Sherry swensk < skies are cloudy and the ceiling is low this morning. Temps are mild with the overnight clouds. Right now we have a lot of 40s again. The humidity is high now after weve had a few round of light showers that started early yesterday morning. This first system is now exiting east. And making way for a larger and stronger system hitting california. Heavy rain is slamming the central and northern coast and there are plenty of winter storm warnings and flood watches for california today and tomorrow. We will look for rain later in day near noon and expecting the snow to pile up in our local mountains as well. Lets get a check of < Demetria Obilor accident reported in northeast on southbound i15 past lamb. Definitely looking damp in be careful roads could be a bit slick. Accident in North Las Vegas at craig and pecos. Accident on rancho, north of vegas. < < back to you. brian loftus were learning more. About new years eves Deadly Police shooting. Kirsten Joyce police shot and
Wanted for attempted murder. Good evening. Im Paula Francis. Dave Courvoisier and im Dave Courvoisier. Thanks for joining us. Authorities say the initial information on Keith Childress being wanted for murder, were not true. Paula Francis but they say childress ignored several warnings to stop advancing on officers and thats when they opened fire. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now reporter Vanessa Murphy was there as Police Updated the case. She has more. Vanessa . Vanessa Murphy dave and paula, metro police say a sergeant at the scene ordered the suspect Keith Childress to drop what officers thought was a gun for more than two minutes. When he did not comply, that sergeant and another officer opened fire hitting childress 5 times. He died at the scene. Officers later learned he was holding a cell phone. Heres the body camera video from the sergeant. Mome nts before the shooting. body cam video Vanessa Murphy the officer with metro for about a year according to undersheriff Kevin Mcmahill. H
Good afternoon. Im rikki cheese. Were in for somewhat of a wild ride with our weather this week. Lets go to meteorologist karla huegla and weather first. looks like las vegas will be starting the new year on cold centered around the utah colorado border, is an area of high pressure. Both systems are helping to filter in and amplify the mid and upper level moisture within the southwest. At the same time, these two system are breaking down our sufficient lift for shower production and that is what will occur not only for today but also tonight, tuesday, tuesday night, wednesday, wednesday night, thursday, thursday night, and even friday a death sentence for the man who made National Headlines for a deadly crash on the las vegas strip. Action News Reporter Parker Collins was in the courtoom when ammar harris learned his fate. The actual sentencing took just a few minutes. Take vo remember in 2013. Killed a man who was driving on the strip. And that mans car slammed into a jury sentenced h
But also tonight, tuesday, tuesday night, wednesday, wednesday night, thursday, thursday night, and even friday thanks greg a judge today is confirming ammar harris will die for killing three people in a fiery crash on the las vegas strip. Harris will die for killing three people in a fiery crash on the las vegas strip. But for the family left behind. The death sentence may not be enough action News Reporter Parker Collins was there for the emotional day in court. Parker the actual sentencing took just a few minutes. The hardest part was speaking to one of the victims brothers take nat sobbing 0 04 this is the brother of the cab driver who was killed. Remember in 2013. Harris shot and killed a man who was driving on the strip. And that mans car slammed into a cab. He and two other people died. Today harris refused to say anything. A jury sentenced harris to death in november. The cab drivers brother was shaken by how cold harris has been. He thinks a death sentence will take too long t
After celebrating new years weekend still others are just getting to town, theyre here for the First Convention of the year, the consumers electronic show, and as you can see the city was ready to greet them. Badges and all. The new Year Celebrations are over and thousands of visitors took to the sky and the roads to go home after spending some time in vegas. The i15 was packed with people making their way to california. It seems a few drivers couldnt handle the traffic so they decided to make their own route. But those attempted shortcuts came at a price when Law Enforcement got involved. Just as people left the valley, thousands more flocked to the city for the first Big Convention of the year. We get between 150, 175 thousand people from the tech profession here during the course of ces and more than a quarter of those are International Professionals from all over the world. While the International Consumer Electronics Show doesnt officially start until wednesday, early arrivals hav