Killer escaped from police, and we asked officers what theyre going to do to prevent it from happening again. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle is live at the North Las VegasDetective Bureau to show us how alonso perez got out in the first place. Perez escaped from this police station. He was in handcuffs, the door was locked, there were Police Officers throughout the building and surveillance cameras were rolling. , but he still got out. Now we know how. Nlvpd he was placed in an Interview Room and handcuffed to a table this is the survll inside the Interrogation Room. Alonso perez twisted the handcuffs until they broke. I asked my assistant chief. Whos been around for 30 and he never had any recollection of any situations like this one bridge perez was handcuffed to a table just like this one he used his bodyweight to twist the handcuffs until they gave out to cheer you can use the chair to get on top and climb through the roof he took off, and stole a truck from a nearby business. Nlvpd he wasnt seen by us but he made it to the vehicle which were talking about 100 feet it took North Las VegasPolice Officers 40 minutes to realize perez was gone. Alexander perez, nlvpd understand that we are very aware that mistakes were made it then took 4 days for an fbi task force to find him. Derrinca diaz, he was taken into custody right here with an suv and then right after that there was a couple under covers three undercover officers here and a Police Officer here nlvpd i wish it hadnt happened but it did and now we take steps to ensure it doesnt happen again so we asked North Las Vegas police what theyre going to do about it. Someone will be monitoring the Interrogation Room at all times. When someones in custody or an interview were working on a live feed to each desk as well but we have a viewing room perez is accused of killing mohommad robinson. Today i also spoke to his family. Youll hear from them at 10 30. Their own internal investigation into perezs escape to determine if anyone in the department is at fault. Toss to weather we stay near 100 for the end of the week and the weekend with some changes into next week. Highs look to be at 99 thursday, then a mix of 100 and 101 for friday through sunday. Southwest gusts to 2535 mph will be with us on sunday through wednesday. The best part will be the cool down once we get to monday with 95, then low 90s for tuesday and wednesday. Police are least two suspects in a deadly shooting in the northwest Valley Police were called to an apartment complex near torrey pines and smoke ranch around 6 15 tuesday night. When they arrived they found two men one inside a car. And another laying on the ground near the car. The men were shot multiple times they were taken to umc where they died. Four businesses. Were robbed by three masked men early this morning. The men barged side. U gas. Arco ampm gas station. Terrible herbst convenience store. And cicilys pizza. The suspects wearing halloween masks and armed with handguns they demanded money. Police say they got away with some cash and a pack of cigarettes no one was injured. If you have any information on these robberies. Or the shooting you are asked to call crimestoppers at 7023855555. Several units were destroyed by a late night apartment fire. Now 20people have no where to go. It happened at the paradise spa apartments on las vegas boulevard and serene. One of the tenents says the fire started in her kitchen she and her boyfriend were cooking potatoes and forgot to turn the stove off. But neighbors arent buying that story. Trisha nielson they werent paying rent, thy had been raided a few times, they lived there for free clearly they had issues fighting all the time we never could sleep butt to its all apparent i dont care what any one says. I have no reason to lie. Why would i burn up a unit where live that is crazy. The red cross is assisting some of the families affected by the fire. Construction is in full swing on the lucky droago resort just west of the strip on sahara. When completed the property will focus on everything asian right down ot the last detail. Fox 5 is the only local station given a site tour with the progress. Kevin bolinger gives us an inside look. Kevin work is on the lucky dragon as they get ready for their december opening. Right now were in the casino area. You can see the pagoda in themiddle of the room. Above that will be a 1 1 4 ton glass dragon. It was made overseas and is currently on a boat being shipped over here to the states. It will hang from the ceiling to the top of the pagoda. This is asian themed all the way. Nats of saw the sounds represent another resort property but the eventual sights inside lucky vegas has seen. Dave jacoby lucky dragon chief operating officer a lot of the resorts on the strip do a very good job of dedicating a small subsection of their property to asian play, but nobody has built anything yet from the ground up to really show face to these players and provde a building that was really built for them. Every last detail is done in line with asian architecture and traditions in mind going so far as bringing in a feng shui master and hisring a staff that will be fluent in several languages. And if youre looking for a hamburger or slice of pizza forget about it. All of the Dining Options will cater to asian cuisine. Dave jacoby lucky dragon chief operating officer we have five different restaurants on property ranging from grab and go, kind of street food to fine dining. Dim sum, well have a team somallier, an indoor outdoor tea garden. Owners secured financing to get the project up and running earlier this year. When completed it will have 203 rooms. And a gaming design that puts a focus on bacharat and pai gow with limited western style games like black jack. Theyll start taking room reservation october 1st. The grand opening is set for december 3rd and they will have a big asian themed party to kick it all off. Kevin bolinger, fox 5 news, local las vegas. Applications are already being taken for jobs at the resort. Weve set up a link on our website fox 5 vegas dot com. Dozens of middle School Students have been on lock down in their school for 12 hours. And parents are not happy about it. Hazmat teams took over Walter Johnson middle school this afternoon after a mercury spill in the schools gym. School Officials Say this all started when they found a mercury spill in the gym. They say it was a small spill about the amount in an old thermometer but it prompted a big response the 8 students exposed to the chemical were put into quarantine and the rest of the school was put on lockdown kids couldnt leave the building or even their were finally able to pick up their kids after waiting for hours say even though their kids are home they have lots of questions. Closed captioning will resume shortly School Leaders have not said how the mercury into the school in the first place, and when this spill happened they did say it could have happened yesterday even though it wasnt discovered until today. Ccsd has cancelled class at Walter Johnson middle school. Students get a special lesson in 3d technology. Where they were able to step into the classroom of tomorrow. A College Degree isnt cheap. Now some families could get a break when it comes to tuition. Who is eligible to apply to win a savings account. Youre watching fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. Danny tarkanians carrying a lot of baggage. As a realestate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. Tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay 17 million in a failed development scheme. Tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, himself, not us. The new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Part of the new chefinspired youre watching fox5 news at 10, with Emmy Award Winner john huck. Christine maddela. And weather 24 7 with chief meteorologist ted pretty. This is fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. We have more on the lockdown at Walter Johnson middle school. Students still there tonight. Hours after they should have been sent home. Hazmat teams were called this afternoon after a mercury spill in the schools gym. Fox5s eric hilt has been there at the school talking to frustrated parents all afternoon and evening. Hours, they told me theyre angry, frustrated and concerned and many are still wondering how long it will be until they can take their kids home take a look at this this is the crowd of people still waiting to pick up kids. Keep in mind earlier this Afternoon SchoolOfficials Say they hoped kids would be released at the normal time, 3 20 but there are still hundreds of kids now, 7 hours later. Closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly nevada is giving away hundreds of dollars to help parents pay for their childrens college education. The state treasu College Savings accounts with an initial deposit of 529dollars. Nevada residents with children aged 13 or younger can enter to win one of the accounts through september 30th. The five winners will receive the money in a 529 plan account. We have a link to where you can enter online. Look for this story in our links section. At fox five vegas dot com. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted we stay near 100 for the end of the week and the weekend with some changes into next week. Highs look to be at 99 thursday, then a mix of 100 and 101 for friday through sunday. Southwest gusts to 2535 mph will be with us on sunday through wednesday. The best part will be the cool down once we get to monday with 95, then low 90s for tuesday and wednesday. We stay near 100 for the end of the week and the weekend with some changes into next week. Highs look to be at 99 thursday, then a mix of 100 and 101 for friday through sunday. Southwest gusts to 2535 mph will be with us on sunday through wednesday. The best part will be the get to monday with 95, then low 90s for tuesday and wednesday. 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Wall street invested over a halfmillion dollars in congressman hecks campaigns, privatizing social security, handing wall street billions in fees, but risking our retirement in the stock market, cutting benefits, putting wall street ahead of us. Congressman heck whats wrong with washington. Waiting. The newest iphone has been unveiled. Iphone 7 was introduced today in san francisco. The phone is water resistant. Has a fancier twolens camera. Its sleeker, offering two new shades of black. But the biggest change no more headphone jack. Since it launched in 2007 ceo tim cook says the company has sold more than one billion of the devices. And we stopped by town square to see what people thought. It sounds pretty awesome. The camera angles are crazy on there and the demonstration and video im pretty impressed. The camera is th feature most iphone fans are looking forward to. It has an optical image stabilization, a sixelement lens and 12megapixel highspeed sensor. Pre order for the phone is september ninth. It is availble september 16th. Well be right im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. The worlds clean energy super powers either going to be germany, china, or us. And im going to make sure its us. From 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. Well beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. We can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. We continue to follow a developing news story at johnson middle school. Several hundred students remain on lockdown tonight this all started after someone found a mercury spill inside the gym. We checked in with fox5s eric hilt about 10 minutes ago, when there was still a large crowd of frustrated parents waiting to take their students home. Closed captioning be sure to download our fox5 mobile app. To stay up to date on all developing stories. A man escaped from Police Custody last friday while left alone in an in room. He was captured last night. But tonight we have a look at how alonso perez escaped in the first place. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle is live at the Detectives Bureau on cheyenna near simmons with the details. Friday perez was arrested as a suspect in the murder of muhamed robinson. Hours after his arrest much to the shock of robinsons family, he escaped climbing through the roof of this building and stealing a truck. Katra nestor, victims mother youre joking. How could he be in a room with Police Custody and get out . When katra nestor heard the man suspected of killing her son had escaped. She couldnt believe it. Alfonso perez escaped friday. Police didnt call nestor until . . . To confirm what she heard. He called and he they havent called me because everything i heard was hearsay North Las Vegas police admitted they made a mistake and the escape could have been prevented. Nlvpd . If we are diligently watching a person in an Interview Room its a lot harder for them to affect an escape if were on top of it alonso perez was left alone in an Interrogation Room, he used his bodyweight to twist the handcuffs he was wearing until they broke. And he climbed through the cieling to a police tell us their mistake led to perezs escape. But good policing led to his recapture it was good investigative work Good Police Work with the detectives i had the case thats how we develop as a suspect and turned it over to the cat team that scooped him up the first time katra nestor, victims mother its a relief its a relief it makes it gives you peace of mind knowing that the person that did all these things to your son and so many other people has finally been captured here are some of perezs charges since the escape murder with use of deadly weapon, took a life with weapon, shooting into occupied structure ,escape, and larceny conducting an internal investigation on the escape. Theyve also said they will make sure there are eyes on anyone in their custody at all times. The American Flag from ground zero. Missing for the past 15 years has been found in washington state. St. Clair says this flag was turned in with a story. Reported to be the iconic flag raised at ground zero september 2001. Most everyone remembers the photo of the thre raising the American Flag at ground zero following the terrrist attacks. Years ago it was misplaced. But in october of 2014, Officials Say a man named brian showed up at an everett fire station with a flag in a plastic bag. He said it was given to him by someone else and it was the same flag from the picture. if you look at the original photograph from 911 you see a certain black electric tape holding two lines together and they had the same could be it. Forensic materials scientists compared dust samples from the flag with dust particles from ground zero and they were a perfect match. The flag will be unveiled at the 9 11 museum in new york this sunday well be right danny tarkanians carrying a lot of baggage. As a realestate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. Tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay 17 million in a failed development scheme. Tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. Danny tarkanians out for himself, not us. Three astronauts are back on earth. After spending almost three months in space. The crew landed in kazakhstan this morning. The crew. A us astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. Were on a 172 day mission on the International Space station studying how the human body fares during longer stays in space. An asteroid taller than the Empire State Building is getting a visitor from nasa tomorrow. Nasa is sending a space probe to the asteroid bennu its the first visitor in billions of years. The robotic probe will fly to the ancient asteroid and it will scout it out for two years before scooping up some gravel and dust to be brought back to earth. In all the mission will take seven years. Heavy storms in southwest wisconsin cause flash flooding. And mudslides. The mudslide in debris on to roadways. Flooding forced the closure and evacuation of schools. Crews were busy putting sandbags in place. As the region is bracing for more severe weather. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we stay near 100 for the end of the week and the weekend with some changes into next week. Highs look to be at 99 thursday, then a mix of 100 and 101 for friday through sunday. Southwest gusts to 2535 mph will be with us on sunday thr part will be the cool down once we get to monday with 95, then low 90s for tuesday and wednesday. We stay near 100 for the end of the week with some changes into next week. Highs look to be at 99 thursday, then a mix of 100 and 101 for friday through sunday. Southwest gusts to 2535 mph will be with u