the gang members owed money to the jiminez family. when the jiminez family...upped the pressure... mentioning possible pay-back from the cartel... the gang members attacked. coming up tonight at 11 ... we'll explain how drugs were being trafficked from l to philly... how the feds were slowly closing in on the suspects... we'll also break down how the killers allegedly planned this brutal attack ... and within hours after fled las vegas. let's take it back to you. a fire forces everyone out of a hotel just off the strip this afternoon. it happened at the "rumor hotel." crews responded and got the situation under control in a matter of minutes. they spent the afternoon working on ventilating the building so guests could return families struggling to come out of the shadows of immigration..... are being targeted by scammers who say... they are trying to help. according to the department of justice.... there are only 10 businesses able to give immigration advice...in the state! 13 action news anchor..... lesley marin talks to one woman.... stuck in a scammers scheme.... for more than..

mario jiminez was killed in the fire! his daughter angelica .. died wees days...where...our local law enforcement was on edge! afraid of more blood-shed... in the valley. the kind of violence... you typically see from mexican drug cartels. tonight... we know that on facebook ... angelica stated she was from sinaloa! home to the world's most powerful cartel.. and notorious drug lord! "hey hey hey!! spanish-language comments." when the jiminez attack occurred ... joaqun, el chapo, guzmn was still on the run! the cartel's management potentially in disarray! authorities hoping ... and praying for a peaceful henderson.. pahrump all three men due in court on august 16th... new tonight.. a third person is now behind bars in the beating and robbery station. it happened early tuesday morning near vegas vllaey and lamb. police say the men attacked the security guard and stole his belt.. including his pistol and baton. the guard remains in the hospital.. recovering from serious injuries. also new at 11.. an update on the man accused sexually assaulting a ma

." >> kayla jiminez as sweet and talented woman. you'd think that even not knowing about her learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, or cerebral palsy, which is what one man didn't know before doing something very special for her. for someone who's been on this earth 21 trips around the sun, kayla jiminez has an awfully small orbit. in her room, drawing and painting is where you'll find her most of the time. >> while having disabilities, i would say i'm different. >> reporter: kayla's disabilities came at birth. a very premature one. along with twin brother chris. says mom shelley -- >> chris had a 50/50 chance of being born alive. and kayla had a 0% chance. >> reporter: in spite of those odds it is chris who is the more disabled of the two. and caring for him is why the family spends most of their time at home. >> 24/7. pretty much, yeah. >> reporter: about the only time kayla ventures out is to walk along lincoln avenue in downtown willow glen. though never meeting or even talking with anyone. >> i've never had friends. >

mario jiminez was found dead in the home, and his daughter, 27- year-old angelica jiminez died from her burns three months laters. neighbors told me it's a night they can never forget. "when i look out the window i always feel like im going to see the house on fire again, its something that stays with you" neighbors told me they haven't felt safe knowing the people behind the arson and murders were still out there, and that's whyhi news is such a relief. we reached out to the district attorney to get the arrest reports for the three suspects -- they said they aren't releasing those reports. metro told us they're not releasing the mug shots for the suspects either. in the newsroom, eric hilt, fox5 local las vegas. we are continuing to dig into this case to try to find out more about these suspects and how they are connected to the the warmup begins on friday with 104 a few clouds and light breezes. for the weekend, we'll see 108 on saturday, 110 on sunday. we'll continue the heat with 109 for monday afternoon. the record highs for sunday and monday are at 111 set in 2002. we will pick up

inside, 45-year-old mario jiminez was found dead. three months later his 27-year- old daughter angelica would die from her burns. "to know what those people went through and them being tortured, its horrible, it shouldn't happen to anybody" that horrible incident has kept neighbors on edge for months... but now these arrests are bringing some comfort. "do you feel safer now? i do...i feel a lot better" ehf5nllv to the district attorney to get the arrest reports for the three suspects... but the d-a's office isn't releasing the reports just yet. metro police tell us they're not releasing the suspects' mug shots at this time. police are looking for the man who robbed a department store on las vegas boulevard. police say he entered the store last week-- and threatened to shoot an employee if he wasn't giv it's unclear how much he got away with-- but police say he left in a taxi. he is described in his 40s about five foot nine and 180 pounds. if you have any information-- you are asked to call crimestoppers at 702-385-55-55. dozens of cl

he's accused of killing mario and angelica jiminez. police say the victims were tied up and left to die in a burning home in november. watson is due back in court on tuesday. chopper 13... fast and first over the scene a driver kills a pedestrian... takes off. but then has a change of heart. 13 action news reporter parker collins was the first on scene. 20:35:14-20:35:35 take vo at 20:35:26 for hours police shut down a big chunk of this intersection if you can take a look at this truck police say the driver hit and killed a man way to work eastbound sahara was shut down for everyone for several hours. take sot sergeant richard 19:02:17-19:02:24 "we know an hour passed before he turned himself back in and is that reasonable? i don't think so." 20:40:31-20:40:42 police spent a lot of time out there on the road you can see what look like shoes out there on the street near sahara and eastern parker another person was killed... after being hit by a car on boulder near nellis! police say... the 60-year-old man was in a crosswalk.... but the

jiminez was charged with dui. >>> more problems for frontier communications this morning. there's currently a big outage that covers most of the bay area. a lot of people commented on many social media pages about this. one man from brandon took to frontier's facebook page. he calls them, quote, the worst company ever. fox 13's kellie cowan is live this morning out there in carrollwood. it seems like this story keeps unhappy about it. >> reporter: yeah, those are strong words from that man in brandon that wrote it on their facebook page. you heard it from people on twitter today and i heard it this morning. alcides has experienced it, and so have i. let's look at a map real quake. downdetector.com is a third-party site that tracks outages around the area for different companies. you can see this big yellow dot you're entire viewing area. those are massive outages reports from frond tear in our area mostly internet, about 84% of the outages reported are int internet. 10% or a little under 10% is tv and a couple of people reporting complete blackouts as well. it's not just t

juan manuel jiminez-lopez -- seat of the car. he died at the scene. the truck driver was not hurt. authorities arrested regaldo- cardenas and charged him with dui . family and friends of woman murdered in north las vegas -- are trying to pay for her funeral. they held a car wash this afternoon for wendy rodriguez. she was found dead on friday -- inside a home near rancho and bonanza. right now -- police are still searching for jaime santana. he's the main suspect. authorities say -- he was last a wildfire -- burning near the utah border turns deadly. a firefighter from vermont -- killed -- battling flames in great basin park. that's just south of ely. a falling tree -- slamming into justin bebe. he later died from his injuries. the strawberry fire -- as it's called -- broke out on monday -- burning nearly 5-thousand acres. a massive wildfire continues to burn out of control in northern california. the fire doubling in size overnight-- forcing nearly their homes. flames -- destroying four houses. residents are growing weary of this fire season -- that never seems to send. "none of u

women with severe burns and a man with stab wounds and tied up with zip inside, 45-year-old mario jiminez was found dead. three months later his 27-year- old daughter angelica would die from her burns. "to know what those people went through and them being tortured, its horrible, it shouldn't happen to anybody" that horrible incident has kept neighbors on edge for months... but now these arrests are bringing some comfort. "do you feel safer now? i do...i feel a lot better" we reached out to the district three suspects -- they said they aren't releasing those reports. metro told us they're not releasing the mug shots for the suspects either. in the newsroom, eric hilt, fox5 local las vegas. we will continue to dig into this case and try to find out more about these suspects and how they are connected to the victims. an ordeal many feet above the ground sent a tree trimmer to the hospital-- but he is ok. the trimmer was clippng fronds off of a on washington and rancho this morning... when he became stuck... buried in up to a thousand pounds of dried fronds. las vegas firefighters responded

inside, 45-year-old mario jiminez was found dead. three months later his 27-year- old daughter angelica would die from her burns. "to know what those people went through and them being tortured, its horrible, it shouldn't happen to anybody" neighbors on edge for months... but now these arrests are bringing some comfort. "do you feel safer now? i do...i feel a lot better" ehf5nllv fox5 reached out to the district attorney to get the arrest reports for the three suspects... aren't releasing them yet. metro police tell us they're also not releasing the suspects' mug shots yet either. a scary situation for a tree landscaper in a neighborhood this morning... when he got stuck in the fronds of a palm tree. fox5's abby theodros has more on the rescue. nats bucket beep a man stuck in a tree. holly woodward, neighbor: he was not making any sounds or anything... buried in up to a thousand pounds of tree fronds.. holly woodward, neighbor: we didnt even see him until they cut away the palm fronds...they it happened around eleven this morning - w

mario jiminez and his daughter... angelica... dead. tonight at 11... we're digging deeper..... into how the family trafficked drugs.... from philadelphia to las vegas... and.... how the killers may have being captured. we're following a developing story... a house erupts in flames -- and inside... a man found dead. this cell phone video sent to us by a viewer shows just how high the flames got. this is early this morning, near sahara and lamb. crews say when they got there... the utilities were all turned off and the gas meter was locked. that likely means no one was legally living there.... ....so investigators are thinking - this could have been caused by squatters. michael martinez, witnessed it looks, it kind of looks abandoned, so we just thought nobody was in there 04:15:23 investigators are now working to figure out if foul play was involved. meanwhile... a firefighter was hurt trying to rescue people from an apartment complex during another fire this morning. 13 action news reporter parker collins has the video taken just seconds after the flames erupt.....and you will

the man, alfredo jiminez is now in the jail. the crashed happened 9:15 last night on north 15th street. he hit a car that was then pushed into the deputy's vehicle. the deputy was not hurt. the two people in the other car did suffer minor injuries. >>> over i search for a man who carjacked and abducted a female pizza delivery driver. the suspect lured her to an abandoned home. he then forced the woman into her own truck, but thanks to some quick thinking she got away by pulling the escape lever and jumping out of the moving car. >>> and today, a final farewell to a beloved music teacher who elementary school. the pinellas performing arts center. a drunk driver ran a reed light and crashed into her car. the 34-year-old died a couple of days later. her boyfriend, the passenger in the car, remains in the hospital. shawn hankins also suffered critical injuries. in lieu of flowers the family asked for donations to mothers against drunk drivers. >>> meteorologist bill logan joins us now. it looked like we got a break this weekend. her

. >> reporter: relief for jiminez he is sad today ready to go back home to columbia tomorrow after heramiliar polls backpack is return. they left it on a septa bus last week and it was stolen along with a cell phone, jewelry and all of their passports. >> how am i going to get out of the country now? i'm going to -- how am i going to back home? with my children if the passports were there. >> reporter: they didn't have lot of hope but after receiving the complaint septa police chief thomasness tell well known for his creative policing and social media status thought this was perfect time to get creative and help someone. >> we look at our video. we found the picture of the person that picked up the bag and i blasted it out. i was willing to trade the bag the family's belongings for no arrest. >> reporter: the chief has pretty significant social media following. so the offer spread quickly and to the surprise of many the bag was returned win twenty four hours. in exchange the chief was happy to honor the amnesty offer. >> in my eyes it was good decision. focusing on trying to help peopl

juan jiminez-lopez -- just 19 -- was in the passenger seat of the car. he died at the scene. the truck driver was not hurt. authorities arrested regaldo- cardenas and charged him with dui . a desperate manhunt is underway valley. two people -- gunned down this morning -- outside the silver nugget in north las vegas. 13 action news reporter gina lazara is live outside the casino now with the lastest. gina? christopher -- there's some left over crime scene tape attached to those handicap signs but that's really the only proof of any shooting or homicide from this morning. police say there was a big crowd in the parking lot and tensions were high beforesh witnesses told our early morning crew that the group was playing craps in parking lot here outside the silver nugget. police would not officially confirm that but said they were looking into if the group was playing a game and gambling outside the building. it was just afer 4 this morning when police say the two people were shot and killed. there is no suspect in custody right now and police have not released a suspect or vehic

and 26-year-old francisco jiminez were shot outside of a deli on broadway. >> my hope is with the light that we are shining on the anonymously or we can get somebody to come to the cops or even to us. >> a family member says they were encouraged by last night's turnout. they hope to increase the reward money to help solve the case. >>> police are working to catch a robbery duo in manhattan they say is targeting taxis. the plan is simple. one man distracts a driver the second man goes for the cash. >> reporter: ask any driver of a yellow taxi. >> you always have to be worried. at all times. >> reporter: police say these two men are responsible for a number of yellow taxi robberies this month and last and some of them have been violent. the men have struck at least six times some off on fifth avenue in the 30s. but the one where the best surveillance video, the clearest shot of the two suspects, is right here at broadway and 13th street. the video shows the two young men approaching a taxi. police say as the first man distracted the driver the the car. it is first man punched the driver a

on 18, jiminez had to settle for bogey. so he wins the u.s. senior open by a stroke. you. >> i remember when scott verplank was a young hot shot. now he's on a senior tour, amazing. join us tonight at 9:00, coming up, danger in the water, underwater creature that is causing pain. >> what devastated community in the south. a company is stepping up to help people forced from their homes. >> at 8:00 it's bachelor in paradise and we'll be back at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. >> thanks for joining us. from all of us, we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. - [voiceover] get ready for the dog days of comedy. the fall is definitely in the air, along with some spring showers. and it's all just for laughs gags! welcome to the show! in this first gag, we learned what nasa has been up to in the last few years. (laughing)

they believe gang members owed money to the jiminez family. when the famly upped the pressure, mentioning the possible pay-back from the cartel, the gang members attacked. four people were rushed to the hosptial, two of them died. the three suspects will be in court at 9 a-m. - vm three men accused in a chilling case of murder and arson will appear in court for the first time today. the attack happened back in sherrill. mario jimenez..an alleged drug trafficker with ties to a mexican cartel...and his daughter, angelica, were both police say two people were arguing outside the store near arville and flamingo when one of them pulled out a gun and started firing. the victim stumbled into a nearby tattoo shop..bleeding..and asking for help. that person was taken to umc but their condition isn't clear. the gunman hasn't been found. ma right now after he was stabbed multiple times near a "jiffy lube" on rainbow and spring mountain. there's no word on what led to yesterday's confrontation, but a suspect is in custody. the victim was taken to u-m-c wi

mario jiminez died in the fire back in november near sherill and lamb. his daughter angelica died weeks later. for days, law enforcement was afraid of more blood-shed in the valley because this is the type of violence you typically two of the suspects are from philadelphia. one is a local father. all three are scheduled to make their first court appearance next week. breaking overnight.. at least 24 people were taken to at least 24 people were taken to the hospital after rough turbulence onboard a jet blue flight. and we are hearing from some of the passengers you're looking at pictures taken from inside that plane. it was heading from boston to sacramento. one passenger describing it as a "dream." people were flying out of their seats and hitting "it was almost like a bang..like we hit a wall..and just dropped straight down. and there was stuff all in the aisles. you had people crying." the plane was diverted to rapid city, south dakota. officials think weather played a role in the bumpy flight. a replacement flight was sent to take remaining passengers

on 18, jiminez had to settle for bogey. so he wins the u.s. senior open by a stroke.ber when scott verplank was a young hot shot. now he's on a senior tour, amazing. join us tonight at 9:00, coming up, danger in the water, underwater creature that is causing pain. >> what devastated community in the south. a company is stepping up to help people forced from their homes. >> at 8:00 it's bachelor in paradise and we'll be back at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. >> thanks for joining us. from all of us, we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. this is the "jeopardy!" college championship! here is our first group of semi-finalists. a freshman at columbia university from san diego, california... a senior at stanford university from encino, california... and a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley, originally from boise, idaho... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to excitement headquarters, especially if you were watching last friday's program.

the force was so bad, it caused a friend of jiminez-lopez says the driver picked the victim up from a party. they were going to do donuts before the driver crashed the vehicle. in less than 24 hours, the final piece of the riviera will come crashing down. like the first implosion, there's a lot of anticipation for this one. 13 action news reporter parker collins is live near the strip. parker-- what's happening? in less than 24 hours... the last tower of the riviera will be imploded. we were out here live a few weeks ago when they took down the other tower. this time... no fireworks or speeches... just straight down to business. i'll be up watching the whole thing... and we'll bring it to you live plus we'll have chopper thirteen up for a great sky view. we'll start coverage before two am. several reporters on the ground... giving you a lot of angles. reporting live parker collins thirteen action news. 2 people gunned down outside the silver nugget casino.. and this morning, police are still searching for a killer. what witnesses are saying went down moments before the shooting. plus,

inside, 45-year-old mario jiminez was found dead. three months later his 27-year- old daughter angelica would die from her burns. "to know what those people went through and them being tortured, its horrible, it shouldn't happen to anybody" that horrible incident has kept neighbors on edge for months... but now these arrests are bringing some comfort. "do you feel safer now? i do...i feel a lot better" fox5 reached out to the district attorney to get the arrest reports for the three suspects... but the d-a's office isn't aren't releasing the reports yet. metro police tell us they're not releasing the suspects' mug shots yet either. police are looking for the man who robbed a department store on las vegas boulevard. police say we entered the store last week-- and threatened to shoot an employee if he wasn't given money. it's unclear how much he got away with-- but police say he left in a taxi. he is described in his 40s about five foot nine and 180 pounds. if you have any information-- you are asked to call crimestoppers at 702-385-55

the deputy was stopped with a car behind hid and that's when alfred jiminez head the car and pushed it into the cruiser. the deputy wasn't injured and the two people in the stopped car were treated for minor injuries and was arrested for dui. >> anjuli: a death investigation in sarasota county. they found a dead body in a wooded area at colonial drive identity of the man. neighbors say it's an area where homeless people are known to camp out. >> anjuli: this is a look inside a local mosque where a fire has been ruled arson. smoke damage led to ruined carpets, rotting drywall, essentially everything inside the mosque has to be august 5t wher their to pray. worshippers said they could smell gasoline and they thought they heard activity behind the building. lab results now show signs that gasoline may have been poured on the ac unit. even with limited space, leaders say worship will continue and the mosque isn't going anywhere. >> wlaefr it takes. one dollar at a time we'll get it back together. its not for me, her, or him. this will be taken care of one way or another. it will be back to

jiminez will score the winning run. >> indians were walk-off winners last night in extra innings at the ballpark downtown. they scored the game's only run in the tenth inning. it's the twins' 11th straight loss. same two teams tonight. indians are the division lead at 5 in the loss column, but only 11,000 people at the game last night. again, you know, people are going to do what they want to do with their own money. i'm not going to tell them what to do. >> tia: i'm having parade fever. >> brian: are you? >> tia: we had thele big parade for the cavs and i feel like it's time for another celebration. we need another celebration, cleveland. >> brian: we do. it's about ten minutes after 6:00 on your tuesday morning. coming up in 15 minutes, the indians could take a leap of faith and maybe signing a high profile player today. >> tia: that's interesting. for your old cell phones. we're getting answers on how to use an old phone to search the internet or make it a security device. sam. >> samantha: time now is 10 after 6:00, and i have a weather alert to tell you about. this is tomorrow, wed

that's when 70-year-old alfred doe jiminez is accused of slamming into the back of the second car, forced him into the deputies cruiser. that deputy was not hurt, but those inside the second car were sent to the hospital hospital with minor injuries. >>> leaders of a tampa mosque say there's no hate in their hearts this morning after learning a fire there was caused by arson. mosque. the fire that happened on august 5th was set in an area where people take off their shoes before walking in to pray. worshippers said they could smell gasoline and thought they heard activity behind the building. lab results now show signs that gasoline may have been pours on the ac unit. even with limited space, leaders say worship will continue, and the mosque will stay put. >> whatever it takes. one dollar at a time. we'll get it back together. it's not for me. it's not for her. we will take care of it one way or another. we will be back together for anybody and everybody to come and pray. >> tampa police are not labeling it a hate crime. crimestoppers is offering a $3,000 award. >> anjuli: overseas in tur

one year ago, barbara jiminez ws injured in cuba. >> i spent months where my eye was completely shut and then months where it was very wide open. >> last august barbara was visiting family in cuba. she barely left t a semi truck crashed into the taxi cab she was in. among the injuries you just head barbara mention she also sufferd a brain aneurysm and was in a coma for two weeks. with no insurance, her family couldn't afford treatments or a flight back to the u.s. the community rallied around her to get her medical expenses covered and get her back to the united states. >> this is definitely coming toa better place, and now i look at it as a thing in the past. before it was very hard, it seemed like a present part of my life. i'm graduating tomorrow, so it's part of my story that makes my barbara now versus the thing that's holding me back. >> what a story here. today she officially becomes a usf graduate as well, so congratulations. she plans to take a year off before possibly heading to law school, but she says she can't forget all the people who reachd out and helped her in her da