That, that police knocked on the door and actually cleared residents out of their apartments so they could find the suspect. We are told the suspect was according to residents running from police when they fired, and shot and according to Phoenix Police they are saying the suspect is down. They have told me he is still here at the scene which is unusual if he is injured according to residents he is more than injured they are we are waiting for confirmation from Phoenix Police. About 20 units were evacuated in this police scene and most of those residents are at a Fast Food Restaurant just a short ways away, kind of waiting out until they can get back into their apartments. Again we have an officer involved shooting none of the officers are injured but one suspect is down. Live in phoenix, abc 15 news. Thank you. You posted on what we learn out there we will check with her in a little bit. First we have to get to your most accurate forecast nick is tracking that you are busy on desert doppler some spots are getting rain. Thats right lets get to it show you abc 15 desert doppler this is the view of the entire state we are seeing a lot of lightning and thunderstorm activity to the north of us i want to zoom in and show you what is happening in phoenix metro this is abc 15 desert doppler showing heavier of rain in between the 17 and 51, right along the green way, to union hill so that north phoenix area, definitely seeing it this morning if we go farther north, you can see near prescott, chino valley look at all that, that lightning, that lightning count more than 500 strikes right now. Cotton wood also picking up some of the severe weather. Definitely a busy morning, download that free abc 15 mobile app so you can track these storms as they come in. Degrees muggy outside phoenix sky harbour by noon 93, by 4 00 p. M. 98 degrees we will hold on to the storm threat throughout the morningly break down the best Storm Chances in a few minutes. Thank you. Lets get to more news breaking overnight we are waiting to learn the condition of a person struck by a vehicle while walking. All this has beening early this morning all this happening early this morning. Phoenix police are still investigating we talked to the stayed on scene and are co operating she tells us the victim stumbled on to the street. He suffered an injury to the head and was rushed to hospital. As soon as we find out more details we will pass them on to you. A large fire erupting at this home near 35th and green way, dozens of firefighter s with phoenix and glendale fire called out to this one we are told heavy smoke and fire was spread throughout the 3 level home. You can see damage to the everybody inside was able to get out safely investigators are looking into what sparked those flames. Many of you left without power about 11,000 customers impacted at one point. Police officers on the street keeping everybody safe. Traffic lights also went out. We just checked abss website looks like all of that power is back on. A guy looks through his dads old stuff and thought he found a bomb and Fire Department in carefree firefighters called in the bomb squad. Here is that bomb robot and picking up a stick of something puts it into a blast box and then you see the bomb squad carrying that box away they put the box inside of a truck and they drove off to blow it up somewhere the fire chief says if anybody finds explosives do not bring them to the fire station. If anyone finds anything suspect, in their home, in an explosive or anything remotely close to an explosive, leave it where it is, dont touch it dont bring it to the fire station dont bring it to the Police Station leave it alone. Thankfully no body was hurt the fire chief said they did not figure out what the unidentified stick was. Reward is up and so are the calls coming into police from black bmws everybody trying to do their part to catch serial shooter after someone spotted a black bmw along the i 10. This is what we caught on our scanners. Phoenix pd, rp is not behind the vehicle they think it is the social shooter. These type of calls coming in serial shooter. These type of calls coming in quite a bit. Drivers were following a black bmw yesterday morning someone near 77th and Osborne Police are investigating each call that comes in. We spoke to a woman who lives right next door to that car called in she is glad people are now paying attention. We are looking for each others safety, but then at the same time i think it is sad for the neighbors you know, it is their vehicle we see the black bmw older model to call in, just for safety purposes. Police are working around the clock but we enough how valuable tips are if you know anything call silent wit think have upped that reward to witness they have upped that reward to 75,000. We have been taking action every day to get the word out about the serial shooter. Hispanic leaders say many in their community dont know enough about it. The community is tire that i had just want this guy tired they just want this guy caught. Faster. She say as lot of spanish speakers have not heard about the shooter. Block watch groups have been canvassing but more needs to be done. It has been a deadly week in the valley 8 people dead, 7ed just in the last wounded just in the last 7 days. Two black men were invited into a home on tipman when opened fire two people dead in that one. A few hours later a man with gunshot wounds showed up at the hospital saying he was shot in the same area. The incidents have residents on edge. It is bad. It is bad. I mean we dont let the baby play outside thats for sure. I mean we are always inside when we are here. Police are encouraging anybody who knows anything in call that number 408 witness you can remain anonymous. Elements in a Death Investigation involving a teen girl she died in front of her friends playing a game of chicken with a train. She was the only one who could not get out of the way in time as that train came barreling by. Armed robbery going down in phoenix. 19th avenue and indian at a herbal store. People in that area understandably too scared to talk about what happened they just want this guy caught. New information on a big decision in sheriff arpaios racial profiling case. One attorney is dispointed the Justice Department will take over we knew the judge wanted to be removed and in a new court filing prosecutors are saying they want the same thing the doj will investigate whether arpaio will Face Criminal Charges for ignoring court orders. You can be too old for a lot of things but is running for office one of them. Ward standing by her coents that mccain might die if re elected. I do know what happens to the body and you feel comfortable diagnosing him on air. Diagnosing him as an 80year old man yes i do. Both candidates square off in tuesdays primary. In tucson mccain didnt talk about the too old comments but did talk about stopping isis. He told workers the missiles they build can help out. We will need the kind of capables ratheon has been so good at for so long. Destroying ground targets is the most likely cruise for the weapons mccain worries likely use for the weapons. Mccain say he is is over taxing the military and the equipment they use. The woman running the troubled va hospital announcing her retirement she says it is for Health Reasons she worked for department of Veterans Affairs for 25 years she has only been in phoenix months an interim director will take over. Wayne wade is mourning the loss of his cousin she was shot and killed walking in chicagos south side. 232yearold nakayah was on her way to register her kids for school. Posten on twitter my cousin was killed in chicago four kids lost their mom for no reason. Unreal. Who fired shots. This man facing charges in the deaths of two nuns killed in mississippi 46yearold Rodney Sanders with two counts of capitol murder. The sisters never showed up to work thursday their bodies were discovered 10 miles from where they lived both were 68, sanders is now being held by authorities until his first appearance. Over to kansas city this morning where heavy rains are you can see cars submerged in the water parts of the city completely off limits too as emergency crews try to scour the area looking for anybody in need. It followed a system that produced tornado warnings at least one touching down outside of the city reports of downed tree limbs and branches in major damage to structures and no injuries reported in that one either but hard to imagine that, you know we get some of the rains every so often and warnings things like that we have to worry about but still things not completely clear. Very active so far this morning real quick a live lookout side this is the 51 at union hill take a look you can see clearly wet roadways a lot of those places in glendale also in north and central phoenix, i think you are going the see wet roadways we did just see a heavier cell pass through. Take the weather computer too. This is the temperature wise make it to upper 90s here is that break down a storm chance, 10 chance for much of the day then later on in the afternoon once that atmosphere heats up and air become as little more unstable, rain chances will pick up 20 at 4 00 p. M. And after that, it will dip down after that, we are taking a look at what Storm Chances are for the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. Mueller went through before being killed in the hands of i hope i never forget everything happens chilling to hear her say that. It is the abc exclusive some of you saw last night. New outrage expressed by kaylas parents how the u. S. Government handled the situation with her daughter before she died in isis captivity. My name is Kayla Mueller i need your help i have been here too long i have been very sick and very terrifying here. Heart breaking to see kayla from three years ago the aid worker and prescott native died at the hands of isis her parents breaking their silence about the failed efforts to bring their daughter home alive. Well, you know, its hard to even recall some of these things because you just go into almost a catatonic state i think, you just cant even stand up. I saw how thin she looked i saw her was very steady, so you know, it broke my heart but i also saw her strength. Well, kayla she dedicated her life to service and a way for her legacy to live on is through students who share her vision. A fund started by faculty directly but were so inspired by the imspeak she had on the world impact she had on the world at such a young age. To have that bravery extinguished in the world it shocked all of us and then to further like look around at our other students just like kayla who want to do those things in the world and make a huge difference. This is a great way to honor her. That scholarship is donation driven we have a link on abc15. Com you can search for the Kayla Mueller scholarship on naus website. Just to see the strength of her parents too. A playground will open in her honor clays hand playground is in prescott it will serve as a memory to her dedication to children her parents will be there and senator mccain we have a crew preparing to head out there to cover the entire event watch it on abc 15 news at 6 00 p. M. Metro center mall the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of commerce is helping put on the health and cultural fair noon to 5 00 p. M. Prizes and activities for kids the whole event is free. Monsoon storms across the high country we saw this morning but also yesterday this is some slow motion video from flagstaff. Wow. Where a lot of you saw heavy rain and hail yesterday afternoon. And i mean take a look at that i thin like yeah, as it comes down nice and slow. Flash backs. We are tracking a lot of places we saw places in the valley like north phoenix getting rain but the brunt of it now is in the high country places like prescott, chino valley all of that. Lets show you whats happening right now. 86 degrees right now at the airport, humidity 36 it is elevated that is down a little 80 scottsdale, 82 mesa, chandler, 84 good year and 80 in peoria. I am tracking desert doppler. You can see what is happening this is a cell that moved through Sun City West you can see it quickly but that orange that is a heavier cell we are seeing lightning with that. I am going to manipulate this a bit. For the most part the valley is dry as you head 17, past deer valley, along cape creek you can see, we are seeing more heavier cells in this area and then i am going to move to the north a little bit as i continue to manipulate this past north river. Lots of lightning there. And if we move more towards the north and east where this is tracking looks like camp verde, oak creek. All those shades of oranges and reds that will be the intense part of the storm and you see these lightning flashes too. Download that mobile app you can track that too. I will go through this quickly a lot of this moisture will dry up later on tonight, into tomorrow. Today is the best chance to see moisture. High pollution ozone advisory keep that in mind if you are in sensitive uv not bad 10 at a peak, allergies low to moderate change watch for ragweed and sage brush. 99 the high, storms possible really throughout the day. I dont think it will be a total wash out but pop up activity i think we will dry out nicely we get to 104 monday, 105 tuesday then we will bring back in those for midweek wednesday 102 then looks like we will hang out around 104 for the rest of the week 10 chance of showers for that ending portion. We are giving away tickets september 1st, download the abc 15 app and look for the contest entry it is free go to abc 15. Com win. Good luck. If you are heading out to the game tonight against reds you could win money and help four Valley Charities the 50 50 raffle will benefit operation santa clause the annual Holiday Drive by abc 15 and sander son ford makes a huge difference if you play tonight we want to wish good luck to you and say thank you for helping us out. Small stars this week, Wild Horse Pass motor sports park. Drag racers they are fearless flying down that track. Wild horse motor sports park is a world class drag strip where professionals exceed 300 miles per hour. 10yearold stella will quench her need for speed. That light turns on you have to press your gas really cool. What is it like when you goopier tall to the metal. When you like when you go pedal to when you press the gas, it pushes you back feels awesome. You have been racing two years how did you get started. My dad talked me into it. Initially you didnt want to do it . I wanted to do it i wanted to go fast. 14yearold sam and 15year old cheyenne to thank. My dad used to race. It has been in my family for racing and are out to show everyone it is not just for boys. Just to show them cars isnt just for guys. Because they always like brag about them how this sport is for a boy not a girl. Isnt it scary. Some times you get a little nervous but not really. If i am doing what i am supposed to be doing there is nothing wrong going to happen. The best part of drag racing is . Going fast. Intensity. When you best part of your day. Congratulations bella, sam and cheyenne you are this weeks fast wheeling, tire here is timeline up. What would you get if you could buy anything you wanted at best buy . Eddie rodriguez knows exactly what that feels like. That was his wish check out the smile on his face he got a laptop, beats head phones everything he needed the 16 yearold is suffering from severe kidney failure he is in desperate need of a transplant make a wish granted his wish to lift his spirits while he waits and just coming here with everyone and them supporting me is so great. How cool is this he went on this whole shopping spree in a limo. It at least lifted his spirits for a little bit. Rescue crews remain hard at work as the death toll rises in the deadly italy earthquake. We will take you there in a few minutes. Centtburst ig week as the e ken. There . Rity. Var cow. A at . Turaednt leilk. Z23emz zvpz y23emy yvpy vo we went to hollywood to ask thousands stepped into the jennieo tasting booth to find out. With just one bite, they knew. We say good morning on a busy saturday. 5 30 a. M. Thanks for joining us. I know you just saw that Lightning Strike we are getting a live look in the back of us here. 51 near bell northbound here. Look at see that . Nick you are very busy tracking our weather. Wow we are seeing a lot of this. The glendale area, north phoenix area, not only seeing lighten bug heavy rain within the last hour or so. If we can, lets get right to abc 15 desert doppler this is the view of the entire state we are seeing the bulk of that lightning not north of us places like quart junction i want to zoom in, phoenix metro northwest valley, Sun City West, surprise, right along the 303 seeing the heaviest, deer valley picking up on that. If we can i want to go farther north, quart junction, cape verde, lake montezuma. This area, picking up the bulk of the storm activity heavy rains, lots of lightning keep that in mind as you go throughout the morning this will last for the next hour. Lets go ahead and br what you can expect upper 70s low 80s in the valley partly cloudy, holding on to a chance of showers as we are in the low 90s upper 90s after that, showers are still possible, but coming up in just a few minutes we will break down when exactly the most likely window will be for us to see more storm activity and continue to keep our eyes on desert doppler. From one top story to thomas. Crime scene tape up there right now. Lets get over to mary ellen you have been there the last half hour or so we know no officers were hurt but what happened here . Reporter we are learning more from the actual residents as far as what took place. They are telling us they heard a hail of gunfire some say, as many as five or six one man tells us he actually pulled his family into the bathroom out of fear of what was happening outside. Let me show you Police Presence you can see the amount of police cars right there and we have a huge Police Presence right in front of the chase bank, thomas and 59th avenue this scene stretches all the way over to 57th avenue which we cannot see from our Vantage Point where we are being kept right now. We are being kept far away. Officer involved shooting no officer were injured in this shooting they are not telling us why