The superintendent closed down the entire Los Angeles Unified School district over a threatening email sent to School Board Members last night. Police say it targeted all schools in the system. chief charlie beck lapd the implied threat was explosive devices. The specific threat was assault rifles and machine pistols. New york Authorities Say they received the same email, but called it a hoax. Los angeles officials are defending the superintendents decision to close schools and say they took the precaution based on recent terror attacks in San Bernardino and overseas. mayor Garcetti Los Angeles our first job is to ensure people are safe in our city. Some students are more concerned about their exams than a potential threat. Jasmine Castro Hollywood High School student im just getting worried about finals, cuz i studied a lot for my french final. standup bridge Chris Martinez cbs news, los angeles the superintendent ordered authorities to inspect every school by the end of the day. ray
Fatal shooting of a woman in her own her home in northeast las vegas. This all started very early this morning. And tonight police are still on the scene of this incident. 8 news now reporter Patranya Bhoolsuwan is live near craig and nellis with the latest on this developing story. Patranya Bhoolsuwan we just talked to Metro Sergeant jeff clark just a short time ago. He confirmed that metro swat officers shot and killed a woman in a home right across the street from us here on the 45hundred block aviation street. This after she threatened not to just take her own life, but that of the officers on the scene. With the use of not just one but two separate weapons. This apparently all started around 6 oclock this morning when the womans friend from out of state called metro. Asking police to go check on her. This after she saw a video of that woman trying to kill herself by overdosing on pills. When police got there, she initially did not respond. But after a few hours, the woman came out
Holloway drove through a busy portion of the Las Vegas Stripand Authorities Say it was intentional. Plus were learning more about the victims and the woman charged with the crime. Good evening. Im Denise Valdez. paul joncich and im paul joncich. Dave and paula are off tonight. Metro Police Leaders releasing more information today about the scary ordeal. Denise Valdez we have Live Team Coverage of the crash. 8 news now reporter karen castro is live outside umc with the latest on the injured and the woman who lost her life. paul joncich iteam investigator glen meek dug into the driverss background. But first. Mauricio marin joins us live from las vegas boulevard and harmon with more on what police have discovered. Mauricio Marin although the investigation has wrapped up on scene. Metro Police Say Detectives are now combing through surveillance camera footage and witness statements to see why Lakeisha Holloway may have done this. Sheriff joe lombardo says some from hurting even more peopl
As rescue crews in north texas sift through debris for people still unaccounted for. Nat soti found the jet. Many residents are retrieving what little they have left following this weekends deadly tornadoes Denise Garcia resident compared to our neighbors, i think we got pretty lucky, the house is still standing, the walls are standing more than a hundred homes in the garland were reduced to rubble saturday when an ef4 tornado, packing winds of up to 200 Miles Per Hour, tore through the area. 61yearold Gwendolyn Wheatley says it was the scariest night of her life Gwendolyn Wheatley resident i just stayed in my closest all night long, shaking like a leaf on a tree Omar Villafranca cbs news rowlett, texas a 24 hour curfew remains in effect here in rowlett where an ef3 tornado also caused extensive damage. On sunday authorities evacuated residents near this damaged water tower out of fears of flooding Brian Funderburk rowlett city manager at this point weve had an engineer assess it. He w
Sharie Johnson metro Police Released the name of the officer who was shot earlier this week. He is 52year old officer greg sedminik. 38yearold teag fox is accused of pulling the trigger. Metro says he shot at sedminik once in the armpit area. And once in the vest. It happened south of the strip on thursday. Fox was taken into custody miles from the original scene. He faces charges of attempted murder with a Deadly Weapon on a police officer. Battery with a Deadly Weapon. And more. Officer sedmink. Has been with metro since 1997. He is now on standard paid administrative leave and is expected to make a full recovery. Sharie Johnson we are less than a weekend away from christmas and that has many scrambling to get their last minute shopping wrapped up. We went to the premium outlets near downtown to check out the scene. And you didnt have to look far to find some shoppers trying to finish checking off their list. And with so many people putting off their shopping. Thi through the end of