Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, September 5th — VIDEO
Here are your Tuesday morning headlines:
1. An Oklahoma man died at Burning Man festival over the weekend after he ran into a large fire. Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, broke through two levels of safety perimeters and evaded law enforcement as he ran into an active fire. Mitchell’s parents say they have no idea why he ran into the fire.
2. A woman was rescued after she threatened to jump from an I-15 overpass. The distraught woman was standing on the Mandalay Bay Road overpass over Interstate 15 around noon Monday. It took about 45 minutes and a firetruck ladder to get the woman down.
3. Police say a California woman who was kidnapped was found in Henderson. Police believe Virginia Paris was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend in Solvang, California and was found at Railroad Pass Casino on Monday. Paris was transported to University Medical Center and her ex-boyfriend, 52-year-old Joseph Hetzel, is still at large.
Contact Elaine Wilson at ewilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @WilsonElaineM on Twitter.
