They think the people who broke into his home may be the same who broke into his neighbors home. Wednesday, detectives were trying to piece together what ha two burglars were shot. Both of them just 17 years old. A 13yearold was questioned and let go. Marilyn lives next door to where the shooting happened. She was caught outside. Theres police cars and tape everywhere. Reporter shes lived here for 25 years and says outside of these recent breakins, she hasnt heard of much time. Detectives have not charged him with a crime. He wasnt home this morning when we tried to talk to him. Castro says this gives him some peace of mind, but hes still unsure. A death caught a father off guard. Chris adams said he had recently been worried about his son. The teen was killed in that his father never thought his son would end up being shot. Stay in school. Dont be doing all these crazy things. Reporter the lives of so many now changed on a day when the focus should be on family. Metro has not filed any charges. They will submit their case for review by the district attorney. The district attorneys o ll make the final determination if anything happens. Definitely an emotional toll as well and possible legal ramifications for opening fire inside even your own home. Jeff words of hate written on a gas pump in the southwest valley. These photos come from an arco gas pump. When our crew arrived, the slayers were still there. If it ws ther e did anything to remove it, most definitely i wouldnt come here. A al y nadieyou live in a diversen ces everywhere. To be discriminatory like that is just wrg. Jeff no word if the gas station has Surveillance Footage of the person reslas vegas most dangerous road is get a14 people have died on by ther year. The Nevada Department of transportation hoping to change that. A 10 million project will transform that very busy highway. Ndot is adding a crosswalk with a pedestrian island. They are also lowering the speed limit from 55 to 45 along a twomile stretch from Galleria Drive north. Shovels will hit the ground early next year. And his family expecng to have a Merry Christmas this year thanks to the generosityf o viewers like you. You met bubba on tuesday. He is facing renal failure and needs a kidney transplanall his familys money goes to his medical costs, which means the family would not have much of a christmas this year. The boys gofundme page jumped from 70 to 3100 and people from all over the valley stopped by the familys home to drop off Christmas Gifts and toys for the boy and his three siblings. Your christmas weather authority, looking at severe wechloe the governors of sehernratates have declared a ate emergency following a stormleavg much of the southeast drenched. Heres the details. Reporter from flattened homes in mississippi, dozens of families are left homeless. A powerful storm system roared through the south, claiming at least 11 lives. We are still in search and rescue mode. Our first concern is to make sure that we have everyone out and safe. Reporter according to the storm prediction center, at least 14 tornadoes hit mississippi on wednesday, but a single twister did most of the damage. The National Weather service says it might have traveled for 150 miles. It started sucking my bedroom window open. Reporter the tornado in ashland likely pulled the pavement off this road. Forecasters believe the greatest threat to the region has passed, but more rain is expected. That is bad news for states like georgia and alabama where flooding is already widespread. Youve got sun up to memphis. Around here, the weather was so bad. Me and my son going to new york. We are desperately trying to get there. Vicki we are your christmas weather authority, tracking high winds across Southern Nevada as well. Lets check in with Chloe Beardsley with a look at christmas eve. A couple hours before santa comes. Chloe take a look at temperatures across the u. S. Theres quite a variation. Mid60s for new york, 30s and 40s on the west coast. Very cold weather conditions continue. As we take a look back in time on this christmas eve, we did see not too much in the skies. Clear conditions across the area. Very windy the afternoon. Neighborhoods reaching 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Heres a look at sustained winds. 22 mile an hour winds right now in centennial as well as spring valley. Mostly on the left side of town is where we are seeing the strongest winds. Temperaturewise, many neighborhoods dropping into the 40s. Still in the 50s for the downtown area. Mostly in the 50s just to the east of us. We are tracking the storm activity right now. It has brought a good amount of moisture to portions of the sierra and across northern nevada. We are to stay mostly dry. Dont be surprised if you see a few isolated showers. Waking up to a lot of clouds tomorrow morning. Not too much variation in our temperatures. We are only going to peak tempwiur tthe upper 40s later on in the day. Weekend. We will have details coming up in a little bit. Jeff thank you very much. A celestial gift this christmas eve, a full moon. Our photographer got this video for us right before sunset. This is the last full moon of the year. They call it a full cold moon. It hasnt happened on christmas since 1977. Wont happen again for another 19 years. New at 11 00, if you are traveling out of mccarran this weekend, we have a heads up about parking. Longterm parking at terminal one and economy parking at terminal three are already full. You can still park in the longterm garage at terminal three or in economy parking at terminal one, but allow for extra time to get where you need to go. Vicki tsa is changing its rules for Airport Security screening. Agen anyone befo passengers could choose a full body patdown or trip through the body scanner. Tsa says the scanner improves threat detection. With all this information and more of what you need to know when you travel, on our website, news3lv. Com. Jeff still to come tonight at 11 00, a local teenager decides to give Christmas Gifts to those who usually go without this time of year. Vicki and, seneca and her noble cause. Jeff and, making amends. What one School District is offering a lunch lady who says she was fired for helping a student in need. One person is dead following a shooting at the plaza hotel. You are looking from our live camera at the plaza hotel. This unfolded just before 11 00 p. M. Scene. We dont know if any arrests ntt have been take jen youknow a teenager whose Christmas Wish list is long and costly. Vicki kids who may be forget from time to time that not everybody gets the c see in the movies. Read callan introduces us to a valley teen whose Christmas Wish list wasrepoer shes 14 years old and in love with the spirit of this season. Her name is senokot and her Christmas Wish list was filled often forgotten in our faces on the streets who if they get a christmas at all, experience it on a cold sidewalk. Seneca knew it and did something. Seeing a need and responding with action. I wanted to bring a little of that feeling i have to them. Reporter seneca set up this asking herfrie s if they would help her meals for our homeless. Soon, hundreds of people and thousands of dollars followed her, leading up to this very day. Thank you. Merry christmas. Just because im 14 doesnt mean i cant go out and do senececis a lot like her folks. Mom, tara raburn, saying she loves that her children are growing up to serve. I go home and sleep in a warm bed every night. That is not fair. Reporter not fair perhaps, but a chance to flip it and get busy for change. Things can be helped. Helping people on the streets and lifting their spirits, showing the world. She can make a difference. Shes 14 and she can make a difference. That is a joy. One person can make a huge difference in this world. Reporter seneca wrote a personal note on every one of those hygiene kits. She told her mom that she not only wanted to meet physical needs, but also the needs of the heart. For more, go to our website, news3lv. Com. Worker who says she was fired for giving a hungry child a free lunch has been offered her job back. Dalene bowden says she gave a hot meal to a 12yearold girl with no lunch money. She says her supervisor christ her on leave placed her on leave for stealing from the School District. She was fired later. A petition got her job back. Here is a site you do not see every day, a tornado in california. A viewer sent this photo. The twister touched down in el dorado county, just outside of sacramento, plowing through about eight miles of the full sum lake area. Residents nearby say theyve seen roof damage, overturned trees, and im from california, never seen that. We get earthquakes. Jeff not tornadoes. Ive not seen a weirder christmas for weather. It is recordbreaking back east. 80s in virginia. Chloe last year, the east coast was getting destroyed by the amount of snowfall. Now, it is nonexistent. Crazy. Certainly bizarre weather patterns across the u. S. As we take a look outside, it looks pretty nice, but not so much. Still prettyindy outside. Take a look at the current conditions. Nheres a look at the peak winxistdte. Crazy. Los modelos de clima extraos gusts. Borh ds having those winds reach up to 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour. The breezy weather is going to continue overnight tonight. We are not completely out of the woods yet. Heres a look at sustained winds outside right now. 31 mile an hour winds in spring valley. This is up to the second wind conditions outside right now. We have it completely covered when it comes to what were seeing outside. Temperatures, you can see many neighborhoods dropping into the 40s, cooling down quickly, and temperatures overnight much cooler compared to last night. 24 degrees for mount charleston. 20 degrees in tonopah. 50s for overton. Winds, like i said, will continue to be fairly strong overnight. Over the next several hours, wind gusts still reaching up to 40 and 50 Miles Per Hour. The culprit for this is this massive lowpressure system thats continuing to dive south on the west coast. It has already brought quite a bit of snowfall to the sierra and across portions of northern nevada. Weather advisorys in effect for the state. Up to four inches is possible in some of the valleys and 410 inches of new snow possible overnight into tomorrow for the mountains. Also taking a look at the radar outside right now. Mostly clear conditions. As we zoom out, we are getting a little moisture to the northwest of us. Dont be completely surprised if we get some isolated showers tonight. It is possible, mostly on the edges of the valley. Light showers are possible overnight tonight. Temperatures colder compared to last night. Gusty winds in excess of 15 Miles Per Hour possible. It is going to be a bumpy ride for santa claus, but im sure he will make it here just fine. Regionally, going to be very cold. Teens for kelly and take. 18 degrees in tonopah. To yesterday. Highs tomorrow will be a lot cooler. As you are waking up, bundle up. Temperatures in the 40s, not angich much by the afternoon. As we take you out for the rest of the afternoon, gusty winds still continuing. Sunny by the afternoon. As we take you out the next days, the cool weather is going to continue. Not stopping santa claus. Temperatures dipping to the mid40s by saturday. Not much of a recovery ahead. Highs will range from the upper 40s to low 50s. Bundle up, guys. Back to you. Vicki still to come, the father of all museums. A star wars super fan opens his jeff we are going to tell you how many collectibles this guy has saved up. First, here is jimmy fallon with vicki the force is strong with a man in maryland who says hasever been the same after he saw the first star movie. Jeff since that fateful day 40 years ago, hes started collecting star wars toys. Them. What does somebody do with all that stuff . Open a museum, of course. Thomas atkinson runs his own toy Museum Inside his home. Vicki all of those gadgets. E thas dirige suthe museum operates as a nonprofit, taking donations from other jedi knights. Even trading toys to those who have something to offer. Visitors can see atkinsons collection in the d. C. Area if they make an appointment in jeff are you a star wars fan . Vicki i am a fan. Jeff you are going to the new one . Vicki i want to see the new one. Jeff coming up in sports, san diego football fans were hoping for a few early Christmas VickiSan Diego State led by randy tonight, the chargers hit the road for a game in oakland. Charles played his final home game of his career for the raiders. He announced his retirement at the end of the season. Both these teams playing for pride tonight. It would be the bolts scoring first, leading 70. Oakland comes back. Her the second quarter, chargers back on top. 147. This game goes to overtime. Raiders scored a field goal. Fourth and three for rivers. Needs a first down to give the chargers some hope. Instead, he throws it absolutely nobody. The raiders get the win. It was the aztecs in hawaii taking on cincinnati in the hawaii bowl. Pumphrey busting it up the middle. He had a huge game for San Diego State. Hes going to throwd. Do ncinnati en hawaii21point lead. Later in the fourth, more from the las vegas native. Pumphrey from two yards out. He had 99 on the ground plus that touchdown. Las vegas is a hotbed for postseason College Hoops as the city plays host to four conf imarch. They are adding a postseason invitational tournament. It will tip off this march. They will invite 16 teams to play in a single elimination tournament at cuts pavilion. All teams will be hosted at resort properties on the strip. The tournament, field, and seating, will be announced shortly. Give fans enough time to schedule a trip to las vegas. The inspiration is trying to give 16 teams a postseason basketball tournament. The other postseason tournaments right now, the ncaa tournament, the other tournaments play at hometh of playing a tournament over five days in las vegas gives people a chance to know where they are going to really great money saver for tes. Vegas , for schools, for fans, and for Randy Las Vegas turning i around the world, santa traded