Its an egregious violation. Reporter those responsible facing at least eight felony counts. Poaching is where people basically masquerade as a hunter to take animals illegally. So in this case, they shot the animals and left them lay. There were a couple of instances where they took some of the meat from the animal and even some antlers but for the most part they were left. Reporter while the deerre are punted all of the time legally in our mountains, its the way it went down thats so disturbing to investigators, who call this nothing short of a thrill kill. Now a 3,000 reward is being offered through operation game thief. That tip line is set up. Nielsen said all investigators need is one lead. Usually people that are involved in Something Like this cant shut their mouth. Are talking to friends or family or maybe something has overheard a conversation at a bar or at a steer, and those little pieces, if people can come forward and give us those can help us solve cases like this. Reporter and to the bell family, its a crime that makes no sense. The draw of wheeler pass is in the scenery. To do that kind of thing to anim reason for it. Reporter denise rosch, news 3. A 6th child has died in that Horrific School bus crash that shocked the nation. Ntsb investigators are in chattanooga, tennessee tonight looking for clues as to what caused the crash. The bus driver, johnthony walker, is in jail. Police got toxicology results back and it shows no trace of alcohol or drugs in his system. Investigators say video from looking had at road conditions, the speed of the bus and the drivers background. Police talked about the investigation and rumors out there. The media is reporting claims that the driver asked the children on the bus if they were prepared to die. I want to be very clear on this no witness we have spoken with has that information or provided it directly to our investigators. But we have also not interviewed all witnesses yet. And news 3 ech that came out of that area, but at the time we said unsubstantiated claims. Police have issued warrants for cell phones or tablets that may have been in use at the time of the crash. A Police Officer in michigan has died after he was shot in the head while on duty. Collin rose was patrolling near the campus last night when he was targeted. He had called dispatch and told them he was going to talk to night. Rose has been a campus Police Officer for five years. He was the fifth Police Officer to be shot in our country just this week. A massive pillmaking operation busted near salt lake city. A long list of Law Enforcement agencies joined together for this one. May be the biggest ever in utah. Police seized hundreds of thousands of pills they say are the powerful fentanyl as oxycodone and xanax. One man is under arrest for mailing the drugs to customers all over the u. S. A coalition of states and governors sued to block a rule that would have made more americans eligible for overtime. The District Court in the Eastern District of texas granted the nationwide preliminary injunction saying congress. The rule will not likely be in play before donald trump takes over. And president elect donald trump has made his pick for education secretary. He met with betsy devos over the weekend at his complex in new jersey. Shes from michigan and shes been a strong advocate for Charter Schools and school vouchers. She leads the Advocacy GroupAmerican Federation for children. And former republican candidate ben carson says news about his role in the Upcoming Administration is coming soon. An announcement is forthcoming in a tweet,er said. In a Facebook Post pe said he can make a contribution to the country, particularly to the inner cities. You have probably heard, hes been mentioned as a possible choice for secretary of the involving mike pences plane about a month ago before the election . The ntsb is releasing new details about what happened. It happened at La Guardia Airport october 2nd. Investigators say that plane floated nearly halfway down the runway. They say the pilot hit the brakes four seconds later and thrust reverses. Neither was enough to keep the boeing from sliding runway. Nobody got hurt. Been a little stressed out today while shopping . We have a story coming up. A former marine who has a passion for building motorcycles. Hes a 150pound guy and hes not capable of riding himself. When he heads out on his harley, its his side kick, elvis, that gets the attention. Holiday basketball champions a motorcycle rider and his best friend are hard to miss when they hit the road together. Yeah. You will get a chuckle out of this one. His side kick whose name is elvis gets most of the attention. Reporter spend a few minutes watching willie sears tinker away. It has a couple of other leaks that needs tending to. Reporter the man knows his motorcycle. The older the harley, the more like a john deere it is. Reporter a painter by trade and a marine by choice. I have a lot of miles under my belt. Reporter when hes not at work i spend probably four hours a day out here during the week and most of my weekends. Most of his focus is on restoring Harley Davidson sportsster. Its my baby. Reporter but by the time he starts making progress, willies best friend always seems to show up. He badgers me to go for rides every day. Reporter just about every time hes a 150pound guy. Hes just not capable of riding himself. Elvis gets his way. Elvis, come here, buddy. That a boy that a boy want to go for a ride . Come here. There you go. Reporter theres one rule, the 4yearold great dane has to follow it my wife felt there was a piece of Safety Equipment we couldnt go without. He doesnt like it. But he needs it to ride. All right. Here we go. Reporter the hilarity of watching willie and elvis cruise down the road looks like something that would have taken months of professional training but it turns out last year it happened. I bought a side car that needed refurbished and when i had it taken apart with the body laying on the floor, he was very interested in it. I had him get in and sit down and gave him a treat and he enjoyed it and then when i got gave him a treat. He enjoyed it. Hooked it up to the bike. Got him in it. Reporter and this is what its turned into it, riding at least once a week all over town. We go around like the lake quite a bit. We run around town a lot. You can see him perk up and he thinks hes the thing. Reporter elvis isnt the first big dog willie has called his buddy. Weve had 30 great danes. They have loving creatures. They become such a big part of your life. They are such a big presence. Its something you really miss. Reporter willie knows no matter how many years he and the king have together, every ride will likely be as memorable as this one. Im not sure if the next great dane will get a side car ride, you know, because thats i just know the world will be okay now that ive seen that. Exactly. Things get stressful or hectic, think of elvis and imagine wind flapping your ears back. Want to take a look at the stories coming up at 7 00. You cant top that one. No. A Police Officer caught off guard by an armed guy jumping out of a trunk. The officer took him to the ground pretty fast. He did it without firing a single shot. And even though the election is over, it doesnt meaneo it. The surprising number of americans who dread the question, so who did you vote for this thanksgiving . Those stories and any breaking news as it happens. News 3 has a way to fix your family. Just talk about the weather. Weather authority, kevin janison, you can be our switzerland, right . Yeah and i like it how the dog got a better seat than the dude. Talk about for this fourday weekend, mainly the second half of the weekend that could get bumpy. Well start with a view of our camera looking off to the strip, the stratosphere and beyond. Its a nice, but cool evening. Got a few clouds out there. Well probably have them until 8 00. They will clear out and we may not see another one until saturday. The view from pahrump, a few clouds late in the day, congregating over the spring mountains. They are working east and across we did a couple of occasional cumulus pop up. That just added to the scene of die up national park. Eastern and flamingo, 61 at the moment, one of our 140 plus weather stations. Roads ran, 55 and 46 humidity. Jones and smoke ranch, 55. Seeing 55s. 43 on the mouth. Pahrump, 10 degrees warmer. Boulder city, 61. As you map out your thanksgiving, look for a temperature that will start actually, the low will be in the 40s. Well get up to 50 by 8 00 a. M. Low 60s at lunchtime. Well start to pull back once the sun goes down. Not much wind expected tomorrow. Friday, the same. I do expect the winds to start to fire up. That should most likely be on that little thin strip of clouds that were dealing with 8 00, 8 30, they will be gone and then well be done with those. You can zoom in. They are pretty thin. Well wind up with a wind store story as the front goes through. They have cooler air and moisture. By sunday this is going to split. The energy coming down to Southern Nevada may give us a little bit of rain, too. And thats important if you are start raining, there could be delays at mccarran. Reno is at 40 for the moment. Phoenix up to 75. Mid os in 70s in southern california. The mountain is going down to 26. Look at caliente, down to 20. Get up there in elevation, lincoln county, it gets chilly. Tomorrow, the know an paw moapa 63 will be the High Temperature tomorrow with plenty of sunshine and your sevenday forecast, looking ahead, postthanksgiving, 62 on shopping day and then the rest of the weekend could have some weather news. Were looking at winds that could get gusty saturday afternoon and that chance for rain still breezy on sunday. The breezes are going to linger into tuesday. Temperatures are going down to the 50s with lows around 40. December as we turn the calendar to disease. Thats couch weather. We like that. Blankets. We might have a couch month. Im ready. Longrange forecast has us below normal for much of december. Thank you. The thanksgiving holiday is here. That means basketball tournaments around town and randy is here for more including one for the rebels. Thats what i like about the holidays. Tonight the main event continues the Las Vegas Invitational and the rebels host a tournament. Game one at the thomas mack. Last night they won their Third Straight game since dropping their season opener. They pounded northern arizona, 11071. Rebels had six players in double figures. They were led by poser who had 17. They had a 30point lead in the scoring 115 in 2014. Obviously a good game for the boys. They did some really good things. Both sides of the ball, just to have to keep them playing good basketball. It was fun watching the whole team score. The ball was moving. We love seeing each other score. Its better watching the team score than just one we came out with the double. They have talented guys, and they are a better conference and they have some different talents there. They are going to come in here on friday and we have to be ready. So friday, they play tcu and depending on if they win or lose then get a week off to prepare for duke. The rebels coming off a 4225 loss at boise state. But on saturday, they can make the fans feel better about the season. The rebels took the cannon from their instate rivals. Tony sanchez excited about that win. But since that day, well, the focused on getting it back. You know, give all credit to coach sanchez and his team. They came in, won the game. We made mistakes at the end. They took advantage and our job now our job is to come in here and bring the cannon back. Its important. It should be fun, trying to and its gonna be fun. Well hear from coach sanchez and the boys about getting the cannon back. Looking forward to that game. Thank you. We should have plenty of sunshine to begin your thanksgiving. Look for a temperature of 45 degrees at 7 00 a. M. Friday also will be rather uneventful but the events begin saturday and sunday meteorologically. Well keep you updated on news 3 with your last half of the thanksgiving weather adventures. Gentlemen . Okay. Put it like that, something to look forward to. How about this to the holiday tradition that has two very plump turkeys breathing a big sigh of relief. President obama gave a final turkey pardon. W two of the lucky ones raised by the domino family in idaho. Tater and tot. Now, tater is here in a backup role just in case tot cant fulfill his duties. Hes like the voice turkey. Turk the vice turkey. They are now headed to the the two boys are the president with his nephews instead of his daughters this time. Sasha and malia said they were embarrassed by his jokes over the years. . . . . Nobody likes a dog with bad breath. Thats why theres oravet dental hygiene chews. Oravets dual action approach cleans teeth and gets to the underlying cause of bad breath by blocking bacteria to help prevent plaque and tartar. For a cleaner mouth everyone can love. Dennys knows the holidays should be shared with friends and family. Except dennys allnew holiday pancakes. You wont want to share those with anybody. Dennys new fluffier, tastier, witnesses describe a valley mans dramatic escape during a fire. And a Police Officer foils an ambush attempt. Hi, friends. Welcome to our broadcast on this thanksgiving eve. A man on top of a burning home makes it out alive thanks to our local hero firefighters. Im reed cowan. Im latoya silmon. Unfortunately, the homeowners dog did not make it out. News 3s Antonio Castelan has our top story tonight. Reporter neighbors who saw the man on the roof firefighters say he should have never been there. He was just up there screaming away. Reporter Judy Claypool will never forget seeing her next door neighbor on top of a burning roof. Shortly after 11 00 tuesday night, clark county firefighters responded to calls of this home on fire near sandhill and flamingo. Claypool feared for her neighbors life. All i could see was fire coming out of two of the