12 news at 10:00 with mark, vanessa, caribe and coop. tracking the big picture this wednesday night. >> working including a 5-year-old shooting himself in the face. >> neighbors in shock as police look for answers. a former firefighter accused of sexual assault. >> the high tech system that helped cops. >> longer red lights. will they speed up the morning commute. decision 2016 trump returning to arizona as polls show clinton in the lead. watchdog wednesday.

three things to skip buying in october. >> 12 news at 10:00 starts right now. >> our big story at 10:00 tonight is one of the most heartbreaking stories to tell. an avondale mother hears a gun go off and then finds her son shot in the face. the details are hard to hear. kevin kennedy is in the live alert center with >> the mother and two other kids were home at the time of the shooting. police say the gun was not locked or secured. neighbors say the mother came running out of the house screaming for help. >> it's just horrible that this happened. >> they're bringing flowers, balloons and candles levering them outside the home that saw the worst kind of nightmare. >> he was a loving little boy. a lot of life in him. >> the 5-year-old boy found

his mom hearing the bang. >> oh my god. it broke my heart. you flow, so -- you know, so sad. >> i'm saddened for her because she's a great mother. >> family and friends overwhelmed by pain. investigators worked the scene. police say the gun belongs to the boy's father. >> a young life is taken before he was able to grow up and blossom to be anything. >> as friends and neighbors add to a growing memorial high above nup the sky >> look at the rainbow. isn't that a miracle? >> on a day you look for anything to heal family and friends remember a bright little life lost too soon. >> now this shooting is still being investigated but at this time there are no pepdzing charges n. the live -- pending charges. in the live alert center kevin kennedy 12 news at 10:00. >> thanks. developing now. a former phoenix firefighter

not attack a woman. >> i'm going to lose my retirement and benefits, everything. >> that's something you should have thought of before now. >> by didn't do this. >> a detailed sketch prompting someone to come ford and identify 52-year-old jeffery wilson. the woman telling police officers that wilson drove past her several ti she claims she refused his offer for a ride and that's when he parked and chased her down pulling her under a bridge and pointing a gun at her face and assaulting her. this is not the first time the former fire captain has been in trouble with the law. >> he had a series of issues while on duty and the department fired him in 2015. he appealed and got his job back but the department demoted him to firefighter. and then cops arrested him

dui. the department fired him again. and there's more. he's presently suing the phoenix fire department in federal court for allegedly violating his civil rights. . >> advance technology helping crack the case. ryan cody giving us a closer look. >> the victim played a sernl role in the arrest -- essential role in the arrest of the firefighter not only in her the sketch that led to tips hours after its released. >> i would say the program that we use is probably the most accurate. >> the glendale police department is the only agency in arizona using this digital sketch software called sketch cop to create images. >> they have multiple different facial features to choose from and then they can kind of add each facial feature at a time. they have different ones to

they can kind of figure out and resee if what fits. >> what fits in this sketch is obvious, the mustache, an overexaggerated fee hur to some but turns out is the most crucial element leading police to the suspect. 54-year-old jeffery wilson. >> i'm going to lose my retirement and benefits. >> that's something that probably should have been considered long before now. >> we saw a lot on different social media sites saying nobody has when you look at the composite sketch and the booking photo he looks just like it. >> these sketches also hold up extremely well in court because it takes all the possibility of detective bias out of the picture. speaking of court wilson will be back before a judge on october the fifth. in glendale ryan cody 12 news. just two days to go until

show for us tonight. sky 12 capturing lightning dancing across the arizona sky as storms moved into portions of the west valley. let's talk about tomorrow. looks like we have one more day where we're expecting to see more showers and thunderstorms developing due to an area of low pressure. here's the breakdown. at 6:00 a.m. at 75 degrees. a 30% chance of rain. make sure you take the umbrella with you to work and school. even as we head into th rain. temperatures in the upper 80s. top out about 95 tropical storm. -- 95 tomorrow. we'll continue with a chance of rain until 3:00 but then a slight chance towards the 6:00 hour. closer to the weekend back to sunshine. i'll have that up in a few minutes, have a me sa? >> all right caribe see you soon. if you hate waiting at the ramp

a red or green light on the freeway, listen up. adot has a warning for drivers of route 51. your wait is about to get longer. monique griego is here with the story monique? >> well as most drivers know these ramp lights turn on during rush hour and youm probably notice them -- you'll probably notice them >> we've all been there in a rush and about to jump on the freeway. then you see the line of cars waiting at a metered ramp signal for their green light. >> i can say it was frustrating. it's time consuming. >> that wait is about to get a little longer for drivers on sr 51 as adot starts testing the timing of the signals. they say drivers may notice.

>> i don't think it is. >> adot is hoping it will improve traffic flow on all highways. right now the meters are set to predetermined intervals. this new system will be able to adjust the timing of red and green lights depending on how busy it is. >> it's always going to be a frustration but hopefully it will alleviate some of that. >> it's expected to last at least three weeks. monique griego 12 news. okay thank you very much. to decision 2016. donald trump is coming back to arizona. the republican presidential candidate will be campaigning for votes in prescott valley on tuesday at the prescott valley event center. it starts at 2:00 in the afternoon. doors open at 11:00 a.m. a poll is revealing the first presidential debate of

52% of likely voters who watched said hillary clinton walked away the clear winner. while just 21% thought donald trump won. a majority overall said their opinions of either did not change as a result of the debate. 51% of democratic voters say it improved their view of clinton. 26% of republicans say the debate improved their view of trump. women while trump's got worse. new details on a school shooting leaving two kids and a teacher in the hospital. only on 12 news watchdog wednesday. a call 12 investigation before booking your next vacation. two things you should buy in october. and the carnivals looking to bounce back from the embarrass

plus we have nfl sue perlatives. it's a great show. tomorrow only on 12 news at 10:00. on true crime thursday the training it takes for experts to be able to tell the difference between human and animal bones. that's tomorrow only on 12 news at 10:00. don't go anywhere 12 news at 10:00 will be back in 60

here are your hot headlines. two students and a teacher injured when a gunman opened fire at a south carolina elementary school. officials say the alleged shooter is a teenager. one of the students is still in critical condition tonight. the other victims have since

volunteer firefighter at the playground. police say the feen shot and killed his father at their home before the attack. no motive has been released. as the feds get ready to turn up the heat on wells fargo for creating fake accounts without telling customers its ceo is giving up millions of dollars in bonuses to save his job. john strum p of retu strumf returns tomorrow where we will forego his salary during an independent investigation. we have a call 12 for action consumer warning on this watchdog wednesday. a scottsdale vacation company promises to book incredible vacations for thousands of dollars. >> but employees tell our team that some of those trips may not happen.

-- call 12 for action's reporter has the story. >> thousands spent on extra have a gent vacations. >> -- extrav gent vacations. >> three former employees are calling them out. packages that could coors up to $11,999. >> they sell us a vacation of a lifetime. >> these former employees say they on customers accounts. customers paying for trips that were never booked. customers like karen swope who booked a european trip. >> they told me they had a ten day cruise to the mediterranean. >> she told us that arch vacations took her money but never booked her a trip. >> i've had trouble sleeping at night. >> these former employees are

>> these clients and customers that we've built ra port with -- rapport with are being taken advantage of. >> they say that when they asked questions management retaliated. >> now just like the customers they're waiting on arch vacations. >> i have a baby to support. so. >> we did some digging into arch vacations. >> you have reached a nonworking number. >> we could only find arch vacations online and noted on this business park directory. we tried to door, locked. so we tracked down the president of the company at home. dar lean ziebel. >> we heard talking behind the door but no one ever answered. >> we're from channel 12 we need to talk with you about arch vacations. your employees say they're not

email asking to submit our questions in writing. so we did. we received this response. we anticipate we will be able to mail any outstanding paychecks by certified mail within the next three weeks we are working as quickly as possible that have led to the delays and are providing frequent updates. the better business bureau has an alert on arch vacations. the american society now travel later offers. they offer this advice. beskeptical about postcard and phone solicitations for vacations. get everything in writing prior to patient and be suspicious of companies that require you to wait 60 days. >> karma it comes around and goes around. >> these former employees hope the owners will p do the right thing on behalf of the customers and the employees.

what they work for. and then never do this again. >> i asked arch vacations if they're still booking vaguecation. the -- vacations. the response they gave me was that they're only serving exist existing clients. and that quote payment processing issues don't affect existing travel plans. 12 news at 10:00. >> thank you. an heard in that story recently won a small claims court case against the company but still has not been paid that award. if you have a consumer complaint call 12 for action. volunteer reporters are here every weekday. or you can file your complaint online right now. just go online and search call

largest mountain bike trail in the world. the great divide. pat tillman inspiring the journey. pedalling 2700 miles across the tough esther rains to honor the former sun devil and cardinal who lost his life while serving in the army. it started in canada going to new mexico. he's celebrating on mill avenue with a well deserved cold beer. his mind with every stride. >> i had written down on my handlebar bag some slogans that gave me inspiration. i wrote a slogan what would pat do with a question mark. i looked down to those and it would inspire me to grind out the last few miles or climb the big hills. i drew on that for inspiration. >> and get this, his journey

pat tillman foundation. >> good stuff. all right everybody it is time to talk some arizona cardinals. they are trying to rebound from that embarrassing loss to buffalo. and now coop is here with the one player who could make the difference this sunday. and let's hope there is a difference, right coop? >> there's got to be, right? >> yes. >> that player could be michael floyd who cleared concussion protocol. he's not solely to blame for the offense floyd knows he needs to step it up. >> our performance is unacceptable. >> we're three games into the season can and this offense has yet to score a touchdown in the first quarter. so what's wrong? >> sacks. sacks on pressure. getting the ball out of your hand accurately. we pride ourselves on being one of the best third down teams. that's an area we have to get back to.

throw it to fit he has more -- fitz he has more touchdown catches than anyone in the nfl. >> i have a ton of faith in him and i expect every ball i throw to him for him to make a catch. >> but that's been michael floyd's problem this season. >> consistency in practice and in games. he shines and then all of a sudden he'll drop an easy one. you can't do that. year. and floyd knows it. >> it's always in someone's head. in my head for sure. ki only control what i can control and that is going out there and making plays. >> as for the miscommunication between him and palmer in buffalo, problem solved. >> having a mistake that usually doesn't occur again. >> with the cardinals cameron

contract year and usually guys want to make that their best year ever because it mean as big payday the next season. i thought michael floyd would get off to a heck of a start. but there's time. >> how many games left? like 12 or 13. >> 12 in a regular season. >> they got to step it up. >> yeah, they do. that's the truth. but we have time. time is on our side. time also is what we've been seeing having weather wise day, correct? >> we're winding down the monsoon but you wouldn't know it based on what's happening. today some more dust in penal county. here in the valley we got some rainfall. here's a look at conditions right now though. it's very quiet out there. a nice 85 degree temperature. winds at six miles an hour. the due point at 6 -- dew point at 68. here's a look oots the rain

earlier today. it was the west valley that lucked out. glendale with two tenths of an rain. sun city west at.16. peoria.07. most of that is gone tonight. you can see on the satellite radar that it's shifting its way through prescott south of williams that's where the showers are moving. slick travel there along the i- us tucson which is typically where we see storms originate for us it's quiet right now. in the clear for a short time. indian wells holbrook you can see more storms in that direction. we're going to continue with the unsettled conditions because of an area of low pressure. even though we have two more days left of the monsoon we're going continue to see some of those conditions for thursday.

phoenix sky harbor because if we don't and remain rainless this is what we'll have for our total 2.47 inches. that is below normal. here's the monsoon meter for tomorrow. six nup the northern portion of our -- six up in the northern portion of our state. pretty decent chances from the valley. temperatures 95 for tomorrow. we'll keep it in the mid-90s friday and saturday but with conditions. looks like next week is going to be dry as temperatures cool into the 80s. don't go to bed just yet. next the three thing that is you should not buy in october. and kid's school shopping at sun's training camp huh?

all right. time for some more sports. day two of the training camp in flagstaff. staff is in the books and coop you say they have a young team. >> indeed they do. three of the players aren't of age legally to step inside a bar and the head coach knows it's vitally important for the players to like each other. something they worked on in the summer. >> we haven't been apart at all. for about every month in the

post-season or off season we're together. it's yoga, working out, drills. whatever it may be it's something that's building up to this moment of training camp. >> the veteran players enjoying fun after practice providing the young players with cartoon- themed backpacks featuring the likes of ariel snow white, cinderella, you get the picture. welcome to the nba rookies. i it's not what you wear it's how you wear it. >> it's a pink. i don't know which cartoon it is but i look it so far. phoenix mercury and the minnesota lynx playing their series tonight. perhaps after playing and surviving two playoff games mercury lack relaxed a bit.

113-95. caribe, vanessa? >> thanks so much. if you're starting to plan your budget for the month, the website nerd wallet made a list of what to buy. >> at the top of the buy list jeans. stores are starting to discount them because they've been on the shelf since back to school. >> what to skip? toys. a great to wait until the holidays. you'll get the best deals in december. they happen the week before christmas. >> good luck on trying to get them to hold off. >> do buy outdoor gear as summer fades out you can buy things like tents and outdoor grills. you're going to want to wait on electronics. black friday is the best time to buy these.

skip buying cleaning supplies. this applies to things like vacuums and steam cleaners. the best deems come in lathe -- deals come in late november or early spring. >> sting joins jimmy fallon on the tonight show right after 12

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we have some breaking news right now. this is happening in south phoenix. the hunt is on for an armed suspect near 48th street and broadway this is a live look. phoenix police are telling us the suspect shot one man and a second person is hurt. broadway road remains closed. more details tomorrow on 12 today. oh boy. looks good. snl returns this saturday right here on 12 news. >> snl tweeting a speak peek clip. showing alec baldwin embodying trump and going head to head

y24qoy yvpy [ cheers and applause ] ?? >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- sting,