Patrol officer during what the sheriff called a chance encounter in an apartment complex. The veteran officer returned fire but may not have hit the shooter, who ran off and became the focus of an hourslong manhunt south of the las vegas strip. He was found more than four hours later, several miles away Sheriff Joe Lombardo metro police we did have a pretty tight perimeter associated with the event and hopefully well be able to discern that from the interview with the suspect but he was able to get out of the perimeter. Michael Stevens lombardo says its not clear what prompted the shooting or how the man eluded police who blanketed a wide area around where shots were fired. There is no information yet on the identity of the suspect. Michael Stevens the sheriff says the wounded officer is a police veteran. Brian loftus michael. Was there only one person arrested in connection with the shooting . Michael Stevens brain. As of right now. All we know is one person has been arrested. More ar
Were not talking about religion, were talking about security. Our country is out of control. Trump wasnt the only candidate laying out Strong Security measures. ted cruz r president ial candidate what my legislation would do is suspend all refugees for 3 years from countries where isis and al qaeda control substantial territory ben carson r president ial candidate i dont care whether its a mosque, a school. If there are a lot of people engaging there in radicalizing activities, then we need to be suspicious of it jeb bush clearly went after the National Front runner and took him to task for his ideas. jeb bush r president ial candidate this is not a serious proposal. In fact, it will push the muslim world, the arab world away from us at a time when we need to reengage with them to be able to create a strategy to destroy isis. Trump am i talking or are you talking, jeb . Bush im talking right now. Im talking. Trump you can go back. You can go back. Youre not talking. You interrupted me.
Police have very Little Information about what happened. Scene. As we speak. We will be sure to bring you them. On air and online. Sharie Johnson two men are dead. After their car jumped a sidewalk and smashed into some street lights. Night. On charleston at mohawk street. According to metro. The car was speeding when the driver lost control. And hit two light poles. Medical responders pronounced the 31yearold driver and 27 yearpassenger dead on scene. Were waiting for the conorer to release their identies. This wreck brings the number of traffic related deaths in metros jurisdiciton up to 123 this year. Sharie Johnson weve learned the name of the man. Who police say was shot to death at the plaza hotel by his wife. The coroner says 48yearold David Cordova of North Las Vegas died due to a gun shot to the chest. According to metro police. His wife. Maria escalante opened fire on him. Police say it all happned while their child was in the room. The child is now in protective services. Es
And Convention Center, and also at mandalay bay so they are using all three Convention Centers and they still want to grow. karen castro you may recall. The Las Vegas Convention and sitors authority purchased the riviera in febuary. The strip property will be imploded to make room for more convention space. The plan is to build a parking lot and exhibition hall. Were told ces has already expressed interest in using that space to expand the 2017 show. karen castro while preparations for ces 2016 appear to be going smoothly. There is road work along Convention Center drive. Coming up at 5, well let you know what the county is prepared to do ahead of the Biggest Convention of the year. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich the same storm system that created tornadoes in the south and midwest has brought snow and ice to parts of the east. Heavy rain also brought record breaking flooding in missouri and illinois. Webb joins us live from goldens bridge, new york with the lat
Patrick, michelle. What a night to say the least. It was only a few hours ago thousands packed these streets now cleanup crews are still working to bring some normalcy back to las vegas boulevard. Take a look at some video from just a few hours ago. People from all over the world packed the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year. And it seems everything went off without a hitch it was fun. Bottom line. It was fun. it was pretty fun. Loud. There were a lot of noise makers. The fireworks were beautiful. They were everywhere. You just look everywhere they were coming out of the hotels near circus circus where you can see like above the circus circus and above the stratosphere. Michael Stevens the fireworks display lit up the sky. A soon as the clock hit midnight. And thousands celebrated the start of 2016. Metro police had a very strong presence out here from the beginning of the night. And many remain out here controlling the crowds. And blocking off traffic from the boulevard. Again th