Following a chaotic hazmat situation at a valley school. Were live with the latest. Christianne Klein also, a press conference is underway with North Las Vegas police as they explain how a murder suspect escaped. We have a look at the getaway straight ahead. paul joncich also. All eyes are on the sky as a Tropical Storm moves in our direction. Will we see any rain from the storm. Tedd florendo explains straight ahead. Christianne Klein the stories and more. Next on the valleys news leader. Announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at four. Several students were exposed to mercury at Johnson Middle School in the west valley this morning. Thats where we begin this afternoon. Im Christianne Klein. paul joncich and im paul joncich. It happened at the campus near buffalo and Summerlin Parkway where some parents have since reunited with their children and thats where we find 8 news now reporter karen castro. Karen . karen castro its been a long afternoon students have been allowed to go home f
For the region tonight. We see temps cooler than yesterday and winds remaining light for now. Dewpoints and humidity still remain quite low but will go up tomorrow as more moisture works its way up from the south. Tonight expect temps staying warm to mild. Cool by wednesday morning with more clouds developing and shower chances tomorrow. Tonight clouds will increase but winds will remain light for the most part. Then expecting temps to be nice and mild by the 11pm newscast. Well have a complete update on what to expect tomorrow coming up in full weather. Friends say they knew him immigrant who was always the first person to lend a helping hand to others. tajdre cotton, friend he was one of our coworkers, cool guy actually, real nice, respectful. Brittany Edney 41yearold aleksandr khutsishvili will not be forgotten by his friends and coworkers. They say he was a hard worker and only a few people knew he was actually homeless. christopher washington, friend he was trying to get his stuff
Them anymore, other than that the lease and the school arent even telling to us. They said they arent at authority to say anything. police say at least eight kids were exposed to mercury. The school was put on lockdown just before noon today. This afternoon. As to why this process is taking so long, police say the Environmental Protection agency is collecting shoes and back packs. Students are being screened and cleared before leaving the building. As for food, these students have been here for hours. Were told they have been given cinnabuns and water. And we just spoke with one family who brought mcdonalds to help feed some of those students. 22;03;15;04 everyones tired and they wanna go home and a lot of our friends have been since 11 o clock and its already gonna be here an other 2 4 hours so it pretty crazy. meanwhile, classes at Walter Johnson middle school have been canceled tomorrow as a precaution. To ensure that the school can be cleaned before students return. Shakala Alvaran
Let them know there is hope. ron Lawrence Community Counseling Center this is not always going to be is very important and to even start creating dreams of the future and how things can change and how they can be different and be a part of that process. Mauricio Marin for stefanieshes heartbroken. Wi shing she could have done more. Stefanie Kruger mother i would have moved her from that school if i had thought for one second she was that unhappy. I would have done anything for her. Mauricio Marin lawrence says keeping an open conversation with kids can help parents get a better insight dealing with. ron Lawrence Community Counseling Center it can be done very casually. Its kind of like whats everybody doing and then eventually you get to this place of hows everybody feeling . Mauricio Marin as stefanie is comforted by her own mothershe urges other parents to reach out to their own chidlren. Stefanie Kruger mother any parents out there you hug your kids as hard as you can dont let them
Brittany edney found out, those in the know say there were some dangerous missteps by police. Brittany . Brittany Edney the video youre about to see might be disturbing to some viewers. And i spoke to several retired Law Enforcement officers who say the responding officers could have used more caution and are lucky that in this casethere werent more injuries. Since the taser might not disable the suspect who could still shoot an officer. Brittany Edney paris says predicting the emotional and mental state of a suspect behind a door is impossible. I am sure they didnt think they were going to be in a shooting in 30 seconds. Brittany Edney also noting the suspects still stance and lack of reaction and how quickly things turned for the worse. clarke paris, ret police sgt he was pretty much saying, im not a threat, my hands are over here, and im not pointing a gun at you, dont shoot me, and then a second la firing at the officers. Brittany Edney both Police Sources agree without a doubt, th