coverage on the investigation tonight. a letter sent home to parents causes some concern. why the district says schools are safe... despite a threat made to them. and the adelson family shares why they waited a week... to announce they are the new owners of nevada's largest newspaper. this is fox5 news at 11. local las vegas. a metro officer is shot in the line of duty... but fortunately, he's on his way to recovering. i'christine maddela. i'm john huck. the man police say pulled the trigger is behind bars. metro says he is 38-year-old teag fox. and police want to know what made fox shoot this veteran officer... since he was not a part of the call the officer was responding to. the shooting happened at the emerald suites on las vegas boulevard and agate this area was closed for about six hours... with people on lockdown inside their homes. we have team coverage for you tonight. abby theodros is live outside umc

is recovering. but first we go to cyndi lundeberg... who's live near the southern highlands golf course... where officers arrested fox ... cyndi. earlier tonight metro pd told me fox was taken into custody without incident. he was being driven by a friend and was the passenger in a mercedes. polcie did whats called a pinch technique and blocked in the car... metro pd says the driver had no idea that fox was the suspect that shot an officer. a metro police officer was shot just after 11 am thursday morning responding to a domestic disturbance call at the emerald suites on las vegas blvd. as he was walking towards the front office there was a verbal exchange with the individual/ and in a very short time the suspect produced a weapon and

officer the officer was taken to u-m-c with non life threatening injuries. metro police sheriff joe lombardo says teag fox hit the officer.. and the officer returned fire. this officer in my mind is an absolute hero to have the presence of mind to protect his own safety and the safety of and i hope the training that we provided him helped him be successful according to investigatos following the shooting fox ran off where he eventually called a friend to pick him up at the shell station near silverado ranch blvd . all we saw was some black dude walking in running through here we didnt think nothing of it until another customer said she heard gun shots and she asked me if i could call the cops fox and the driver of the silver mercedes were stopped a few miles away outside the southern highlands golf course... metro police say fox gave up without a fight. im so happy this guys going to have a succesful life and were not responding to a

metro police say teag fox is a veteran and served in the airfroce from 1997-2002. i did reach out to his mother who lives here in las vegas but have not heard back. we're also told the driver of the mercedes...is foxs boss. fox worked at a local computer security company. cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas metro police say between the emerald suites and that shell station is where fox dropped the gun used in the e it. the shooting happened in a busy area where many people work and live. plenty of them saw the commotion for themselves and were disturbed. "it's crazy... scary working over here " i'm shocked and appauled why? because this is normally a pretty quiet area, ya know, normally a very quiet area. lots of people we talked to reiterated that this is normally a

no one else was hurt. that "chance encounter" with that armed man this morning... left one officer recovering at the hospital tonight. but thankfully he will be ok. that officer is stable... and receiving treatment at umc. thats where fox5's abby theodros joins us with more on the officer. today likely started like any other weekday for this officer but a call for a domestic dispute ended in gunfire and landed him in the hospital. a 21 year veteran of the metropolitan police department is in recovery at university medical center after a domestic dispute call went awry. it all started late this morning when the unnamed officer responded to the call at emerald suites. that's where a man unrelated to the initial call approached the officer opening fire and shooting him twice in the upper body. the officer shot back -but the shooter was able to flee the scene. he had a pretty substantial injury under his armpit area. the bullet missed his vest and

have to deal with that for some time. late thursday evening the officer was being treated for non life threatening injuries with his wife and son by his side. members of the police force were also standing by - showing their support. : i just came from umc visiting our officer. he was there with his wife and son. he's doing well. he's sitting up and talking. since the shooting - police say the officer has made progress in his healing and is expected to make a full recovery. the name of the officer hasnt been released yet but officials say he is stable and in good spirits. the officer is with family now and will continue treatment for his injuries. the name of an officer involved in a shooting on monday has been released. police say officer

one of the officers investigating a robbery near alexander and walnut. when they found the suspects, another man approached them with a gun. metro says the man refused to drop his weapon, and he aimed it at the officers. police say that's when they shot the suspect, and he died at umc. officer mcgill is 36 years old and has been with metro since 2013. there were two officer involved shootings on monday. the other one was near las vegas boulevard and craig. metro says a woman threatened police with a shotgun. police shot back, killing her. we've seen too many officers injured in shootings this year. fortunately, none of their injuries are life- threatening. on july 10th, a metro officer was grazed in the neck when he was shot during a traffic stop. september 4th, a metro officer responding to a burglary was shot in the leg. 48 hours later, another metro officer was shot in the hand while stopped at an intersection. and september 22nd, two north las vegas police officers were shot and injured

new details to a breaking news story we brought to you last night at 10 and 11. we're learning more about how a medical office employee shot and killed a woman robbing a medical business. this happened around seven last night, near charleston and rancho. metro says a man and woman walked into a medical office during an appointment, and started ransacking it. police say one of the suspects was armed with a handgun, and he pistol-whipped the doctor. a medical employee was able to run out, and their car. that employee saw the suspects coming down the stairs from the office, and fired shots at them. the woman was killed, and the man took off. police say the employee is cooperating with the investigation. if you know anything about the suspect on the run, call crime stoppers at 702- 385-55-55. a driver was killed in a crash this morning. nevada highway patrol says it was caused by a truck driver crossing into the opposite lane of a freeway, and hitting a dump

many things in situations like this. that person there a medical they were in a wanted to get through traffic." the accident two-15 near ann m. you can see there debris left behind. n-h-p says the killed, and the wasn't hurt. a c-c-s-d custodian made his first court appearance this morning, after being arrested for lewdness. school police say was seen on surveillance video performing private sex acts in an empty classroom. he's facing charges of willfully poisoning or altering food or medicine, and open and gross lewdness. a judge will assign skelton a public defender. clark county became the fifth school district to receive a threatening email this week. school officials let parents know about it... but ultimately chose to keep schools open. the letter sent home to parents said in part: "we are working with local law enforcement

appropriate protocol. this is not to to cause alarm, but we felt it necessary to share this information with you and will continue to keep you informed. school districts in los angeles, new york, miami, and houston received similar threats. investigators say the threats were less than credible. still, los angeles schools closed for one day out of caution. state lawmakers are still working on the specifics... for bringing electric car maker faraday future to nevada. fox 5s miguel martinez valle brings us the latest from carson city. after taking the night to look over the bills given to them the state senate and assembly came back together to talk about the deal with faraday future... today was the day for many of these lawmakers to get their questions answered and their concerns heard... law makers still agree, the billion dollar project is a good deal for the "new nevada" governor sandoval and his team have been working towards. still there are unanswered questions and many details that need to be sorted out... nelson araujo, assemblyman

all just trying to ensure that we are asking the appropriate questions. " two bills were presented, one for the assembly and the assemblies bill deals with jobs and mentioned teaming up with community colleges and universities to close the "skills gap" and get these jobs. diversity action plan... a phrase many wanted better explained.. the senates bill deals with money, tax incentives, and the $176 dollars in total abatements offered to the electric car maker if they meet the requirements set for them. mark hutchinson, lieutenant governor " we want to make sure that they perform and invest the billion dollar investment that they've committed too, and if they don't then we have ways to claw that back to the state." one of the biggest issues of the day became infrastructure, specifically when it comes to the water needed to bring businesses to apex industrial park... senator aaron ford, minority leader nevada state senate "we want to make sure that the water issues are properly addressed, as i understand it there are some questions from the conservation industry that would like to look into this so those are some of the issues that were going to be looking at." the issues and questions for these bills turn into

an effort to make the best deal for nevada's future... "thats the job of the legislature is to take a look at this and make sure that this is good for nevada, which the governor and i believe it is." from carson city, miguel martinez- valle, fox5news local las vegas. last year a similar special session was called for a deal with tesla automotive, that session lasted 2 days. republican presidential candidate ted cruz met with supporters... two days after they saw him debate with the other g- o-p contenders here in las vegas. "there's far too many americans fed up with slick politicians who go whichever way the wind blows. they're looking for leaders who are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. " the texas senator spoke to about 250 people at the siena community center. he says if he becomes president, he'd open an investigation into planned parenthood, and move the u-s embassy in israel to jerusalem. cruz talked about his grassroots campaign, and how he appreciates meeting voters

casino mogul sheldon adelson's family officially confirmed they are the buyers of the las vegas review journal today. the announcement comes a week after the paper was sold for the second time in a year. the "society of professional journalists ethics committee" is questioning why the new owners went through great lengths to conceal their identity. the adelson family said they wanted to wait to announce the purchase, so there wouldn't be a distraction from tuesday's republican debate... which took place at the adelson-owned venetian. two homegrown baseball stars haven't been playing professional baseball for very long... but they've received a lot of national recognition. and now, bryce harper and kris byrant have another honor to add to their repetoire... as las vegas thanks them in a big way. and firefighters put aside their fear of snakes and other slithering creatures... to save them from a burning building. the efforts they took to make sure they were okay. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is

raising cane's is teaming up with goodie two shoes, to give hundreds of shoes away to kids who may not have any. ""as our warmer days turn into much colder days and nights it's so important for kids to have proper footwear and also a functioning show, a sneaker can get them to and from school and can play in recess." " the restaurant raised more than 32 thousand dollars for the organization, as part of its royal purple las vegas bowl celebrations. the shoes were donated to kids at c-p squires elementary school. some of the football players about to play in the bowl came along to meet the kids. the royal purple las vegas bowl is this saturday... and it's between byu and university of utah. this game is being

war... after controversies surrounding ticket sales. byu was announced as one of the teams several days before utah was... meaning utah fans missed out on buying tickets to the game. and it later came out that some of the tickets purchased by fans, were later given to top byu donors two hometown major leaguers are only a few years into their careers, but are already stars. tonight, they were given keys to las vegas. washington national's bryce harper and chicago cubs' kris bryant were celebrated tonight at fremont street experience. las vegas mayor carolyn goodman recognized the athletes for their accomplishments and amazing starts to their careers. harper was named the national league m-v-p... and bryant was named the national league rookie of the year in 2012. the two grew up playing against and with each other here in las vegas. there's just two weeks left... until people from all over the world come to las vegas, to celebrate america's party for new years eve! "

be. i think america's party is las vegas. the fact that we have millions of people on the strip with a firework show. over the top billion dollar casino productions. to me, las vegas is the place to be on new year's eve." " people can watch the eight-and-a- half minute firework show a little easier with a new app designed for it. those fireworks will be launched from seven strip casinos. celebrities like britney spears, celine dion, bruno mars, and maroon 5 will perform. now fox5 weather 24/7 with les krifaton ((weather)) there won't be quite the bite in the air thursday night and temperatures are warming for friday and saturday. but saturday afternoon another cold front sweeps in bringing breezy conditions and a cooling effect. by early next week temperatures will start to warm

forecast will see a high of 60, but by christmas day the temperature drops to 51. there won't be quite the bite in the air thursday night and temperatures are warming for friday and saturday. but saturday afternoon another cold front sweeps in bringing breezy conditions and a cooling effect. by early next week temperatures will start to warm up again. the christmas eve forecast will see a high of 60, but by christmas day the

to 51. there won't be quite the bite in the air thursday night and temperatures are warming for friday and saturday. but saturday afternoon another cold front sweeps in bringing breezy conditions and a cooling effect. by early next week temperatures will start to warm up again. the christmas eve forecast will see a high of 60, but by christmas day the

closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly "brilliant and intelligent"... those are the words a world leader is using, to describe donald trump. which country's controversial president is showing support to the presidential candidate. and after more than a week of questioning... a friend of the san bernardino killers is now facing serious charges. the plans investigators say he made with one of the shooters

we've heard a lot about the san killers, from a friend the f-b-i has been questioning. that friend... enrique marquez... is now the first person to be charged in connection to the attacks. officials say marquez claims he didn't know about the san bernardino plans. but he did admit to plotting two other terror attacks with syed farook.

to strike a library or cafeteria at their alma mater. they also wanted to throw pipe bombs at a busy freeway and shoot cars. marquez also confessed to giving farook two of the rifles used bernardino attacks. enforcement point in the investigation, marquez can supply a lot of information, that's because he can fill about a time period the fbi may not be able to electronically recover at this marquez was charged with providing support to terrorism... lying about weapons... and immigration fraud. he's also accused of entering into a sham marriage with a member of farook's family. it's not just a lot of republicans who want to see donald trump become president. he appears to have a big fan in russian president vladimir putin... who called the candidate a, quote, "outstanding and talented personality". "(vladimir putin, russian president) "he's a brilliant, intelligent person

but it's not our right to identify his virtues, it is the prerogative of the u.s. voters. he's the absolute leader in the presidential debates as we see." " many g-o-p presidential hopefuls have been critical of putin. but trump says he and putin would work together to improve relations between the u-s and russia. trump recently appeared with putin on an episode of "60 minutes". california firefighters had to face something that might be scarier than the blaze itself... hundreds of snakes, lizards, and other reptiles! a pet store specializing in cold-blooded creatures caught fire yesterday in stanton. crews saved hundreds of reptiles from the heat. and you can see from this video, they were able to treat a lot of them with oxygen masks. others were wrapped in blankets for safety. ikea is so popular... many locals make the trip to utah or california just to

but this trip won't be neccessary soon. take a tour of the building under construction... and see how many jobs ikea will

yourself" home design are excited to see the progress of our valley's future ikea. today, fox5 got a sneak peak inside

square foot store is being built near 215 and durango. it will feature nearly 10 thousand exclusively designed items... many which the customer builds themselves. this is nevada's first ikea, and officials say they were waiting for the right time to come here. " "well, we always build our stores for growth. and this economy is definitely growing, and we're really excited to be here in las vegas. typically we look for markets that are up to 2 million. and that's where we are today and that's why we are lucky enough to find this site." this store will create 300 jobs once its open. officials say the management team has already been hired, with many people from our valley. ikea will open next summer. some families are getting the furniture needed to turn their houses into cozy homes... thanks to walk furniture's "home for the holidays" program. one of women helped today is a disabled mother of two boys. " pause i don't want to start crying, but i am so happy about it. because i would

to afford my kids