absolutely no reason " a cell phone mistaken for a gun... a family-- speaks out after their their loved one was shot and killed by police.... how police are defending officers' actions. several cars hit in a series of separate crashes.... a suspected drunk driver behind the wheel. the woman-- caught on camera. we have cell phone video of her arrest. a big reveal.... electric car maker--- faraday future unveils its first concept. this is fox5 news at 10. local. las vegas. we are now getting a glimpse into the officer involved shooting that left a 23 year old dead on new years eve. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. metro police believed the person was armed and wanted for attempted murder... neither turned out to be true. fox 5's cyndi lundeberg was at metro's media briefing today... and also spoke to the family... she joins us now live from police headquarters... todays press conference was about 30 minutes...

standing by their actions. the man who was shot and killed is 23 year old keith childress... he was visiting his uncle in las vegas... an arrest warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to show up for court in arizona... his family says that doesnt mean he deserved to die. "drop the gun drop the gun whats to drop theres no weapon so whats to drop there sno gun in his hands the family of keith childress watches the last moment of the 23 year olds life... the family says they asked they see the entire video but the police department said no... the video released to the public shows just before shots were fired by police... we are actually completely outrage on december 31 metro police sayjust after 2 p-m they were called in to assist in trackng childress.. metro says childress missed his last court date and they believed he was on the run... they were told he was wanted for attempted murder... metro says they were also told he might be armed... it was reported to metro by the us marshals that the

car and childress was wanted for attempted murder the attempted murder charge turned out to be false metro says childress was hit 5 times... after not complying to more than two dozen officer commands.officer s believed he had a gun... it was really a cell phone. when they demanded for him to put down his gun he didnt have one so its not that hes disobeying its that he didnt have anything to put down yes hes not listening to commands but hes not running hes not threatening metro says of the two officers there is only body camera from one... because the other failed to enact his. the video released shows childress crossing the street... after that because of the body cameras position a lot cant be seen. in mondays press conference they say they opened fire only after childress turned towards them... after 2 minutes childress advanced on sgt bohana and officer walfrod and sgt bohanan said do not walk towards us do not walk towards us there is absolutely no justification for anything that happenned at least at most use

the family says they've sought legal representation... and are demanding to see the shooting of keith childress in its entirety. we need to have legal representation because of what all the stories that have happenned you saw the video they admitted it was a mistake to know that iwas for absolutely no reason to know that his children are now fatherless for abosultely no reason we are at a loss for words the family told me today... they finally got to see keith childresses body... they say it was completely devastating... from viewing the body they went straight to police headquarters and watched the video of his shooting. the two officers involved in the shooting were sergeant robert bohanan whos been on the force for 18 years and officer blake walford whos

family tells fox5 they still have more questions than answers, even after they watched the video. childress' funeral will be this saturday in san diego california. the man found guilty of a deadly shooting and fiery crash on the las vegas strip in 2013 is officially sentenced. "in this particular circumstance jury sentenced you to death for first degree murders of mister bolden, sandra wusmond, and mr. cherry." ammar harris was formally sentenced to death. back in november -- a jury decided on the death pentalty after deliberating for two hours. three people were killed in the crash. harris joins more than seventy inmates on death row in nevada. police arrested two suspects in connection to a homicide outside a 24-hour fitness last week. 27-year-old kyle stats and 19- year-old megan hippie face first degree murder

robbery with a deadly weapon charges. staats was also charged for possession of a stolen vehicle. an arrest report shows hippie admitted to officers she was with staats looking for cars to break into in the early morning hours last tuesday. police say staats saw a man sleeping in his car outside the gym parking lot. staats got out of the car with a gun and shot the man one time... before they drove away from the scene. detectives were able to track the suspects after receiving a tip. staats and hippies were arrested over the weekend. new video a suspected drunk driver accused of causing three separate crashes near downtown earlier today. a witness captured the video on a cell phone -- and it shows the woman resisting arrest. fox five's rachel moore spoke to witnesses. rachel ll: the suspect parked at this auto max parking lot, and when police arrived, they struggled to arrest her. one of the officers threatening to shoot her dog if she did not get out of the car. officer: get out of the car! suspect: no! no! you're looking at

recorded by a witness. the woman is suspected of driving under the influence and causing three seperate crashes. she pulled into the parking lot of auto max on saint louis and fremont. you can see the officer struggling to pull her out of the car as she resists arrest. he slids of her shoes and tugs on her sweatpants. officer: get out of the car! i'll shoot your dog! suspect: shoot me! police say the woman may have been the cause of multiple hit-and- run crashes monday afternoon. witnesses first reported her white pickup truck striking a pole at an undisclosed location. about 15 minutes later, another report of a white pickup was called in. this time, the truck hit a sedan near pecos road and stewart avenue. then a few minutes after that and about a mile away, several cars were involved in a hit- and-run crash at sahara avenue and lamb boulevard. witnesses say was caused by a white pickup truck. the woman finally parked at the auto max. ariel lopez: i went to approach her thinking it was customer, but i saw that she was passed out. so i tapped on

if she was ok. she didn't respond. witnesses say a black pickup truck followed her into the lot. auto max employees called police. nader niroomand, witness: i was scared. i'm going to be honest. i was scared, and i called 911 immediately and the dispatcher was asking me to shut off the truck. in the video the officer drags her out of the car and pushes her head into the asphalt when other officers run to help arrest her. the command that she stop resisting arrest. nader niroomand, witness: i'm glad she got here and she didn't do any damage over here, but at the same time, i feel bad for the victims that were involved in this. rachel ll: the suspect is being booked in the clark county detention center for dui and hit-and-run. rachel moore fox5 news. local. las vegas. one person involved in the third crash was taken to the hospital. no word on the victim's condition. a small plane out of california... made an emergency landing in henderson. the beech craft plane was heading to nashville when it was diverted to the henderson

because of bad weather. the plane then lost power and went down in the desert area.... just south of st. rose parkway. no one was injured. a driver crashes into a "payday loans" center. it happened just before five p-m on flamingo and eastern. no word on if anyone was hurt. the race is on for the white house. democrats are working to gain support from voters with nevada caucuses a month away. nevada senator harry reid held a press conference to talk about the importance of our state's caucus. he says he fought hard to bring it here so the east coast would not control the fate of the nation. senator reid also 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

republican candidates." senator reid will host an event for the democratic presidential candidates wednesday night. the "republican national committee" releasing 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" faraday future, the billion dollar electric car maker coming to north las vegas made a big reveal today.... fox 5s miguel martinez was at there he joins us live now to show us the new concept car. thats right tonight mysterious car maker faraday future finally revealed a much anticipated concept car ... that behind me is the ff zero 1 a

embodies all of their visions for the future of the car industry... "nat pop" while the car revealed today wont be the same as the cars faraday will be las vegas ...this is the first design car maker... they describe new way of looking at mobility and say their cars will be the future of the auto industry... the night was exciting for more than just car and tech fanatics, here in nevada faraday is expected to employ more than 4500 people... governor brian sandoval and his team worked hard to bring the car maker to the silver state , the company will receive 300 million dollars in tax incentives if they meet their job and investment requirments. many of the lawmakers who worked on those incentives were at tonights event .

the car manufacturing the car manufacturing plant will be built at apex industrial park... faraday prides itself on being fast. the company has only been around for 18 months and its already hoping to break ground in just a few weeks, they want to have a car on the market in two years. faraday made it a point to keep their degn a secret until todays reveal but just hours before the official event design pictures leaked online. still that didnt stop 100 of people from coming here tonight for the big showing. reporting live miguel martinez valle fox5 news local las vegas. faraday's arrival to nevada is

to nevada is expected to have impact of around over a 20 year span. techies are valley.... the consumer electronics expo opens on wednesday c-e-s is the largest consumer in the world. items expected to take center stage at the expo-- drones and self- driving cars. other new gadgets that will be showcased include robots and more wearable technology. the expo will run through saturday. hundreds of nevada national guard will spend a year overseas in the middle east. today -- they said goodbye to their family and friends. "its always tough leaving the family, but its something we have to do." for many of these civilian soldiers -- this will be their first time going to a war zone. the message governor brian sandoval and the commander had for them. plus -- cleanup is underway after devastating flood waters hit the midwest. how long it could take for things to

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with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 10. local. las vegas. 250 members of the national guard here in nevada....are starting a one year deployment in the middle east. an activation ceremony was held today for the 17th sustainment brigade. as fox5's les krifaton shows us.... for many of these national guard members - this is their first deployment. 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 defend of our country. the governor joined

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 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 volunteered for you know and i'm

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 fox5

now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty 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. morning gradually increase to widespread rain on tuesday

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. closed captioning will resume shortly

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las vegas might have seem a bit more crowded last year. how many people visited the city that broke a previous tourism record... and how our state ranks when it comes to the top moving destinations. metro police release body cam video of officers lethal encounter with a suspect who turned out to be unarmed.. it's one of the topics in the rant tonight.. we want to hear from

las vegas officially broke 20-14's tourism record in 20-15. our city had more than 42 million people visit last

beating 2014 by over a million people. the las vegas convention and visitors authority took into account trends... hotel occupancy... airline travel.... and much more to get the number. it's a forty-year- old formula used to monitor las vegas' tourism. this is the highest our tourism rates have ever been... with 20-14 being the first time we've ever broken 40-million. plenty of people-- don't just want to visit... they are ready to call nevada home. the silver state cracking the top ten when it comes to the top moving destinations of 2015. according to the 20-15 national movers study by united van lines -- more people were moving into nevada than out of nevada. 57-percent of moves being to nevada and 43- percent out. the number one place people are moving is oregon.... followed by south carolina, idaho, north carolina and florida. coming in behind nevada--- district of columbia, texas and washington state. metro police shoot and kill a

with a gun both-- were not true. how the department is now defending its actions. taking executive action to fight gun violence.... we have a look at some of the details in the president's plan. you see a lot of interesting things on the job. but i'll never forget the day we tried rescuing a man...

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answers tonight as to what happenned when metro police shot and killed a 23 year old man on new years eve... police believed he was a wanted murderer holding a gun... neither turned out to be true. tonight the family is only speaking to fox 5... cyndi lundeberg is live outside metro police headquarters with more on todays press conference...and the familys reactions... cyndi... the press conference lasted for 30 minutes today... police are defending their actions.. we're about to show you body camera video from the incident... in it you can see keith childress... walking across the street... police say they gave childress more than 20 commands that he did not obey... childress was visiting las vegas... he's from arizona...

last court appearance... so a warrant was issued for his arrest. the u-s marshalls called in metro police to help... they were told childress was wanted for attempted murder... that turned out not to be true... we talked to his family who was also shown the video today... " sgt bohanan tells childress if you advance towards us you will be shot after 2 minutes childress began advancing and sgt bohanan yelled do not walk towards us do not walk towards us " "at most you use your stun gun you use your taser" there were two officers involved... one who's been on the force for 18 years... the other just over 1 year... however only one of the officers were able to provide their body camera video... the

failed to enable it. the family says they have sought legal representation and are seeking damages... but they say the money is only to help take care of keith childress' 3 children. reporting live... cyndi lundeberg... fox 5 news local las vegas. police say following the shooting, childress was given emergency medical attention. the family tells fox5 he will be buried in his home town in san diego, on saturday. the independent police review authority in chicago... is making some changes..... after receiving criticism on how they handled the fatal shooting of teenager laquan "to start i'm looking to add capabilities to the organization immediately. more specifically, i'm bringing in new leadership and creating several key positions i believe are essential to our future success. " prosecutors say chicago police officer jason van donald sixteen times... as he was walking away

charged with first degree murder in mc-donald's death. the nevada caucuses take place next month and this week - the democrats will focus on courting nevada voters.... as fox5's elizabeth watts tells us.... hillary clinton... bernie sanders and martin o'malley will make a stop in the valley. for an event hosted by senator harry reid 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

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

there will be more than 200 democratic caucus locations in nevada - which takes place saturday february 20th. the republican caucus follows on tues february 23-rd. two ranchers who inspired a standoff with federal officials... in oregon over the use of government- owned and controlled land -- in the pacific northwest have surrendered to police in california. nearly two dozen armed protestors took a stand at the remote malheur national wildlife refuge near burns, oregon. in support of dwight and steven hammond-- who were convicted of setting fires in 2001. the pair say they did it to reduce the growth of invasive plants and protect their property. but prosecutors say the hammonds set the fire to try and cover up poaching. dwight and steven hammond are set to serve out an additional five years in jail after already serving time. : "i'm going to prison for five years for 127? seems

overkill." " the protestors have been in place since saturday.... they say they are "concerned citizens" who wish to restore and defend the u-s constitution. rural rancher cliven bundy--- was at the center of a land dispute last summer in bunkerville. after federal land was shut down to round-up cattle. his personal body guard-- budda... went to oregon to take part in the protests. " everyone keeps saying we "took over." this was open land. there was no break-ins constituted, no hostage, no weapons used. nothing of that nature was done . we simply walked in, put our tents up, said this is where we're going to stay, and started addressing these issues. " protestors in oregon say they are prepared to stand guard quote for the long haul. the obama administration will announce a series of executive actions tomorrow to combat gun violence in the u.s. tonight the white house released new details about what those actions will involve. mary moloney has the details. 200 new a-t-f agents enforcing gun laws... 230 new

dedicated to background checks... and 500 million dollars for access to mental health care.. president obama is planning to announce these and other sweeping gun control measures tuesday morning. (president obama) "i think everybody here is all too familiar with the statistics. we have tens of thousands of people every single year who are killed by guns. we have suicides that are committed by firearms at a rate that far exceeds other countries. the focus of these actions... keeping guns out of the wrong hands. the plan encourages states to report people who should be kept from buying weapons. it also partially closes the gun show loophole by expanding mandatory background checks for some private sales. however hobbyists and collectors will still be exempt from the requirement to register (president obama) what i asked my team to do is to see what more we can do to strengthen our enforcement

also direct the pentagon to develop strategies to research "smart gun" technology that would scan fingerprints before a gun can fire. republicans in d-c and on the presidential campaign trail have blasted any attempt by the white house to do this on their own. (ben carson/ (r) presidential candidate) "this is something that needs to be worked out with congress. mary moloney, reporting. the site of the deadly san bernardino shooting rampage-- reopens... the inland regional center has been closed since december 2nd when killers syed rizwan farook and his wife tashfeen malik started their shooting rampage during a holiday party. 14 people were killed and 21 people were injured. farook was an inspector for san bernardino county's department of public health. officials at the center say tighter security is now in

as you can see our property has been fenced off and will remain fenced off until further notice. we also have security guards at each entrance area. we continue to measure the security and continue to look at it. " " counseling services are available for the nearly 700 employees. families of crewmembers aboard a ship that sank last year.... are getting their first look at the wreckage. the el faro went missing near the bahamas on october first during hurricane joaquin. the national transportation safety board released more than 45 minutes of video showing the wreckage underwater. 33 crew members were on board at the time. a netflix series.... is taking off like wildfire.... chances are someone you know is watching the documentary series making a murderer. it profiles a man named steven avery. avery was jailed for 18 years for a rape he didn't commit. shortly after his release, he became the prime suspect

friends and family believe avery was framed in both cases. his attorney says he hopes the documentary... will pave the way for change in the judicial system. ""i hope that this documentary will be a good vehicle to broaden the scope and think about some more systemic issues. apart from a given case where the outcome of a given trial - however compelling - there are broader systemic issues " steven avery is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering teresa halbach. the 10-part documentary series was filmed over a 10-year period in wisconsin. online petitions have been filed... seeking a pardon for avery. what happens in vegas stays in vegas..... and mr. worldwide wants seconds.... the entertainer announcing a residency reboot. when and where you can catch pitbull's residency a second time around. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is

you need proof how bad las vegas drivers are? cathy sent us the vio she took on her cell phone.. her first line.. this is why people get killed on the streets here in vegas.. you'll see the video coming up in

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india.... people and injuring nearly 80 more.. the 6 point 7 magnitude tremor struck close to the border with myanmar. several homes and government buildings are damaged.... another tremor, measuring three point six, was recorded five hours later. the rain in the midwest has come to an end.... but people living in the area are not out of the woods yet. devastating flood waters are receding in parts of missouri and illinois.... more than two dozen people were killed.... and hundreds of homes damaged. while the clean- up process is underway--- it could be weeks, even months, before the situation returns

was down in that basement. it's just gone. my kids' stuff (cries and turns away) " officials say there numerous levees under historic the mississippi and there is more flooding expected. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty slight shower chances tomorrow gradually increase to widespread rain on tuesday afternoon, overnight and into wednesday morning. we could get around 1/2" of wednesday. highs are expected to with lows in the shot of rain in the slight category will be with us on thursday into

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we are hearing 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. closed captioning

we are hearing from some people who are very critical over the police shooting that killed a wanted fugitive on metro released video of the encounter between metro officers, u-s marshals, and 23- year--old keith childress... the video seems to back up claims that childress was not obeying the two dozen commands shouted at him by police.. officers believed childress was carrying a gun when in fact he wasn't.. we have voicemails on the shooting.. all of the calls we received were critical.. we also have a rant on the fact that only one of

cathy sent us this video after her encounter with another driver.. "this is why people get killed on the streets here in vegas. this idiot was driving recklessly behind me and when we got to the light something told me he was going to run it and i was right. wish i could've gotten his plate number instead of this video so that the police could have a proper conversation with him" we have a caller on this.. another one on harry reid calling marco rubio a hypocrite on immigratino.. and another on the president's executive orders calling for new

send us your rants to the rant at fox5vegas.com or call at 702-436- 8285 here's a look at what's coming up.. on fox five news at eleven. with new rules to regulate solar power... nevadans might get some help figuring how much more they'll have to pay, with a new tool from google. the latest on the p-u-c's decision to charge customers more. and a new website is connecting strangers... but in a way that might be too close for comfort. how people coming to las vegas can use it to save some cash. entertainers can't seem to get enough of las vegas... mr. worldwide is coming back for seconds "the opportunity arose and they said, 'would you like to do a temporary residency here at planet hollywood?' i said hey! absolutely!" the entertainer announcing a second residency at at the axis theater inside

the time of our lives las vegas show will kick off on march 12th.... and run through the 26th. tickets go on sale this friday... at ten a-m. the newest installment of star wars is now the highest grossing film of all time. and a tulsa man is showing off his love for the franchise. "i've been a fan forever, you know? the opportunity presented itself and i was like why not?" " how he is taking his love to... to the

a tulsa man is taking his love for all thing star wars to a whole new level. by bringing one of its character to life. jeff barnes built a real life 3-d version of the "star wars" droid r-2-d-3. the blue and white r-two-d-two may be more widely known, but this yellow droid was briefly seen in "the phantom menace." the creation is remote- controlled.... and weighs about 100 pounds. it took barnes a