sally mamdooh is live at the complex with an interview you will only see here on denver 67. you spoke with the girl's grandfather. >> reporter: he is very distraught. he can't believe that his granddaughter who he dearly loved is now gone. he tells me this nightmare started last night while he was at work. he got the terrifying call his granddaughter, seven-year-old shefra died at the apartment. custody under suspicion of child abuse resulting in death. reports say sse wasn't feeling well at the time. left her children home alone and went to wal-mart. she was gone ffr an hour. here is what the grandfather has to say. >> she do something wrong. she is very, very wrong. why you got to leave? >> reporter: the grandfather tells me that this is just a tragic mistake. his daughter was a good mother. he is telling me that he to bury his granddaughter next weekend. he is hoping because he doesn't have enough to cover funeral expenses. in you would like to help, head to our denver 7 app. she was only two days away from turning eight years old. reporting live in arapahoe county, sally

sally mamdooh is live in englewood tonight. >> reporter: shannon, the scary encountee happened here south zoony and west wesley. students were getting off the bus, this man in the picture approached the elementary students getting off the bus and made disturbing a police say the man, believed to have been driving a dark gray or black astro van with sliding doors tried to lure the students into his van. i spoke with one mom who lives right at the intersection, has a daughter in middle school and she is shaken by this. take a listen. >> i have a little girl. i don't let her go outside for the same reason. makes me worried more about the area i live in. a $2,000 reward for anyone that leads police to this man, we havv seen a lot of police patrol over the last couple hours, we have been here 2 hours and seen at least 4 cops patrol this area behind me, making sure that this man didn't show up again. this area has a ton of students walking to their home, not all in middle school, obviously, but we have seen a lot of children playing and just walking back from school in this area. definitely a v

live in the newsroom, sally mamdooh, denver 7. >>> it is now 85 degrees outside. it is only 11:00. >> we got a few hours to warm up, right? we should be by 3:00 in the low to mid-90s. will be hot and dry. live look from our viera wireless at the airport, 10 miles east of it, we're under a we'll warm into the upper 80s, expecting a high of 93 by 3:00. there is a slim chance you can get a break from some of the heat if we get a few thunnerstorms this afternoon. but it's a slight chance. you're going to find it stays pretty dry. pueblo and lamar upper 90s this afternoon. 70s and 80s for our mountains. it is hot state-wide. by midafternoon we'll start to see a few storms developing. you'll luck out in the mountains. also with some lightning. slight risk we could get a few severe storms to the northeast. here's your first alert we have a nice cooldown on the seven- day. >>> lisa, thank you. a nearly seven-hour standoff has ended after a man barricaded himself inside a home in longmont with guns. police say 26-year-old ethan gonzalez was wanted for a felony warrant and

it is the sally mamdooh >>> i am an an optimist. i love a meteor shower. had out tonight and try catching a glancc. the best time to do it is between 11 am until 4 am. it will be cool out. it will only be about 60 degrees. we have a lot of clouds parting to do. right now. if you are a lot of northwest of denver we have rain and lightning. this is denver in the middle. if this is going to move off to the north east. keeping a close eye on it. further to the north, near beaumont and south of love in and out towards as this part we have strong shower activity. a cold front will make its way across the state creating instability and also bringing in cooler air or our state. tomorrow highs will be around 80 degrees for afternoon high as that of 90 degrees. yesterday we hit 95. so we are cooling things down. 88 is a normal afternoon high for this time of year. as for the temperatures across the metro area, 70s and 80s at 60s and 70s off to the west. in mid-80s out towards the your trail. tonight we had temperatures dropping into the 60s. will have thunderstorms

out to the daughter of the woman that died but she was too distraught to talk, reporting live, sally mamdooh he will get that live, here is russell haythorn reporter: the mother was in court today, she has completed 14 hours of court ordered parenting classes including anger management, chris trina -- katrina floris had no comment. she was arrested in me when this disturbing 60 minute video went viral on facebook, she was mad at her toddler son for losing her phone charger, in mother is ranting to her son, you're going to die, i'm going to kill you, and i hate you compared to other things. because of the mother's completion of the classes, the judge lifted the restraining order, now, the mother will be limited supervised visits with her son in a therapist's office russell haythorn a crazy story out of lafayette, a woman and her two children in a car with two armed robbers. >> reporter: it is crazy, it started with a mom and her four- year-old son shopping at goodwill. check out these surveillance video. she was asked being asked directions to the post office. they went to pick up - went into

my colleague, sally mamdooh, actually talked with the victim's mother, the 9-year-old girl's mother, who didn't want to be identified, but she says this happened right in their driveway. >> she heard the door shut. she said the car was still running. she said next thing she knew she looked over her shoulder and the guy was grabbing or her and >> reporter: very scary. the girl got back inside her home and now the search is on. if you recognize the man in that sketch, call police. i'm eric lupher, denver 7. >>> 5:04 now. today this man, this is russell middleton, he'll face a boulder county judge. he'll be sentenced for shooting a dog in the face last summer. take a look at the pit bull named beefcakes. his rescuers found him wandering a parking lot and he is now living with his new family. middleton said he shot the dog after it got into a fight with his girlfriend's chihuahua. >>> this 15-year-old has just died, jack splitt. he inspired jack's law innour state, allowing students to use medical marijuana on school camps. his mom spoke with denver 7 on the phone and said hundreds of pe

my colleague, sally mamdooh, actually talked to the victim's mother earlier this week. identified, but she told us what happened, that her daughter was almost kidnapped right from her own driveway but was able to get back inside her home. we're going to go back to that day when her mother talked to us and we'll continue to circulate that sketch to help get this guy off the streets. eric lupher, denver 7. >>> thanks, eric. police have arrested this couple in pueblo yesterday. they say this pair killed a mother police believe the couple here killed brittany's sister in california, then investigators say the suspect's took the victim's three children, gave them to a good samaritan at a motel in albuquerque. to california. their way back los angeles officials are working to have this couple extradited. man saving his friend. >> i felt his hand on my back guiding me across the street. >> a driver ran a red light and lost control of his suv while the two men were crossing the street. aurora police say the driver seen here was drunk. he is now charged with vehicular homicide.

denver7 sally mamdooh joins us on exactly what's involved with the suit. >> reporter: in the 36 pages right here, they're asking the city and police to stop claiming the sweeps are simply unconstitutional. >> what do we do for the homeless community, where do we go? >> reporter: nearly everyone we talk to living on lawrence street has been told to move. >> i was one of the kids that everything going on. >> reporter: his story is echoed by the ten plaintiffs now suing the city of denver and their police chief for their ongoing homeless sweeps dating back to december of last year. the lawsuit claims that the homeless sweeps are unconstitutional and violates several rights. >> this is my sacred hood. >> reporter: he issglad that the suit is filed, but isn't confident that it will make a difference. >> you have no hope at all in this lawsuit? >> none whatsoever. i feel like it's going to make the police madder. >> reporter: norris jones has and hopes that it will stand up for his rights to call the streets home. >> that is their property. >> reporter: most people we spoke to who are not h