8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im Kirsten Joyce. Patrick Walker and im Patrick Walker, in for brian. Developing right now. One person is fighting for their life after a shooting on the east side of the valley. Kirsten Joyce Michael Stevens is live on scene at lake mead and hollywood with the latest. Michael . Patrick, kirsten. Metros homicide unit are the ones leading the investigation at this point because they say the victim. A n to survive. Metro police say the shooting happened just before midnight inside the avion apartment complex near lake mead and hollywood boulevard. Police say the suspect in this shooting. Walked up to a ground level apartment and shot multiple times inside. Again, police say a man in his early 20s was hit but he wasnt the only one inside the apartment at the time of the shooting lt. Dan mcgrath metro police 00;07;20 unfortunatley, there were a couple of small children inside shooting a firearm inside an apartment with Young Children inside. me
Southwestly flow and the winds. We started to feel them crank yesterday afternoon to more than 30 mph. Temps are manageable at noon mostly still in the 90s but a couple of neighborhoods around 100 degrees. The dry gusty winds will continue today and they have been up over 50 mph at lake mead. 100s for most areas. Meetings about the potential reorganization of ccsd will be held tonight. It begins at 6 pm inside the Clark County Government Center commission chambers. It will be hosted by commissioner lawrence weekly. The meetings are required under Assembly Bill 294. The plan is decentralize the district and give principals more power. The last meeting will be tomorrow and a finalized plan is expected monday. to help students get ready for the first day of class. 8 news now teamed up with smiths and Silver State Schools Credit Union to hold a School Supply drive for atrisk schools in clark county. The drive runs through august 12th. For a list of locations where you can drop off supplies
Their son carlon and daughter ashley were all killed in sundays crash in moapa valley. Investigators say the driver of the car drifted left into the median, then over corrected to the right, causing the car to roll over. The son in law, who police say was unrestrained, survived the joy was restrained. Investigators are still unable to determine if those who died were wearing their seat belt. Shakala Alvaranga police are still looking into why the driver drifted left, causing that crash. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Christianne Klein shakala, weve seen hundreds of donations online. Are there any other ways to help the family . Shakala Alvaranga christianne, we asked the like the Brandt Family has. Christianne Klein police made an arrest today. In the murder of a 78 year old woman. 55 year old arthur lopez is charged with murder with a deadly weapon. Police say lopez was the victims estranged husband. Erlinda penaflor was found dead inside her home near washington and slo
The winds are the other ting were watching with breezy conditiosn this afternoon that have turned gusty this evening. Lets look at the next couple hours and help you plan yur start tomorrow morning. Dave Courvoisier voters will have a say come november on an issue that will sales. If passed. Question one would require nevadans to go through a federally licenced gun dealer for private sales and transfers. Opened in the southeast part of town. Brittany, how does this new office correlate to the ballot measure . Brittany Edney nra officials tell me its part of a statewide fight against question one. Adding they believe that background checks will not decrease crime because they say criminals wouldnt abide by the law anyway. Today, volunteers from across the state united at the field office to discuss the ballot measure and make calls to residents. The nra says if passed, question one will increase the citizens and limits their freedoms. Adding these next few months are critical for oppose
Felt not far from here. Heavy rains caused this bad flooding in tucson, arizona. Intersections throughout the city flooded. And at least one car was totally submerged. Theyre dealing with rain thats expected to carry on into this morning. Kirsten Joyce a little bit of a lightning show for Southern Nevada last night. Compliments of arizona. The lightning you see on your screen is from across state lines. Locally, no rain to speak of. But we were able to see the light show looking east from the valley. Kirsten Joyce thanks for joining us on news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus im brian loftus. Sherry hows the big storms yesterday in arizona with that tropical moisutre. Well stay dry and not as hot. Back to you diamond jones. The us 95 south ramp to south rancho remains closed. You will be detoured at mlk. About a monkey who was on a frontier airplane. Initial reports said that a passenger smuggled the monkey on the flight and at some point it escaped