people in front of friday. suggested the incident was a suicide attempt. fox 5's ophelia of the bellagio after speaking family. which well play in describe kahleal black as a villain terrorizing visitors here in front of the bellagio. kahleal's older brother today told me kahleal has a mental problem and last friday's incident was a cry for help. "these are all empty yeah theyre all empty so he ran out ran out of medication." weeks before friday night - kahleal's older brother elliot black says kahleal tried to get more medication - an antipsychotic used to treat mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolarism... he says when kahleal called the hospital to get his prescription re- filled. "they told us that he was undiagnosable" almost to the date last year - metro was called to their home when kahleal he was taken to rawsen neal psychiatric hospital where he was prescribed but not diagnosed. "they should have diagnosed him last year and maybe none of this would have happen." this past friday night...911 calls - "the intersection of las vegas blvd and flamingo theres a black male adult waving a gun in the middle of the street" "theres a guy with a gun black male probably mid 20's" "walking up to cars with it out." metro released surveillance video - that officers say shows kahleal walking on the strip - near the bellagio - pulling the trigger of his unloaded revolver at visitors. "this is where we have our first incident with assault with a deadly weapon." "he does the same thing with this family walking down on the strip" police arrived - but when kahleal pointed the gun at them - an officer fired two rounds missing kahleal. "black immediately went down to the and black was taken into custody."" elliot black says this may have been a suicide attempt by his brother.... and compares it to a similar incident last year- in the same fashion - kahleal laid his belongings on his bed including the necklace elliot is wearing in this interview - cash, personal documents and a note saying he'll be back soon. "i went to the strip and talked to people who worked there they told me that it looked he wanted to get hurt more than to be hurt" liott says thats not the real kahleal. he remembers growing up - kahleal was imaginative and inventive. "a very happy child not a care in the world he really had no problems" "honor roll student avid scholar even did a couple years in college actually about to get back into college this year" elliott is thankful his baby brother is alive today - but now - the search for help. "the brain gets sick like any other part of the body hes just going through something right elliott told me he's thankful for the police who showed up - and believes the officer was just trying to deescalate the situation rather shoot his brother." reporting live. kahleal black faces 4 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. metro says of the two bullets that missed black - one bullet went through the jacket of one bystander - another ricocheted off a pillar and grazed a child's leg. the child was treated and released from the hospital. a high school teacher arrested for sexual misconduct with her special education student - admits to kissing him more than once... that's according to a police report on the arrest of jillian lafave. she's been working as a teacher at vally high school. that's where we find fox 5's miguel martinez-valle... with new information on what police say happened. report, only did jillian kissing her 17- year- old special education student, she said she also touched his genitals at least once... lafave has been with clark county school district since the beginning of the year, shes even been featured in one of their promotional videos. ""just to have the kids come back in a year, or a year or two, and say hey miss you know you really helped me figure out what i wanted to do, then i'm happy." according to the report lafave was the students special education and english teacher, shes had a texting relationship with him since october, police say a lot of those texts were sexual in nature. lafave and the student had several kissing sessions in her classroom, she admitted to touching his genitals but says they never had sexual penetration. for many valley high school parents, the news power was the least... unfortunately its things that are happening all over the world, but at on time, well apperently not on time but we caught it, and i hope that lafave was january 15th, shes facing felony charges for the innapropriate contact with the student. permission to look over the 13,000 texts sent and her student. will be searched later on to see if anything else happened between her and the student. lafave has only been teaching at clark county since the beginning of the school year, we'll tell you why she was featured in their promotional video at 5:30 the school district says due to her contract - lafave is currently receiving pay - while ordered to stay home. she's not allowed the public is being asked to keep an eye out for a missing woman who hasn't been seen since last week. jessica lacy is 20- years-old. she was last seen on january 20th near warm springs and rainbow. anyone with information on jessica's whereabouts are strongly encouraged to call metro police at 702-828-3111. plans are underway for four new neighborhood hospitals around the valley. dignity health saint rose dominican partnered with "emerus hospitals" to build the facilities within the next few years. the four sites will be in north las vegas... blue diamond... west flamingo... and sahara. the first floors emergency along with imaging and lab services. other levels will have physician offices and clinical services. the smaller hospitals are designed to improve patient care and shorten wait times. "people who have been larger hospitals know with minor problem can tie up 3 to 4 hours of time as you go through services. we're designing these with goal of getting you out in less than 90 the north las set to open early 2017. it's expected to create more than permanent jobs in the valley. the other three open in the summer of 2017. thousands rally together to support having a choice in their students... parents... and gathered for "national school choice week" at it's to celebrate more education opportunities in our state. recently -- nevada legislators approved the education savings account last spring... but it's been held up because of legal challenges. it gives families a five-thousand dollar education account per student. parents came out to see the options their students have for the 2016 and 2017 school year. "if youre sending child to public school and not good fit often times you have no other take child out or not another public school nearby. this gives more mobility opportunity." "today is about choice, today is about empowering parents and giving them options that are best for students." educators say it's important for parents to tailor their child's education to their needs... whether it's public... private... or home school. toss to weather a nice warm-up for us over the next few days with 62 degrees on wednesday, then mid to upper 60s for thursday through saturday. we'll see changes as soon as saturday with southwest gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon with a slight chance of sunday we'll have good chances of area showers with west gusts to 25 mph and a high of 60. monday we'll keep slight chances of showers and also see very strong gusts from the northwest to 40 mph with a high of 57. breaking news from the campaign trail... donald trump is skipping the next republican debate. that's according to his campaign manager. the republican candidates are set to square off in debate thursday night - ahead of caucuses. had said he may not show up - and criticized the including anchor megyn kelly as a debate moderator. newscast... on what he plans to do instead of participating in the debate. the search intensifies... for three inmates who escaped from a california prison. why investigators are failing to see eye-to-eye... as the manhunt continues. an apartment complex - in a dangerous spot - on the edge of a rapidly eroding cliff. why some tenants are refusing to leave. you're watching fox5 news at 5. with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this role. feel like a hollywood insider three inmates who escaped a southern california jail -- now in its fifth day. paul vercammen explains just how dangerous they are. the bounty on the heads of three extremely violent jail breakers.. jumped 50-thousand for each fugitive.. orange county supervisors raised the reward to 200- thousand dollars total. the prosecutor handling the terrifying torture case of escapee hossein nayeri wonders why this history of escape and his fellow fugitives with gang affiliations were not somehow isolated. (heather brown/ orange co. deputy "it's disconcerting to learn that they other you know who could collaborate and conspire to escape." county district attorney chastised his deputy in a statement... saying her comments were, "inappropriate, uninformed and reflect the position of the o-c-d-a." orange co. sheriff's dept.) "i will say that he was housed at the central men's jail which is a maximum security jail. he met the criteria to be housed in that particular location." little clues keep trickling out about how the trio escaped last week. authorities say clothing may be intertwined with linens in their makeshift ropes. the three apparently cut through steel bars, made their way through plumbing tunnels and rappelled off a roof. they all faced long sentences, potentially the rest of their lives in jail. (lt. jeff hallock/ orange co. sheriff's dept.) "whenthey get out onto the street there's obviously some desperation that they will lean on. and as far as where they'll go or what means they will go to to evade law enforcement. and it was evident by their attempt and eventual success to escape." the orange county sheriff says there are now up to 250 law enforcement officers searching for the three fugitives. tenants in a california apartment complex have been ordered to move out. that's because the cliff beneath it is rapidly eroding!. the city of pacifica say its been keeping a close watch on for years. but - recent "el nino" weather has left a large cavity in the side. some tenants moved out overnight - while others are taking a risk and sticking it out. "i'd rather be safe yes, but i'd also rather not be on the street all night." city council members say there is already a list of damaged properties - and has declared a state emergency in an effort to obtain state and federal money to repair its pier. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty a nice warm-up for us over the next degrees on to upper 60s for saturday. we'll see changes as soon as saturday with southwest gusts to afternoon with a slight chance of mountain showers. sunday we'll have good chances of area showers with west gusts to 25 mph and a high of 60. monday we'll keep slight chances strong gusts from the northwest to 40 mph with a high of 57. a nice warm-up for us over the next few days with 62 degrees on wednesday, then mid to upper 60s for thursday through saturday. we'll see changes as soon as saturday with southwest gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon with a slight chance of mountain showers. sunday we'll have good chances of area showers with west gusts to 25 60. monday we'll keep slight chances of showers and also see very strong gusts from the northwest to 40 mph with a high of 57. a nice warm-up for us over the next few days with 62 degrees on wednesday, then mid to upper 60s for thursday through saturday. we'll see changes as soon as saturday with southwest gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon with a slight chance of mountain showers. sunday we'll have good chances of area showers with west gusts to 25 60. monday we'll keep slight chances of showers and also see very strong gusts from the northwest to 40 mph with a high of 57. closed captioning will resume shortly practice is underway... for the big game on super bowl sunday. of course - we are talking about the puppy bowl! how some local participants are getting ready for the first to have a clinic right on campus. it serves thousands of students on the northeast side of the valley. the new healthcare center -- "foundation for positively kids" -- celebrated its grand opening. it's at doctor william "bob" bailey middle school and carey. the clinic offers vaccinations... sports physicals... and care for those who are sick. it serves students at the school... along with ten-thousand kids in the area. we have great kids and caring staff and wants best for kids. to say to a child not getting treatment we're able to provide it." "its just huge win for community and northeast of valley." the clinic is open monday through friday from 8-30 to 4-30 p-m. an opening date of april 4-th... has been announced for the new area by the strip known as "the park". the outdoor dining and entertainment district from m- g-m resorts will connect the "monte carlo" and "new york-new york" resorts with the new t- mobile arena.... which opens just two days later with a concert by the killers. "the park" will feature tree-lined plazas - promenades - and squares - with a beer garden - and restaurants like "california pizza kitchen" - and "sake' rok" - which offers sushi and cuisine. three puppies will represent las vegas in a spinoff of super bowl sunday. meet "magic" from the nevada s-p-c-a. he competes in the "puppy bowl" on animal planet. it brings together hundreds of adoptable dogs from animal shelters around the country. millions of people tune in to watch the show. today -- some unlv football players gave "magic" tips for the big game. they say he's fearless on the field. "we just came here to work with boy magic for puppy ready showing him some moves he look kind of good. he'll be a starting running back for us one day. rough trying to tackle him." "he got coached by us guys right here. we think he gonna be in first place." the other two pups competing are "ginger" and all three will be featured at the all three will be featured at the "puppy bowl" on sunday february seventh on animal planet. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. a teacher arrested - for sexual misconduct with a student. learning more about their relationship... released police you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. live from las vegas. your only choice for live local news right now. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to headlines. metro.... in an effort to take a suspect into custody. we are taking a live look at where it happened... near pecos and bonazna. there right now. she joins us live - with the latest. it happened just before three here in the area of pecos and bonanza a suspect has been shot no update on his condition at this time let's take u to the scene a source is telling me the suspect was likely in a stolen car and took off running from police with a gun in hand you can see what looks like a ditched car right here on the corner of pecos and bonanza heavy police presence in this711 parking lot while they investigate on the other side of this parking lot is a residential street that's where another scene is the street is closed off as officers investigate it's likely the suspect took off in this direction when the shooting happened as of now we are waiting to get an official update from the pio on out here