we don't know where she's from. hopefully we'll be getting new information momentarily. as we look at the vehicle in question there, you need to know that the driver of that reek is in police custody. police are viewing her as we speak, they're doing blood, alcohol and drug testing on this driver to try and figure out whether she was impaired. certainly, if this was intentional, something mental or emotion happening. and police will be trying to get to the bottom of that. why would a woman with a child in a car drive up onto a busy section of a las vegas boulevard, crash into people not once, but twice. she went down the boulevard further, back up on the sidewalk again. the big question everyone isasking is why. we'll working to get answers to both questions. >> breaking news, back at 11:00 tonight. 36 people injured, and one

police say a woman drove an oldsmobile, a 96 oldsmobile into a crowd of people on the las vegas strip. this is chop her 13 video over the scene right now, las vegas boulevard and harmon is still closed in that area tonight. >> when we say fast and first, action news has had team coverage of the deadly accident since it happened at 6:00 p.m. the whole team is in our news room giving complete attention to what's going on on the strip. we have mahsa saeidi on the strip near las vegas and harmon steps away from where the accident happened. >> and jackie is in chopper 13 right now with the very latest. late check in with her. >> tricia, you're taking a look at the suspect vehicle now, surrounded by a wide perimeter of police tape. a 96 oldsmobile, the latest indicates the woman driving this car was from out of state, had

there was a child in the back of that vehicle that has been taken to child haven as police try to figure out and determine whether this was an intentional act. they've told us so far they've ruled out terrorism. but, one person dead, 36 injured. four in critical condition. that's a very serious things to have going on. the strip is going to be closed for the rest of the night while police continue their investigation, pulling evidence, as we've shown you earlier, and we'll continue to show you, that scene is almost the size of a city block. she entered the roadway near flamingo where the boulevard intersects. and she didn't end until the area of valley. right in front of planet hollywood to bali's driving on the curb the entire way. it's a wonder that there aren't more fatalities tonight. we're working on bringing you the latest information.

about the latest. jackie, thank you. mahsa saeidi is on the strip near las vegas boulevard and harmon, just a stone's throw away from where the accident happened. she's been talking to metro and witnesses. mahsa, what do you have? >> reporter: that's right, tricia, we are less than 15 minutes away from another update from police. the big question we have, we want more information about the driver. police say she was speeding down right here on south las vegas boulevard. there was a 3-year-old in the back seat of the car. we don't know if it was her child or not. she plows into a group of pedestrians twice. police say it's possible that she did it on purpose. this could be an intentional act. they clarified two things. they said definitively this is not terrorism. earlier there were reports that there was perhaps gunshots fired in this area.

listen to one man's description of the terrific scene. >> you could see the people literally flying off. she had one little boy trapped under the front side of the vehicle. and it is a front wheel drive car, you saw him eject. otherwise she could have kept dragging him. >> did people die. >> i don't know. there was a woman at the end, had no pulse, they worked on her for 10 minutes. and they put her on a gurney. they didn't put her in a bag. you could hear the emts saying no pulse, no pulse. >> and the other side of las vegas boulevard, police have kept this closed, it will remain closed for the night. police did confirm what we had been hearing from witnesses that pedestrian were hit in two separate locations. the a witness saying the woman

and went back onto the sidewalk. police have not confirmed that. lots of surveillance cameras. right now, 20 witnesses, if you saw anything, they want to speak with you. they'll remain here the rest of the night. you can call them tomorrow. we're 10 minutes away from an update. reporting live on the strip, mahsa saeidi. i want to send it to jena. >> i spoke with a patient who was just discharged from the hospital who says he was walking down the strip when he saw the woman in the car come charges at them, and all the 37 people, he was a victim. he was discharged with 30 minutes ago with an injured knee. anthony hamel is celebrating christmas and his 21st birthday.

montreal. he said he and h were walking down the strip when the car came charging at him an image he will not forget. he was in such shock, after that image, he did black out. he knows he fell to the ground and he did roll a bit. he tells us through everything, he was more concerned about his mom and other relatives injured worse than he was. we told anthony that police are saying this might be an intentional act. here's his reaction. >> the patient, she won't be able to feel the pain that she gave to a lot of people. i'm not the worst. there are people who had big problems. and i saw some people -- wondering how their life would be. >> at the end of the interview, no cameras rolling. his dad came up and his dad told him at least one person did die and possibly maybe two, he

anthony didn't know that. he put down his crutches, he put his head in his dad's chest. it was heartbreaking to watch a traumatic situation. hard to imagine what they went through. guys, back to you. >> impossible to imagine what they went through. thank you so much, for that report. we want to give you a look now at where the suspect vehicle ended up. this is the tuscany casino. you see the police car with lights on. we have heard a child was in the car. police confirmed for us a 3-year-old toddler was in the car, taken to child haven. witnesses say the driver sped up as she went for the crowd, passersby banged on the car as it drove through that group of people trying to get her to top. she didn't, and police caught up to the car here in this parking lot at the tuscany hotel further down the street. >> and we want to bring you

the witness accounts here tonight. scene. it is just heart wrenching strip. all the victims, and the lives ruined. it's terrible. >> devastating. not just for the victims, but -- not just the people who were injured, but for every one that's associated with them. very rarely is it really known how crime affects other people. there's always more than one victim. the families of the people who are affected are the ones who really touched the lives of the first responders. when you are interviewing relative, the wife, the husband of a crime victim, the person who we know we have a fatality here. when the officers go to notify

it's absolutely devastating. it's the type of thing that stays with you forever. and these are some of the things that are not really talked about a lot. it's really devastating. >> i see you're tearing up. i was, as well watching that witness. we're all caring loving people, and we have families. and all you think about when you see these things on the news, you think that could be me, that could be my family. it's heart wrenching, and really awful what happened tonight. >> and you see that from the witnesses who saw it, how that witness described just the most horrific scene, and he's had to live through that. then you hear from the young man at the hospital who lived through it in a different way. it is life changing for all those people. and we are devastated that this has happened in our city, and visitors who were here, as we

interviewed here celebrating his 21st birthday, a large group, 10 montreal. all of those people now at the hospital when they should be celebrating. >> exactly. >> our governor releasing a statement, saying he has spoken with the sheriff, he'll remain in contact with him as this incident continues to evolve tonight. the state stands ready to help, and will provide any assistance needed to ensure the safety of our visitors and residents. kathleen and i extend our deepest sympathies for ever to all involved in the incident. >> a lot of people waiting to hear now from our sheriff, and he will be giving a press conference tomorrow. tonight, the rest of his team a handling the updates, the regular updates to media. the sheriff does plan to speak to us tomorrow morning. he'll have a better picture of exactly what this woman's

police are confirming they have reason to believe she did this intentionally. she targeted these people on the strip and wanted to hurt them. and so the sheriff will be giving us a press conference tomorrow. tonight, the investigation in full swing. >> that's right. and we do know this woman was not from nevada, only here a week. they discovered this was not an act of terrorism. they to possibly believe this was intentional, with a 3-year-old in the car. we don't know if this was her child. one person died, possibly another fatality that somebody has succumbed to their injuries. six victims in critical condition. that's the very latest that we know tonight. metro is asking if you were on the strip tonight and you saw anything at all, please contact them. they're scouring through

if you were in that area, they want to hear from you. >> if you are just tuning in, the accident happened at 6:30, you can see from your screen, an active scene, las vegas boulevard is still shut down between flamingo and harmon, as police have, unfortunately, multiple crime scenes scattered up and down that section of las vegas boulevard. we're talking about the area right in front of the paris hotel and a little bit further down toward bali's, where this woman went up and off the sidewalk multiple times hitting people. the youngest victim that we can confirm is 11 years old. that child was taken to umc. >> we have bryan callahan joining us live with more information. brian, what can you tell us? >> well, yeah, we're here on the east side of the tuscany casino, that suspect vehicle is sitting about 100 feet to my left. an officer just got out and

all these bushes are blocking our view of that from our live location. the windshield of that car and the rear view myrrh are damaged, as you saw in the pictures from chopper 13. i talked to a witness who had just arrived in tuscany to check in. he said he saw 6 to 7 officers running toward the woman. he saw her get handcuffed. woman. he was driving up las vegas boulevard, we ran into the closure following the accident, said he detoured down harmon before arriving here, and seeing that woman get arrested. it left the scene here about 15 minutes ago, but back out here, the officers have recently come out of least unmarked vehicles to walk down, take a closer look at the woman's vehicle here, trying to get an idea of what happened in this accident. likely going to be out here for

continuing the investigation, a large section of this parking lot remains blocked off. lots of people trying to get in and out of the hotel. the witness was able to check in, and is in his hotel tonight. reporting live, action news. we want to go to jackie with more for us. >> a live look at the scene, it is still very active. happened. police tell us they expect the strip to be closed the rest of the night, as they still try to gather evidence, determine ultimately how they should prosecute this woman who is in their custody now, it took some time after this crash happened. and their initial reports are indicating from police that this is likely an intentional act. but we have now heard from police and from the city of las

it has been ruled out, and it was a terrorist incident. take a look where you see the cones that go all the way up the sidewalk. that sort of tracks the path that that car took, as it drove down the length of nearly an entire city block. look at all the debris. we're lucky that only one person has passed away of their injuries. of course, not minimizing that person's death. if you think about the traffic on the las vegas strip a little over a week from now during new year's. this could have had much worse potential p. 36 people injured, a few in critical condition. we're waiting for updates from metro on their condition to see if anyone has improved. we're expecting to have a press conference at 11:15. the latest information on the investigation. >> jackie, you mentioned the

let's listen in. >> a quick update. six people injured in this accident that are critical. we have gotten word that they are stable. that's good news. again, we want to pass our thoughts and prayers to the victims, and all of the other victims that were injured during this accident, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families. what we know now is we have determined that this is an intentional act. that means that our homicide section will be handling the investigation. i'm going to turn it over to lieutenant dan mcgrath. >> what we have at this point, we have a black female in her

she was driving a 1996 oldsmobile four-door vehicle with...plates. she went up off the street onto the sidewalk, two, approximately three times. we have information from the fatal investigators, at this point, we are treating it as an intentional act. she is in the detention center now speaking to detectives, they are drawing her blood, and she will be -- i expect her to be charged within the next few hours. >> [indiscernible]. >> we will have a press briefing tomorrow with the sheriff, and we'll give you guys an updated time with that tomorrow. >> thank you, lieutenant. >> we have new information. dan mcgrath confirming a black female in her 20s was the driver of that 1996 oldsmobile with oregon plates, with her

we're going to listen in, he's saying more information. ...intentional because she went on the -- [indiscernible]. >> there were no shots fired at any time. and this is nothing at all related to terrorism. no relation to terrorism. not a terrorism investigation. this is a female in a vehicle who drove onto the sidewalk. we don't know the exact seasons why she did it. we're trying to determine that now. but they saw her movements in the vehicle, appear to be an intentional act. >> [indiscernible]. >> not going to answer questions. that's going to be in the morning. >> as they wrap up the press conference there down on the strip. police making one vital change to the press conference they

is now they're saying it definitely was intentional. a half hour ago they said it appears intentional. now police saying we think she did it on purpose. a suspect in her 20s. >> and she's in the detention center. the vehicle has oregon plates. they are drawing blood to see if alcohol or drugs impaired her in this crash. what do you make of what you just heard? >> part of the investigation here is they had to get search warrants for blood draw, and to get specimens from that. that will be very germane to any prosecution that takes place. the fact that lieutenant mcgrath pretty much ruled out this being an accident and said this was an intentional act, that means that we're talking about murder and

36 counts, approximately for every person injured. this is a massive investigation, there's going to be huge amounts of evidence they're going to have to be picked up from both the scene over there, and wherever they trace her to. because wherever she was living while she was here, needs to be examined, as well. >> perhaps the best news we got from the press conference is that the six people who were in critical condition are now all stable. and, boy, that is such a relief to hear. particularly as we know that here, very young. the youngest that we know of, 11 years old. tragically one person did die from their injuries. but we are pleased to hear from police that the six who were in condition. so, at least, you know, a glimmer of hope for some of those people. lives will forever be changed by

>> and so, again, we want to update you on what we know about this female. a black female in her 20s driving a 1996 oldsmobile with oregon plates on the las vegas strip. hitting a group of 6 to 10 people. and then going off the sidewalk, and speeding up, according to witnesses, and then hitting another group of people. according to the witnesses we heard from tonight, some were just banging on the window trying to get this woman to stop, and just dragging some people with her, and with the car. apparently they detained her over at the tuscany, and apparently they are now drawing blood, and she is being detained at the detention center. again, they mentioned probably no new information tonight and we'll hear more from the press conference. they are confirming they've ruled out terrorism, this is an intentional crash, and emphatically, 20 minutes ago,

now pretty emphatic this was intentional. she did this deliberately. >> this rachets up the investigation into a homicide investigation, a murder investigation, as well as each one of those people injured is going to be treated as a separate count of an attempt murder. >> action news has been live since 6:30 when we got word people have been hit. we continue to bring you live coverage because las vegas boulevard is the lifeblood of our city. thousands, if you work down there, thousands, if you play down there, trish and i were both down there tonight with our families. we want to bring you the very latest information. you do need to know that the strip is still shut down. that section where the accident happened between flamingo and harmon, so if you work in that area, avoid the boulevard all together. also, if you're using i-15, the flamingo exit is shut.

of flamingo. still, a very active scene as police are trying to gather more evidence. talking to witness. the area will be shut down hours, avoid it completely if possible. >> randy, how is this accident going to impact the new year's eve celebration that happens on the las vegas strip with thousands on the sidewalks and streets. how will this change that? >> it is certainly going to heighten the security issues here. during the new year's eve celebration the strip is shut down to any vehicular traffic. so that means that if there's no cars on there, there's no threat from that particular arena. but, before it closes, and after it reopens, then this is going to play into the planning of that event, and future events. >> yeah.

all of us tonight, what happened on the las vegas strip with this 36 people being hit by this woman in her 20s, and driving a 1996 oldsmobile. plowing into people, killing one. we do have good news. the six who were critical are no to metro, in stable condition. that's a bright light here tonight.dering what would cause this woman to do such a thing. what would cause her to do such a thing with a child in the back seat. that child could have been hurt, as well. we don't know if it was her babysitting. we can confirm that the 3-year-old in the car was not hurt. she is in the center. trying to figure out what her motive was, what would possess her to drive down such a busy part of the strip where people

lightsen a the music. as police were telling us the gruesome details, i could hear pop music in the background like the party is till going. to the people on the strip, the party is over, at least tonight. it's a devastating night for the people who witnessed what happened. and certainly you saw people in costumes down there still trying to take pages, and but the reality is the show down the strip right now is a show of heartache and tragedy, and witnesses are sort of standing shocked, ago our reporters on the scene what happened down here, if they didn't actually witness it, now they know, word as spread. >> a massive crime scene, it will be taped off, and you won't be able to access flamingo until into tomorrow, it will still be a crime scene. >> because there's such a great distance from the initial where she stuck the people and continued on.

where she was stopped is a crime scene and has to be processed by the crime scene analyst. it is a massive job and very, very time consuming. >> and jackie showed us from chopper 13 how far the street it goes. >> mahsa saeidi and others, tourists were involved, we heard from a witness. and he also learned that there was a fatal, and he was very emotional. and it speaks to everybody, even the first responders on the scene, this is an emotional night for everybody involved. >> when you're subjected to seeing people who are in pain, who are suffering these are images that fronters live with.

these are very difficult investigations for the first responders, as well as for the victims, and the families. >> it's going to be really interesting to see what happens with her blood test to see if she was impaired at all. she was using prescription drugs, alcohol, we don't know, on some form of substance. just to plow into people and have absolutely no regard for life and continue to drag along people with a 3-year-old in the back, it seems like -- >> at 6:30 at night. when people are out having dinner with their families, a lot of young people on the strip. the youngest victim was 11 years old. there were a lot of other young people down there who saw what happened. because i was down on the strip earlier tonight and was struck by how many families were in town, in town for christmas break, winter holiday. we heard from one of the victims hit, his knee was hurt. 21 years old, in town celebrating his birthday with

>> it is a joyous time before the holidays, you do get people depressed. and sometimes doesn't crime go up when people are depressed? >> there can be spikes. these are emotional times. there's sometimes there's a rise in the domestic situations that take place, because there's so much pressure during the holidays to, because of financial issues, and you never know what's going on in someone's mind. hopefully when homicide detectives talk to her, we'll probably get a picture of what her motivations are, if she is cooperating, and talking to the investigators. >> and we've heard from witnesses that the car went up on the sidewalk two different times, but jackie gave us a great view of where we saw cones in three different sections.

been three sections of the strip where the car veered up onto the sidewalk. police are trying to sort that out. they're saying two or three, all of these lead them to believe the woman did this intentionally. >> they said they would be looking at all the surveillance cameras. that's one of the benefits to where this crime took place, they have this evidence. a lot of times they don't have this, the continued to of security we have on the las vegas strip, everybody's move is video taped. >> not only do you have all that video footage, and they'll trace it back to wherever she first came onto the strip. they're going to have to go through hours of this stuff. then have you all of the witness statements that have to be taken. we're probably talking hundreds of witnesses. >> it makes me wonder if there

it was a man before who drove up and hit people. one of your friends was there and witnessed the whole thing. that men is spending over 500 years in prison for crashing into people intentionally on the strip. right after the accident bali's remodeled the front of their property and completely changed the whole pedestrian front of their property to try and protect people. this area in front of the paris, people walk there to see the eiffel tower. makes me wonder if we'll see changes in the future. >> the all you have is the sidewalk and -- >> the restaurant. that is incredibly busy. trying to make a right to the parish, there is groups and groups of people. and cabo's is set back. you could seesly hit that sidewalk and go into the

>> that's a good point. the hotels, as well. the path the car took down las vegas boulevard, straight through paris, look at all of that debris in the road. not ending until bali. this is pretty incredible just

the sidewalk. if you've been on the strip even once, you know just how packed it is. and how incredibly dangerous this was. it is really a miracle that there were not more people seriously injured, to have 36 injured severely, to have one person killed as a result of this. it is just a tragedy. metro police, as you can see, the scene is still very active. the strip will be shut down the rest of the night, as we gather evidence, confirming that they believe it was an intentional act. they're going to be out there working all night to gather all of the evidence that they need, as they head into make a case against this woman. trying to learn more about the child in the back of the car. a 3-year-old who police have confirmed that was her child. riding in the back of the car,

boulevard, just taking people out like bowling pins. we'll bring you the latest on good morning las vegas, it all begins at 5:00 in the morning, we'll give it back to you guys in the studio to wrap up. >> we want to go out to mahsa saeidi live at the scene with the very latest. mahsa? >> reporter: police official said it's possible that las vegas boulevard could open up in the next three to four hours. we do want to show you west harmon is now back open to traffic within the past hour. the press conference was very brief. they said they were not going to be taking any questions. we did find out that the driver was a black female in her 20s. there was a 3-year-old in the back as we have been reporting, still unclear if that was her child or not. but police did question this woman several hours, and from that they have determined that they believe that this was an

and they believe that this is definitively not terrorism. that's the big information we got, police now say it was not only two, but possibly three times that she went back up and tried to -- injuring, killing one and critically injuring six people, the latest from las vegas boulevard. >> mahsa, thank you. mahsa could not hear jackie, who is in chopper 13 confirming for us that the young child, the 3-year-old toddler in the back of the car was indeed the driver's child. let's go to jena, who is at umc talking to people coming out of the hospital who were victims in this accident. jena? >>. >> this patient is from montreal, celebrating his 21st birthday, also a holiday vacation with his family. he said there's about 10 of them walking on the strip when he

they were part of the 37 people