live in las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. how are you going to deal with this? i don't know dealing with deployment... the first day won't be easy for countless families in nevada. how long 250 national guards members will be overseas... and what they'll be doing during their time away. and body cam video that shows what one man did that led police to fire. plus, a glimpse into the future. the countdown to faraday future's big announcement tonight. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas the moments before a suspect was shot and killed by police on new year's eve... recorded on police body camera video. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. we're getting our first glimpse of that footage. fox five's cyndi lundeberg shows us what officers thought might have been a gun - but turned out to

john christine the press conference last about 30 minutes and we found out a lot of new information... this was the 16th officer involved shooting... this is video from the officers body camera... one of the officers failed to enact his.. metro police say they believe keith childress was fleeing to avoid a lengthy prison sentence after missing his last court appearance... his court warrant noted he was armed and dangerous.. one of the officers 18 years on the service... 1 year... they say one officer fired 4 rounds the other 5... they say keith childress was hit by 5 rounds... i thought this was interesting because i went to the area and counted more than a dozen holes in multiple homes ... officers say they opened fire because they believed he was wanted for attempted murder.. and say they gave him 24 commands before opening fire ... 24 verbal commands they say childress went up near a home.. and they couldn't see what was doing... they say they gave him commands like drop the weapon...

then advanced on the officers... and that's when they opened fire... i spoke to the family today they saw the video and say they're furious.. they say the body camera fails to show keith they say they couldn't see him at all and they say the video they saw does not hold all the answers they're looking for. on this story... coming up later news at ten. a california man was sleeping in his car outside of a local gym before an armed robber shot him to death. that's according to an arrest report for 27- year-old kyle staats. police say this surveillance shows the suspects car with staats and 19-

a tip led officers to hippie, who admitted she was with staats looking for cars to burglarize in the early morning hours of december 29th. she says staats saw neil gandler asleep in his car... before getting out of the car with a gun... and breaking gandler's window. she says she then heard him say "don't do it" then the sound of a gunshot. staats and hippie are now both behind bars facing murder and attempted robbery among other charges. the cost of power is going down in the new year for nv energy customers. on january first, the power company dropped rates for the third quarter in a row... which should mean a more than 5- percent break on your next bill. nv energy attributes the reduction in costs with money saved in fuel and a disciplined management of puchased power. the 148 dollar bill per month for a typical southern nevada home should see about a 6-dollar and 80- cent break in this latest rate decrease. 250 members of our nevada national guard said goodbye to

mandalay bay this morning. sustainment brigade will be deployed to kuwait to provide forces and allies in the middle east. fox five's les krifaton is live in our newroom off. also a lot of anxiety for some families. of the 250 guard for the middle east 70 percent are on a first time deployment, one that won't have nevada until january 2017. on behalf of a grateful state and nation we are proud of you and thankful for your service for nevada governor brian sandoval attending and speaking at the mobilization ceremony for members of our nevada national guard was an honor it just makes me burst with pride. the men and women of the 17th sustainment bridgade and nevada national guard going off for a year to defend our freedooms and

country. the governor joined thousands of families and friends at the mandalay bay events center to say goodbye to the 250 men and women from our national guard who are deploying for a year to kuwait. they will also support operations in jordan, qatar, united arab emirates and iraq. this is his second deployment and it's his birthday too and every year he's been in boots while this is the second deployment for staff sergeant lawrence magee nearly 70 percent of the sustainment brigade will be going to a war zone for the first time. if that isn't enough stress these civilian soldiers who work among us when not called for active duty will be away from family for a year. how are you going to deal with this? i don't know annvi fuller's husband lee says they will rely on today's modern technology to make that one year a little easier to handle skype, phone calls whatever we can do for sergeant benjamin alworth who is on his first deployment getting to serve his country is something he's been wanting to do it's something i

just really ready to go. you know the waiting is the hardest part. while the waiting is the hardest part, the national guard also recognizes that the families being left behind are as important those heading to the middle east, especially the children. they were asked to come down to the floor to take part in the ceremony. the commander of the 17, col. vernon scarborough said it best as the ceremony closed the the deployment officially got underway. i know i speak for everyone here in the 17th when i say thank you to the families, thank you for the employers, thank you to our leadership for standing beside us when we go through this. our motto is victory through endurance and we will be victorious, thank you very much these national guard members are joining some other nevada national guard who are currently deployed as military police in the middle east. they were deployed last year. among those being deployed today is the brother of our 11pm producer,

also there today. we wish all of the guardsmembers a safe return. our thoughts are with them and their families. in less than two hours, faraday future will unveil its very first car... which it calls a concept inspired by its design and engineering vision. the company released this video which it refers to as a film called 'what if.' at the end, it shows a shadow of a car. the big reveal is happening tonight at 8 o'clock at the consumer electronics show here in las vegas. last month, a 335-million dollar deal was struck between the state and faraday future for the company to bring a billion dollar production plant to north las vegas. it is 2016 and the race to the white house is on. the nevada caucuses take place next month and this week the democrats are getting ready with a big event. fox five's elizabeth watts is live near the m-g-m grand where senator harry reid is hosting an event. the three democratic

here at the nevada dems caucus dinner wednesday night... today senator reid held a press conference to talk about how important nevada's caucus is. iowa and new hampshire controlled the destiny of my democratic party and that's not the way it should be senator harry reid says we may take the caucus for granted now.. but he fought hard to bring it here so that the east coast wouldn't control the fate of the nation.. he says because of that.. all presidential cnadidates have had to pay attention and take stances on issues affecting our state... like storing nuclear waste at yucca mountain... yucca mountain is basically gone go there you should all go and see whats there nothing is there it's gone. with our diverse culture immigration also a huge issue

he called donald trump and marco rubio anti- immigrant.. and says democrats are strong with minority voters so it's important to be one of the first states to caucus. hispanic vote important, asian vote important,, african american vote important they basically go to the democrat. dont think there's a reason any minority should vote for the republican candidates. an r-n-c spokesman said in a statement "the hypocrisy in the democrat party knows no bounds.. while democrats tell latinos one thing and do another republicans have been building relationships with hispanics across the country for years.. and someone should remind harry reid that governor sandoval won the latino vote" i asked who senator reid considered the biggest threats to the democrats in the upcoming election... to which he chuckled and said... i dont know everybody kept saying four months ago that trump would be gone he's doubling down on everything and becoming more popular everyday so we'll see. hillary clinton... bernie sanders and martin o'malley all here wednesday for the event. reid says he's not endorsing any candidates before

reporting live ew ffn llv. there will be more than 200 democratic caucuses in nevada... which takes place saturday february 20th. the republican follows on tues feb 23rd. the national spotlight is back on the bundy's. how the nevada ranchers made famous for a brawl with the blm are calling attention to a situation in oregon. plus.. the powerball prize that has people taking a drive to stateline. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is

if you need a reason to start celebrating super bowl 50 early - i'll give you two. get a large,1-topping pizza foronly 50 cents when you order any large pizzaat regular menu price. better ingredients. better pizza. better football. papajohns.com 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. it only took three days into this year before a person died walking across the street-- outside of a crosswalk. the crash happened last night near the

on durango drive. police say just before 9:30 a woman was hit by a jeep wrangler. investigators say she was not in a marked crosswalk. the driver of the jeep stayed on the scene. after a weeklong search, the body of missing country singer craig strickland was recovered today. strickland was the lead singer in a country rock band called..."backroad anthem." the 29-year old and a friend went missing while duck hunting at an oklahoma lake during a fierce winter storm. strickland's friend.. chase morland, was found dead last monday at the lake. before the two left for their hunting trip...morland tweeted..."in case we don't come back, @backroadcraig and i are going right through winter storm goliath to kill ducks in oklahoma. 'hashtag' intothestorm." strickland's family had been hoping for a miracle, since strickland's black lab was found safe beside morland. his wife tweeted today quote 'thank you lord for leading us to him today.' the oregon ranchers convicted of setting fire to federal land have turned themselves in. dwight and steven

father and son at the center of a case - that led protesters to take over a federal building. the group is being led by ammon bundy, the son of rancher cliven bundy. you may remember bundy challenged the bureau of land management in 2014 over unpaid grazing fees on federal land. the hammonds were sentenced to prison after a supposed controlled burn on their property spread to government land. protestors remain at the remote outpost 30 miles from burn, oregon, in support of the hammonds. "everything that we use and everything we benefit as people comes from the land. (butted) and the federal government knows that that's where wealth is generated from and they're taking it and stealing it from the people. bundy calls the hammonds case the result of a failed land grab by the government. the group charges the federal government has aggressively swallowed up ranch land, harassed farmers, hurt the economy in places just like this..wide open harney county. the first trading day of 2016 may not have been a good one for your investment

nosedive. the dow jones industrial average falling triple digits to start off 2016... with the dow dropping below 17-thousand for the first time since october 15th. this after a plunge in chinese stocks triggered a global equity selloff. the main u-s indexes finished december with steep losses... and recorded their first annual decline in four years. how would you like to start off the new year being 400-million dollars richer? optimists will tell you... it's possible! that's how much the next powerball winner could possibly win this week. on saturday, three- contestants each won a million dollars.....someon e else won two- million. many others won smaller prizes......but no one bought the grand prize- winning ticket. the next chance to win is wednesday. (( weather )) now fox5 weather 24/7 with chief meteorologist ted pretty slight shower chances tomorrow morning gradually increase to widespread rain on tuesday afternoon, overnight and into

we could get around 1/2" of rain through wednesday. highs are expected 50s with lows in the shot of rain in the will be with us on thursday into friday with highs dropping into the low 50s. slight shower chances tomorrow morning gradually increase to widespread rain on tuesday afternoon, overnight and into wednesday morning. we could get around 1/2" of rain through wednesday. highs are expected to stay in the mid 50s with lows in the low 40s. another shot of rain in the slight category will be with us on thursday into friday with highs

morning gradually increase to widespread rain on tuesday afternoon, overnight and into wednesday morning. we could get around 1/2" of rain through wednesday. highs are expected to stay in the mid 50s with lows in the low 40s. another shot of rain in the slight category will be with us on thursday into friday with highs dropping into the low 50s. slight shower chances tomorrow morning gradually increase to widespread rain on tuesday afternoon, overnight and into wednesday morning. we could get around 1/2" of rain through wednesday. highs are expected to stay in the mid 50s with lows in the low 40s. another shot of rain in the slight category will be with us on thursday into friday with highs dropping into the low 50s.

we have some breaking news. a plane makes an emergency landing at henderson executive airport. mccarran airport officials say a beech craft plane from porterville

because of bad weather. officials say the aircraft also lost power. the plane landed south of saint rose parkway. no one was injured. operation is normal at the henderson airport. 2015 was a big year for prescription drugs. the number of new treatments now approved by

the number of new drugs on the market have reached the highest level in 19 years. the food and drug administration approved 45 drugs with never- before-sold ingredients in 2015. 41 were approved the year before.... which had previously been the highest number since 1996. the rising number of approvals reflect a focus on drugs for rare and hard-to-treat diseases. a chick fil a in new york remains closed today after getting 59 health department violations. the city's first freestanding chick-fil-a got its "c" grade on christmas eve -- closed on a deep cleaning. included flies and potential food contamination. planned to reopen today... but the atlanta- opted to stay closed until -- confident we are beyond our areas." regulations to make school lunches healthier for kids is

according to a new study. researchers at the university of washington looked at more than 7-thousand middle and high schoolers in washington state - before and after new meal standards went into effect in 20-12. the rules cap calories per meal and require at least one serving of fruits or vegetables. researchers found that students are now getting more vitamins and minerals in their meals and that school meal participation did not change. while the study did not look at how much students actually consumed - they say there is no evidence that students are throwing away more food. dinner may be on the brain.. or maybe even on the table... but if it's not... we have a suggestion on why one dish might be appropriate tonight. keep watching for an all new more

some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at ten.

three separate intersections.... the hit- and run spree.... mysterious electronic car maker--- faraday to north las we'll show its first new concept... if you need a quick dinner suggestion... grab a spoon and a fork because.... it's national spaghetti day. spaghetti is the consumed pasta. the staple in italian cuisine became a common dish in the u-s at the end of the 19th century. now eat dried, prepackaged spaghetti, in its simplest form, the flour and water is separated with a rolling pin and knife... and is cooked within hours of being formed. thanks for joining us..