separate crimes. 'll tell you what they're accused of doing. and a live report from carson city. fox5 is there for the legislature's special session to ensure a billion dollar plant makes it's way to the valley. we start with breaking news tonight... police are investigating a robbery and possible shooting in ??? i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. you are looking live at the scene near charleston and rancho. police say there was a possible shooting. homicide detectives are on scene. we will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. people are asked to avoid the area. breaking into houses -- tying up and severly beating the homeowners -- then stealing their property. three men are indicted on 46 felony charges including sexual assault. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. police arrested the suspects connected to a series of home invasions that happened over the summer in the southwest part of

moore is live from metro headquarters describing in detail how they attacked their victims. these home invasions happened over a five-week span back in july and august. and police say they targeted mostly senior citizens -- and at least one of those home invasions involved sexual assault. imagine that you're at home, with your family, watching tv, making dinner, and all of a sudden the door to your house gets broken in. that was the chilling reality for several southwest valley homeowners this summer. police say 42-year-old wilbert knight, 28-year-old brandon black, and 23-year-old quincy williams were indicted for multiple home invasion charges. around late july, early august, in the early evening hours, police say they broke into homes, sometimes masked. they used zipties to restrain their victims, seriously beat them with handguns and revolvers. these aren't easy cases to solve, because the crimes

of times, phsyical evidence is not left behind. but in this case, detectives were able to gather clues from the scene, and after collecting dna evidence, metro identified the suspects by the end of august. the other thing that helped out, and is always a help for everybody in the community is sometimes we have neighbors that are keeping an eye on the neighborhood and they see something that just doesn't look right, and that gets reported to the police. two of the suspects are being held in federal custody because of previous felony convictions. back in 2006, black was convicted of felonies involving carjackings, and in 2012 he was convicted of felony for being in posession of explosives. and williams was convicted of second-degree robbery and escaping police custody in 1992. but district attorney steve wolfson says these current charges are brought against them for committing some of the worst crimes he has ever seen. if my office has anything to do with it, and it does, they will not see the day of light, or the light of day i should say, for a long, long time. coming up at 11 --

unusal with this case. but for now -- reporting live -- rachel moore fox five news -- local -- las vegas. one of the indictments handed down to all of the suspects is first- degree kidnapping. if convicted the men could face life in prison. one person is dead after a fight at a valley apartment complex this afternoon. metro police say just after noon officers responded to calls at an apartment complex on harmon and boulder highway. when they arrived they found a man stabbed in the chest. police say the man who died... and the suspects were squatters and did not live at the complex. 'the fight escalated where a person was stabbed we believe that occured in the second floor apartment' police say they are now looking for a white blonde woman about 30 years old... and a black man about the same age. the man was last seen wearing a red and white striped hat...and red pants. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. a clark county school district employee is accused of

with the help of his brother. police say the information technology employee-- gordon goujon-- was supposed to be transfering the tablets from jesse scott elementary school to another school to be re-imaged.... but the transfer was never made. police later traced three of the stolen ipads to a pawn shop... and were able to connect them to gogoclaims he didn't know they were stolen. police say gordon goujon will be held accountable. "due to the fact that he was in the care and control of 40 ipads he worked for i.t. for the school district we were able to charge him with the theft of all 40" gordon goujon has been placed on leave with out pay. district officials say he passed the school districts vetting process and has been working with the school system for about two years we now know more about a custodian--- arrested for performing private sex acts inside a classroom. school police say michael skelton is facing numerous charges

altering food, water or medicine and open and gross lewdness as well as destruction of property. according to the arrest report-- police set up cameras after a teacher-- at dondero elementary school found bodily fluids on her desk... and on other property. he was seen on the surveillance video in her classroom and later admitted to performing sex acts. skelton is due in court tomorrow. police want to make sure people are safe on the roads this holiday season... and are cracking down on impaired drivers. they have a d-u-i checkpoint set up at charleston and arlington... that's just west of nellis. police say they see a high volume of alcohol related accidents in this area. the checkpoint will be running until three a-m. metro's last d-u-i checkpoint was november 18th, at paradise and tropicana. out of the 59 hundred cars that passed through the checkpoint, 19 were arrested. metro police and in north las vegas.... are asking the public for help

of burglaries. police say the suspects break into the businesses between midnight and four a-m... and break the glass of the front doors or drive through the window. the suspects are in their 20s... with short hair and goatees. they have been seen in a small white s-u-v or station wagon. if you have any information.... you are asked to contact crimestoppers at 702-385-55-55 for the second time in two weeks an inmate has walked away from a jean conservation camp. take a look-- this is mary mitchell. the nevada department of corrections says she was discovered missing from the minimum custody facility last night. she is serving time for grand larceny. theft and burglary. mitchell is 5 foot four.... bown eyes and brown hair and has multiple tattoos. anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 9- 1-1. last tuesday another inmate walked away from the pioche conservation camp... he is now back in custody. state lawmakers have allocated

million dollars to test thousands of backlogged rape kits. "with not testing these kits, we have sexual assaulters and rapers roaming the street. being able to do this, we will bring them to justice, and victims who have been sitting waiting for justice for a long time " across the state 75 hundred sexual assault evidence sitting in police years. 63 hundred are in las vegas alone. the money includes one point dollars from a settlement this summer with jpmorgan chase in a debt collection practices case toward the rape kit effort. funding is also coming from the u-s justice department and based sexual elimination program. brian sandoval called for a special session today to talk about the deal with electric car maker faraday future. fox5s miguel joins us now from

ended. the senate bill for the faraday future deal has just been presented to the senate session ... the bill deals with tax abatements a few hours ago the assembly was given their bill to look over which deals more with workforce programs ... after hours of anticipation and months of negotiations bills involving the deal with faraday future have been handed to law makers, now its their turn to look them over and see if they feel this is the right deal for nevada... assembly bill 1, was presented to the assembly around 7:30 pm. it deals with higher education programs preparing people for the jobs created by faraday and also requires workforce training programs to have a diversity action plan.

around apex industrial park makers excited for rural areas around apex like moapa valley, the updates include water and electricity for the park, could not only lead to more area, but also more housing for people working the faraday billion dollar projected impact over a 20 year span has many excited, once the session reconvene it will be time to hammer out the details of the bill and find a package that works best for the state... the sessions will reconvene

morning ... lawmakers are to book their tickets home until friday afternoon . faraday future chose north las vegas for the site of its one billion dollar manufacturing plant. journal... sold for a year. now the mystery behind the sale is over. we reveal how the deal went down. this holiday is hitting one family diagnosis. how the surprise squad is helping to make the season a little bit brighter. 24/7 forecast is

live from las vegas. you're watching fox5 news at 10, with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 10. local.

the trump hotel-- has filed after workers voted to unionize the property. the national board... says commericial l-l-c filed to contest on monday. and it was received within the seven day objection period before the votes are certified. the culinary surprised by the filing... scheduled for january fifth. rumors of who journal - finally laid to rest by the review journal itself. tonight an article they published confirms a family member arranged the purchase on behalf of sheldon adelson - ending the week-long mystery which even their own reporters protested against. fox 5's ophelia young spoke with a fortune reporter who cracked the code earlier today. senior editor for fortune was sure the mysterious buyer was sheldon adelson hours before the review journal came out with it. but even in the rj's story - it

information from a source unnamed - we don't know if they've gotten confirmation from the adelson family. the biggest unanswered - why the big secret? very secretive with the owner not being announced internallyits a news paper but even the structure itself. structure." news plus media capital group llc was the generic asked who bought journal. into the internet - not much comes up. who are they? "it has to be a little big unsettling who ultimately is signing your paychecks." wednesday - the rj published a story citing sources who confirm - the driving force is sheldon adelson. but even the day before - a cnn money reporter says adelson repeated denied the transaction - saying he had quote "no personal interest." "i think thats being clever and being a little too clever." according to rj - the deal was arranged by adelson's son in

attorney from new york. the rj reporter believes dumont llc which last week bought the rj and its sister publications. understands the furtiveness- which even prompted congresswoman dina titus to the floor. "why would you want this to be a secret i ve heard that they didnt want to come out certain date or after a certain event i dont knwo if its true or not but it just doesnt make any sense." both titus and primack praise rj editors and reporters who took to social their own website with the irony - why a company whose main value should be transparency - transparent themselves. "there is value in why certain things are being certain things arent being covered certain in an editorial page certainly when youre in a swing state in a presidential year." we weren't able to reach anyone

this information for ourselves. messages for them and will why they were so discrete about the purchase. newsroom ophelia young fox 5 news local las vegas. the review journal is the largest newspaper publication in nevada. costed 1 hundred dollars. 24/7, with chief pretty night for some as our overnight degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with afternoon southwest gusts to 25 mph saturday, then northwest gusts to 25 mph on

average high is 56. another freezing night for some as our overnight low drops to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with afternoon southwest gusts to 25 mph saturday, then northwest gusts to 25 mph on sunday. our average high is 56. another freezing night for some as

low drops to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with afternoon southwest gusts to 25 mph saturday, then

sunday. our average high is 56. closed captioning will resume shortly firefighters lighting up the faces of hundreds of kids.. in need. how they were helping deliver some holiday cheer. the republicans held their last debate in las vegas.. and we are hearing from a lot of people who say it's becoming clear donald trump very well could

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early for hundreds of kids in the valley. and it came courtesy of firetrucks... cheering firefighters of southern nevada burn foundation-- handing out toys today to students at hickey elementary school. the toys were collected as part of the annual fill the fire truck toy drive. more than 26 thousand kids get a special gift-- thanks to the drive. and organizers say all of the hardwork is worth it.... "the kids faces. i can't even express how thrilled, how happy they are for this. this makes their day. they talk about this for the rest of their life. " if you want to help.... it is not too late. they are still

and gift cards through the weekend. you can get into the spirit.... by taking a drive through a holiday wonderland. glittering lights at the las vegas motor speedway is up and running... and ready for visitors. the valley's largest light display is decked out with more than three million lights... glittering lights is open nightly through january third. across the valley... thousands of people don't have enough to eat... but you can help....by taking part in our take 5 to care holiday food drive.... all month you can drop off non- perishable food at and vons... or register. all of the three square. the final republican debate for 2015 is a wrap. and candidates got right back on the campaign trail. where they were stumping in southern nevada. protestors are back in the street in baltimore.... after a jury fails to make a decision in the trial of an

the death of freddie gray. the message- city leaders have for the public. dealing with diagnosis.... the suprise squad jumps into action to help a local family struggling this holiday

we have an update to the breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour... one person is dead after a robbery... and shooting at a doctor's office you are looking live at the scene near charleston and rancho. police say they were called around 7:15 for a robbery... when they arrived they found a woman in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. they say the doctor, an employee and a patient were in the office at the time... there were two suspects... male and female. police believe the deceased-- is one of the suspects. the other suspect is on the run.

republican debate of 2015 is officially in the books. thirteen candidates squaring off in two separate debates. republican candidates focusing on the number one concern for voters... terrorism. and throughout the night they took plenty of shots at one another. analysts--- saying their were several standouts... for potential voters... front runner donald trump... came out swinging...new jersey governor chris christie and senator ted cruz-- who has been picking up steam in the polls. and donald trump and jeb bush came out the gate-- swinging. "donald, you know, is great at the one liners. but he's a chaos candidate. and he'd be a chaos president. he would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe. " "jeb doesn't really believe i'm unhinged. he said that very simply because he

campaign. it's been a total disaster. nobody cares." " the next republican debate is scheduled for january 17th in charleston south carolina. the candidates wasted no time getting back on the campaign trail. some of them staying right here in southern nevada. fox5's elizabeth watts tells us about the events held in town today.... a full house at sun city anthem... as former executive carly fiorina speaks with voters... nat: it is time to take our country back (applause) at the town hall she said if elected president she would repeal and replace fix the broken immigration system... and thousand page tax code.. with a three page plan... she says the current code crushes job creators: sot fiorina as a chief executive of a 90 billion dollar firm i could handle all that complexity because all i had to do was hire armies of accounts and lawyers and lobbyists to make that complexicty work for me, or the 9 person reality firm... they can.t.. she said it was important to talk to voters at the

swing state.... and was glad to take part in the main debate tuesday night... whether or not she got adequate time. fiorina i used my time to full advantage that's all you can do.. i can't control the media obviously but i took advantage of the time i had. while the republican field is still crowded- one voter in fiorina's audience- says she's in his top three. chuck mcdonald/voter ted cruz looks very very good to me.. i like marco rubio. i ke carly fiorina. over at caesars palace.. rand paul spoke at a luncheon for the non profit economic club... during his speech and q and a.. he focused on his spending and debt- government and his nats 12:19 rand paul life beating up canada for socialized medicine and all the terrible big government things they do up there... their corp. tax is 15 percent. ours is 35 percent. you want business in america, attract biz to las vegas you have to have tax rates that are compettive. the economic club was excited to have senator paul speak... he was the first

candidate to accept the non partisan group's offer to ned martin/the economic club of las vegas having him agree to accept invitation to come here important for us hope it's a catalyst to come and speak to us in the future fiorina and yucca mountain... both say the decision on where nuclear waste gets stored.... should be up to nevadans. tomorrow- ted cruz is holding a rally at the siena comunity center... all the tickets are spoken for. the federal reserve is raising interest rates.... this comes after seven years of record lows. the fed moving to lift its key rate by a quarter point... the rate was near zero...now it will be between one- quarter and one- half percent. fed officials expressing confidence about the fundamentals driving the economy, the health of u-s

domestic spending. " : "it recognizes the considerable progress that has been made toward restoring jobs, raising incomes and ending the economic hardships of millions of americans. " the fed signaling that further rate hikes will likely be made gradually, as the economy continues to strengthen. chicago mayor rahm emanuel say he will meet with the federal agents who have launched a probe into the city's police department. the meeting is scheduled for tomorow.... today federal officials met with police department representatives in the civil rights investigation. the investigation was announced earlier this month after the release of video showing a police officer-- shooting a teen 16 times. numerous calls for emanuel to resign have been made.... but the former white house staff memeber says he will not step down. the trial for one of six officers charged after freddie gray died in police custody.... ends in a mistrial. a baltimore jury could not come to a decision over

responsibility in gray's death polo sandoval has more on the hung jury. (nats) police officers stood side by side in long lines -- as protesters approached. crowds gathered in the street. but the family of freddie gray and the city of baltimore urge calm. (baltimore mayor/stephanie rawlings-blake) "if some choose to protest they must peacefully demonstrate. that is their right. but i also want to be very, very clear about any potential disturbances in our city. we are prepared to respond". gray died after being transported in a police van. william porter was the first officer out of six tried. prosecutors argued porter ignored gray's pleas for help. they also said porter did not buckle gray properly into a seat belt and did not follow police policy. porter's defense said the opposite. arguing standard protocol was to not use seat belts. the jury considered the

involuntary manslaughter, assault, office and reckless endangerment. but could not reach a decision. now gray's family will wait for a new trial as protesters in the city of baltimore demand justice. (richard shipley/freddie gray's stepfather): "we ask the public to remain calm and patient because we are confident there will be another trial with a different jury. we are calm, you reporting in polo sandoval. suspended without pay. a local military family won't be home this christmas... not because of a deployment... but a diagnosis. worries about their son's surgery.... about one won't be able to find him and his but luckily santa knew the surprise

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down with coach dave rice sunday on rebzone... you can see it right here at 11-- following fox5 news at ten. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty another freezing night for some as our overnight low drops to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with

to 25 mph saturday, then northwest gusts to 25 mph on sunday. our average high is 56. another freezing night for some as our overnight low drops to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with afternoon

to 25 mph saturday, then to 25 mph on sunday. our average high is 56. closed captioning will resume shortly republicans took over the venetian theater last night

will resume shortly republicans took over the venetian theater last night for the gop's final debate of the year.. most of the rants we got were from people excited.. or unsettled by the thought of donald trump winning the nomination.. but we begin with jeff.. a republican .. who says his party is dead wrong on not blocking suspected terrorists from buying guns.. something that came up in the

at fox5vegas.com or call at 702-436- 8285 what's coming up.. on fox five news at eleven. police are investigating a deadly shooting tonight at a

the latest information on what happened, and who police are looking for. police catch the men they say are responsible for several violent home invasions. what they say was particularly unusual about these cases. we will be right

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spreading holiday cheer in cleveland ohio. hitting the layaway department at two separate walmart stores. "i just cried. it's amazing someone much compassion during the christmas season to help us. to help people who maybe wouldn't have had christmas.." the man paid off close to 107 thousand dollars in layaway goods. the items ranged from a pair of socks to a 70-inch television - and

it's time for fox5 news at 11. lawmakers have a lot of work ahead of them, in making faraday future a

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