i am jon erickson, the story coming up. >> and showers popping up in the valley tonight. rain coming down in chandler. this was near price. a 20% chance for more showers and thunderstorms over night and through the early morning commute tomorrow too. a look at where the rain is (jet engine reving up) you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars one-way. so get ready to take off ... because sale prices as low as these don't happen every day! book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. >>> the numbers staggering. 25,000 acres destroyed. 35,000 homes evacuated and the fire near san bernardino is only 4% contained. drought making the job really difficult for firefighters. the flames eggnited dry brush and crew -- ignited dry brush and crews say they never seen anything like >>> tonight's story about a hoh with runways and pilots and a plane. here is abc's jon erickson. >> reporter: in the middle of the desert. on the way to wickenburg. if you don't like this view, neighbo

i am jon erickson, the story coming up. >> and showers popping up in the valley tonight. rain coming down in chandler. this was near price. a 20% chance for more showers and thunderstorms over night and through the early morning commute tomorrow too. outdoor refresher course. >>> the numbers staggering. 25,000 acres destroyed. 35,000 homes evacuated and the fire near san bernardino is only 4% contained. drought making the job really difficult for firefighters. the flames eggnited dry brush and crew -- ignited dry brush and crews say they anything like this. >>> tonight's story about a hoh with runways and pilots and a plane. here is abc's jon erickson. >> reporter: in the middle of the desert. on the way to wickenburg. if you don't like this view, neighbors can pull on to their own private air strip is take off to a different view. the fight is between the owner and the hoh. for? >> reporter: where sand turns to sky the idea is to get into the sky. that is why the hoh has its own runway but a disagreement over a safety zone has one property owner battling with the hoh. sh

abc's jon erickson is live. he worked in tucson? >> reporter: he is used to being behind the scenes at tv news. network news. but tonight he is not working on the story because he is the story. >> reporter: when we told a neigor what we told her is that court documents say robert richardson used his home as a prostitution shop. cops learned he wanted men to work as prostitutes and he would take half the money. >> i think it is horrifying. we have kids living here. it is awful. >> the suspects didn't have much to say. he couldn't talk, that is coming from a man who is used to dealing with the news. a free lance nbc news network producer. according it twitter he worked on a serial street shooter update. the news now is his arrest. >> it is horrible. i am -- i am shocked. >> reporter: from a park across the street there is the view of the that park started to get busy before the storm rolled through tonight. >> what we are trying to do is keep our kids safe being by us all the time. something like that, that is very dangerous. >> repor

abc's jon erickson is live. serious concerns here. >> reporter: here in the city we turn on the water and the water is here. not the case for some homes in the northeast valley, they outside their homes. the water has to get to the tanks and that is what this story is all about. >> this started there. >> reporter: far northeast scottsdale. water goes into the truck, on to the road and then into her tanks. >> drinking water, take a shower. >> reporter: the view is a post card but the concern is that th haulers out. >> there are concerned citizens. homeowners. you know, they are looking at this as if they don't have water they will lose their house. >> reporter: no one is going to lose water but after a complaint about the safety, big trucks, the city plans to send water trucks to a spot about 10 backups. trucks all filling at the same spot. >> there is not enough time in the day, coming out of that. >> reporter: there is not enough time to make all the deliveries. she worries there might not be enough water for h

. >> jon erickson is live right now. this violence is starting to take a toll on first responders? >> reporter: authorities stay has been a violent summer on the streets, but it is escalating. this is the worse it has been

. >> jon erickson is live right now. this violence is starting to take a toll on first responders? >> reporter: authorities stay has been a violent summer on the streets, but it is escalating. this is the worse it has been victims from the triple shootings. three adult men were shot here. no suspect at this time. people crying up and down the street that see new spread here. one man who was not crying when he talked to us was the father of one of the victims. >> i guess him and his friends got shot. i got a phone call and rushed over here. he said he got jumped. hasn't sunk him going into the balance. >> reporter: the man we saw being wheeled away was awake. but authorities say all three victims do have life- threatening injuries. >> thank you very much. >>> the search for a gunman in chandler wrapping up with an arrest and we can tell you this is deadly. one person killed. you can see from air 15 a ton now. investigators sorting out what went down. we will update you as we learn more. >>> hours after a silver alert was issued police found the 88- year-old dead. he had a stroke but

.>> jon erickson has the latest. one of the would be robbers used a gun to crack a guy in the door. the guy inside thought it was a family member. that's when the bad guy with the gun burst in. it happened in south durango. deputies say three men were part of the home invasion, asked for money and drugs until they decided they had the wrong house. a neighbor watched their quick getaway.>> i saw about four people. they ran around the corner. then a car reporter: we were not able to reach the victims, but if you have information on the bad guys, call the sheriff's office.>>> an update on the police situation we just mentioned in phoenix. we have confirmed someone shot a man near washington and i-10. believes -- police believes -- believe it is gang-related.>>> maas accused of having sex with not only that, he allegedly admits to total of five encounters, once the field, once behind dumpsters. he also admitted putting $100 into that inmates account. the department of corrections says they do not tolerate this behavior. >>> it is a dangerous job. the worst-case scenario turning into a r

. >> abc 15's jon erickson is live on this one, and this is a new idea. what's the deal with this? >> reporter: the goal here is water conservation in scottsdale, protecting this precious resource. no one has taken them up on the offer yet, but tonight we find a woman that might be customer this is a debtor with boats -- desert with boats, sprinklers, and polls. lots of polls. diane has won of them. what do you -- one of them. what do you see when you look at the pool? >> money. a drain of money. >> reporter: scottsdale system ready to stop -- is ready to stop the drain. they have a new program paying up to a $1,500 rebate for the cost of filling it in, and she might take them up. >> reporter: how often do you jump in here? it's been hot. >> a couple of years. >> reporter: really? >> yes, haven't used it at all. >> reporter: pools lose 100 percent of their water to evaporation, and more must be pumped in. the rebate plan is about conservation a spokesperson says. >> i'm paying for extra water for i think if it was well-used it would be worth it, but i don't have an excuse for havin

jon erickson is live at the headquarters, and in the end it wasn't all that close. >> reporter: steve, john mccain's opponent kelly ward was optimistic late into the night, but the person celebrating victory in the building behind us tonight was indeed senator john mccain. read into the political tea leaves as you will, but flake was here and he's been a critic of kelly ward has been dubbed by salon magazine at lady trump. a lot of energy at the rally tonight, but it wasn't enough. hear some of what mccain said tonight. >> i promise to work as hard as i can for you too, and to fight for policies principal and principals i believe are essential to building a better future for arizona and america, and making the world safer for election my friends, no matter who win it is presidency >> reporter: so kelly ward hit mccain from the right. now it's congresswoman anne kirkpatrick's job to hit him from the right. the general election campaign starts right about now steve. >> expected to be a tight race as well. thanks so much. >>> maricopa county sheriff joe arpaio will be on the november bal

abc 15's jon erickson is live tonight with the breaking detail, and john, people just clearing for this arrest tonight. >> reporter: they did in the town about two hours north of san francisco, dozens of families homeless as about 10 million dollars worth of damage was caused there. investigators say the man behind it all is 40-year-old damon pashilk, he's suspected of other fires in the area last year. listen to the crowd's reaction fire starter. >> we're able to arrest him on 17 counts of arson [ cheering ] [ applause ] >> reporter: back here in arizona you might remember a man was convicted of starting the 2002 rodeo fire. that combined with another fire to become for a time at least the largest wildfire in arizona history. cruelty and showing abc 15 her proof. collins gave pictures of some of her 52 dogs snuggling with blankets. video shows her begging officers for permission to check the dogs in the backyard in the hours after she was evicted. so she's blaming glendale police for the death of three of her pets. >> they would not let me go back there and they wouldn't go back there

jon erickson is live at talking stick arena, and this isn't exactly water under the bridge here, we saw this months ago at another concert. >> reporter: that was beiber in glendale, and this one it's adele, thousands of excited fans, looks like the show is there were an unlucky few that couldn't get in bruise the tickets -- because the tickets turned out to be fake. it's the night that brings downtown phoenix alive. the mets playing the diamondbacks and the adele concert next door. every fan needs one of these, a ticket. and sanchez needed two of them to bring her sister to the adele show. >> $200 down the drain. >> reporter: but instead of being inside she's out here with us yi fake. >> i'm just so hurt. my sister is blaming herself. >> reporter: bought them today after finding a craigslist ad. she's a college student and spent $400 on them. >> i worked a double all week, you know, pulling extra shift this weekend. >> reporter: to buy these tickets? >> yes, just to buy the tickets. >> reporter: and it's happened before. fans were scammed into counterfeit justin bieber we went on craigs

jon erickson is live, and she says if she could get anything back it wouldn't be the money? >> reporter: the $90,000 is not what the victim is most concerned about. instead she's most devastated by losing precious famy heirlooms like rings. court paperwork says the person that stole the safe is now missing. christy's memories are on her wall, in her hurt, and those memory -- heart, and those memories were also in her bedroom safe. >> i've been violated. i've been, my whole life has been taken from me. >> reporter: someone stole the safe and her heart in the process. >> i can't change it. it's happened to me. >> reporter: christy asked only her first name be used, and we only say she lives in north home that she kept alive her family tree with momentos from each generation in her safe. >> the safe was in my closet. >> reporter: but now the family tree's branches violently ripped away. her grandma's treasures gone. >> her coin collection was in there, and i would go in the safe almost every day and talk to her, and it's gone. >> reporter: you'd go in every day? >> yes. >> repo

jon erickson is live at mccain's headquarters, and right now he's leading in most of the polls over the republican challenging. >> reporter: yes, preparations continue here at campaign head imparters, and tonight -- headquarters, and tonight we see the impact the trump effect will have on other race, specifically this state. kelly ward has been hitting specifically on illegal immigration saying he hasn't done enough, and immigration is certainly part of conversation because of trump. john mccain has had to walk a line when it comes to donald trump, supporting him as the nominee, but criticizing him on other points. donald trump is a popular point here, he won our primary, and kelly ward has been called lady trump. what effect will it have on the race between her and john mccain? we'll see later tonight. >> yes it will be interesting. he'll need to win convincingly to make him a contender in november. thanks john. >> reporter: i'm melissa blasius in mesa where there's a four-way race in the republican primary for congress in the southeast valley. and it's a hard fought race. you can tell

jon erickson is live at the jail, and this case is making headlines far beyond the valley. >> reporter: it's all because of a tweet, and what happened next. looking for answers they haven't yet found. which was their friend daniel killed? >> he's like my brother from a white ninja bike in the driveway, and on this twitter pain. the user tweeted i need to move out before i viciously murder my roommate. that was two days before his roommate was shot in the head and killed. jill was the victim's friend, and she's seen the tweet. did danny say he felt uneasy or worried about the guy? >> no. >> reporter: another tweet says holy blank. buying a gun is according to court documents, the suspect told police he fought with the victim in the moments before the shooting. that danny grabbed him, he was scared, so he got the gun and shot him. jill says danny didn't have a temper. >> i just wonder because danny is such a nice guy, so in order for this to happen he was going to kick the guy out, i don't know if the guy owed him money or how that transpired. >> reporter: the victim's his young son prob

jon erickson is at the campaign headquarters for jane, and the question -- john mccain, and the answer to the question we might get tonight is how mad are the people in arizona? >> reporter: it doesn't sound like a retirement party, but retire is exactly what state senator kelly ward is asking voters to do to john mccain. she questioned if mccain could survive senate. not politically, but stay alive. we know people in arizona voted to try something new voting for trump who won the state in his primary, so will the same voters decide to try something new in the senate? giving ward the victory over mccain? the washington post said this week mccain is in the political fight of his life, and the question we mentioned earlier tonight is what effect will trump have on the race? ward closely alined herself of trump, but also critical of some of his statements. the action here just getting started. we'll also be live at kelly ward's campaign headquarters tonight. >> and if he wins tonight he faces a tough battle into the general election. >>> and tonight we could know who will be the next pers

jon erickson sews us -- shows >> a woman says where this cold is now, a light pole used to be up in the air until she ran into it as she was trying to escape a man who was shooting at her. this started nearby. she says she was rear-ended at the guy who rear-ended her took off. she followed him and wanted to get his information. she says instead he took out a gun and started shooting. >> even if he didn't have insurance it would have been a couple hundred d and you are going to try to kill somebody over that. i don't know how people can think like that. >> phoenix police weren't able to talk to us about the case tonight but the victim's friend said they do have some leads. if you know anything about this guy who was driving a four-door light car, if you've seen this car or no the guy, give police a call. coming up at 10:00, why she was information in the first place. >>> justice served? not according to the family who survived a horrific dui crash at the hands of a 14-year-old dryer -- driver. who could forget these images here? her son was driving this suv when the other driver plowed r