From metro right now. The call came in just before 3 pm. A Public Information officer tells us this may have started with a reckless driving call. We will keep you updated. Back to you. Vanessa MurphyDenise Valdez thanks vanessa. This latest shooting comes as metro Police Revealed more detailed information today. From fridays officer involved shooting right in front of the while an officer did open fire on the suspect. And a child was grazed by the bullet. No one was seriously hurt. Undersheriff Kevin Mcmahill says the entire encounter could have easily turned deadly during this incident, we were very fortunate that blacks gun was not loaded, or we might have had a very different and tragic outcome. Denise Valdez 20 year old khaleal black is behind bars. Accused of pointing his gun at several people. Even pulling the trigger. As the undersheriff mentioned. That gun was not loaded. 45 year old metro officer george smith fired two shots. Both missed black. One bullet ricocheted off a pillar. Grazing a 4 year old boy. Smith has been put on paid administrative leave. Which is routine during an investigation like this. Dave Courvoisier metro police need your help finding a woman who has been missing since last wednesday. Here is a picture of 20 year old jessica lacy. Police say she was last seen near warm springs and rainbow on january 20th. If you happen to know where she persons unit at 702 8283111. Dave Courvoisier new tonight at six. Nevada Highway Patrol says a motorcyclist was driving recklessly. When he crashed into a semi truck over the weekend. This happened sunday on i15 near the valley of fire state park. Nhp says 24 year old Zachary Steven crashed into the speed. Motorcycle. And hit the front of another car driving on the interstate. No one else was hurt. This marked the 6th fatal crash of the year for n hps jurisdiction. Denise Valdez a vacant Apartment Building goes up in flames. And its being blamed on squatters. Dave Courvoisier the latest fire happened over the weekend. But its been a problem firefighters have been dealing with all winter long. Denise Valdez those squatters are trying to keep warm. With the temperatures dropping into the 30s the past couple of days. Right tedd . tedd florendo you got that right. Its been cold by midnight, denise,. While temperatures have been creeping up and feeling pretty good during the day. Those overnight lows are still dont have electricity. Homeless folks are resorting to other unsafe measures to keep warm. Karen castro looks into the problem. karen castro squatters trying to keep warm are believed to have caused a string of fires at this apartment complex on tam drive near the i15 and sahara. Danny Sanchez resident manager, tam apartments we keep on trying to secure the place but they, they break through the metal bars and stuff like that 40 we put up more expanded metal and they break through those things too. karen castro property manager, Danny Sanchez, says hes tried everything to keep squatters out. Hes even called police. But nothing seems to work. Danny Sanchez resident manager, tam apartments usually that doesnt deter them from coming back a lot them have already put up trespass warning on them. karen castro a law enacted in october deals with squatting issues in the valley. Making it a crime, instead of a civil matter. This allows officers to respond to a scene and take action. Michael Rodriguez metro pd when we receive squatter calls that are actively going on, that is that a person is actively in a residence that they dont belong in, generally speaking we send a Patrol Officer out to do a preliminary investigation. Karen Castro Metro says its difficult for the asking a squatter to leave. Michael Rodriguez metro pd many times, we cannot contact a victim and thats the issue for us because in any crime, even in a trespassing or occupying a Real Property like the squatting law, we have to be able to contact the victim. karen castro as for sanchez, he feels defeated. Danny Sanchez resident manager, tam apartments when they break in, we just try to fix the, you know, fix the damage that they break and thats about all we can do i think at this point. Karen Castro Karen castro, 8 news now. tedd florendo Community Homeless shelters are also having a hard time keeping up with demand this winter. While the temperatures will will warm back in the 40s the next few nights. The cooler weather will be heading back into the valley early next week. Check out your evening forecast. Cooling off into the chilly 40s again this evening. More clouds later night with temps possibly down to the high locations. Well have more coming up. Dave Courvoisier scammers are posing as the Social Security administration. Michelle mortensen is on your side with the trick theyre using to get your attention. And the dead giveaway you should check your email tonight. Listen up. A clever scam is sneaking in peoples in box. And this one is tricking even the most savvy of consumers. Dave Courvoisier 8 on your mortensen has a copy of the email that is tricking so many people. The government had to step up and say something. Michelle Mortensen this email right here is the source of the problem. And were going to put in on your screen right now so you can take a closer loo. The subject line is simpley get protected. And the address is from a no reply at ssa dot. Gov. Address from Social Security. The email goes on talk about a new feature offered to you as part of the 2015 safe act to protect your identity. It will allegedly monitor your credit report. And alert you to fraud. Just click the link to sign up. But heres the problem. Its all a scam. How can you tell . Well, its hard. There was one clue. Heres the give away. Always hover over the links in the email. And see what pops up. If its a real government email. It will send you to a government website that ends in dot gov. If its a scam. It wont. In this email. It ended in dot com. It was a scam. If you get the email. You can forward it to the ftc so they can warn others about the scam. Thats how were getting the word out about this one. Or you can just delete it. And now you know course for any Consumer Problem you might have. Call the 8 on your side hotline at 702 650 1907. Denise Valdez filling a void. In the communitys health needs. The types of care four new neighborhood hospitals will provide. And we find out when theyll be accepting new patients. And remember to go to las vegas now dot com to enter to win 25 hundred dollars. Well announce the winner during our special newscast after the you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ead and stay ahead. But so many families dont feel like their hard work pays off. Thats not the way america is supposed to operate. I want to go to bat for them every single day. Get incomes rising. Get equal pay for women. Cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. Hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. News now at 6 with Dave Courvoisier and paula francis. Denise Valdez closer to the communities they serve thats what some local Valley HealthOfficials Say they want to be by opening up four new smaller scale hospitals in area. Dave Courvoisier heres a look at where those new hospitals will be built. One in North Las Vegas near mlk and craig road. Another will be near sahara and decatur. The third will serve the far western part of the valley. Near west flamingo and the 215. The fourth will focus on the southwest valley. Near blue diamond and decatur. Denise Valdez eight news now reporter tony smith, spoke with the Operation Manager about why the demand is so great. tony smith simply put dignity Health Officials want patients to get in, get the care they need and get them out as quickly as possible. So, thats why are Building Four new valley neighborhood hospitals. The new smaller hospitals will have most of the traditional 24hour services, like an er and inpatient hospital care. brian brannman,senior vp, Dignity Health it didnt seem to make sense to us to go out and build another big hospital in the valley. It seemed to better use of our resources to make something more locally centered in each of the neighborhoods we want to serve. brannman we get an f on the rating scale for access to care. So, lets put the right level of service, right there where you need it. tony smith the Health Systems operation vp added it will also lessen the travel and wait times for those who need care. Health care Officials Say the new hospitals are not just investment for the patients but for future doctors. Once open, each location is expected to create at least each. tony smith a Ground Breaking celebration for the North Las Vegas campus is set for march second. They expect to have a grand openning in twoyears. Dave Courvoisier tony, will the four new hospitals help with tony smith the hospital rep said it is a step in the right direction toward dealing with the doctor shortage. But as weve reported in the past. We first need more doctors to come to the valley to practice. news music voice over from 8 news now, this is neighborhood weather with tedd florendo. < tedd florendo sunny conditions earlier and now clear weather. Expecting some clouds late tonight, we had some breezes as well. Temps in the high 50s by afternoon and expecting chilly conditions tonight and overnight. Many neighborhoods hit the high 50s today and not quite 60. Cooler in kyle canyone and milder for the east valley neighborhoods where were lower in elevation and henderson as well. High 50s this afternoon also from mesquite all the way down to laughlin and milder. Very mild for death valley this afternoon and cool in the. Storm Prediction Center says the Severe Weather could be in texas through louisian and florida again. Storm already can be seen on radar through texas and Stormy Weather in louisiana. Florida stays quiet right now with more Storm Chances tonight that could produce some severe tstorms. Back west were clear and dry. High pressure migrating from west to east and really bringing some milder weather by late week. Expecting some of these clouds to come in and give us some high cloud cover mixed with sun. Storms stay to the north. Heres what to expect this weekend. Saturday 68 and milder. Breezy winds kick in again. Sunday windy with showers. We could see between a trace and. 02 or more. Wind gusts up to 35 to 45 in some locales on sunday. Especially the mountains. Tonight expect a low of 38 and chilly with clouds later evening and some breezes. Tomorrow look for a high of 62 and milder. Look for both sun and clouds and light nw winds. Neighborhood by neighborhood highs tomorrow in the low to mid 60s in many neighborhoods. Milder over to the east and southeast sections of town. Extended forecast shows milder weather starting tomorrow into saturday. More clouds for the weekend with wind and showers on sunday. Early week more winds as well and colder too. Dave Courvoisier almost two thousand parents, students and teachers rallied inside the Cashman Center today. Not for teacher salaries or better benefits. But school choice. Sharie johnson shows us several options educators hope parents take notice of this National School choice week. Sharie JohnsonPublic Schools, charter schools. Online or even private schools. Parents have many options when it comes to educating their children. But for mindy grover. Homeschooling. Through Nevada Connections Academy is the only way to go. mindy grover, mom they have a very good curriculum, very strict, even though its online but its very strict, but at the same time we have a lot of freedom Sharie Johnson parents say its important to have better curriculum. But educators say this rally is also about raising awareness about the variety that nevada students need. steve werling, school leader, Nevada Connections Academy we want to make sure that in nevada we have a unified voice, that people understand that education is not a onesize fits all solution Sharie Johnson but what do students want . Shaunice simmons is an aspiring cosmetics line creator who wants teachers who motivates all students. shaunice simmons theres somebody telling you that you are gonna do this and that you can i want to go out and make a difference and i would love to have the tools to be able to do that that Public School cant always provide Sharie JohnsonSharie Johnson, 8news now. Dave Courvoisier this is one of 139 events this week in nevada. Promoting school choice. Denise Valdez ron futrell is here for Chris MaathuisDave Courvoisier weve got some football coming up here soon ron futrell oh the probowl this weekend . You mean the superbowl preps are well underway in the bay area and the rebels have the two best town this week will they be ready . < news music voice over from 8 news now this is sports with switch to Centurylink Prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. Yes and . And. Theres whole home dvr. 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I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all ron futrell the rebels have a great opportunity this week to get right back into the Mountain West race theyre taking on the top two teams in the leageu boise st and San Diego State tomorrow night is get the red out night with 5,000 red t shirts given out before the game against the broncos. Rebels are coming off the tough loss saturday in reno they have a losing record in the Mountain West, but are 3 and 1 under interim coach todd simon. This will be a real test for the rebels tomorrow against the broncos and saturday the aztecs. This week will show if the todd simon anytime youre coming off a dissapointment i always believe you wanna play the best because youre a little more hungry a little more focused Jerome Seagears i know we can compete with anybody in this league so obviousely our record and the numbers dontmean stuff, obviousely we want to win more than we lose but i know we can compete with whoever is first in this league ben carter its a great opportunity this week obviousely playing the teo teams leading the conference it would be a great opportunity for us to gague where we are and what weve worked on and ron futrell every superbowl weekend the ufc holds a major event here in las vegas but the one this year has taken a big hit heavyweight fabricio verdoom has pulled out of ufc 196 because of a foot injury the fight was just 10 days away here at the mgm grand his opponent Cain Velasquez pulled out recently because of a event gone this fight is being moved from pay per view to fox sports one the main event will now feature welterweights Johnny Hendricks and Steven Thompson a bizzare nba injury to tell you abou tonight clippers superstar Blake Griffin broke a finger on his right hand during a fight with a clippers equipment guy. Technically he broke the 4th meticarpial on his shooting hand the fight with the equipment guy happend 3 days ago in toronto you may becall griffin got in a fight with a guy in a las vegas nightclub in 2014. Slapped him and took his cellphone. Griffin is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks clippers coach doc rivers made it clear the fight was not with another player. it didnt involve a player, it did not so i heard that. I can tell you that. Question from reporter ive heard from that you guys that it involved another player, and it did not. Another question im gonna discipline you if you ask me that. Laughts ron futrell youll be shocked to know they are already preparing for super bowl 50 in san francso whats the rush . They have 11 more days new temporary luxury boxes are being built 165 were not enough the stadium seats 65 thousand weve gotta get chris to do one of those jumping pictures at in front of the gold 50 outside the stadium they are building monster stages for some of the entertainers oh, its more than just a super bowl, its a hollywood spectacle. These are the barnyards out back that they will herd the media in and out of. Oh gotta have the giant lombardi trophy. On the facade of the boxes they are replacing niners red with super bowl gold. Oh special grass is being brought in from wherever grass is brought in from cbs will have all sorts of toys for this game super duper slow mo cameras they have an additional 35 cameras for the game. We want to remind you to cheer on two local teenagers. Who will get the chance to win some big money on wheel of fortune. it was everything i would have dreamed it would be. It was different then i thought it would be. But it was defintily better. Denise ValdezTaylor Berkabile and emma shepherd both go to Legacy High School in North Las Vegas. They say they were shocked to find out they were chosen to appear during teen best friend week on wheel. Tiif they made it all the way to the bonus round. Be sure to watch wheel of fortune coming up here in about 30 minutes. Right after jeopardy. Dave Courvoisier thanks for watching for 8 news now at 6. Were always on at las vegas now dot com and our app. Along with facebook and twitter. Paula francis see you tonight at 11