learn the five-year-old boy who shot himself had died. avondale police say it happened in this townhouse between 9:30 and 10:00 this morning. the investigation is in its early stages so there is a lot they are not telling us. police not saying what type of gun was used by the little boy. how many shot maze have been fired. where the little boy was hit. >> i rushed home because i have a five-year-old son myself that plays with him. just rushing home to like know that it was actually my neighbor's son. it was really heart >> a neighbor told us this complex is filled with single moms who have between three and five children. she believed that little boy who died was one of five kids, all of them young. the grim question, hanging over this tragic scene, how was it a five-year-old boy was able to get his hands on a loaded gun. >> unfortunately when you know when weapons are involved you have to be sure you are more safe with those type of things because these incidents happen.

we hope to have more answers soon. in avondale, steve krafft, "fox 10 news." live pictures now from a pretty bizarre situation that we told you about at the end of the 5:00 show that's developing near the us-60 and alma school. and as you look by that sign you can see a man there sitting in a wooden crate. right off the side of the freeway. we haven't seen so far any dps troopers coming up to talk to that man. not quite sure what he is doing in but again he is sitting there at exit that says 178 and has a cooler in there and it looks like a chair. we don't know if this is some sort of a protest. we have no idea what this guy is doing in this picture from adot. we were keeping an eye on it and we will let you know if anything develops at mesa. getting a look at the man accused of a deadly crash on the side of the i-17. ronald hull is charged with

and endangerment. investigators say monday night his pick up truck hit a group of people who were changing a tire on the shoulder of the freeway. 22-year-old steven was killed. three others suffered minor injuries and dps believes hull was impaired at the time of the crash. arrested made in a glendale sex assault. take a look how closely the sketch of the suspect resembles the mug shot of the man arrested. he used to work for the phoenix fire department. danielle miller has the >> 52-year-old jeffrey wilson being held here at the fourth avenue jail without bond. today during his initial court appearance, the judge denied bail because the future of potential violence. >> your full name. >> jeffy -- >> 52-year-old jeffrey wilson making his initial court appearance. he is being held without bond on charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. police say wilson grabbed a 19-year-old girl, sexually assaulted her at gun point

on -- >> i'm going lose my retirement and benefits if i -- >> probably should have been considered long before now. >> i didn't do that. >> you need to talk to your attorney. have received a lot of information from the police and that information quite frankly is overwhelming in this court's opinion. >> police report say the victim was walking home from a friend's house when wilson spotted her out and it says wilson told the victim while assaulting her if she kept screaming he her. he then asked her if she was a virgin and if so he would stop and the girl said he was and that's when wilson took his gun and said he was going to kill himself and her. he asked the victim to forgive him before running away. >> wilson was arrested yesterday on the carefree highway not too far from his house. his next court appearance is scheduled for october 5 at 8:30 in the morning. danielle miller, "fox 10 news." a tragic story developing out the south carolina today.

and a teacher are hurt during a school shooting. investigators say the shooter apparently shot and killed his father before going to the schooling. the teenage suspect is in custody and the victims were flown to local hospitals where one student is in critical condition. the other child and teacher are in good condition. that school has 286 students from pre-k through 6th 2k3wr5eud. classes -- grade. classes have been canceled until the end of the week. we are learning more about what led to police shooting a man who allegedly rammed his car 19th avenue and rose garden. as part of an ongoing drug investigation, undercover officers say they had arranged to meet a drug sell narconvenience store parking lot. when they moved in to make an arrest, the suspect put his car in reverse and slammed into the police vehicle. he pointed a gun at police and so an undercover officer opened fire. the 26-year-old suspect is an extremely condition. another 23-year-old man in the car was arrested on weapons

warrant. reaction is now pouring in after the shooting of an african-american man in southern california. police in the san diego suburb of el cajon opened fire on the man yesterday afternoon. they say he refused to comply with their demands. the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he later died a bystander shot cell phone video of the incident and that footage has been turned over to the police. crowds of protesters saying they want that sooting footage released. >> want the tape -- no reason to confiscate the tape and have to hold it. >> they shot him five times and he is mentally challenged. you shoot somebody five times you aren't trying to stop him or help him. you trying to kill him. >> investigators say the video shows that the man did not have his hands in the air. that footage has not yet been released. billboards across town set up by a controversial community activist who was just arrested a couple of days ago. the reverend jarrett maupin putting up billboards to help promote non-violence between

show a picture of a white officer and a black man on either side of the sign and there is a quote, attributed to maupin that says, #our lives matter, #our choices matter. hope not hate. respect not racism. non-violence and not violence. those have been set up in areas that he calls hot beds of conflict in the valley in hopes of changing minds. we got reaction from people living in the area. >> do you think that's an effective message? >> i think so. >> i hope so. >> violence, needs to stop. >> billboard not going to help the problem. it has to do more than just communities talking hopefully it will bring awareness that policeman are doing what they need to do and the black people need to be treated with respect. >> those billboards are already near i-10 and 27th avenue and i-17 and bell road a total of 15 will be up and running by this friday. a huge marijuana grow operation is busted in phoenix early today. maricopa county sheriff's deputies raided that plant near

deputies served a search warrant and five different locations that authorities are investigating. two are businesses and three are homes. we are told the suspects not only grew the plants but dried them and made oils with them as well at that location. the sheriff's deputies say they are looking for 18 people involved. he has been called the most hated man in america by a lot of people. we are talking about the pharmaceutical executive mar scregy -- shkreli. he got his reputation last year after raising the price of a life saving drug by 5,000%. on twitter he says he is offering the chance now to hit him to the highest bidder. shkreli says he is raising the money for a young son of a friend who died of cancer. he is open to getting dinner with the win instead of being hit. i'm sure he will get a lot of offers for the punching part of

agreement days before a government shut down. the government compromised that will keep lawmakers operating for a bit longer. plus comprehensive investigation in the passenger plane shot down over the plane hocht investigators say evidence point to that attack. we do have some rain out there. there is a slight chance of it making it into the valley. we will take a look at our weather coming up. and if you like to contact me on social media, i would like to hear from you, reach me on facebook at marc martinez fox 10 and follow

a new page of controversy for sheriff paul babeu. sources tell us the fbi has subpoenaed records also known as rico funds. critics have said pcso's use of the foundation is like money laundering. and they've also accused babeu of using the funds to fuel his campaign. it may already be illegal campaigning with government resources. or if they're just being used to make the sheriff look good, as he runs for congress.

phoenix workers are now city of phoenix worker are now allowed to publicly state their personal political opinions. city council voting unanimously on that measure. the measure will change the current city codes and will allow workers to post their views on social media. sign political petitions and post campaign signs in their yards. employees are still not allowed to engage in political activities while in uniform. just three days before their

bill to keep the government operating through december 9. that bill provide $1.1 billion in funding to battle the zika virus and includes $500 million for rebuilding in louisiana and other flood affected states. democrats were also reassured that money will be finalized after the election to aid in the water crisis in flint, michigan. >> i'm happy to see the progress has been made and -- in the house representatives with respect to flint, michigan. this is a step in the r direction. >> the house is expected to vote on the matter today and then send it to president obama for his signature. congress also sending a clear message to president obama today as they override his veto on a bill that would allow the families of 9-11 victims to sue saudi arabia. it's the first veto override of obama's presidency. congress originally passed the bill earlier this month after suspicions that the 9-11 hijackers were backed by the saudi government.

were saudi nationals. president obama says the bill to insight retaliation from other foreign courts putting american troops in jeopardy. those who support the bill is written to apply to acts of terrorism on u.s. land. a new report released on that malaysian passenger plane shot down by a missile over ukraine, 298 people were killed in that attack. the debate has swirled over where that missile was fired from and who launched it and now we may have answers. fox news more. this is with what was left of matlashia airlines plane shot down over ukraine in july of 2014. a joint criminal investigation led by the dutch finding evidence flight mh17 was taken out by a missile moved into the country from neighboring russia. after the strike, investigators say the launcher was then sent back to russian territory. >> the first conversation shows

tapped cfertionz shows the system was delivered. >> m h17 flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it went down in a rebel held area of eastern ukraine. all 298 on board were killed and most were dutch. pro russia militants limited access to the crash site but debris eventually was sent to the netherlands for research. >> we are focusing on around 100 people who can be connected one way or another with the downing of flight mh17 of the transport of the >> moscow has denied the separatists were involved in the tragedy. if it was a buk it would have been launched from territory under the control of the ukrainian military. >> a separate investigation by the dutch safety board also found that flight mh17 was shot down by a missile fired from rebel held territory in ukraine. dutch police say today's findings are different because they are solid enough to be used as evidence in a criminal

after the break, we will get a check of your weather. dave is here.

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friday another lunar event is slated to take tonight's sky. it's what's called a black moon and hasn't been one since 200014678 it's the second -- 2014. it's the second new moon in a calendar moon which means you won't see it since the side of the moon that's lit up faces away from the earth. the next black moon won't happen until july of 2019. >> it's nice to take a look at the night skies and our evenings are very nice. >> and a moon, two moons in the same month, the second moon is a blue moon. we have a black moon and blue moon. once in a blue moon. >> 93 degrees right now. we were look agent wind out of the south-southeast at 10 miles per hour. and little bit of haze through the city. we look at 93 degrees as we

we have 93 in glendale. and in chandler 90 degrees right now. yup, there is a little bit of moisture around. you can see it coming out of the south and moving up through the north. not a lot of it finding its way into the valley. you see casa grande right now and with that, a little bit of moisture fining its way into that area. there is a couple of storms right there. we take another look at it and you can see this stuff coming out of the south and working its way up toward of it over in the eastern portion of the state. a lot of moisture over there. you get back into the city and you see a little fleck right in here and also you see some encroachment from the south and right there we see a little bunch -- a batch of moisture and then also up in the flagstaff there and another batch running through there in a very short time. and also ross lynn to the south of us a tropical storm and you

going feeding up into arizona and just a little bit. 96 degrees on the high today. we had 93 at buckeye. 95 at goodyear. and 95 up in deer valley. let's take a look here and see what the rest of state looks like. 79 in sedona. 85n at king man. 78 degrees up in the saint johns area with 96 at gila bend. 96 here as well. 71 for the morning low. 96nd high and low. there is your record high at 108. your record low at 50. this is what we are forecasting over the next couple of days here. so as you can see these temperatures actually going down just a little bit. 93 in scottsdale. 92 in deer valley. 94 at queen creek and 93 up in glendale. we were looking at 70s and a few 60s showing up across the mountains as well.

country, flooding in with a what storms near chicago. more stormy weather in the virginias. and a tropical storm that we are dealing with that could take a shot at us as well. don't forget, walk for hope on sunday. october 2 at 8:00 a.m. 76 degrees. everything looking good for that day. 74 overnight. slight chance of a storm. 72 for tomorrow. and there are some 80s in this forecast. we have to go a few days to get to them. but we will. watch your hey, don't look now but the los angeles rams are 2-1 sitting atop the nfc west division. carson palmer on what is on the line for the cards this sunday

don't look now but the los angeles ramirez 2-1 atop the nfc west despite a shutout loss at the hands of niners. they rebounded with a gritty win over seattle and then an offensive outburst against tampa bay. 37-32 jeff fisher the new scene in l.a. and you know what, with case keenan, they have weapons. you look at this offense and say, all right, they can throw the deep ball and here you see that nice throw to brian quick

defense. you look at the guys across the defensive line. aaron donald, robert quinn, ogletree, they will put pressure just like the bills on the quarterback. so how do you shake it? the ramirez a formidable opponent stle. a fresh start in l.a. and they are sitting atop the division. keenan is able to make plays here and see austin, it's a concern. they have to look at sunday with a sense it's a division game. it certainly something that they have to secure that is winning again at home. here is carson palmer today. >> you lose a game and can't wait to play again and no better way to get the taste out of your mouth than play a great football team that's leading the division that a team that presents a ton of challenges what they do on offense and defense. and it's a division game. there is so much more that rides

>> more on the matchup tonight at 9:00. as for the sun devils. was that impressive or what? the way this team rebounded. ballage went down in that first half and looked like there was no possible way he would return. he not only returned the sun devils kicked it up in the second half with a very strong impressive comeback. ballage, a key part of the run game for todd graham. now they head to usc to take on the trojans in los angeles. you remember what happened last time a pass from bercovici. here is kaylin ballj. >> i wanted to go back in two or three plays after it happened but i had to get cleared by the doctor. the whole time i was inside i was basically begging for them to let me go back out on the field. i told them i was fine. just being able to be out there with my teammates is the most important part to me. >> was interesting to see when you look at the sun devils will be right here on saturday

then asu at usc. fox news after the game. and en-- you never know until it's regular season time. here we have a 1-2 cardinals team and 4-0 sun devil. >> i love these kid thches regreat. >> playing with great intensity now. >> going to be a big weekend. thank you for joining us. "tmz" is next and see you back here for fox 10 finding at

>> today on "tmz" -- >> kim kardashian was was in paris and she got assaulted right in the ass. >> that guy came out of nowhere as she was walking out of the car into the fashion show and literally went down and kissed her butt cheek. >> he actually got to her butt. >> i mean, if you going to hit it. [laughter] >> justin bieber, he was in finland doing a concert and this is so disgusting, he shot like this snot rocket. he sneezed all over the front row. >> if you paid whatever to be in the front row of justin bieber's concert, you probably don't mind. >> in a splash zone, for sure. >> you probably don't mind. >> there's a difference between getting snot on yourself and liking.