Hire more officers. lt. Dan mcgrath Metro Homicide Division 21. 15 we want to prevent them before they occur . 17 , and i think having more cops in uniform out on the street can prevent them before they occur. 21. 23 Patrick Walker weve been down this road fore. L the largest recruiting class in the departments history will start at the academy this month. The Department Hopes to see that continue. As they look to hire several hundred new officers in the near future. Christianne Klein the former Animal Shelter chief in boulder city has cases. 24. 05 Patrick Walker Lieutenant Dan mcgraths detectives are busy. As murders in las vegas are up more than 25 percent over last year. And april saw the most homicides ever 26 people were killed. This comes as Sheriff Joe Lombardo is pleading with lawmakers to approve a point 1 percent sales tax increase to hire more officers. lt. Dan mcgrath Metro Homicide Division 21. 15 we want to prevent them before they occur . 17 , and i think having more co
Meteorologist jerry brown is in the Weather Center right now. We are looking out toward the coast of florida, you can see that storm. Hurricane matthew has been downgraded actually to a category 2 storm but there is still actually a threat of damage along the east coast. We will get to all that information right here on news 3. But i can tell you that moving from the carolinas down to georgia yesterday matthew battered parts of florida. We have more from one of the cities currently in its path, that is charleston, South Carolina. Sight on the streets of savannah overnight. Heavy rains and high winds pummeling that city as matthew took aim. Many evacuated but those who didnt were on their own. First responders will not be allowed to rebe popped in conditions that endanger their personal safety. Reporter matthew had relentless rain and storm surge trees fell victim to the storm and countless homes and business. More than 1 million florida customers are without power. The potential for mo
Sedan leaving the area. Metro is trying to figure out if this was an attempted robbery. A confrontation or if one or multiple suspects were involved in this shooting. nia wong they are looking at Surveillance Footage from a home in the neighborhood. They ask anyone with more video or information to contact them. Reporting live from downtown. Nia wong 8 news now. brian loftus lets turn our attention to the weather now. Cool and breezy is what we felt this morning. But its starting to warm back up a little. Which is just what sherry predicted. Clear skies at noon and the southerly breezes. A little rain fell from the heavier clouds sliding earlier this morning up past mesquite, near overton. In the valley. Weve had 70s for morning lows. It will be another warm day for Southern Nevada so it wont take long before we start warming up this morning. Highs today near 90 and mostly sunny skies. But temps start mild into the weekend. brian loftus 5 people were hurt last night in reno. When a pic
Shot a republican candidate donald trump. Joe biden talk to the Campaign Workers how to ensure Hillary Clinton gets elected. This president took us from crisis to recovery. [indiscernable] [applause] reporter his next up was unexpected. At the mandalay bay employee dining room. He was accompanied by candidate Catherine Cortez who is congressman joe haddock. For some of theseworkers, the visitwas surreal. We were just havinglunch. We were all shocked. Its a nice experience heard. Reporter the Vice President final stop was at the color in a Union Headquarters where he for Hillary Clinton but also cortez mastro. Please, please, up until the polls close, doeverything you can to call, call your friends, get themto vote. Reporter he saw that heckler there , thats part of a movement thats been happening across the country after a certain website urged people to do so in order to earn up to 5000 if they were to make it on National Reporting live, sergio avila, news 3. These claims are all fabr
Winds are hammering the Pacific Northwest. The storm system is whats left of a typhoon and its already unleashed tornadoes in oregon. Another round of Severe Weather is moving in tonight, bearing down on coastal towns and major cities from San Francisco to british columbia. Ben tracy gets us started. Reporter fierce wendz are whipping through the Pacific Northwest as the most potent part of this storm system comes on shore. Oh, my gosh reporter on friday an e. F. 2 tornado with 125mileperhour winds tore through the coastal town of manzinita, oregon, uprooting trees, downing power lines and damaging homes and businesses. Phil panos saw it happen. It looked like the wizard of oz. Thats what it looked like. It just things were just moving like this. Then you could see the trees just snapping like twigs. Reporter in portland, streets turned into rivers as several inches of rain flooded seatha rainfall in the past two days than it got in the previous three months exweend. This monster of a