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
Kirsten Joyce michael, what was the mood like in that ticketing area . Michael Stevens kirsten, many people seemed tolerant. Very patient with all that was happening. From the passengers we spoke with. Almost all of them told us the airline was doing everything their Kirsten Joyce Palo Verde High School graduate cody miller picked up a bronze medal in the olympics yesterday. Miller picked up his medal in the 100 meter breaststroke. He was in 5th place with 50 meters to go and surged to the finish. Setting an american record in the event with a time of 58. 87 seconds. Miller was a nevada state meet record holder. And an allamerican in college at indiana. The governor and many other state officials sent out their Kirsten Joyce some of you commented about the win on our 8 news now facebook page. Cherie said yay for our vegas olympian we are so proud of you and bob wilson said i liked how excited he was after the race Kirsten Joyce firefighters are battling a growing forest fire in souther
Really all sorts of stuff. Michael Stevens all you have to do treasurers website. And search your name. To see if youre missing anything. Kirsten Joyce two people were hit and killed on valley roadways in a matter of hours overnight. The second happened around 5 30 this morning near sahara and eastern on burham avenue. A construction worker arriving on the scene found the man dead and called police. Eventually returned to the scene an hour later. And told police he left because he was scared. Metro says the driver was not impaired. The driver will be charged with felony hit and run. Kirsten Joyce hours before that. Another man was killed while crossing the street and boulder highway and nellis. Police say the man was crossing the street against the signal. They say it appears the driver was not impaired or speeding. Those two make 64 pedestrians killed in metros jurisdictions so far this year sgt. Richard strader metro police past few years, these next few months are when our numbers s
People are angry over the death of a man shot and killed by police. But there are two very different versions of the story. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now reporter nia wong is here to take a look at what were hearing from both the family of the victim and police. Nia . nia wong brian and kirsten. Were getting conflicting reports from police and the family of Keith Lamont Scott. Scotts family say officers shot him while reading a book inside his car on tuesday. But police say scott had a gun. This is charlotto protesters took to the streets. Bringi ng traffic to a standstill on this interstate. Some took items from trucks and set them on fire. Others hurled water bottls and rocks at squad cars. Officers say they were looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they encountered scott getting out of his car. Police shot and killed the 43 yearold. It turns out scott was not the man police were looking for. police chief kerr putney Charlotte Mecklenburg as they engage him, he is armed
Valley could see a big cool down as we wrap up september. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 news now good day. Michelle Mortensen commuters out of new jersey are scattering to find another way to work this morning. Thanks for starting your morning with us im Michelle Mortensen. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. Federal investigators begin to piece together what led to accident in the city. Michael steven has been tracking the latest developments. He joins us now with more. Michael Stevens kirsten, michelle. Cbs news confirms federal investigators have recovered the data recorder at the rear of the train. There are two data recorders at the front of the train that officials have not been able to recover yet. The Investigation Continues this morning as thousands of commuters who travel in and out of hoboken, new jersey find another way to broadcastify. Com Michael Stevens the historic Hoboken Terminal building remains clo