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More wild weather around New Mexico and Albuquerque's getting pounded too,
including an Arroyo rescue.
A New Mexico soldier's parents get the worst possible news.
Their son is not coming back from Iraq alive.
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This is Eyewitness News 4 at 6.
Just moments ago a man was pulled from the fast-moving water near Montgomery
and Carlisle. He is alive. The Albuquerque Fire Department tells us the man
fell in somewhere near tramway, and that means he was in for the ride of his life
for a few miles. Jeremy Hojola is live where that very lucky man was pulled out
of the Arroyo. Jeremy?
We're right here in the corner of Montgomery and Carlisle. We're just about
15 to 20 minutes ago. Albuquerque firefighters pulled that man right
outside of the North Diversion Channel here located at the corner of Montgomery
and Carlisle. Now there are reports, there is the possibility that two other
people are still in the Arroyo, possibly two children. And right now what you can
see behind me here is you have Albuquerque firefighters standing behind
me poised and ready. But so far all we've seen here is just a muddy, deep
fast-moving water. So far there haven't been any visual sightings of these
children for the past several minutes. Now around me we have a lot of
firefighters standing around just waiting, watching the river and upstream
as well too. What I can see here too is Montgomery is closed off in both
directions, but if you take a look here this is the man that Albuquerque
firefighters pulled out of the Arroyo about 20 minutes ago. We believe his
name is Rob Stevenstein, and you can see here that he was being carried as if he
was injured. We're being told by the Albuquerque Fire Department that he is
okay and that he will survive. We don't know the extent of his injuries, but like
Nelson told you, it is believed that he fell somewhere in the tramway area. About
an hour and a half ago there was a very bad storm moving through the canyon in
that area near Sandia Park, the National Weather Service giving a warning out
about a severe weather storm. But this is what all of this water is coming from
right now. But again, two possible children may be in the Arroyo right now.
That is a possibility, but there hasn't been any visual sliding of those
children within the past several minutes. But right now a number of
firefighters with the Albuquerque Fire Department are still standing by,
watching the water at the edge of the Arroyo, waiting for things to happen
here. Back to you. Okay, thank you Jeremy. Very dramatic. And now to the weather
that caused all of that thunderstorms and flood concerns around the state and
yes here in Bernalillo County. And there's also been some hail as well. This
video was shot about an hour ago near Eubank and Constitution. Also in the
Heights, water was just flowing down from the streets after a downpour. Chief
Meteorologist Larry Rice is in a pinpoint for storm center with the very
latest. Larry, we're looking at heavy rain continuing over the foothills right
now. Again, you're looking at tramway and this heavy rain is starting to ease up
just a bit. But Doppler radar estimates as much as three to four inches of rain
since four o'clock this afternoon in this area. A little wider view showing
you some of the showers continuing to the south along the Manzanos and we're
also looking at some showers developing in Rio Rancho and it's in northeastern
New Mexico where we have a tremendous amount of flood concern this evening
from Las Vegas all the way up to Clayton. We have Arroyo and small stream
flood advisories that continue for a large portion of the state. It includes
Colfax Union, San Miguel Cuey, Guadalupe, Curry, DeBaca and Torrance County and
the flash flood warning for Bernalillo County continues until 7 15. All the
weather details coming up on a wetter day tomorrow in the pinpoint forecast.
Larry, thank you. Other news. A fourth serviceman from New Mexico is killed in
Iraq. The Defense Department says the 34 year old sergeant from Roswell died in
Taji Iraq and the circumstances surrounding his death aren't real clear
tonight. Mark Horner is in the newsroom with tonight's top story. Mark Carla
Sergeant Tommy Gray of Roswell was a tank mechanic assigned to a motor pool.
Now we have a high school yearbook photo to show you taken about 17 years ago.
Now at this point, the army isn't saying much about how Sergeant Gray died. A
spokesman says it's under investigation. Lopez grew up and lived in Roswell
longtime friends remember a caring, honest man.
He's a great guy. He's very sweet, very talented.
I mean, he's a good friend. He really is. You couldn't ask for a better friend
than that. I remember when we're little, he was talking about he wanted to join
the army and that's what he did. He's one of the most honest people I've ever
met. Sergeant Gray was assigned to the Army First Cavalry Division's 215th
forward support battalion based out of Fort Hood, Texas. Now we're told his
widow was on her way today from that area to Roswell and neighbors told us
that the couple had two small girls live in the newsroom. Mark Horner,
eyewitness News four. Mark, thank you. Gray is the fourth New Mexico serviceman
to die in Iraq since the invasion was launched. The other three were also
killed in action. Army specialist James Heath, Pertle of La Mesa, was killed by
a rocket propelled grenade in October. In early April, Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher Ramos of Albuquerque was killed by shrapnel during an ambush near
Fallujah. A couple weeks later, a gun battle in Fallujah took the life of
Marine Lance Corporal Aaron Austin of Lovington Albuquerque police make an
arrest in the shooting death of a young woman whose body was found badly
decomposed in her apartment. The victim's name has not been released.
Police found the body late last night on western skies that's near central and
Juan Tabo after neighbors called and complained of a foul odor. Police tell
us she'd been shot in the back of the head about nine days ago. The suspect
23 year old Isaac Aragon was just taken into custody less than two hours
ago and he was the victim's boyfriend.
Well the investigation into security lapses at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory is still not over. It will continue for at least two more months.
That's the word from directors meeting at the lab today. Rick Duraeus is live in
Los Alamos with what they had to say. Rick? A news conference just concluded a
series of meetings this week between the managers, employees, the lab director and
members of the University of California. That's the organization that's run the
lab since 1943. The conclusion is that people who work at the lab right now are
more aware of security than before. In the words of the lab director Peter
Nanos, there's no excuse for sloppy security where no sloppy science is
practiced. Operations were suspended in mid-July when two disks of
classified information were found missing. That and repeated other problems.
23 employees have now been placed on investigative leave. 80% of low-risk work
is up and running and about 10% of the information disks still need to be
inventoried. We expect that given the amount of effort that we're talking
about and the number of activities, we're talking roughly a two-month period
before the laboratory will be up again. It would sadden us greatly not to
continue this work. On the other hand, we need to be sure that the culture has
changed and the mistakes of the past are in the past. The University of
California is actually having to bid to run the lab again and they'd warn also
that there still could be more disciplinary action before it's all over.
Live in Los Alamos, I'm Rick DeRaeus, Eyewitness News 4. Rick, thank you. One day
after an elderly couple was shot by their son-in-law, the state attorney
general says when it comes to domestic violence, enough is enough. Today, attorney
general Patricia Madrid announced new initiatives aimed at protecting victims
of domestic violence. The first allows police to make domestic violence arrests
without a warrant. The second says action can be taken against a spouse who
destroys household property. Madrid also called on the resignation of Albuquerque
State Representative Rory Ogle, who is charged with domestic violence. It is
difficult for me to see how this office and the coalition can go to the
legislature, ask for these amendments, and ask for funding to correct domestic
violence abuses in this state and go to a legislator with this kind of record.
Ogle is accused of throwing a bedhead board and a mop at his wife during an
argument last month. The new initiatives will be introduced to the legislature in
the next 60-day session. It's back-to-school shopping time and bargain
hunters are looking for ways to save any way they can. Well, this weekend a lot of
new Mexicans are crossing the Texas state line to do just that because Texas,
like a few other states, offers a tax-free weekend. So why not here? Elena
Darvaux has the story. My expression for shopping is this. Kids and parents alike are not
very enthusiastic about back-to-school shopping. If I have a mean teacher then no,
I'm not excited. If I have a nice teacher then yeah, I am. But their parents say they would enjoy it
more if New Mexico had a tax-free weekend. I just think it would really help
most families because most families it is a big impact especially if you have
three or four kids. You're spending a lot of money. Especially somebody who grows a
lot quickly and yeah have to buy clothes every two to three months. I think it
would benefit a lot of parents and get a lot of more people out here shopping
with a tax-free day. And it's not only shoppers who would like a break from
sales taxes. Daniel Spicagna with Target says it would boost business. In Albuquerque
if we had a tax-free day without a doubt that would really drive business in the
stores. Spicagna says the next two weeks are the second busiest time of year for
Target stores next to Christmas and he says tax relief would also keep New
Mexicans from hopping the Texas border to find better deals. Definitely I think
it would keep the border towns inside of New Mexico and also probably bring some
of the border towns in Texas into our state as well. They need to have it here in New Mexico because we're going to travel to Lubbock.
Shoppers will save about eight dollars for every $100 they spend in Texas this
weekend. New Mexico lawmakers have considered a tax-free holiday several
times but it's never been approved. Got milk? Former Lieutenant Governor Walter
Bradley says you bet he does. Bradley is the new director of government and
industry relations for the Dairy Farmers of America Southwest region.
That's a long title. Bradley already works for the DFA in Albuquerque. Now
he'll move to Clovis for his new position. He used to milk his grandmother's
cow growing up in Clovis. Bradley lost to John Sanchez in the Republican
gubernatorial primary in 2002. Call it a sign of the times. Kids at
Rio Rancho's public schools will be under the watchful eyes of video cameras this
year. State and federal money will pay for the new cameras which won't be
placed in classrooms or restrooms. School officials say the cameras will help
combat vandalism. Public high schools in Albuquerque all have cameras. Well some
New Mexicans say pigeons at their apartments are making them sick and say
they may be responsible for the death of a young child. We'll have that story
tonight at 10. But first all new at 6 sketching a police suspect is an art.
We'll tell you how the woman uses her hand and her heart to help nail
criminals. Plus this Albuquerque girls big wish was to go to Disneyland but she
was too ill so Disneyland brought her favorite character to her. A high of 93
in Albuquerque cooked up some tremendous thunderstorms and a flash flood warning
continues for Bernalillo County until 715 in the large portion of the East
Central Plains under flood advisories until 845. All the details coming up in
the pinpoint forecast. Working for you with Tom Joles, Carla Oragon,
meteorologist Larry Rice and JP Murrieta with sports. This is eyewitness news 4
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We have continuing coverage of that dramatic Arroyo rescue that happened right before the
newscast eyewitness news for was at the scene. There was certainly some heroic
action by Albuquerque Fire Department. Let's go back to Jeremy Hojola at Montgomery and
Carlisle. Jeremy? About 45 minutes ago Albuquerque firefighters pulled a man in his 40s out of the North Diversion
Channel here at the corner Montgomery and Carlisle. The Albuquerque Fire Department tells us that he will be okay but there were reports that there were two children inside the Arroyo. They have not been seen since then if that is indeed the case. Now right now the Albuquerque Fire Department has pulled away from the scene. It's unknown how this man in his 40s fell in originally but it's believed he fell in the tramway area but one Albuquerque Fire Department employee tells us how he was pulled out.
A group of APD officers made a valiant effort to try to do somewhat of a human shame to try to pull him out. When I saw that that failed and the victim had actually passed their location we were able to run along the side of the Arroyo to get in front of the victim. We reached out our arm and we were able to get a hold of him.
And for a while now the Albuquerque Police Department did have Montgomery here on Carlisle closed off but since then that traffic has moved but again the Albuquerque Fire Department has pulled away here from the North Diversion Channel after reports that there were two children inside but that does not seem to be the case right now. We're live in northeast Albuquerque. Jeremy Mahole, Eyewitness News 4.
Alright Jeremy thank you. People typically don't think solving crimes is a sketchy business but several criminals have recently been caught by just that, sketches. Tonight we introduce you to a woman who uses her artistic skills to help track down people who don't want to be found. Eric Conard has more on the artist with a badge. Eric?
Well, a detective with the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office does the sketches responsible for putting a lot of criminals behind bars but she's no amateur. She's a criminal investigator with a passion for art.
BCSO Detective Mary Brazos investigates crimes through her pencil. I've been drawing since I was a child. Okay. And of course then I became a cop. For years Brazos wanted to combine her love for art and her commitment to law enforcement.
She's an accomplished artist. In 1999 BCSO gave her the chance as a forensic artist. Forensic art, the composites are a big, big tool to law enforcement. Brazos etches out the criminal suspects. The drawings take about two hours but they've led to plenty of arrests lately.
Joseph Gallegos was caught last week during a violent crime spree. A detective on the scene remembered Brazos' sketch of a similar suspect wanted for murder. The connection landed Gallegos behind bars. Also last week a probation officer recognized Brazos' drawing of an accused rapist.
The sketch led to the arrest of Dale Antonio. But Brazos says being behind the easel isn't always easy. I like to take breaks sometimes because it becomes too much for the victim.
Because of Brazos' 400 hours of forensic art training her sketches seem so real to victims it brings back painful memories for them. I want the person to believe in me, to believe in my work, to trust me because I am here for them.
And she's also there for other departments who need her. We're all here for the same reason. We're all here to help people. We're all here to try to solve the crime.
Brazos says forensic art technology has become so advanced sketches will soon be available in 3D. VCSO just bought the new 3D machine for Brazos who says it will be a much faster, cleaner way of sketching. I'm Eric Conner, back to you.
Very interesting, thank you Eric. A two year old Albuquerque girl dying of a brain tumor is too sick to make the trip to Disneyland. So Disney flies Snow White out to the little girl. This is home video shot today at Amelia Jones' home.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation helped to make it happen. About 60 friends and family members joined Amelia for the party and they all had a great time.
She told them stories and signed autograph books and then she had a private talk with Amelia just on what it takes to be a princess.
And she looks like Snow White herself. Amelia's parents say more radiation and chemo treatments would not have done their daughter any good so they decided to bring her home from the hospital for her last days or weeks.
It's rare for kids to get the type of brain tumor that has stricken Amelia, but today a dream come true.
Wow, a lot of weather. Incredible thunderstorms and only on one side of the city. You look at the thunderstorms that have been continuing for almost two and a half hours with rainfall amounts measured by Doppler radar up close to three and possibly four inches.
But it's starting to ease up now. We're looking at the northeastern corner of the state where flooding will remain a concern, but this is low level flooding. We're talking about small streams and Arroyos here due to the rain that continues across this area.
And these little curved lines you see here outflow boundaries, cold gusts of wind coming out of these thunderstorms and when they collide with the moisture in the air, we're looking at some pretty strong thunderstorms that will develop across the southeastern corner of the state.
Let's give you a look at our weather net site at Hayes Middle School. This is at I-40 and Wyoming. Only about a half an inch of rain. You head up to Candelaria and Tramway and we got a call from one of our weather watchers.
Two and a half inches of rain up there, so verifying some of the heavy rain that continues. And at the Albuquerque Sunport, we had a wind gust to 46 miles an hour, gusting to 41 right now.
We've cooled off from a high of 93 to 83 degrees. Here's a look at what's going on across the state right now with temperatures in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, even close to 100 degrees.
It's such a wide range of temperatures thanks to the thunderstorms that have cooled things off in the northeast and this cold front, which is helping to really enhance those thunderstorms, pushing it up against the mountains, adding that extra lift and really squeezing out every drop of moisture here.
There's a lot going on in the southeast, but that's likely to change as that front pushes south. We still have this big plume of moisture coming up from the southwest and flash flood warning continues for Bernalillo County till 715 and for San Miguel, Cuey, Guadalupe, Curry, DeBaca and Torrance County until 845.
Lots of rain yet to come because we still have tomorrow ahead of us and this front's going to push south and eventually west. And with this big plume of moisture across the state, we're in for some tremendous rainfall tomorrow if you thought today was heavy.
In fact, some of these thunderstorms continuing late tonight into tomorrow and it's likely going to be a very wet Thursday across much of the state, some severe possibilities with these thunderstorms.
But Friday, it's kind of a downtick in thunderstorm activity. It'll be wet with some isolated thunderstorms and it looks like we're going to continue this trend into Friday evening, tapering off in time for the weekend.
50s, 60s and 70s for southeastern New Mexico with highs that will range from the 70s to the mid 90s and again a chance of thunderstorms here as well as in southwestern New Mexico with 50s, 60s and 70s for tomorrow morning, 80s to mid 90s tomorrow afternoon.
In the four corners, we're looking at lows that will range from 50 to the low 60s, your highs tomorrow in the 70s to mid 80s and in northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado.
Watch out for the low level flooding, 40s to the 60s for lows and highs from the 60s, 70s into the 80s. So a cooler day is coming up.
Santa Fe, Espanola and Los Alamos, more thunderstorms tonight, lows in the 50s and high temperatures tomorrow will be in the 70s to low 80s.
In the East Mountains, we're looking at heavy rain continuing at times, 50s for lows and highs tomorrow in the 70s to low 80s.
Bernalillo, Placidas, Los Lunas and Belen mid 60s tomorrow morning and a wet Thursday coming up with highs only in the low to mid 80s.
And for Albuquerque, again, we're looking at east canyon winds in addition to temperatures in the 60s and a chance of overnight thunderstorms and that'll continue tomorrow.
Again, only half the city getting wet, so the yellow drop is up. Friday looks like we'll see less of a chance of showers, a slight chance for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
But again, we have a flash flood warning in Bernalillo County and that includes Albuquerque until 7 15 this evening. All right, Larry Rice. Thank you.
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Yesterday was hugely embarrassing for the U.S. Olympic basketball team. What about today?
This one was a fantastic finish. They just got out of it. One day after losing to Italy by 17 points,
the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team needed every second on the clock to get by a team that didn't even qualify for the Olympics.
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U.S. wins it at the buzzer 80-77.
U.N.M. senior to be Troy DeVries is petitioning the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility.
He left Portland State back in January of last year and had to sit out losing a year of eligibility.
He says he left Portland State under controversial circumstances.
He's invested positive for an illegal substance.
40-year-old Vinnie Testaverde will be the starting quarterback for Dallas this season.
I'm saddened by this, you know, because I got 18 months invested here too.
After 16 years of service with the Raiders, Oakland released wide receiver Tim Brown.
Brown says he'll probably resurface with another team.
Another Albuquerque ice tope got the call up to the Marlins. Outfielder Chris Aguila.
He's been in almost every game of the Topes this season batting 312 and he was second on the team in hits.
One of the greatest pitchers of all time will be at Ice Topes Park tomorrow night.
Unfortunately for the Topes, he won't be in an Albuquerque uniform.
Raleigh Fingers will take the mound against local fan Vince Vaughn.
Now Vaughn will face three pitches thrown by Fingers.
For each of the first two pitches hit to the infield baseline, Vaughn gets $1,000.
If all three pitches are hit to the infield baseline, he wins $10,000.
I'm trying to lay it in there. I hope they win the $10,000. It's not my money, it's Raleigh's money.
So I'm hoping that they win it. So I'm just laying the ball in there.
I'm not trying to strike anybody out or knock anybody down or I'm not throwing any breaking balls.
Everything's nice and straight.
Raleigh's has run this promotion in three other cities so far, but they've only gotten one hit off of it.
All right, Larry Rice has some flood concerns.
Flood concerns, a flash flood warning in Bernalillo County until 715
and a big chunk of the East Central Plains until 845.
That's it for us at 6. We'll see you again at 10.
Have a good evening. Bye-bye.