Shut down through casino center. Denise Valdez metro police say a father was shot and killed for nothing more than his cell marin denise, the call went out just before 3 00. Call went out just before 3 00. Point, but metro police were able to confirm the report of a viking. At some point, a resident ended up in a struggle with the suspect that reportedly broke into the home. The suspect was then shot by the person inside the home. We dont know the extent of injuries at this point. Say a father was shot and killed for nothing more than his cell phone as he walked home from work. And his killers are still out there. 60 yearold Heriberto Diaz had just gotten off the bus after his shift on saturday when he was shot once and left to die. Whats more, police think this incident may be connected to other robberies in the area of lake mead and marion drive. Theyre asking for the publics help in bringing this crime spree to an end and these killers to justice lt. Dan mcgrath metro homicide if we
Hospital after being stabbed in the head multiple times. K9 nicky was assisting metro during a standoff situation this morning. He was wounded while taking down the suspect. Thanks for joining us. Im Dave Courvoisier. Denise Valdez and im Denise Valdez. In for paula. 8 news now reporter karen castro is live near desert inn and maryland parkway with more on the dogs condition. Karen. Karen Castro Metro says k9 nicky was seriously wounded and rushed to the hospital where he is now recovering. Nicky was brought in as a last ditch effort to get the suspect to surrender after 12 hours of failed negotiations. Kyle Matthews neighbor this whole thing is very irritating. karen castro it was a long friday morning for residents on this block after being forced out of their homes thursday night. sunny louthi neighbor were hearing somebody yell help, help me, you know what i mean. He yelled it a few times. karen castro sunny louthi was one of the neighbors who called police after hearing commotion
Way home from school five years ago. 23yearold Javier Righetti entered his guilty plea earlier this month. For the 2011 slaying of Arbor View High School sophomore. Alyssa otremba. The defense Attorney Says righetti decided to spare everyone a long trial. Righetti admits kidnapping, sexually assaulting and stabbing otremba dozens of times before burning her corpse in northwest las vegas. Next month. A jury will consider whether he should be executed. this is breaking news from 8 news now happening right now on the las vegas strip. A billboard truck overturned right in front of the flamingo. Heres a live look from the rtcs fast cam network. This is the intersection of flamingo and las vegas boulevard. You see metro officers blocking the northbound lanes of the strip. Just past the pedestrian bridge. Out of view. Is where the crash happened. The driver was taken to umc with non life threatening injuries. Toss to weather winds taking a little while to get started but we already have Wind
Walker has been working the story all day. And spoke with a number of people. Including bundys family. He joins us live in the newsroom with the latest. Patrick Walker weve learned bundy was arrested on six federal charges. Outlined in this 32page criminal complaint filed in us district court. His arrest comes nearly 2 years after an armed standoff near his bunkerville ranch. Patrick Walker court sketches give us a glimpse inside a federal courtroom in portland. Where bunkerville Rancher Cliven Bundy faced a judge for the first time. His arrest. Coming as a surprise to bundys family. briana bundy Cliven Bundys daughter in law weve seen the charges they all seem pretty much like nonsense to us. But you know. Thats about the only reaction we have. Patrick Walker this criminal complaint outlines six charges. Including assault on a Law Enforcement officer and obstruction of justice. The federal government says bundy was the leader of an armed militia. That attempted to impound his cattle a
Authorities also executed search warrants at leavitts office in boulder city. Our crew also saw agents raiding a separate office, ll bradford cpa in the southwest valley. Fbi agents there confirmed that it is connected to the corruption investigation. Patranya Bhoolsuwan this morning we talked to one neighbor in this community who says that they know the leavitts and was very shocked to see federal agents through the house this morning. They say they would not expect Something Like this to happen at this home. Reporting live near Horizon Ridge parkway and Mission Drive in henderson, Patranya Bhoolsuwan 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier our before todays raid Paula Francis our george knapp has been digging into the background of rick leavitt. To find out why the fbi came knocking on his door this morning. He joins us now with what hes found out. The iteam first got wind of this nearly a month ago and were told Something Big was in the works. Anytime you have the political; corruption squad s