Nightline tonight at 1135 after News 13 inside Las Vegas.
Someone's watching you all the time, but that someone could even be your next door neighbor.
Part two of our special report.
And an apparent drunk driver kills a homeless boy along Boulder Highway.
But we begin tonight with a frightening event at a concert at Valley High today.
Good evening everyone, I'm John Daly.
And I'm Kathy Ray. The melee and shooting has left two students hospitalized at UMC.
Here's what we know. An 18 year old girl is in critical condition at this hour with a fractured skull.
She was hit with a microphone stand. A 15 year old girl shot in the leg is in fair condition.
Two boys were treated and released.
Rival gang members apparently started the confrontation.
And there are charges that promoters misled the concert goers with promises of extra security.
News 13's Kim Sherwood was on the scene.
A microphone pole and then they were stomping on people and then they were just shooting and stuff.
And they wouldn't let you even get out because they were shooting up in the parking lot.
The aftershocks of what began as a peaceful teen dance and fundraiser.
Violence apparently started when gang signs were flashed on stage.
It was just like this. Everybody just started hitting everybody. It was like a riot.
And then we was like, ah, and everybody was going in every different direction.
The gunfire shifted with the crowd from the football field into the parking lot and beyond, sending hundreds of teens scrambling.
Everybody was running from this direction. Then the police came and they kicked us off from everywhere.
The confrontations continued as kids ran. Gang on gang fights erupted across the street, forcing businesses to lock up.
A lot of individuals were panicked. They were trying to find places to hide.
They were running into the jack in the box, into the family fitness, just trying to get out of the way over the walls.
Eventually the teens were allowed back to their cars, back to the scene, marked with bullet casings.
Are these all casings? Yes, ma'am. 20 of them. 20?
This was a little bit much, cramming all these kids, different schools, into a football field,
knowing, you know, with all the different gangs and stuff within school, they should have prepared for this.
Now the event was organized by Truce Foundation. And despite the flyer advertising this event,
patrons tell us there were no metal detectors on site, and there were no school district police or metro officers
working this event. The minute the violence broke out, the original violence with the kid down on the field,
that the private security left. School district police tell us the promoters canceled their request for 14 hired officers
the day before the event. They canceled yesterday about 3 o'clock our 14 officers saying it was too expensive.
And district policy does not mandate school police on property during non-school related functions.
If it's a private industry that came in to do this, they had stated that they would bring in their private security company.
Kim Sherwood, News 13. After canceling the 14 school district officers, the event organizers say they requested 4 officers.
But school district police rejected that request because it apparently was made at the last minute.
Plus the school police said the event needed more security. Organizers are also investigating why their private security left the scene.
Meantime, all events at Valley High have been canceled for this weekend. John?
A 6-year-old boy is dead tonight. He was run down by an apparent drunk driver.
It happened early this evening near Boulder Station. NHP says 28-year-old Victoria Myers and her three children,
ages 1, 2 and 6, were walking on the median of Boulder Highway. The family was homeless.
Suddenly a man driving a 1963 Dodge pickup veered into the median and struck the 6-year-old.
The vehicle went into the dirt median and struck the little 6-year-old boy, knocking him in the air for about 30 feet
and a total of 58 feet before he fell to the ground and rolled and came to a stop.
The driver of that vehicle, we believe, has been drinking and he was placed under arrest for felony DUI.
But that charge may change. The driver has been identified as 42-year-old Tony Wald.
The case is now being turned over to the district attorney's office for further investigation.
More sad news about kids. A sleepover at a friend's house ends in tragedy earlier today.
An accidental shooting leaves a 13-year-old girl dead.
The victim was one of two girls invited to sleep over at this house.
Police say the girls had gotten into a locked bedroom where they found a gun.
It's still not clear how the teenager was shot in the face, but police say the wound was not self-inflicted.
Simply locking in a room isn't doing the whole job. That's like hiding the keys to the car.
If you find the keys, does that mean it's okay to drive the car? No, it doesn't.
So there's more to it than just locking it up.
The mother I've only met, she seems like a very nice lady. I'm sure she's shocked.
The parents were not home at the time. Police found a number of firearms in the house.
The other two girls were not injured. Kathy?
Metro police are on the scene at this hour of what is believed to be an armed man who has barricaded himself inside a home.
Now the house is located in the northeast part of town on Mount Rainier.
It is just off of Lake Mead and Mount Hood.
Our Alissa Hahn is standing by live right now. She joins us with the latest. Alissa?
Kathy, we've just been told that police do have a man in custody.
It is unconfirmed whether or not this is the man that has barricaded himself for the past few hours.
It started out with a domestic dispute. The girlfriend ran out of the house.
You can see the car is pulling out right now. It seems like the man is in custody and the situation has been stabilized.
Now when police got to the scene earlier, the man had barricaded himself inside the house.
He had fired several shots out the window of his home and would let no one approach.
The neighbor who lives across the street told us what he saw.
We heard a lot of banging. At first I thought somebody was out banging on my car or something.
I went outside and apparently it was a shotgun blast. He had blown out the neighbor's windows and stuff.
As he went inside the door, he fired one round off out of a 12-gate shotgun it appears.
Then the officers backed back out. We then established a perimeter.
For the safety of the citizens in the area, we started evacuating the residents, blocking off the streets.
Then notified SWAT and all the other tactical units to come down and basically start to handle this.
SWAT negotiators have been talking to the man over the phone, trying to coax him to come out for several hours.
It seems like they have just succeeded. Again, no one was hurt in the incident.
The girlfriend and the children got out as soon as the man started acting violently.
So it looks like the situation has been settled. Kathy, back to you.
A potentially dangerous situation diffused. Alyssa, thank you very much.
And some good news tonight. Culinary union members ratified contracts with five hotels.
The vote was overwhelming. Of the 2,400 people who voted, only 11 rejected the deal.
The contract cover employees at Las Vegas and Flamingo Hilton's, The Riv, Bally's and Harris.
The 8,900 workers will get a 25-cent an hour wage increase.
Resorts also agreed to no subcontracting of any union jobs.
Culinary leader Jim Arnold says these contracts represent another step toward labor peace in Las Vegas.
Fifteen resorts have now signed contracts.
Well, it certainly is a wet night across the valley as the rain continues to really soak the desert.
Time to check in now with Randy for a look at the first look at the weather on the weekend.
That's right, Randy. More showers for the weekend?
I don't think so. I think the rain is actually starting to move out at this hour.
But it's been kind of a wet and yucky night tonight.
By tomorrow morning, most of the rain gone, partly cloudy, wake up temperature right around 45 degrees.
Wind will be variable at 10 to 15 miles an hour.
Now it's been snowing like crazy in some of the higher elevations.
And believe it or not, more snow is in the forecast for tonight.
I'll take a look at that along with the complete weekend forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes.
John, Kathy?
Alright, Randy. Thank you.
Super Randy.
Well, if you have an outstanding traffic ticket, we have a story you will not want to miss.
Still ahead on News 13, how you can avoid spending the holidays behind bars for that unpaid ticket.
And do you feel like you're always being watched wherever you go?
Well, it just may be true.
Steve Kruppi concludes his special report, someone may be watching.
But first, Ron, what game did everyone have their eyes on tonight?
We were watching the Thunder tonight. They were taking on Atlanta.
We'll have highlights of that for you.
Also, it was a rainy night for a high school football game.
We'll have highlights from the Southern Zone Final tonight at Green Valley.
It's all coming up later in sports.
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The average casino has 200 cameras and we've all been watched at one time or another.
But these days the cameras are getting craftier and they're turning up in some new, strange locations.
It's a report you will see only on News 13.
Well, last night we showed you how some high-tech surveillance is being used in stores, on streets, and even at school.
Well, tonight you'll see how cameras are cropping up in homes.
Plus, some creative ways the technology is being hidden from view for covert surveillance.
As News 13's Steve Groupie shows us, someone may be watching.
I am the sky in the sky looking at you.
These days the eye in the sky is not always easy to find.
I don't need to see anymore to know that...
We've all seen the mirrored domes in the casinos or the cameras plainly mounted on the wall.
But now you may be caught on camera without ever knowing how or where.
Because of the economy, employees are unfortunately stealing from their employers more frequently.
In order to catch this, the covert camera has really come into play.
And the covert camera comes in many different hiding places.
A wall clock can hide a small but effective system.
So can a box designed like a thermostat.
You name it and it can probably conceal a camera.
Pencil sharpeners to clocks to time clocks.
When you punch out, they say who's punching your clock to make sure that you're not at home drinking a Budweiser.
And you're collecting pay for it too.
The next time you find yourself on a hidden camera may be at your neighbor's home.
This camera is keeping an eye on the entryway so the homeowner knows exactly who is ringing the doorbell.
Yeah, basically I can, if I'm sitting here watching TV or whatnot, I can look at, I could change channel 70.
See who's there. If it's somebody I don't want to deal with, I just don't answer the door.
Even the good old casino camera is nothing like it used to be.
Well the ability of some of the cameras now is that they can spin around without having any stops.
The zoom ability is a lot faster.
And even though the fact that the domes are there and present, there's a lot of people who still don't believe there's nothing in there.
And they still are getting caught either stealing or doing something that they shouldn't be doing even with the domes there.
This camera is zooming in on a robbery.
The woman is intentionally distracted by one crook while the other makes off with her cash.
There is still no escaping the cameras in the casinos, but go just about anywhere these days and the eyes in the sky are wide open and someone may be watching.
Steve Kruppi, News 13.
So be very, very careful.
More reason to be paranoid. Another reason to draw my shades.
Read that or feel safe.
Las Vegas' biggest convention is about to get underway. Coming up next on News 13, we'll tell you what areas to avoid as folks roll in for Comdex.
And if you have an outstanding traffic ticket, we've got a story you will not want to miss.
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The warehouse.
Take the Cater Boulevard four blocks north of Sahara.
Toyota West, the Toyota warehouse.
Go for the price.
It's big, it's extravagant, and it's attracting computer buffs from around the world.
Workers are preparing to make this year's trade show a history-making event.
Las Vegas' biggest convention of the year is just around the corner, and preparations are underway.
News 13's Dan Dalgado takes a look at how this year's Comdex convention is taking the city by storm.
This year's Comdex convention is being billed as the largest annual trade show in the history of American business.
With only three days to go before the extravagant computer show begins,
construction crews are working overtime to get their company's booth set up.
Now while preparations are going on at the various convention centers around town,
hotels are staying busy checking in the 190,000 people expected to attend Comdex.
Finding a hotel group in this town over the next week will be virtually impossible.
Comdex is a great group, historically has been a great group for us.
We book their business as far in advance as a year,
so we've been leading up to this for quite some time now.
Of course, getting from place to place means convention goals will be keeping taxi drivers exceptionally busy.
It's going to be very stressful driving.
I usually take in on an average of approximately 25 trips or fares.
That'll increase to 40 only because I can't handle more because of the traffic.
Comdex gets underway Monday and will run through Thursday.
Dan Boglevel, News 13.
Now this is the 16th year for Comdex and each year it gets larger.
Comdex is at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is on Paradise just south of Sahara.
Expect to find crowded streets on the Strip and Paradise from Sahara to Tropicana for the next week.
Well, sticking to the subject of traffic, if you have an outstanding traffic fine,
the court system is giving you a holiday break.
Starting Monday, you'll have the rest of the year to pay up and avoid spending the holiday.