mom 14:58:57 my name is linda smith and i had a son named devlin a son she buried two christmases ago.. yet, the pain of losing him hasn't lessened with time. mom 15:01:28 i feel as though someone has torn the heart and soul out of me. i can only imagine the devastation that the children must feel. the father of three... 38 year old devlin lockman...died from a single gun shot to the head at his ames home in 20- 13. his friend, leigh lepon, was charged with pulling the trigger and a story county jury found him guilty of second degree murder. today, lockman's oldest son, his namesake, faced his father's killer. devlin 14:57:18 he was probably my him now, i can't find much of a reason to keep on keeping on, although i've been trying hard 29 when it was his turn, lepon told lockman's family that he too lost someone.. leigh 15:04:54 he was a good friend, i loved him very much. i miss him 58 but the 34 year old claims he's innocent of the crime.. leigh 15:05:03 i'm going off to prison for something that i did not do. and i don't fault you for believing whatever you believe at this point 12

he described devlin lockman as a good friend he misses very much... lepon also maintains that the shooting was an accident. leigh 15:05:03 i'm going off to prison for something that i did not do. and i don't fault you for believing whatever you believe at this anger, no hatred because i'm going to prison and i know the truth and i have that inside of me 23 lepon has 30-days to appeal his conviction and sentence. this afternoon police issued a material witness warrant in a des moines homicide... they're searching for alf freddie clark... he's wanted for questioning in a deadly shooting on december 27th... it happened in the hallway of this apartment building on south union street. one person was killed... and a second is recovering from gunshot wounds. police think clark may have information about the shooting... investigators are not calling him a suspect. iowa national guard soldiers are making a difference in missouri... 45-soldiers were deployed to a st louis suburb on friday.... their mission.... restore drinking water to an entire town. brea love

describing devlin as a good friend.... yet he insists his death was an accident. he was a good friend, i loved him very much. i miss him i'm going off to prison for something that i did not do. and i don't fault you for believing whatever you believe at this point lepon has 30-days to appeal his conviction and sentence. the metro is looking like the place to be for those who enjoy suburban living... wallet hub ranked it as having some of the nation's best small cities... ankeny comes in at number nine... folled by urbandale... and west des moines... cyclone haven, ames... ranked 79. the rankings are based on affordability, economic health, education and quality of life. that metro boom is creating some crowded classrooms in ankeny... the district saw 446 new to cope with the growth... it's now looking at adding classroom space to its elementary schools... it's all in an effort to delay construction of an entirely new school... construction could begin as early as this summer. the school board will consider the idea at a meeting later this month. for a lot of us as

he was arrested last year after the shooting death of devlin lockman. police originally ruled the shooting as an accident. but they reopened the case based on statements. lepon faces up to 50 years in prison. he'll be sentenced in story county court at 10 this morning. des moines police are investigating a shooting in the drake neighborhood... it happened in the three thousand block of forest avenue saturday night. police say an 19 year old man was shot in the leg while walking into mcdonald's. he's expected to be okay. officers tracked down a car that fled the scene... and arrested 21 year old antwain robinson after finding him with a gun. robinson is charged with "carrying a weapon" and "possession of a weapon as a felon." police say they're still searching for suspects in the case. the search continues this morning for a missing boater in coralville... authorities were called to the coralville reservoir late last night. witnesses say a canoe carrying two people capsized... and one of them was rescued. that person was taken to the hospital. the second

luh-pon was convicted of second degree murder in the 2013 death of devlin lockman in ames. police initially ruled lockman's charged him with the crime after they say the evidence contradicted his story. under iowa law, luh-pon is required to serve a minimum of 35 years in prison before being eligible we'll have more from the courtroom coming up tonight on the channel 13 news. the flu season is off to a slow start. the centers for disease control and prevention says the flu season usually peaks right about now... because viruses tend to spread at holiday gatherings. however... medical statisticians predict this flu season will peak in february... and should be relatively mild. the c-d-c says the delayed season vaccinated. iowa is experiencing minimal flu activity right now... something small is making a big difference for a local organization. i've been saving all the tops for the last five years and kim and christy are saved from the last time dan williams donated more than the moines. it's part of a long for the organization. the tabs are sold in bulk to be recycled... and

>> not at this time. >> devlin pleads guilty to one count of misconduct of a ship operator resultingh and is sentenced to a year and a day in prison. ride the ducks president, chris herschend, defends the captain of the duck boat who follows protocol. >> it is my understanding that our captain followed all the training, all of the coast guard training and all of the regulations required of a captain in that situation. >> nearly two years after the incident, a civil lawsuit filed by the victims and the family results in a $17 million settlement. for kevin, that day in july changed his outlook on life forever. >> oh, my gosh. it was -- it was kind of like a second chance on life. really, in a way. i mean, it's something i think about every day. but yeah, i certainly feel lucky to be alive, and i'm more lucky that my daughter's alive. >>> coming up -- a fishing trip brings big fish and even bigger problems. a hole in the boat. >> look out, you guys. >> rocking the boat, please, don't rock this! when "caught on camera: overboard" continues. ♪ why fit in when you were born to stand out. t

leigh lepon was arrested last year for the shooting death of devlin lockman. police originally ruled the shooting an accident. but new evidence and witnesses forced them to reopen the case.. lepon faces up to 50 years in prison for second degree murder. he'll be sentenced in story county court this morning. a metro shooting in a mcdonalds parking lot has landed one person behind bars and another in the hospital this morning... it happened around 8 saturday night at this mcdonalds near drake's campus... witnesses say a car pulled into the parking and someone started shooting. gunfire hit a 19 - year - old man in the leg. shortly after the shooting -- police saw a car flee from the scene and chased it into a nearby alley. they found 21-year-old antwain robinson inside with a hand gun... he is now charged with possessing and carrying a weapon as a felon... but he isn't charged with firing the gun. authorities say they're waiting to find two other possible suspects. funeral services are being set this morning for a rural marshalltown man who died while riding his

he shot 38 year old devlin lockman in a home back in 2014 in ames. initially it was ruled accidental when lepon said he was handling the gun while drunk. but murder charges were later filed and a jury convicted him. stephanie: on your money now... and we start with big news for a business you've maybe shopped in in the metro. stephanie: family-owned "mills fleet farm" has agreed to sell to a new york-based investment company. the mills family put the chain of 35 stores, including the one in ankeny, up for sale last fall. the price tag: somewhere around a billion dollars. the family will retain a small ownership stake in the 61 year old ownership plans to expand beyond the midwest. car salesmen may be sad to see good year for automakers reported u-s december's sales figures today ...17.5 million cars and tracks were sold in 2015. that's up about 6 percent from 2014 and just edged out the previous record of 17.4 million set in 2000. and the experts say this is why: low gas prices, easy credit, strong job growth, and pent-up demand from years of depress

weren't going to be any flights for flights so i'm just stuck without being able to 20 -- deborah devlin was trying to get to new york for a family a funeral. she missed her flight and american told her a refund was the best they could do.l -- 20 1804 our flight got canceled 06 our flights got canceled snowstorm coming 10 -- the tatarians had better luck after a heads up from southwest. they packed up and free of charge . got an early flight home to rhode island. -- 1822 we got some warnings on the phone some alerts it after a heads up from southwest. they packed up and free of charge . got an early flight home to rhode island. -- 1822 we got some warnings on the phone some alerts it was going to get canceled. we should be good now. -- -- others weren't about to wait to see a cancellation . -- michael nanko 20 2509 i was planning on leaving tomorrow morning at my office called and said you better get out of town tonight 12 -- though micahel nanko says and sand versus snow and ice?!? -- 2025 43 it was a bittersweet decision i had to make 44 -- and a number of hotels in the area do get str

. >> deborah devlin was trying get to new york for a family funeral. she missed a flight. and american told her that the refund what is they had to do. they had a better luck after a heads up from southwest. they packed up and, free of charge, got an early flight home to rhode island. we got some warnings at home, to get canceled. we should be good now. >> others were not about to wait and see a cancellation i was waiting to see what happens. >> bittersweet decision i had to make. >> hotels are doing their part to help stranded passengers some are offering discount rates. the biggest thing you can do before you come to tampa international airport tomorrow, check your flight status. you can download an app like flight aware where you can track the status of your flight from your phone. your house. from tampa international news. >>> amtrak is also operating on snowstorm. auto train out of stanford will not run tomorrow or saturday. again, states of emergency have and d.c. and airlines have preempted and canceled about 300 flights tomorrow and saturday ahead of the blizzards.

in november, a jury convicted him of second degree murder in the death of devlin lockman. the 38-year-old father was found with a single gun shot wound to the head at his ames home in 2013. at first, police ruled lockman's death an accident, but new evidence led to the charges against lepon. in court today, lockman's mother spoke directly to her son's killer. 15:03:04 you have taken a person i loved very much and he has been replaced with a pervasive, overwhelming empty sense of sadness my life 19 lepon told the court and the victim's family that he's going to prison an innocent man. iowa law requires him to serve 35 years of his sentence before he's eligible for parole. a des moines teen will spend the rest of his life behind bars... for beating his 97-year old neighbor to death. ngor makuey was convicted last month of murder in the first degree in the death of rupert anderson. his wife, harriett was also attacked. it happened after makuey broke into the anderson home in july of 20-14. he received a mandatory life in prison for the murder charge. the judge handed down a t

stephanie: finally some closure for the family of devlin lockman. this week, leigh lepon was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for shooting and killing 38 year- old lockman. in an ames home back in 20-14. the case was initially it was ruled accidental when lepon said he was handling the gun while drunk. but second degree murder charges were later filed and a jury convicted him. feel free to contact us. we also want to hear from you if you have a story you want us to look into. send local 5 news your news tips. email us at: news at we are iowa dot com. or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555. we're on facebook "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. we are iowa and we want to cover the stories that are important to you. but next, the power ball amount keeps on rocketing up. find out how co-workers are to win the big prize. "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief iowa's most accurate forecast with chief

devlin gonzalez- its sad and whenever she cries i feel like crying too red rock search and rescue assists metro police with cases of missing teens like isabella gonzalez. they say usually metro waits 24-48 hours before searching for runaways. red rock says a lot of runaways get involved in sex trafficking. bryan zink red rock search and rescue - runaways in the town that we live in its important they are found very quickly becuase we have a lot of unsavory people that like to pray on the youth gaspar says she spends every free minute she can calling people who may know where her daughter is... and combing the internet for clues. she's even hired a private investigator to search in california. despite all her efforts gaspar says she keeps hitting dead ends. azusena gaspar- i think my concern is that she might end up with the wrong her to go somewhere she can get help each day that passes gaspar says it's more difficult to hold onto hope... gaspar - i love my daughter very much i love all my children theyre the most important thing in my life the last time isabella ran away the girl she too

devlin gonzalez- its sad and whenever she cries i feel like crying too red rock search and rescue assists metro police with cases of missing teens like isabella gonzalez. they say usually metro waits 24-48 hours before runaways. red rock says a lot of runaways trafficking. bryan zink red rock search and rescue - runaways in the its important they quickly becuase we have a lot of unsavory people the youth gaspar says she spends every free calling people who may know where her daughter is... and combing the internet for private investigator to california. despite all her says she keeps hitting dead ends. azusena gaspar- i think my concern is that she might end up with the wrong people gaspar- i just want her to go somewhere she can get help each day that passes gaspar says it's more difficult to hold onto hope... gaspar - i love my daughter very much i love all my children theyre the most important thing in my life the last time isabella took off... one of her friends ended up dead... isabellas mom tells me every day that passes... she gets more worried. reporting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5

. >> the driver, 64-year-old robert devlin, is charged with driving while impaired and assault by auto. >>> a fight over a hoverboard. the death of a young girl in nassau county. a stray bullet flew through the window of dejah joyner's home. the alleged gunman is in custody. he's charged with murder. here's more. >> reporter: emotions erupted in the courtroom and spilled out to the hall. the family of the accused killer denying he pulled the trigger. a stray bullet smashed through the joyner's front window killing the innocent 12-year- old hempstead child as she ate dinner inside her own home. >> shot my grand baby. >> reporter: what would you like to say to him now? >> i hope you rot in hell. >> reporter: the 20-year-old suspect, jakwan keller, a devout member of the notorious bloods street gang, say police, fired the fatal shot in a petty dispute over his brother's stolen hover board. keller was shielded in a bulletproof vest. >> this is a heinous act committed by a coward. driving a luxury star when police picked him up. the killing sparked outrage here over a plague of gun violence

lepon shot and killed devlin lockman back in december of 20-13. he describes lockman as a good conviction and sentence. police have issued a material witness warrant in a des moines homicide... they're searching for alf freddie clark. he's wanted for questioning in a deadly shooting on december 27th. it happened in a hallway of this apartment building on south ununon street. one person was killed and another is recovering from gunshot wounds. police think clark may have information about what happened that night. he's not being considered a suspect at this time. it was a close call for employees and customers at a davenport store... police say a man crashed his car into the "brady mart" yesterday afternoon. he knocked down the doors and some shelves, but fortunately, no one was hurt. crews spent the rest of the day trying to clean up the mess, and witnesses spent the rest of the day trying to forget it. we heard this noise and all of us looked over towards the doors and here comes this big red car crashing through the glass and it was going everyw

he shot 38 year old devlin lockman in a home back in 2014 in ames. initially it was ruled accidental when lepon said he was handling the gun while drunk. but murder charges were later filed and a jury convicted him. stephanie: jack: chief meteorologist brad edwards here now... brad ((ad lib weather toss)) stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at 10... powerball fever hits the workplace. some tips to handle the office lotto pool. jack: then, do you like presidential politics? we'll show you how you can take history at valley west mall. take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... we mark a special occasion here on local five.. wednesday makes one year since we debuted good morning iowa. we'll take a look back year since we debuted good morning iowa. we'll take a look back at the past 12 months... plus your forecast (wx ad-lib) that's tomorrow, on the all new good morning iowa "your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are

on a murder conviction. 34 year old leigh lepon was sentenced to 50 years for shooting his friend, devlin lockman. the 38 year old died from a single gunshot wound to the head. police initially ruled lockman's death as accidental in 2013, but they later filed charges against lepon based on new witness and forensic evidence. a story county jury convicted lepon of second degree murder in november. today, the victim's oldest son took the stand to face his father's killer. 14:57:16 throughout my life, my was probably my biggest inspiration. without reason to keep on keeping on, although i've been trying hard 29 court today. hear from her, plus what lepon had to say before being led away in handcuffs. that's coming up at five. the body of a teenager who disappeared while canoeing in iowa this weekend was recovered today. police tell our affilate k-w-w-l 17-year old solon high school student. the released. he and another man were canoeing on coralville reservoir when their boat capsized. the other shore. heavy fog may be to blame for the death of a pilot who was flying to iowa last night. the p

officers arrested the driver as he tried to get away. 64-year-old robert devlin is motor vehicle. the of cers were treated at a nearby hospital. >>> 4:38. happening today, the gunman accused of killing a long island girl in her own home is due in court. police arrested 20-year-old jakwan keller. he's charged with firing a gun in the town of hempstead back in october. 12-year-old dej joyner was struck and killed by a stray bullet. she was serving her brother a plate of food for dinner at the time. dejah's family members plan to be at today's arraignment. >> i can't say what i want to say, but i hope he rot in hell. >> i'm not going to say nothing bad to him. whatever is coming to him, it's going to come to him. he's not in a safe haven right now. >> investigators have not said why they think keller is the alleged gunman or if there was another intended target. >>> right now in philadelphia, police are on alert for another possible attack on officers. police say the suspect in thursday night's attack had alleged ties to a group with radical beliefs. er is accused of shooting an offi

in november, a jury convicted him of second degree murder in of devlin lockman. the 38-year-old father was found with a single gun shot wound to 20-13. at first, police ruled lockman's death an accident. but new evidence led to the charges against lepon. in court today, lockman's mother killer. 15:03:04 you have taken a person i loved very much and he has been replaced with a pervasive, overwhelming empty sense of sadness that will be with me the rest of my life 19 lepon told the court and the to prison an innocent man. iowa law requires him to serve 35 he's eligible for parole. tonight.... coming up next.. the white take executive action on gun control... how local gun dealers are reacting... and later.. at 9-30.. international tension.. another crisis in the already volatile middle east.. why saudi arabia and iran are at countries jumping in the fray.. and the potential global repercussions.. from who h-d iowa's high definition leader..you're watching the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret bri

devlin gonzalez- its sad and whenever she cries i feel like crying too red rock search and rescue assists teens like isabella gonzalez. they say usually metro waits 24-48 hours before searching for runaways. red rock says a lot of runaways get involved in sex trafficking. bryan zink red rock search and rescue - runaways in the town that we live in its important they are found very quickly becuase we have a lot of unsavory people that like to pray on the youth gaspar says she spends every free minute she can calling people who may know where her daughter is... and combing the internet for clues. she's even hired a private investigator to search in california. despite all her efforts gaspar says she keeps hitting dead ends. azusena gaspar- i think my concern is that she might end up with the wrong people gaspar- i just want her to go somewhere she can get help each day that passes gaspar says it's more difficult to hold onto hope... gaspar - i love my daughter very much i love all my children theyre the most important thing in my life the last time isabella took off... one of her friends en

hgtv's jeff devlin is here. he's going to show us how to make your old furniture new again.ish going out to our producer aaron who is a really good dad. is that appropriate for me to say? it's his dad michael's birthday. your dad is really cute. hi, bob. happy birthday, michael. > vice-president joe biden stopped by philadelphia with a loft i goal, to bring an end to cancer and make the united states the country that cures it. but is this really achievable? what do you think, did we get the right guy? lots of anticipation for next season. this is the person that is going to be taking the helm. what do you think, did we make the right decision? please weigh in. we have some rain in the area, but now it's moving out. some showers just off the coast. some cooler air. a look at those numbers coming up. it's going to be good, from academy winning movie to tonyç award winning play. what has been wowing audiences for years on screen and on the stage. now it's back in philadelphia. the local stars of this new production in a couple minutes. from the fox 29 studios, this is good day

the driver of the car, robert devlin is charged with assault by auto, and driving while compared. >>> a potential new cancer test is getting substantial backing from two of the richest people on the planet. donating $100 million to a company developing a blood test to detect cancers earlier than doctors are able to do. the test will be available by 2019. these tests use a technique called a liquid biopsy that scans blood for signs of cancer dna which can indicate that a tumor is forming. can't happen soon enough. >>> the greatest show on earth will no longer include elephants. ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus says it's going to stop using elephants in the performance. the elephants will be taken out of the show by that's a year and a half earlier than what was previously announced. move comes amid growing public concerns about the treatment of animals in traveling shows. the eleven elephants that are currently on tour with the circus will get to retire. they're going to be going down to florida. >> very nice. >> which is where you should go to retire. >> exactly. >> good

sonya transit, robert devlin. chou >> carmen, and willie chu. >> my name is jerry dodson, a resident of the neighborhood and i would like the commissioners not to add 100' to this tower. it will be serious negative consequences in our neighborhood. first of all, it would shade five different parks of open space in san francisco. as the previous speaker said, it would shade. now when the staff was presenting, talking about percentages, the fact it would shade all the way to the bay. the staff never released the shadow study. we asked for it and they d never did it, but they agreed this is what it should look like. here are the two examples that we have, over here is 400'. you can see the shades all way to the bay and it varis from day-to-day, and season of the year. that is a huge shadow over the park. at 300' it still shadows, but just clips the edge. so really this is what we're talking about, the percentage were never released and we couldn't check it -- this is what it would look like: also the building is out

. >> dennis devlin southwest team not considered demolition. >> that's interesting had we not seen thiss conditional use because the interim controls and their were you not discretionary review authorization filed. >> this is a standard notification if one of the neighbors filed a discretionary review authorization before. >> no doubt people in the room would have filed that wouldn't have seen especially not filed but this channeling georgia actually this strikes me from the plans that were presented even from the 3-d schematics it is interesting to note commissioner richards is this a demolition or not and supervisor avalos had us comment on conditional use for dwelling units we gave a way to look at the demolition and one of the ways that was mentioned go drastic increase in size indeed this would recent come before us a year from now or 317 as written. >> we've started that and reinforcing training great. >> commission there is a motion and a second to continue the item to march third. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner r

sonya transit, robert devlin. chou >> carmen, and willie chu. >> my name is jerry dodson, a resident of the neighborhood and i would like the commissioners not to add 100' to this tower. it will be serious negative consequences in our neighborhood. first of all, it would shade five different parks of open space in san francisco. as the previous speaker said, it would shade. now when the staff was presenting, talking about percentages, the fact it would shade all the way to the bay. the staff never released the shadow study. we asked for it and they d never did it, but they agreed this is what it should look like. here are the two examples that we have, over here is 400'. you can see the shades all way to the bay and it varis from day-to-day, and season of the year. that is a huge shadow over the park. at 300' it still shadows, but just clips the edge. so really this is what we're talking about, the percentage were never released and we couldn't check it -- this is what it would look like: also the building is out

the officers arrested the driver as he tried to get away. 64-year-old robert devlin is charged with driving while impaired and assault with a motor vehicle. >>> 5:35 right now. going to check weather and traffic starting with chris cimino. we were looking at that scene at >> gusts even over 30 miles an hour in central park. higher up from the surface, the winds could be higher. we'll see if that might have been the cause. in the meantime, the cold, gusty winds will continue today, averaging more between 20 and 25. some gusts still at 30. plenty of sunshine. that's the upside. high temperatures only in the mid-30s. the wind will weaken by the end of the day, especially tonight. right now we're just above the freezing mark at 33 in the city. look for a good deal of sunshine. stays windy through the day. temperature at 3:00, about 35. we're forecasting a high of 36. we have a little bit of snow in our seven-day forecast. we'll talk about that in a bit. let's find out about the commute from lauren. >> good morning, everyone. new jersey commuters in the hor ris -- hor ris -- morristown area, hea

sonya transit, robert devlin. chou >> carmen, and willie chu. >> my name is jerry dodson, a resident of the neighborhood and i would like the commissioners not to add 100' to this tower. it will be serious negative consequences in our neighborhood. first of all, it would shade five different parks of open space in san francisco. as the previous speaker said, it would shade. now when the staff was presenting, talking about percentages, the fact it would shade all the way to the bay. the staff never released the shadow study. we asked for it and they d never did it, but they agreed this is what it should look like. here are the two examples that we have, over here is 400'. you can see the shades all way to the bay and it varis from day-to-day, and season of the year. that is a huge shadow over the park. at 300' it still shadows, but just clips the edge. so really this is what we're talking about, the percentage were never released and we couldn't check it -- this is what it would look like: also the building is out