cash. abc15 is giving away $500 tonight. we will get a gift card for watching the weather word of the day tonight only on abc15 news at 10:00 for your chance to win.

the season effectively would be over if they had missed. the cards stay alive with second place in the nfc west. the red birds not going to the upper midwest to place -- play the vikings on sunday. the first win in one month for the cards with the abc15 sports team wanting to talk fever, not to the brewhouse tonight. if you cannot make it in person, join us on facebook at 7 pm with special guests and everyone breaking down -- breaking down the big win. we are on the scene of burkini news and traffic alert as rows are shut down through

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i am justin pazera in atlas where there is heading down the area. phoenix police telling me a woman was trying to cross 19th avenue not on the crosswalk when she was hit by a car. 19th avenue will be shut down through rush hour and once investigators get here police trying to find investigators to come out and get it going. they are going to shut down the light rail. valley metro system will use buses to get around this area.

abc15. i'm allison rodriguez near 35th avenue and dunlap with a violent crash that left two men dead. two other men were traveling here speeding down the road when they crashed into the back of a honda civic. the driver of the bmw is in police custody in the passenger is cooperating with investigator. the men in the honda died the world will be shut down for several hours. allison rodriguez, abc15. box out police are on the hunt for an armed suspect last seen near the i-440 and lone tree. that guy stole a car and drove to flagstaff and then kept students on alert by sending tweets throughout the night. this guy is ascribed as a white man wearing a gray tank top and

run right now. >> reporter: nick ciletti standing in front of the intersection for a deadly habitant -- accident happened. chandler police tell us the person who caused the accident is home right now. this person has been charged, but he was never in doubt. we are working for answers to the question. there is a gofundme page setup for the young mother who died in headed to www.abc15.com for that. nick ciletti, abc15. the temperature will go down to 61 degrees in phoenix and a bit of a chill in the air with clear skies as the sun gets ready to come up. temperatures will warm by lunchtime before the high of 86 degrees and winds between five

temperatures will be trending

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