: tonight, man, 25-year-old alonso perez. perez was arrested for murder friday morning and placed in an interrogation room, in handcuffs. police say when the detective left the room, he made his move. >> he actually twisted the handcuffs until they broke. after they broke he was able to flee the building. >> reporter: once free, perez allegedly stole this pickup truck. the truck was recovered saturday but no sign of perez. earlier this summer, in florida, an accused murderer broke free from his handcuffs inside a dayonte resiles was captured a few days later. perez, a convicted felon, is accused of fatally shooting mohammed robinson. the alleged motive -- robinson let a door close on a woman who was with perez at a mcdonald's. >> you let this man escape. how is anybody supposed to feel safe right now? anybody in las vegas? how are they supposed to feel safe? >> reporter: police say it doesn't appear perez grabbed any weapon when he made his escape, but they do believe he is now tom? >> ron, thank you. >>> next to the vatican, and the big headline about mother teresa. pope francis nam

custody friday. they say alonso perez is wanted in connection to last saturday's homicide near the mgm grand on las vegas boulevard. the owner--- but perez was no longer in the area. we're told perez also has a 3 inch "air jordan" logo tattoo on the left side of his neck... perez is considered armed and dangerous... and police ask anyone who sees him to call 9-1-1./// ((nia wong)) >>> this friday we may find out the fate of clark county schools.. and their plan to reorganize. that is if the 12 lawmakers making up this legislative council have their way in one week, you can expect these changes by next fall: -which meanse itself. principals would be in charge of hiring and funding , with a team of teachers, staff and parents. also associate superintendents will oversee 25 schools, answering to the district superintendent. ((senator michael roberson this is more about shifting funds from central admin. to the schools. for the 1st time atleast 80 percent of all unrestricted general fund education dollars will go directly to the schools and after the 1st year it will be atleast 85 percent

have arrested alonso perez -- who had been on the run since friday. fox 5's vince sapienza joins us live in the newsroom with what we know right now. john christine.. at around eight o'clock this evening...near the area of charleston and pecos.... a 10 member..multi agency f-b-i task force located...and re- captured alonso perez inside a residence and he was taken back into custody without incident... again this arrest ends a four day man hunt.... police took perez into custody as the main suspect in the murder of mohammad robinson after an altercation at a north las vegas mcdonalds.... but just hours after being handcuffed .. and questioned....perez broke off his handcuffs...and ran from the north las vegas detective bureau on cheyenne near simmons .. next to the north las vegas airport ... which .. is just eight miles away near the corner of charleston and pecos where perez was taken back into custody..... john..christine.... once fox-5 was able to confirm the re-capture of alonso perez.. i reached out to the girlfriend and mother.. of mohammad robinson.. the man who alonso perez

perez spent five days on the run after evading police. perez used his body weight to pry off his cuffs while in police custody... then crawled into a ceiling vent room to get out. he then used a truck to escape.. it took police 40 minutes to realize he was gone. perez was caught tuesday night. north las vegas police admit mistakes occurred: ((>> alexander perez, north las vegas police chief: "we're not perfect, the police are simply not perfect but we will learn from our mistakes so they are not repeated and that's the goal.")) ((brian loftus)) >> perez faces several murder. he is scheduled to appear in court this morning./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> drone companies have landed in las vegas. ((brian loftus)) >> what the future holds for the thriving drone industry when good day returns. /// ((you're watching the valley's news leader... with brian loftus, kirsten joyce, sherri swensk and >>> welcome back to the valley's news leader. fury at walter johnson middle school... where children have been held in the school since yesterday... ((kirsten joyce)) >> and angry parents want their kids r

learning more about this man -- a murder suspect named alonso perez. hopefully you have seen these pictures by now -- taken from a police interrogation room. investigators think he shot and killed a man, and that's why they were questioning him... until something went wrong. when detectives left perez alone in that room, he broke out of handcuffs and escaped. perez is still on the run... and now we know more about his past here in the valley. (nats- fox5 newscast alonso perez escaped police custody) i was blown away, just amaing it was same guy on the news is the one that had opened shots on the office louis scott called fox5 recognized alonso perez when we aired his picture and the story of his escape from police custody. (nats- fox5 newscast he also has an air jordan tattoo on the left side of his neck ) scott runs the peterson motel and apartments in northeast las vegas. scott tells us perez and his girlfriend lived there for a few weeks this summer. one day they got into a fight, and perez left. she came in, said he was crazy and may be coming back around this area. then, on ju

steven perez. >> anchor: dan houseley live in boston. >> reporter: more than four years later the prosecutor admits that many memories have faded. but cell phone video that led to the shooting will be shown in it captured the theater district street fight that led to veteran steven perez being shot in the back and killed. his friend describing perez's dying moments. >> was he saying anything? >> no, his eyes were rolling. that was it. >> reporter: peter castillo is now coming to trial on charges of murder. he fled to the dominican republic where investigators had castillo, fired a gun into young stephen perez's back and killed him. and you're going to hear what set off the chain of events that cost mr. perez his life. you're going to hear how silly it was. how it didn't make sense. >> reporter: castillo's defense lawyer says perez was shot only after a vicious fight where perez gave more than he got. castillo's defense says will hinge on the matter of intent. >> it's not whodunit. that's not going to be your issue. your issue is going to be, i would suggest, why? >> reporter: the

two judges this morning. this time...alonso perez was in handcuffs, over fingerless mittens attached to his pants. perez' attorney asked for a status check set for september 28-th. perez was scheduled for two arraignments this morning, the first for murder... he then appeared in court alongside his accomplice...diana herrera. . judge- "mr. perez, is willing to waive his right to a 15-day perez- "yes ma'am." perez is accused of fatally shooting 31- year-old mohammad robinson earlier this month. he broke out of a police interogation room while being questioned for that murder. perez was caught september sixth near charleston and pecos. fire crews were called to a blaze on the east side of the valley this morning. las vegas fire and rescue says smoke came from a one story vacant apartment building at about 7-30. they tell us the flames were confined to one unit near peco avenue. fire crews say squatters were probably in the building and that they have been called to this building before. no one was injured... and investigators still dont know what caused the fire. toss to weather gusts

christine maddela. officers with the north las vegas police department tell us perez shot and killed mohammad week. today - we tracked down a local apartment manager who tells us he had a violent run-in with perez just a few months ago. fox-5's vince sapienza joins us now with his story. vince? christine....adam.... when i first spoke with police on friday.. just hours after alonso perez escaped.... police described him as armed and dangerous due to his violent history.... today i spoke with a man who believes he saw that violent history first hand.... and it almost cost him his life.... "just pop, pop, pop like what your general red fire cracker would sound like, is what it sounded like from in here." but from outside video surveillance tells a different story. "i thought it was all fake, to be honest with you til it was all over." scott lewis believes the man you see on this apartment security video is alonso perez. you can see the man pulling a gun in broad daylight and firing nine shots at the manager's office in late july. lewis tells me the man previously lived here at the pete

officials all over the country and like the one alonso perez pulled off when he broke out of his handcuffs. still one man i spoke to today says while this type of escape isn't likely... it's obviously not impossible < handcuffs> hancuffs are meant to keep people restrained... so how is it murder suspect alonso perez managed to break out of his... and make a run for it... north las vegas police studied the escape video and metro even re- enacted the handcuff break, trying to answer that very question... police didn't want to do an on camera interview with us, so in order to find out how difficult an escape like perez's truly is... we went to local escape and survival expert doron benbenisty " we train the military, police departments, swat teams...." he runs a counter terrorism training school... he's also written books about escaping home invasions and captivity... including... how to get out of handcuffs... benbenisty studied perez' escape video... " you could see his he released, you could see he's in a lot of pain" he thinks perez went into tha

. ((alejandro perez/ready for nfl to come to vegas: "tactics skills, it's a full contact sport." )) ((mauricio marin)) alejandro perez helps run kast iron barber shop...and he says lately...football 's what everyone's talking about. ((kenneth gurule/excited for football: "hit, tackle, run." )) ((mauricio marin)) kenneth gurule is a broncos fan...but he says that could change if we get an n-f-l team to come to town. ((kenneth gurule/excited for football: "i'm jumping my favorite team to they are coming here to vegas." )) ((mauricio marin)) he works on the las vegas strip and is all for big events that would bring in more business. ((kenneth gurule/excited for football: "i believe if you bring more to a city like a professional team than of course it will bring more jobs, opportunities. everyone wants to visit vegas as it is now you're giving us an extra incentive to come visit here." )) ((mauricio marin)) perez can't wait to see a good game right here at home. ((alejandro perez/kast iron barber shop: "i've never really been to a football game before so for sure i'll be there." )

i'm kirsten joyce alonso perez's escape from the north las vegas police department gained national attention and had law enforcement across the valley searching for him. north las vegas police tell us perez was arrested near charleston and pecos. witnesses say the arrest came handcuffs last week when he was left alone in an interview room inside the north las vegas police department. he then stole a work truck that was later found east of downtown las vegas. one neighbor saw tuesday's capture unfold: neighbors describing a tense scene tonight... police drawing assault rifles, demanding perez to surrender. ((>> neighbor: "they came out with assault rifles. they blocked off the street. they were screaming for perez to come out of the house. we have you surrounded. they arrested two people but let them go." )) ((kirsten joyce)) shooting and killing 31-year-old mohammed robinson outside a mcdonalds restaurant on pecos and las vegas boulevard august 27-th. perez is held without bail at the clark county detention center ./// ((brian loftus)) >>> metro police are searching for the people

alonso perez was high on crystal meth. it started at an atm on east lake mead boulevard. perez robbed a woman there, then alonso went with a woman to the mcdonald's. bathroom. perez's friend cannot hold the door open. come out and say it to my face was her response. words were exchanged then a shooting. mohammed struggled, bleeding, would later die. pers managed to escape throughph a have ceiling panic attack started crying an wanted an attorney. perez has better than charged, is behind bars, in a $1 million bail. perez is in court for the first time today, face being charges also for the earlier robbery. john treanor, news3. >> thank you john. around north korea at the time. the shaking was the result of a north korean nuclear test. if confirmed it would be the fifth nuclear test by the isolated nation. japan's prime minister said any test undertaken by north korea >>> cimarron memorial high schoolgrad brandon lee took a knee during the star spangled banner, showing support for colin kaepernick. randy howe will have further during sports. closer to calling las vegas home, as local de

leader of israel. perez was a champion of peace in the middle east. >> he died today after a delibtating stroke. his funeral is planned for friday and expected to bring together world leaders and dignitaries from around the globe. >> reporter: the loss of perez is being felt here in philadelphia and his life and accomplishments are being remembered. he was israel's prime minister and he was president and held every major cabinet post. he was known as one of the best world leaders and his son announced his death at the age of 93. >> he worked tirelessly for israel from the very first day to the last day of his life. >> people prefer to remember things -- >> our own jim gardner sat down with former president perez on one of his trips to philadelphia. in 1996 he was awarded the liberty medal by then mayor, ed rendell. that was one of the highlights of his very full life. the ceo of the greater jewish federation of philadelphia. >> to have a major jewish figure be part of our history say moment of great pride at the time and still is. >> the federation will recognize perez is the

and is nowhere to be found? as of this morning 25-year-old alonso perez remains on the loose. north las vegas police say the 25-year-old was in an room shortly after his arrest on friday. they say he turned the handcuffs until he broke free while a detective was out of the room. he then allegedly stole a truck and took-off. on saturday, police found the stolen pick-up... but not perez. perez is suspected in the deadly shooting of 31-year-old mohammad robinson. the young father was shot and killed august 27th near a police say he has an air jordan logo tattoo on the side of his neck. police say he is considered armed and dangerous. if you spot perez, you're asked to call 9-1-1 right away... or if you have any information on his whereabouts call crimestoppers. brian, kirsten? ((kirsten joyce)) >> michael, this isn't the first time in recent months someone's escaped police in the valley? ((michael stevens)) >> kirsten, if yor there was a similar case... where a man broke away from handcuffs. we'll hear from a security expert who weighs in on how this could happen? sherry, how's the wea

couldn't find anyone who has seen an escape like the one alonso perez pulled off when he broke out of his handcuffs. still one man i spoke to today says while this type of escape isn't likely... it's obviously not impossible < handcuffs> hancuffs are meant to keep people restrained... so how is it murder suspect alonso perez managed to break out of his... and make a run for it... north las vegas police studied the escape video and metro even re- enacted the handcuff break, trying to answer that very question... police didn't want to do an on camera interview with us, so in order to find out how difficult an escape like perez's and survival expert doron benbenisty " we train the military, police departments, swat teams...." he runs a counter terrorism training school... he's also written books about escaping home invasions and captivity... including... how to get out of handcuffs... benbenisty studied perez' escape video... " you could see his expression, when he released, you could see he's in a lot of pain" he thinks perez went into that interrogation

scene here at e apartment where alonso perez was arrested after a weekend long manhunt. the arrest was made by the criminal apprehension team. it was all done undercover and metro says perez was taken into custody without perez was originally arrested friday morning for the august 27th murder of mohammed robinson. detectives took perez back to the north las vegas police detectives bureau where they say he twisted and broke out of his handcuffs. he then slipped out of the office before officers say he stole a truck. every police department in the valley has been hunting for perez... as officers made him their top they get him in custody. he is a dangerous guy. they wanted to make sure that was their number one priority. they have been working around the clock." officers weren't taking any chances when it came to perez... saying they took him straight to ccdc. they say officers will be paying extra attention to him because he is an escape risk. reporting live, bryan callahan, 13 action news. now to that breaki double homicide in the northwest part of the valley. metro tells us it's curre

morning. perez, we are told was high on this is a crime spree that started with a robbery and ended with a shooting death of robinson. we're learning this new information from the police report which news 3 obtained from the police department. perez robbed a woman at gunpoint at an atm and then used the money to buy beer at a convenience store and then at a mcdonald's perez killed robinson after an argument over who should haveel woman at the restaurant. robinson and the woman argued and they exchanged threatening and profane language at one point. when perez got involved there was a shooting and robinson bled to degree. perez was arrested. and as we saw in that incredible video made the bold escape from the police department. perez was on the run for five as for perez's story the police report said he said to detectives that he never had any intention of killing robinson. he says that the shooting of robinson was actually an act of self-defense. he has been charged in this crime along with a number of other crimes related and unrelated to what happened in north las vegas. all told his b