Got her breathing. It is unclear at this hour if the pool had a fence. One man holding a community hostage with 7 random murders. The chase to hunt him down going hard. There is now 75 grand on the table. Abcs Jason Valentine is in downtown phoenix. A big show of force tonight. Reporter absolutely. We will show you that. Police got 1500 tips from the community and every time we put the serial stree the news they get a bump in the number. They are hoping upping the reward to 75,000 will add more help to those tips they are hoping to get. Law enforcement officials from five agencies, local, state, the fbi and u. S. Marshals, the phoenix mayor too. Emotional twice, immigration status should not stop somebody from coming forward. No charges whatsoever from my office. This is a team effort. Everybody in the community. We need them to participate. Is that clear . I dont want anyone to be reluctant in coming forward. Whether they think it is significant or not. Reporter and of course if tips could be anonymous. Police have a task force of 30 detectives working the case 24 7 and a unit to keep all the tips straight. Back to you. New updates coming into the abc 15 live desk, the devastation in italy. The death toll from the earthquake jumped to 250. And new since world news we are learning an 8yearold girl pulled from the rubble after 17 and doing well. It is all about the gun. The once freeway shooter wants his weapon back. Abcs joe bartell is live downtown. Is he getting it back . Reporter yeah. The gun has been tested and retested. But there is a fight about what the evidence shows and in the middle of this is a man trying to move on with his life. The legal back and forth in the freeway shootings case heating up again. They are the only ones making a connection. Everyone else say there is nothing there. Reporter the defense attorney is talking about dps who sent one of their investigators to court to answer tough question about the gun and whether it was a match. So if atf could not make an identification was atf wrong with respect to the original dps findings in september . Idea. Reporter dps taking to their guns and the gung siding with them for now guns siding with them for now. Three different investigators. Dps wants to save face and they keep hanging on to this. Reporter Leslie Merritt jr. Has moved on. He is back at work and spending time with his family and his civil lawsuit against investigators is moving forward. The la speed ahead. Nothing that happened today escs that utah effects that lawsuit. Reporter there is no time line of when the gun could be returned back to Leslie Merritt jr. Back to you. Thank you very much. Police revealing who was gunned down last month at the knights inn but they have no suspect. This is the 25yearold. Gunned down friday night on if you were a witness or know anything call silent witness. This case will be harder to crack. The guy shot couldnt tell police about the gunman. The victim shot near 19th avenue and glendale. No one knows where a suspect is tonight. He escaped from the back of a dps car this morning. Hours later nothing. No sign of him. Abcs chris gros is in sun city for us tonight. How is dps going about trying to find this guy . Reporter yes, that is the question. I just got off with dps and they are saying this guy is at large. In the meantime right now they are using police work, they are going through back channels talking to Law Enforcement groups but also possibly looking at Surveillance Video that was captured by those cameras right there. Stopped for an expired registration. Troopers found drugs in the car. A witness said he flipped out of the car and made a run for it. We hear he was spotted at hospital before heading north, that is the last time he was seen. Business owners are shocked to hear he got away with the cuffs still on. Just told the mechanic call him houdini. Being handcuffed he would have hit the floor. The ground. Would have made a noise. Reporter he used the window to reach over and unlock that car from the outside. He got away. Dps looking into this case. They are going to update us as soon as they know. Back to you. Thank you. Back on the streets. Prostitution. We just learned about robert richardsons arrest yesterday. A news producer. His home busted. He will be in court september 7. He called mesa home but he is here illegally and accused of sexual assaulting a 16year old four times. Police say he admittedted it in a conversation with the mother. He has been in the u. S. Illegally for 14 years. From the abc the 911 calls from the orlando nightclub shooting and the decision isnt coming soon. The judge sent it back to the state court. It was in june when omar mateen opened fire and then Police Killed him. It left 49 people dead. 50 injured. Bills for the victims. New at 6 00 p. M. People in trouble for troubles with illegal immigration. We want all immigrant detentions to end. We think it is cruel and unusual punishment for people who are struggling to make a in the country. This flair up comes on the heels of a report calling private prisons dangerous and abusive. The department of justice is parting ways with 13 because of the findings. A very low blow. Thieves take off with items valuable to a family. Including a flag draped over a coffin of a marine corps veteran. Abcs sonu wasu has more. Moving could be stressful. Emergency finding all imagine finding out your most prized possessions is gone. Flag layed over the coffin of my dad when i was a teenager. Earned it fighting in vietnam. Your dad fought for the country. Such a hard time reporter items that money cant buy. Wedding photos, baby photos a hand made teddy bear. I know it has no monetary value to you. Just try have it in your heart to bring it back. Return it to the apartment complex where you got it. Reporter they were stolen from a garage at the retreat at the raven apartments. He moved to chandler now but left this note for the thieves, pleading for them to drop the items off, no questions asked. Reporter sonu wasu, abc 15. Gone for too long, the search for a father and a baby. Want to get paid to shop . There are secret shopper jobs. Joe lets you know you have to know where to look to avoid the scams. The ideas to help a school save money. How scraps are helping their budget. Live from universities of phoenix stadium, many reasons to get excited about the Arizona Cardinal the defense. Hear what coach has to say about the defense coming up. Visibility improving in the southeast valley. The blowing dust canceled early. We will look at your most from the abc 15 live desk a search for a father and his 10 monthold son. Take a moment. Stop what you are doing and look at the picture. Noon. Ramon salas was heading to pick up his girlfriend. She is beside herself. This is the truck he was driving. A grey 2002 ford f250 crew cab truck with arizona license plates reading bpx9465. Police looking for clues in the death of an 84yearold man found outside a la fitness. Found with stab wounds a week ago and today police hit the streets trying to figure out why. Abcs Allison Rodriguez has more. We want to get justice for the victim and their family. Reporter police canvassing the area this morning trying to get any information on a mysterious death. Officers chatting up businesses and going to neighborhoods to see if anybody saw something that leads authorities closer to finding the killer. His body found august 18 at an la fitness parking lot. Anything, seen anything. That saw something suspicious and found out it could have been related, that is what we are going after. Reporter police say there is Surveillance Video from the gym and detectives are pouring through the footage. For now they need anyone who has information to give them a call. The smallest thing could break a case. Reporter Allison Rodriguez, abc 15. A 1,000 reward if you could lead police killer. Joe ducey here. Talking about things that could be legitimate or scams. Mystery shopper jobs. It is a scam if they ask you for money up front. But there are real mystery shoppers out there. If they pay you up front or the real ones are not going to guarantee you won and we have links to all of the real ones on the let joe know Facebook Page and on www. Abc15. Com let joe know. Tell us what you think. A Valley School district redefining the term chop shop. They were having trouble finding parts for its natural gas buses and learned surrounding districts were selling theirs buy up the buses and use them for parts. Helps us in down time. Buses arent down as long. We can keep them going. On the road. We dont have to wait for parts that dont exist. A lot of times we are waiting three weeks for a little part or something and we have them ready to go. The district says the idea natural gas buses saving a half million dollars. Abc 15 sports brought to you by sanderson ford. Pack up and head back to tempe. The Arizona Cardinals down to their final practice of training camp. Glad about it too. The regular season two weeks ago. Jason snavely live from university of phoenix stadium. Can we fast forward to the patriots game already . Reporter we are not the only one tha preseason is fun but we want to see our team, not the backups. We want to see our team. No secret thepression record hasnt been anything to get excited about but there are still reasons to get excited. One being a stout defense. And bruce arians would have to agree. He doesnt like to gush when it comes to his team but this morning he wasnt shy about the defense. You know, they have been playing high level already. And, you know, they have been put in bad situations. But, yeah, i think our defense has a chance to be really solid. [ indiscernible ] [ indiscernible ] reporter yeah. Fast start would help. While a good showing the next couple weeks would be nice, he is already thinking about new england and he has for the last several months. Get the ultimate experience with abc 15 and the Arizona Cardinals. You can get the ultimate Fan Experience with abc 15 and your arizona cardina ls. We are giving away tickets to the cards and broncos game on september 1. All you have to do is download the abc 15 mobile app and look for the to win. Look at that storm. All the white stuff on the ground. Hail there. You can see it piling up as well. Sent in from a abc 15 viewer. Property hit with strong storm this afternoon and a live look at abc 15 desert doppler right now and a look at our weather network. Tracking severe thunderstorm activity at this hour. A look at the showers in. They come in from the southwest. We have more with thunder and lightning along i40 between flagstaff and williams at this hour. To the south, rain over the last 30 minutes. Heading towards cottonwood in the higher terrain. Clipping off to the northeast towards had watten wood area. Flood cottonwood area. Flood advisories as well. Storms to the west and to the valley in the clear right now. The blowing dust canceled early. Hazy skies down there across southern portions of Maricopa County and pinal county as well. Blowing dust that reduces visibility no longer the case at this hour. We will keep Storm Chances in play into the evening and tomorrow as well. 20 chance here. Here is the hour by hour 10 shot through 7 00 p. M. , 8 00 p. M. , 9 00 p. M. 20 10 00 and 11 00 p. M. And over night and there is a chance we could see action tomorrow morning as well. Then an increase chance, 20 in the Late Afternoon and evening tomorrow. Temperatures in the 90s here. 11 00 p. M. 89. 80 over night in phoenix. 6 00 a. M. Hitting the lows and 90s tomorrow afternoon. Mesa, chandler, glendale low airport. 72 sedona. 56 flagstaff. Tonight 40s and 50s along the rim. Sedona 60. Prescott 58. Kingman 68 degrees. Tomorrow highs near 80 degrees in pace aen. 82 sedona and 70 in flagstaff. 70s in [bleep] low and window rock show low and window rock. We track 20 chance for showers and storms sunday drier air. Humidity drops and temperatures increase. 102 on sunday. 106 on monday. And your sevenday forecast coming up. You asked us to take action and tonight we have results after a string of school hoaxes. Should we question the timing . Sheriff joe arpaios Campaign Manager is. What he says about a decision to pursue charges against the lawman. Not a new way of life but where should you start when youre told you have cancer . Start with a specialist. 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The perfect cheese for pepper jack is going to be creamy and mild, and its really going to tone down the spiciness of the peppers. Youre going to taste the cheese first, and then youre going to get just a little bit of warmth from the peppers. Its really good. A bold new flavor and only here for a limited time. Mmmhmm. Troubled by the timing. Sheriff joe arpaios Campaign Manager questioning a judges decision to recommend charges. The election is tuesday. And it will be sheriff joe arpaios toughest race yet after 23 years in office. It could be tough on the streets but new tonight hope for those who dont have a place to call home. A temporary shelter near 12th through the end of february. The Maricopa County board of supervisors approving the funding. People are left homeless because of things they cant control. Once he recovered and found a place in the shelter he started looking for work again. 20 job searches a day. The shelter will house 250 people every night and the county will help housing. How Natalie Russell almost lost a second child to a drug habit. And a new outlook after this stand off. Why a arizona man is off the hook for someones death. Looks like the Safety Equipment checks out but the reason a woman fell to her because every great nt takes courage. Because one person cant do it all. Because dreams are worth chasing. Midfirst bank will always be true to your money with Proven Services that support all of your endeavors. This is abc 15 news taking action. Shocking new details about a mom accused of murder in the over dose death of her daughter. Abc 15 learning she was not the first child to over dose in Natalie Renee russells case. Melissa blasius shows us what happened to her older son. Reporter Natalie Renee russell was living in these apartments with three of her children when she died. Abc 15 has found documents talking about born in 2005. He is now living with other relatives after he almost over dosed at age 2. The boys dad filed to get emergency full custody in 2007. The motion says the boy was brought to the icu in moms care for ingesting a narcotic. Natalie Renee Russell wasnt arrested but Child Welfare workers were called in. Natalie Renee Russell was not fit oo parent. Daughter drank methadone and instead of taking her to the hospital investigators believe she tried to revive her by injecting her with methamphetamine. She died. Natalie Renee Russell faces a Second Degree murder charge. It is unclear what role if any the prior over dose situation will play in her murder trial. Back to you. After all this a huge s. W. A. T. Scene, a man is now off the hook facing no charges after a man is found mcso says he likely died of natural causes. Investigators say the person of interest just helped him since he was homeless. They say there was nothing criminal going on. From the abc 15 live desk police are saying a fugitive captured, wanted for the killing of a woman in Southern California pkidnapping her three and kidnapping her three kids. But theywere just found in colorado. The kids all found safe. Good news. A woman torches her ex husbands shed. Police say the 36yearold set the fire on august 19. Police say she texted him and sent pictures and said i will destroy everything and say good bye shed. Sh flight out of town. Is donald trump changing his stance on immigration again . Depends on who you ask. Some say the republican president ial nominee is softening his policy with his focus towards minority voters. The campaign is crafting a new message on immigration. They are working on how to explain his ideas. There is a chance that message will be rolled out in phoenix next week. Taking action for parents put in a frightening position. Hours after our story on the threats that caused lock downs the school let parents know what has been going down. Three threats in one week, all turned out to be hoaxes. They are asking parents to talk to their kids about the consequences. The school has to take every situation seriously. New developments from the abc 15 live desk about the zip out of delaware. The 59yearold unclipped her safety wires and fell 35 feet. According to the operator. She had completed Safety Training before hopping on. Investigators claim there were no issues with the equipment. She was trying out the zip line to cross it off her bucket list. Marketed to the wrong a Pharmaceutical Company facing a lawsuit for its fen not spray. It nentinal spray. Fentanyl spray. I