At the complex on the west side of town the last few hours. And joins us now with what were learning about the case. Sharie Johnson dave and denise. A tragic day for the family or families of these victims. And we know from police. One of the victims was related to a first responder. Metro police say this all started when a man stopped by these apartments to check on his friend. When he arrived, police say he found his friend and a woman dead inside. Police say it appears the man was shot but theyre not sure were told the victims were in their early 20s and had been dead for at least 24 hours. When we first arrived on scene, we noticed two family members identified by metro police, crying and visibly shaken and understandably so. And because of this Violent Crime today. One man says hes leaving. Afraid for his daughters safety jon quianzon, tenant just really scary what happens, im walking my daughter one night and somebody gets to shooting or whatever and then what happens next, i don
Leads in a Homicide Investigation that began this morning. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at tropicana and boulder highway at about 2 am. They found a man with a gunshot wound. He later died at sunrise hospital. Police say the shooting may be gangrelated. brian loftus listen up. A multimillion dollar Improvement Project just wrapped up. And people are celebrating. Literally. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live from flamingo and jones with the celebration taking place. Hey michael . Michael Stevens brian. Anytime construction wraps up. Drivers are cheering. Because it means less today. People who live, work or play along flamingo should be smiling. Its because the rtc just wrapped up a 46million dollar Improvement Project that lasted 17months. A number of local leaders took part in celebration ceremony here at west flamingo park. The rtc says not only did they upgrade traffic signals. Add more than 100 new bus shelters and bike lanes. Theyve also made the 14mile str
And cool evening temps in the 70s to 60s later. Tomorrow more sunshine back to the 80s by afternoon. But how warm will we get this week . And theres another chance of showers in the 7day. Thats all straight ahead in the extended forecast coming up morning commute if the weather gets soggy. Especially with even more longterm closures happening at the spaghetti bowl over night in what ndot is calling carnado. The next major closure for the next four months is taking this time its the interchange between 15northbound and the 95 north. Thats the big ramp over the entire spaghetti bowl. Traffic will get diverted to the mlk exit and back onto the 95 with only one lane. So ndot says drivers are going to have to be patient. Theres already a number of closures in place. The 15south to 95 north ramp is shut down. We traveled the detour having to exit lake mead boulevard. Heading down the road to mlk there is a whole lot of orange cones and slowing down going on. With the potential for rainits cr
Live near the spaghetti bowl. He got a look at the technology being used to ease traffic jams in the area. Mauricio . Mauricio Marin traffic is starting to slow down as people head home for the weekend. The major closure is the 15north connector to 95 northbound. Not a single car on it. And thats how its going to look for the next four months as ndot crews work to demolish a part of the bridge and start work to widen interstate 15. We got an inside looo center. Theyve partnered up with the Nevada Department of transportation to monitor traffic ramp meters and traffic lights in the area. In and around the spaghetti bowl areartc has 35 traffic cams that can help workers determine if realtime changes are needed to get traffic from backing up. One of the big issues theyre looking at is preventing traffic from backing up on side streets from detours in place particularly along mlk boulevard and lake mead. brian hoeft director, rtc fast we changed the signal time in anticipation in especiall
Outside, mostly cloudy, starting to see some sunbreaks outside across las vegas, zooming out farther, not much is headed our way. May still see isolated showers develop but for the most part were done with the rain. You can see clearing up for tonight and tomorrow. Another storm heading our way for sunday, mostly bringing the precipitation across northern and central nevada. A good amount of moisture ex several inches of snow expected there. I will let you know if we have any storms in the forecast and let you know what our halloween forecast is going to look like. The economy always ranks high on the list of things that americans are worried about. A huge part of that is medicare and Social Security. Lisa fletcher reports on what the candidates plan to do. Reporter Benjamin Franklin had it right, honesty is the somebody is going to tell the country the truth, our debt is the highest since world war ii. Its projected to grow faster than the economy and well have to bring our spending a