the victim was found dead in this area of the parking lot at the "durango canyon apartments." investigators are relying on witnesses to piece together what happened. but they have an idea what went on moments before the deadly shooting. neighbors told police tuesday night they saw a man and a woman fighting over their child. police say the couple had previously been in a relationship. the argument spilled over to the parking lot of the apartment building. that's when, police say, another man drove up and got involved. at some point, the suspect pulled out a small ((cheyenne osburn heard gunshot: there was like a really loud bang and me and my boyfriend were like what was that? cause the kids were sleeping and it was really quiet. byron bullie saw police investigate deadly shooting: i kinda figured somebody died. it had to have happen because how they cornered it off and everything.)) ((karen castro)) >> the child the man and woman were fighting over was inside a car at the time of a shooting... but was not injured. the suspect was last seen driving away from the apartment complex in a dark-colored sports car, possibly a dodge challenger. police do not know if he lives here.

the suspect know each other. last word from police, this deadly shooting a random act. ((karen castro)) >> again, police are still looking for the shooter. investigators only have a vague description of what he looks like. if you have any information you're asked to call crime stoppers. remember, you can remain anonymous. reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. ((paul joncich)) metro police are also investigating another deadly shooting that happened a few hours earlier ... where they say say a father shot and killed his son. police identified the man as he's been booked on one count of murder with a deadly weapon. this happened at an apartment near rainbow and windmill. police were already responding to another call at the complex when they heard gunshots. gardenhire came outside and admitted to the shooting. the victim was in his 20's. no word on a motive for the shooting./// ((christianne klein)) a valleymiddle school teacher who had an affair with a 14 year old student has been sentenced. it's one of a number of recent cases we've seen involving school staff having an inappropriate relationship with

more on this case. mauricio? ((mauricio marin)) nicole wilfinger a teacher who engaged in inappropriate behavior with a 14 year old student has been senteced to at least two years behind bars. she took full responsibilty but asked the judge for mercy. (( "from the beginning that my lapse in judgement affected so many people and no way make any excuse for my behavior and there's nothing i can say or do that can change what former middle school teacher nicole wilfinger kept a journal of her relationshop according to police reports. everything form first kiss to the first time she had relations with the student. phone records shows she had hundreds of calls between her and the student as well as text messages. the defendant asked for probatiobn but the judge told her that the community entrusted her with their children and she broke it. ((judge william bill kephart: "because of the trust that is put on you by families is that they would expect that

and good behavior because you're an example to their children." )) prosecutors say although wilfinger was crying in court saying she took responsibilty--- she continued to hit up the students friends through text messages even after she got caught---saying it was the 14 year old responsible for what had happened between them. ((mauricio marin)) >> the 14 year old students mother also spoke in court today---say him to be embarrased and scared. and says wilfinger manipulated her way to get in with the family. reporting live in the news room...mauricio marin. 8 news now.//// ((tedd florendo)) ((( chilly morning temps down near freezing through many valley neighborhoods as the freeze warning was lifted this morning. temps outside currently in the 50's and below average in the

hard freeze warning. winds stay light thankfully. ................................ ... ............... he'res your hour by hour. chilly conditions through the evening under clear skies. we go from the 50's to the 40's and expect very little wind and little cloud cover. cold by morning again but not enough for a freeze warning. we'll have more on your forecast for this weekend and next week coming up

nevada will be getting a recount in our state's presidential race. the petition was filed by an independent candidate named rocky de la fuente... who received less than 1 percent of the vote. it will be a sample recount... meaning not every ballot will be recounted... and cost him 15-thousand dollars. de la fuente told us it is not about changing the results... instead he wants to make sure every vote is counted as it was cast. he also said he is zeroing in on the silver state because he himself has experienced quote behavior" in the nevada caucus./// ((christianne klein)) president-elect donald trump is getting closer to filling out his cabinet positions. he named wilbur ross, a 79-year-old billionaire to lead the commerce department and steven mnuchin, a former goldman sachs partner to be treasury secretary. mnuchin is expected to play a major role in crafting trump's tax reform plan. the president-elect still needs to select a secretary of state. retired general david petraeus, rudy giuliani and former gop

((christianne klein)) if you have questions about medicare enrollment 8 news now has got you covered. ((paul joncich)) >> up next on the valley's news leader we check in with michelle mortensen as we kick off our medicare enrollment hotline.///

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boots because the national finals rodeo is taking over the thomas and mack. earlier this week hundreds of trailers full of livestock started setting up near the arena. the national finals is one of the city's biggest events of the year and this year is no exception. ryan jarrett/tie-down champ: "team roping steer roping bareback all the events it's a great event to come watch, prca does a great job of producing it it's exciting.

mack its small it's loud and the fans are rodeo fans, so that gets ya doing, i sure like it... i don't get nervous.. once in the box if forget about all that." ((christianne klein)) >> the event starts this 10th./// ((christianne klein)) .... but the party is getting underway at the fremont street experience. ((paul joncich)) >> tedd florendo is there right now with a look at how things are kicking off. ((tedd florendo)) ((( chilly weather this morning as temps dropped to near freezing through many neighborhoods. we''ll have some cold lows again overnight but not enough to prompt any freeze warnings. ...............................

lows dropped to 37 in the morning with areas like nellis, downtorw, henderson, southern highlands, boulder city all dropping to at or just a below freezing this morning before sunrise. check out the record on this date. 79 degrees way back in 1980. we're below average for this time of the weekend. ................................ .... neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the 50's and milder for the east part of the valley where we're lower in elevation. while areas to the far west colder and just below freezing this morning and only low 50's this afternoon. ................................ ... .... regional temps also stayed

still unseasonably cold in the 50's also for mesquite down the colorado river valley to laughlin and death valley where they were milder, but still chilly for this time of year. ................................ ... ......... satellite and radar show some high clouds pushing through but still staying mostly clear. snow in the north part of the stay near ely and elko again along wasatch. next trough digs deep in utah and brings another shot of colder air and breezes heading into your weekend. then colder next week from the next system that barrels through as well. ....................... ............ ............. tonight expect temps in the mid to high 30's by morning. no freeze warning issued. we'll have mostly clear skies and light winds. tomorrow expect a high in the mid 50's under mostly sunny skies. winds remain light for tomorrow as well. .............. ..................... .................... extended forecast shows a slight warm up for the weekend to near

air. moisture starved system prevent us from getting any rain, but we get colder next week only in the high 40's in some spots with lows dropping to the 30's and even 20's.

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as a parent.. you know how tough it can be when your child is left out of an invitation.. for a birthday gathering. ((paul joncich)) >> one las vegas mother's acts of kindness makes sure every special needs child feels included. kirsten joyce has the story. ((kirsten joyce)) hudson raasveld is a talkative energetic five- year -old boy... ((kirsten joyce)) but when he was younger his mom heather says he wasn't speaking as early ase so she placed him in a school to address that need. heather raasveld/aok recipient "my little boy was in a preschool where half the children were typically developing and half the children had challenges.. and i witnessed a mother come in one day and give birthday invitations only to the children that had no challenges.. and it broke my heart." ((kirsten joyce)) so instead of being exclusive.. heather says she planned an inclusive birthday party for hudson. not only opening up the party to his entire class.. but to the entire valley. heather raasveld/aok recipient "we sent out fliers to all the different special- ed

could find.. looking for any children that may be left out." ((kirsten joyce)) she called it his inclusion party... and it was a widespread success... a party where everybody gets invited.. "the parents they make me want to cry, they followed their children around, taking pictures. many of them , they were overjoyed saying they've never been invited to parties before, outside of their immediate family." ((kirsten joyce)) that was three years ago.. and since then... hudson's birthday party celebrations have grown bigger and better. to families with kids who have down syndrome, autism, and those fighting cancer. she advertised the inclusion party with flyers and through local children's online magazine 'macaroni kid". instead of gifts, the family asked for a charitable donation to the baby's bounty non profit. "my little boy has more blessings than you could ever imagine, and there are children out there less fortunate so having them receive something through charitable contributions is the best gift i can think of." members of lvmpd and medicwest ambulance came to play with the

"after the big party, and all the children laughing and playing, hudson said to me.. this was the best "five" ever." "we love what you are doing. you get our aok award, really.. i wasn't expecting this.. i just.. wanted to get the word out to people..do you know how much we can do for the next party, and how many kids we can include with this... thank you. its very special what you are doing.. thank you... i have to hug you." ((paul joncich)) >> heather plans to keep the acts of kindness birthday party tradition going.. with hudson's younger sister as well. if you would like to nominate someone.. go to las vegas now dot com. click on "sections".. and acts of kindness will be under the "community" tab. or send us an email...

((christianne klein)) one of the most special things about the holidays is bringing families together.. and we want to invite you and your family to watch our forever families special coming up next week. dave courvoisier introduces us to a few local families who have answered the calling to adopt and the legal process that follows to make that happen. it airs this monday at 6:30 right here on 8 news now./// ((paul joncich)) and you still have some time to fill some fiats with toy tobin fiat at sahara and jones to collect toys and gift cards for the casa foundation. the toys will go to children in need. the dealership wants to fill up as many of the fiats as they can. you can stop by and make a donation until december 4th./// ((christianne klein)) police are denying speculation that a mysterious kidnapping of a california woman was all a hoax. ((for the naysayers or those people that think this is a hoax, we don't have that information. ))

missing for three weeks there is mounting speculation by the public it was a hoax, but police aren't so cynical./// announcer: now, live...this is 8 news now at

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valley neighborhoods as the freeze warning was lifted this morning. temps outside currently in the 50's and below average in the daytime. overnight lows expected to get cold again but not down to a hard freeze warning. winds stay light thankfully. ................................ ... ............... he'res your hour by hour. chilly conditions u we go from the 50's to the 40's and expect very little wind and little cloud cover. cold by morning again but not enough for a freeze warning. we'll have more on your forecast for this weekend and next week coming up

largest fire to hit tennessee in a century. officials say more than 400 departments are battling the flames. more than 14-thousand people in the great smokey mountains we're evacuated. many people forced to evacuate sought refuge in shelters put in place by the red cross. (( (greg lanham/gatlinburg resident) "you're looking out of every window you can you're watching for a glow in the distance, there's smoke everywhere" )) ((paul joncich)) >> strong storms and heavy rain moved in through the night, possibly helping firefighters and more rain is expected today.

survived, or not./// ((christianne klein)) sherri papini was found by the side of a major highway on thanksgiving morning. she'd been missing for three weeks. tonight her husband and police are rejecting social media speculation that she was not abducted. investigators are analyzing the clothes sherri papini was wearing when she was found on this northern california highway. (tom bosenko, shasta county sheriff's department) "she was in different clothing than she had been reported missing in.//the eviden contain dna evidence." detectives are now reviewing private security cameras that may have caught papini's abduction. they've served over 20 search warrants on cell phones, cell towers and computers. (gfx out) (cody salfen/private investigator) "the biggest piece of evidence is literally sherri at this point." cody salfen is one of the private investigators keith papini hired to try to find his wife. (cody salfen) "there's all sorts of forensic aspects that have to be investigated and that includes

found and things like that." in a statement obtained by people magazine tuesday, papini's husband revealed his wife's body was..."covered in multicolored bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings." she was "branded" and weighed only 87 pounds. he also pushed back against those who have questioned her story accusing them of "malicious, subhuman behavior". (tom bosenko, shasta county sheriff's department) tb: for the naysayers or those people that think this is a hoax, we don't have that information. mire t three times. has there ever been a point to her story has changed? tb: not to my knowledge mireya: that's essential? tb: it is. (mireya villarreal, cbs news, reading, ca) (1:24-:1:40) deputies are looking for two latina women who are described as armed and dangerous. investigators say they hope to release more clues about the physical descriptions of these suspects in the near future. mireya villarreal, cbs news, reading, ca./// ((christianne klein))

three times, sitting down with her for several hours on tuesday./// ((paul joncich)) president- elect donald trump, is celebrating a deal to prevent hundreds of job losses at a major manufacturer. carrier's parent company planned to close two indiana facilities and move more than two thousand jobs to mexico. but the air conditioning giant tweeted last night, quote: "we are pleased to have reached a deal with president- elect trump and v-p elect pence to keep close to one thousand jobs in indy." (((donald trumpoc "they think they are going to make air conditioners in their beautiful new plants in mexico and sell them across the border, and make lots of money and we have all the unemployment, not gonna happen." )) ((paul joncich)) the details surrounding the agreement haven't been made public there will be some layoffs at the carrier plant, but it's not clear how many. ((christianne klein)) the obama administration is stepping in to help provide millions of diapers to families in need. the white house estimates low income families spend 14 percent of their salary

buying them and families often have limited internet access to find deals online. so the white house launched a community diaper program this past spring it connects private companies and non-profits with people who need the service. the program expects to help provide 10 million diapers this year alone./// ((paul joncich)) men's health month wraps up today, that means the mustache is coming off tomorrow, and we are talking about something most men dread. colonoscopies! men are uncomr idea of getting one, but they're a vital tool for discovering colon cancer. - which is the second most deadly cancer in men. doctors say most men whould get a colonoscopy by age 50, unless they have family history - then it should be 10 years before the age their family member was when they were diagnosed. our movember doctor phillipe lam says men need to get over their nervousness about colonoscopies. (( 10:18 dr phillipe lam/healthcare partners; "no, because these procedures are done so routinely, in endoscopy suites across the nation, these gastro

anywhere from 5-10 to 15 in a day." )) ((paul joncich)) the procedure is quite routine. so if you're nervous, you need to get over it. all of my channel 8 mo-bros urge you to take care of your health. your wives and children need you. and if you're a single guy - that person you're going to help one day - may be someone you haven't even met yet needs you to be there for them./// sure you have no unanswered questions when it comes to medicare enrollment. ((paul joncich)) >> we check back in with michelle mortensen inside the call center to find out what kinds of questions people have.///

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((paul joncich)) the sands education council is rolling out a plan to beef up training for clark county education leaders. today they announced their partnership with las vegas sands to help provide necessary training to education leaders as clark county prepares for their re-organization of the school district. the training will focus on the requirements of the re-organization and how to implement them. (( "the program will bring in outside experts and local business experts to work with our school associats and businees partners to help them

box to help solve some of the problems we face everyday in the district")) ((paul joncich)) this model places more decision making rights in the hands of the school's teachers, parents, and principals. it will grant the schools community freedom to make decisions typically determined by ccsd's central office./// ((christianne klein)) the national finals rodeo is taking overh and mack this week! .... but the party is getting underway at the fremont street experience. ((paul joncich)) >> tedd florendo is there right now with a look at how things are kicking off. ((tedd florendo)) ((( chilly weather this morning as temps dropped to near freezing through many neighborhoods. we''ll have some cold lows again overnight but not enough to prompt any freeze warnings.

and chilly. lows dropped to 37 in the morning with areas like nellis, downtorw, henderson, southern highlands, boulder city all dropping to at or just a below freezing this morning before sunrise. check out the record on this date. 79 degrees way back in 1980. we're below average for this time of year and will be near average by the weekend. ................................ .... neighborhood by neighborhood the east part of the valley where we're lower in elevation. while areas to the far west colder and just below freezing this morning and only low 50's this afternoon. ................................ ... .... regional temps also stayed colder for the southern great basin and of course searchlight. still unseasonably cold in the 50's also for mesquite

where they were milder, but still chilly for this time of year. ................................ ... ......... satellite and radar show some high clouds pushing through but still staying mostly clear. snow in the north part of the stay near ely and elko again along with the bitterroots and the wasatch. next trough digs deep in utah and brings another shot of colder air and breezes heading into your weekend. then colder next week from the next system that barrels through as well. ....................... ............ ............. tonight expect temps in the mid to high 30's by morning. no freeze warning issued. and light winds. tomorrow expect a high in the mid 50's under mostly sunny skies. winds remain light for tomorrow as well. .............. ..................... .................... extended forecast shows a slight warm up for the weekend to near average. breezy though by tomorrow night and friday with a little cooler air. moisture starved system prevent us from getting any rain, but we get colder next week only in the high 40's in some spots with

drivers worried about kids trying to cross the street. demetria obilor reached out to the city to see what's being done about it in today's what's driving you crazy. (( )) demetria obilor: chris asks, "what's the latest on the crosswalk at dorrell and brighton village street? h intersection. kids cross all the time and traffic never stops for them." several months ago, i reached out to the city of las vegas and asked if the dorrell and brighton village street intersection could be made safer. nothing has happened so far, so i reached out again. all of it comes down to funding from my understanding...the city says that the funds for the pedestrian flasher were grouped into a citywide pedestrian flasher project funed by federal transportation

october 1. thing is, federal funds come with numerous restrictions related to bidding and construction, which would delay construction of this flasher for another six months. because question 5 passed on this last ballot, the city says it can now use that additional gas tax revenue for pedestrian safety projects like this one. the city will use those local funds and its own staff to build the flasher over the next 60 days. if you feel unsafe crossing at dorrell and brighton village, the city recommends you walking down to the shaumber/dorrell or egan crest/dorrell intersections. hey! what's driving you crazy? send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com./// paul joncich> a rise in policeoo on edge. has many officers across the nation on edge. ((christianne klein)) >> up next in our morning cup of joe segment we sit down sheriff joe lombardo to hear what metro is doing to protect our officers. ((paul joncich)) >> and coming up at five...

with one suspect still on the loose. karen castro will join us live with the latest details from where it all went down./// announcer: you're watching 8 news now at four. i wanted the same plan that my mother had. senior dimensions.

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((paul joncich)) a spike in polic shootings may have many people wondering what law enforcement is doing to keep our officers safe. ((christianne klein)) >> our 8 news now good day team ask sheriff jo lombardo how they are handling it in our monday morning with the mayor segment. ((kirsten joyce)) --first, according to the national law enforcement officers memorial fund 61 officers were shotn far this year ... that number is 61- percent higher than the year prior. what is law enforcement doing to better protect themselves? any new training, vests, etc? joe: yeah part of that 61 20 of them were ambushed officers weren't doing some tactical just doing daily business someone sneaks up on them fingers crossed we

better our self and better educate officer. if we perceive a threat we'll double up the officers. we dont want to do the cry wolf thing. it's part of education and ((brian loftus))

weekend. were there any incidents reported by shoppers? joe: just minor ones it does increase in the the holidays. be vigilante. we had minor incidents nothing to speak of we're very proud of that. got a question for the mayor just head to our website at las paul joncich that's all for us at 4. 8 news now at five starts after this. don't forget.. we're always on at las vegas now dot com, on facebook and twitter. ((dave courvoisier)) now at 5...

and one suspect is still on the loose. the latest details... plus, who police are looking for.// in a matter of weeks... recreational marijuana will be legal in the silver state. but with no legal way to buy it... how will lawmakers address the issue of the black market?// donald trump makes a major announcement about his business holdings... and reveals more cabinet picks.//

carrying the brazillian soccer team. what leaked cockpit recordings reveal may have caused flight 29-33 to go down./// ...and i'm christianne klein in for denise. the deadly shooting happened at an apartment complex near