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
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it began on january 2nd, when an armed Anti Government group took over a National Wildlife refuge in eastern oregon. Then, late yesterday, the standoff suddenly lurched into violent conflict. And today, questions swirled about what happened, and what happens next. After weeks of waiting, federal and state officers corralled the militia leaders during a traffic stop. Looked like they were making some arrests and clogging up the highway. I am glad to see an end to this. Hopefully it is an end to this.
And boulder city. These areas should not see an inches last night and another trace to 1. 5 inches this travelers. By the late morning the rain should subside and our next concern will be the winds. A wind advisory is up for the should reach gusts around 50 mph or higher along with high winds, temperatures today only reach into the upper 40s and winds weaken slightly into tuesday with high temperatures still featured in the upper 40s and lower 50s but by wednesday, with the low 50s wednesday afternoon, mid 50s thursday, upper 50s friday and the weekend will yield low 60s and mainly sunny skies. This wild storm came with lightening. And firefighters those bolts caused a home to go up in flames yesterday. No one was injured but the 2hundred thousand dollars. You can see the smoke going high into the sky. This storm system is also bringing snow to Southern Nevada. Its piling up in the Higher Elevations this morning. A viewer sent us these pictures. This is highway 320 in lincoln county, a
Between 2025 mph and gusts hovering at 40 mph the red rock area and Higher Elevations should reach gusts around 50 mph or higher along with high winds, temperatures today only reach into the upper 40s and lower 50s. This means a wind chill factor will be nearing the upper 30s so please dress warm today the winds weaken slightly into thanks greg. Our Team Coverage continues with meteorologist carlo falco. Carlo youre out near pahrump. And the snow is already falling carlo talks about snow falling in pahrump. B t d cf mk thanks carlo. Now lets go to marissa kynaston. Whos in boulder some problems on cajone pass right now. Theres an overturned big rig in the southbound lanes of 15 theres an overturned big rig in the southbound lanes of 15 near cajon pass. Take a look at this video of the back up. Only one lane is open there. Again this is on the 15 near highway 138 in cajon pass. I could have ended up dead. I have a wife and two kids a fight between a driver and a motorcycle rider ends wi
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it began on january 2nd, when an armed Anti Government group took over a National Wildlife refuge in eastern oregon. Then, late yesterday, the standoff suddenly lurched into violent conflict. And today, questions swirled about what happened, and what happens next. After weeks of waiting, federal and state officers corralled the militia leaders during a traffic stop. Looked like they were making some arrests and clogging up the highway. I am glad to see an end to this. Hopefully it is an end to this.