With several different angles. Along with fox5s peter dawson. He had the best point of view. On the roof of the marriot. And joins us live with more. The second and final implosion of the riviera is in the books. 60 years of vegas history is now ruble. Last june the monaco tower was imploded. The lvcva threw a huge party and thousands came out to see the iconic high rise come tumbling down. Last nights implosion of the monte carlo tower didnt have as much fan fare. Many attended with mix emotions seeing yet another piece of our history fall to everexpanding growth. Those who did attend got to say arrivederci riviera. sound of building implosion the lvcva is expanding the convention to the strip. The 1. 4 billion project will have several phases and take many years to complete. The goal of the lvcva is to remain the top Convention Destination in north america, a title theyve held for 22 straight years. People has mixed emotions seeing the riviera come tumbling down. I love how they didn
Michelle Mortensen and im Michelle Mortensen in for kirsten. We know more details. About the death of a 9 year old boy who was attacked by a pitbull. brian loftus little Derion Stevenson went to his friends house on wednesday for some candy. When he got to the front door, the pit bull got spooked and attacked the child. Little derions uncle. Aj moore. Said he ran down the street to try and help as soon as he heard what happened aj moore victims nephew when i got to see him he couldnt move. If i told him to move he couldnt move. Its like he couldnt hear anything i said he couldnt talk one eye open the other moore says the dog owner tried to help until paramedics arrived. And he believes it was an accident. The dog has since been euthanized. Metro police are investigating the incident. To determine if the owner will face criminal charges. Michelle Mortensen in southern california. Firefighters are making some headway on the blue cut wildfire. Its now 22 percent contained. Since the fire
The bluecut fire,. You can see it from outer space so far. 37 thousand acres have burned. Along with nearly 100 homes destroyed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. blue cut is one of 21 fires burning in california right now. paul joncich president obama is facing criticism. For not visiting louisiana as the state continues to deal with historic flooding. A baton rouge newspaper published an editorial calling for the president to cut his vacation short. And reminded readers of the president george w. Bush faced in 2005 when he flew over the aftermath of hurricane katrine. But didnt visit new orleans. He ended up touring the region two days later. In the coming weeks. Fema will send teams into shelters and communities to identify the needs of the flood victims so a Long Term Plan can be implemented. Christianne Klein an overnight heist at an gun store has Police Working to track down numerous stolen guns. And the suspect is still on the loose. Near centennial parkway and
Hes now being booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a number of charges. Michael Stevens one thing thats important to mention. Police say the suspect never tried robbing this jackpot joanies. His name. And a list of charges should be released in the coming days. brian loftus firefighters are making some headway on the blue cut wildfire. It is now 26 percent contained. Since the fire erupted tuesday. Its charred about 37 thousand acres. Its raging in the cajon pass. And is just one of 8 large wildfires that some 10 thousand firefighters are battling across the state of california. as sherry has been telling us. Were no longer seeing any from that fire. Instead. Weve got a little rain. Sherry Swensk cloudy skies since this morning and were seeing a few light virga showers thats rain that is not actually hitting the ground. Holding back the heat today with temps not all that hot so far. And with extra humidity so it feels a bit muggy. Temps are in the upper 80s and low 90s now.
See what it happened because weve never experienced anything like this in the Shopping Center the reason the system wasnt triggered. The person seems to have broken in by breaking the window of a vacant shop next door. Then somehow getting into the gun store. I guess the alarm didnt motion he just probably went under or something nobody works there i think thats why they kind of scoped out the place and they realize nobody works there i guess theres no alarms in the area they only got away with a few guns, according to North Las Vegas police and the owner, they also say the heist was captured by the security video. This has gonzalez thinking about how she will deal with security in the future. We do have alarm already but we are thinking maybe it be good idea to get a camera the owner says police are working leads and looking in to a possible suspect. Well have more information as it a man arrested after a robbery at a burger king. May have been the same person who committed at least e