Almost 100 feet. So far authorities have not released that persons name. We will keep you updated on this story as we work to learn more. Moving now. To the southeast. Where the death toll has risen to 18 people. Severe weather wreaked havoc over the christmas holiday. Flash floods took over parts of georgia and alabama. Meanwhile a tornado smashed through birmingham on christmas day. It was like pouring down, heavy rain. And then all of a sudden the glass and the windows just broke out and then it sounded like someone was clawing the tin off of the house the roof more thunderstorms are expected going into next week. Now to a developing story were following back at home today. Sources tell us two metro officers shot what they thought was an intruder overnight. Turns out that intruder. Was one of their mothers, according to a metro source. North Las Vegas Police tell us midnight startled the couple. Thinking it was an intruder. The married pair fired approximately 27 rounds. Hitting the woman in the leg. Police say the woman shot did not break in. She had access to the home. Were told the officers are both fairly new to metro. The womans worked with the force only a couple years. The man is still in the academy. No charges are being filed against either of them. According to investigators. The 101 in california is back open. And officials are making progress on a dramatic wildfire burning in Ventura County. Abcs Kayna Whitworth reports. A downed. Private power line. Sparked the fire which has now surged to more than 12hundred acres. Pkg script natsot oh my god, oh my god. We are driving through fire. A holiday nightmare greeted drivers in Southern California christmas night . Natsot we cant see anything. Fastmoving flames at first creeping toward the 101 freeway . Natsot this is scary like its gonna jump the freeway. Im really scared. Then it did . Forcing many people to either turn back or drive natsot . engine guns . Ahhaha crazyman phew over and over drivers passed flames right at the roadways edge. Fire Officials Say powerful santa ana winds gusting to 45 miles an hour carried embers over the highway, pushing it across what should have been a natural barrier. Nats . Winds . The state Highway Patrol shutdown parts of the 101 . And the nearby Pacific Coast highway. County officials immediately put the solimar Beach Community under mandatory evacuation and surrounding areas on voluntary status. Sot capt. Steve kaufmann Ventura County fire dept. Make sure everything is buttoned up tight . If you leave any window or garage door open, thats just an entrance for one of these embers that our firefighters down the way are fighting. By daylight the fire had grown huge plumes of smoke filling the sky. Grass and bushes extremely dry. Sot norman plott division chief, Ventura CountyFire Department very dynamic fire control since were at end of this drought. Six hundred firefighters are on the scene, with aid coming in by air . But the winds are still a concern. Sot norman plott division chief, Ventura CountyFire Department were not out of the woods yet. Kayna whitworth, abc news, Ventura County, california. Officials expect to spend the next three days getting this fire fully under control. Emergency crews had a busy night cleaning up the damage after a historic bridge collapsed in indiana. Take a look, crews say the bridge, built in 1880, gave way when a semi truck drove across it yesterday the truck was almost six times over the weight limit. Luckily, no one was hurt. Some people in town are hoping the historic bridge can be rebuilt. Either way, Officials Say it could be closed for months. Alabama police are searching for two gunmen. Who they say. Shot four teenagers outside a Movie Theater in west mobile. Police say two fourteen year olds. One male and one female. Were both shot in the leg. Two other. 18year old. Male victims. Threatening injuries from gunshots. Witnesses say the victims got into an argument with the two gunmen in the Movie Theater parking lot just before five this. I mean they need their momma. Their mommas need to come out here and get them. This is ridiculous. Police say the two shooters ran away. They are believed to be juveniles. In illinois, two people are dead tonight. Shot by police in chicago. It happened early this morning on the citys west side. After Police Responded to what they described. As a domestic disturbance. A chicago fire dispatcher said a 19yearold man and 56yearold woman were transported from the area after the shooting. A woman told a local news Station Police killed her son. She described him as a College Student with challenges. He was having a mental situation, sometimes he gets a little loud, but not violent. I was just with my son on christmas. I talked to him and told him he has to control his temper. Detectives say responding combative individual. The independent. Police review authority. Is investigating the incident. New at six. Republican president ial candidate Donald Trumps taking credit for the obama administrations plan. To step up deportations starting next month. Trump says the move. Only came. After his regular calls on the campaign trail to deport the estimated 11million undocumented immigrants in the us. The nationwide raids will reportedly focus on the hundreds of families that have entered the United States since 2014. The plan was quickly condemned by democratic president ial candidates. One of the remaining democratics racing for the white house is headed for nevada. Senator Bernie Sanders is planning stops in reno tomorrow. And las vegas on monday. His las vegas rally is at Canyon Springs high school on alexander and fifth. It starts at 6 30 pm. Its the day after christmas returvs and sales shopping malls across the valley are packed everyones got a little extra money in their pocket and stores are ready to take it. Action News ReporterMichael Burton joins us live from downtown summerlin. Michael. Did you you spend all your money yet . Jacqui, thats assuming i have any. But if i did i wouldnt be alone as you can see but i wouldve definitely spent it today because of signs like this twice a year sale. Some of the deals out here today wont be here for long. Were here to spend some money. I got purses. I bought a bunch of stuff unfortunately. Im getting them more presents right now. I got a dress that was 170 for like. 40 bucks. Thats right the day after christmas is right up there with black friday and Christmas Shopping days of the year. Believe or not, a recent study by American Express predicts the day after christmas could outsell black friday and cyber monday this year. Today is also the day when shoppers return gifts and use the store credit or money they get back on special bargains. Its pretty chiily outside today but it doesnt look like that kept too many from coming out. How much of your Christmas Money are you spending today . All of it. Hahahahahahaaha alright, as you can see the christmas cheer is still in the air. Not sure how much money has been spent here so far today but that same American Express study predicts the average shopper will spend 186 dollars today. Reporting live from downtown summerlin Michael Burton channel 13 action news. Later in the show. Were coming back to the deep discounts. And the things to buy right postchristmas tree recycling also started today. The city of hendersons collecting trees now through january 14th at various parks. Work crews will chip the trees into mulch to be used in city parks and other landscaping around henderson. The city asks that you dont try to recycle fake trees. And remember to take off all your ornaments. The list of places you can recycle is listed on our website, ktnv. Com. Coming up. Customers fed up with fed ex. Theyre now blaming the company for ruining christmas. Plus. Blizzards. Tornadoes and flooding. Oh my devastating storms are slamming the us. And a real life nightmare before christmas for passengers station in dallas. Now to a consumer alert from contact 13. You thought you were done with holiday shopping. Think again. For the hardcore. Its all just beginning. The weekend after christmas is the time to go out and snag some of the best deals out there. Abcs mary bruce reports. Its not for he faint of heart. Script this morning, the holiday may be over, but the shopping season is still going strong. The postchristmas rush is on . Retailers are slashing prices, eager to sell off extra inventory and appeal to shoppers making exchanges. 5510 retail me not for gm sot brian hoyt Vice President of communications for retailmenot 16;40;56;37 what we know the day after christmas is that nearly 7 and 10 shoppers are going to be hitting the sales. And they truly are going to be experiencing some major discounts in certain categories the best bargains apparel. Thanks to warmer than usual weather, retailers are struggling to sell winter clothes. Making for huge savings. Like macys where womens coats are 5060 percent off on select styles. gfx clothing, especially for off. Designer clothes even better at an average 49 off. Its also a good time to stock up for next year holiday swag, like wrapping paper and decorations, see steep discounts. With gift card sales reaching a new peak a whopping 130 billion dollars, according to industry experts. Now is a good time to start cashing in. 5505 Nerdwallet Gma intv sot nerdwallet expert 20;07;58;45 year after year we have found that gift cards are one of the most popular gifts because they give people the freedom to not have to pick a gift thats perfect for the recipient and at starbucks. The coffee behometh predicted record gift card sales this season fed up. With fed ex. Customers are taking to social media. Venting their frustrations over the companys shipping snafu. Thousands of holiday packages didnt make under the tree in some people are blaming the company for ruining the holiday. Fed ex tried making up for the blaming bad weather and an overload of last minute orders. I almost feel like they dont get enough credit but big shout out to all of those fed ex drivers the Company Released a statement friday assuring customers that employees volunteered to work the christmas shift. And that priority was given to residential shipments and re attempts to customers who were not at home to accept previosly attempted deliveries. A Cross Country christmas flight tuning into a nightmare for nearly 200 people it took the frustrated flyers almost a full day to go from miami to l a. Passengers say it started with a thud felt around the plane. Then the smell of smoke. And engine troubles according to american airlines. The airbus 321s. Emergency landing in lubbock texas is just the beginning. After spending 14 hours stuck only half way to their flight 295s passengers were told their new plane would have to make a stop in dallas for fuel. Before finally reaching la 20 hours after leaving miami. The fact is we paid a fare to get us there within a certain amount of time and they fell well outside of that range. Passengers say flight attendants threatend to kick them off the flight if they pulled out ther phones to record the madness. American airlines did not respond to those specific allegations. New developments on an unsolved beating in texas. The judge wounded last month outside her austin home is out of the hospital. Julie kocurek is the presiding. District court judge for travis county. She was attacked a few weeks before thanksgiving. No motive or suspect has been named in the case. However, a 28yearold houston man in custody on a murder charge. Is a person of interest in the shooting. Staying in texas. Cell phone video shows the damage left to a mosque after muslims in the houston neighborhood gathered last night for prayers. The fire started yesterday afternoon and about 80 firefighters worked to put the flames out. Arson investigators and the atf are on the scene and looking into the possiblity this fire was started intentionally. achref bava attendee a burned mosque, a burned church or a burned synagogue, or a burned temple. Its not good to see it like that. Officials havent determined the cause yet, but they are investigating it as suspicious because it happened at a religious building. Right now forecasters are predicting a historic blizzard for the texas and oklahoma panhandles. A warning is in efect now through monday. Meanwhile a tornado watch is in efect for the dallas and fort worth areas following a tornado south of dallas. Severe weather that has hammered the southeast over the past several days. And it just wont let up. The threat of wet weathers still there. And now an alabama correctional facility has been evacuated as precaution to flash flooding. Drivers have already transported the inmates to cnns nick valencia takes a look at the damage. And how storm victims are coping. Reporter pkgas follows nats rain Severe Weather batters several southern states. Heavy rains hammer parts of alabama. nats rain the water made some roads impassable. Rescue crews helping residents trapped in their homes. The National Weather service said a potential tornado touched down in birmingham causing damage to several blocks. charles gordon, Birmingham Fire chief the damage that was done was confined to approximately one square mile. We have three structures, three houses that collapsed. We transported one patient from the scene, there were two others that were removed from at least 117 homes overcome by water. In georgia, the rain damaged roads and made driving treacherous. nats rain and in mississippi, flood warnings and relentless rain add more misery tornados that killed at least 8people in the state. Many roads are flooded and some people are dealing with rising water in their homes. In wren, mississippi, victor and tameka hale watched as their home of ten years was overtaken by water. tameka hale homeowner the refrigerator, the lawn mower, the trailer, it just floated away, garbage can, everything gone. victor hale homeowner it happened so fast we had to get up and get out of there, the rain was coming way too fast. The couple and their nineyearold son now homeless and staying with relatives. tameka hale homeowner its discouraging. We lost everything. My child. He didnt get none of his christmas items. Wind advisory in effect until 10 pm pst this evening. Tonight. Windy. C older. Clear. Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Lows 23 to 27 on the west side of the valley. 26 to 29 on the east side. North wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Sunday. Sunny. Highs 41 to 44 on the west side of the valley. North wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon. Sunday night. Mostly clear. Lows 23 to 27. Winds generally light. Monday. Mostly sunny. Highs 43 to 46 on the west side of the valley. 44 to 48 on the east side. Winds generally light. Monday night. Mostly cloudy. Lows 30 to 33 on the west side of the valley. 31 to 34 on the east side. Winds generally light becoming northwest up to 10 mph after midnight. Tuesday. Mostly sunny. Highs around 47. Tuesday night through thursday. Mostly clear. Lows 30 to highs 49 to 52. Thursday night through saturday. Clear. Lows 31 to 34. Highs 49 to 52. Still ahead. If you use sprint or verizon, you could have some coming your way, but youll have to act fast. The deadline to claim your cash is just days away. Its boxing day in the uk, many other former and current british colonies. If youre unfamiliar with the holiday, it has nothing to do with the sport of boxing. The name comes from the tradition of giving christmas boxes to servants and tradespeople on december 26th the day after christmas. Much like black friday, its become a major shopping day. We have another consumer alert from contact 13. Sprint and verizon customers may have unclaimed money waiting for them. But theres a deadline to claim it. This thursday. Both wireless carries are paying customers back for unauthoriezed third party messages. Like horoscopes or sports scores. Dollars. Current and former subscribers who paid for unauthorized texts beginning july 1st, 2010 can file a request. Verizon and sprint both have online claim forms. Bryan has another look at your forecast in just a bit. Youre watching channel 13 tt2watz f4 bt q6]h tt2watz f4 a q q, tt2watz f4 bm qz tt4watz f4 dztq ajl tt4watz f4 entq 1n, tt4watz f4 gzt it tt4watz f4 hnt 8g8 tt4watz f4 iztq r. tt4watz f4 jntq tt4wz f4 lzt x3\ at 8 00 its two hours of americas funniest home videos. Followed by 20 20 at ten. And then coming up tonight on action news live at 11. A rare dusting of snow in el paso, texas. Plus. Tornadoes mother natures crazy mix of winter weather. Plus. These guns are out of this world the gunmaker making pistols out of meteorite. Thank you for joining us. Well be back for action news that was the beginning of the worst experience of my life. We never were allowed in the house anyway to get anything, pictures, nothing. Darcy spears families torn apart. Life savings drained. Homes sold without court approval. Im contact 13 chief Investigative Reporter darcy spears, and thats what weve uncovered in a series of stories throughout this year about a system thats supposed to protect our most vulnerable citizens. And helpless, completely helpless, depressed, out of control, violated