a las vegas. describe how they feel moments after a gunman opened fire on campus, killing at least three people. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. police say they killed the suspect in this afternoon shooting. >> and for a breakdown of what happened, we go to abc7 news anchor karina nova who is in the

newsroom for us tonight. karina >> dan and ama, we should exactly more details of exactly what happened in a press briefing that's expected to happen within the next hour. and actually it just started right now. we're going to get more details right now. so let's go ahead and take that live and listen in. good evening >> thanks for coming. my name is kevin mcmahill and i'm the sheriff of the las vegas metropolitan police department. first, i would like to reiterate to all of you that there is no more ongoing threat to our community here in las vegas. i also like to tell you that we do know the identity of the suspect in this case, but i will not be releasing his name tonight until after the next of kin notification on, as you all know , of course, this is a tragic day for all of us in southern nevada. and it is approximately 11:45 a.m. lvmpd dispatch received reports of an active shooter at the unlv campus. you unl campus. unlv campus police

responded to the scene and engaged the suspect immediately right outside of beam hall. lvmpd officers also responded simultaneously. i can tell you today three of the victims are confirmed deceased. there is a fourth victim who suffered a gunshot wound and is now currently in sunrise hospital, upgraded to stable condition in in addition to that, there were four additional people who were transported from the scene to nearby hospitals suffering from panic attacks. two of our officers were treated at umc for minor injuries, which were received while searching the vast rooms and buildings for victims at unlv. our hearts go out to the entire unlv community. no student should have to fear pursuing, pursue their dreams on a college campus. what happened today is a heinous, unforgivable crime. but

i want you all to know something . it's a crime that we train for each and every day when there is an active shooter threat. the men and women of the southern nevada first responder community police, fire and ems come together to respond quickly and decisively with zero hesitation within minutes, both on and off duty responders, race to the campus to prevent further loss of life. on a personal note, i'll tell you that after 1st october and all the time and effort and energy that we've put together in training with the men and women of law enforcement , the fire service and ems, watching how seamlessly they work together. today made me very, very proud to be their sheriff. importantly there was a gathering just outside of the building where the students were playing games and eating food. there were tables set up for them to build legos, and if it

hadn't been for the heroic actions of one of those police officers who responded, there could have been countless additional lives taken. armed confront one of the suspect by law enforcement stopped the suspects further actions. i'm proud of the courage of these officers and the unlv campus police and how they demonstrated that today. and with that, i'm going to introduce the governor of the great state of nevada, joe lombardo. governor, thank you. >> kevin, thank you. thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. i think it's important for people to realize the partnership that is formed as a result of my career at lvmpd and with kevin, the sheriff himself and the confidence that i was assured of when i got notified today, i had no doubt that the response would be appropriate,

it would be swift, it would be quick to the satisfaction of all the naysayers that we normally experience during critical incidents. and today, lvmpd did a fantastic job along with the university pd did a fantastic job, and after the after action is settled here in our concern for the victims are bolstered and satisfied. i i will be absolutely proud of the response of the first responders. i'll be absolutely proud of the community of unlv and i'll be absolutely proud of the community of las vegas and the state of nevada. i had some formal comments to be said, but the important piece is i'm here to show the solidarity between the community and the law enforcement community and ensure on behalf of the state of nevada , we are here to help provide resources is to the benefit of the victims and to express my

concern for the victims and favorable thoughts to the families and to ensure that we move forward as a society and as a community and to assure the community we are doing everything within our ability to address these situations appropriately and with the knowledge that we have received on a continual basis. so kevin, thank you. i appreciate that. and i think it's appropriate that the chief of upd comes up and says a few words and the positive response of his police department. so chief alex garcia, please. thank you. good evening. my name is adam garcia. >> i'm the university police chief. first of all, let me begin by by telling you all how heartbroken we are on our campus

for what happened today on behalf of the chancellor, the board of regents and president whitfield i am passing along our profound sense of loss for what occurred in the loss of life that took place. is the sheriff said our officers collectively upd, as well as metro, responded to a call for shots fired approximately 1145 to 2 of our detectives responded to the scene. it immediately engaged the suspect in a shootout. the suspect was struck and is deceased at this time. the campus was almost immediately closed and out of an abundance of caution, the all nevada system of higher education institutions in southern nevada were as well closed and unlv will remain closed for the remainder of today and tomorrow and friday. and additional

determinations will be made as to whether or not the school, the university will reopen next week, which will be finals week. so with that, i will turn it over to commissioner gibson. >> thank you, chief. i'm jim gibson, the chairman of the clark county commission. and i'm here to express the shock that we all felt as a community. but at the same time, the enormous relief that we feel as a result of the great work of the first responders, we want everyone to know that anyone who has been affected will have the resources available. >> you're listening to officials in las vegas, nevada, comment on this terrible shooting today that killed three people and injured a number of others police. and this is a police commissioner here, university police chief, as well as the local sheriff and the governor of nevada, all expressed their concern and walking people through what happened. >> yeah, and they say that the

identity of the shooter, they do know it. however, they are not releasing it. they will not be releasing it tonight because there pending notification of next of kin. >> that's right. and of course, the one question everyone will want to know why? why did this happen? we've been sending updates about this shooting like the one earlier today with a link to a live special report with the latest, you can get breaking news alerts sent to your mobile device by downloading the abc seven news bay area app and enabling the notifications feature for now to new developments in the case of toddlers who drowned in a pool at a san jose daycare. >> the owners of that daycare made their first court appearance today. and a family member of one of the victims is sharing the loss. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes was in court today and tells us what happened. >> they trusted these people. they not only were responsive for these children, they were being paid for it. >> it was a difficult day in court wednesday for this woman who says she is the grandmother of one year old payton cobb, cobb and lillian hannon, who was also one year old, both drowned on october second in a backyard

pool at this san jose at home daycare. one other child was also found in the pool and survived. >> nobody sends kids out into the backyard. three toddlers to play by themselves. those defendants are nina feticide and her mother, shaheen glaucescens. >> both owners of the daycare, the santa clara county da's office said globicornis went to another. unlike licensed daycare that day, she left four children with feticide, according to the investigation report, golovkin's husband, propped open the pool gate with a closed hanging rack and did not close it while feticide was making breakfast. she left one child in a crib and three others in the backyard area. unsuper advised. investigators said that five minutes later she discovered one of the children floating in the pool. she performed cpr. her brother found the two other children floating unconscious in the pool's deep end. >> the defendants had one job. most important above all, which was to return them to their parents safely. they did not do that. >> both women were charged with felony child endangerment. now a big update in their first court appearance wednesday. the prosecutor added seven other misdemeanor charges separate from the charges filed for the

drownings. deputy district attorney o'brien kenny did not elaborate more on the circumstances surrounding those new charges. their arraignment was pushed because a translator was not available. neither the women or their attorneys wanted to comment following their appearance. legal analyst stephen clark said the defense will have its work cut out for them. >> i think it's going to be important for the defense to start focusing on what notice did these two defendants have about the possibility of that gate being propped open and having those children have access to a pool so close to a daycare? >> the next court appearance is set for december 28th in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> all parts of the bay area got a good dousing on this wet wednesday. these showers moved through martinez this afternoon. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel says do not put those umbrellas away just yet. sandhya that's right. >> you're going to need those umbrellas not just tonight but tomorrow as well. let's look at a live picture right now from sfo where we have a wet runway day. the showers are going to continue to move through as we

go to live, doppler seven, i'm going to show you where we are seeing some of the steadier rain which is out towards the inland east bay right around concord. clayton clayton road. this is street level radar are heading down towards the santa cruz mountains. also seeing some rain right now across highway nine, highway 17. and you know, if you travel 17, it's dicey when it's raining. satellite radar showing you the snow that is falling in the sierra. so we go hour by hour and we do have some moderate pockets of rain that will continue for parts of the bay area this evening, becoming isolated tomorrow morning. here comes the next round between nine and noon is when you'll notice some scattered showers still continuing into the early afternoon as far as the storm impact scale today and tomorrow, we have those scattered showers, brief downpours and rough surf and breezy conditions. here's a look at the evening forecast. inland areas looking at rain at 6:00. fog forming later on this evening. temperatures dropping to the 50s bayside. also showers with temperatures going from the mid 50s to low 50s and from

showers to fog for the coast from 6:00 going into 10 p.m. i'll be back with a full look at the accuweather seven day forecast coming right up ama all right sandhya thank you so much and check out the abc7 bay area app to get access to the same doppler seven weather radar. >> sandhya uses and our rest of our weather team uses as well. search abc7 bay area in your device's app store to download and track the rain any time. >> all right, moving on now, the pastor of an east bay church for central american immigrants had his first court appearance this afternoon. he's facing 16 charges involving the sexual abuse of four victims. abc7 news i-team reporter dan noyes broke this story for us on friday. he's live tonight from contra costa county superior court with the very latest. dan. >> well, dan, the hearing was very quick. >> the passenger attorney said he needed more time to consider the evidence and to speak with his client, pastor victor hernandez. pineda appeared before a contra costa county judge for the first time in the

child sexual assault case against him. deputy da greg chiarella is the prosecutor on the case. >> anytime that someone in a position of trust has apparently betrayed that trust, it is a very serious matter. >> the pastor's attorney asked for the arraignment to be continued to january and did not enter a plea on hernandez's behalf. >> i am very new to the case. i just received the formal complaint in court today and i have received no evidence at all . >> i first confronted the 53 year old pastor of iglesia pentecostal movimento da gloria in richmond for our report. last friday. victor. i'm dan noyes from channel seven. i need to talk to you. would you do an interview with me, please, about what? i'd like to talk to you about the accusations is that young girls and young women are making against you of sexual abuse. will you talk to me, please? the 21 year old daughter of a church elder told me when she was 13, the pastor tried to convince her it was god's will, that they have sex.

>> mi cerca de la escuela. >> he took me to a hotel near the school, and at that moment i told him that i didn't feel safe. i didn't feel good. and that we shouldn't do it. but he made me do it. >> police arrested hernandez friday and prosecutors charged him with 16 criminal counts, several counts of forcible rape of child under 14, forcible rape of person over 14. lewd act upon a child. and child molestation on. also today in court, the prosecutor asked for protective orders that the pastor stay away from the alleged victims and not buy or possess firearms as i believe you are aware, there is some information that this defendant may have access or have had access to firearms. i showed the pastor's assault weapon in our first report and the photograph he took of karen cifuentes holding it during the time she says he was sexually abusing her. pastor hernandez, his family attended the hearing, did not comment as they left, and two former members of the church approached me. >> i'm a father of two daughters and now members of the church as

well. and we believe in god, you know, and we can't believe that something like that happened. >> i saw your news and i just wanted to come in person to say thank you. you know, because you're done a great job bringing this guy to the lord. >> richmond police are working new leads in the more possible victims. so there could be additional charges as this case moves forward in martinez. dan noyes, abc7 news. dan? >> dan, thank you very much. also coming up here, a bay area dam gets some national recognition. >> ahead, a look at what's considered an engineering marvel

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include a performance from the oakland interfaith gospel choir and in about ten minutes, san francisco will flip the switch on a holiday tradition. >> mayor london breed is getting ready to light the city's tree at civic center plaza. this is a live look there and it is set to happen at 530. so it's coming right up. festivities will include live entertainers tonight. snow flurries, food drinks and a toy giveaway. this year's tree is a 50 foot noble fir. >> all right. let's turn our attention back to the full weather forecast. raining around the bay area today. yeah, so are they going to stay dry as they're waiting for that tree lighting sandhya or more rain? >> you know, they may actually get a little lucky break ama and dan with just a little drizzle all but there will be more showers in there so definitely a good idea to take the umbrella with you if you are going out there for the tree lighting. let's take a look at live doppler seven and i'll show you where the focus of the activity is right now. so we're going to go into the street level radar. we are seeing some moderate rain right around fremont,

alvarado-niles road heading into boulevard. also go out towards pittsburg, antioch, you will notice across highway four four, you will definitely need to give yourself a little more time for any outdoor plans that you have. perhaps you want to do some holiday shopping or you want to run some errands is just watch out. in the sierra, we are seeing snow. as you look at the wider picture here, the front is moving in. behind the front. we have this area of low pressure that is going to come through with some cold, unstable air. and that's where we are going to see some more showers now out ahead of that storm. we have been seeing the surf getting kicked up, a high surf advisory is in effect until tomorrow morning. 14 footers right now at point arena, large breakers, 18 to 22ft. there's a higher risk of rip currents. so be careful. beach hazard statement for the northern portion of monterey bay with those strong currents. hazardous swimming definitely keep that in mind. that hazard statement up until 4 a.m. tomorrow. winds are gusty right now, 21 in livermore, 23 san

mateo novato 28 miles an hour. and the roads are still wet across some areas like the golden gate bridge. there upper 50s, san francisco, oakland, hayward, san jose. you're at 60 half moon bay, 57 degrees. and here is a dark view from our emeryville camera mid-fifties, petaluma, napa, concord 5557. in livermore. here's a look at what you can expect. winter like weather. these are our headlines through this evening. showers gusty conditions tomorrow fog in the morning giving way to showers. we are expecting friday through the weekend to be brighter, but it's going to be cold in the mornings with some frost on our storm impacts scale today and tomorrow. we're talking about scattered showers, brief downpours, rough surf and breezy conditions. so it's a level one system as we go hour by hour, the showers become more isolated later on tonight, right going into tomorrow morning. it's a combination of fog and clouds and here comes the rain at 9:00 or 8 a.m. excuse me. it's in the north bay as we head towards 1030, crossing the

central bay around noontime, heading in towards the south bay. and really, this continues through the early afternoon before this system winds down in terms of rainfall, additional rainfall, few hundreds to about 4/10 of an inch. we've already seen upwards of a half an inch of rain for the wettest locations in the sierra. this is a winter weather advisory until 10 p.m. tomorrow, 12 to 18in of snow expected with that snow level dropping to 4500ft tomorrow morning. 30 to 50 in the morning. watch out for the fog tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at a few showers with highs ranging from the 40s to the 60s. accuweather 70 forecast level one for tomorrow. cold mornings coming up dry weekend and then next week is warmer ama and dan. we'll be right

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going to be nice. it'll be great. all right. and be sure to download the abc seven app if you don't have it or head to abc seven news.com. because the news continues on our streaming with karina nova in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us we appreciate your time. i'm dan affleck and i am ama daetz. >> we will see you again at 6:00 .

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>> david: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air, the deadly shooting on campus in las vegas. authorities say multiple victims. the images coming in now. the shooting at the university of nevada, las vegas. several have died. the gunman is also dead. for some, final exams were under way just before the