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KNXV ABC15 News At 11AM September 28, 2016

Situation and were expecting an update from Avondale Police at any moment. But, again, a 5yearold boy is in Critical Condition after being shot. He should be at the hospital right now and we are waiting for an update on his condition. They are not look for asome. A suspect. We are waiting for avondale to give us an update. Back to you. Thank you, chris. New developments surrounding a Police Investigation in glendale. This man, just arrested, Jeffery Charles wilson, accused of sexually assaulting a woman under a bridge. Policesay that the tips came in after they put out this sketch. Its believed that wilson raped the woman, threatened her with a gun and grabbed hereby the bridge. A potgrowing operation pulled down in south phoenix. Sheriff arpaio was right there. Hash oil was manufactured at that building, and police have not ided the suspects but you can count on abc15 to bring you updates throughout the day. Police say that a guy pointed a gun at officers after slamming into their patrol car. This happened in deer valley. The suspect reversed his car into a patrol vehicle. An undercover cop shot the suspect who was rushed to a nearby hospital and he is in stable but Critical Condition. This is the second time this month that a guy has run into police officers. A few weeks ago, marc payne he is behind bars but on the same day, a person pointed a gun at an officer on 202. That man is still out there. A civil rights activist is unveiling billboards going up around the valley. Right now, there are two, one at i10 and 20th, and the over at i17 and bell. Dozens more battle. Protesters in san diego, hundreds gathering in response to a Deadly Police shooting of a man. We are waiting to find out his name, and officers released this image, showing the seconds before the shooting yesterday. The police chief said it shows the man with something in his hands and assuming a shooting stance. He reportedly refused to comply and thats when officers fired. Killed by police in tulsa and charlotte north carolina. Check out this video from the abc15 live drive and our crews on the ground. Light rain near 27th and camelback. Those raindrops are falling on a lot of folks windshields during the morning commute. A lot of rain, iris. We. We have the showers across the valley and im tracking rain north of the phoenix metro as we look live located near camp verde. You can see the thick clouds and the raindrops and roads are wet. Thats i17. If you are heading out to the high country, know that the showers from the valley have pushed north, and we are going to see more widespread rain showers and thunderstorms across the high country. That could slow you down. In the valley, our skies have been clearing with partly cloudy skies across the phoenix phoenix Childrens Hospital valley cam. Things are fairly quiet across the abc desert doppler. As we go through the day, there is a chance for more showers and storms especially this afternoon and evening when the 10 chance kicks back in. Ill show you what the chances look like on futurecast, a high of 94 this afternoon and well talk about the Storm Chances continuing into thursday next. We are learning a shooting in glendale. The victim walks himself to a gurney. You can now know what happened. The shooter caught the man with his girlfriend and he was shot jumping out of bed with that woman. The shooter is identified as stanley mahoney, accused of attempted murder and assaulting his girlfriend. A. A Traffic Alert in glep dale. Camelback is back open after after a woman was killed. She was hit by a car at 16th avenue. No word if charges will be filed. Police are working to find out who is behind an attempted robbery at a motel 6 in phoenix. Ironically, they were busted at a motel 6 in tempe. A Security Guard fought back and shot and suspects. School is a place to learn, not be in fear. After threats against several schools, three students are charged with felonys and more could be charged. Two dozen schools were mentioned in the threats. It really exploded overnight and affected a lot of people. We were told from a lot of absent. The threats all had the creepy clown picture along the posts. Neighbors in north phoenix, they are demanding action from the city over a reentry facility for excons. It opened up in july near i17 and pinnacle peak, originally intended for juvenile but now serves 600 adult parolees. Concerned that more crime will come in the area and people are going to have houses get broken into. Neighbors plan to talk with the mayor about a solution. Ultimately, they want the center to be moved. A heartbreaking update sadly, we have learned that the 5yearold boy has died. He was in the hospital where he passed away. We are on scene at the apartment complex in avondale bringing us updates. It didnt appear that police were looking for suspects, but, again, this is something that we will continue to follow during this newscast and throughout the day. Coming up next on abc15, growing political support, hillary clin endorsement, the highprofile republican standing behind the democrat. A deadly combination. Investigators revealing what killed an arizona athlete. New information on his untimely passing. Now to our question of the day. Gosh, youve seen them but do you think the political attack i aspire in this election to have a quiet, softspoken participation, and i will when i go into the booth and cast a vote for the clintonkaine ticket. No question about it. First it was the arizona republic. Now, this morning, Hillary Clinton getting the endorsement of a highprofile republican, virginia senator john warner, joining a growing list of republicans supporting the democrat. Meantime, clinton is teaming up with a former enemy, bernie sanders, joining her for a College Voter event. Clinton has support from her daughter, chelsea, who will be in north carolina, and first lady, Michelle Obama will speak at two events in pennsylvania. Clinton has a few backers at her side but donald trump does not with rallys in iowa and mike pence is campaigning in ohio. A family heartbroken by a deadly crash and what they were doing just hours before the accident. We all know the dangers of texting while driving but what are using your phone to follow directions . Douglas martin and jennifer car that sideswiped them making a quick turn because of gps. This happened on grand eve saturday and it sent them head on into a power pole killing martins father, frank. The trio was heading home from franks surprise 70th birthday party. He glowed the whole time we were there, laughing and smiling. We looked forward to having the last few good years with him, and then it was gone. Terrible for the family. The family wants to try and pursue a criminal case but paying for a funeral is first and we have linked the Fundraising Efforts on our s prescription drugs. He was an offensive lineman for u of a. The 22yearold died in his sleep. The decision before the South Mountain freeway meeting has a lot of people upset. [chanting] police refused to allow them to bring their prayer sticks into the meeting. Freedom was violated. When they say theyll blast through here, we wont let them. Thats the point of it. We cant let them. Our cultural or religious beliefs, however you see it are on the line. If you missed the meeting you can see the presentation on abc15. Com with another meeting at 6 00. Adot confirming plans are the valley. Yeah. Nothing was finalized to build state route 30 but it would run south and parallel to i10 to just give you another option, something that was considered for a while but funding has been the issue. Adot plans to study options over the next six months. Speaking of the roads, i was on the 101 and there was a lot of rain. There was especially in the northwest valley with a thunderstorm near Fountain Hills and now just keeping an eye on the clouds out there, and some of them possibly producing a sprinkle or two. And mostly dry as you are getting ready to head out to lunch. Let me show you abc15 desert doppler, a few sprinkles, very brief over camelback mountain. You can see as soon as they hit the mountain, they fizzled out. As we go throughout the day, there is a chance for more showers and thunderstorms. I expect much of the valley to different picture up north. And i show you this picture of the valley cam not the valley cam but our casino cam, and its showing you i17. Dark clouds and heavy rain and the road is wet. Northern arizona, the high country is the best potential for more showers and thunderstorms. As i zoom on out, Central Arizona, fairly quiet, and we have been watching the scattered showers moving north sedona and flagstaff, too. And ive been watching a few light showers in eastern arizona, eastern arizona, Northern Arizona, the higher terrain is where we will see the best potential for rain today and by tomorrow, more active weather, and we could see more storms in the valley, too. Heres whats happening. Remember the storm system we have been tracking that was sitting to the southwest . It brought moisture into the thats slowly tracking to the north. Today, the best Storm Chances across northern and eastern arizona. So as we go into tomorrow, well tap more moisture into the tropics and ming more widespread coverage of showers and storms and we could see a better chance of rain in the valley tomorrow before we dry out. Some of the tropical moisture will come, a boost in moisture from roslyn, a Tropical Storm well california, and it will stay over open water, not expecting it to move inland. Again, well tap into moisture and boost our rain chances over the next couple days. Today, again, the best chances for more widespread coverage across northern and eastern arizona but we could see a shower or thunderstorm move across the valley as we go into the afternoon and evening. Well be watching that are if, gusty winds and possibly gust. Quieter as we go into tonight. But tomorrow, watch how the storm coverage expands across futurecast, not just in northern and eastern arizona but scattered thunderstorms around the phoenix metro tomorrow during the day. The rain chances throughout the day tomorrow, something that well be watching, a slight chance at the valley at 20 , not a washout and not everyone may get the rain but well be more active, so worth watching. Friday, a slig early on morning shower before we clear out the rain chances. Today, the 10 chance this afternoon into the evening, and tomorrow, a 20 chance for showers and thunderstorms. Well talk about what temperatures will do over the next few days and have a look ahead to the weekend. Thank you, iris. Dont believe everything you read online. Such an awesome event. So coming up, power of the people and one groups the power of the latino buyer. New data is showing the impressive numbers here. The report shows that latino owned businesses have doubled in eight years, and we are sifting through this massive report, Monica Villalobos from the Hispanic Chamber of commerce and thats a labor of love for you . Very much so, 328 pages and its the most comprehensive compilation of secondary research on hispanic growth in arizona. Amazing. Are there any differences from last year to this year . We see most of the difference, not so much in the demographic area. We have seen quite a bit of growth but year after year, we are looking at consumer behavior. This provides our Corporate Partners and Small Businesses alike a road map to target hispanic consumers. What is the grand take away our state . We know that about 40 actually, 30 of arizona is hispanic and 40 of phoenix metro and more than 40 of k through 12 is hispanic. The population continues to grow and we will be a majority soon as well. And more importantly, the consumers spend 42 billion in the economy here. In addition to that and from the spending, in every spending category, auto motive to clothing. But in addition to that as business owners, thats what we have seen, significant growth, about a 70 increase in the number of hispanic businesses. In 2015, we were looking at 123,000 businesses. Wow. The greatest growth is among latinas, 116 since 2007. Increase and those businesses contribute 10 billion into the economy. So a lot of significant contributions. Where can people find info . I know we barely scratched the service. Sure. You can go to our website, and we will have the link to the book. Coming up, a beloved baseball star and how thousands plan to pay their respect. And a disturbing crime that we want to get back to the breaking news out of avondale. A 5yearold boy has died after a shooting. This investigation has just gotten started but police say this appears to be accidental. Hey, there, chris. Reporter yeah, justin and danielle, we just heard an emotional outburst from the family after they got news from the detectives. It was later confirmed, like you said, the 5yearold boy has passed, died after a gunshot wound that they are still investigating but early supports are that it appears to be accidental, self inflicted. But there is a lot to be determined. Detectives have just arrived on plainclothes officers get into the apartment complex right now. And there is still family inside the scene and outside the scene. So the investigation behind this is just getting started. We expect it to go on for a couple of hours. But we can tell you that the latest up at the is the 5year old boy has died from what police are calling an accidental selfinflicted gunshot wound. We are expecting more updates story and will continue to update you as they come in, and for now, back to you in the studio. All right. Just a devastates update for the family. Thank you, chris. The body of Jose Fernandez is about to be laid to rest. We have new video of the hearse arriving at a miami funeral home today. The marlins pitcher died in a boat crash. A public viewing is set for 2 00 p. M. Mass tomorrow, and fans are mourning on the west side of marlins a park. We are on wildfire watch as hundreds of people have been evacuated in california as the loma fire is threatening 200 structures and containment is 10 and check out this video from petaluma. A briewsh fire grew out of control taking out homes. The quick growth blamed on a broken gas line. President obama is getting ready to send more troops to iraq. The troops will train and advise iraqi forces. As many as 600 servicemen and women could be sent over in addition to the 4600 troops already there. Congress is facing a big deadline. They have until friday night to the two major sticking points are funding to fight the zika virus and the flint water crisis. Its really only a bandaid to keep the government running through december 9. One hot topic this election year, marijuana. This year, 9 states very a chance to vote on expanding legal access. According to national polls, the majority of ameran support it. 13 of u. S. Adults report using marijuana currently. Former House Speaker and president ial candidate Newt Gingrich made a cameo alongside the governor in chandler and weighed in on proposition 206 which would raise our states minimum wage. Question whether or not its accordable. What we are seeing in seattle they raised it too fast and incentivize a place like wendys to replace people with withins, people wont be able to earn a living. The minimum would be 10 an hour next year and between to 12 by 2020. Messal be accepting section 8 housing, great news for many. Its nerveracking and its very stressful, not knowing whether you will get kicked out or have to live with someone or be on the streets or go back to a shelter. This year, applications are accepted only online. We have what you need to know on abc15. Com. Several arizona agencies are getting a nice lump of cash to fight crime and help improve they will split more than 9 million in federal grants. Maricopa county, more than 1 million. Part of go to prevention programs so officers will stay safe and to the department of corrections to help inmates who are being released. An asu student could face deportation after an arrest on campus. Paperwork said that Xiaoyuan Zhang bathroom, taking pictures and the women caught him and held him for police. The suspect admitted to doing it and told police he had a dirty mind. The chinese citizen is held in jail and will see an immigration judge. Students we talked with are unhappy to hear about the allegations. Its sad that we cant feel 100 safe. According to police, this is not the first time he got pictures of womens skirts. You can barely see a car speed of frame here and see this guy on the cell phone . He is letting officers know that his mercedes was stolen from a circle k. The driver tried to run down officers causing them to open fire. Once Timothy Childress was arrested, guns were found in the car, including an rifle. The victim learned a valuable lesson. When you take the car, take the keys. Time to get moving. Mans best friend is joining us for the workout wednesday section. All right. Its our workout wednesday but we have a special guest in the studio to help us out, a 4 legged friend. Get. We have rosy rose rosie from the Animal Protection league and working out, you can do it with your pets. Yeah, absolutely, and dogs, they love to kind of bond with you when you go out for jogs or hikes or swim or kayaking as well. But you can also take them out for a bike ride so a lot of options depending on what your excited to work out as well. Grizzly is looking like he is ready to have activity. And you can even do lunges and different exercises with them . Absolutely, and we always like to fit it into what your lifestyle and your dogs lifestyle is. You can make your own work out plan and fit that into what your dog is excited about. If he is excited about toys or tennis balls, running around like that or doing lunges or going for a nice swim or a bike ride. Im with him. Its time for a nap. Been working out too much. And even just a simple walk. I think people underestimate that. Yeah, absolutely. Just getting out and getting the blood pumping. I like to say you can get a group of friends together and go for a group walk and make it a social activity. I think grizzly likes you. I know. Did

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