12 news at 10:00, starts now. >> up first, breaking new brush fire in the west phoenix area. 60 firefighters are on scene right now. near 91st and southern avenue. this is video from sky 12 just a while ago. still no word on what sparked the fire. the investigation that led to a major investigation in the city jail in scottsdale. they granted treatment for a mesa lieutenant.

behind bars. but the video we uncovered showed he never served his full punishment. investigative reporter is here with her investigation. >> if you think the lieutenant was in a jail cell the entire time you better think again. a scottsdale police commander and detention staffer paying the price for getting him a get all of jail free pass. >> this was mesa police lieutenant chatting it up and even getting fast food delivered while he was supposed to be serving a 3 day jail sentence for driving drunk. >> i respect your input an

of being arrested. but they didn't grant him special treatment then. >> i have a thin blue line tattoo on my line. >> special treatment is what he got from the time he surrendered in the scottsdale city jail cation. >> he was given a key card to roam around as if he was an employee an exited. he was brought food. the police chief was blindsided by this. >> my knee-jerk reaction was that this can't be true.

responsible for executing this plan would be held accountable. >> i'm going it take action appropriate. >> he started with his top commander. a decorated patrol commander. >> he obtained permission for him to do his time in the jail. they're buddies. they graduated in 1994 acknowledged the friendship. >> no testimony from anybody at this point that i'm aware of that said the commander gave any direction to anybody in how he should be treated. >> scottsdale police confirmed that he was suspended for one week without pay but don't know what role he played. the detention manager, the toll

sergeant. it cost him almost $15,000 out of his yearly salary. and there's more. sergeants were demoted to detention officers. it cost each more than $15,000 from their yearly salary. a big chunk of change for the special treatment. >> both of them have the right to appeal their demotions. by the way, he resigned before whether he will be sent back to jail to do realtime will be left up to the presiding judge in gilbert. drop the gun! drop the gun! >> new body-cam tonight, released, the moment before the

kingman. 53-year-old jeffrey shot at officers. you can sigh the gun in the suspect's right hand. a detective was also struck and remains in serious but stable condition tonight. both officers are on paid administrative leave during the investigation. a prescott valley woman faces second degree murder charges in the death of her death. the baby was found the mother angela clark left her in the tub unattended for half an hour. she was taken off life support eventually. >> it's been 20 years since the mysterious phoenix lights appeared in the sky. an since then, questions linger as to what happened that night. arizona is not the only place where mysterious lights, in texas, there was a phenomena called the lights.

verify road trip, team 12 explores the question of what the lights are. we're definitely seeing things. some people like their science explained. some people like the mystery. >> i'm a veteran reporter and now i work for you. i'm taking real people out on answered. and you're coming along for the ride. this is verify road trip. >> thai perplexed travelers for 150 years. the lights, sparkling through the west texas flight sky. erica is a third grade teacher

science? >> in the air, on the road, we're heading to marfa. >> how do you feel about talking to strangers. >> that makes me nervous. >> it's a three hour drive and it's beautiful out here. >> before checks in with her third graders. >> what do you think they are. >> they were crazy so i'm glad to be out of school. >> he's a retired aerospace engineer who wrote four books about the lights. he spent a decade on his research. >> i just talked to my third

>> i have concluded that these lights are fundamentally plasma. >> plasma is the fourth state of matter above solids and liquids and gases. tectonic plates rubbed together causing underground lightning and that releases plasma and it travels through the air shooting off light. >> i w them. >> make them come out for you. >> in 1883, rosemary cox's grandfather was the first rancher to report seeing the mystery lights. she's lived in marfa most of her life. the boys drove the girls out to

>> are you dumb? >> she's telling great stories and she's sassy. >> do you think the lights are a mystery or do you think they could be solved by science? >> i think they're a mystery and i want them to remain a mystery. >> it's almost night and rosemary joins erica and me. our expert said to look for a blinking radio get our bearings. i think that's a radio tower. >> it's up in the air, i think it's just so far away it looks low to us. >> i don't think that's right. >> i see a car. i do too. >> i you can't see a car from here. >> we've got a controversy. she's been out here her whole

by headlights. >> i'm entitled to my opinion. >> many look at this and think they've seen the mystery lights. in the pitch-black, our special low light cameras shows those are not lights floating in the sky. those are cars on a mountain road 20 miles in the distance. the lights appear to flash because of the cars are occasionally masked behind terrain. >> this is where we're and he said to look hard left. >> i bet there's not a way in the world to prove it. >> your view or mine. >> by night, rosemary is home in bed and now we're looking to the left of the tower where the experts say you can find the true marfa lights. the guys in our crew are starting to see things.

>> it's red. >> and we're definitely seeing things. >> we don't know, red. >> i see it. >> i saw red. >> and nothing drove that way. >> still there. >> and it just dropped. >> he warned us about trunks. they can fool you and i think they did. >> most lily >> david, the truth is out there. our experts say the true lights don't show themselves often and we didn't see them tonight. is it taillights?

airplane. burt is flying us over the things we saw last night. >> so far away. >> you start to realize how far everything is away from you and it makes the mystery even more mysterious. >> i wouldn't think we could see the headlights from that far. >> how can we there, way to go. >> yes. >> i got the one-armed hug. >> the tower is farther away because it's clear out here. >> and he said that's why we can see the headlights from 20 miles away. >> and he's got a theory of his own. >> what do you think? >> two jack rabbits rubbing up

>> some of the lights we say and can be explained. they're headlights, but something is out there. let's wrap up our trip at another mysterious marfa location. >> a prada store in the middle of know where. >> everyone we saw doesn't need an answer. >> no, i don't think they want one. >> i think they like the mystery of it. >> our expert said we're seeing as she doesn't believe there's a good explanation for the lights. >> there have been people trying but, they just haven't found the answers yet. >> our question, are the marfa mystery lights a mystery? >> yes. >> they're a mystery. >> can't be explained by science or anything else? >> i don't think so. >> some people like their science explained.

take hers. >> so, plasma atmospheric reflection of headlights. >> we don't have a definitive answer. >> we do, we learned that there's a prada in marfa. most important. >> and they took a picture with it. >> i'm from texas, we pass through there and it's a landmark, people stop specifically for it picture. prada in marfa. we're fascinated by the store in marfa. >> officers caught on camera, slamming a man's face into a windshield. >> the halloween decor that crossed the line. >> the last night of the monsoon. what will the week look like. high school football, and now here's jimmy.

now to the hot headlines. an ohio police department is defending itself against police brutality claims after this showed a man being smashed into the police cruiser. he was stopped for jaywalking and they were investigating

neighborhood. and los angeles police arrested a man armed with a hammer suspected of kidnapping a clerk. he is seen dragging her out and forcing her into the car. she was able to escape. the suspect was later captured. developing now, a wean decoration that is crossing the line for some. to the point that home depot said they're pulling it off the shelves. >> the controversy began after a light of sinister issues that face women. >> what is it? >> team 12 kevin kennedy is in the newsroom to see what you think. >> window decorations are the rage and scary is good but some think this peeper is just sick and twisted and feel anything

is wrong. >> the season for skeletons and zombies and one home depot decoration has been pulled from every shelf in the country. >> in this day and age, it's not appropriate. >> they said it's insensitive. >> i'd been startled. >> first of all, my reaction fear. >> still sold in the u.s., almost everyone thinks it's creepiest thing ever. >> most everyone enjoys a rich or pirate. many like the peeper to get popped. >> if i walked up to my window and it was on the outside, i'd been shocked. so much for blue eyes being a

if you have a house party and then you have it situated on the perfect window. here's the mask here, it's dark, and again, we have folks who are wearing masks. what are the odds of that? there's the creeper. i don't know. if you go to a neighbor's house and then put it in that's a good prank. and i think the key is it has to be positioned right to where it looks real and believable. i don't know if it's enough to take it off the shelves. >> those canadians, they decided to crossed the line. the monsoon is over. >> was it exciting? >> kind of, an exciting end. the fact that we had any

june 15 through today and during that time, this is how much rain we picked up. 2.4 9 inches. it's officially below the average of 2.71. so this happened to be the 55th wettest monsoon on record. couple cities that did well when it comes to rainfall. flagstaff, 10.75 inches, an tucson, and o time of year. flagstaff, 2.5 inches above normal. and yuma,.31, that is the deficit. they get an inch or so typically. things are wrapping up, we had storms earlier, but we're

weekend. tomorrow, 96 and 95 on sunday. plenty of sunshine, and then changes coming in on monday. significant drop in temperatures. here's why, an area of low pressure drop down and slides eastward through arizona and it brings some areas a chance of rain. talking eastern and southeastern portions and that cold front will cool look at your travel weather. tomorrow, pretty good weather for a majority of the country. and if your heading west, 78 in los angeles and up towards d.c., conditions are good. next week, a couple days in the 80s before temperatures return to the 90s by thursday and friday. let's talk sports now.

fever season. prep action across the state and our crews are hard at work bringing you the best high school football coverage around and a sneak peek, we start at phoenix college. >> home field of the undefeated broncos. take on the huskies. and that's our game of the week. two contenders in 6a. you don't want to miss it, the now checking in with robbie baker. >> a lot of traffic tonight, i'm kidding, down the street. sun devils host valley christian and it's homecoming, a lot of emotion. will it work for or against them? that's going to be told on friday night fever. >> 20th annual ahwatukee bowl.

they haven't lost here since october 6, 2011. that won't change tonight, something tells me. i'm out here, we're going to win? >> [applause]. >> [cheers and applause]. >> over to you. >> homecoming, they're playing to the trojans. it's a tough one and close. we'll be seeing over to coop. >> wow, can't wait. >> we check in on the phoenix mercury, game two of the playoff with the links.

all right wnba playoffs. game two of the semifinals. doing all she can, heading for a but they're too good. mercury in a win or go home game. that's on sunday here in fence. >> diamondbacks open against this padres. and they plan long ball. a two-run shot. his 24th happened in the third

they win it, two more games, saturday night and sunday afternoon. how about that? and of course, the cardinals host the rams sunday and if they hit the right notes, all will be well again in bird gang country. >> check out cards star, patrick peterson conducting the he led the band and fitzgerald gave him pointers on how to conduct myself. >> the band, they're going to continue to play no matter what i do. that's what made it peaceful for me. i didn't want to screw them up. >> pretty good form. >> if he didn't know, he made it look like he knew. >> he took it seriously.

he's doing good. there you go. you got to put the whole bod into it. >> the phoenix symphony is doing a broadway and they have a halloween hogwarts show as well. next weekend. all right, don't go away, nathan lane is on jimmy fallon

finally, "snl" kicks off their knew season tomorrow. first, alec baldwin for the show's take on the presidential debate. >> and "suicide squad" star hosts. she told jimmy fallon about her nerves and first meeting with mckinnon. >> she was >> and i was like, i'm your fan. and that's unbelievable. >> "saturday night live" is pretty good. >> and musical guests the weekend here on nbc following 12 news at 10:00. we're always on, you can get the latest as it happens on 12news.com. the app and your favorite social media channels, have a

[ 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 -- nathan lane.