that this was likely a domestic shooting, but there's more to the story. well the north las vegas police department has already interviewed all of the witnesses. there were only two other people inside the home... but the case is still under investigation... especially because there is a lot of forensic evidence that has to come back to the lab at this point... they are still looking into the possibility that this is murder... but they're also looking into the possibility that this could have been self- defense... or that the woman is the one who may have fired the gun. now -- we know the names of the people who lived here... but at this point, just for the family's privacy, we're not going to release the name of the victim or any suspects. it was a 47-year- old woman who lived there with her boyfriend... and people in the neighborhood say they were a nice couple. they were nice. they were helpful. and now they're just surprised to hear what happened... especially because nobody we spoke to heard the gunshot. they also say -- the day after the shooting -- the boyfriend moved out of the house and never came

"sorry no verbatim if it's self defense it's self defense" the police haven't released a timetable on when this investigation will be over... when all of that evidence gets back from the lab... but they keep stressing that they're looking into all possibilities. we're still trying to figure out who called 911. where the gun is. who the gun is registered to. once we have that information -- we wi l live in the newsroom adam herbets fox 5 news local las vegas. if you have information that can help police, call crimestoppers at 702-385-55-55. one man is dead after a fatal car crash near sahara and valley view. it happened this morning at nine a-m. a witness says a hyundai crossed into an opposing lan... and crashed into a dodge side. the 52-year-old driver of the

when police arrived. he was transported to valley hospital where he was later pronounced dead. the other driver was uninjured and police do not think that person was impaired. metro is still investigating the crash. "nats of ceremony " president obama took part in his last laying of the wreath ceremony at arlington cemetary. he honored military veterans past and present who have and sacrificed for our country. obama also held a breakfast in the state dining room for several veterans. he says he will continue to focus on making sure our veterans are taken care of. "god bless all who have served and still do. and may god bless the united states of america. " here in the valley there are lots of events and celebrations for our veterans... fox5's eric hilt is live at nellis air force base with details on tomorrow's aviation nation...and closed captioning

this week one veteran got a big veterans day gift... mark kleckner has been struggling with an knee injury for decades... he got the injury while serving on base in the army during the korean war, and now he

but this week the newly formed las vegas chapter of the korean war veterans association gave mark a wheelchair...a gift that he told me will change his life. "when we heard that i was chosen, we became totally elated, it was a time to toast champagne, it was that kind of elation, it felt great" closed captioning will resume

skies stay mostly clear for your friday night with temperatures in the 60s this ev low temperatures fall back into the 50s. a system moving into the pacific northwest will bring increasing cloud cover across southern nevada on saturday. we won't see any rain,

mild side with high temperatures in the mid to low 70s. sunday will bring more sunshine with highs in the mid to upper 70s. monday and tuesday will stay warm and mostly sunny with upper 70s. a cold front moving in wednesday will bring gusty wind rock and roll marathon in las vegas is finally here. and 45 thousand people are looking forward to the 26.2 mile run through the strip. fox5's abby theodros joins us live from the las vegas convention center after talking with runners and event organizers who say tomorrow's run took a year of preparation

foreign countries... all ready to rock and roll strip only shut down twice a year nye and this race. starr gantz, lexington ky: to be out in the dark and all the lights on and seeing everything from a whole new angle. runners out in full force - ready for this weekends rock and roll festival. javier fernandez: from costa rica, yeah. im excited to be here. its my second time in vegas. 45 thousand people - from 83 different countries. javier fernandez: youre going to share the fun with a lot of runners. we are a community. a lot of runners everywhere to share the fun running. the joy of running. a little more than 26 miles. shutting down the las vegas strip. dan cruz: the race starts down by mandalay bay, the runners go to the welcome to las vegas sign, norht bound all the way up the strip, to downotwn right past the fremont street experience, right back down the southbound lanes of the strip and then finish at the mirage volcano. dan cruz is the marthon's organizer - and says it takes an

dan cruz, event organizer: the strip only shuts down twice a year. once on new years eve. once for the marathon. so any undertaking like that..is going to be an all hands on deck situation. we work colaboratively with all the agencies to plan and map out what is a logistically complicated event. and drivers not to worry - rock and roll is partnering with the traffic app waze dc: when someone goes onto waze like they would map quest or google maps the road closure information is already pre programmed and that way it will navigate you around of the race c right away and not have that information. theyre also sending out 45 thousand push notifications for waze users. snoop dogg to perform during the event so itll be a good time so itll be a good time the race starts

tomorrow at the las vegas festival fair grounds. we have details on road closures in this story on our website, fox5vegas dot com. the downtown area was proudly decked in red white and blue this morning. " parade music " we'll take you to the heart of the parade... as nevada thanks its many generations of veterans for their sacrifices. closed captioning will resume and know what is and know what is and know what is happening in our valley with our fox5 app. you can find out what is going on this weekend, and if the weather will cooperate. you can definitely have breakfast

for dinner tonight if you are a veteran! i-hop is offering a free stack of its red, white, and blue pancakes to all vets and active duty military members. the deal goes

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are proudly sharing pictures of your loved ones. happy veterans day to these past and present military members. it is called the largest veterans parade west of the mississippi. today thousands of people packed the streets downtown... to thank nevada veterans. fox5 chief photojournalist ray arzate shows us their stories. closed captioning will resume now fox5 weather 24/7 with

argier skies stay mostly clear for your friday night with temperatures in the 60s this evening. overnight low

system moving into the pacific northwest will bring increasing cloud cover across southern nevada on saturday. we won't see any rain, and temperatures will remain on the mild side with high temperatures in the mid to low 70s. sunday will bring more sunshine with highs in the mid to upper 70s. monday and tuesday will stay warm and mostly sunny with upper 70s. a cold front moving in wednesday will bring gusty wind with temperatures falling back into the low 70s. much colder air invades thursday and friday with highs only in the mid to low 60s. skies stay mostly clear for your friday night with

60s this evening. overnight low temperatures fall back into the 50s. a system moving into the pacific northwest will bring increasing cloud cover across southern nevada on saturday. we won't see any rain, and temperatures will remain on the mild side with high temperatures in the mid to low 70s. sunday will bring more sunshine with highs in the mid to upper 70s. monday and tuesday will stay warm and mostly sunny with upper 70s. a cold front moving in wednesday will bring gusty wind with temperatures falling back into the low 70s. much colder air invades thursday and friday with highs only in the mid to low 60s. closed captioning

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sweetie, you know what we're craving right now? crispy chicken and fried egg with bacon-like brunch. brunch? but it's 8pm-and it's tuesday- huh, i wonder if my mother would like to stay with us... here's what i'm thinking-brunch. all day, every day. should we get started? who wants coffee?

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right?? dishes... dusting... toilets... one little boy has to take out the trash... it's not fair. watch him rolling out the trash can... we have 2 red flags right away... #1... it's windy... and 2... the darn thing is bigger than he is... boink... this trash can is not going down without a fight... but neither is the little boy... he's a scrapper... we have an epic tug of war going here... i love how whoever is recording doesn't lift a finger to help... as tough as this kid is... he's no match for the power of plastic and a big gust of wind... he keeps getting up though. don't worry little man... you'll have about 5000 more chances to beat that garbage can... moving on to crazy people... i call them crazy for doing this. (guy doing crazy

what is he doing?? what is he doing?? he's ziplining... surfing... and then just for fun... basejumping... a group called the "flying frenchies" are taking extreme sports to an insane level... they're combining surfing... ziplining and base jumping into one death defying experience... i'm volunteering our mike doria to give it a shot. let's end the week with a story about love... our main character is jeremy... jeremy the snail. our little guy just wants to be loved... but he was born with a defect that's made it impossible to find a snail girlfriend... so... some scientists got to work doing a worldwide search to find jeremy his lovematch... and they found her... lefty... jeremy and lefty hit it off... and will hopefully live happily ever after. a woman is being

year... for how she treated her son who supported donald trump. " get your sign... when people see you out there, they know why you're standing out there. " see what this mother made her young son do... simply because she didn't agree with

but there are some concerns about how some kids are handling the outcome... after videos like this are surfacing. "build the wall, build the wall " these are middle school students in michigan

that wall." parents are concerned events like this can lead to future bullying cases. and at a california high school... a student handed out fake deportation letters on campus. "(melissa fraizer/parent) "it's not a joke. it's not funny. you're making fun of my family, you're making fun of my friends and it hurts." " school officials say a student at shasta high school gave the letters to kids of different ethnicities. the student recorded the reacions and posted them on twitter. the school district says the student told the it was all a joke. but families definitely are not taking it that way. an alarming video is going around social media... of a child getting kicked out of his home for supportind donald trump. the boy apparently voted for trump in a class election, and his mother was furious. we want to warn you, this video is disturbing. "take your sign, let's go. you want to vote for him, let me show you something. here's your suitcase, bye. " the mother has

the street with a sign and his suitcase. so far she has not been identified... but youtube information shows this may be in texas. people are calling for a child welfare investigation. we may have gone blue for the last three elections... but experts say nevada is still anyone's guess. a u-n-r political consultant says it's too soon to conclude nevada isn't a swing state anymore. one republican consultant believes we may just be going through a phase driven by unions and retiring senator-- harry reid. although they also say we may be on track to becoming a permanent blue state-- due to our changing demographics. the water district had a busy morning... after a water main broke. this happened on

d-i and convention center. crews had to shut some lanes down as they worked to solve this problem. you can see the big mess left behind. so far no word on whythis happened. runners from around the country will be taking their mark on the strip come sunday. the rock and roll marathon is back in town. and as fox 5's mike doria reports -- some are coming in costume.

everyone and their mom is trying the mannequin challenge. even the first lady is getting on board! she masters it like a pro with the cleveland cavaliers... we'll see why this social media phenomenon isn't easy for everyone. two major holiday events in our valley kick off tonight! hear when you will want to be at these beloved valley traditions. vets and active duty military members can get a

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political stories

we all saw fake political stories throughout this election on facebook. but c-e-o mark zuckerburg says it's crazy to think those stories actually influenced the election. both candidates had inaccurate them... although there were many more concerning hillary clinton. facebook seemed to not filter out the fake content... so some are wondering if people actually believed these stories and made their decision because of them. but zuckerberg says facebook's research shows the filters weren't a problem. this week... all the

trying the "mannequin challenge". you freeze and hold the pose with a group. some four-year- olds tested it some four-year- olds tested it out... and let's just say they tried really hard. this is probably the most they have ever held still! the kids stare as long as they can without blinking, and do a decent job keeping the wiggles in. thanksgiving is sneaking up on us! and today we're starting a drive... to help families all over our valley have a great meal. closed captioning will resume

24/7 forecast is

more ahead on fox5 news coming up at 5 o'clock. christine maddela joins us from the newsroom with what to look out for. a local veteran is getting a life changing gift. tonight we'll hear from a new local charity that's making it all happen. and a look at some of the other veteran's day events going on around the valley.

a special guest appearance by a superhero-- where you can catch this tribute to military men and women.... before he makes his way home to a museum on the las vegas strip. and a local airport employee is facing consequences-- for stealing hundreds of pieces of mail. the small packages he was looking through -- that landed him in trouble with the law. skies stay mostly clear for your temperatures in the 60s this evening. overnight low temperatures fall back into the 50s. a system moving into the pacific northwest will bring increasing cloud cover across southern nevada on saturday. we won't see any rain, and temperatures will remain on the mild side with high temperatures in the

more sunshine with highs in the mid to upper 70s. monday and tuesday will stay warm and mostly sunny with upper 70s. a cold front moving in wednesday will bring gusty wind with temperatures falling back into the low 70s. much colder air invades thursday and friday with highs only in the mid to low 60s. cled

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parents pretend to call santa if their kids are acting up. but with some fun holiday apps... you can actually make that call! check out "santa calls you". you tell the app whether you child is a boy or girl... if they have been naughty or nice, and what toy they want.

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it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. tv character: taking selfies in the kitchen does not make you a model. live from las vegas, its time for fox5 news at 5. veterans are being honored all over the country today. but one local vet is getting a gift that he says will change his life. and a woman is found dead in her home-- three days later no one is behind bars. why police are

could have been in self defense. and one of the only events to shut down the strip is back in town this weekend. what you need to know to avoid the traffic mess. this is fox5 news at 5. local. las vegas veterans day is a time to celebrate all of the brave men and women who fight for our country. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. there's tons of events going on today and this weekend to honor fox5's eric hilt takes us to one event where a vet is being honored with a special gift. closed captioning

this week one veteran got a big veterans day gift... mark kleckner has been struggling with an knee injury for decades... he got the injury while serving on base in the army during the korean war, and now he cant walk or stand for long periods of time. but this week the newly formed las vegas chapter of the korean war veterans association gave mark a wheelchair...a gift that he told me will change his life. "when we heard that i was chosen, we became totally elated, it was a time to toast champagne, it was that kind of elation, it felt great" closed captioning