is this a hate crime? police are investigating this question after a local mosqe's goor handles are covered in bacon! sound of falling k-o'd by a pink hoverboard! the champ - mike tyson - learns the hard way just how dangerous hoverboards can be. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas a henderson father is dead - and the accused killer - his 21 year old son. i'm elizabeth watts .. john and christine have the night off. police are still trying to find out what lead to the post christmas shooting. fox 5's ophelia young is at the henderson police department where the investigation continues. this is a mysterious case because the man was reported missing yesterday afternoon - but was found later at the same house. they believe it started with a

"it was reported that he had left the home and so at that point our officers were focused on looking outside of the home." the call came in from a family member - 68 year old mbayi ngenza was missing. police arrived at the home on fox moore court near paseo verde parkway to take the report - and then spread out to look for the father. but they were called back to the same home a few hours later. "they had some additional information and when our investigators and officers searched the homes they found the victim who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound." ngenza was dead. after questioning the family - the police found out... "the victim and his son eugene tshiyombo had fought the evening before." eugene mbayi tshiyombo - 21 years old. what would lead a son to kill his own father after christmas - henderson police are trying to learn more about the sunday night argument that led to this domestic homicide.

booked tshyombo on an open murder charge tuesday night. this is henderson's fourth murder this year - french says no murder is good - but people living in henderson can take comfort that they have all been domestic and not random. "its one of those things where we do have the four homicides that we have this year but they are domestic related and that's a good thing and that henderson residents do take their safety seriously. there is still much more to this case we're working to confirm - such as which family member made that initial missing person call - was it the suspect - where exactly was the body found. those are all details henderson police say they can't release yet because it's all still under investigation. reporting live. the suspect has been booked into henderson detention center. north las vegas police have made an arrest in a

this month. police have vernon newson junior in custody for killing a 28- year old woman on december 13th. the woman was found shot multiple times and left in a car on the on-ramp to i-15 near lamb. police found newson junior in southern california.. and are working to get him extradited back to nevada. metro police are looking into a possible hate crime after a man wrapped strips of bacon on the door handles at a spring valley mosque. and it was all caught on camera. fox5's abby theodros got a look at the surveillance video and joins us live near jones and flamingo with the latest. members of this mosque came to worship early sunday and were greeted with raw bacon on the door handles of the building. while it was surprising - they say they're relieved more permanent damage wasn't done. a man brazenly walks up to a spring valley mosque and wraps strips of bacon on the door handles.this is the aftermath. fayyaz raja, mosque goer: he knew there was a camera there. he even looked at us. i was really surprised at why a

it happened sunday around 3 in the morning. just a few short hours after the vandal left the building -mosque goers found the pork on the entrance handle - putting their plans to pray to a halt. raja: the muslim community - they're concerened about this kind of a situation but i think we are very peace, loving people and i don't see any concern police on the other hand are investigating the possibility of a hate crime. pork is forbidden in islam - making it off limits to eat or even touch. danny amster co-owns the genral contracting company that shares a parking lot with the mosque. he says he too found bacon on his company's doors and windows and says its awful that someone would resort to such a hateful act. danny amster: any way you slice it - it's a stupid and hateful act. i mean what purpose does it serve? the whole thing i mean it's just ridiculous. the situation comes amid religious tensions surrounding the

like the one in san bernardino. meanwhile -in las vegas - muslim leaders like fayaaz raja say his mosque is open to all. raja: i would love to talk to him. i would love to sit down. bring him to our congregation and meet him. see why he did that. police say this investigation is stll open and they havent identified a vandal yet. reporting live abby theodros fox55news police say they are investigating after finding a man shot dead inside a car in the parking lot of a las vegas gym. investigators say someone in 24 hour fitness called 911 after people in the parking lot heard at least one gunshot. officers arrived to find the body of a man in his 30s. las vegas police luitenant dan mcgrath says officers have black and white surveillance video from 24 hour fitness that shows what happened.

came in, parked next to the vehicle, looks like somebody gets out of the car, there's one shot fired that we know of, and then the small 2-door car leaves by this exit here and goes back onto rainbow." the car the victim was in has california license plates.. but it's not known if the driver was from out of state or not. investigators are not yet saying if the man was targeted in this shooting. a judge set a january 7th court date for the woman accused of shooting her husband dead in front of a 9- year-old boy on christmas eve in a downtown las vegas hotel room. maria escalante wasn't asked to enter a plea this morning to murder and child abuse charges in the slaying of 48- year-old david cordova of north las vegas. polcie arrested 34-year-old escalante shortly after the shooting at the plaza hotel and casino. she's being held without bail. police say the boy was opening holiday presents when cordova was shot in the chest. the boy wasn't hurt. police have not said what they believe her motive in the shooting to be. a 20-year-old man now faces 12 to 40 years in prison

guilty to driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a 6- year-old girl and her grandmother at a las vegasasus stop. leonardo ruesga pleaded guilty today to two counts of dui causing death. the crash happened at the end of march. blood tests showed ruesga had marijuana and methamphetamine in his system. sentencing is set for the middle of february. the nevada department of transportation wants to light your drive better along one of our busiest stretches of interstate. over the next month, n-dot will be replacing all the lights along interstate 15 between downtown las vegas and jean. it is replacing the aging sodium bulbs with brighter l-e-d lamps. n-dot will do the work during the night .. so hopefully it will not affect your drivetime. it's costing the state 1-point-2 million dollars to switch out the bulbs. ahead tonight .. a look at the terrible situation many people in the midwest are in tonight as the mississippi river overflows its banks. and see what happens when a man flys his drone too close to the

and a unique view of the severe damage left behind by one of the twisters in texas. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next you're watching fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas

live from las vegas. you're watching fox5 news at six. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 6 o'clock. local las vegas. protests over recent police shootings reached the door of chicago's mayor today. demonstrators set up outside of the home of mayor rahm emanuel. this, after the shooting deaths of 19-year-old quintonio legrier and his 55-year-old mother bettie jones by police. a crowd... chanted and demanded the resignation of the

"he waited until we were fed up. so, rahm emanuel, you are too far in the hole. you're too far in the hole and i don't think you can get back out. we need you to resign and we need you to resign now." the mayor has been plagued by controversy in recent months. many citizens say emanuel has not done enough to stop or investigate the violence. one person is dead after a small plane crashes into a building in downtown anchorage, alaska this morning. there are no reports of other injuries on the ground. there were reports of strong winds when the plane clipped the corner of an office building before smashing into the side of a another building. one witness said the it didn't sound like the plane was having engine trouble before the crash. a drone gets a little too close to president obama's motorcade. secret service stepped in when a small drone appeared near the motorcade while the obama family was on vacation in hawaii. according to secret service, the man flying the drone was unaware that the

no charges were filed. president obama was on his way to play a round of golf. the death toll from historic flooding in missouri continues to grow. the death toll now stands at 13. five of those deaths are international soldiers whose car washed away in flooding over the weekend. water levels along the mississippi are expected to crest at numbers similar or above records set back in 19-93. the governor pledged state support to help missouri counties monitor levees and river levels from the air. we are getting a close look of the tornado damage that devastated the texas town of garland. this video was taken by a drone. the national weather service says an e-f-four tornado struck garland over the weekend. such a twister has wind gusts that can reach 200 miles an hour. authorities say eight people were killed in garland from the storm, while hundreds of structures were damaged. texas governor greg abbott declared a disaster in four dallas-area counties. (( weather ))

meteorologist ted pretty another freezing night as we'll drop down to 31 degrees in las vegas with outlying areas seeing mid-20s overnight. only 49 degrees with sunny skies on wednesday and that's where we stay for new year's eve through sunday afternoon. overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. we should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10- 15 mph breezes. another freezing night as we'll drop

outlying areas seeing mid-20s overnight. only 49 degrees with sunny skies on wednesday and that's where we stay for new year's eve through sunday afternoon. overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. we should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10- 15 mph breezes. another freezing night as we'll drop down to 31 degrees in las vegas with outlying areas seeing mid-20s overnight. only 49

skies on wednesday and that's where we stay for new year's eve through sunday afternoon. overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. we should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10- 15 mph breezes. closed captioning

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controversial police shootings... and more scandal. 20-15 seems like a year of history repeating. mary moloney looks at the national stories that made headlines this year this was a tragically recurring scene during 20-15. crowds fleeing another mass shooting. from a military center in chattanooga... to a college campus in roseburg, oregon... then a mass shooting at a health center in san bernardino that authorities say may have been inspired by isis. president obama called it an act of terrorism. (president obama): "the threat from terrorism is real. but we will overcome it." in roanoke... two journalists were killed when a gunman opened fire during their live report. and in charleston a shooting at a black church reignited a long simmering national debate over the confederate flag. the palmetto state voted to remove the flag from the state capitol for the first time in 54 years.

to charleston with rallies happening in country protesters were outraged by the police killings of unarmed black men like freddie gray, jamar clark and walter scott. june saw two from the supreme states. court saved the affordable care act. ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide. (nats) while many cheered the 5-4 ruling some sharply disagreed. in a small kentucky town a clerk of the court sat behind bars for preventing her office from issuing marriage licenses. kim davis made headlines again when she publicly announced she'd had a private meeting with pope francis during his visit to the united states. the holy father made stops in philadelphia, new york, and washington d-c making history as the first pope to address congress. (pope francis): "god bless america." a report from congress accused japanese auto parts manufacturer takata of putting profits ahead of safety.

report's conclusion saying it had a number of "inaccuracies" but the company's faulty airbags resulted in a huge recall affecting 34 million cars. and new england rocked the sports world in january when the patriots were accused using under-inflated balls to win a playoff game (tom brady/quarterback): "i feel like i've always played within the rules..' meanwhile former patriot aaron hernandez, boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev and aurora t tater shooter james holmes were convicted in highly publicized trials. as they faced justice 2 inmates fled from it in upstate new york. the prison escape led to a weeks long manhunt that ended with one inmate dead and another back behind bars. i'm mary moloney reporting. next -- mike tyson tries to ride his daughter's pink hoverboard.. and talk about a hot seller!! this hoverboard went up in flames.. but it's when it caught fire that has investigators

over the last few the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans.

funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. weeks we've been telling you about hoverboards catching fire.. either when they were being used .. or being charged. now.. a hoverboard still wrapped inside its box went up in flames in a mall in texas. "oh my gosh. another hoverboard."

firefighters put out the flames... a witness captured this video inside the deerbrook mall... there are no reports of injuries. the consumer product safety commission put out a statement saying they are investigating the cause .. which also includes more than 20 other hoverboard fires in 17 states. and as if the hoverboard toys wern't in teh headlines enough with fires .. they are now also being blamed for injuries. even heavyweight champ mike tyson fell victim.. "i don't want you to fall. (sound of fall)" ouch! no word on if he really injured himself. but videos of people wiping out on hoverboards

internet.. the hashtag "hoverboard fail" is even trending. do you like turtles? if so we have the story for you! see why some good hearted people were helping some giant sea turtles return to the ocean. keep watching for an all new more

here's a look at some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at ten. hundreds of thousands will ring in the new year in las vegas... and 13-hundred officers will be out on the strip. what you're asked to leave at home... and what roads will be closed. good things come to those who wait. the new year bringing in grand openings and new jobs to our valley. what projects big and small are set to open their doors in 2016. there are thousands of people across the valley who don't have enough to eat

drive continues through the end of the year. you can drop off your non- perishable food items at any valley albertons and vons. you can also donate cash right at the register. all of the proceeds benefit three square food bank. finally tonight .. hundreds cheered on as two four- finned loggerhead sea turtles were released back into the ocean today. for the past several months, the reptiles have been rehabilitating at loggerhead marinelife center in juno beach. one of the turtles was rescued after being hooked by a fisherman. the other was found at jensen beach park...lethargic and underweight. thanks for joining us.. "more access" is coming up next. re-living the