cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on a tuesday night. lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good whoer shothem tundead ar thberk s. >>> right now at 6:00, animals found dead near the berkeley marina. now police are looking for whomever may have shot them with a hell let gun. thanks for joining us, i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. d disturbing find, several animals shot to death. was this a cruel prank and who did it? officers found the dead animals on seawall drive, cats, raccoons and possums dead or injured. cheryl hurd has the latest. >> reporter: police are telling me this evening they've never seen anything like this before, and that's why they're concerned. five animals, three raccoons, an ferile cat and a possum. a ground keeper called the police about the discovery on saturday. three were dead, two suffering unknown injuries. the man drove them to berkeley's animal control center. one has to be euthanized there. an a necropsy was done. they discovered four were shot with a pellet gun or rifl

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >> and that will do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> khloe kardashian's new nightmare. lamar odom caught boozing in a bar. >> his secret binge before church, now on "extra". >>> lamar odom off the wagon? five months after his near-deadly o.d., khloe's on again off again man sneaks into an l.a. bar. >> what sources saw him drinking before meeting khloe and the

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >> and that will do it for us on a tuesday night.lt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> khloe kardashian's new nightmare. lamar odom caught boozing in a bar. >> his secret binge before church, now on "extra". >>> lamar odom off the wagon? five months after his near-deadly o.d., khloe's on again off again man sneaks into an l.a. bar. >> what sources saw him drinking before meeting khloe and the kids for easter services. >>> donald trump back stabbed. why a former strategist is comparing him to sanjaya from "american idol." >>> plus -- >> ted cruz and trump have been going at it about each other's wives. what do you make of that? >> trump talk takes over "dancing with the stars" as geraldo turns 50 shades of donald. >> what do you think he wou think of your performance tonight? >>> breaking couples news. charlize theron's new interview about her split from sean penn. did he almost adopt her son? >>> then, james corden's car pool karaoke goes primetime with j-lo. >> we'll do something that we've never

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