The shooting. michelle french, Henderson Police department this is a very difficult situation that occured, and it is a tragic situation. At this point, were going to be doing our invsestigation to see what exactly happened and were going to be looking at all avenues that may have happened with this case. Brittany Edney the investigation is ongoing. Stay tuned to 8 news now and lasvegasnow. Com for updates. Reporting live, Brittany Edney, 8 news now. paul joncich Christianne KleinChristianne Klein we are following some more breaking news tonight. A 47 yearold woman has died after being hit by a motorcycle as she attempted to cross lake mead boulevard at webster street near civic center. The woman was rushed to umc trauma where she succumbed to her injuries. The motorcycle rider suffered non lifethreatening injuries. He was also taken to umc. A downed motorcycle remained on the scene of the crash. Its not immediately clear what caused the accident, but alcohol the crash remains under investigation. Eastbound lanes of lake mead remain closed at this time. paul joncich heavy traffic at state line once again tonight. As thousands of Labor Day Weekend visitors are trying to make their way back to california for the shortened work week. Youre taking a live look at interstate 15 in primm, where this slowmoving traffic was expected. If you have to head that way, expect serious delays because this could take a while to clear out. And please be careful and one of our viewers sent us this video from the interstate earlier today. Showing drivers trying to skip the lines by driving on the shoulder. Even going offroad at one point Christianne Klein a new hurricane has formed tonight. But the east coast isnt clear from hermines power just yet. paul joncich the atlantic storm is starting to blow out to sea. But a coastal flooding danger extends from new jersey to massachusetts and rhode island. After the storm wreaked havoc on the Florida Panhandle all the way to the midatlantic. Christianne Klein and closer to home, newton is now a hurricane and is expected to make landfall over the southern portion of Baja California any time now. Mexico will take the direct hit. Before newton drifts into the southwestern us. Tedd is tracking newton and joins us now with a first check of your weather. tedd florendo winds have actually helped. We have seen less smoke today than over the weekend. Still a slight haze in the air, but the winds also not as strong as yesterday. Temps this morning dropped as low as 69 at mccarran. We havent seen tt summer felt like it this morning. Plenty of sunshiine and cooler today than yesterday. Lets take you through the the eveing with your planner. Temps stay warm tonight but not hot. We have light breezes but not windy. Looking at clear skies again with only a slight haze in the air for this evening. We have a detailed look at what to expect the rest of the week, coming up in your weathernow forecast. Remains at large tonight. The manhunt for 25yearold alonso perez is gaining national attention. He was taken into custody over the weekend in an interview room. But managed to slip the cuffs and escape the building when a detective stepped out of the room. Police say perez stole a pickup deadly shooting of 31yearold mohammad robinson. The young father was gunned down august 27th near a mcdonalds at North Las Vegas boulevard and pecos. Police say perez is 6footthree. 200 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has an air jordan logo tattoo on the side of his neck. If you see him, dont approach him,. Hes considered armed and dangerous. Instead, call police or crime stoppers. its now a sprint to the finish for the president ial candidates. Hillary clinton and donald trump spent labor day courting voters in the critical battleground state of ohio. Mark albert has the latest on the campaign from the white house. Rpresident ial nominee our country, in terms of manufacturing, in terms of jobs, is going to hell. He was the big attraction at a county fair near youngstown. sot were gonna bring jobs back to ohio stand up mark albert cbs news the white house labor day marks the traditional kick off to the fall campaign. And itll be fight to the finish. A new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll shows clinton holds a slim lead over trump in the 13 critical states. She brought out key surrogates former president bill clinton President Joe Biden showed up in pittsburgh. And former opponent Bernie Sanders rallied supporters in new hampshire. Nats. I am so happy to have all of you with me. Journalists flew on Clintons Campaign plane for the first time monday. Trump also invited reporters aboard his private jet. He said hell do it more often. Both campaign planes will be logging a lot of air miles. The november election is a little more than two months away. Mark albert for cbs today was clintons first q and a session with reporters since december. Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all the races that matter to you. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich president obama met with russian president Vladimir Putin ahead of the g20 summit in china. Hoping to hammer out a ceasefire plan for syria. But left emptyhanded. Putin pulled back at the last minute. Rejecting a us offer to isis and Al Qaedalinked terrorists. President obama cited the icy relationship between the white house and russia as a reason its been so hard to come to an agreement president obama we have had some productive conversations about what a real cessation of hostilities in syria would look like that would allow us both u. S. And russia to focus our attention on common enemies given the gaps of trust that exist, thats a tough negotiation. the president also canceled a meeting with the president of the philippines after he publicly insulted president obama. The white house says president obama will instead meet with south koreas president to discuss north koreas latest Ballistic Missile launch. Christianne Klein former clark county commissioner Thalia Dondero has died at the age of 96. Dondero was the first woman to serve as a commissioner when she was elected in 1974. Where she served for 20 years. Shal regents for the nevada system of higher education. Tributes have been pouring in today. With senators reid and heller, congresswoman dina titus, and commissioner Steve Sisolak all offering their condolences to her family and speaking fondly of her storied career. paul joncich a man has been arrested in Bullhead City for setting off homemade explosives in the area. Philip kirkorian junior is being held at the mohave county jail in kingman. He was arrested after several saying a red dodge truck was involved. Someone who knew kirkorian reported him to police. They got a search warrant and say they found items used to make explosives as well as several devices complete and ready to use. Christianne Klein a big traffic change due to project neon is scheduled to start in just a few hours. Starting at 4 am. The Martin Luther king boulevard onramp to us highway 95 northbound will be closed for a couple of months. The closure will last until november 15th. Its necessary to make room for a for a flyover bridge you should take bonanza road west to rancho drive as an alternate route. paul joncich 8 news now has learned of a six year old girls death. After drowning in a pool last week. According to a department of Family Services report. The child was pulled from the pool unresponsive. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Also in the report. Cps notes four instances of neglect allegations dating back to 2006. Weve reached out to metro to see if anyone is facing any charges in the drowning but have yet to hear back. Christianne Klein two california Correctional Officers shot at the Fresno County jail seem to be improving. On saturday, an exconvict reportedly tried to skip the visitation line. Leading to a commotion. Officers Toamalama Scanlan and Juanita Davila were both shot. Davilas friends say she is in critical, but stable condition and is being closely monitored. Scanlan cant speak or op but he is responsive. He even gave doctors a thumbs up. The Fresno Community is rallying around the officers jason barberich family friend theres family from everywhere, from all over california, las vegas, seattle, hawaii, texas, i mean its amazing, officers son with all of the prayers and everything, all of the support, people coming in and visiting us. Theyre giving us constant food, people are dropping off a whole lot of food. Its really helping us. Christianne Klein a taser failed to subdue the the Fresno County sheriff has since increased security at the jail. paul joncich there is more to liberty high schools win over westlake, texas. Coming up in sports, Chris Maathuis will tell us why it was an historic night in the lone star state. Christianne Klein but first. Powerful blasts rattling the southern highlands. And neighbors have made an interesting discovery. Katie boer shows us the big update to this story. Next on the valleys news leader. no trespassing signs the blasting site in the southern highlands. Thats at the center of controversy. Neighbors are worried about damage to their homes and their safety. Katie boer shows us what one neighbor found after the latest round of blasting. Underground construction in the bay area. The site. Now only partially closed off by this limited orange mesh netting 00 02 54 to see Something Like that you know, still out there, underground, uncontrolled on a site thats open to anybody who cares to go up there. Its a matter of concern 04 now his concern has shifted from damage to his house to the dirtbikers. And the High School Students that walk home by this site after school. In fact howard told us he called both the poc we followed up with the county to see if anyone went to investigate we shared howards pictures with the county pio dan kulin who told us monday the Construction Company is required to hire an outside company to inspect. After each blast those inspectors walk the site. Additionally the blasts are also electronically monitored to make sure theyre detonated. He said after our report saturday the contractor came and walked to site to conduct a highlands, katie boer 8 news now. Christianne Klein we spoke with commissioner susan brager today. She told us she plans to hold a private meeting sometime tomorrow. Shes invited the Environmental Protection agency, the county building department. As well as comprehensive planning and the Building Developers legal council. Neighbors wanted to know why their attorneys cant be at the meeting. Well continue to follow this story and bring you updates as they happen. paul joncich evacuation orders have been issued. In paradise, california. North of sacramento. The socalled saddle fire has grown to more than 360 acres in just a matter of hours. At least two homes have been destroyed. Evacuation shelters have been set up to assist those who have been forcred from their homes. tedd florendo paul joncich liberty high shocked Christianne Klein and that is on the football field. The patriots upset made history in nevada. Chris Maathuis theres nothing like going into texas and coming away with a win. Bishop gorman did it a few weeks ago. And liberty did it four days ago. And now history is being made. Plus. This ufc fighter really didnt Something Special over the weekend. Ill tell ya about it coming up next here on channel 8 Chris Maathuis vegas. Because of their success, other programs around the valley have benefitted. One is liberty. The patriots looked to gorman as a template for what to do to succeed and it is paying off. Last friday, liberty beat the best team in texas. Westlake was ranked 16th in the country. But since the patriots knocked em off. Chaparral fell out of the top 25 and liberty debuted at number 23. Two las vegas teams in the usa rich muraco liberty head coach im pretty sure that 2 nv schools ranked in the top 25 says a lot about nevada football. Gorman put everybody on the map and were trying to follow suit. Kenyon oblad liberty qb were all rivals on the field, but all from same city, but they cheered for us and we cheered for them. Muraco go to tx and see how much they care about football it was like a college game, police, workers stadium everything. Tx it was bigger in texas. Liberty isnt finished with its big out of state games. In a few weeks, theyve got 13th ranked centennial from corona, country has another big game this friday. Bishop gorman is traveling to long beach to face st. John bosco, whos ranked 7th in the country. It was two years ago that gorman beat bosco here in las vegas. Gorman is coming off fridays big win over cocoa florida, but this friday the stakes are even higher. Two top ten teams in long beach this friday night. Current unlv coach tony sanchez is familiar with st. John bosco. When they played two years ago, josh rosen was the quarterback here in vegas when the gaels beat em. Now hes the quarterback at uc. He beat tonys rebels in vegas last year. This saturday, unlv travels to ucla to meet rosen and the bruins. Week one of the College Football season is in the books. Lots of nailbiting and diverting moments from thursday to monday. 4th ranked Florida State facing 11th ranked ole miss in orlando. The rebels were having fun in the first half. Chad kelly throws a short td toss, its 70. Then in the 2nd another short td toss, its 143. Hed go 21 yards making it 213. Then ole miss rushes for a td. Over right wrong. 2nd half it was all Florida State. The closest the rebels got was 3934 in the 4th. Largest comeback in School History as the noles win it 4534. Chris Maathuis las vegan kris bryant had his career best 21 game mark of reaching base snapped going 05 against the brewers. But another las vegan does us proud, former sierra vista grad chris carter gives the Milwaukee Brewers a 10 lead on the solo shot, hes 33rd homer on the season. But it was nearly enoughh up the brew crew 72. Chris Maathuis all right for the next three days, you have a voice here at channel 8. Its time for our fans choice game of the week you get to decide. Here are our three games. So far the numbers favor foothill at arbor view. But there is Sunrise Mountain at spring valley. Or desert pines at clark. Go to our channel 8 Facebook Page and look for the fans choice game of the week and vote. Page. The former ufc champ was hiking with her friend over the weekend near Mary Jane Falls on mtn. Charleston. She heard a little 6yearold named kia broke her arm. So miesha carries the girl down the 2. 6 mile trail. Great story of service and helping out. paul joncich our strange stories for monday right after this. im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. As a doctor, i see how decisions in washington impact my patients here in nevada. So even though im a republican, i wont be voting for joe heck. Joe hecks voted ten times to defund planned parenthood, depend on for cancer screenings. And heck opposes a womans right to choose even when her health is at risk. For me and my patients, joe heck makes no sense. December last year. 14 americans are killed in a mass shooting inspired by isis. In the aftermath, congressman joe heck had the chance to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns. Heck voted no. 23 times. Individuals on the fbi terror watch list its not just that joe heck does nothing to stop them. Its that hes voted to let them keep doing it. 23 times. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content Christianne Klein former republican president ial candidate ben carson dipped out of a live tv interview after realizing hed forgotten his luggage carson his vehicle. He did return to complete the interview. Saying hed taken care of the situation. paul joncich more than onemillion dollars worth of Marijuana Plants were discovered at a connecticut daycare. Police removed more than 600 plants from behind a fence that was built around the daycare. After compliance inspectors raised suspicions when they were being denied access to the complete property. The daycare owners license has been suspended and the house has been condemned. tedd florendo ohio poic cookout. After they say 41yearold jose diaz stole an unlocked ambulance from a gas station. Hes then said to have driven the ambulance to the party and parked in the driveway. Partygoers didnt even know the man. Diaz wasnt hard to catch the ambulance had a gps tracker inside. He now faces multiple charges. paul j