A white female in her mid to late 40s was shot and killed by metro swat this afternoon after a standoff that started around 11 this morning. Metro crises negotiators established contact with the woman who made it very clear she would shoot at any officers that would approach her. Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly she stated with the Crisis Negotiation Team that she wanted to get into a gun fight with the officers and also made a statement that she was going to point guns at them and make them shoot her. Closed captioning on two occasions she did come out of her home on aviation street with a handgun. The third time she came out with a shotgun put it under her chin tried to manipulate the trigger couldnt. She then turned the shotgun toward police and thats when a swat officer shot and killed her. The next gop debate is set to begin in just over 24 hours on the las vegas strip. And candidates are already arriving in las vegas. Senator marco rubio
Closed captioning will resume shortly the female exited with a shotgun and put it underneath her chin and attempted to manipulate the trigger to shoot herself but she was unsuccessful was having a hard time manipulating the trigger, at that time she raised the shotgun and pointed it at the swat officers nearby, at which time two of our swat snipers fired. Closed captioning tomorrow night the gop candidates for president will once again face off in two debates this time in las vegas. The contenders are already making their presence felt here in town. Lets check in live with Abby Theodros live from the venetian where the debates will take place tomorrow. Cnn has been broadcasting all day in preparation of the big event tomorrow. And while things appear to be running smoothly officials with the venetian say this debate has been nearly a year in the making. Officials have been working with cnn and the Republican National committee for about a year with specific logistical preparations star
Here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. An officer leaves a 23year old man dead. Metro released the footage showing the moments before officers opened fire killing Keith Childress. Fox5s Cyndi Lundeberg spoke with the family who say they are left with more questions than answers. To assist in trackng childress. Metro says childress missed his last court date and they believed he was on the run. They were told he was wanted for attempted murder. Metro says they were also told he might be armed. It was reported to metro by the us marshals that the weapon was in the car and childress was wanted for attempted murder the attempted murder charge turned out to be false metro says childress was hit 5 times. After not complying to more than two dozen officer commands. Officers believed he had a gun. It was
Family. The family tells me they are just absolutely devastated. Keith childress was shot by police on december 31st on gilded crown court. He was in town visiting from arizona. There was a warrant out for his arrest. His family says that shouldnt have been a death sentence. Drop the gun drop the gun whats to drop theres no weapon so whats to drop there sno gun in his hands the family of Keith Childress watches the last moment of the 23 year olds life. The family says they asked they see the entire video but the Police Department said no. The video released to the public shows just before shots were fired by police. We are actually completely outrage on december 31 metro Police Sayjust after 2 pm they were called in to assist in trackng childress. Metro says childress they believed he was on the run. They were told he was wanted for attempted murder. Metro says they were also told he might be armed. It was reported to metro by the us marshals that the weapon was in the car and childres
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