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Biggest fear. End of pkg metro is reviewing the Surveillance Video today and theyre actively searching for suspects but, right now they cant confirm whether the man in the video is the man that stole the car. Reporting live near lake mead and nellis Michael Burton channel 13 action news. Were learning more about the woman police say was behind the wheel of the car that plowed down dozens on the las vegas strip. Her cousin spoke to contact 13 Investigative Reporter stephanie zepelin. There are so many victims of this crash, some still in the hospital recovering. The big question for them, their loved ones, and for police is why did this happen . . And thats also a question Lakeisha Holloways family is struggling with today. Hardaway gives of her cousin lakeisha are so different from the picture thats been painted. 01. 35 we love her and we know her 38 this vibrant, wonderful mother 42 hard, overachiever, always want to do the best 46 look her best, be at her best 48 police say holloway drove onto the sidewalk on las vegas boulvard, sending more than 30 people to the hospital. All while her three yearold daughter sat in the back seat. Hardaway says its completely unlike the parent she knows lakeisha to be. 03. 31 this girl, shes amazing 32 they have their little like dress up parties and 37 she. They absolutely adore each other, they adore each other 42 she insists the wreck was not planned and that her cousin is not a terrorist. In her arrest report, she didnt tell police why she wound up on the sidewalk. But that she remembered a body bouncing off her windshield and breaking it. Hardaway says she was not living in her car, that she had been traveling and had a long drive still ahead. Cope with headlines about the woman they loved. 4. 47 i was just numb 48 it wasnt. It wasnt real right away 51 i think right now its still not real 54 she asked us not to show her the facebook pictures of lakeisha. But we can tell you she was smiling, happy, welldressed, doing things with her daughter. This video supports that. Showing a professional woman making her way in the world. nats from video lakeishas mom and aunt are in las vegas now, but did not want to talk with us. 07. 15 i would want people to know that. I dont know. That shes an amazing person 19 and that whatever happened for that to happen, well just have to . . . . It out 32 her family offering their prayers to the victims, as they cope with a broken image of their loved one. 09. 34 its just hard for everybody right now 36 so im just hoping that everybody has some person that they can lean on for strength 42 because our family is leaning on each other there are some questions the family still did not want to answer. They did not want to tell us why she was in vegas, or where she was headed. They say theyre cooperating with detectives but did not want to talk about the case or about her daughter. Live at the clark county detention facility, soc. Lakeisha holloway. Is due in Court Tomorrow she was supposed to make an appearance today, but didnt show. Earlier today, District Attorney Steve Wolfson that he has filed one charge of murder with a Deadly Weapon. One charge of child abuse, neglect or endangerment. And one charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Meantime, 24 year old Lakeisha Holloway is on suicide watch. The deadly strip crash has many asking if more should be done to protect people walking along the las vegas strip. Some have even suggested adding county commissioner Steve Sisolak says the county has done a lot over the years to improve safety. Like adding pedestrian bridges and more recently putting up fences in some places and adding barriers at major intersections. He says putting up barriers all along the strip is impractical and might not have helped in this situation. 13 52 57 00 someone who wants to use a five or six thousand pound Lethal Weapon to go up on the sidewalk is no different than a gun or a knife, they are going to find a way to do it and you get behind a barrier and you cant get out. Sisolak says the commission is looking at other improvements like adding more fencing and possible putting in other pedestrian bridges. Be sure to stay with action news as we follow the latest developments on this story through the night. And through the rest of the week. You can also get updates anytime at ktnv. Com. Or on our new ktnv app for your smartphone or tablet. New video released today shows just how a Deadly Police shooting unfolded. This video from a police robot gets us closer than any person a unique perspective of the volatile situation. Action News Reporter David Schuman reported on this breaking news last week. And he brings us the story. Intro police swarmed a neighborhood near las vegas boulevard and craig when Brenda Kimberling wouldnt come out for several hours last week. We now know what the end of that standoff looked like some people might find the following video disturbing. She comes out onto her front porch with a shotgun barrel under her own chin. It appears shes yelling at police do you see this . Over and over. Metro says kimberling was having trouble with the trigger. And you can see she eventually turns the gun toward officers. That was all the signal the swat team needed to take action. Tag police say they were originally called to the home when they found out from kimberlings friends that she was trying to overdose on pills. In the newsroom, David Schuman, channel 13 action news. The woman charged with hitting and killing a man pushing his granddaughter down the street today. Galina kilova has been sentenced to 6 to 15years in prison. Youll remember she sparked outrage last year. , after she waited days to turn herself in. Because she wanted to spend the holidays with her family. Coming up at 6 30, action News Reporter Yasmeen Hassan will have reaction from the victims family and Galina Kilova herself. An action news update tonight bail has been set at onemillion dollars for the man accused of shooting a metro police officer. Teag fox appeared in court this morning. His bail was set at 1 million dollars. Fox is facing several charges, including attempted murder with a Deadly Weapon of a police officer. Police say fox approached officer Gregory Sedminik at the emerald suites apartments. And asked him twice, are you here to kill me . He then told the officer to look up before firing three rounds. Hitting sedminik below the arm. The officer is expected to make a full recovery. Action news is tracking the latest weather developments a live look outside right now as today is the First Official day of winter. Could we see some rain or even and christmas . Action news meteorologist karla huelga has a look at what we can expect. Karla . The forecast continues on track with on and off cloud cover through tomorrow, before our next big system starts to make its way into the area for the holidays. Expect breezy winds tonight with lows in the low to mid 40s, then another fairly mild day tomorrow with highs in the about 45 mph and chances for rain starting in the afternoon as well. New at 6 tonight democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is back to the silver state. The vermont senator will be coming to reno on sudnay before heading to las vegas for a campaing stop at Canyon Springs high school. The event begins at 6 30pm. Dramatic cell phone video shows the moment a fire breaks out at an apartment complex. A local family turns to action news after barely escaping the flames, saying the smoke detectors never went off. Action news went looking for answers when you ask. We investigate. Coming up. In contact 13 tonight. A major recall involving pressure cookers after several people have been burned. What you need to know. And contact 13 is ready to help you with a consumer problem. Just contact one of our volunteers any weekday between 11 and 1. Our hotline number is 702368 2255. An action news updabail has been set at seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for david coleman. Police say he was speeding down las vegas boulevard saturday night. When he hit and killed Thomas Phillips riding a moped. Coleman then took off, but was later arrested. New developments tonight on that horrific house fire that left one person dead and three others badly hurt. The coroner has confirmed that 45 yearold Mario Jimenez was burned to death and it has been ruled murder. This happened back in november at a home near lamb and sherill. Authorities say the house was intentionally set on fire. With jimenez and his family members inside. Tied up. Neighbors were able to rescue two women and a baby. Another man who had been stabbed. Also made it out alive. However, when neighbors went back in to save jimenez. It was too late. Police still havent made any arrests or released a description of the suspect. An apartment goes up in flames and the renters say their off. But whats worse is the residents say the Management Company knew about the problem and did nothing. So they turned to us. When you ask, we investigate. Days before christmas. Their home caught fire last night. Check out this video of the flames. The dad is saying a friend saved their lives. And hes saying its because there werent any working smoke nothing. If it wasnt for somebody beating on our door we would have burned. Its a story you asked us to investigate. Action News Reporter Parker Collins learned theres work nats of sirens presents waiting to be unwrapped. Family coming together. And the unthinkable tears everything apart. nat sobbing from facebook video 0 21 kristopher youts, home caught fire 22 57 3922 57 48 my wifes out of it. Shes trembling in her shoes. Doesnt know which way to turn, which way to look up. Everything weve built over the last six years is gone. Its hard to tell which is more terrifying. The before. Or after the fire. Jada robinson, neighbor 00. 28. 25. 00 they were running around the apartment saying, fire, fire, fire and then we came down and saw them running and screaming and running around. One person was rushed to the hospital. The family of three is okay now. And the complex managers say theyre working to get another space ready for them by christmas since theyre under lease. Standup you cant get too close to the home because of this fence. The damage is very bad. In the wreckage you can see a fire extinguisher someone tried using to put out the flames. 22 54 2622 54 35 im still not completely over it. The only person who saved our butts was vanessa. The office that lives here on property. She was the one that was beating on our door. Thats maybe the scariest part no smoke alarm went off the father of the home says theyve been broken for months and even though hes asked. Management hasnt done anything. And thats exactly why we got involved. The first stop we went for answers the leasing office. Not long after that, we got a call back from the apartment managers. Who says this isnt entirely their fault. They claim they just bought the complex last week. And when they did there were a lot of incomplete work orders. But the president of the new Management Group assures us he plans on inspecting every alarm. Parker collins channel thirteen action news. You Better Believe we didnt stop there. This is all about accountability. We also wanted to find out what the previous Management Group had to say about this. The did tell us they hadnt heard about the fire. But we want to know about the as for that. All theyd say is that they werent aware of that. As always. If you have an issue or problem youd like us to check out. Send us an email to 13investigates ktnv. C om and be sure to include your phone number. The bay area received a good soaking with another round of chilly rain. And all that rain means good news for those headed to the mountains for a white christmas. The storm was set to bring roughly four feet of snow to Higher Elevations of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and prime powder to skiers and snow boarders. Kirkwood, heavenly and northstar, reported getting roughly 3 feet of fresh snow overnight. The forecast continues on track with on and off cloud cover through tomorrow, before our next big system starts to make holidays. Expect breezy winds tonight with lows in the low to mid 40s, then another fairly mild day tomorrow with highs in the upper 50s. Thursday afternoon, the first effect we will feel from the system will be gusty winds to about 45 mph and chances for rain starting in the afternoon as well. The chance for rain will linger into christmas. Mountain snow is also expected with this system. A slight cool down is in store for thursday to the mid 50s, then the system bring in abundant cool air that will sit over the region for quite a few days. Afternoon highs will only reach the mid to upper 40s Christmas Day and over the weekend. In addition, at and below freezing lows are expected morning. Conditions will be windy on friday, then down to breezy saturday and wind chill factors will definitely be in play both days. By the start to next week, a westnorthwesterly flow will bounce high temps back to the low 50s. Time now. For the latest consumer home sales plunged sharply in november, as rising prices are creating affordability pressures and new regulations have delayed finalizing purchases. The National Association of realtors says sales of existing homes were down 10. 5 percent. In real estate for much of 2015. The introduction of a new disclosure form in october likely prevented many homebuyers from closing on sales in november. Home values are also rising at more than double the pace of wages. The median home sales price was just over 220,00 here in las vegas it was nearly 194,000 breville is recalling more than 35thousand fast slow pressure cookers. They say pressure could release unexpectedly. And you could be burned by hot air and steam. This has already happened five times. In one case. The victim suffered seconddegree burns. These were sold at several stores. Including best buy, and bed bath and beyond. If you have one. Stop using it immediately. Big news today for Southern Nevada residents with solar panels. And many of them arent too happy about it. Well tell you why solar customers wallets may soon be a little lighter. Youre watching channel 13, action news, where you ask, and we investigate. Changes for how much nv energy is going to pay people with solar panels. Today, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission voted to adopt a plan that will reduce how much nv energy pays customers for excess energy their solar panel produce. The new plan also changes the flat service rate for customers with those solar panels. The changes would phase in over beginning of the year. Coming up on action news live at 6 30 after a very deadly year on valley roads, metro officers are stepping up their efforts to keep pedestrians safe. Plus. The manhunt is intensifying for the teen who avoided prison time in a deadly drunk driving accident because of his affluent background. Well tell you why officers now say they arent ruling anything out in the search for ethan couch. Right now on action news live a sentence the flu virus hits big. With aches, chills, and fever, theres no such thing as a little flu. And it needs a big solution an antiviral. So when the flu hits, call your doctor right away and up the ante with antiviral tamiflu. Prescription tamiflu is an antiviral that attacks the flu virus at its source and helps stop it from spreading in the body. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people two weeks of age and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu, tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions, or take other medicines. If you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior, stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion, or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting