tonight the university of arizona mourning the loss of a local football star. he passed away in his sleep, found this morning in his tucson apartment. the senior offensive lineman drew national attention in 2012 at chandler high school. just hours ago, a tearful wild cats coach talking about the last time >> saw him two nights ago. talked for about 45 minutes, about everything. happy. >> the cause of his death is still under investigation. >> and so many fans, teammate, and former players leaving online, a lot using this hashtag, forever 65. you see some of them here. one writes i thank god every day, life the precious, and every day is a blessing. the world lost a great guy today. we'll miss you. rest in peace. there's the hashtag again. if you'd like to join the conversation of his memory you can do so on our abc 15 facebook page now. >>> the count down continues, four days until the arizona cardinals kick off prse play, and fans safe to say can't wait. >> and one guy specifically really can't wait, our own jason snavely, live at camp all throughout, and soon

an arizona community -- mourns the loss -- of a beloved police dog. amigo -- dying this morning -- of complications -- from heat exhaustion. kingman police -- taking amigo to a local vet clinic wednesday. the k-9 -- becoming ill -- while searching for hikers near white cliffs. police for only one year. a pacific storm system will pass to our south and as it does drag in cloud cover and moisture. expect chances for rain with this system through monday. high temps will hover around 100 through tuesday. the upper 90s. a 13 action news update on the blue-cut fire -- burning in firefighters -- getting the upper hand on the flames. the fire -- now 73-percent contained. more than a-hundred homes -- broke out on tuesday. mandatory evacuations -- now being lifted in the wrightwood area. people -- now able to check on their homes and check outthe damage. a massive fire -- tears through a storage facility in columbus, ohio -- forcing nearly 200 people living in the area -- to run for their lives. firefighters began attacking the blaze -- but were forced to back

an arizona community -- mourns the loss -- of a beloved police dog. amigo the dog -- died yesterday morning-- of complications -- from heat exhaustion. kingman police -- taking amigo to a local vet clinic wednesday. the k-9 -- becoming ill -- while searching for hikers near white cliffs. amigo -- had been with kingman police for only a year. now to a huge scare for one florida family. ...turned into terror. the vessel capsizing underneath... a 23-month old girl. here's abc's mark remillard with the traumatic 911 calls... and the moments it all came to an end. nats - 911 what's your emergency i'm in the river my boat crashed and i have a baby still in the water at 10:30 friday evening cocoa beach police received a frightening call from a mother in distress. nats - you said the boat is completely capsized? it's upside down? yes we're totally upside down and i think my toddler is under the boat. please sendo was returning from dinner with relatives when their vessel struck powerlines. everyone was thrown overboard. tammy bossard i had charlotte in my han

an arizona community mourns the loss of a beloved police dog. morning-- of complications -- from heat exhaustion. kingman police taking amigo to a local vet clinic wednesday. the k-9 becoming ill while searching for hikers near white cliffs. amigo had been with kingman police for only a year. new this morning -- olympic swimmer ryan lochte... now apologizing for that boozy and controversial night in rio. he's admitting that he exagerrated his now infamous story about being robbed at a teammates, and to all those athletes whose victories in the games are being overshadowed by this episode of late night mischief. abc's matt gutman has been on this story from the start. overnight? ryan lochte apologizing on camera for the first time? in an interview with brazilian televesion 1:30 (nats, portuguese-- immituridad) ?my immituraity full english caused this ruckus the 12-time gold medalist offering a long list of apologies: :58 it was my fault :52 brazil doesn't deserve that. lochte is now taking full that led to the confrontation seen in the now infamo

an arizona community -- mourns the loss -- of a beloved police dog. amigo the dog -- died yesterday morning-- of complications -- from heat exhaustion. kingman police -- taking amigo to a local vet clinic wednesday. the k-9 -- becoming ill -- while searching for white cliffs. amigo -- had been with kingman police for only a year. now to a huge scare for one florida family. what was supposed to be a routine boat ride home ...turned into terror. the vessel capsizing underneath... a 23-month old girl. here's abc's mark remillard with the traumatic 911 calls... and the moments it all came to an end. nats - 911 what's your emergency i'm in the river my boat crashed and i have a baby still in the water at 10:30 call from a mother in distress. nats - you said the boat is completely capsized? it's upside down? yes we're totally upside down and i think my toddler is under the boat. please send somebody the family was returning from dinner with relatives when their vessel struck powerlines. everyone was thrown overboard. tammy bossard i had charlotte in my hand

. >> developing now, police in northern arizona are in mourning after losing one of their k-9 officers. >> amigo passing away from heat exhaustion after a hiker rescue. he had been getting better but the three-and-a-half-year-old suffered a medical event. the kingman police department escorted him to an animal hospital. there will be a memorial service next week. >>> a group they will not support his shops as long as he publicly promotes reselecting joe arpaio for maricopa county sheriff. >>> well, 12news back in rio. as the games are now officially starting to wind down, a lot of people here are wondering and comparing these rio games to the ones in sochi russia just two years ago. there's a lot of comparisons and a lot of questions. who did it better and what happens when the athletes go fades away? they put on games of opposite seasons. they sit in lands of opposite hemispheres but sochi russia and rio de janeiro brazil share a similar tale. hosting the olympics and hoping it will pay off. sochi did it glitzy, it the arena sparkled at night. rio spent billions for sure, but they hav

the university of arizona - and chandler high school - are mourning the loss of one of their own this morning. 22-year-old zach hemmila was an offensive lineman for the wildcats football team.he passed away in his sleep over the weekend.hemmila was also a football star at chandler high school. a killer is on the run after a deadly shooting at a seven-eleven in phoenix. police released surveillance pictures of the armed robber that held-up the store near and killed one of the clerks -- then took off. it's a dream come true for some people -- free chicken wings for a year! team 12's nico santos is live in tempe.. with the details.. nico? the newest tilted kilt opens its doors today at 11 a-mut here's why you may see people in line ?way? before that free chicken wings for a year from the first 50 people in line this morning.check out footage from other locations in the valleypartic pretty popular for watch parties for soccer and such. the new location 16-17 west warner road.it's on the southwest corner of warner and priest.the new location is 11- thousand square-feet with about a dozen 7

arizona. >> coming up tonight hollywood mourns the death of gene wilder. >>> plus respond to go a mylan plans to do for parents who can't afford epipens. >>> and analyzing your posts, what you put on inch sta combram could reveal a lot about how you're feeling. >> looking ahead in the forecast we still have plenty of summer to go even though september is right around the corner. >>> i have the details on watch temperatures coming our way. some thunderstorms in there and a check on the traffic as well. >> channel 3 news at 11:00 is made possible >>> you're watching channel 3 news at 11:00. >> little piece of gum is a three-course dinner. no roast beef but i haven't got it quite right yet. >> we knew him as and other iconic characters. gene wilder died at the age of 83. he passed at his home in connecticut after complications of alzheimer's disease. >>reporter: he had frizzee hair and impeccable comic timing. he was one of the most gifted comic ashths of his generation appearing in some of hollywood's it seems the legendary mel brooks and producers of blazing saddles and young frankenstein, all

students and staff at the university of arizona are mourning... after a football player passes away in his sleep. the school says offensive lineman 'zach hemmila' passed away sunday night.he was found dead by his cousin yesterday morning.head football coach 'rich rodriguez' informed the team of his death after practice.prior to going to u-of-a hemmila played football at chandler high school... for four years.an autopsy will be performed today.hemmila was only 22 years old. this morning we've learned the valley mother accused of killing her 22-month-old... has been investigated before. the department of child safety revealed... they looked into g"natalie russell" police say she left liquid methodone... within reach of her kids.and little adalynn was found next to the empty bottle... not breathing.instead of calling for help... investigators say... she used meth to counter the effect of the methodone. delta airlines is still feeling the effects...after a computer outage cause a ground stop across the world.the world's second largest airline says the

. >>> people across the state mourning the loss of an arizona wildcat player after he dies in his sleep. >>> tropical storm javier wreaking hav baja. its next stop, arizona. phoenix fire crews >>> thank you for joining us tonight. phoenix fire crews are called to help a family of five. we are going to get to that story in a second. but first what you are looking at right now was some video that was taken of a rescue. this rescue involved several grain silo, an underground silo up here carefree highway and third avenue in phoenix. we understand that it was a veterinarian who lived on that property, and unfortunately he died in that incident. we will have the latest on that coming up in just a few minutes and exactly what happened there. >>> another story here involving a tragedy in youngtown. all right. we are going to get to that story in a second. sorry about this, but, first, let's talk about crew called to help a family of five that were hiking. they say the family started hike at 10:00 this morning. well, they got lost. they ran low on water and the mom had medical issues from the h

. >> university of arizona football will be in the valley for the next two days mourning the death of a teammate. in a show of goodwill, the cardinals opened saying football is family. a lot of support as they try to get through a tough week. >> the head coach for 22 years. this is the first time i've lost a young man. i've had a lot of coaches reach out to me and we talked about it on staff. just working together. the mets but pinch-hitter kelley johnson annihilates one. the former diamondback ties the game at 2 but the diamondbacks pull it out with oscar fernandez in the 12th. the diamondbacks try to sweep up tomorrow, a 9 am start in the big apple. >>> in boston, david ortiz fouling a pitch off his leg and it didn't look good. ortiz helped off the field. since he has announced his might be it but the x-ray is coming back negative so big papi is day to day. >>> a foul ball at the pirates game. a fan has the decision to make. the ball, the beer, or the nachos? the notches ended up on his (jet engine reving up) you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines s

. >>> people across the state mourning the loss of an arizona wildcat player after he dies in his sleep. >>> tropical storm javier wreaking hav baja. its next stop, arizona. phoenix fire crews >>> thank you for joining us tonight. phoenix fire crews are called to help a family of five. we are going to get to that story in a second. but first what you are looking at right now was some video that was taken of a rescue. this rescue involved several

. >>> people across t mourning the loss of an arizona wildcat player after he dies in his sleep. >>> tropical storm javier wreaking havoc off the coast of baja. its next stop, arizona. phoenix fire crews >>> thank you for joining us tonight. phoenix fire crews are called to help a family of five. we are going to get to that story in a second.

mourn. >>> an olympic medalist from the valley back home making a special stop today. >>> where does arizona rank on this year's list of states with best and worst community college systems? $12.99. plus an appetizer or a dessert. only at longhorn steakhouse. . >>> another somber day in italy as people gathered for a funeral for the victims of last week's earthquake. nearly 300 killed in the disastert today also a national day of . >> and italian restaurant in scottsdale set a special dish named after one of the villages devastated by the disaster. owners pledging $3 to the italian red cross for every dish they sell. >> very terrible because the towns. >> and the lives of people. >> the owners plan to cut collect donations throughout the month of september. >>> still ahead, doctors revealing another possible side effect of the zika virus as fears of the disease remain high in the u.s. >>> today's social sound off. arizona community colleges compare with the rest of the nation. >>> straight ahead a message for all you sports to jump on the cardinals band wagon. >> green bay packers, i smell t

. >>> and arizona cardinal hosting his annual charity for supper event tonight, we'll have a ? >>> so sad, people mourning the loss of gene wilder. he starred in so many movies that we love, including a couple wilder passed away today in his >>> so sad, actor gene wilder passed away today in his complications of alzheimer's disease. he was 83 years old. wilder starred in so many great films, including a couple that were shot right here in arizona. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: gene wilder best known for his movie rolls, including blazing saddles, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, and young frankenstein. he also starred in stir crazy, shot all of the prison shots were shot in florence in cell block two, using corrections officers and inmates as extras. >> there was one scene that i was coming across the yard, involving inmates that were carrying store bags, but that found up on the cutting room floor. >> people remember him fondly. comedian. he and richard pryor would take a scene that would be a five-minute take on the scene, and we would be on the scene for 15 minutes. the security team would be

arizona 12 news starts now. >>> thanks for joining us for 12 news at 6:00. we begin with a third family mourning the loss after loved one due to >> rosario leon -- juan pab low is being kept on life support to -- received word he'd been injured in a work accident they thought he'd pull through but after traveling from mexico family members learned he was alive but brain dead. here and then just he was waking up or something but it was really awful. >> he was one of three men critically injured at a grain silo this week. according to phoenix fire william tryon, his boss went into a silo to clear it of waert. when he didn't -- water. when he didn't come out juan went in after him. surprised. a third man also went in the hole. all three went unconscious. both the other men died earlier this week. >> it's hard to let someone go. >> family members now taking comfort in remembering him as he lived. >> he was really happy. always laughing and making you laugh. >> and knowing as an organ donor he will help and live on

arizona." they are looking for a larger venue because of the crowds. we do want to find out where this is. so far, no response. >>> ? >> mourning the death of a musical superstar, how the world is remembering juan you just have to see have a police officer saving a man just in the nick of time. >>> and outside right now, a really nice day. in the upper 90s still. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favorites - burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. thousands stepped into the jennie-o tasting booth to find out. with just one bite, they knew. >>> phoenix police say a bicyclist was hit and killed by a drunk driver last night on the 35-year-old bicyclist was crossing the street outside a crosswalk and turned left when he was hit from behind by an suv. the bicyclist died at the hospital. police say the 39-year-old man driving the suv showed signs of impairment and was cited for suspected dui. >>> a drunk driver also likely to blame for an early morning crash at the loop 101 near i- 17. this was the view from our adot cameras. no other cars were involved. we are told impairment was likely the c