us for your only local news at 5:30. we now know the inmate accused of killing his cellmate at the clark county detention center was caught trying to kill another

murder. fox5's eric hilt has been digging through documents, trying to find out why that man was still allowed to be around other inmates. in september, franklin sharp was caught trying to kill his cellmate while in the clark county detention center according to court documents. but after that assault, sharp was allowed to be around other inmates...and police say on saturday he attacked a new cellmate...this time killing him. "how, how does that happen? where's the st where's the security?" questions linger, after jermiah bowlings was found dead inside his cell at the clark county detention center over the weekend. questions that are now growing as reports show the inmate accused of murdering bowlings -- frankin sharp -- had tried to kill another inmate inside the jail just a month earlier. "sharp was initially booked into the clark county detention center back in june... in this arrest report, police say sharp approached a stranger at this bus stop at the intersection of cheyanne and rainbow and asked him for money. when that man said no, police say sharp pulled out a knife

beg for his life" less than three months after the robbery -- corrections officers say they caught sharp trying to kill another inmate inside the jail. these arrest reports say security video showed sharp grabbing his cellmate's sheets, and choking him with them -- before officers intervened. after the attack, sharp was charged with battery -- but he was allowed to be around other inmates -- even getting a new cellmate...jeremia h bowlings...who would be found beaten and strangled in the cell a month after attack. according to the arrest report, on saturday officers found bowlings on the floor in a pool of blood. when police asked what happened -- sharp said "he would not let me look out the window" ""i just dont see how this happens, i dont see it at all, and they're in the wrong, they should have protected my little brother" we reached out to the clark county detention center to ask why -- after sharp had already attempted to kill one inmate -- he was allowed to have another cell mate. jail officials say

questions about the case right now. the man accused of stabbing a local realtor was yanked out of a hearing today. daniel mora appeared via video conference. a north las vegas judge set his bail at 100-thousand dollars. mora continued to talk during the hearing after it ended and a correctional officer grabbed him by the arm to pull him away. the 36-year-old is accused of slashing the neck of 37-year-old realtor ryan vega.... who was badly injured. means a break for lawmakers in carson city... as they discuss the future of an nfl stadium in las vegas. there was still a lot of work being done behind the scenes to get ready for the gavel to drop again on thursday. all with the ultimate goal of ending up in this building behind me, the state capitol, and inside the governor's office so he can potentially sign senate bill 1 and assembly bill 1 into law. fiore: i really,

would have called the special session if he didn't have the votes. so either way i believe it's going to get through. i don't think we would be here if the votes weren't already counted. the heavy lifting for the rest of the session will be done by the state assembly. our live coverage continues tomorrow morning at 6 am right here on fox 5. u.s. job openings fell to an eight- month low in august and hiring levels remained relatively unchanged. the labor department's latest report suggests some easing in the job market... as job openings, a measure demand, declinedto the lowest level since december, after surging to a record high in july. but it also shows a steady rise in people voluntarily quitting their jobs. for those looking for a career like no other... the fbi is recruiting. they were at the asian culture center on spring mountain today... looking to meet with applicants. "we're trying to get the best of the best...that's what the fbi is really all about " jobs with the fbi

across the country-- which the fbi says is the beauty of the bureau. you can look for job openings on our website-- and on your phone using our fox5 mobile app! you can stay up- to-date... with fox five using your mobile device. just head to fox five vegas dot com... and download our app. it's the best reur breaking news... weather... and traffic. here's something that might creep you out. what scientists found in a virus... that proved it may have been more lethal... than a spider. and when it comes to a reliable diagnosis... do you google or call your doctor. who the more accurate advice

the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. but hiding the evidence won't help danny tarkanian. sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years...

formed... or the $17 million judgment he never paid. he can try, but he can't make his record disappear. danny tarkanian: just a con man who can't bury the truth.

we have breaking news to pass along. metro police are investigating the death of an infant. the five month old child was pronounced dead at summerlin hospital. metro's abuse and neglect detail is investigating, which is protocol.... but as of right now... no arrests have been made. there once was a virus... that swallowed a spider. researchers studying a virus that infects a bacteria found in most spiders and insects... found a surprising collection of animal-life snippets in the virus' dna. the thought used to be that viruses were just made of scraps of genetic material shed from living things. but new discoveries conclude today's viruses might have actually evolved from pieces of whole cells. the new study represents the first time that a

have borrowed dna from a kingdom other than the one it infects. you probably didn't need a study to tell you this-- but doctors know better than the internet. researchers actually used the scientific method to come to this conclusion. in a head to head comparison, human doctors with access to the same information about medical history and symptoms-- made the correct diagnosis 72- percent of the time... compared to apps which only got it right 34- percent of the time. a minnesota man lived to tell the story-- of his home being police say the man with the gun... was shooting zombies. we'll hear from the shooting victim... next. and the video that shows a suspect narrowly escaping being hit on the highway in a police chase. and north carolina still suffering from hurricane matthew. the latest warnings as floodwaters continue to rise. your fox5 weather

jim childs: one of the ways criminals avoid background checks is by going online and connecting with strangers to buy guns. as someone in law enforcement, i think that's dangerous. millions of guns are sold through websites like this, most with no background checks, no questions asked. the law requires background checks in gun stores; why don't we require them online? now a bad guy is armed - and potentially dangerous. and that's a threat to all of us.

"it's unbelievable, a male walking through a residential area with a loaded ar-15 rifle. if it would have been a different time of the day or evening, there would have been people out and somebody really

killed." a minnesota man is under arrest after police say he fired a rifle... claiming he was shooting at a zombie. the 24-year-old suspect was not on drugs but police say he was intoxicated. police say ryan stanislaw was carrying a loaded a-r fifteen rifle. this all happened in the north saint paul area on saturday. his neighbor woke up to the sound of a gunshot and into his home... that nearly hit him. quaale says: "bullet came in here, right in here and hit this wall here and hit this one, back and went behind this dresser here." quaale says: "the bed's going this way and i was laying right here." quaale says: "all i heard was a big gunshot. i knew it was a gunshot and then i heard the window come shattering all over my head." the suspected shooter was convicted of making terrorist- like threats back in september. the suspect now faces charges of endangering safety and possession of a firearm. incredible video shows a man being chased by police and running on to a busy texas highway... without getting hit.

car dodging that much more cringe-worthy-- may be seeing the man hit by a taser... and falling in the lanes as a car whips by. the man was running from a kohl's where police received reports of two men stealing. helicopter video shows him running on to interstate 30 in garland, jumping the median and then being hit by a taser. he was taken away to safety and arrested. he's now facing charges of theft and evading arrest. hurricane matthew is now being blamed for the deaths of at least nineteen people in north floodwaters rising along with the death toll here in the u-s... the federal government adding more counties to the emergency assistance list, as the military is providing assistance to storm-battered haiti. fox news correspondent phil keating is in miami with more. matthew may be long gone, but it is still a deadly force is north carolina. storm-related fatalities climbing there yet again, fours days after

mccrory urging caution as heavy flooding persists. mccrory says: "..just during the past three days we're averaging two fatalities a day, almost all of them due to drowning. we are putting out the report time and time again to stay away from water." thousands are being told to evacuate their homes ahead of further flooding. mccrory says: "..if you're anywhere around the tar river, or noose river, or lumbee river, stay away from the water. whether you're walking or riding in a car, do not get ne will kill you." the u-s also providing storm relief overseas in haiti, sending the u-s-s iwo jima to the hard-hit nation of haiti. more than 17- hundred marines and sailors are on the warship... along with power generators, water purifiers, and bulldozers. the u-s-s mesa verde helping with disaster relief in the country, as well. privert says: "..the people in shelters, you must feed them. we must give them

must give them medication to avoid the spread of cholera." (voice of translator) (on cam tag) matthew also prompting a federal judge to extend florida's voter registration deadline until next week. that's an extra week. the governor - rick scott - a republican - had refused democrats' request. in miami, phil keating, fox news. a federal judge agreed today to extend voting registration in florida -- because of the impact of hurricane matthew. it's a victory to the florida democratic party and other groups.. registration needed to be moved because of the effects of the storm. the original deadline was tuesday, but the judge had temporarily moved it to wednesday so that he could hold a hearing on the matter. florida voters will now have until next tuesday, october 18th. now fox5 weather 24/7 now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief high clouds are passing across

this afternoon with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. these clouds will not bring us any rain; they'll be clearing out tonight. overnight low temperatures will be running in the 60s. a few high clouds will be passing through again on thursday with high temperatures holding in the mid to upper 80s. bigger changes arrive for the weekend with increasing wind across the las vegas valley. wind gusts

mph friday afternoon and evening with more clouds around the area. we'll keep winds around saturday and sunday with partly cloudy skies. temperatures hold in the 80s. closed captioning

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today- las vegas will be buzzing with big names for the third and final presidential debate. here are some of the latest valley roads that will be affected. i-15 southbound from sahara to the 215 east airport connector to russell will be shut down intermittently. other streets to be impacted include maryland, tropicana and swenson. metro police are telling drivers to expect delays around mccarran airport. hillary clinton preparing for a rally tonight in the valley... and vice president joe biden will be here tomorrow. he's scheduled to speak to supporters at the culinary union.... off main street and las vegas boulevard. this event begins at 12-45. he will also focus on catherine cortez' masto's senate race. and of course, hillary clinton and donald trump will both be in town next town next wednesday, you can watch the

we will have special coverage in all of our newscasts throughout the evening on the night of the debate. tougher than dynamite! what it took to bring down this stubborn bridge. jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen and i approved this message. man: the tea party republicans in congress want to cut social security. anian wants to join them. man: he is proud to call himself a "tea party radical." man: he wants to privatize social security... woman: ...just like them. woman: risking social security benefits on wall street. man: danny tarkanian would raise the retirement age... woman: just like the tea party republicans in congress. man: they would take away what we've paid for out of every paycheck. man:that's "tea party radical" for ya'. i'm one of the lucky ones.

that kind of screening and care. so i'll never understand politicians like congressman heck, who tried to defund planned parenthood. he was even willing to shut down the government over it. heck was opposed to roe v. wade and tried to criminalize abortion. that's just shameful, it's just wrong, it doesn't help anybody. congressman heck does not share my values. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years... ...or all those fake charities he helped set up... ...or the scams against seniors he formed... or the $17 million judgment he never paid. he can try, but he can't make his record disappear. danny tarkanian: just a con man who can't bury the truth.

for a 93-year-old... one bridge isn't just older than nails... it was also tougher. on tuesday a demolition team in little rock, arkansas set off explosives to bring down the bridge. but when the smoke cleared, the bridge was still standing. so they brought in reinforcements. crews spent hours trying to pull the bridge down with a barge. five hours later... the broadway bridge finally came tumbling down. thanks for joining us..

ahead. he's divisive and dangerous. "uh, i don't know what i said. uh... i don't remember." but congressman hardy supports trump 100% and said he'll do whatever trump wants him to do. hardy even said people with disabilities are a drain on society and that seniors who rely on programs like social security are a draw on government.

dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. you've heard plenty about joe heck and the tax breaks he's voted for. for oil companies and the millions the oil billionaire koch brothers have spent to elect him. bad enough. but heck voted time and time again to limit nevada solar. risking jobs and higher rates. for nevada families, it's personal.

this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas "screaming, thrown to ground, wrestling" video shows a violent incident involving students and adults at canyon springs high school. i'm cyndi lundeberg. i'm john huck. both students and adults are yelling and wrestling on the ground. fox5's adam herbets talked to the family of one of these students. he joins us from canyon ridge high school now. closed captioning