San Diego County is currently under a Red Flag Warning, meaning high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity make conditions favorable for wildfires.

“It really means that fire is going to spread rapidly, almost explosively,” said San Diego Fire-Rescue Chief of Air Operations Chris Heiser.

The Red Flag Warning is in effect until 8 p.m. Monday. Winds in the mountains and deserts will be between 20 and 30 mph with gusts as high as 65 mph, according to the National Weather Service (NWS.) The strongest gusts are expected late Sunday night and early Monday morning.

The fire department says it isn’t increasing staffing during the Red Flag Warning. However, firefighters plan to upgrade any fire to an immediate first alarm. That means they will deploy their helicopters, tankers and other aircraft to every fire.

“What we want to be able to do is put the resources we need as soon as possible and stop that threat as quickly as possible," Heiser said.

The Bell 52 helicopter is one of the only tools the county has to combat fires at night.

“This helicopter is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Air Operations Crew Chief Bill Alton.

San Diego Fire Rescue Air Operations has two helicopters ready to take off at a moment’s notice along with aircraft from Cal Fire in Ramona and San Diego Gas and Electric.

A separate High Wind Warning is in effect until noon Monday. NWS warns blowing dust could reduce visibility for drivers.

The Chargers beat the Raiders 13-6 on Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium in a game that will never be described as balletic. Offensively, it looked a lot like San Diego's recent 3-game losing skid, which coincided with a sudden drop off in the play of quarterback Philip Rivers.

Over their first six game, Rivers had 20 touchdowns and two interceptions. In their next three, Philip threw six touchdowns and six picks.

Philip was turnover-free against Oakland with one touchdown pass, but he was not sharp. After the game, longtime friend Antonio Gates gave us a reason why.

"For those who don't know, he's been dealing with a rib injury," said Gates. "A very severe rib injury, so he's been toughing it out these last three, four weeks."

That timeline takes us back to the home loss to Kansas City, where Philip took a few shots and snapped his NFL-record streak of games with a QB Rating of at least 120. The Raiders sacked Rivers twice and hit him four times. On two occasions, Philip limped off the field.

However, as leaders do, Rivers refuses to reveal the extent of his injury.

"Oh, I just got rolled up on one, and I just kind of landed and got my wind on the other," said Rivers. "I'll be fine."

He no doubt feels that way, but a source with knowledge of the situation says Philip has bruised ribs and possible cartilage damage. It's not dangerous, but it is extremely painful. Yet he plays on, a testament to his toughness.

"Nothing is going to take him from that game unless he in unable to walk out there," said safety Darrell Stuckey. "He's a guy that has the tenacity, that has the leadership, that has the ability to fight through whatever he wants to because that's the competitive player he is. We're fortunate to have him as the quarterback and the leader of this team."

Rivers is not going to remove himself from a game unless he's been knocked unconscious. So, if he is not as effective as he can be, does head coach Mike McCoy have to take it upon himself to pull Rivers and play backup Kellen Clemens, who has had success in the NFL?

I'm not sure they'll ever even consider that option.

"He's a warrior," said McCoy on Sunday. "He's one of the best in the business, one of the toughest in the business, if not THE toughest at that position. He's a winner."

It appears the Chargers believe Philip Rivers, even operating at less than full capacity, gives them the best chance to be winners. That's a point that's awfully hard to argue against.

It's official. Pope Francis is coming to Philly.

The pontiff confirmed Monday he plans to attend the highly-anticipated World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year.

"I wish to confirm according to the wishes of the Lord, that in September of 2015, I will go to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families," he told a gathering of religious leaders in Rome.

• READ: Pope Francis' full remarks announcing his Philly visit

The three-day visit will include a public Sunday mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Sept. 27, 2015. Officials estimate up to 2 million people could come to see the pope.

"This will be the largest event in the city's modern history," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said. The mayor called the visit a "massive undertaking" that will require a "tremendous amount of coordination."

The Holy Father made the announcement in Rome during his opening remarks at the Humanum Colloquium. The Humanum Colloquium is a gathering of leaders and scholars, including Chaput, of various religions around the world focused on marriage and family life.

"We look forward to Pope Francis’ arrival in Philadelphia next September and we will welcome him joyfully with open arms and prayerful hearts," said Archbishop Charles Chaput, the leader of Philadelphia's Archdiocese, in a prepared statement.

Chaput said he "applauded the loudest" when Francis made the announcement, according to The Associated Press.

It will be the Pope’s first visit to the United States since he was elected to lead the Catholic church in March 2013. The last time a pope visited Philadelphia was in October 1979 when John Paul II to deliver mass along the Parkway. Over history, only four popes have visited the United States a total of nine times.

The World Meeting of Families will be held from Sept. 22 to Sept. 27, 2015 in Philadelphia. Held every three years, the conference is a celebration of families, love and life, organizers say. It’s also the world’s largest Catholic gathering of families.

Archdiocese spokeswoman Donna Farrell said that Francis is expected to arrive Sept. 25. Besides the Parkway mass, the Pontiff is also expected to attend the intercultural Festival of Families on Sept. 26, according to the archdiocese. The Vatican will reveal detailed plans in spring or summer of 2015.

“As I’ve said many times before, I believe that the presence of the Holy Father will bring all of us — Catholic and non-Catholic alike — together in tremendously powerful, unifying and healing ways. We look forward to Pope Francis’ arrival in Philadelphia next September and we will welcome him joyfully with open arms and prayerful hearts," Chaput said.

Pope Francis' visit has been expected, but was not officially confirmed until Monday's announcement.

In August, NBC News correspondent Anne Thompson asked the Pope, who turns 78 next month, in Italian if he would attend the meeting. Thompson said the Pope told her “yes,” and mentioned “World Family Day.”

Earlier this year, a group of city boosters — including Nutter and Gov. Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett — went to Rome and a contingency from the Vatican visited Philadelphia.

Recalling the Vatican visit in March, Susan Corbett said the pontiff promised her husband that he would come.

"It was there that the governor had the honor of inviting the pope to Philadelphia and the Holy Father answered our invitation by whispering three words in Tom's ear: 'I will come," she said.

Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had earlier committed to coming to the meeting. But still, the Vatican said the official decision would not be made until a few months before.

The World Meeting of Families has a budget of $45 million, which is being offset by donations from private donors and corporations. Organizers say they're just over halfway to their goal. It's unclear, however, whether the pope's visit will increase the event's total cost.

Registration for the WMOF officially opened Nov. 10. Organizers of the conference expect some 20,000 people to attend its Adult and Child Congresses at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Farrell said tens of thousands of additional people are expected to be in the city during the week. Then the number of visitors is expected to grow each day as the Sunday mass nears.

"By the time the weekend arrives for the Festival of Families, I would expect that we would be close to, if not over a million [people] and then on Saturday, well over a million," she said.

The addition of nearly 2 million people to the city's 1.5 million population could temporarily make Philadelphia the third-largest city in the U.S. -- surpassing Chicago and Houston.

Lodging all of those people will be a challenge.

There are 10,500 hotel rooms in Center City and 30,000 hotel rooms overall in the region, according to the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Farrell said organizers are relying on locals to open their homes to visitors through a "Homestay" program. As part of the program, visitors would pay homeowners a small fee to stay.

Answering questions about security, Nutter said the city will be working with state police, the U.S. Secret Service, FBI as well as Vatican police, Swiss Guard and Italian government police.

"We host big events well here in Philadelphia," Nutter said. "This is slightly bigger, with a few more zeros at the end in terms of the number of folks coming, but we'll be ready."

You can find more information on the upcoming event on the official website. You can also register for the event here.

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Forth Worth departed Monday for a 16-month maiden deployment to Singapore.

While in Southeast Asia, the shop will rotate its crew every four months. It will be the first littoral combat ship to use a helicopter drone on board, Navy officials said.

The deployment will help bring “Navy’s strategic rebalance to the Pacific,” officials said in a news release. It’s intended to build off the work of the USS Freedom’s deployment there between March to December 2013.

During USS Fort Worth’s deployment, the shop will visit more ports than the Freedom, engage in more training exercises as well as expand this type of ship’s capabilities, including the MQ-8B fire scout vertical takeoff and the helicopter drone.

“We have to be able to perform a majority of missions of a destroyer and frigate and more. I think that we'll show a lot of people how valuable we can be,” Cmdr. Kendall Bridgewater, LCS Crew 104s commanding officer, said in a news release.

The Fort Worth ship has an aluminum superstructure and can reach speeds greater than 40 knots. The LCS, this type of ship, is a fast and maneuverable vessel designed for fighting in coastal waters.

Students at San Diego State University are asked to be on the lookout for a Peeping Tom reported on campus.

A resident of the Villa Alvarado student apartments, located at 6161 Alvarado Rd., reported a man looking in the window around 3 a.m. Sunday. The suspect fled after being spotted, according to SDSU police.

Earlier that same morning, a man was seen in the yard of a home in the 5400 block of nearby Brockbank Place, police said.

The suspect is described as a light-skinned man between 20 and 30-years-old wearing dark clothing.

Anyone with information can contact campus police at 619-594-1991 or police@mail.sdsu.edu. People can also call Crimes Stoppers at 619-235-8477 to remain anonymous.

A woman who fell from a La Jolla cliff onto the rocks below was still alive moments after the fall, witnesses told NBC 7.

San Diego Fire-Rescue launched the rescue of a person found at the base of a cliff off Coast Walk in La Jolla early Monday.

Officials say they got a report of a woman who had fallen 70 feet to the beach below the cliff at the end of the Coast Walk Trail just as it connects with Torrey Pines Road.

At first report, around 5:54 a.m., the woman was said to be not moving.

“If you would’ve seen her face down from up here you would’ve thought she didn’t make it. You would’ve thought the worst,” said Shane Aliyar.

He and his girlfriend were enjoying the view early Monday when a man approached their car. He told the couple that the girl he was with fell off the cliff, Aliyar said.

When Aliyar made it down the cliff he said the woman was unconscious, bleeding from the head and the back.

He told the victim to lay still and instructed Kayla Gans to stay with the woman while he tried to flag down firefighters.

Gans held the victim's head on her lap and repeatedly told her to stay awake. She said the woman complained she was having trouble breathing.

“She was in bad shape,” Aliyar said.

When firefighters and lifeguards approached the woman, she appeared to move her arm.

Firefighters transported the woman, described by officials as 20 years old, to Scripps Hospital.

Ron Graham lives near the trail and said there have been other cliff rescues along that stretch of the coast.

A couple of years ago, he recalled one incident when someone tried to climb up from the base but got stuck in the middle.

“The cliffs are eroding it’s pretty clear. Every year it gets a little less,” Graham said. “You’ve just got to watch it.” 

A suspicious device was reported early Monday in Chula Vista, officials said.

Chula Vista police were called to a home on Hilltop Drive near Whitney Street.

A landlord was checking out a property around 11:20 a.m. when the device was discovered, police said.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Bomb Arson Team was called.

Five homes in close proximity to the residence in question have been evacuated, deputies said.

Police have set up a perimeter around the home and officers have blocked traffic on the street. Whitney Street is blocked from Carla to Claire.

The home is located about half a block from Hilltop High School. Students will be leaving the campus on minimum day using only the H and I Street exits, officials said.

A San Diego teenager is getting national attention for his invention that started as a sixth grade science project.

On Friday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the late night host and “Hunger Games” actor Liam Hemsworth raced through an obstacle course on Leaux Racing Trikes. The high-tech tricycles can spin and swivel.

“We will be riding these low-riding trikes. They can drift sideways and do crazy spins,” Fallon told the audience. “They were invented by this 16-year-old kid in San Diego. He Kickstarted these bikes. Now they’re selling like crazy.”

That San Diego kid is Tyler Hadzicki of Coronado.

“What I wanted to capture was the speed of a bike but also have the maneuverability of something with castors, the spinning wheels like a wave board," Tyler told NBC 7.

The San Diego State freshman first came up with the idea in middle school and brought his invention to life through the crowd-funding website Kickstarter, where he raised 311 percent above his original goal.

Tyler said seeing his racing trike on national TV was “probably one of the coolest moments of my life.”

“It was surreal for me. I couldn't believe that Jimmy Fallon called out my product on live TV in front of this huge show,” he said.

Tyler’s dad Joe has been there for the whole ride.

“That's like the biggest show at night, and he's pretty funny. So it was really fun to see that and actually to watch it with my kids and see how excited they are about it," Joe Hadzicki said.

What would Tyler’s advice be for aspiring teen inventors? He said it’s a lot of work but well worth it.

In 2013, detectives conducted an undercover operation at Lindbergh Field.

Surveillance cameras caught Adrian Jones stealing luggage right off the carousel. With at least five victims, Jones admitted taking the luggage "for the thrill" and was placed on probation for three years.

San Diegan Tom Rodgers knows how the victims felt.

“I was yelling at the top of my lungs inside and outside of the airport for security and I got no response,” Rodgers said.

Last March, Tom and his wife flew home from their Vail ski trip, landing at Lindbergh Field. That's where his luggage was stolen right in front of him.

“I noticed someone picked it off the luggage rack, or off the carousel and started walking out with my luggage,” he said. “And I just assumed there was a mistake so I said, ‘excuse me, I think you have my luggage. The person turned around and said ‘no’ this is my luggage.”

After a brief conversation, Rogers said the suspect, Sergio Mauldin, eventually left the luggage and walked away.

Another passenger helped Tom by following Mauldin into the next terminal where he was finally stopped by police and arrested. Mauldin pled guilty in August. He was put on probation and told to stay away from the airport.

In the last 2 years, NBC 7 Investigates found there have been 47 bags stolen at Lindbergh Field. We found 76 cases of items being taken out of luggage -- including an engagement ring, iPad and blender. Court documents reveal three people arrested at Lindbergh Field during that time period.

“It's a bigger problem than most people realize,” said George Hobia, a travel expert. He believes the numbers of stolen luggage are probably even higher. “I don't think the police department or the airport police really keep accurate statistics on bag theft. Once it's really a problem do we hear about it. I don't think a lot of people report their bag as stolen they simply go to the airline and say my bag wasn't there.”

Harbor Police Lt. John Forsyth has worked at Lindberg Field for over 25 years. He says the number of cases regarding stolen luggage are not that high, considering the high volume of passengers. Lt. Forsyth said, “In that two year time period we have had 36 million passengers come through the airport.”

Forsyth said officers patrol the airport often, but Rogers said from now on, he will be on alert. “I got mad cause I thought ‘what if I hadn't got my luggage?’ We had our computer in there we had valuables there. I mean it's a pretty big violation having your luggage taken.”

So how do you prevent luggage theft?

According to experts, when checking luggage, travelers should choose a brightly colored piece that will stand out. At the very least, passengers should place something distinctive on it, that marks the bag from others.

Also, when you get off the plane, get to the luggage carousel right away and keep an eye on every piece of luggage that comes out.

Rebecca Bloomfield with the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority said beginning in July 2010, the Airport has used an online searchable database to track lost items at Lindbergh Field.

Click here to search the online database.

Between November 2013 and November 2014, the lost and found department received nearly 16,000 items. Of those, roughly 2,000 items have been returned to their owners, according to Bloomfield.

Items that are not claimed within 90 days are sent to auction, donated to the Harbor Police Department’s K-9 Unit for training purposes or destroyed.

A San Diego real estate agent accused of paying young girls for sex will spend the next 10 years in federal prison.

Michael Lustig, 71, of Rancho Santa Fe was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to three prostitution-related charges in July, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies first contacted Lustig in June 2012 as part of a prostitution sting. When he was arrested, deputies seized two cell phones from him, which showed he was in contact with two minors, investigators said.

According to court documents, Lustig used “bookstore” and “library” as code words to arrange meetings with the girls, ages 11 and 13. On Oct. 15, 2011, he texted, “Hey, is the bookstore open? I'm in desperate need of books rite now.” On Nov. 11, 2011, he wrote “U free sometime in the next 2 hours?” and “Any chance for library in 35 min, @ 7:15?”

Investigators interviewed the two girls, who said they knew the suspect as “George” and had been paid by him for sexual activity. Surveillance video from an El Cajon motel captured Lustig going into a room with one of the girls and emerging 43 minutes later, court documents showed.

These interactions happened between October 2011 and June 2012, according to the documents. He was indicted in October 2013.

Lustig faced a maximum of 15 years in prison.

The stabbed off-duty San Diego Police officer who officials say shot his brother to death was identified Monday.

Officer Bryan Castillo, a 6-year veteran of the department, was involved in the deadly Chula Vista fight on Friday, SDPD Lt. Kevin Mayer says.

That morning, Castillo’s unidentified brother, who Chula Vista Police say suffers from mental health issues, got into an argument with his parents at the Parkwoods Condominium Association on Center Street.

As he became violent toward his mother, Castillo stepped in. Homicide investigators say the suspect stabbed Castillo four times, so the officer shot his brother in self-defense.

The suspect was found wounded inside the family’s home, where he later died.

CVPD officers discovered Castillo bleeding in the complex parking lot. He was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center. 

He has been released and is cooperating with the investigation, CVPD Lt. Fritz Reber says.

A San Diego man convicted of using the identities of dead children and fake churches to avoid paying taxes was sentenced Monday to 57 months in prison.

Lloyd Irving Taylor, 71, formerly a licensed tax attorney and public accountant, also was ordered to pay more than $2.2 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Taylor stole identities for several people – including children who died in the 1950s – to apply for passports. He used the stolen identities to open bank accounts in order to hide money from the IRS.

The U.S. Attorney said Taylor also created more than a dozen fake religious organizations to be exempt from taxes.

Taylor also bought gold and other commodities to avoid taxation. Prosecutors said authorities confiscated $1.8 million in gold from Taylor before he was charged.

He was found guilty by a jury in July of 19 counts, including aggravated identity theft, tax evasion, lying to a financial institution, lying on U.S. passport applications and trying to impair the IRS.

The mass kidnappings and killings of college students in Mexico is fueling protests that have spilled over to this side of the border.

Mexican officials have confirmed the students' remains were found. But the officials' response is fueling more demonstrations this week, including here in San Diego.

In Mexico, protests have grown violent and emotions are escalating as many demand answers from the government.

Here at home, more than 200 students at University of California San Diego showed their support at a candlelight vigil.

“This is something that spans time and space, students being persecuted for their beliefs, for their politics," said Mariko Kuga, a fourth-year UCSD student. 

"It’s something that can happen in the U.S. anytime as well,” she added.

Flowers and candles were placed by the photos of the 43 students. UCSD Student Graciela Uriarte said it was a sign of solidarity.

“An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," said the fourth-year political science major.

Mexican authorities believe the 43 students were intercepted by police, then handed over to a local drug gang that killed them, before burning their bodies.

It's just the latest case of violence fueled by organized crime.

“At least 90 percent of the people in our country are disconnected to the Mexico violence," said documentary filmmaker Charlie Minn. Minn has spent the past several years bringing attention to Mexico’s drug war through a series of films.

He said as long as the United States and Mexico continue their relationship of supply and demand, the killings will continue.

“All these guns that got lost are being found now in Mexican crime scenes. We are the leading consumer of illegal drugs in the world," Minn said. "The war on drugs is a joke. If you Google Sinaloa cartel (and) U.S. government, you will see how corrupt we are as well.".

Minn's latest film, “Es El Chapo?” focuses on whether the Mexican government captured notorious drug kingpin "El Chapo” Guzman like they said they did.

The film opens this Friday at Regal Cinema in Chula Vista.

Meanwhile, a protest in support of the 43 missing students, is planned for Thursday at the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy.
 

Explosions and red smoke rising over Naval Base San Diego this week won’t mean trouble or even military training.

TV crews are moving in to film the second season of TNT’s “The Last Ship,” bringing with them pyrotechnics, simulated weapons and stuntmen.

Through Friday, the base will serve as the backdrop for the drama, while the Navy’s hospital ship USNS Mercy will be a main set. The National City facility was used last year for the show’s first season.

The post-apocalyptic plot of “The Last Ship” centers on the crew of a Navy guided missile destroyer who must find a cure for an airborne virus that killed 80 percent of the world’s population.

While San Diego is not actually mentioned in the series, the local base is offering logistics and access as filming gets underway, according to Navy spokeswoman Maile Baca.

She said Navy advisors also give writers a healthy dose of military life.

“They deemed ‘The Last Ship’ as accurate as can be to portray the Navy in a positive and accurate light,” said Baca.

And if you run in Navy circles, you may recognize a familiar face or two. The show held a casting call for extras in October, open only to military members.

The caveat? They must be on leave or liberty status when the crew shoots, so no taxpayer dollars are used to pay the people involved, Baca said.

Part of filming Wednesday will involve colored smoke and minor pyrotechnics, and a stuntman will be hurled from a ship into the bay on Friday. Baca said she put out a public advisory so those sailing or driving by don’t get alarmed.

Precious reminders of the sacrifice of a World War II veteran shot down over Germany were returned to his family in Virginia, thanks to a South Carolina couple who found them at a yard sale and went out of their way for strangers.

Lt. Tom Comi was a navigator in the Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the modern Air Force. He was shot down and wounded over Germany in July 1944 and didn’t survive as a prisoner of war. But before he died, Lt. Comi asked for one of his brothers’ wives to name a child after him.

Seventy years later, the medals Lt. Comi earned, including the Purple Heart, wound up in a yard sale in South Carolina two weeks ago, when a retired Marine and his wife bought them, tracked down Lt. Comi’s family in Sterling and put the medals in the mail.

"I got the package, and when we opened it up, I was shocked to find out what they had sent," said Lt. Comi’s grandnephew, also named Tom Comi.

"I'm quite impressed with his career because I didn't know about the Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Flying Cross — and the air medals are just amazing,” said Lt. Comi’s nephew, who is also named Tom Comi. “I spent 21 years in the military myself, and achievements that are rewarded are special."

The Comis want to meet the couple who found the medals.

“We can’t say enough about the effort they made,” Lt. Comi’s grandnephew said.

And they want to find Lt. Comi’s grandson, who they believe should keep the medals.

"We found out he was in the Marine Corps,” Lt. Comi’s nephew said. “I don't know where he is now, so we'll do our best to find him."

A homeless couple brutally attacked an MTBA inspector and hurled racial slurs at him as he tried to close down Boston's Downtown Crossing station early Sunday morning, police say.

Robert Snyder and Shayla Witts were arraigned Monday in Boston Municipal Court on charges including aggravated assault and battery on a public employee and civil rights violations.

The MBTA inspector said he was escorting the pair, who he said were intoxicated, out of the station when Snyder sucker punched him and put him in a bear hug. Witts then began punching him and pulling his hair out of his head, the victim said.

Snyder and Witts, who are white, repeatedly hurled racial epithets as they attacked the victim, who is black, police said. Police said they also used multiple racial epithets during questioning.

Police who responded to the station said they saw that the victim was bleeding profusely, that there were several hair extensions and fresh blood on the ground and that Snyder had blood stains on his shirt.

Snyder initially said he was thrown down the stairs by the employee, and when asked if he punched the employee said "No," then told police "I punched him a few times" while smiling, police said.

According to police, Witts said the fight started when an employee told them to leave the station and a gate was slammed on her and Snyder. When asked, she admitted to punching an employee and pulling out his hair.

The Los Angeles District Attorney will not file domestic violence charges against USC football player Josh Shaw, the office confirmed Monday, citing "insufficient evidence."

Shaw, a USC Trojans co-captain, had been the subject of a domestic violence investigation by Los Angeles police after admitting to lying about how he hurt both of his ankles. 

Shaw initially told a university blog that he sprained his ankles after he jumped from a second-floor balcony of his cousin’s Palmdale apartment on Aug. 23 to pull his struggling 7-year-old nephew from a pool. He admitted the story was "a complete fabrication" days later and was suspended "from all team activities" indefinitely.

Police then said they took a burglary report that same night, in which the victim named Shaw as her boyfriend, and began looking into emerging domestic violence allegations.

The night of the report about 10:30, Shaw and his girlfriend were "involved in a heated argument inside the apartment" when his girlfriend threw a lamp to the floor, according to a DA charge evaluation document dated Nov. 13 obtained by NBC4 on Monday.

Shaw then walked out to the balcony to "calm himself," the document stated. Neighbors heard screams from inside the apartment during the argument and called 911.

When police arrived, Shaw saw officers from the balcony and "panicked," so he "climbed over the railing, hung by his hands and fell approximately 20 feet," hurting his ankles, the document stated.

After responding to the 911 call of neighbors hearing screaming, police forced their way inside the apartment to find a lamp on the floor and an open sliding glass door. No one was inside.

When Shaw's girlfriend returned that night, she told police she was at the apartment complex gym when the call was placed, but in a later interview admitted she lied about going to the gym. She later said she was, in fact, at the apartment during the incident with Shaw, but denied that Shaw physically or sexually assaulted her.

Shaw told police that the pair did argue, but "adamantly denied" any assault. The victim has "remained steadfast that nothing happened" and has refused further interviews with police.

"There is insufficient evidence to prove that Mr. Shaw assaulted the victim in any manner," the document stated. "Accordingly, this case is declined."

It was not immediately clear if or when Shaw would be reinstated to rejoin team activities.

USC spokesman Tim Tessalone told The Associated Press that as planned, the school will conduct its own investigation now that local authorities have concluded theirs. He did not indicate how long the probe will take.