Yearold Lakeisha Holloway is from oregon. And she had been living out of her car here in town. Metro says she gassed her 1996 oldsmobile on las vegas boulevard, and ran into dozens of people on the sidewalk, at least twice. Witnesses tried to stop the car, but she took off. She ended up at the tuscany with a flat tire. Police say she told a valet worker she ran over some people, and asked them to call 911. My personal opinion was that she was very stoic at the time of the event. She didnt appear to be distressed due to her actions. Thats the best way i can describe it. Police say holloways threeyearold daughter was in the car. Shes now in protective custody. District attorney Steve Wolfson says his office is working quickly to file official charges. Police are still looking for holloways possible motive for the crash at a press conference earlier today, metro said they are not considering it as an act of terrorism at this time. Martinezvalle has more information on holloways past, miguel. Any clues as to what may have led her to do this . No exact reason has been given as to why holloway may have driven off the road and onto the sidewalk hitting dozens of people in the process. A Police Report shows she wouldnt explain why she ended up on the sidewalk, but she does remember a body bouncing off her windshield. She told police she had been going through a stressfull time during the day, tyring to sleep with her daughter but being continuously woken up. Police believe she was homless in las vegas. But looking into her past, it seems shes been homeless before. Five years ago my biography sounded a lot different than it does today, boy have i come a long way. From a celebrated role model to facing multiple charges for hitting almost 40 people on the las vegas strip. Police are having a hard time explaining how and why 24 year old Lakeisha Holloway ended up plowing through the sidewalks of las vegas sunday evening. The intentional act that occured on the boulevard is going to be very hard for us to explain at face value. Theyre not calling they are saying it seemed like the purpose. Authorities say she was driving with a suspened lisence at the time of the crash. The suspect, Lakeisha Holloway, repeatedly drove her car over pedestrians, some jumped on her car and ran up to the window and banged on it trying to get her to stop, but she didnt. Holloway, who changed her name to paris paradise morton in october had only been in las vegas for about a week, she came from Portland Oregon and Police Believe she may have been on her way to see the father of her threeyearold child in texas. We believe that she was attempting to make her way that direction via las vegas. Holloway was homless while in vegas and living out of her car with her daughter. She told investigators she had been parking at different buildings where she would sleep in her car until being kicked out by parking attendants. This was not the first time holloway had been homeless. Being homeless and on my own taught me how to stand on my own two feet, not only did i manage to beat working dead end jobs that i had seen my mother struggle to land a federal job at 21, now that is what i call living the grand life. Three years ago holloway was awarded by a non profit in portland for overcoming homelessness, graduating from highschool, and going to college, she even landed a government job with the u. S. Forest service. Now, shes in a las vegas jail after hitting 36 people and leaving one dead. She faces charges like murder with a Deadly Weapon and child abuse or neglect. Holloways family says they believe she is being misrepresented, they think the crash wasnt on prupose instead they think she fell asleep at the wheel when when it all happened. Shes never been homeless, hes never been without, our family is veyr big and very supportive of eachother in many cases, and just to attest to the night, shes exhausted shes not this villain that theyre creating her to be, not at all, not at all. Reporting live Miguel Martinez valle, fox5 news. Local. Las vegas. Holloway could be in court as early as tomorrow for her multiple charges. Some people question if barriers between people and the road could prevent more tragedies from happening. Especially in the busiest areas on the strip. Its a debate that has several angles. A day after a car plowed into tourists on the las vegas strip. Some tourists and residents saying the resort corridor needs barriers to protect people on the sidewalk. There should be barriers its crazy walking thru here you pretty much get way its very scary standing at the lights i feel very nervous today but others say. This tragedy has happened once in ten years. And barriers arent necessary. I would prefer not to be any barriers, its easier when its open youre free to go where you need to go i think anything can happen anywhere any time. I think we just need to enjoy our life. Sheriff joe lombardo said they work with the county and constantly reivew the Public Safety and traffic issues on the strip. In the past two and a half years. Public works has widened sidewalks. Moved news racks. And created new pedestrian bridges to help traffic flow and keep pedestrians safe. We have installed well over 4000 linear feet of fencing but its not enough, youve got 5 miles on two sides of the street. Theres a lot thats been done but theres a lot left to do clark county commissioner Steve Sisolak says cars and people are on the same level no matter what on the strip. And sadly its nearly impossible to prevent Something Like this when a criminal has their mind set. When you have a person that wants to use a 6000 pound Lethal Weapon to wreak havoc theres not much you can from happening hes just thankful we have such great first responders. That were able to quickly help the victims get the best care they could recieve. The county has done many pedestrian studies. And will continue to improve areas on las vegas boulevard. Starting with the most urgent needs. And theyll continue to address any pressing issues as pop up. A lot of people stopped to help the victims and tell police what they saw after the crash. And metro needs more people to come forward in this investigation. If you saw this crash or if you have any information that can help police, youre asked to call metros homicide section. That number is on your screen, 702 8283521. You can also send an email to homicide at lvm pd dot com. A gofundme page for the young mother killed in the tragedy has already raised thousands of dollars. 32yearold Jessica Valenzuela is from buckeye arizona, and was with her husband for their ten year wedding anniversary. Family members posted pictures of her with her husband and three daughters on the gofundme page. Jessicas Brother Bryan says she was an all around good mother, wife, and sister. Many of the people who donated on the page say they dont know her, but were touched by this story and wanted to help. Something thats getting her family through this difficult time. Ive just been reading all the posts, and seeing all the support. Its nice to see, it makes me feel better about the situation. The page has raised 22 thousand dollars so far. The family needs the money to bring jessicas body home to arizona and for funeral expenses. If you want to help, we have that information on the links page of our website, fox5 vegas dot com. A memorial is growing on the strip for the victims. Many who fox5s Cyndi Lundeberg tells us more on what they are going through. As well as those who saw the crash and tried to stop the driver. Marina ivanov describes where she was standing the Moment Police say Lakeisha Holloway drove her car up onto the sidewalk near the planet killing one person. Marina ivanov i cant believe it i cant believe it people fly like paper she doesnt stop people had blood coming out of their mouths it was horrible l Jessica Valenzuela who lived in arizona died. Her family has set up a gofund me page in her honor. The other victims were taken to multiple hospitals. The most serious. Taken to umc. Three remain in critical condition. 2 are in serious. One of the younger patients was 11 years old. Cohen a variety of head injuries lacerations broken bones they will recovering ivanov says her husband rushed to help those who were injured and tried to chase after the car. 22 08 16 im crying my friends crying too and my husbands trying to go to the car because he wants to catch them 22 07 39 marina its horrible people everywhere some of the victims who were hurt are wrestlers from Pacific University in portland. One of them says he was pinned up against a light post when he was hit. I dont remember if i went over the car or under the car or what happened. My teammates tell me that the car hit me and i bounced forward, may have hit me again. 18yearold Christian Guerra says he believes the crash was intentional, especially since the driver took off. Pacific university released a statment saying they are relieved none of the students suffered life threatening injuries, and they thanked first responders. They also thanked an athletic trainer who helped those emotionally theres a group of volunteers that are called out during traumatic events. Trauma Intervention Program specialists sit with victims, family members, and witnesses and help them process what just happened. 1 00 i think a lot of people envision what it looks like on tv. But in reality, its nothing like what you see on tv. You have all the unexpected sights and sounds, and the horror of whats taking place in front of you 15 . Last night, volunteers with this group met with people at the crash scene. They say everyone deals with horrific events differently, and volunteers are trained to read body and verbal cues to figure out what individuals need. Volunteers say it is normal to feel sad about this situation even if you dont know anyone involved. Sheriff joe lombardo reassured everyone today that he does not believe terrorism is a factor in this crash. He says Law Enforcement will have a strong presence on the strip during new years eve as im confident at this point that we have all the mechanisms in place to be sucessful and we are being very proactive to be sucessful. Security will be tight on the strip. More than 100 Nevada National guard members will join police in protecting the area. And as always, if you see something suspicious, police urge you to report it. We have some breaking news now. Youre taking a live look at a fire near flamingo and maryland parkway. This is at the hesperian falls apartments. Witnesses say theres both an Apartment Fire and a truck fire. But clark county fire says these are separate events. They are calling the Apartment Fire a high level structure fire. The fire started outside the building, and its now on the roof. One person was taken to umc, and two adults and a child were displaced. We have a crew on the scene, and will bring you more updates as soon a man fighting for his life, after being hit by a car. Why police say the accident shouldnt have happened. And the warning they have for pedestrians. And an investigation into the death of a las vegas woman. Killed in afghanistan. What police say happened to her, and the work she was doing across the world. Your fox5 weather critical injuries in a crash tonight, was on his phone when he stepped off the curb to look at another crash. Ive said this a million times, walking distracted is just as dangerous as driving distracted, this happened around five40 tonight at desert inn and maryland parkway. Metro says the man was hit by a car outside a crosswalk. The driver stopped to help police, and metro does not believe they were impaired or speeding. The eastbound lanes of desert inn are back open tonight. A man is accused of driving into and killing a woman. Then taking off after the crash. This happened just after 11 this morning, on jones south of patrick. Metro says a 2009 Mercedes Benz hit a 25yearold woman. Who was crossing the street outside a crosswalk. The driver took off, and the woman died at the scene. Metro caught up to the driver at a grocery store. Police remind everyone that leaving the scene of a serious or fatal accident now has harsher penalties. Fatality are extent of the law will be. That individual will be prosecuted for that. The driver was identified as gaston martinez. Police say they suspect the was driving under the influence. New details were released today on the man police say shot and injured a metro officer. Police say officer Gregory Sedminik was investigating a domomestic disturbance at the emerald suites on las vegas boulevard and agate on thursday. An arrest report shows the suspect, teag fox, approached officer sedminik and asked why he was there. When the metro officer started to explain, fox asked him if he was there to kill him. Police say fox told officer sedminik to look up, and he fired his gun at him. The officer was shot through his arm, and the bullet traveled around his body. Police say the officer was able to fire back at fox, and then fox took off. Fox then called his boss and asked him to pick him up. Police found fox in his bosss car. They also found the clothes fox was wearing during the shooting in the barbeque. Now fox5 weather 24 7 with les krifaton weather you will notice a fair amount of clouds over the next few days as another winter storm descends on us. Early tuesday expects some strong wind gusts as a cold front moves in. The front will push east by Christmas Eve day and will drop our daytime highs. With enough moisture in the upper levels of the atmosphere we even run the risk of a few showers Christmas Eve. By the weekend mostly sunny skies return. Winter officially begins a 8 48 monday evening. Closed captioning you will notice a fair amount of you will notice a fair amount of clouds over the next few days as another winter storm descends on us. Early tuesday expects some strong wind gusts as a cold front moves in. The front will push east by Christmas Eve day and will drop our daytime highs. With enough moisture in the upper levels of the atmosphere we even run the risk of a few showers Christmas Eve. By the weekend mostly sunny skies return. Winter officially closed captioning investigators say a man involved in canceled terror plots is someone that followed along whatever he was told. This guy sounds like a scaredycat, and he seems like a guy who does not really have a very strong will to do anything why the planned attack would have been particularly devastating, and why california Officials Say theyve never hey, is that it . I think thats it. Oh go amanda we love you thank you so much. Have your next burger with a side of awesome. The oneofakind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. Miracle whip and proud of it. At kraft we start with quality ingredients. So you can take whatever youre making from good to amazing. The San Bernardino shooter and his friend Enrique Marquez had a plot to attack drivers on a los angeles highway. Top la Counter Terrorism leaders say its the first time theyve ever heard of a terror plot to attack a freeway, and they say it would have been a nightmare had the plan gone through. Expert, George Washington univ. in a place like this, what youre essentially looking at is you throw pipebombs, youre setting up a confined space. Youre able to then stop traffic, and theyre not able to get out. So you can slowly pick through people and build up your level of casualties. Marquez had his bail denied today by a federal court judge. Investigators say he was going to shoot at cars in the freeway attack. But he backed out of it. Police also say marquez gave syed farook some of the guns used in the San Bernardino attack. An afghan american killed in an attack sunday in kabul, was from las vegas. Kabul Officials Say lisa akbari was attacked as she left her apartment complex gym. A man shot her to death, and he was later arrested. Kabul police say documents from his home show he had links to terror groups. Akbaris brother told us a little bit about his sister lisa today. She was working with a terrain Analysis Team before she was killed. Lisa graduated with honors from clark high school. More than 400 thousand drones will be given as gifts this holiday season. Assembly and learning how to pilot it. New owners will also have to register their new toys. The faas online drone registration requirement started today. All drones bought before today must be registered within 60 days, and drones bought after today must be registered before their first flight. The faa is charging five bucks for the registration, but it will give you the money back if you get this done in 30 days. The rules come as concern is growing about the risk posed by drones to people on the ground and to commercial aircraft. Steve harvey has been the subject of jokes and memes throughout the day, after his Miss Universe gaffe. See how donald trump. The shows former owner, is post offices around the valley were bustling on one of the busiest delivery days of the year. For Us Postal Service busy delivery day. Postal service delivering 30 million packages. For here in Southern Nevada were going to deliver close to 200,000 in Southern Nevada area. Ups is prepared for the rush. Theyve increased package sorting equipment