denise rosch, news 3. >> all right. it was announced the rebels play division 1 with the american collegiate hockey association. that happens next year. still a club sport but they are moving up. >> if you would like to catch them in action, they play this 8:05 p.m. >>> now let's take a look at what's coming up at 7:00. >> a crap shot customer screams at an employee. it's all all caught on video. she said she was being discriminated against how she voted in the election cycle. >>> and thrill seekers can tape a dip in the desert. a -- can take a dip in desert. a water slide. >> why don't we have one of those? i think we should do it and label it. >> we would have a trouble with that in the overnight hours tonight? >> i don't think we'll have much of a freeze at all tonight. more on that in a second. if you were with us at the top of the newscast we brought you the trip over las vegas live at the international space station moved itself pretty quickly. that thing is now halfway around the world. it takes 90 minutes to do

as denise rosch explains, it's a serious crime. it's being handled as felony >> it's a lot of fun riding. >> reporter: it's easy to see what brings the bell family to the hills along wheeler pass. >> it's beautiful up here. >> reporter: an offroading paradise a short ride from pahrump. the trouble is, the remote wilderness has inspired a felon. >> there is a rope for that stuff, you know? >> reporter: eight mule deer shot dead and discarded by poachers. >> that's crazy. it's an egregious violation. >> reporter: those responsible facing at least eight felony counts. >> poaching is where people basically masquerade as a hunter to take animals illegally. so in this case, they shot the animals and left them lay. there were a couple of instances where they took some of the meat from the animal and even some antlers but for the most part they were left. >> reporter: while the deerre are punted all of the time legally in our mountains, it's the way it went down that's so disturbing to investigators, who call this nothing short of a thrill

hundreds of vehicles, plenty of denise rosch has our review. >> reporter: the auction itself is saturday. for the next two days you can preview what's here, literally kick the tires if you want. if you are wondering who would want an ambulance or fire truck, event organizers say there's a buyer for everything. robert mckinnis is no stranger to public auctions. he and his friend, butch, have and here at the yard -- >> oh, yeah. we have bargains. sometimes there's people with deeper pockets. >> reporter: they are looking for a few good items. >> is it electric? >> i think it is electric. sometimes you can't keep up with the crowd. they are moving along so fast. if you got your eye on something, you better be right there. okay. because they don't hold the line up for you. >> reporter: and auction organizers admit that's true. with so many promptly at 8:00 saturday morning. from passenger vans to unlv dental chairs, computers, resuscitation mannequins, nothing will be left in the yard. all proceeds going directly to public coffers. >> so far this year in the first two actions we've returned

denise rosch has a preview of her special report we'll bring extinction. >> their nature is perfect bug control. bats will eat hundreds of millions of insects every single night. but in recent jeers -- years there's a fungus killing off bat colonies back east has been found on the east coast. we go to nevada where a trap and release program is uwa close and personal with these often misfund stood creatures. >> they will cluster as many as 5,000 bats per square meter. there's so many of them in the cave this they create their own thermal environment. >> reporter: did the bats bump into us occasionally? yes. it was also a fascinating assignment. i hope you will join me for my report tonight at 11:00. >> apropos we see a bat story on weather gonna be like? >> kevin janison is live at the district at green valley where they are having a huge halloween party right now. >> reporter: probably 10,000 people out here. that's the usual number. packed at the district. they are wearing great costumes but there's something wrong. if you are gonna dress your dog up as another species, it's lobster do

news 3's denise rosch has our top story tonight. >> reporter: to this day no one can say why this happened. smith was shot and killed right here in this parking lot after police say he intentionally rammed a metro cruiser then drove directly at two clark county school district police officers. a public hearing today laying

new at 6:00, denise rosch shows you exactly why. >> got a lot of hills in. >> reporter: kent brannen thought he was doing everything right. a paper target to pack his his shooting but starting this week an emergency shooting closure has been issued here by the u.s. forest service and law enforcement is watching. brannen just barely escaping a ticket. >> the sign as you come in, it says no shooting but it also figured it would be okay. he said they did another fire inspection and they haven't posted it. he let me off. >> reporter: target shooters blasting away at anything they can find, even signs have become fair game. now piles of trash and broken glass must be removed. the shooting closure affecting 32,000 acres. >> people are shooting across roads and trails and your residential areas. >> reporter: this man is the public affairs specialist for the >> we have over a hundred trees that have been damaged beyond repair. many are over 100 years old. >> reporter: the shooting closure is in the same area where wildfire burned 4500 acres in june. today, the land is still tinder dry and ho