Identifying him. Now, we know who he is. And the officer who fired those shots. Patranya Bhoolsuwan today, we went to an address listed for black. Our knocks at the door went unanswered although there were people inside. As for information about him. We dont know much. We couldnt find a criminal history or online profiles that might shed light on fridays incident. As for the officer, police say it was 45 year old george smith with metros Tourist Safety Division who fired the shot on the sidewalks near the bellagio fountains on friday night. This as authorities were trying to get to black who they say was Walking Around waving what appeared to be a gun at people on the strip. In the moments leading to the arrest, officer smith, fired the shot that grazed a child and went through another mans clothing. The childs injuries were not major and they were released from umc that night. We talked to a woman, who told while working nearby that night marie rios busker i thought saw police throw a man to the ground. They had him in handcuffs and they were trying to search for a weapon. Patranya were you scared . Marie rios busker nods Patranya Bhoolsuwan maria rios is a busker who was working just steps away from where police took black into custody. Aside from the child who was hit in the shooting and rushed to umc, no one else was hurt. Patranya Bhoolsuwan officer smith, a 10 year veteran with the police force, is now on routine paid administrative leave pending this investigation. As for black hes facing a number of charges including assault with a Deadly Weapon and possession of stolen property its not clear what that might have been. We requested blacks arrest report from the das office today and did not get a response. Metro is holding a press conference at 9 30 tomorrow morning to shed more information on this case. Reporting from downtown las vegas, Patranya Bhoolsuwan 8 news now. Denise Valdez do we know any more about kahleal black . Footage . Patranya Bhoolsuwan right now police are not releasing possible motive, we may find that out at the press conference tomorrow. We did inquire into body camera footage. Its not clear what may have been captured. But any footage will not be released at this time since this is an active investigation. Back to you. Denise Valdez another cc sd teacher has been arrested. Accused of having an improper sexual relationship with a student. Dave Courvoisier 8 news nows Vanessa Murphy joining us now in the studio. Shes learned that the alleged victim may have been particularly vulnerable and close to this teacher. Vanessa . Vanessa MurphySchool Police told me the teacher was arrested ten days ago on School Property at Valley High School student. Heres what captain ken young of the Clark County SchoolDistrict School tells us School Police received information from another agency that jillian lafave. Shes 25 years old. May have been having an inappropriate relationship with a student. What youre looking at now is what appears to be her Facebook Page. Police investigated the allegations and arrested lafave on january 15th. She is still listed on the Valley High School website as a special education teacher. Meaning she would work with children with intellectual disabilities. Weve learned her father teaches there, too. We have been referred to a Facebook Page of the alleged victim. Which shows a photo of the teacher and student together. In this picture, the student referred to the teacher as mom. Vanessa Murphy according to a spokesperson from the Clark County School district, lafave is at home with pay pending the investigation. We went to an address on record for lafave this evening, but could not make access to the home to ask questions. Any other information about lafave . Her background . Vanessa Murphy dave, we had access to her Facebook Page, but over the past few hours, its been changed to private. But it did list that she is married and is from texas. Ive tried reaching out to her online as well, but have not received a response. Denise Valdez and do we know if parents at the school were informed of her arrest . Vanessa Murphy we dont know the answer to that yet. Were hoping to follow up with the School District tomorrow. Denise Valdez this is just the latest incident in what is a shocking list of allegations against School District employees in the past year. In april, Jeremiah Mazo was accused of inappropriately touching numerous children at hayden elementary in north las he was sentenced to 15 to 60 years in prison in december. That same month, mikhail lerma, a teacher at Cashman Middle School was arrested on charges of touching a student. There was a third incident that april. Substitute teacher Kelly Hoffman was arrested for Sexual Assault bus driver Michael Banco was arrested in may. And accused of sex crimes against children. Police say cameras on the bus caught him assaulting a three yearold. In june, former Rancho High School teacher Jason Lofthouse was arrested after police say he took a teen to hotel rooms for sex on multiple occasions. On the first week of school in august, a special needs teacher james doran was arrested and accused of throwing a student. Also on the first week of school, teachers aide Charles Young was arrested for luring a teenage boy for sex. In october, Southern Highlands prep academy employee ryne brinks was arrested on charges of luring a child. Then in december, veterans tribute career and tech Academy Teacher kristy yegge was arrested on accusations of sex acts with a student. And michael skelton, a janitor at dondero elementary was arrested on accusations of committing sex acts in a classroom. Dave Courvoisier digging out from this weekends deadly blizzard will take days and maybe longer, tedd. Least 42 people in 11 states died because of the blizzard. And today millions of people did their best to dig out. Washington dc is still in a snow emergency after 22 inches fell. And some streets still havent been plowed. New york city got 27inches. Their second highest on record. The storm also brought major flooding to southern new jersey. The heaviest snowfall, by the way, was in glengary, west virginia. They got 42inches. tedd florendo you got that right. No snow shoveling here. We have sun and some high clouds this afternoon. Should clear more tonight though. High 50s this afternoon with winds less than 10 at the airport. Still some breezes for those of you in the northern neigbhorhoods. Cooler than yesterday at this time. Hour by hour this evening shows temps getting colder. High 4os this eveing with some high clouds. Chilly by 11 pm for our newscast with some nighttime breezes expected. We are expecting some warmer temps late week and we shoot above average. North winds also back again tomorrow and also late week. Weekend showers are also possible thanks, tedd. Travelers were still hindered by the effects of the storm today. Around 16 hundred flights were canceled and another 12hundred were delayed. Two flights scheduled out of mccarran for newark, new jersey were canceled tonight. But all others got off the ground as expected. Airports in the new york and washington, dc area suffered the most cancellations. music Denise Valdez we are one week from the iowa caucuses. And the democratic president ial candidates took questions at a moines tonight. Hillary clinton and senator Bernie Sanders are tightly knotted in polls and tonight one key theme emerged. Sanders as the revolutionary progressive versus clinton as the democrats best chance to hold the white house. Sanders went first, and hit clinton hard on iraq while touting his voting record sen. Bernie sanders d president ial candidate the most significant vote and issue regarding Foreign Policy that we have seen in this country in modern history was the vote on the war in iraq. Okay . Thats the fact. I voted against the war in iraq. Hillary Clinton voted for the war in iraq. Denise Valdez sanders also took clinton to task on the Keystone Pipeline and wall street regulation. Clinton pushed back against doubts about her ability to attract Younger Voters and maintained that shes still the democrats best candidate Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate ive people have thrown all kinds of things at me and you know i just cant keep up with it. I just keep Going Forward. They fall by the wayside. They come up with these outlandish things. They make these charges. I just keep Going Forward because there is nothing to it. Denise ValdezMartin Omalley took part in the town hall. Hes fighting to keep his campaign alive. The most recent cnn poll shows him with just four percent of support to clintons 46 percent and sanders 44 percent in iowa. Dave CourvoisierNorth Las Vegas police are releasing the identity of a North Las Vegas murder suspect. Police say 39 yearold Marland Jackson called them this morning after stabbing his 43 yearold girlfriend multiple times with a sharpening tool. Arriving officers found the woman dead on the scene near carey and civic center drive. Police say there may have been a domestic dispute. And this wasnt the first time they had been called out to the home. Its possible the murder happened while others were in the house aaron patty North Las Vegas police there are multiple people that live at this home, so there were other people that go down so detectives are doing interviews with them as well. Dave Courvoisier there were children in the home at the time. A neighbor told us she could frequently hear loud commotions from the house. Jackson faces one count of murder with a Deadly Weapon. The victims identity has not been released. If you know anything about this case. Please call crime stoppers. Denise Valdez an nfl hall of famer has joined the vegas wants hockey list. Former bills quarterback jim kelly talks with our Chris Maathuis about his hopes of dropping a puck on the ice in the near future. And hope for thousands of Southern Nevada solar customers. The compromise offered by nv energy to save them money and why some say its not enough. There are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Ve courvoisier a compromise proposal was brought forth today to help preserve the future of solar energy in nevada. Nv energy issued a Statement Today just after regulators at the Nevada Public Utilities Commission voted to further discuss the possibility of grandfathering existing customers into lower rates. The proposal would include not only nv energys exisiting rooftop solar customers. Over 17 thousand of them. But those who filled applications before december 23rd. Over 14 thousand. Nv energy says its proposal will balance the interest of solar and traditional customers. If approved by the puc next month, the number of nevadans potentially double. We asked solarcitys ceo if this means laidoff employees could get their jobs back lyndon rive solarcity ceo if that short term fix occurs, all 550 will come back, thats my committment ill hire all 550 back and continue in this state. Dave Courvoisier lyndon rive ryev says the promise is only if a shortterm solution is approved and he doesnt consider the proposed compromise good enough to bring back all those jobs. He wants the issue to be settled in a special legislative session. Nv energys proposal will be submitted to the puc on february first. Denise Valdez a Milestone Celebration for a Great Charity in Southern Nevada. Dress for success announced that it suited a recordsetting 2015. Its the First Time Since the charitys founding in 2009 that more than 700 women were suited in a single year. The charity helps women land jobs by looking their best when they go in for their interviews Paula Lawrence dress for success these are all women who just needed a little bit of help as they were going back to professional career counseling or beautiful clothing, just to give them confidence in their job interview, we were just thrilled with the community support, so many great volunteers, and lovely clothing donations that we were able to help women. Denise Valdez local women in need of assistance are identified and referred to dress for success by local agencies. The services are 100percent free and the clothes, shoes and handbags are all donated. You can learn more when you go to las vegas now dot com and click on links we mentioned. tedd florendo high clouds outside right now and staying cool and near average. We have some breezes out there mainly to the northern neighborhoods and down the Colorado River with gusts up to 30 mph. Right now and cooler than yesterday. Afternoon temps in the high 50s for neighborhoods over to theast side and northeast sections of the valley right now. Cooler for summerlin and of course up on mount charlestons. Cooler also because foothill neighborhoods are higher in elevation. Regional temps high 50s from mesquite all the way down to laughlin where theyre actually milder than most neighborhoods and same goes for death valley. Cooler for those neighborhoods to the north in the low to mid 40s and chilly in ely and reno. East coast now done with the snow but like i said they have a lot of cleaning up to do. Because with 30 inches of snow its not going to melt overnight. There will be high piles of snow until spring i know because i lived it. Another weaker system is bringing snow for neighborhods in iowa and wisconsin. Rain under that rain snow line in chicago. Michigan overnight. Back west. Weak disturbance coming in from the north is bringing those clouds and some of those northerly breezes. We have this high over to the west that will migrate in. It will bring a warming trend starting tomorrow and into your weekend. Where this weekend we could be in the mid 60s. Winds stay gusty tonigth and tomorrow especially down the Colorado River valley. And lighter winds from vegas all the way to mesquite. 10 hour forecast shows temps from the high 40s this eveing to chilly 40s by 11 oclock tonight. Dropping 39 tonight with clearing skies and some high clouds. Winds slightly breezy and chilly tomorrow 57 for the high and sunny with also some north winds between 5 and 20 tomorrow. Slightly below normal. Neighborhood by neighborhood highs will be in the low 60s over to the east side of the valley and cool 50s for the northwest sections. Extended forecast shows more sun than clouds this upcoming week. Mild weather too in the mid to high 60s by friday and saturday. Chance of showers this weekend and some big winds on sunday and monday a texas grand jury investigating planned parenthood returned indictments against today. But not against members of the organization. The two activists who covertly shot videos of the organization then published them. Are now the subjects of felony charges. Center for medical progress Founder David daleiden was indicted on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record and a misdemeanor related to purchasing human organs. Another activist was also indicted on a tampering charge. Parenthood of any wrongdoing. Florida senator and republican president ial candidate marco rubio offered his reaction sen. Marco rubio r president ial candidate we dont know all the details about it yet i just saw the news report. Im disturbed, well need to learn more but im disturbed that while planned parenthood, who are the ones that were actually selling off these parts were found having done nothing wrong, the people who tried to expose them are the ones that are now facing criminal charges. Dave Courvoisier the edited videos, which purported to show planned parenthood employees negotiating the sale of fetal tissue, have not been released in full. The suspect in the deadly Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic shooting reportedly made a reference to the videos as a motive when interviewed by police in november. Denise Valdez peace talks in wartorn syria could start as soon as friday. The United Nations special envoy on syria says he hopes to start the talks between government and opposition groups. Invitations will go out tomorrow. The plan right now is that the sides would not talk beginning of negotiations. Discussions would center on creating a broad cease fire, stopping isis, and clearing the way for humanitarian aid. Dave Courvoisier lots of chatter about that nhl team hopefully coming to las vegas. Denise Valdez seems only a matter of time. Chris maathuis caught up with another booster. Chris Maathuis a hall of fame quarterback, who knows the maloof brothers says he wants to drop the puck at one of the first games. And hes serious about that. Plus. One Las Vegas Committee is concerned about the coaching change at unlv. More next here on channel 8. Switch to Centurylink Prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. Yes and . And. Theres whole home dvr. Plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. Yes and . Why do you guys keep saying that . Its the first rule of improv. By saying yes and, we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. Do you . Feel like a hollywood insider with prism tv from centurylink. Chris maathuis. Chris Maathuis there are a bunch of celebrities and athletes who are quietly hoping that las vegas lands an nhl expansion franchise. One of those individuals is in las vegas and spent the evening with gavin maloof, who is, along with businessman bill foley looking to bring nhl hockey to our city. Kicked off his ticket drive and has been watching closely the progress. Heres here for a few days at the Sports Licensing and tailgate show. Hes here to market his own products, but hopes to someday be dropping a puck on the ice in vegas. Jim kelly hof qb i hope they get it, hes such a great guy, theyve been big supporters of my sons foundation. Im having dinner with em tonight. Theres always something going. I saw the arena going up, it should be exciting. You have to talk to gavin about dropping a puck. What do you mean talk about it, im already going to do that no doubt about it. Not only was the hall of fame quarterback here. But so was hall of famer, Dave Winfield. Hes designed a new line of apparel. Hes got a handful of shirts now. But will slowly move into caps. All retro, because when you think about it, winfield is somewhat retro Dave Winfield hof when i played ball, people used to say, man i loved to watch you play, then i played for another decade and theyd say, oh my mother and i played another decade and theyd say ya know my grandmother loves you man. Chris Maathuis this is a gigantic week for unlv. The runnin rebels host the leagues top two teams. They play San Diego State this saturday but they face off with boise state on wednesday at 8 pm at the thomas and mack. Its being sold as black out night. Shockingly the rebels are sitting in 7th place in the league. Its a good thing theyre home. The rebs are 72 at home and 2 and 5 away. This team has got to play smarter if they expect to beat any one of these two teams. The series with the broncos is tied at 5 wins and five loses. Chris Maathuis about a month ago, Carlos Johnson committed to unlv. Hes the findlay prep guard, who looks like a linebacker. Dave rice, who was watching from the stands over weekend as findlay played gorman, recruited the talented guard. But things have changed dramatically. Now rice is gone and todd simon is in charge. So what does that mean for johnson. Does he stay committed or move on . Carlos johnson rebel recruit really that doesnt affect my decision, im still going to unlv. Ball players do what ball players do, no matter what the i feel like its a better fit for me, the runnin and gun. I believe in the coach regardless who, im going to believe in em, theyve got my support 100 percent. Why is iowa state only ranked 14th. They beat top ranked oklahoma and tonight slammed the ku. The jayhawks had trouble with turnovers late and the cyclones used a 247 run to blow past ku those students who camped out a week before the game got their reward. Monte morris, the talented point guard scored 21 as isu beats ku 8572. Cyclones looking to unseat the jayhawks and their 11 year streak of big 12 titles. Chris Maathuis fans are pretty excited about the big game coming up in two weeks. If youre looking to attend the game in person its going to cost ya. Las vegas tickets dot com. A member of the national assn. Of ticket brokers says 16hundred face value seats are going for 35 hundred dollars. If you want the best seat in the house. Its going to cost ya upwards of the afc title game here on channel 8 yesterday had the highest ratings in 29 years for cbs. The nfc title game wasnt such a hit. It was over early. Now its time for the big game. Youve got the broncos and panthers. Sports book directors are thinking this matchup could result in a record handle for the state. Carolina is favored by 4 over denver. At one time the panthers were 60to1 to win the super bowl. Good luck if you have a ticket. Dave Courvoisier were dennys new crazy spicy skillet. Dennys. Dave Courvoisier thats all for us live at eleven. Denise Valdez former you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ead and stay ahead. But so many families dont feel like their hard work pays off. Thats not the way america is supposed to operate. I want to go to bat for them every single day. Get incomes rising. Cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. Hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. Captioning sponsored by cbs band playing stephen colbert, yall