Im christine maddela. Police are looking for 25 year old alonso perez. Who escaped custody and then stole a pickup truck. Perez is the man suspected of killing 31year old Mohammad Robinson in North Las Vegas this past weekend. Fox5s Vince Sapienza tracked down the manager of the company who saw the stolen truck take off from his parking lot. Hes live in the newsroom. John. Christine. At this time police are still scarambling to find alonso perez. A man police are describing as armed and dangerous. Due to his history of violence. The manager i spoke with said he shocked to hear. Not only someone escape Police Custody. But the fact that dangerous criminals are routinely brought near his workplace. We just had a truck jacked, and they said oh well we just lost a suspect, and we said you lost a suspect. The answer to that is yes. Alonso perez. A 63 200 pound hispanic man who was last seen wearing a 21 Dallas Cowboys jersey. He also has a three inch air jordan tatoo on his neck. The prime s
Kirsten Joyce so far, flights heading to the east coast from mccarran. Are on time this morning. But if youre traveling by car. The roads will be packed. Kirsten joyce the people at trip advisor say more than 35percent of travelers are packing their bags and heading home today. brian loftus 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live above the i15 with what you can expect if youre hitting the roads today. Good morning michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Its expected to be a very busy day on our roads. Over 60percent of people planned to drove to their labor day destinations this year. And if those numbers hold true a major interstate like the i15 could be packed . In order to keep everyone safe on our roads. A number of Law Enforcement agencies have been teaming up all weekend to target heavily las vegas. Listen to these numbers. On average, about 45thousand people drive this stretch per day. Adding up to about 16million cars per year. With this stretch being one of the busiest i
Their life jackets. Shakala Alvaranga what youll also want to keep a look out for is the wind. Though it is calm now, when it picks up. It can form waves up to 10 feet tall. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. paul joncich a huge wildfire in Northern California has now charred more than 25thousand acres. The gap fire in the Klamath National forest is still only 30percent contained. The blaze has been burn new evacuations in some areas near happy camp over the weekend. More than 18hundred firefighters are working to put the fire out. Investigators are still trying to figure out what started it. paul joncich the gap fire is just of one several wildfires burning in california. This was how it looked yesterday in the valley as smoke from fires burning in the southern part of the state drifted into Southern Nevada. Its promted an air quality advisory for clark county until the end of today. The county air quality problems to limit their time outdoors. Christianne Klein in parts of
Well be just about there again today. It will stay dry today. With High Pressure in charge and low pressure well north up into the pacific northwest. As that low moves into the rockies tomorrow. It will increase a southerly flow of moisture into the desert tomorrow. And that could bring tomorrow. Then breezy winds by friday. Hot temps keep climing this afternoon up to 105 by 4 00. But i can see a nice long break from the 100s coming for the holiday weekend. Well take a look in your weather now forecast. brian loftus the search is on for 25 people. To become North Las Vegas next group of police officers. The next step in the process is the physical fitness test. More than 2hundred people showed up. Giving it their all. School near owens and bruce with a look at what they had to do to move on. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga brian, the last group is on their final portion of the test. Its a group of about 20 people. This is what the test looks like. Pushups, sit ups, an agility run, and from
Thing and i think that by the time i came around, i was like no, we dont do that anymore. Although i do love to wear the white in summer. Shawn ive got to be honest, if i had an all white suit, id be wearing it today. Just to spite the rule. Jj im gonna get you a white suit. Shawn there we go. Ill go all white and be like that one cool kid at the prom that goes all white with the top hat. Thats gonna be me. What are you doing today . Its a shorter day for us today. Jj yeah, im milking this weekend for every moment that its worth. Husband and my dogs. Shawn awesome. Jj thats where its at. Shawn very cool. Jj what about you . Shawn ill be doing as little as possible. Frankly, i may go home and take a nap. Jj good for you. Shawn first up this morning jj why not start now. laughter shawn first up this morning, get a taste of summers end. Jj oh, yes, our friend chef doreen fong stopped by with a little bit of spark thatll add some wow to any of your party plans today. Here to get us ready i