all those moments leading up to the death of 55-year-old james francis smith. 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 that's metro police officer gill calling dispatch after a bizarre encounter. police say 55-year-old james francis smith sideswiped the officer in traffic near wigwam and maryland parkway last november. gill followed smith to nearby desert bloom park when this happened. >> he tried to ram two parked cars. shots fires. >> reporter: four year later the radio traffic and police photos are being released in this fact finding review. a chance for ask questions through an appointed ombudsman david fisher. >> did your investigation determine anything with respect to a medical episode. >> no. >> reporter: the incident was captured on police body cameras. school district offi

all those moments leading up to the death of 55-year-old james francis smith. 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

. >> reed: s that some of the police radio traffic from the day 55-year-old james francis smith was killed by two clark county school police officers. investigators say smith intentionally s cruiser near wigwam and maryland parkway before driving to desert bloom park where school police were investigating ab unrelated fight call. witnesses say smith drove directly at the officers who opened fire killing smith. today a public fact finding hearing was held in that case. no charges will be filed against the officers involved. >> jim: operations are getting back to normal today at the paris las vegas following that complete all day power failure. entertainment. the whole place lost power at 9:45 a.m. when a contractor accidentally drilled into the main power line. they're trying to figure out why the back-up generators didn't kick in. guests displaced can call a toll free customer service line. one set up for refunds and other issues. the company offering to core any change fees, bag shipping. we've got the number for you or your guests here in news3lv.com. >>> we have new video tonight of a s

when they wrote out his first draft of orders for francis smith, the top item he wanted his soldiers to look for were four brass cannon and two mortars in the cellar by mr. barrett on the other side of the ridge. already, james barrett and his family were starting to move the most important military supplies to neighboring towns and hiding the rest. colonel barrett grandson james remembered how he and other boys removed them and deposit theed them into the woods and concealed them a cartthe load at a time under pine boughs. they plowed a field and laid musk ets and put dirt of them. and women covered musk et balls in the attic with feathers. they took four cannon to stow where they were hidden in the woods of the lower village not far from the residence of henry gardener. he was the treasurer. he was in charge of keeping their valuables. and he was -- looked like he was now guarding their valuable brass cannon. sometimes april 18th he received that news. the military stores are removed. the fuel pieces, four accepted which are now in the concord town house. so is was he he thinking w