oo wrong apartment. the family needs help and set up a gofundme account. there is a link to it on our website, fox10phoenix.com. >> there are candles in front of the door. and bullet holes in the door. two of them. this is where someone shot through the door on monday night killing 36-year-old man. >> how much is she going to miss him? >> too much. no words. i'm going to miss him a lot. we all are. >> the wife says someone knocked once about 11:00 monday night and then one more time. her husband walks up to the door. >> i know, just someone knocked and he shot through the door. he didn't even open the door. i couldn't see where he had been shot there was no blood at first. i didn't know the only thing that i could see was a hole through his back. >> he slumped to the floor. died at the hospital.

why someone would want to kill him. >> he loved to go to work. he come home and spend time with us. and he didn't have any enemies at all. he got along with everyone. even people with work. he is a family man. >> now the family is trying to raise money to bury him. >> we need a lot of help to get his body back to his mom. he was from sinaloa, mexico. he was the only sol our family. >> steve krafft, "fox 10 news." and man dies while out hiking on lookout mountain a beautiful day for a hike and things went bad here. skyfox over the scene this afternoon. we are told the man was in his 60s. he fell on the trail. not clear how far he fell or what caused him to fall. but investigators are treeing this as a crime scene. once crews collect evidence, the victim's body will be removed from the mountain. meantime on camelback

rescue there. they found a hiker on cholla trail who was too weak to hike down himself. he is in stable condition tonight. 'tis the season to give and that is exactly what many people in our community are continuing to do. this time around it's helping active duty military families. fox 10's courtney griffin has the story. >> instead of moving furniture, two men in a trunk moving -- truck moving company is carrying toys that were collected donated to the arizona military assistance mission. >> it's phenomenal and i usually cry when i talk about this event. >> michelle says all of the toy goes to the non-profits annual toy drive next month. >> the majority of the people that we help, you know are below the poverty line. >> the event is december 17th at luke air force base. it's a big christmas celebration where military families get to gather gifts they otherwise wouldn't have for christmas. >> the parents get to go through

the kids get a bag and they get to go through and grab whatever they want. >> two men in a truck helped gather 1,000 toys from several different entities around the valley. >> we had some huge tonka trucks. >> this is the first time the company locally has participated but it won't be the last. >> i think it's going to be awesome. these are the families that they really don't have much financial income. >> helping to make sure everyone has a happy holiday. courtney news." it's not too late to donate toys. we have a link on how you can help on fox10phoenix.com. police barricades going up outside of macy's in new york city before the annual thanksgiving day parade. earlier this month threats from isis militants were calling on people to carry out attacks. but visitors in town for the big parade they don't seem to be too worried. >> i follow the threats also

so i think new york has it handled and i have been watching what they are doing here in the city the last couple of days. i think new york city has it covered. police and city officials say residents and tourists will be safe in that area. donald trump makes a pick for his choice to be u.n. ambassador and here is the pick. nikki haley. the popular south carolina governor. haley says she will stay on in her current role as governor until she is confirmed by the she had been a trump critic during his presidential campaign. maybe a sign that donald trump is reaching out to even those who opposed him. mitt romney is another sign of this. we will have to keep an eye on it nikki haley, donald trump's latest choice. >> and president-elect trump choosing picking his choice for secretary of education, betty davoss leading the american federation of children which is a platform known for supporting charter schools and voucher

the michigan republican party. the dean of the university of arkansas law school has resignedded because of his reaction following donald trump's victory. the dean sent out an e-mail offering free counseling services to students who felt upset following the most in his words upsetting most painful most disturbing election season of my lifetime. end quote. the dean statement led to many questioning his ability to ensure a vibrant academic environment that would tre views equally. and treat students like adults. and you may wonder what happens to those political signs that line the roadways following the election, the ones that aren't taken down they are usually thrown into a landfill but one local organization has found a different solution. some of the signs have been sent here to keep phoenix beautiful. the community garden on central and indian school. there are signs that are being used to line garden beds.

the signs being reused here. >> so we are not only recycling the signs. but we are also recycling the rebar. we will use the rebar. we are outlining our parking area here at phoenix renews are railroad ties so we will anchor the ties with the rebar. >> i thought they were going to recycle the politicians that seems to happen every four year. >> turn them into compost? s this there are a few. >> yes. >> historically yes. and any of the signs not used b the gardners will be sent to recycling center instead of being dumped into a landfill. i thought they reused them the next time they run. >> today, president obama pardoning the last turkeys of his presidential career. this is a big moment. a white house tradition dating back to the days of harry truman and along with the tradition of pardoning the turkeys, the president says he started his own trodation. >> thanksgiving is a family holiday as much as a national

i established another tradition. embarrassing my daughters with a corny-copia of dad jokes about turkeys. this year they had a scheduling conflict. actually they just couldn't take my jokes any more. they were fed up. >> this year tater and tot the two turkeys will retire to gobbleler's rest at virginia tech. >> those tur iowa. explains the name tater and tot. >> they look delicious. i'm glad for the pardon but there were other options. >> beautiful turkeys. new at 9:00 tonight, a happy ending for dozens of pugs found at a puppy mill. you remember this a year ago. more than 100 pugs found in -- living in deplorable conditions. pugs everywhere. look at them. these adorable dogs living in really bad conditions. the sheriff's department mash

november and now thanks to a lot of loving pet owners, these pugs have gone from pug prisoners to pug royalty and found forever homes. she always in my lap. she wants to be with me and i sleep with her at night. and i love her snoring. and we just -- she is just -- you know, she is just so pint-sized nugget. >> she sure is. that's cher. and you will meet some of the pug royalty tonight on their living the pug life news" at 9:00. i know where one of them ended up. >> in living royalty in my house. >> that is exactly right. >> we will introduce you. >> that is so cool. coming up, sushi is the best. >> she is. >> coming up, why this drum is expected to bring in a quarter of a million dollars at an upcoming sale. >> and talk about a sweet inheritance of the amount of gold one man found in a home left to him by a disde ceased relative -- a deceased

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andrew -- yeah, jon stewart. yeah. jon stewart. he did some stuff with fleetwood mac, too. a golden discovery for a man in france. he inherited a home from a deceased relative who hand to be a horder. turns out he was hording gold. $3.7million worth of gold inside. the man said it was under the furniture, under piles of linen, in the bathroom it was everywhere. in all, more than 200 pounds of >> i never get through all of the stuff. get rid of the house and never find the gold if that that happened to me. in tonight's business watch, sales of new homes dipped in october but sales are still stronger than last year which is good news for the housing market. for the first ten months of the year, new home sales are up 12%. demand for new homes have surged because of a stable job market and low mortgage rates. ups expecting a very busy

the company predicts that they will deliver 700 million packages by the end of december. a 14% jump from last year. on average each ups truck will deliver 120 packages per day. and finally on to wall street, santa claus helped to ring in the opening bell today. this is perfect. and this is kind of interesting. the lep ferred print -- leopard print on santa. stocks ending the day mixed. the dow jones climbing 59 points but the nasdaq fell fe tomorrow for the thanksgiving holiday and that is tonight's fox business watch. archaeologists have pinpointed they believe the exact spot where pilgrims lived in the years after landing in the new world. pilgrims landed in plymouth, massachusetts, in 1620 but exactly where that is a mystery. however, archaeologists from the university of massachusetts

the discovery of bones, musket balls, ceramics and a brownish soil where a wooden post once stood. 200-year-old musical drum from the war of 1812 is going up for sale. the rare item believed to have been used at the battle of new orleans. the drum will be auctioned off next month. it's expected to bring in about a quarter of a million bucks. still ahead tonight, domino's is really thinking outside of the box with one of its new ideas they are up to. >> it's time for zoo lights at the phoenix zoo. why this year's festival is expected to be so special. health scare for bruce arians. no problem. coach back at practice today and you will be surprised at what he

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it's a holiday tradition really a holiday tradition in the valley and tonight kicks off the 25th year of zoo lights. hundreds of displays made up of millions of lights and matt is live for the ckoff. you are new and this is your first year out there. >> you know what? we are watching just in case, you never know what you will find. it's snowing out here. i brought the weather with us here. so these are snow machines but they just lit the tree up. everybody is having a good time. as you mentioned this is the 25th year they have been doing the zoo lights festival here at

new this year is this big tree. it's a three story tree and it's brand-new. you talk to zoo folks here and they say it's the first time they have done this in recent memory and it's a they story tree. and all sorts of displays. hundreds of displays here. family that had a chance to light the tree won an auction to do some you hear the asu marching band, santa is in the house and a lot of -- people in the building and enjoying themselves tonight. this is going to g o couple of weeks and zoo folks -- zoo officials estimate that 300,000 people over the course of the next six weeks will work their way through the zoo to take a look at the lights and you see the sun go down and the lights take effect and pretty sight to see you can come in here for $11 and tickets start and it will stay open until 10:30 at tight and you have until january 8 if you want to see the lights. i'm going to get out of the way of the big christmas tree. you take a look and see how

we are live at the zoo, "fox 10 news." enjoy that it's forecasted to be a long cold winter in japan. domino's pizza is getting ready for this. the company is training reindeer to transport pizzas. >> that's cool. i like that. >> it will involve insulated pizza containers. the reindeer will get a couple of days off around the holidays so they can help do some delivering for santa as the list with chest pain related issues reads like a who is who. mike ditka, joe gibbs, more recently urban meyer. you get the impression. there is no way around the stress that goes with being a head coach. but it's also in coach arians' dna. he has a responsibility to his team and it's how he has built and all he ever known since the mid-1970s.

we are all huddled up around coach arians and everybody wanted to know tell us about the last couple of days. give us an idea what you have been through. tell us anything. and thi is what coach arians had to say. i'm not on the injury report. i'm full go. there is no questions about that. >> how do you feel? >> i'm full go, brother. i'm fine. no, i don't know -- i got absolute clean bill of health. i got no problem. as tough as any player in that locker room. and whatever happened happened and got it checked out and he looks great as you can see and it's business as usual for him and for us. all right, let's see how it plays out and it will play out on fox 10. kickoff at 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and then at 11:00 the cardinals at the atlantafallcons who are leading the nfc south theasms tough one.

thanksgiving. don't forget, washington taking on the cowboys. the cowboy team 9-1 on the season. asu basketball, bobby hurley taking on the bulldogs of the citadel. they score every 14 seconds. cody justice the pride of mesa. he was on today. right behind the screen. hits the three ball here. the junior from mesa impressive and is so the follow-up here by sam. 23 points. ten rebounds. he is a ball player to keep an eye on. and this team played faster than one of the faster teams in all college basketball. i'm talking about asu. look at this. torian graham with a breakaway slam dunk of more defense and sleets to another slam dunk and how about the score? asu 127, sididle 1 10 the sun devils at 4-2, six games into

certainly coach arians saying i'm okay. clean bill of health. ready to go. and getting set for the trip to the atlanta falconsup when we come back, had a chance to talk to carson palmer today and one of the biggest questions i wanted to ask is how ruyoking doing with all of these hits. 31 sacks and last game 23 quarterback hits. you will be interested in hearing what he has to say on the cautions of playing quarterback in the nfl. and we will have that story for you at 6:00. we will see you then. thank you. coming up, adele decides extend her world tour, where she is adding show. >> the best tv shows and movies to watch over the thanksgiving holiday. we've got our favorite.

she just appeared in the valley on monday- and now adele has decided to she appeared in the valley on monday and now adele has decided to extend her world her hometown of london next summer. by the end of the tour adele put on more than 100 shows around the world. so what are the best tv shows and movies to watch over the thanksgiving holiday? according to a new survey, a charlie brown thanksgiving makes the list. >> the animated special follows charlie brown as he serves his

and jelly beans for thanksgiving dinner and making the list, one of my favorites, planes, trains and automobiles and garfield's thanksgiving. going to go with the middle one. >> and we like elf at our house. >> start off the christmas season. >> elf. >> i agree with you on elf. i'm marc martinez coming up at 6:00, details about a black friday shopping experience being offered right in downtown phoenix. as well as the tree lighting event at city scape. marcy jones travelers flying out of airport when the news continues in just

first tonight at six thank you for joining us first tonight at 6:00. as families head out for the long thanksgiving weekend a

hours a pick up truck that was pulling a fifth wheel trailer blew a tire right along i-17 at pinnacle peak road killing the man who was behind the wheel. we were told he and his 18-year-old daughter were going camping as part of an annual thanksgiving thatdation. fox 10's nicole garcia has more tonight. >> this is just a horrible tragedy and it really couldn't have happened at a worst time with the freeway filled with all of the thanksgiving travelers. take a look. this like right now this much is going northbound. we are right in between deer valley road and pinnacle peak road. there are a couple of lanes going north that are shut down and traffic is flowing on i-17 going north. but take a look at the traffic here on the frontage road and gives you an idea of how backed up this particular area is. also take a look at the pickup. that is the pickup that was involved in this deadly crash. we are told a driver was not wearing his seat belt.

thanksgiving camping trip now grieving the loss of their father. he was driving the pickup towing this large rv when a tire blew out. he lost control. >> basically the equivalent of a small home. >> the group of phoenix firefighters were on the freeway at the same time and immediately stopped to help. >> squad 29 on their way back from training were two cars behind it when it happened. if there was any chance we would make a save on this accident it was going to be with four highly trained behind them. unfortunately the fatal ones were just too much for our resuscitative effort. >> the driver's 18-year-old daughter was in the pickup with him. she was not hurt. his two sons were driving behind the rv. the children in shock and disbelief. firefighters say they wanted to stay at the deadly crash site not wanting to leave their father. >> when i did talk to one of the sons, it sounds like this is a family tradition.