christine maddela fox5 news local las vegas>> metro police tell us they will have a sobriety checkpoint set up next weekend to be on the lookout for impaired drivers. it's been a deadly year here in the valley. so far this year, metro has investigated 157 homicides. that number year-high in homicide cases and is quickly approaching the highest number on record for metro, which was 167 homicides back in 19-96. metro's homicide division says one of the disturbing trends that they are seeing is that the suspects are getting younger and younger. " everybody should be concerned about this number and the level of violence" "we've arrested teenagers, like, i counted this morning, there were 11 people between the ages of 15-19 that we've arrested for murder"" metro says even with the higher rate of homicide cases, the department is still closing about 75-percent of those cases. a toddler from saint louis just received an early christmas present, to help remember his late father. 2-year-old malachi just received these teddy bears, that were made out of his father's police uniform. malachi's fath

caesars i'm christine maddela.. i'm john huck. caesars will begin paid valet and paid self parking at 8 of 9 of its properties. fox 5's abby theodros joins us live on the strip after talking with caeasars entertainment executives about what brought the change. caesars is saying this is all apart of their plan to rennovate its current parking structures -but some people are scared about what it means for them. valet anonymous: it's all corporations. and that sucks. corporporations arent everything. valet workers nervous about big changes to parking at caesars properties valet anonymous: our biggest concern is going to be our tips because our paycheck - really we dont make that much money we'll call this man david.. not his real name .. he's been a valet at a caesars property for 15 years and makes 10.33 an hour plus tips. and he says his tips go a long way. depends on the weekend. you can make a hundred and fifty on a normal day maybe 80 to 100. but david thinks that'll change with the entertainment company's new pay to park progra

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i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. we go straight to fox5's cyndi lundeberg-- who is live at the scene near civic center and evans with more. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly and more breaking news tonight... police are investigating a suspcious death... one person is dead... another hospitalized. fox5's adam herbets joins us live near rainbow and gowan. - john christine the police told us they couldn't get the dead woman out of this house for a while because the place was cleaning with poisonous gas we're not sure what the chemical wise but obviously the police aren't here anymore the street is dark lets at one point the police said that they were looking into the possibility that this was a meth lab we're not sure if that still the case because they left without giving us an update it sounds like they have a lot of evidence to go through but either way they are definitely looking into the possibility that even if this wasn't a meth lab that it is drug-related and some of the

i'm christine maddela. i'm cyndi lundeburg. fox5's abby after talking with students and university officials who say his comments don't represent unlv abby: a lot of shock tonight and emotions. students protesting a professor who said he'll report undocumented students to ice. both student and university officials say this goes against what the school stands for package nats (keyboard) jessica scheffer: hateful and violent and exclusive and ignorant third year unlv student jazz scheffer is talking about the unlikely professor posted to her friends facebook js: he added a smiley face at the end of his comment just essentially describing how happy he would be to send out this undocumented students to ice and it scares me that he feel so comfortable with the stance that he could say this in public george buch- a part time math professor at the university- had a lot to say about unlv supporting undocumented immigrant students. last night a former student of his unlv president len jessup signing a letter in support of the deferred a

i'm christine maddela. fox 5's faith tanner is live on the las vegas boulevard-- with what people are saying about having to fork over extra cash to park their cars. closed captioning will resume shortly "you go to a hotel you expect to have at least free parking, you're paying for the hotel" the las vegas strip... are quickly coming to an abrupt halt. "things have changed (laughing)" today wynn resorts announced-- drivers will be charged 13 to 18 dollars for valet parking. for now-- self parking will still be free. it comes after an from caesars entertainment. its properties will charge 8 to 18 dollars for valet parking.. depending on the location. vistors will also have to pay to self park--- those prices haven't been announced yet. but good news for locals-- we can still self park for free-- for now. vistors we talked to-- aren't happy with the idea. "it would affect how many times we came down here that's for sure" people who work on the strip-- are also worried it will start costing them more : "if i d

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. we go straight to fox5's cyndi lundeberg-- who is live at the scene near civic center and evans with more. " my next instict was to go next door because the flames started getting real bad, banging on the neighbors house, telling her to get out and she came out screaming with her daughter and i asked her i said well how many people are in the house, she said well theres four people that live there, one of the gentleman is disabled, and his wife and two girls. " closed captioning will resume shortly a woman is dead and a man is recovering in the hospital after they had to be taken out of a house with toxic fumes. fox5's adam herbets has been out there tonight talking to police... and neighbors john/ christine whatever that toxic poisonous gas was, possibly carbon monoxide, it kept crews from going in here taking the woman out of the house for a long time... they had to wait for it to air out and they had to move us further away to make sure that we were safe metro after not too long ag

i'm christine maddela. it's the highest number of homicides in metro's jurisdiction in a decade. fox5's eric hilt sat lieutenant -- and joins us now live with his opinion of what's happening. closed captioning will resume shortly "it breaks my heart, because who would do this to him?" that's what julie jimenez told fox5 after her boyfriend, jose de jesus, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in may... a murder would unfortunately become one of many in 2016. "now it is getting so dangerous" and this has been more more dangerous than most others... there have been 157 homicides in metro's jurisdiction this year.... that number matches a 20- year-high in the highest number on record for metro -- 167 homicides in 1996. "everybody should be concerned about this number and the level of violence" lt. dan mcgrath told me he doesn't see any specific trends in that number.. but says the most disturbing part of the increase in younger suspects. "we've arrested teenagers, like, i counted this morning, there were 11 people between the ages of 15-19 that we've arrested for murder" mcgrat

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. caesars entertainment and the wynn... are the latest properties to announce new parking charges. fox 5's faith tanner is live on the las vegas boulevard-- with what people are saying about having to fork over extra cash to park their cars. the days of easy, is beginning to become a thing of the past here on the strip. soon-- nearly a dozen properties here will start charging new parking fees. "you go to a hotel you expect to have at least free parking, you're paying for the hotel" the days of free parking.. all over the las vegas strip... are quickly coming to an abrupt halt. "things have (laughing)" today wynn resorts announced-- drivers will be charged 13 to 18 dollars for valet parking. for now-- self parking will still be free. it comes after an annoucement from caesars entertainment. its properties will charge 8 to 18 dollars for valet parking.. depending on the location. vistors will also have to pay to self park--- those prices haven't been announced yet. but good news for locals-- we can still self park for free--