Week instead hes accepting a plea deal. One victims mother says she was blindsided by the move in court today. Nychele thomas 18 year old Gabrielle Thomas mother she had this huge laugh and she was so loud and i miss her voice i miss her voice. Nychele thomas remembers her daughter. 18 year old Gabrielle Thomas. She and close family friend 17 year old Kamesha Gilmore were killed march 5 2015. They were making a uturn on boulder highway when a car going nearly 120 miles an hour slammed into them. Driver seong lee accepted a plea deal in court monday morning. Thomas says she didnt see that coming. Nychele nye shell thomas gabrielles mother day of a lot of tears a lot of frustration seong lee admitted to drinking several beers before driving that night. The 23 year old from south korea was out on bond for another dui charge at the time. And nearly a year later his Attorney Says hes taking responsibility. 01 09 50 judge elissa f. Cadish judge are you pleading guilty today because you are t
Of the man who was shot or said whether or not hell face charges. Reporting live Cyndi Lundeberg fox 5 news earlier today northern nevada construction workers gathered to protest outside of the tesla factory near sparks. The workers were saying tesla isnt keeping up their end of the deal with nevadans fox 5s miguel martinezvalle has been following the progress of makers tesla motors and he has the details tesla and faraday are supposed to hire 11,000 new workers in the next five years, and most of those are supposed to be nevadans in return theyre getting big tax incentives from the state. But some are concerned the car makers wont keep up their end of the deals high paying jobs that was the promise made by both tesla motors and Faraday Future in order to get tax incentives from the state. But some protestors up north believe tesla isnt holding up their end of the deal. Construction workers marched outside the gigafactory site, saying tesla is bringing in workers from other states. But
A man is recovering this morning after an officer involved valleys south side. Video seen only shows the man commands from officers to drop his weapon before they opened fire. To shoot you. Drop the gun, drop the gun. Drop it. Drop the gun sir officers responded to the area near las vegas boulevard and saint rose parkway just before 8 last night, after recieving reports of a man Walking Around with a gun. A neighbor was recording this incident as it happened. In that video police can be heard giving commands in both english and spanish. She says she saw a man sitting on he was not the homeowner. I told my son to stay in my truck, and we stayed inside and i recorded the entire incident from start to finish. The Police Officer said from his knowledge that it was just a wanderer, just a random guy, possibly homeless, they got a call that he was wandering around with a gun in his hand lynn eve nunez says police told her the man was shot in the shoulder. He was taken to umc with non life th
Reporting live ew ffn llv nv energy says an accident at the substation cuased the outage. In just the first two months of this year. 28 people were killed in metro Police Jurisdiction alone. Nearly 3 hundred people assaulted with a Deadly Weapon. And almost 5 hundred people robbed. Metro is calling this a spike in Violent Crimes. And the are not really sure why its happening. Tonight. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle has more on a violent stabbing that happened earlier this evening. But first we go to fox 5s cyndi us now live in the newsroom. With more details for us. John chrstine. We spoke with officers about the recent rash of Violent Crimes. There was even another Home Invasion just hours ago near sahara and nellis. Officers tell me the public can play a huge part in keeping these crime down. Hadfield statistically speaking we are having a lot more violence in las vegas we are up 80 pecent homicides up 18 percent in robberies in our Violent Crimes categories are spiking its unacceptable
Violence in las vegas we are up 80 pecent homicides up 18 percent in robberies in our Violent Crimes categories are spiking its unacceptable Sexual Assaults and assaults using a Deadly Weapon are also up this year. Las Vegas Metro Police tell us they are not sure whats causing the spike in Violent Crimes. This is 28 people who have died in our jurisdiction regardless of what type of criminal activity or not thats familes affected thats neighborhoods affected those are victims of crimes in just the first two months of 2016 there have also been just under 500 robberies equaling about 8 per day. That number also includes an Alarming Number of home invasions. Like this one from a home Near Town Center drive and canyon run. Home invasion is a crime we dont know a lot about because msot agencies across do not record them officially burglaries or home invasions offenders are looking for certain dr. Bill souza a criminal justice professor at unlv. Specializes in neighborhood crime. He says the