pamela hesselbacher had her wanted. >> pamela was a bright spirit. she was happy and considerate and really dead cated as a -- dedicated as a mom and wife. >> she said thfts enough this is all i -- this was enough. this is all i need. her boy can girl were her life. >> she was out for a walk with 3-year-old ryan and 1-year-old audrey. a driver speeding through the red light hit them. arrive at the hospital. her children severely injured. her youngest in a coma. the driver, 39-year-old william epperlein had a suspended license and a history of drunk driving. he was arrested, charged, and inexplicably released. >> it's a history of reckless driving and how finally he killed somebody. and he didn't even spend a night in jail. >> pamela's family say they but there will never truly be justice. nothing brings a mom back. nothing fulfills a life unlived or dreams never realized. steve irwin abc 15. >>> two vehicles here. possible shooter might be the one we have at gunpoint. >> new body cam videos showing the moments after a good samaritan was shot and kill

witnesses say his and her two little -- his and her -- hekz -- pamela hesselbacher and her two little kids were hit here. >> the person should be incarcerated if this was a red light. >> the accused driver william epperlein didn't spepdz a night in jail. -- spend a night in jail. in fact he answered his door yesterday. >> if he would have been pulled over he would have been ticked and sent on his way but because he was suspected of death and injury while on a suspended license it's a felony but not enough to get him behind bars until he's charged. police don't consider him a danger to the public or a flight risk. >> the optics of it are very troubling but this is how the system works. >> as neighbors pause to remember the young mother those can't help but think it could have been them. behind me you see that memorial has been growing. according to the family's go fund me page nay say that the little -- they say that the little boy has a broken harm and broken hips. the little girl is still in a coma. back to you. >>> more breaking news from the live desk. a major traffic alert in peor

sadly, pamela hesselbacher passed away and family is telling 12news that three-year- old ryan has been moved out of icu. he is improving but one-year- old audrey is still in a coma www.12news.com. >>> here are some more headlines across the valley. first, a former mma fighter accused of sexual assault entering a not guilty plea in court. rodolfo ramirez is accused of picking up an unconscious woman in old town scottsdale and then sexually assaulting her in a parking garage. the victim told police she backed out -- blacked out several times. next thing, she woke up in suspect's apartment where he assaulted her again. >>> a close call in a gas station outside phoenix today when a cement truck flipped over. take a look at incredible surveillance video. you can see the truck almost hit someone walking by but fortunately no one was hurt. >>> the woman in charge of maricopa county elections is out. helen purcell being punished for the long lines in the presidential preference election. adrian fontes has been he looks forward to working with helen purcell on the transition he says. >> this vi

. >>> loved ones gather tonight for a vigil to remember 35-year-old pamela hesselbacher. the woman struck and killed while crossing the street with her kids saturday night, leaving her two young children with serious injuries. >> ryan, her son who is three years old, he was wearing his bicycle helmet and just the helmet and seeing the damage that was done to it, thinking that could have been his head. their daughter, audrey, who turned one just in august was strapped in her stroller securely, so that helped, and -- but she was still pushed around. >> reporter: the driver, 39-year-old william epperlein was arrested for driving on a suspended license. police say the family was in a that red light, striking them. >>> sky harbor airport opened two security checkpoints at terminal four while officers investigated a suspicious package. eight gates were evacuateded and the sky train was stopped. once it was determined that everything was harmless, things reopened. >>> a valley man is accused of pointing lasers at several planes in sky harbor and deer valley airports. police say

reporter: they no longer have a mother and are in the hospital fighting to stay alive. 35-year-old pamela hesselbacher was walking home with her kids. it is near ray road that she took every day. home. just three minutes before the crash that claimed her life, jonathan was with pamela at a nearby park. >> it could happen any of us. >> reporter: this is the intersection pamela was walking in when a man in a truck came racing through running a red like and then slamming into the young family. speculation as to why the suspect never spent a minute in jail. >> it is horrifying in an instant you can change people's life forever. >>> police have identified the driver as william f early. he was driving on a suspended license and we wanted to know why he was booked and then went home. police tell us that is typical if they do not see someone as a flight risk. if you like to take action for this family, go to www.abc15.com and check out the gofundme page. >>> the arizona coyotes and then moved to the east valley with air15 giving us a view of the land for the proposed development located on the northwest corne

pamela hesselbacher died crossing railroad. her daughter audrey is expected to be released from the icu soon. chandler police released the driver with a believe ran a red light. >>> in phoenix one man is dead and an 11-year-old boy is in critical condition. mohammed. the crash -- veneer mohammed. police to not think the driver was impaired. check today we could learn the name of the officer involved in a deadly shooting in surprise. it happened near 175th avenue. the officers were checking out a suspicious car when the officer got into a scuffle with derek adamay >>> we are waiting for an update from chandler police on how a 20-year-old chandler man ended up in a community lake. the body was found yesterday. his family says he went for a bike ride last sunday but did not take his wallet for his keys. >>> right now 18 -- a teenager is in serious condition after he was nearly electrocuted after climbing a power pole near tortilla flat and got a bad shock when he touched the had a seizure. it is not clear why he was climbing the p

according to the go-fund-me page for the family of "pamela hesselbacher".. . her 3-year-old son "ryan" is now out of the hospital.. and back home. "hesselbacher" and her two kids were hit by an accused red-light-runner a week ago.. as the family was walking in a crosswalk.. at ray and co "crossing the street when they were suppose to cross the street and something like this, unfortunate happening, it makes it that tough and its just one of those things that affects me personally." "hesselbacher's" one-year-old daughter "audrey" is in a coma at a valley hospital. the father of an american soldier recently killed in afghanistan... says he was "booed" by passengers on a plane... right here in phoenix. it happened when the flight pick up his son's remains. carissa plan-alp has more. (stewart perry, father) "it just takes me a moment to collect my emotions." he is a father mourning the loss of a son., at this service for sergeant john perry killed in afghanistan by a suicide bomber.... (stewart perry, father) "most importantly, i want people to know about the heroi

. >>> the gofundme page set up for pamela hesselbacher has raised $85,000. her daughter audrey is expected to be released from the ice you -- icu very quickly. >>> today we look official results for maricopa county with the election results. the county spent several days calculating the early ballots with 15,000. >>> president-elect donald trump and his family arriving back at trump tower in new york city. here is a look at the people he will be meeting with today. the group today of wide ranging >> the election trauma is far from over as president-elect donald trump blasting the clinton campaign after the agree to a recount in wisconsin. >> the idea that we are going to drag this out now where the president elect has been incredibly magnanimous is incredible. >> jill stein started the recall movement. discrepancies between paper ballots and electronic ballots with that story ahead. >>> former governor jan brewer urging donald trump to keep the medicaid expansion program. if trump repeals the affordable care act, it would and -- and are in arizona. they told

pamela hesselbacher died crossing the street. her daughter audrey is expected to be released from the ice you -- from the icu very soon. for the hotshot will open honoring the men who died in a wild fire. it is 2 miles south of yarnell and there is a trail that leads to the area for those firefighters died. >>> election day has passed. today we get the official results from maricopa county with the election happening today at 10:00. the county spent several days calculating the provisional ballots with 15,000 deemed to be invalid. >>> a deadly day in louisiana after a gunman opened fire on two separate scenes. i have new details on a rampage in baton rouge. >>> we'd have a new crash on some of our side streets and i will not set out for you next. by hour temperature forecast to let you know how chilly it will get. >>> what happens if you have to ? ? ? when you find something worth waiting for, we'll help you invest to protect it for the future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. >>> good monday morning. nick ciletti

pamela hesselbacher.this morning, her children remain in critical condition.. this happened saturday night near ray road and ponderosa.. police say 39- year-old william epperlein ran a red light.. and hit hesselbacher... and her children.. who are just 2 and 3 years old. this morning.. a memorial is growning at the intersection where it happened. investigators in glendale are trying to piece together a deadly shooting.this happened northern.a man was found shot to death in a parking lot at an apartment complex.right now, the shooter is still on the run. says, " i was just laying there watching tv.. i heard just one gun shot.. and then id say after that.. 10 second later.. i heard a car pull off..."this morning, we're working to get a description of the suspect. 3 3 back here at noon.the price is i love my students. i want them to be successful. i can't imagine doing anything else. i was twenty-eight years old when i felt my first lump. a year later i found out i had breast cancer. i told my students, i promise you i will come back. cancer treatment centers of america, i felt like they really cared about me. i met my team of doctors and my care management team. they helped me manage the side effects