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> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS THE
ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE OF
ARIZONA MOURNING THE LOSS OF
OFFICER CLAYTON TOWNSEND WHO
LOST HIS LIFE TOO SOON LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. DPS IS STILL INVESTIGATING THIS
WHOLE INCIDENT.
WHOLE INCIDENT. THEY TELL US CLAYTON TOWNSEND
MADE THE TRAFFIC STOP RIGHT
AROUND 6:00 P.M.
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. IT ALL HAPPENED ON THE LOOP 101
JUST SOUTH OF THE McDOWELL OFF-
RAMP.
RAMP.
RAMP. AS
RAMP. AS HE APPROACHED THE CAR,
CLAYTON TOWNSEND STOPPED ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THAT IS WHEN HE WAS HIT.
THE DRIVER ALSO HITTING THE CAR
THAT WAS STOPPED.
THE DRIVER WE'RE LEARNING THIS
MORNING DID STAY ON SCENE.
OFFICER TOWNSEND WAS RUSHED TO
SCOTTSDALE OSBORNE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE SADLY LATER DIED.
HIS OFFICER BROTHERS IN BLUE
STANDING WATCH OUTSIDE OF THE
HOSPITAL AND DURING THE
PROCESSION FROM THE HOSPITAL TO
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.
IT WAS QUITE A MOVING MOMENT AS
THESE UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
USUALLY ARE.
USUALLY ARE. OFFICER TOWNSEND WAS WITH THE
FORCE FOR FIVE YEARS.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND 10-
MONTH-OLD SON.
MONTH-OLD SON. THE SALT RIVER POLICE CHIEF AS
WELL AS DPS BOTH TALKING ABOUT
THE MAN OFFICER TOWNSEND WAS.
>> AT THIS TIME, WE JUST MOURN
THE LOSS OF THE SALT RIVER
OFFICER CLAYTON TOWNSEND AND WE
STAND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALTOGETHER IN LOSING A BROTHER
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF WHICH
HE WAS OUT DOING HIS JOB.
>>
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. A SENSELESS TRAGEDY.
HE WAS JUST OUT DOING HIS JOB,
A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP.
THIS MORNING, DPS SAYS THE
DRIVER THAT DID HIT OFFICER
TOWNSEND IS COOPERATING WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERNIGHT AND
THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING.
ALSO, GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY
ORDERED FLAGS BE LOWERED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.
STAY WITH 12 NEWS AND 12
NEWS.COM FOR THE HATEST ON THIS
STORY AS WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO
LEARN THROUGHOUT THE COMING
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. JEN
DAYS. JEN WALL, TODAY IN AZ.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
>>> A BIT OF A SOMBER START BUT
WE HAVE TO GET YOU UP TO SPEED
TO START YOUR WORK OR SCHOOL
DAY WITH A CHECK OF YOUR
FORECAST.
FORECAST.
FORECAST. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT USING
THE HEAT AS MUCH.
>> I HAD THE WINDOW OPEN LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >>
NIGHT. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. EMMA, WE HAVE TO SAVOR THE NEXT
THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
>> I DON'T CARE IF I'M COLD.
>> WE HAVE CLEAR CONDITIONS, 49
OUTSIDE, NOT THE 30s WE HAD
ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
REST OF THE VALLEY, NO 30s ON
THE MAP RIGHT NOW.
JUST 42 FOR BUCKEYE.
IT IS ABOUT AS COLD AS IT GETS.
RADAR IS LOOKING PRETTY QUIET.
VAN HE IS A THIS AFTERNOON,
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL. PROBABLY THE BEST ONE SO FAR OF
2019 WITH A HIGH OF 72 DEGREES.
STILL A LITTLE BRISK FOR THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >> THANK YOU, JIMMY.
>>> AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO
ACCIDENTS TO REPORT BUT IS SOME
TRAFFIC BUILDING UP ON GRAND
NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL.
ANOTHER AREA ON GRAND AS YOU
ARE HEADING WEST INTO SUN CITY
TOWN THERE.
TOWN THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN FROM THE
EAST TO THE WEST.
SO COMING UP IN MY NEXT REPORT,
I'M HAVE A LOOK AT MY
FUTURECAST.
FUTURECAST. >> THE BUCKEYE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ALSO MORNING THE
LOSS OF A BELOVED OVER.
ONE OF THE ARE TIRED K-9S
PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY A
TEMPERATURE OF 12.
THEY FOUND THOUSANDS OF POUNDS
OF DRUGS AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS DURING DRUG
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. HE SERVED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
>>> ONE ARIZONA MAN IS
IDENTIFIES FIGHTING TO KEEP HIS
NAME FREE FROM THE LAS VEGAS
MASSACRE.
MASSACRE.
MASSACRE. HE WANTS TO HE SUPERINTENDENT A
FEDERAL JURY FROM HEARING
REFERENCES TO SHOOTING IN HIS
UPCOMING TRIAL ON CHARGES HE EL
LEGALLY MADE AMMO FOUND IN THE
LAS VEGAS HOTEL SUITE.
HAIG HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN
THE SHOOTING BUT PROSECUTORS
REFER TO THAT MASSACRE.
>>> THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN IS HEADING INTO ITS
THIRD WEEK VERY SOON.
PAUL JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND
IT WILL MAKE IT NOT SO AWKWARD.
THERE, THAT WILL WORK.
ONE VALLEY CHARITY DOING WHAT
IT CAN TO HELP FAMILIES OF
FEDERAL WORKERS IN ARIZONA.
ST.MARY'S FOOD BANK SAYS SHE
HAVE SHIPPED OUT FOOD BOXES TO
FAMILIES OF GRAND CANYON
NATIONAL PARK EMPLOYEES
FURLOUGHED DURING THE SHUTDOWN.
YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT THEM,
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. APS SAYS IT IS STEPPING UP TO
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. THE
HELP. THE UTILITY ANNOUNCING A
$500,000 FUND TO HELP ARIZONANS
IMPACTED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. >>> THE PHOENIX MERCURY HAVE
PARTED WAYS WITH AN ASSISTANT
COACH OVER A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCIZATION.
VIOLENCIZATION. THAT IS TODD TROCHSEL.
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY HIS FIANCEE
INJURED ONE OF HER HANDS.
>>> THE CARDS GOT A NEW MAN.
THIS IS KLIFF KINGSBURY
ANNOUNCED AS THE NEW HEAD COACH
OF THE ARIZONA CARDINALS.
THE TEAM MAKING IT OFFICIAL
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THE CARD WILL INTRODUCE HIM
THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS AFTERNOON. COULD BE AN INTERESTING YEAR
AHEAD.
AHEAD.
AHEAD. PAUL ACHE LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING
AT THIS AS KLIFF WHO?
>> A WHOLE LOT THE LADIES
SUBTWEETING KLIFF KINGBURY.
>> THE 39-YEAR-OLD WUNDERKIND
IS DRUMMING UP PLENTY OF
ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO HERE IS WHAT THE TWITTER
VERSE HAS TO SAY.
DON'T MIND THIS CAMERA.
JUST HANGING OUT WITH ME HERE.
FIRST THING TO NOTE, THE
CARDINAL ACTUALLY CHANGED THEIR
TWITTER HANDLE TO CARDINALS
WITH A K. THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT SEEING RYAN GOSLING
TRENDING BECAUSE KINGBURY LOOKS
JUST LIKE HIM.
PROMINENT WATER BACKS WHO
PLAYED UNDER KLIFF KINGSBURY,
ALL ENJOYING SOME SUCCESS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. COULD JOSH ROSEN BE THE NEXT
ONE TO JOIN THAT GROUP?
ROSEN ALSO TWEETING THIS.
WELCOME, COACH.
WELCOME, COACH. A LITTLE PHOTO SHOP ACTION
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THOSE TWO HAVE NEVER STOOD NEXT
TO EACH OTHER BEFORE THAT.
MIGHT CHANGE TODAY WHEN THEY
INTRODUCE THE HEAD