Kirsten joyce good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Kirsten Joyce. Loftus. It was a wet and windy start to the morning in the valley. Kirsten Joyce Sherry Swensk is standing by with your forecast. Sherry . Sherry swensk its been a windy night. With gusts hitting 40 mph and higher. Those winds turned to out of the northwest overnight for north neighborhoods. This is a cold storm pushing rain and snow across Southern Nevada and the desert. That seems to have ended for the valley, now shifting east into arizona. The door will be open to colder highs today just near 50 degrees. Back to you brian loftus it was a busy night for North Las Vegas police. They investigated not one. But two homicides. The first happened at around 10pm near craig and mlk. There. Gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital. Where she later died. Shooter. Was on scene when they arrived. He has been taken into custody. We do not know the identity of yet. You. brian loftus the second Homicide Investigation was a
Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning more breaking news. Unlv and Sheldon Adelson may team up to build a billion dollar stadium and bring the nfl to las vegas. We have confirmed Sands Management is meeting with an n fl team owner tomorrow. Fox fives Elizabeth Watts is live in our newsroom with what she has learned. I spoke with a sands Corp Spokesperson who confirms theyre looking into building a billion dollar stadium on unlv owned land near campus. And tomorrow the owner of the Oakland Raiders is meeting with Sheldon Adelson at adelsons request. He wants to build a 60thousand seat, domed state of the art stadium that would be home to unlvs Football Team and sporting events year round. The location would be the 42 acres of land unlv owns near campus. Its on koval. The sands says the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure committee is meeting in the middle of this year to give suggestions to the governor on prio
Metro Police Sergeant Richard Strader says this is a singlevehicle accident. At about 1 30 this morning, the 2003 mazda protege was speeding westbound on owens, and was attempting to make a right turn north onto pecos. The male driver lost control of the vehicle on the turn, and crashed into a utility pole here. Strader says the clerk at the nearby 7 11 ran outside, saw the driver was still alive, and attempted to remove him from the car. The Fire Department eventually had to extricate the driver. And strader says the driver died at umc. Were up to ten traffic fatalities already this year. And strader says thats not a good start. Im hoping. ,last speed was definitely a contributing factor in this crash. He says its unclear whether impairment was a factor, though he says its very possible. This is the second fatal accident to happen at this intersection in a year. Paint marks are still in the road from the last fatal here. We dont want a repeat of last years Record Number of traffic fat
Could one day be home to a 60 thousand seat billion dollar domed nfl stadium. The sands wants to partner with unlv. To help house the schools Football Team and possibly the raiders. Adelson and the raiders owner are meeting on friday to discuss. Westgate superbook vp jay kornegay says the odds of the team moving here are very long. Jay kornegay vp race and sports operations westgate lv superbook my intiial reaction was i started laughing out loud a little bit just knowing the relationship the nfl and vegas has the nfl wont even let las vegas advertise during games like the super bowl. And he would bet on london getting a team before us. Jay kornegay vp race and sports operations westgate lv superbook it makes you wonder a little bit why they warm up to london when london has betting shops on every corner he says what the nfl doesnt get is that the books and the sport are on the same side. And they could probably create a mutually beneficial relationship. Jay kornegay vp race and sports
Erica and Nathan Hernandez didnt go to class at Grant Sawyer Middle School friday because theyre scared of what might happen. Erica i was scared i might die lorraine it really changed everything it really did just after 7am wednesday. The sixth and seventh grader were stopped on la palma avenue by two men. Cyndi erica and nathan were walking along this street when they noticed they were being followed once they rounded this corner they tell me the suspects got in front of them and demanded they empty their backpacks erica first i thought they were messing but then they pulled out the gun and i thought they were going to shoot me and my brother once the suspects were out of sight. The middle schoolers ran home. Erica one was white one was African American and they were wearing hoodies and jeans and one of them had jordans on i dont know what the other one had on because i was focused on the gun being pointed at us erica and nathans mom is terrified. In 2013 a student was killed over his