report of the troubleshooting. at least one man was shot in the arm. another man was shot in the chest. the man was taken to the hospital with serious conditions. it is unclear where the other person was shot. just one hour before that, telling people were shot in essex. you are taking a live look at the scene. both victims were taken to the hospital, for non life- threatening conditions. baltimore county police say they want to hear from a man who possibly witnessed the light rail hitting two teenager boys. >> both of the boys died. our reporter is live with more on this story. >> a week ago today when the mta as the baltimore county police apartment to take over the investigation, detectives have been looking for evidence. it seems as if they had found

one valuable clue in what a certain witness on the trains all. they need to find this person. police are helping that these images from the surveillance camera will help lead them to the witness that they are looking for. these were taken on board the train that hit and killed 17 year-old boys as they walked on the tracks back on july 5. >> we want to identify with this person is. we would like for that person to come forward and taught for a couple of minutes with our detectives about what he saw on that date. >> baltimore county detectives are in a week of their investigation and have taken it over from the mta. they are anxious to talk to the man because of where he was sitting. because of the investigation, they would not reveal where that was. >> we know that he was sitting in a position that he may have seen or experienced something in the area where he was sitting

that could help us provide -- help to provide us with information that we need. >> they have not made clear what kind of information they are looking for from this witness. >> at this time of the investigation, is the driver a suspect at all? >> i cannot comment on anyone here. our focus at this time in the investigation -- which are still reviewing a lot of things. we want to try to find this witness and see if he will come forward or if someone can identify him so we can talk to him. >> police further describe the person they are looking for is a brown skin mail in his early 20's. if you are this person or you get information about his whereabouts, please call the police department. we are alive. wbal tv 11 news. take a look at this fiery crash scene. authorities say a gasoline tanker crashed near detroit.

it sent claims to hundred feet into the air. at least two other tractor- trailers' were involved in the accident. the explosion forced a 10 mile shut down on the highway. one person suffered minor injuries. maryland jurors convicted a 16 year-old girl for asking someone to kill her father. she was found guilty of solicitation of first-degree murder. she faces up to life in prison when she is sentenced. authorities say the man charged in the stabbing death of her father is not the same person she approached on a school bus days before the killing. she says she only wanted her father brought up so he would stop beating her. police are searching for the people responsible for killing a man not far from a school. the shot happened around 7:00 this morning. authorities found 28 year-old man dead at the scene.

they work shot to four -- residents say they were shocked to see such a crime near their home. >> it is very sad. we wonder why. >> police have little information about possible malta's or suspects. if you cannot authorities in this the best -- possible motives or suspects. if you can help authorities with information, please call them. a man drove down a street the wrong way. police say the man sped away after he was told to stop near the capitol grounds. investors say he hit two officers with his car and then crashed it. police opened fire after he held up a handgun and refused to put it down. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. the officers who were hit suffered minor injuries. there are new questions

tonight to the case of a 17 your boy accused of shooting in critically wounding a 5 year-old girl. this young boy had cut off his electronic device. people say though it was still attached at the time of the arrest. our reporter as more of the story. >> 16 year-old hall was with davis. police went looking for davis as a suspect in the july 2 string of a five year-old child. the child was shot in the head as davis use a gun to settle a fight. contrary to what had been reported, davis still wore the monitoring and lead at the time of the arrest. the person had not cut it off. >> they cut it off when he got

to homicide your request the police cut off? >> yes. >> he was under monitoring so he could live in the community and still remain under supervision. >the governor led the announcement that the spate -- state would use the monitoring units to monitor juveniles. the state chose the system which includes the anklet that attaches to the offender and the gps device the opener is supposed to carry. >> the gps units, where is that? >> on delaney street. >> several miles from where davis was with the anklet on. the gps system sends up a red flag if the offender goes somewhere without the portable device.

because davis left the device at home, it was no help in locating him. authorities will not say when or how davis violated the system. >> he went outside. >> how often? >> every day. >> she says she does not believe davis had anything to do with the shooting of the little girl. the company that makes the gps tracking units did not return our call today. wbal tv 11 news. city officials are urging congress to approve legislation to allow states to jam illegal cell phone use by prisoners. federal law prohibits jamming those cell phones. the use those phones to coordinate drug activities and hit on the streets. one person is serving time for using a cell phone behind bars

to setup a drive-by shooting. >> the technology is something we have not had the opportunity to demonstrate. we are asking for a demonstration to see if the technology will affect this. >> critics are concerned that phone jamming could interfere with the emergency communications and other legitimate uses. and the crime fighting initiative has kicked off tonight with a focus on animals. the anti animal abuse task force was formed after several high- profile animal will tell -- animal cruelty cases occurred in our area. >> the task force is working off a theory that has been proven time and time again that people abuse animals are more likely to hurt people as well. they are hoping that increasing the loss and of forcing them will help curb the cycle of crime. the images are painful to watch.

doctors are trying to ease the pain of a dog that was intentionally set on fire by other people. they are trying to fight animal cruelty in baltimore. >> everyone is coming together to look into this to make sure that something like this does not happen again. >> this task force met for the first time wednesday night. >> the mayor asked us to look at legislation, prosecution of these crimes, how to better control officers in the investigation. >> it overlaps social services, education -- all members of the community need to be installed in responding to animal cruelty issues. >> biting across a dead animals will lead to crimes against people. -- fighting crime against animals hopefully will lead to reducing crime against people. >> perhaps we can break the

cycle so that 10 years down the road, people will not be involved in domestic violence or other crimes. >> the task force also helps negligent pet owners become more responsible. they help empower police and animal control to take swift action to get rid of the problem. the task force says education and community outreach are key components of their mission. they are looking to schools and churches for cooperation. reporting live downtown, wbal tv 11 news. health officials have confirmed a third death related to the swine flu virus. the death involves an adult on the eastern shore. the person died in june and had a serious underlying medical condition. there have been 732 confirmed cases of swine flu in maryland. early developments regarding the drug found in the home of michael jackson.

you'll hear what federal investigators want to make sure a certain drug is a controlled substance. in fulfilling japan's hope for an out of this world space laboratory. >> systems were all " for the subtle lunch -- for the space shuttle launch today. we will look at the doppler to see if there is any rain on the way and for a complete forecast. stay with us. some for-profit companies are competing with local charities. >> along those charity

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federal authorities are considering making a judge found in a michael jackson's home a controlled substance. -- making a drug and found in michael jackson's home a controlled substance. they want to prohibit the subscriptions of certain drugs that are prone to abuse. suppose you want to donate your clothes to charity.

those stand-alone donation centers are all over the place. >> do you know who owns those donations centers and where the money is going? >> you may not notice it until you need it. a clothing donation ben. you will find them everywhere these days. >> this one is convenient. i work right near here. >> we found these competing for your donations. one charity can't -- collect clothing for the city's needy. >> we saw a lot of clothing donations take a 35% dip. >> who is behind some of the others? they are from the st. joseph outreach center. it is not affiliated with any organization in maryland, but with one in long island. we tried to reach the owners. the office manager answered our call. she says there are 60 bins here.

it sells the clothing. st. joseph's its 80% of the net proceeds. when asked about the confusion that is caused. she told us that the company is not trying to mislead anyone. they all work together and are part of the roman catholic church. one company owns these. the for-profit company donates to a drug prevention company. >> this is a shirt from one team. >> all the clothing, 42,000 pounds of it was headed to guatemala where it will be sold. >> it could be one particular store owner who is getting it in guatemala. could be broken up and sold to individual village people.

>> in the past 2.5 years, they had given to other a thousand dollars. but they say that the clothing bins generate more money than to under $50,000. -- $250,000. >> it is all -- owned by a for- profit company. he told us he has about 100 bins in the baltimore area. his company has come under criticism on the internet for the amount of money he allegedly give to charity. >> there was a disgruntled employee of hours that started a false blog on the internet. he said it directly to the people at the cancer center. >> the cancer center tells us that it no longer accepts

donations from this organization. >> anyone can spin things and it can look like a scam. or you can say, this guy started a foundation and he gave away $7,000 last year. it helps people that may not have gotten help. >> he says a this organization gives the $1,500 a month to the johns hopkins children's cancer center. the cancer center and children's center are not accepting donations from him or his organization. the money is being returned. what about the yellow bins? there are about 800 in our area. it is from a charity watchdog group out of chicago. it has been given a "f" grade.

its tax return showed that less than one-third of what it collects actually goes out to help others. >> we are concerned with the transactions with charities. the charities are doing negotiations with partisan owners of the operation. >> -- with parties and owners of the operation. >> they spent 42% on international aid. planet a has a conflict of interest policy in place. any officer or board member that may have a conflict will always excuse themself from any decision on the matter. most organizations say not only do they give to charity, but they are saving the environment. they are keeping the clothing out of landfills.

your forecast is next. >> yesterday we tied the record low. this morning we were one degree away from tying the record low. it was 58 degrees. 88 degrees at our official weather station. it looks like tomorrow could hit the 90 degree mark. we are starting to see a little bit more of the typical summer weather pattern. there are dry conditions through the mid-atlantic. the cloud cover is coming in. it could create a mountain morning. we are likely -- could create a milder morning. it is around 80 degrees right now in some areas. temperatures are still running in the 70's in other areas. the scene for tomorrow morning is not as cold. partly cloudy skies. south winds 5 miles per hour-10

miles per hour. high pressure will try to come in behind it. it does not have a big push with it. it reaches the mid atlantic and slows down. that means continuing chances for scattered showers. tomorrow afternoon will have a few additional scattered thunderstorms in central maryland. there may be a few additional showers on friday. it is looking better for getting outside on saturday. the rain chances for the weekend are coming down a bit. for the next couple of days, a possibility of picking up some more rain. 86 degrees-93 degrees tomorrow. an isolated thunderstorms across the bay tomorrow afternoon. the mountains, a shower only in the morning. you will see some of sunshine in western maryland tomorrow afternoon. 75 degrees around the lake.

an 90's with a thunderstorm in only a few locations. ocean city, has a chance of a thunderstorm. 74 s, 90 degrees tomorrow. 86 degrees on friday. lots of sunshine on sunday. nasa repairs -- prepares to make history in space. >> we go for a main engine start. we have main engine start. 4, 3, 2, one, booster ignition. >> why today's launch carries so much importance of space shuttle endeavor. hi anne teresa from 98 rock with the maryland lottery. we have an estimated winning of

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the sixth time was the charm for the space shuttle endeavor. >> the shuttle is finally on its way to the international space station. it finally caught a break on the sixth try, taking off before the weather went down hill. last week there were delays. then the weather also provided delays this week. the historic mission is well worth the wait. >> everything was flawless. it went great. >> once the endeavor regis the space station, there will be 13 people together in orbit -- reaches the space station, there will be 13 people together in

orbit. one person could afford his own space shuttle right now. suggs is the highest paid

quarterback and other players can worry about terrell suggs.

he gets a 6 yr/$63 million deal. he is the highest paid linebacker in nfl history. the ravens are paying for consistent impact. in the first six seasons, he did not miss a single game. now that the reagans have come for big for our terrell suggs, he has a big deal to live up to. >> i always try to do better. i am just happy it got done. like as said before, i consider myself a player of the fans. i played for them. i love to hear them cheer when i run out of the tunnel. i am just glad that we finally got a good deal. >> he loves football. he has a tremendous work ethic.

he plays really hard. he studies the game along with other guys. he is really into the preparation part of it. he plays like a raven. he is a core foundation building black for what we are trying to do for it -- a building block for what we are trying to do over the next few years. >> they plan to meet with mason next week when the family returns from vacation. he announced on monday that he will retire. be marked the passing of another baltimore colt. -- the tonight we mark the passing of another baltimore colt. he died today of heart disease. he was 61 years old. a tennis player may not go down as one of the greatest, but he may find a place in the excuse hall of fame.

he now ranks no. 1 in talking his way out of a drug-related suspension. the international tennis association lifted his two-year suspension for testing positive for cocaine. he said the cocaine in his system got there because a woman he kissed in a nightclub the night before his drug test had used cocaine. classic. the downside is that he is not married. >> clearly it works in tennis. he tested positive. >> right. >> but he got to walk away. >> interesting. >> that is like saying the dog ate my homework. , next with -- tom is up next with a seven-day forecast.

do we have a chance of some rain coming in? >> we will have a couple of showers. we have not had much rain since

the first of july. it is turning around the. we have a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. it is going to be a little bit more humid in some areas tomorrow. >> thank you for joining us. >> conan o'brien is next. have a good night. [ cheers and applause ]