thank you for staying >> latoya: i'm latoya silmon. instead of bullets police fired bean bags at the suspect avoiding a deadly confrontation. antonio castelan has the story you will only see on three. >> reporter: the man who recorded the police shooting says if it wasn't for the cops actions, the suspect might have killed them. cell phone video. the images show seven police officers surround a man at a sinclair gas station off pecos and patrick lane. after all the shots you hear the suspect survived. metro police used non-lethal rifles loaded with bean bags to arrest him. officers say just after 5:30 p.m. thursday night they received 911 calls of a man firing a gun outside this gas station. >> i was kind of freaked out. >> reporter: tyler dotson recorded the police shooting and six shots at an air tank used to inflate tires. >> the guy was shooting randomly. >> reporter: police believe the man was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. officers knew the man was armed. you can see officers grab for the man's backpack. investigator sa

. >> latoya: i'm latoya silmon. the victim now identified as 27-year-old natalie bno story at seven. news 3's antonio castelan reports from the scene of the crash. >> reporter: witnesses say natalie bruno was a passenger in a car that was coming right here westbound on flamingo. just about 24 hours later, police are still looking for the driver of that car. >> our backs were to the street but when we heard the loud bang. >> reporter: mary ellen drugman will never forget the three-vehicle crash she witness happen just after 5:30 p.m. intersection of flamingo and tory pines. >> i turned around and looked and said that's bad. >> reporter: metro says the driver of the ford mustang, the car you see almost split in half lost control and went at the median. the car traveling westbound on flamingo went into on-coming traffic and collided into a pickup and another car. the impact killed a 27-year-old woman sitting in the front passenger seat of the mustang. the driver of that car ran away. drugman never saw anything leave th

thanks for joining us i'm latoya silmon. >> reed: i'm reed cowan. police say a halloween party got out of hand. that is our top story tonight. news 3's antonio castelan spoke with the murder victim's friend was in the trucking business. his friends describe him as a hard worker. they say they can't imagine this happening to him because he wasn't a troublemaker. >> of course shock. >> reporter: it is the immediate reaction chuck had after hearing of the sudden death of his friend, 26-year-old robert abner. >> all he said was robert's been shot. >> reporter: is what his son told him after they found out the husband and father of three girls was shot at a halloween house party early sunday morning near lake mead and jones. abner ended up getting hit by gunfire. the shooter took off in a car. >> worked two jobs. >> reporter: so far police have no leads or description of the gunman. he hopes they find the murderer soon. >> it's important to everyone for every crime. whether our family or anyone else's. that's why you always hope for the best. >> reporter

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i'm latoya silmon. >> reed: i'm reed cowan. police say 31-year-old zach corey is facing child abuse charges. news 3's antonio castelan has our top story tonight. >> reporter: a father is now here at the clark county detention center for his gun going ond his daughter. it's still not clear what led to the gun firing off. but many of zach corey's friends say it was all an accident. >> she has not been a bad kid. she's a good little girl. her and her sister. >> reporter: olivia robinson is talking about the eight-year-old child police say was accidentally shot. detectives tell us the girl's father, 31-year-old zach corey, was inside this house near pecos and las vegas boulevard tuesday night whether his gun discharged. >> zach is a good friend. he's always helpful. >> reporter: robinson tells us corey is a pfl parent. >> he is there for his kids. he is a good father. i don't think he did it on purpose or anything. basically i think it was just an accident. >> reporter: metro police investigators say corey's 22 caliber gun went off

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. >> latoya: thank you for all that you do. the families of six children receiving thanksgiving care boxes today. donations came in from all over tennessee for the chattanooga families. aren't people great? volunteers spending their day thinking about them and what they may be going through. organizers say they want the families to know they are not alone. >> reed: an investigation underway in this huge explosion at wa gold recycling facility. the smoke intense as the company recovers waste oil for recycling. fighters keep a close eye on contaminants in that black smoke. emergency officials advising residents in that area to stay indoors p. >>> president-elect donald trump enjoying his thanksgiving with his family at mirra lago but he's letting us know he's working on the white house. >> latoya: tonight hue he's handling intelligence briefings. nbc's kristen roker reports. >> reporter: intelligence officials tell nbc news president-elect donald trump has briefings since winning the white house, far fewer than the near daily bri

. >> latoya: that 28 is scary. >> meteorologist: it will get your. system. >> reed: looking for the perfect they have found the exact spot where the pilgrims lived after arriving in the new worldy. >> laar history tells us they landed in plymouth but the exact location raymond elusive until now. scientists at the universities of massachusetts said they have found bones and. archaeologists say it will provide unprecedented insight into the way america's first immigrants lived. >> reed: now that the holiday the ornament costs $149 and is available on donaldj did trump.com. >> latoya: that's not the only holiday nov have novelty people >> reed: you've got see this. another a decidely millennial in decoration. >> latoya: check out the hip new nativity set baby jesus lies in a manger in a stable equipped with solar panels and beside him there's a man bun-wearing joseph who snaps off a selfie, while mary enjoys a latte and flashes a peace sign. the wise men have trade their camels fore seg segways. straight from amazon an organ the sets are selling fastin

thank you for staying >> latoya: i'm latoya silmon. instead of bullets police fired bean bags at the suspect avoiding a deadly confrontation. antonio castelan has the story you will only see on three. >> reporter: the man who recorded the police shooting says if it wasn't for the cops actions, the suspect might have killed them.

. >> reporter: latoya is like any proud mom. her world is eli and jacob, her two little boys.h, for this family, things weren't what they seemed. >> you guys don't know what was going on behind closed doors. >> reporter: she says hidden from view, six years of domestic abuse. she says she met a man in high school. >> it was in high school that i should have known that bhooes was there. >> she said it started slowly, that junior didn't like her speaking with friends, then her family, she says the first incidents of violence happened a year later. >> strangling me, kicking me and spitting in my face. >> is she found out he was pregnant in jail and had her first son and another baby and she thought about leaving -- >>er day. >> reporter: but housing was out of reach. she said the cheapest studio she could find was $1,200. she finally moved the boys to a shelter. after 60 days of homelessness, she went back hoping it would be better. this time, shortly after, she lost custody of her children. >> they called me a negligent mother because i let the violence keep on escalating. >> re

i'm latoya silmon. >> reed: i'm reed cowan. a year later a public hearing are seeing. all those moments leading up to the death of 55-year-old james francis smith. news 3's denise rosch has our top story tonight. >> reporter: to this day no one can say why this happened. smith was shot and killed right here in this parking lot after police say he intentionally rammed a metro cruiser then drove directly at two clark county school district police officers. a public hearing today laying

i'm reed cowan. >> latoya: i'm latoya silmon. the victim now identified as 27-year-old natalie bno story at seven. news 3's antonio castelan reports from the scene of the crash. >> reporter: witnesses say natalie bruno was a passenger in a car that was coming right here westbound on flamingo. just about 24 hours later, police are still looking for the driver of that car. >> our backs were to the street but when we heard the loud bang. >> reporter: mary ellen drugman will never forget the three-vehicle crash she witness happen just after 5:30 p.m.

i'm latoya silmon. >> reed: i'm reed cowan. police say 31-year-old zach corey is facing child abuse charges. news 3's antonio castelan has our top story tonight. >> reporter: a father is now here at the clark county detention center for his gun going ond his daughter. it's still not clear what led to the gun firing off. but many of zach corey's friends say it was all an accident. >> she has not been a bad kid. she's a good little girl. her and her sister. >> reporter: olivia robinson is talking about the eight-year-old child police say was accidentally shot. detectives tell us the girl's father, 31-year-old zach corey, was inside this house near pecos and las vegas boulevard tuesday night whether his gun discharged.

. >> latoya has a new show opportunity. >> latoya's lotto advise. gi would not mind that especially if i kept some money. the four day weekend. what a great day today. i will put this in motion, for the most part it was clear. if you looked up this afternoon a couple of thin clouds slide through. a few moreover night. we will be mostly clear and thin clouds. the lake they are getting service. water is calm. that may change tomorrow as the wind picks up. washing them out a cool 62. humaid midity next stop steaks us across the valand he northwest and venture to jones and lake mead they are 54 and 38%. and one more stop takes us to downtown henderson. block off water street it is 58 and 39%. the rest of the temperatures and neighborhoods they are cooling down slowly. about as slowly at the computer is clicking. they are in the upper 50s. head out to mc carron and check which maxed at 66. three above normal. 19 above normal in february. two below normal and one exactly normal. air quality in the good category. clean. pollen hardly anywhere to be found.

. >> for law latoya there is a chance at a new start. >> with support she found a single room to rent and has a new job. most importantly she has her boys back. >> i am happy. i wake up happy. >> reporter: abc7 news. >> now, latoya tells us junior is in jill on domestic abuse charges and set to be released next month. we reached out to his public defender by phone and e-mail and we did not hear back. >> ama: a san francisco judge dropped all charges against the 25 protesters who shutdown the bay bridge earlier this year. the protesters known is a the bay bridge 25 were arrested on martin luther king, junior day after they got out of their cars and chained themselves together. they wanted to bring attention to fatal police shootings here and across the nation. the protesters were ultimately charminged with infractions. charged with infractions. >> dan: talk of snow is getting skiers excited. eager skis will meet in line and grab their gear now. the tahoe ski resorts are expecting five to eight inches tomorrow and another five to eight on sunday. they were the first to open this morning

they are probably shopping like latoya and i were. cat is out of the bag. mostly sunny skies in spring valley. calm weather outside. it will be a different picture by this weekend. 67 degrees near eastern and bonanza right now. in the upper 50s at desert inn and low 60s for centennial. as we look at the rest of our neighborhoods, mostly in the 60s. it's calm outside. but yes, stronger winds are in the forecast for this weekend. right now, we're sitting at 66 for pahrump, low 70s for overton. 60 degrees for indian springs and get ready for the big chill, especially next week. here is a look at our forecast for tonight. by the time you are commuting we'll bottom out in the low 50s by 9:00. so we're looking at pretty nice weather conditions at least for now. but we're tracking the system just off the coast. already starting to really shake things up for our friends across northern california all the way up into the pacific northwest right there. as we take you out the next few days, you can see the system continuing to move in, not only bringing us the gusty w

. >> for law latoya there is a chance at a new start. >> with support she found a single room to rent and has a new job. most importantly she has her boys back. >> i am happy. i wake up happy. >> reporter: abc7 news. >> now, latoya tells us junior is in jill on domestic abuse charges and set to be released next month. we reached out to his public defender by phone and e-mail and we did not hear back. >> ama: a san francisco judge dropped all charges against the 25 protesters who shutdown the bay bridge earlier this year. the protesters known is a the bay bridge 25 were arrested on martin luther king, junior day after they got out of their cars and chained themselves together. they wanted to bring attention to fatal police shootings here and across the nation. the protesters were ultimately charminged with infractions. charged with infractions. >> dan: talk of snow is getting skiers excited. eager skis will meet in line and grab their gear now. the tahoe ski resorts are expecting five to eight inches tomorrow and another five to eight on sunday. they were the first to open this morning

emily: using needles to inject heroin, latoya developed a serious infection. she was admitted to mass general and worried secretly about withdrawal. a nurse caught her crushing pain killers to stick in her eye the -- in her iv. >> they took my iv out. emily that kind of immediate : intervention is new. >> seeing them that day is really critical. emily dr. laura kehoe is the : medical director for the bridge clinic at mgh. their goal, stabilize patients in crisis and come up with a plan. if there are these long windows >>if there are these long windows where they have to wait and waitlists, we're going to lose them. so this is actually meeting people where they are. on-demand treatment. just like we do for any other medical emergency. emily: launched in february, the clinic already has had more than 1200 visits. patients come from the emergency room, a hospital bed or just this treatable disease. that if we have people who are coming and actually showing up and engaging, we're going to work with them. so far, the hospital reports, emily people in the bridge : c

thanks for joining us i'm latoya silmon. >> reed: i'm reed cowan. police say a halloween party got out of hand. that is our top story tonight. news 3's antonio castelan spoke with the murder victim's friend was in the trucking business. his friends describe him as a hard worker. they say they can't imagine this happening to him because he wasn't a troublemaker. >> of course shock. >> reporter: it is the immediate reaction chuck had after hearing of the sudden death of his friend, 26-year-old robert abner. >> all he said was robert's been shot. >> reporter: is what his son told him after they found out the husband and father of three girls was shot at a halloween house party early sunday morning near lake mead and jones.

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. dozens more children tonight are fighting for their lives in several tennessee hospitals. here's more. >> reporter: more than 18 hours after this bus crash took the

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. tonight we're getting a first look at the man police say is responsible. kelsey thomas has tragic top story. >> reporter: just a few feet from the busy roadway, friends and family are out here tonight leaving candles and flowers for two brothers who were inseparable. they were only a year apart. tonight their mother is offering up a story of love -- love and loss. sharithea everett says her life is destroyed, knowing her two sons are never coming home.

. >> yeah, latoya and reed, there are fault lines all over the las vegas valley, so first responders have to be ready just in case. the drill today is this. a simulated 6.7 earthquake has inside. now, police, fire and the national guard are inside looking for victims. we have role players here who are inside the rubble. there are also mannequins to represent deceased victims. the city of north las vegas has been working on an updated emergency plan for about a year now. they tell me training with the national guard is an invaluable experience. >> this magnitude of training has not been done in nevada since they were always doing training generally on a smaller scale sometimes. this is a pretty big exercise involving a lot of states. >> geographically and unfortunately of the world we live in today. a manmade catastrophe, we want to be ready as a city. we're putting our training skills to the test, and it has been successful so far. >> and along with the nevada guardsman, there are soldiers we're talking california, utah, colorado, because the truth of the matter is, if there was an a

. >> i'm latoya silmon. one of the victims here is concerned top story tonight. >> reporter: it was thanksgiving night just past 9:30. robert covel had just returned to a friend's house and his unlocked suv was parked out front. >> we went out to dinner and came home and within five minutes-us walk -- minutes of us walking in the door, the truck was broke into.

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. fortunately, none of the injuries are life-threatening. this attack is our top story at 7:00. here's the latest. >> reporter: midmorning, calm and then chaos at ohio state university. >> i was going to class and saw people running and was nervous. >> reporter: it was originally

. >> i'm latoya silmon. it's our top story tonight and news 3's antonio castelan has been on the scene all day hearing from investigators about the chaos. >> reporter: the paris hotel & casino has been shut down. no one has any idea when power will be back. it's been a very frustrating day for hotel guests. >> all of the lights are off.

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. kelsey thomascy thomas looks at the recruitment tactics. >> recruitment for new officers kicking into high gear for metro, these officers will be tasked with keeping the strip

>> i'm latoya in for marie. the tragedy should not have happened. antonio joins us near the i-15 with the family's story. >> victim's mother said her son went out to help a friend on his way home. she has mow idea why her son was walking on the i-15. >> son santiago was a good boichl she will always remember the wonderful things about him. nevada highway patrol treerps say sunday night that the 19 year old was walking in the right travel line southbound irish-15 near craig. a woman driving a van hit mirrand at impact killed him mystery on the reason his brother was walking on the freeway. >> person that hit him had hes arms raised. >> miranda family members say it was possible his car broke down the mother says for a day they had no idea of his where abouts. she will not forget talk to her son a half-hour before the accident happened. >> says i calledin the accident. he told me he was close to home of troopers found no fault with the van driver. the family understands this was an being but wishes motorists will be more cautious on the highway. all w

. >> i'm latoya silmon. this is a followup story t a just before 7:00 sunday night, a van hit 19-year-old santiago miranda. it happened as he walked in a travel lane on southbound i-15. >> troopers say the 55-year-old female driver tried swerving to miss him but it was too late. he died at the scene. his brother had no idea why he would be out walking on

. >> i'm latoya silmon. unfortunately, the homeowner's dog did not make it out. news 3's antonio castelan has our top story tonight. >> reporter: neighbors who saw the man on the roof firefighters say he should have never been there. >> he was just up there screaming away. >> reporter: judy claypool will never forget seeing her next door neighbor on top of a burning roof. shortly after 11:00 tuesday night, clark county firefighters responded to calls of this home on fire near sandhill and flamingo. claypool feared for her neighbor's life. >> all i could see was fire coming out of two of the

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. it happened near cactus and jones. it's our top story at 7:00. according to witnesses, the school bus was dropping students off at 2:40 when it hit a young girl riding her bike. >> one witness said the victim was dragged after the buck got trapped under the bus. metro and ccsd police responded to the rescue. >> the victim's parents were notified. she was taken to umc to be treated. her condition is unknown. we send all of our thoughts and prayers for that family.

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. we st chloe beardsley. >> it's going to be really chilly around here. right now we're seeing the cold front passing through the region right now, bringing us the very strong winds all across southern nevada. it will be a bumpy ride over the next few hours, too. we'll see the strong winds continue after the front passes, then very chilly whether will settle in across southern nevada. we still have a wind advisory in

. >> i'm latoya silmon. dolly parton's dollhywood theme park. >> reporter: out of control wildfires forced thousands to flee. some have to drive through the flames to get to safety. more than a dozen fires threaten the great smoky mountains of people feel hot flames and stinging smoke being pushed by strong winds. >> the power went out. it was very dark. the smoke was so thick, we couldn't breathe. our eyes were stinging. we just grabbed a blanket and took off running. >> we just watched the building go down in flames to the right of us. the fireman came and got us. i thank him so much. >> reporter: the fires damaging and doy businesses. >> personally i think i've lost my house. things can be rebuilt. >> it's difficult to go out into a community and try to protect and serve others when your own property and everything that you have worked for is burning down. that's what these men and women have done for the last 24 hours. >> reporter: as the firefighters fight the flames, shows in shelters wonder what the f

. >> reporter: i'm latoya friends say the suspect's boyfriend beat her up. an ton i don't joins us live outside the clark county detention center. >> it says that the girlfriend told police she was involved in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend and says that the woman told detectives that she had a premonition this would car seat. >> it came run to my house out of circles and made me hysterical. she will never forget her neighbor. cheryl on her door on sunday night. she was yelling for someone to call 911. she told me she was fighting and she was fighting for the knife and the gun and she shot him. >> reporter: the murder victim is matt bedy physical fight in the car matt was driving. shooting happened a block away where the couple was live nothing this apartment for the past three months. >> i thought the guy would be charged not her. >> another neighbor tells us she heard the couple always argue. >> she is yelling at her i hear them fighting. he takes her cars and gambles her money. she was receiving daily beatings screaming on occasion. she feels her

i'm latoya silmon. >> the feds are stepping in to investigate this crash. an arrest report says the bus driver, johnthony walker, barreled down a narrow and windy road before losing control and slamming into a tree speeding way above the speed limit. five of the 35 students died on board and six are more are in intensive care. >> he's charged with five endangerment and reckless driver. his mother released a statement that says, my heart of love is going out for all that's in harm's way of god's will. you can read her entier statement at news3lv.com. because of this crash, a lot of people are talking about the bus seat debate, getting seat belts on buses. >> as lisa fletcher reports, some say it might not be the on school buses and parents trust they will be safe. >> coming from a generation, they didn't have seat belts, we should all use seat belts. >> reporter: the head of the ntsb agrees. he's recommended school buses have three-point restraint systems, just like the ones you have in your car. they estimate is would cost 7300 to $10,000 to retrofit each o

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. it happened near cactus and jones. it's our top story at 7:00. according to witnesses, the school bus was dropping students off at 2:40 when it hit a young girl riding her bike. >> one witness said the victim was dragged after the buck got trapped under the bus. metro and ccsd police responded to the rescue. >> the victim's parents were notified. she was taken to umc to be treated. her condition is unknown. we send all of our thoughts and prayers for that family. up a las vegas girl. >> news 3 has video that could tie that thief to other crimes. antonio castelan has more. >> reporter: many business owners feel they were victims. they describe the robbery man who had a hoodie and was bearing a bandana. that's the description of the man that was killed outside of this 7-eleven. on monday, this hooded armed owner. he left with a lot of money. last tuesday, the robber walked into the shop located off cheyenne and the i-15 and, again, left with cash. this woman says her husband is lucky to be alive. >> it's too much. >> it'

. >> i'm latoya silmon. the victim's mother is speaking out about her daughter's you will only see on news 3. >> reporter: it's right here where neighbors found 28-year-old moinee wade's lifeless body. the murder suspect, jevon hudson, told police that he was never here. detectives offered hudson a lie detector test but he declined the request. >> it's sad that a man could just kill a woman like that and leave her on the street. >> reporter: mary turner still can't believe her 28-year-old

. >> i'm latoya silmon. news 3 learning within the last two hours that wynn and encore will charge for valet services. the move follows last night's announcement by ceasers entertainment to phase in paid parking at their locations on the the first hours and $18 for stays between four and 24 hours. wynn says their self-parking garagessed a wynn, las vegas and encore will remain free of charge. the changes start in mid-december. >> we've reached out to the venetian and polazza. we've not yet heard back from the other properties on the strip that we called. >>> a former junior high school teacher will spend at least two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty with having sex with a 14-year-old. >> the judge sentenced nicole wilfinger this morning. we're live with more. tenning about how this has impacted her and her son saying nicole wilfinger violated the trust of not only her family, nicole wilfinger getting in front of the judge and asking for leniency and probation in this case saying she wants to

. >> i'm latoya silmon. this bizarre home invasion is our top story tonight. news 3's antonio castelan spoke with the homeowner. >> reporter: thee the house. the homeowner tells us the suspect was inside here for about 10, 15 minutes. arvi remmelg will never forget the time a robber was cooking sausage in his own kitchen. >> i smell, like, cooking, like -- and after that, somebody came to approach my bedroom door and when he opened the door, then i stab him. >> reporter: this is the pocketknife arvi remmelg used.

. >> i'm latoya silmon. groups are marching both in support and against president-elect donald trump. jay gray has a >> hey, hey, ho, ho, donald trump has to go! >> reporter: voices continue across the nation. a wave of emotion, fear, anger and frustration, pushing a flood of protests overnight. thousands spilling into the streets from los angeles through new york. >> put up a sign to let the >> reporter: feelings exposed by a contentious election. in houston, protesters battered a donald trump pinata, evidence of how divided the nation is right now. >> usa! >> reporter: others are gathering to support the president-elect. >> this is a fractured country. trump is the doctor. >> reporter: and trump meeting with preside inside the white house. outside -- [ chanting ] >> reporter: -- there is a loud and clear message. the new administration must focus on healing the painful wounds of what many believe was the most polarizing, combative election in our nation's history. jay gray, nbc news. >> an anti-trump prote

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. dozens more children tonight are fighting for their lives in several tennessee hospitals. here's more. >> reporter: more than 18 hours after this bus crash took the people stopped to watch as the wreckage was pulled away from the scene. >> of those deaths, three were in the fourth grade, one was in kindergarten. one was in first grade. >> reporter: the mangled metal is in the hands of the ntsb. >> thanksgiving is not at the top of my list. christmas, no. i can't think about anything right now. >> reporter: 35 students were on board monday when theus tree. >> we have 12 pediatric patients in our hospital. six are in critical condition. six are in stable condition. >> reporter: if i say the driver, johnthony walker, was going well over the 30-mile-an-hour speed limit before losing control of the bus. now, he's facing five counts of vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment and reckless driving. >> they will always be with us throughout our lives. never forget. >> reporter: the schoo

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. kelsey thomascy thomas looks at the recruitment tactics. >> recruitment for new officers kicking into high gear for metro, these officers will be tasked with keeping the strip this is just the beginning. tough training that ends with this. the pinning of the badge. but filling the ranks these days is a little tougher. metro needs almost 300 new officers. >> and it's challenging. >> reporter: rocky officers entering a new world where police are under attack. >> we'll be burying one of our own. >> man is in custody accused of shooting and killing a san antonio police officer on sunday. murdered just doing his job. detective marconi one of three officers shot that day. of the nearly 300 new metro strip. the uniformed officers who patrol the strip every day try to stay one step ahead of the criminals, prostitutes and conartists all working the busy boulevard. >> conartists, felons and unable to get jobs. >> reporter: 152 murders so far this year in las vegas. >> every one of those cases i

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. tonight we're getting a first look at the man police say is responsible. kelsey thomas has tragic top story. >> reporter: just a few feet from the busy roadway, friends and family are out here tonight leaving candles and flowers for two brothers who were inseparable. they were only a year apart. tonight their mother is offering up a story of love -- love and loss. sharithea everett says her life is destroyed, knowing her two sons are never coming home. way to get me a birthday gift. >> reporter: robert sean roberts and jermaine asher were killed in a violent car crash in the northwest valley over the weekend. police say the brothers made an illegal u-turn and 25-year-old willie wortham was speeding and driving drunk when he slammed into them. >> this animal, who have no regard for no one's safety. >> reporter: new numbers from the department of public safety show drunk driving crashes are up 10% county. but aaron brien who dedicated her life to making our roads safer says the number i

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. the 15-year-old student went to desert oasis high school in the southwest part of our valley. news 3's sergio avila has >> reporter: school police say they arrested a high school freshman who was plotting a mass shooting at desert oasis high school. >> the student did not appear to have any vendetta against any other students. at this point, it looked like he was acting alone and had made some plans that he was going to do a mass shooting in the near future. >> reporter: police say the plans were thwarted because of an alert parent in arizona who overheard a conversation between her child and another student shooting. that parent alerted las vegas law enforcement who investigated and found the threat to be real. >> i heard after he got arrested, there's police around the school. everybody saw the police wondering what was going on. >> reporter: this senior says some students saw police on campus last week but didn't know what happened until this morning. still, some students were conc

i'm latoya silmon. >> i'm reed cowan. >> donald trump was confident from the start that he would come out on top president-elect. that's what we call him today. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump claimed victory this morning without the gloating and mocking that won him the white house. >> i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. >> reporter: hillary clinton called trump last night and publicly conceded today. >> this is painful. and it will be for a long time. >> reporter: but it's a new we owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. >> reporter: president obama pledged cooperation with the man he had called unfit. >> sometimes you lose an argument. sometimes you lose an election. >> reporter: but trump's triumph left winners and losers. >> happy that hillary didn't get in. >> with donald trump, anything goes. >> reporter: trump vowed quickly to end obamacare, build the paul ryan promised the congress will help. >> donald trump pulled off an incredible defeat. it also showed the truant that people don't like the direct

. >> i'm latoya silmon. after months of listening to the candidates go back and forth today, the voters make their voices heard. >> well, this is the start of extensive election coverage this afternoon even into the evening here on news 3. also the cw las vegas and nbc news. we have crews all over southern nevada and the nation tonight. sergio avila is following voter turnout and the legal requests filed by the trump campaign. >> jeff gillan will spend the evening with nevada democrats at the ramalho is with nevada republicans at the south point. >> all right. but nevada making national news as the trump campaign files a legal request right here. >> here's sergio avila live at a polling location to break down what the judgment decide -- the judge decided just hours ago. >> reporter: well, this all stems from the last day of early voting. that friday, some polling locations, the trump campaign and donald trump filing that legal request, saying that some open well beyond the 8:00 posted closing time and thehe

. >> i'm latoya silmon in for jim snyder tonight. we brought you this as breaking news just a few hours ago. the shooting is our top story tonight. news 3's christy wilcox has been gathering more information. what can you tell us? witnesses say that that man was in the apartment during the shooting. that apartment right here behind us. metro does say that man has warrants and they are holding him to see if he was involved in the shooting. they also tell us there's one woman in the apartment but they think she was staying there. she is not a suspect. police tell us when the 30-year-old hispanic man was shot, the same woman helped him out of the apartment but he died moments later. detectives said there were multiple handguns found at the once by a gunshot wound to the chest. police also tell us this does not appear to be a domestic dispute and could be gang-related because the victim has gang ties according to metro. as for the people who live in the area, they are concerned about violent crime. >> gangs and drugs and we'll be the one

. >> i'm latoya silmon. our faith jeffscy is live at the medical center where the little girl has been in surgery all day. >> reporter: the parents of the 7-year-old hit by a bus from her own school yesterday are doing their best to stay strong for their youngest daughter. now, the parents did not want to speak on camera. but they did tell me that d she's been in surgery all morning to be treated for serious injuries, including a small fracture to her head, multiple broken bones in her body, including her femur. doctors say she will recover. around 2:00 p.m., she had just gotten off the school bus and arrived home when she asked her dad for permission to ride her bike. she put on her helmet and knee was hit by a school bus that was coming from reese elementary where she's a currently a student. her father said he was in the garage a few houses down from the incident. but he wasn't aware that his daughter had been hit and taken to the hospital until metro came knocking on his door. witnesses at the accident s

. >> i'm latoya silmon. it's our top story tonight and news 3's antonio castelan has been on the scene all day hearing from investigators about the chaos. >> reporter: the paris hotel & casino has been shut down. no one has any idea when power will be back. it's been a very frustrating day for hotel guests. >> all of the lights are off. just after the lights went outat the paris. >> we thought it was temporary. they wouldn't let anybody deal any words or do anything. my friend was sitting at a slot machine and had a thousand dollars in there and waiting for two hours. >> reporter: clark county firefighters say a contractor working in the paris basement cut a main power line leading to the power outage. firefighters needed to rescue 11 people from five differen paris hotel & casino. linda from new york was one of the guests who found herself stuck in an elevator. >> going down the stairs and then it was all black. i couldn't see anything. and then i don't know what happened. >> reporter: steve wilson from los

thankfully, we're just seeing the winds like latoya mentioned. you can see the progression of our afternoon. very shaky conditions, dancing trees. pretty much everywhere in the sky. look at that. clouds filtering in very quick across the las vegas area. a very different picture compared to the calm weather we had yesterday. you can see off and on cloudy skies and then clear throughout the afternoon. wind gusts you can see them reach up to 40 miles an hour. in summerlin, you can see 43-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that happened within the last ten minutes right there. 41-mile-an-hour winds in paradise. anthem, 29-mile-an-hour winds. here is where we sit currently. still getting the breezes out of the southwest this afternoon. gusty winds at mount charleston. and taking a look at the windiest places, henderson, 47-mile-an-hour winds. at the airport, 45-mile-an-hour winds. on the calm side of things, in the downtown area, only 23-mile-an-hour winds just outside our las vegas studio. it will be a bumpy ride for the rest of the evening. but winds will sta