Metro gets a 911 call. A mans body is found in a backyard on covey lane. I heard this pop, pop, pop, pop, 8 shots, very rapid succession. For hours the mans body laid here. Neighbors thought that pop pop was fireworks. I have really failed in my civic duty. I should have called the cops when i heard those noises immediately. It wasnt small caliber. Police say the victim, described as a hispanic male in his 30s, died from an apparent gunshot wound. And just an hour later over at parkway villas on greene lane. Police were called to a fight that broke out between two men. Once they arrived, they noticed he had an injury to his head. He was transported to Desert Springs and less than an hour, about 45 minutes later, he was declared deceased. Police tell 8 news now. The 44 year old man suffered a head injury. Of difficulty breathing. We have a couple of people, the witness and the other person in the fight detained. Two homicides in one day. Someone lost their life today and regardless of w
A hispanic male in his 30s. It was actually a neighbor here on covey lane that stumbled upon his body this afternoon. Police say the man died from an apparent gunshot wound. Homicide detectives as well as the crime scene unit is on scene this all unfolded around 1 o c ave and covey lane. Neighbors heard atleast six gunshots in the area. But thought they may have been fireworks. Shakala Alvaranga as of right now, police are still searching for a suspect. Sharie . Sharie Johnson shakala, do we know anything firefighters are making progress on the blue cut fire. Burning near cajon pass. In southern california. The fire has charred more than 37thousand acres. Working to gain control of containment lines. They hope to move people back into areas that have been evacuated. The fire has destroyed more than 100 homes and over 200 other structures. its terrible it changes everything i mean neighbors arent some people might not comes back Sharie Johnson more than 80 thousand people were intially
Aid. They say hes responsible for the collision which happened on wednesday. On boulder highway north of warm springs. Police say the 50yearold woman who died was not in a crosswalk at the time of the crash. Sharie Johnson were learning more about a shooting in pahrump which put a child in danger. According to the nye county sheriffs department. The alleged shooter and the victims mother conspired together in the attack. Deputies arrested 21 yearold cody barns. And 42 yearold kirsty finnegan. They say barns opened fire yesterday on his underaged girlfriend and another man. After a domestic dispute. Authorities says the two were in a vehicle and drove away to a home. Where barns chased them. And opened fire again. No one in the home or vehicle were injured. Deputies tracked down barns and arrested him in ventura california. During their investigation. Deputies learned the underaged girls mother. Conspired with barns to commit the shooting. They both face a number of Sharie Johnson a hor
Than 14 million new jobs; the strongest two years of job growth since the 90s; an Unemployment Rate cut in half. He expressed frustration with the growing political divide and himself, president barack obama i have no doubt a president with the gifts of lincoln or roosevelt might have better bridged the divide. Though he couldnt resist a few notsoveiled swipes at republican frontrunner donald trump, president barack obama all the talk of americas economic decline is hot air. Overall, the president used the state of the union as a call to action. president barack obama i believe in change, because i believe in you the American People and thats why i stand here as confident as ive ever been, that the state of our union is strong. brian loftus south gave the republican response. She disagreed with the president when it came to his record on the economy. nikki haley were feeling a crushing national debt, a Health Care Plan that has made insurance less affordable. And doctors less available
This incident occurred in january of 2015. Near tropicana and industrial. Scavone was fired the following september. We are still waiting to learn if and when scavones body cam footage will be released. 8 news now will continue to keep you updated on both of these developing stories. Kirsten Joyce president obama delivered his final state of the Union Address last night. In it, he laid out his agenda for what he hopes will be a busy 8th year in office. Karin caifa has the highlights from capitol hill mr. Speaker, the president of the United States president obamas final state of the Union Address struck an optimistic tone. Combining an ambitious agenda with a sense of hope for the future. president barack obama i dont want to talk just about the next year. I want to focus on te next five years, ten years, and beyond. The president addressed some of the division in congress and democracy grinds to a halt without a willingness to compromise with recent terror attacks on the minds of many