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>> donald trump jr. helps a stranded motorist in mesa. but was this a publicity stunt? we investigate and verify. 12news at 10:00 starts now. >> we begin with an exclusive 12news investigation. heroin in the suburbs. >> if you don't think your children are vulnerable to encountering the drug, don't be so certain. new numbers released to 12news by the arizona department of help show the epidemic is worsening. >> with heroin related deaths last year alone, 238 people died from heroin related overdoses. prescription opioid deaths were down, but still a staggering 401. >> each represents many more addicts whose lives are spiraling out of control. >> the lucky ones are warning the others.

was alcohol. >> reporter: it was the early 90s and shane says like today, many parents were in denial or naive. >> alcohol gave way to marijuana in high school which in college became prescription drug abuse. that is when the flood gates opened. i found myself, somebody who was physically addicted to heroin, meth, and cocaine. >> reporter: heroin was his ultimate comfort. >> all the pain you have, all the fear, al melt away. but it's a lie. >> reporter: but 2011, shane had a mug shot and felony conviction to his name. >> all throughout the state of arizona. >> reporter: now, he works community outreach. >> when it comes to the suburbs, heroin is a substance a lot of people think as a drug somebody uses in a neighborhood that is not theirs. >> reporter: the map of speaking engagements shows where apartments are calling out for help. startling evidence. >> it is in the suburbing. it is something that is in our

it is in some middle schools. >> no one is really immune to this. >> reporter: dr. chris is an er physician. patients end up in his emergency room from pain pills and heroin. >> people of all walks of life. they are anywhere, people that don't have homes or, people that are ceos or, you know, successful business people. they can be moms. >> it is a fine line between being high and death. >> reporter: the typical heroin addict starts at 23. is more likely affluent suburbs and likely used painkillers prescribed by a doctor first. that last one puts dr. samadar in a bind. during pain emergencies, he must decide whether to prescribe opiate painkiller that's can be a gate way to addiction. >> we get patient satisfaction scores and one of the questions is how well did the doctor treat your pain. >> you have to make that decision i would imagine daily

how do you decide? >> it is patiently patient. >> reporter: junior high age or younger is the time kids should learn from parents an mentors. >> parents don't realize it can happen to them. it can happen to their family and their child. >> reporter: and in fact, that is what our colleagues in atlanta found. when they dug deeper into the scourge of heroin. >> my son davis was an amazing young man. >> congratulations to the senior class of 2011. >> he was junior class president, senior yearbook. and he got involved in heroin. >> this is my son zach. scored almost 2100 on his sates. an athlete. played musical instruments. there is nothing like this. there is nothing like losing your child. nothing that even touches it. it is ... you don't get better. >> and some of the last conversations ... that i had with taylor ...

that i could never give her. she asked me to please understand her. and i could never understand. i kept saying, you know, just stop. just stop. >> in the past two years, i have had eight friends die from overdoses. zach, kiana. we didn't use painkillerring before. toward the end of high school. and then, once the painkillers got too expensive, about six months later we started using heroin.

i really am. it's terrible to see your friends die. >> breaking the cycle has been extremely difficult. the level of dysfunction and the amount of using. it has taken over his life. >> i was 16 years old. i tried it for the first time. the opportunity was there. had i chosen to go to an ivy league school or something like that. i could i didn't sit around when i was a kid thinking i want to grow up and be a junkie. i have ruined my life because of it. you know. i guess it sounds cliche. like i lost the girl of my dreams because of it. i lost my kid because of it.

i feel like i could be a really successful person. i mean ... i grew up with a good family. there is no significant amount of clean time. before i consume again. it was definitely my escape. and now, it is kind of like a chore. [ laughter ] >> please stop. we love you. >> and again, we just learned in the last day, 238 deaths in 2015 due to heroin. it is a 38% jump from the previous year here in arizona. >> it is so shocking. and, to hear the families and

i mean, it just hurts your soul to see these people talk about it. it brings it home. it really does. >> for free drug advice, drug prevention advice. kits and prevention information, to help your own children, you can go to notmykid.org. you can also share with me your story on my facebook page at joe dana reports as we continue this conversation. we are following breaking news now. i-10 has reopened after being closed for several hours both directions. nescient street, because of a person on the overpass. according to the authorities, the man had just fled a scene where he cut another man with a knife. the injuries are not life threatening. >> taking a live look from our adot cameras. trafficker appear to be moving again. but adot says continue to expect delays in the area for some time. >> only on 12news, a valley teen lives with a disease that causes an insatiable appetite.

she has to eat more. at 16, she is close to 300 pounds. even the bread box, the pantry, and the fridge have to be locked up. there is no cure for it. >> with it, she has no control. just imagine if you were hungry all the time. 24/7 and couldn't eat. and, even if you did eat, you are still starving. >> her mother fears without proper treatment, hannah's weight will get even more out of control. so, she is fighting to get her daughter the care that she needs for a disease that a team of doctors here say they don't truly understand. the teen who can't stop eating. that's monday, on 12news at 10:00. only on 12news, when it comes to restaurants, eat at your own risk. it had you talking about your own nightmare food experiences at valley restaurants.

from a chinese restaurant. i felt something strange in my mouth. i was chewing on a band aid. >> aw. >> is your favorite restaurant on their dirty list? go to 12news.com to find out. to 10 days to go until election day now. hillary clinton is trying to defuse a bomb shell. >> her campaign has gone from cruise control to james comey to congressional leaders. he uncovered e-mails connected to the previous receiverrer. >> it is not clear where they contained classified information or are even important. >> so we don't know the facts which is why we are calling on the fbi to release all of the information that it has. >> a law enforcement source telling nbc news the e-mails were found on a computer

anthony weiner. his wife, is top clinton aide aide. >> it is a positive turn for donald trump. >> this is the biggest scandal since watergate. >> it is unlikely to be settled before election day which isn't good news voters have already made up their minds. arizona is quickly becoming a hot spot for presidential candidates. trump will visit phoenix tomorrow making his seventh trip to the valley since he launched his campaign last year. and clinton will be in phoenix for an early voting rally on wednesday. was this video of trump jr. helping a valley woman push her stalled car a pr stunt?

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seen by millions but some of you are not buying it. many posting on our facebook page this was a publicity stunt, a setup for good press. >> so, was it? team 12's trisha hendricks is here to verify. >> reporter: we set out to verify after doing some digging. we were able to find the woman who was stranded. when donald trump jr. and a couple of others stepped in to help. this happened but, we tracked down shonda at her apartment in phoenix. >> you guys have had quite the past 24 hours. what happened? >> well, my sister's car ended up overheating as we were about ready to turn off the freeway. >> reporter: she jumped out and started pushing. >> the guys just came out of nowhere. i didn't even know who they were. they asked if i needed help pushing the car. i told them yeah. so they started helping me.

you realize who it was? >> i didn't until he told me. >> he said do you know who just helped you push the car? i said no. they said donald trump jr. donald trump's son. i was like wow. what? this don't happen to people like us. >> donald trump jr. pushed my car into mckillen. it was really cool. he was really polite. >> what do you think about the comments on social media that he did this as a pr stunt? >> yeah. wa really did break down. >> i don't think he was doing it for attention. >> reporter: one post questioned whether trump was actually pushing the car. >> he was actually pushing it. he had kind of a little bit of a sweat. [ laughter ] not too much. but it was hot. >> reporter: after it was all over, shonda got this selfie with donald trump jr. >> when he left, i was like, he has a son? really? that is his son. >> reporter: so has any of this swayed their vote?

clinton. shonda doesn't plan to vote for anyone. >> if donald trump jr. was running i bowl vote for him. but donald trump? no. but i really, really appreciate what he did for me. >> if you ever break down again, hopefully, he is there to save the day. >> reporter: so we can verify, this appears to be the real deal. no pr stunt here. trisha hendricks, 12news at 10:00. >> we have all been the the car breaks down at an inopportune moment and you hope someone is there to help. in this case, that someone happened to have a bit of an interesting job in the valley for the day. >> yeah, no kidding. >> wow. do you have something you want us to verify? e-mail us your concern at verify@12news.com. it is a historic day right now for the city of phoenix as it welcomes its first female police chief. jerry williams served 22 years

in oxnard, california. a big crowd showed up to see williams sworn into office. the chief vowing to improve relationships. >> it was huge. and, nothing shy of honored, humbled. extremely blessed. keeping in mind, though, that i know that i have a big job on my hands. >> william says she plans to meet with city and community leaders right away. and, spend a lot of engaging with people who live here in the city. >> chief williams' son allen is a player for the phoenix suns an watched his mom get sworn in live on his phone before the suns game at oklahoma city. >> yeah. quite a family. meanwhile, the suns lose 113-110 to the thunder in over time. russell westbrook with the game winner. he scored 51 and posted a triple double: it's the final week of the high school

night fever crew are gearing up for another big night. >> you know, y'all, you are absolutely right about that. but i want to talk more about this phoenix suns okc thunder game. the suns did a complete 180 from their season opener. very energetic and competitive tonight. t.j. warren leading the suns with 30 points but yes. you are right. another big night of friday night fever is coming your way. so let's get a sneak peek starting >> reporter: williams. the queen creek bulldogs. so far, it is a defensive struggle. who will come out on top? find out on the fever. now, let's check in with robbie. >> reporter: out here at the corono del sol high school. desert vista will be in studio tonight. our final regular season friday night fever. the thunder, they need a win if

will they do it? find out on friday night fever. >> thanks robbie. junction high school is playing host. i am here with the prospector. >> they are ahead by one point. that's all it takes to win. [ laughter ] >> oh, i like it. i like it! hey, several reaching tonight. and friday night fever will be there to cover all of the action. centennial and liberty. championship in the 5a, alhambra and caesar chavez. buckeye and estrella foothills. and it doesn't get much better than this. >> you know, the prospector is right. it only takes one point. >> good point.

counting down to jimmy now with just a few minutes to go. 14 minutes to go until the tonight show kicks off right after 12news at 10:00. >> his guest stars are anna kendrick and john lithgow. >> and he stopped by the ellen set to play never have i ever have martha stewart and snoop dogg. >> never have i ever been in handcuffs. [ laughter ] >> what? >> anna? like in a movie? >> no. [ laughter ] >> being arrested? >> that wasn't the question. [ laughter ] >> yeah, it may have been another style of handcuff that comes with a bed. [ laughter ] >> yep. >> all right, some more shockers to come out of that game. martha stewart, also admitted to sexting.

clothes before and then returned them. see, everybody does it. [ laughter ] >> that's right. [ laughter ] let's go to meteorologist krystle henderson who is having a great day out at the fair. i don't see you, where are you? >> reporter: well, do you scare easily? because, we are about to take you on a very spooky ride in honor of the last weekend of the arizona state fair. and, halloween weekend of course, but first, i want to the state fair forecast for tomorrow. hopefully, you don't have any plans and you can make this your plan to head out to the fair. by the way, it is two bucks before 2:00. you will see temperatures here rise very quickly. like going up in a roller coaster. 90 degrees at 1:00. we will be maxing out 10 degrees above average. and near record territory. we won't fall into the 70s until 10:00 at night. let's look at the seven day forecast. both saturday and sunday, the

that day. so all eyes on the thermometer there. and the overnight lows are also near records there at 70 degrees after that. each day starts with an eight. let's talk about your scare cats forecast. trick or treating time, we are talking temperatures between 82 dropping to 75 as the night wraps up. all right. we have got the ride rolling. hopefully, you don't get scared too easily. look out for those! through this. not sure what is going to come up ahead. but it looks scary. it's dark. oh my goodup. we are going through the doors. there's more dragons. hey, it's a great view of the fair. oh, it seems like ... maybe this isn't scary after all. until, we are about to head into a dungeon. and it gets worse and we are going to drop down. oh my goodness. it's a little jerky. watch out for the goblin.

that's a bloody head. you just don't know what you are going to find down here. people trapped behind bars. oh, watch out, a head off to the right. that guy is creepy. and you know, there's actually two of these spooky rides at the state fair. oh my goodness. i didn't catch that spider earlier. [ laughter ] spooky rides all over the fear as well as, you know, the ones that may freak you out just because they are roller coasters or they flip you around. so get out here and enjo as long as you go on the rides, you get a nice breeze. live at the arizona state fair. back to you. >> it is too scary for me krystle henderson. and her quote going through the ride. oh my goodness. oh my goodness. >> i think i oh the fair $2 for a ticket after that. >> getting to see all of the goods. >> very cool. don't forget, this monday, you can bring your kids and your pets to the 12news plaza on halloween for our costume parade during first at 4:00.

2:30 at 200 east van buren. as the world series continues, cubs fans hope to win it all. >> plus, j-lo starring in the next nbc musical? >> and see what happens when one of these twins realizes she

>> it's the bottom of the 7th inning. the last chance to order a beer. but, we didn't come here to drink beer! we came here to win this ball game! [ cheers and applause ] >> well, you know what? if you waited 71 years for a world series, the game should be more important. [ laughter ] and coop, of course, a lot of excitement in the windy city tonight for game three of the world series. >>ut hey, let me tell you, cubs and the world series in the same sentence is causing cubs fans to flat-out lose their minds! how else can you explain this? standing room only tickets going for 1600 to $3,000 tonight. standing room only! are you freaking kidding me? some of the local bars charging fans 250 to $1,200 to enter their establishments to watch the game on tv. did you hear me?

with this world series. and the cubs losing tonight's game to the indians 1-0. it's the fifth shut-out win for the indians this post season. indians lead the series two games to one. nbc's newest live holiday musical hairspray is just over a month away. >> but the network has its eyes on the live musical for next year's holiday season. looks like jennifer lopez will star in the production of bye bye birdie. >> she the role that chita rivera had in the 60s. don't go away. jimmy fallon starts in just six minutes right here after 12news

>> she is just older. >> just one minute older? i'm just one minute older. i'm just one minute olderment that's it. [ laughter ] >> finally, our omg video of the night. three-year-old twins. one of them having a health down after finding one is a minute younger than the other. >> oh no. go to our 12news facebook page

[ 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 -- anna kendrick, john lithgow, stand up from iliza, and featuring the legendary roots crew.