Police have very Little Information about what happened. Scene. As we speak. We will be sure to bring you them. On air and online. Sharie Johnson two men are dead. After their car jumped a sidewalk and smashed into some street lights. Night. On charleston at mohawk street. According to metro. The car was speeding when the driver lost control. And hit two light poles. Medical responders pronounced the 31yearold driver and 27 yearpassenger dead on scene. Were waiting for the conorer to release their identies. This wreck brings the number of traffic related deaths in metros jurisdiciton up to 123 this year. Sharie Johnson weve learned the name of the man. Who police say was shot to death at the plaza hotel by his wife. The coroner says 48yearold David Cordova of North Las Vegas died due to a gun shot to the chest. According to metro police. His wife. Maria escalante opened fire on him. Police say it all happned while their child was in the room. The child is now in protective services. Es
Dave Courvoisier Patrick Walker joins us live at rainbow and alta with what investigators know so far. Patrick . Patrick Walker this mornings murder in the middle of this parking lot has come as a surprise to everyone ive spoken with today. And police say they have no witnesses. Its leaving detectives with more questions than answers. brandi giles works out at 24 hour fitness i dont believe it, because its usually pretty quiet on this side of town. Patrick Walker an Early Morning murder outside the 24 alta. Leaving customers shocked. brandi giles works out at 24 hour fitness we grew up here, weve lived in vegas forever, and ive never heard of anything like that happening, especially where i go to the gym every day, thats a little scary. Carlotta Winn lives nearby its a good neighborhood, very good neighborhood, quiet, you know, very good. Patrick Walker detectives say employees heard a single gunshot outside the building around 1 20 am tuesday. And they found a man dead inside a white
Off and getting behind the wheel. Safe road advocates urge people to assign a designated driver before starting to drink. Sandy Heverly stop dui always always use a designated driver. Making sure the dd is the sober person not the least whos had the least to drink or ingested least amount of drugs that would impare them to drive safely. Mauricio Marin heverly says one thing shes learned the hard waydrunk drivers never take a day off. Something else she points out is reminding people to wear their seatbelt. It can mean the difference between life and death if involved in a crash. Mauricio Marin law enfrocement is also doing their part to stop drunk drivers. Across the valleyenforce ment is getting beefed up to catch drivers under the influence. In hopes of saving lives. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Sharie Johnson mauricio. If a driver is caught driving under the influence. What are some of the consequnces they can face . Mauricio Marin well theyll likely and stop dui folk
The car was parked by the side of the road and a weapon was recovered. We dont know if the man shot himself or was shot by someone else. No word on the supect at this hour and the victim has not yet been identified. If you have any information, please call crime stoppers. brian loftus a massive storm system stretching from new mexico to killed two dozen people over the weekend. In the aftermath, Andrew Spencer reports people are trying to clean up and hold themselves together. Only when lightning flashed in the darkness could people see could people see the tornado in the distance. You can see the damage easily now, after one of the tornadoes hit copeville, texas ripping this home into the air. glenn king storm survivor it was pretty traumatic. We just came out to assess our own damages, and hes over there yelling for help. Debralee King storm survivor we realized that he was running across the road with his baby. Her to take his newborn child to the hospital. She did, while her husban
News 3 is your Weather Authority to make sure you are prepared. Chloe beardsley joins us live. Chloe that is right. It looks pretty peaceful, but if you step outside, it is a completely different tory. As we take a look this afternoon, not too much action on our time lapse here from russell and mountain vista. And it looks pretty nice from this view. Very windy is what we saw today, outside still seeing mostly clear conditions. This evening, wind gusts reaching 40 Miles Per Hour in many of our neighborhoods. So far today, a strong breeze out of the north continues. Here are the sustained winds, 12 downtown, slightly stronger in north las vegas. 18 for centennial, and as we take a look, temperatures started off very chilly. You see mostly in the mid to 30 74 downtown areas, right around the freezing mark for centennial. Other neighborhoods also reaching the upper 30s. As far as how we started off temperaturewise, we take a look outside, mostly 30s and 40s. We will see those down to the