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The suspect know each other. Last word from police, this deadly shooting a random act. karen castro again, police are still looking for the shooter. Investigators only have a vague description of what he looks like. If you have any information youre asked to call crime stoppers. Remember, you can remain anonymous. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich metro police are also investigating another deadly shooting that happened a few hours earlier. Where they say say a father shot and killed his son. Police identified the man as hes been booked on one count of murder with a deadly weapon. This happened at an apartment near rainbow and windmill. Police were already responding to another call at the complex when they heard gunshots. Gardenhire came outside and admitted to the shooting. The victim was in his 20s. No word on a motive for the shooting. Christianne Klein a Valleymiddle School teacher who had an affair with a 14 year old student has been sentenced. Its one of a number of recent cases weve seen involving school staff having an inappropriate relationship with more on this case. Mauricio . Mauricio Marin Nicole Wilfinger a teacher who engaged in inappropriate behavior with a 14 year old student has been senteced to at least two years behind bars. She took full responsibilty but asked the judge for mercy. from the beginning that my lapse in judgement affected so many people and no way make any excuse for my behavior and theres nothing i can say or do that can change what former middle School Teacher Nicole Wilfinger kept a journal of her relationshop according to police reports. Everything form first kiss to the first time she had relations with the student. Phone records shows she had hundreds of calls between her and the student as well as Text Messages. The defendant asked for probatiobn but the judge told her that the community entrusted her with their children and she broke it. judge william bill kephart because of the trust that is put on you by families is that they would expect that and Good Behavior because youre an example to their children. prosecutors say although wilfinger was crying in court saying she took responsibilty she continued to hit up the students friends through Text Messages even after she got caughtsaying it was the 14 year old responsible for what had happened between them. Mauricio Marin the 14 year old students mother also spoke in court todaysay him to be embarrased and scared. And says wilfinger manipulated her way to get in with the family. Reporting live in the news room. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. tedd florendo chilly morning temps down near freezing through many valley neighborhoods as the freeze warning was lifted this morning. Temps outside currently in the 50s and below average in the hard freeze warning. Winds stay light thankfully. Heres your hour by hour. Chilly conditions through the evening under clear skies. We go from the 50s to the 40s and expect very little wind and little cloud cover. Cold by morning again but not enough for a freeze warning. Well have more on your forecast for this weekend and next week coming up nevada will be getting a recount in our states president ial race. The petition was filed by an independent candidate named rocky de la fuente. Who received less than 1 percent of the vote. It will be a sample recount. Meaning not every ballot will be recounted. And cost him 15thousand dollars. De la fuente told us it is not about changing the results. Instead he wants to make sure every vote is counted as it was cast. He also said he is zeroing in on the silver state because he himself has experienced quote behavior in the nevada caucus. Christianne Klein president elect donald trump is getting closer to filling out his cabinet positions. He named wilbur ross, a 79yearold billionaire to lead the Commerce Department and steven mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner to be treasury secretary. Mnuchin is expected to play a major role in crafting trumps tax reform plan. The president elect still needs to select a secretary of state. Retired general david petraeus, Rudy Giuliani and former gop Christianne Klein if you have questions about medicare enrollment 8 news now has got you covered. paul joncich up next on the valleys news leader we check in with Michelle Mortensen as we kick off our medicare enrollment hotline. i wanted the same plan that my mother had. Senior dimensions. Ive had senior dimensions for over 20 years. And i love it if youre eligible for medicare, you need to take a look at the plan that offers you more than original medicare. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. And, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. Have. Senior dimensions is one of the longeststanding local Medicare Advantage plans in nevada, and our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs for a zero dollar copay at most local neighborhood pharmacies. I like that i have plenty of doctors and specialists to choose from. Senior dimensions offers a Broad Network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and Fastest Growing multi specialty groups in nevada. This is 8 news now at four. paul joncich got questions about have the answers. Christianne Klein our call 8 phone bank is open with experts looking to answer your questions and help you get the coverage you need. Our consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is with them right now in the call center. And michelle what is the number people should call if they need help. Michelle Mortensen the number to call is 6501101. And these great folks can answer any questions you may have deadline. Which is fast approaching. Joining me now greg griffin. And when is that deadline. What is the best thing for viewers to do . The call 8 phone bank has the answers you can speak with local, certified Insurance Agents to bring you the expert advice you need. If you cant reach out today, review the materials your plan sent in the mail this fall to choose your coverage options. Toss to break announcer youre boots because the National Finals rodeo is taking over the thomas and mack. Earlier this week hundreds of trailers full of livestock started setting up near the arena. The National Finals is one of the citys biggest events of the year and this year is no exception. Ryan jarrett tiedown champ team roping steer roping bareback all the events its a great event to come watch, prca does a great job of producing it its exciting. Mack its small its loud and the fans are rodeo fans, so that gets ya doing, i sure like it. I dont get nervous. Once in the box if forget about all that. Christianne Klein the event starts this 10th. Christianne Klein . But the party is getting underway at the fremont street experience. paul joncich tedd florendo is there right now with a look at how things are kicking off. tedd florendo chilly weather this morning as temps dropped to near freezing through many neighborhoods. Well have some cold lows again overnight but not enough to prompt any freeze warnings. Lows dropped to 37 in the morning with areas like nellis, downtorw, henderson, southern highlands, boulder city all dropping to at or just a below freezing this morning before sunrise. Check out the record on this date. 79 degrees way back in 1980. Were below average for this time of the weekend. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the 50s and milder for the east part of the valley where were lower in elevation. While areas to the far west colder and just below freezing this morning and only low 50s this afternoon. Regional temps also stayed still unseasonably cold in the 50s also for mesquite down the Colorado River valley to laughlin and death valley where they were milder, but still chilly for this time of year. Satellite and radar show some high clouds pushing through but still staying mostly clear. Snow in the north part of the stay near ely and elko again along wasatch. Next trough digs deep in utah and brings another shot of colder air and breezes heading into your weekend. Then colder next week from the next system that barrels through as well. Tonight expect temps in the mid to high 30s by morning. No freeze warning issued. Well have mostly clear skies and light winds. Tomorrow expect a high in the mid 50s under mostly sunny skies. Winds remain light for tomorrow as well. Extended forecast shows a slight warm up for the weekend to near air. Moisture starved system prevent us from getting any rain, but we get colder next week only in the high 40s in some spots with lows dropping to the 30s and even 20s. Up next on the valleys news leader how one mother is making sure no child feels left out. Coming up in todays acts of kindness. Announcer youre . . . You said youre not like me, . The sky for a momentary high, . . You never even tried till its time to say goodbye, bye . . Everybody fights for a little bit of light, i believe. . Geico motorcycle, as a parent. You know how tough it can be when your child is left out of an invitation. For a birthday gathering. paul joncich one las vegas mothers acts of kindness makes sure every special needs child feels included. Kirsten joyce has the story. Kirsten Joyce hudson raasveld is a talkative energetic five year old boy. Kirsten Joyce but when he was younger his mom heather says he wasnt speaking as early ase so she placed him in a school to address that need. Heather raasveld aok recipient my little boy was in a preschool where half the children were typically developing and half the children had challenges. And i witnessed a mother come in one day and give birthday invitations only to the children that had no challenges. And it broke my heart. Kirsten Joyce so instead of being exclusive. Heather says she planned an inclusive Birthday Party for hudson. Not only opening up the party to his entire class. But to the entire valley. Heather raasveld aok recipient we sent out fliers to all the different special ed could find. Looking for any children that may be left out. Kirsten Joyce she called it his Inclusion Party. And it was a widespread success. A party where everybody gets invited. The parents they make me want to cry, they followed their children around, taking pictures. Many of them , they were overjoyed saying theyve never been invited to parties before, outside of their immediate family. Kirsten Joyce that was three years ago. And since then. Hudsons Birthday Party celebrations have grown bigger and better. To families with kids who have down syndrome, autism, and those fighting cancer. She advertised the Inclusion Party with flyers and through local childrens online magazine macaroni kid. Instead of gifts, the family asked for a charitable donation to the babys bounty non profit. My little boy has more blessings than you could ever imagine, and there are children out there less fortunate so having them receive something through charitable contributions is the best gift i can think of. Members of lvmpd and Medicwest Ambulance came to play with the after the big party, and all the children laughing and playing, hudson said to me. This was the best five ever. We love what you are doing. You get our aok award, really. I wasnt expecting this. I just. Wanted to get the word out to people. Do you know how much we can do for the next party, and how many kids we can include with this. Thank you. Its very special what you are doing. Thank you. I have to hug you. paul joncich heather plans to keep the acts of kindness Birthday Party tradition going. With hudsons younger sister as well. If you would like to nominate someone. Go to las vegas now dot com. Click on sections. And acts of kindness will be under the community tab. Or send us an email. Christianne Klein one of the most special things about the holidays is bringing families together. And we want to invite you and your family to watch our forever families special coming up next week. Dave courvoisier introduces us to a few local families who have answered the calling to adopt and the Legal Process that follows to make that happen. It airs this monday at 6 30 right here on 8 news now. paul joncich and you still have some time to fill some fiats with toy tobin fiat at sahara and jones to collect toys and gift cards for the casa foundation. The toys will go to children in need. The dealership wants to fill up as many of the fiats as they can. You can stop by and make a donation until december 4th. Christianne Klein police are denying speculation that a mysterious kidnapping of a california woman was all a hoax. for the naysayers or those people that think this is a hoax, we dont have that information. missing for three weeks there is mounting speculation by the public it was a hoax, but police arent so cynical. announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at tedd florendo valley neighborhoods as the freeze warning was lifted this morning. Temps outside currently in the 50s and below average in the daytime. Overnight lows expected to get cold again but not down to a hard freeze warning. Winds stay light thankfully. Heres your hour by hour. Chilly conditions u we go from the 50s to the 40s and expect very little wind and little cloud cover. Cold by morning again but not enough for a freeze warning. Well have more on your forecast for this weekend and next week coming up largest fire to hit tennessee in a century. Officials say more than 400 departments are battling the flames. More than 14thousand people in the great smokey mountains were evacuated. Many people forced to evacuate sought refuge in shelters put in place by the red cross. Greg Lanham Gatlinburg resident youre looking out of every window you can youre watching for a glow in the distance, theres smoke everywhere paul joncich strong storms and heavy rain moved in through the night, possibly helping firefighters and more rain is expected today. Survived, or not. Christianne Klein Sherri Papini was found by the side of a major highway on thanksgiving morning. Shed been missing for three weeks. Tonight her husband and police are rejecting social media speculation that she was not abducted. Investigators are analyzing the clothes Sherri Papini was wearing when she was found on this Northern California highway. tom bosenko, Shasta County Sheriffs Department she was in different clothing than she had been reported missing in. the eviden contain dna evidence. Detectives are now reviewing private security cameras that may have caught papinis abduction. Theyve served over 20 search warrants on cell phones, cell towers and computers. gfx out cody salfen private investigator the biggest piece of evidence is literally sherri at this point. Cody salfen is one of the private investigators keith papini hired to try to find his wife. cody salfen theres all sorts of forensic aspects that have to be investigated and that includes found and things like that. In a statement obtained by People Magazine tuesday, papinis husband revealed his wifes body was. Covered in multicolored bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings. She was branded and weighed only 87 pounds. He also pushed back against those who have questioned her story accusing them of malicious, subhuman behavior. tom bosenko, Shasta County Sheriffs Department tb for the naysayers or those people that think this is a hoax, we dont have that information. Mire t three times. Has there ever been a point to her story has changed . Tb not to my knowledge mireya thats essential . Tb it is. mireya villarreal, cbs news, reading, ca 1 24 1 40 deputies are looking for two latina women who are described as armed and dangerous. Investigators say they hope to release more clues about the physical descriptions of these suspects in the near future. Mireya villarreal, cbs news, reading, ca. Christianne Klein three times, sitting down with her for several hours on tuesday. paul joncich president elect donald trump, is celebrating a deal to prevent hundreds of job losses at a major manufacturer. Carriers Parent Company planned to close two indiana facilities and move more than two thousand jobs to mexico. But the air conditioning giant tweeted last night, quote we are pleased to have reached a deal with president elect trump and vp elect pence to keep close to one thousand jobs in indy. donald trumpoc they think they are going to make air conditioners in their beautiful new plants in mexico and sell them across the border, and make lots of money and we have all the unemployment, not gonna happen. paul joncich the details surrounding the agreement havent been made public there will be some layoffs at the carrier plant, but its not clear how many. Christianne Klein the Obama Administration is stepping in to help provide millions of diapers to families in need. The white house estimates low income families spend 14 percent of their salary buying them and families often have limited Internet Access to find deals online. So the white house launched a Community Diaper program this past spring it connects private companies and nonprofits with people who need the service. The program expects to help provide 10 million diapers this year alone. paul joncich Mens Health Month wraps up today, that means the mustache is coming off tomorrow, and we are talking about something most men dread. Colonoscopies men are uncomr idea of getting one, but theyre a vital tool for discovering colon cancer. Which is the second most deadly cancer in men. Doctors say most men whould get a colonoscopy by age 50, unless they have Family History then it should be 10 years before the age their Family Member was when they were diagnosed. Our movember doctor phillipe lam says men need to get over their nervousness about colonoscopies. 10 18 dr phillipe lam healthcare partners; no, because these procedures are done so routinely, in endoscopy suites across the nation, these gastro anywhere from 510 to 15 in a day. paul joncich the procedure is quite routine. So if youre nervous, you need to get over it. All of my channel 8 mobros urge you to take care of your health. Your wives and children need you. And if youre a single guy that person youre going to help one day may be someone you havent even met yet needs you to be there for them. sure you have no Unanswered Questions when it comes to medicare enrollment. paul joncich we check back in with Michelle Mortensen inside the call center to find out what kinds of questions people have. florendo. This is 8 news now at four. Christianne Klein do you have unanswered paul joncich our call 8 phone bank is open with experts looking to answer your questions and help you find the coverage you need. Our consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is with them right now in the call center. And michelle what is the number people should call if they need help. Michelle Mortensen the number to call is 6501101. And these great folks can answer any questions you may have to get enrolled by the even make an appointment for you to get enrolled by the deadline. Which is fast approaching. Announcer youre is fast approaching. Greg griffin announcer youre paul joncich the Sands Education Council is rolling out a plan to beef up training for clark county education leaders. Today they announced their partnership with Las Vegas Sands to help provide necessary training to education leaders as clark county prepares for their reorganization of the school district. The training will focus on the requirements of the reorganization and how to implement them. the program will bring in outside experts and local Business Experts to work with our school associats and businees partners to help them box to help solve some of the problems we face everyday in the district paul joncich this model places more Decision Making rights in the hands of the schools teachers, parents, and principals. It will grant the Schools Community freedom to make decisions typically determined by ccsds central office. Christianne Klein the National Finals rodeo is taking overh and mack this week . But the party is getting underway at the fremont street experience. paul joncich tedd florendo is there right now with a look at how things are kicking off. tedd florendo chilly weather this morning as temps dropped to near freezing through many neighborhoods. Well have some cold lows again overnight but not enough to prompt any freeze warnings. And chilly. Lows dropped to 37 in the morning with areas like nellis, downtorw, henderson, southern highlands, boulder city all dropping to at or just a below freezing this morning before sunrise. Check out the record on this date. 79 degrees way back in 1980. Were below average for this time of year and will be near average by the weekend. Neighborhood by neighborhood the east part of the valley where were lower in elevation. While areas to the far west colder and just below freezing this morning and only low 50s this afternoon. Regional temps also stayed colder for the southern great basin and of course searchlight. Still unseasonably cold in the 50s also for mesquite where they were milder, but still chilly for this time of year. Satellite and radar show some high clouds pushing through but still staying mostly clear. Snow in the north part of the stay near ely and elko again along with the bitterroots and the wasatch. Next trough digs deep in utah and brings another shot of colder air and breezes heading into your weekend. Then colder next week from the next system that barrels through as well. Tonight expect temps in the mid to high 30s by morning. No freeze warning issued. And light winds. Tomorrow expect a high in the mid 50s under mostly sunny skies. Winds remain light for tomorrow as well. Extended forecast shows a slight warm up for the weekend to near average. Breezy though by tomorrow night and friday with a little cooler air. Moisture starved system prevent us from getting any rain, but we get colder next week only in the high 40s in some spots with drivers worried about kids trying to cross the street. Demetria obilor reached out to the city to see whats being done about it in todays whats driving you crazy. Demetria Obilor chris asks, whats the latest on the crosswalk at dorrell and Brighton Village street . H intersection. Kids cross all the time and traffic never stops for them. Several months ago, i reached out to the city of las vegas and asked if the dorrell and Brighton Village street intersection could be made safer. Nothing has happened so far, so i reached out again. All of it comes down to funding from my understanding. The city says that the funds for the pedestrian flasher were grouped into a citywide pedestrian flasher project funed by federal transportation october 1. Thing is, federal funds come with numerous restrictions related to bidding and construction, which would delay construction of this flasher for another six months. Because question 5 passed on this last ballot, the city says it can now use that additional gas tax revenue for Pedestrian Safety projects like this one. The city will use those local funds and its own staff to build the flasher over the next 60 days. If you feel unsafe crossing at dorrell and Brighton Village, the city recommends you walking down to the shaumber dorrell or egan crest dorrell intersections. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich a rise in policeoo on edge. Has many officers across the nation on edge. Christianne Klein up next in our morning cup of joe segment we sit down Sheriff Joe Lombardo to hear what metro is doing to protect our officers. paul joncich and coming up at five. With one suspect still on the loose. Karen castro will join us live with the latest details from where it all went down. announcer youre watching 8 news now at four. I wanted the same plan that my mother had. Senior dimensions. Ed to take a look at the plan that offers you more than original medicare. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. And, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. I wanted a plan thats been here as long as we have. Senior dimensions is one of the longeststanding local Medicare Advantage plans in nevada, and our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs ighborhood pharmacies. I like that i have plenty of doctors and specialists to choose from. Senior dimensions offers a Broad Network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and Fastest Growing multi specialty groups in nevada. Its what i want. And she gets what she wants paul joncich a spike in polic shootings may have many people wondering what Law Enforcement is doing to keep our officers safe. Christianne Klein our 8 news now Good Day Team ask sheriff jo lombardo how they are handling it in our monday morning with the mayor segment. Kirsten Joyce first, according to the national Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 61 officers were shotn far this year. That number is 61 percent higher than the year prior. What is Law Enforcement doing to better protect themselves . Any new training, vests, etc . Joe yeah part of that 61 20 of them were ambushed officers werent doing some tactical just doing daily business someone sneaks up on them fingers crossed we better our self and better educate officer. If we perceive a threat well double up the officers. We dont want to do the cry wolf thing. Its part of education and brian loftus weekend. Were there any incidents reported by shoppers . Joe just minor ones it does increase in the the holidays. Be vigilante. We had minor incidents nothing to speak of were very proud of that. Got a question for the mayor just head to our website at las paul joncich thats all for us at 4. 8 news now at five starts after this. Dont forget. Were always on at las vegas now dot com, on facebook and twitter. Dave Courvoisier now at 5. And one suspect is still on the loose. The latest details. Plus, who police are looking for. in a matter of weeks. Recreational marijuana will be legal in the silver state. But with no legal way to buy it. How will lawmakers address the issue of the black market . donald trump makes a major announcement about his business holdings. And reveals more cabinet picks. carrying the brazillian soccer team. What leaked cockpit recordings reveal may have caused flight 2933 to go down. . And im Christianne Klein in for denise. The deadly shooting happened at an apartment complex near