from there, they tracked it to the suspect. >> he bought the gun a year and a half ago for $100. agents say the sale took place outside of a restaurant where the mistress worked. >> a baltimore man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in one of the state's most notorious witness intimidation cases. frank goodman will serve two consecutive life sentences plus 55 years for helping patrick byers orchestrate the murder of carl lackl. byers is now serving a life sentence. earlier this week, state leaders appealed to congress to make it harder for inmates to use self

phones behind prison walls. a 15 -year-old boy is charged as an adult for raping and killing a woman. robert ervin raped and stabbed a woman after an argument on saturday night. officials say the fetus was not a viable. >> we are learning more about the murder of the baltimore county business owner. the owner of a liquor store, joon am kang, was killed during a botched robbery last night. david collins has new information. >> he was certainly a very popular store owner. what provoked the shooting is unclear. police say the suspects fired and then fled on foot without taking any money. friends, neighbors, and even

strangers are placing flowers and notes at the door of the liquor store. shock and disbelief are interchangeable. >> there was no reason to shoot him. none. i just hope that baltimore county finds them and does what deserves to happen to them. >> police say he was shot during an attempted robbery. police are putting together what happened with the help of a patron that was inside of the store at the time. >> the only information we have is that they were two black males. >> he had six to eight cameras in his store. according to a source, it appears that joon am kang spotted the suspect putting on nylon masks outside of his door. the liquor store had been robbed before.

>> there is videotaped in the store of outside. detectives are taking a look at the tapes to see what else they can find. >> the man that called 911 found mr. joon am kang slumped back in a chair. the man recalls the blur of two people running from the liquor store, still wearing their nylon mask. the shopping center side entrance is a criminal's getaway route of choice. he opened the store 15 years ago. employees say he would catch anyone's tax or give customers a break. >> if you were a dollar short for a pack of cigarettes, he would just say to take it. he was a good man. he loved everybody. >> business owners say over the

past few years, there have been several robberies in this shopping center. the bad guys always fled to the side entrance of the parking lot. >> the baltimore city grand jury has indicted the teenager accused of shooting and critically injuring a 5-year-old girl. lamont davis now faces several charges, including attempted first-degree murder and assault. on july 2, he opened fire. a 5-year-old was hit in the head and another teenager was hit in the arm. >> president obama's plan to provide health coverage for uninsured americans is moving along. two house committees have already approved their versions of the bill, but some senators

are worried of the process is moving too fast. >> congressional leaders are vowing to fill the goal of health care reform this year, but the deadline could be starting to slip. president obama is applauding progress on health care reform. >> we are going to get this done. it will happen this year. >> three key committees pass reform bills this week with two to go. the white house wants the bills must do more to contain rising costs. lawmakers disagree. >> this public plan option obviously has become a hot- button issue. there is going to be probably some accommodation that will be reached in order to get this legislation through. >> the house bill would levy a controversial new tax.

republicans and >> this has filled multiple times. but there are so many powerful stakeholders. >> will this time be different? the president urged lawmakers to keep working, saying the last few miles of any race of the hardest to run. >> temperatures were not quite as high as they were yesterday. the humidity stuck around, helping to trigger showers and

thunderstorms. some pretty decent activity in parts of northeastern maryland. some pretty good rain from bellaire over to aberdeen. we are keeping a close eye on storms that are off to the west bearing down on pittsburg. they could make their way to the mountains in progress towards baltimore as the evening wears on. until that line gets through, the threat of a thunderstorm lingers. >> artscape 2009 is now in full swing. arts and crafts, fabulous food, and live entertainment. rob roblin joins us now. >> it is looking good. a good crowd here, a couple of showers this afternoon, but it is not raining now.

this is the 28th annual artscape. when it for started, there was primarily a local artists. now, they come from all over the country. >> i came from atlanta. this particular piece is my mother and a lot. i grew up in the south. >> the original are stout is about 700 years old. we tried to combine some of these elements with some of our own creations. >> these are photos from this camera. i took them in the studio in town. these are all of italy, of my wife's home country. >> there is art for every taste.

>> i use acrylic on canvas. i happen to be a dog lover. i have three dogs at home and died due dog rescue -- and i do dog rescue. i like to pay my mortgage with my artwork. >> one of my favorites was this exhibit. >> they are dragon drawings and take about 20 hours to do. they are cartoon-flavored, obviously. >> i do like those dragons. big entertainment tonight as always. tonight on the main stage, miss dionne warwick. >> artscape runs through the weekend. you can find everything you need to know about the event on our

website. there is a link on our home page. >> the reservoirs are full, so why are local leaders asking residents to cut their water usage? >> we are going to take you inside a category 3 hurricane. >> no hurricanes around here right now but there are some thunderstorms that we are tracking on hd doppler. right now in baltimore, 74 degrees at bwi marshall,

>> water managers are asking residents to curb their water usage. the request of fax 150,000 residents in northwest baltimore city and baltimore county. there is plenty of water in the region, but a combination of dry weather and much-needed water main repairs have made those cutbacks necessary.

if the request is not heated, mandatory restrictions will follow. >> it is never too late to be prepared. we sent lowell melser to the wind tunnel at the university of maryland to see what it is like to be in a category 3 hurricane. it is certainly no walk in the park. >> hurricane season actually started back in june and goes through november. we are here to show you what a category 3 hurricane might be like from a wind standpoint. we have always been fascinated by hurricanes, and now we get to experience the winds. this was built back in the 1940's and used to test all kinds of aerodynamics. this is the propeller that is

producing all of those winds. it is pretty big and power it electrically. it is down to business. the director of the tunnel tries his best to scare me. >> somewhere around 110 miles per hour. >> then it is time to harness up and strap in. here we go. right now, it is 40 miles per hour. we can pretty much stand without any difficulty. my photographer is in the tunnel with me so it is not that bad. it is pretty strong, but i am still ok. let's bump it up to 80. 80 is where things get a little

crazy. >> this is a category one hurricane. it is hard to even talk right now. now we are getting serious. category 2 hurricane! i can't even hear myself talk. now for the climax -- 115 miles per hour category three ! and that was all i could really take. for more information, log onto our website. >> it looks exhausting. >> i have always wanted to do that. >> there was no debris or tree limbs. these are amazing storms.

let's hope we don't have to deal with the real version of that. hd doctor shows a couple of these storms on the eastern shore may produce 60 ma per hour winds. these are concentrated in small areas. clipping parts of harford and cecil counties as well. the possibility of a 60 mile per hour wind gusts and some hailstones. most of this on the eastern shore. that appears to be the main threat for strong storms in the next hour or so. it was not quite as hot today as it was yesterday. 87 downtown baltimore.

you can see the effect of the front. los 60's in western pennsylvania. that cool air is now invading central maryland and pushing toward the coast. the storms will taper off tonight and the skies will begin to clear a bit. it is not going to beat a dramatic cool down as far as temperatures go but it will be less humid tomorrow. storms will end at about midnight. one front plowing through the eastern shore, the second front coming through eastern ohio. a nice looking saturday, partly cloudy skies and temperatures and a little bit below normal. on sunday, another beautiful day. it looks like the dry weather will last until monday.

less humid tomorrow, the main change is the drier air. high temperatures from 82 to 87 degrees. a small craft advisory for the chesapeake bay. winds out of the west at 10 to 15 knots. in western maryland, highs only in the 60's but a nice, sunny day out in western maryland tomorrow. around the chesapeake bay, partly cloudy skies, 85. at ocean city, a slight chance of some of the storm is moving through central maryland tonight. you might get a brief shower tomorrow. 79 degrees. partly cloudy skies on sunday and monday. the insta-weather plus seven-day forecast around baltimore -- made 80's and less humid tomorrow.

a high of 82 on sunday. nice weather on monday. scattered storms reappear the middle of next week. >> now, 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> you have to think you have a better chance of seeing the loch ness monster than tiger woods missing the cut at the british open. it would have a better chance of having dinner with the loch ness monster been seeing tiger woods and tom what some in that outcome. -- tom watson in that outcome. on the 18th hole, look at this putt. watson is at 5 under midway through, tied for first place. tiger woods looked lost on all links today. a double bogey here.

just three holes later, a terrible chip onto the green, can't get it to stay on the green. the ball would roll back into the rough. he finishes at 5 over, missing the cut. >> bad tee shots, a couple of bad iron shots, couldn't get up and down. it was a mistake after mistake. >> you should probably turn your attention to finding a friend for ravens tickets. the team sold out the season in about an hour. the ravens have about 1000 tickets left for each of the home preseason games in august. a fast restart to the second half of the season could trigger hopes of avoiding a losing

season for the orioles. jason is looking for his second win. lance armstrong called this the coldest day he could remember in a tour de france. his chance for winning and eighth tour looks chill as well. he lost a critical teammate to a broken wrist. he calls the loss of the talented teammate major. >> i think it is a serious blow to our team. we had a nice for headed approach there. 25% of its is gone. not only does it hurt us, i think it helps the others. >> tom tasselmyer is back with y .

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>> i would imagine that a lot of folks are appreciating the cool down. >> the weekend looks gorgeous as far as a drop in the committee and keeping temperatures comfortable. -- in the humidity and keeping temperatures comfortable. >> have a great evening.