[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. breaking news involving a 13- year-old girl accidentally shot and killed in northeast baltimore. it baltimore city police officer has been suspended in connection with the case. lowell melser her is that city police headquarters. >> if the allegations are true, at it is downright shocking.

baltimore city police have confirmed that a city police officer has been suspended for his conduct after the shooting of the 13-year-old monae turnage. police say she and two boys were playing with a rifle went she was shot saturday night. the boys took her body to an alley at cliftview avenue and buried it under plastic bags. her body was found the next night. sources familiar with the case say that the suspended officer is dating our relative of one of the suspect street sources say investigators want to know if the officer knew about the shooting and did not report it and whether he counseled the suspects about what to do with turnage. we spoke of family members who say they had their suspicions that an adult might have been involved, but to hear that an

officer was involved is shocking. suspected from the beginning and end it all was involved. those kids were 12 and 13 years old. they would not know what to do. some would have had to have coached them. >> we understand the commissioner is being briefed at this time. more information should be released this afternoon. as far as the two suspects in custody, and they are being charged as juvenile is with involuntary manslaughter i'm . i'm lowell melser heroic, wbal- tv 11 news. >> a shooting claims the life of a void in wicomico county. it happened at the warner lot of old or run road. the boy was left unattended with a gun when it ended up

striking him in the chest. his mother was also injured but is expected to survive. the investigation is ongoing. baltimore city police are investigating a deadly shooting in an northwest baltimore. it happened at west mulberry street near an elementary school. one man died at the scene and another was rushed to the hospital. sky team 11 was just over the scene of an accident involving a firefighter in baltimore county. here is the intersection of cromwell bridge road and centreville -- and cedar hill. a tree fell on him, hitting him in the head. he was flown to shock trauma. there are several road closures in the area. we will have more information tonight at 5:00. anne arundel county fire crews will battle at two-alarm fire at a town house last night.

it happened at cutler harbour. it took close to 80 firefighters an hour to control the blaze. luckily, no one was hurt. a catholic school in bel air had to be evacuated due to a chemical odor. it happened at st. margaret school. three faculty members were taken to upper chesapeake. two of them fainted. cross contamination of the cleaning solutions caused a chemical odor. >> yesterday we had some light snow across the area. today it is the sunshine. the sunni weather will warm us up into the next couple of days. 41 is the current temperature, with winds out of the east, 5 miles per hour. in the afternoon and evening hours, mostly sunny skies, clear

skies overnight. dropping into the 40's by 6:00 p.m., the thirties and 20's overnight. >> anne arundel county police continued their no-confidence voting process for county executive john leopold today. residents waited on allegations of misconduct by leopold last night in annapolis. he is charged with misusing taxpayer-funded security and facilitating sexual encounters between him and county employees. the outcry follows a call for the non-confidence vote initiated monday. >> if our members speak out and vote and say they don't have confidence in him as county executive, he should step aside. >> anne arundel county police officers are also voting on the police chief. according to the indictment, the chief was informed about the alleged police "campaign work" but took no action.

the 2012 maryland legislative session is in jeopardy of being extended if lawmakers cannot balance this year's budget. monday, the house and senate discussed how to phase in gov. martin o'malley's proposed split of teacher pension costs with counties over more than a year instead of all at once. the senate is also looking to point to 5% across-the-board increase in the state personal income tax. the house decides on increasing the tax only for the top seven to 10% wage earners. polls are open in seven states this afternoon. today's super tuesday vote is critical in the republican race for president, especially in ohio. tracie potts has our commitment 2012 update. >> 11 states, over 400 delegates, and a lot of frustrated voters at the polls. >> i think it is is a lot of

personal attacks. they don't really answer questions. >> voters unenthusiastic about their choices. this man voted for mitt romney. >> i think he can board obama. that is the only thing. >> i think santorum can pull it out. >> both appeared before a key pro-israel group in washington today, pledging support if israel attacks iraq. -- iran. >> i will be just as ready to invade our military might. israel now that america stands at its side. >> he says he has is a real's back. from everything i have seen, he has turned his back on the people of israel. >> newt gingrich slip from the top of the polls. today he is banking on a win in his home state, georgia, which will choose the most super tuesday delegates.

he sounded concerned about the party's chances in november. >> the only hope we have to beat obama is to have better ideas and communicate them clearly. >> ron paul plaats 3 x and his basket today, alaska, idaho, and north dakota, caucus states he thinks he can win. gingrich says he is not voting today. he is from georgia but lives in virginia. >> still ahead, details on how you can get a free movie rental. if you are a loyola fan, news on their big win that took them to march madness. and he was accused of punching a defendant in the face. carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your plant and gardening questions.

>> a murder suspect's court appearance hits a snag when it breaks out in violence. you can see someone reach out and punish the defendant as he enters the courtroom. relatives of the victim punched

the accused, the victim's ex- boyfriend. the two family members were taken out in handcuffs. the hearing carry out as planned. as the cleanup continues and the midwest from the deadly tornadoes, we are hearing some amazing stories of survival, including one involving his mother from louisville, kentucky. she used her body as a shield to protect her two children as the tornado of rice to her home. her kids escaped injury but she lost her legs in the process. still to come, tips on how to feed your picky eaters help the fruits and vegetables. and how you can get free movie rentals. >> we have a couple of clouds from the west. warmer temperatures on a the way in the seven-day. first, live looked outdoors. >> carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your

plant and gardening questions.

>> what a game. the loyola men's basketball team as needed to debate demonstrate it is at the first time in years it will make it to the n.c.a.a. tournament. loyola opened the second half with an 9-0 run and never looked back. the greyhounds earned a trip to the n.c.a.a. tournament with a 48-44 win over fairfield. in our "consumer alert," your

cellphone may be getting poison. 20% of users experience a security threat with their mobile device. the number of poisonous text messages grew 400% last year alone. they include any that trick you into giving your personal billing information. if you are looking to spend a quiet night in, redbox is here to help. the service is inviting everybody to enjoy a free movie rental in celebration of its 2 billion rental. go to their facebook page and get the promotional code. it is only valid for this thursday. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus for test with ava marie. >> we have quite a bit of sunshine out there. you can see that on hd doppler. hardly a cloud in the sky over the metro area. midwest, more clouds. starting to make its way towards hagerstown.

none of this reaching the ground. maybe just a flurry comes out of that. we will take a wider view and see what is happening here. in a lot of clear skies across the eastern seaboard. storm system is essentially going to move in. this is a very powerful storm overtaking the northwestern part of the united states. eventually this will bring a slight chance for rain. before that happens, high- pressure and warming temperatures. you can see that by all the green shading, temperatures right now are in the upper 50s. 52 in atlanta. this warm air is pushing our way. 24 as you head up towards maine.

36 in westminster. frederick at 41. in ocean city, 38 degrees. we're expecting to reach the mid-to-upper-40's this afternoon. temperatures are still cool behind our latest storm. tonight, chilly once again. then the warm-up comes. mostly dry weather. with the dry weather throughout the day tuesday, wednesday, all of the thursday as well. that front comes our way. it brings a slight chance for showers on thursday night into friday. even his futurecast image is not showing a lot of precipitation. seven-day protest, warming up to 60 degrees tomorrow. beautiful day, full sunshine. more clouds into thursday. storm system starts to reproached later into the night.

slight chance for showers in the morning. remember, change your clocks. at least we will have more time in the afternoon hours. >> carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your plant and gardening questions. you have brought some shamrocks. >> these are neat. they have been in a bag. they will open up. cool varieties. this one has sort of a red center. some of the burgundy -- they groot from a little bit of a bulb. >> burgundy -- those are really pretty.

>> i do a lot of that. just be careful. it was 25 or something this morning. i don't know, it must be a hasty roses. i would not worry too much about them, but and there are sprays. it would take care of most little arms and chewing insects -- worms and chewing insects. there is one that takes care of insect diseases then feeds the plant. we are still getting some cool weather. pansies are wonderful. you can start putting out petunias. they spread out beautifully. by may you can go with almost

anything. >> if you have a plant or gardening question -- new research suggests that young children may be getting over- diagnosed with adhd. misdiagnosis can happen because some children are younger and less mature than classmates. the youngest kindergarten students were more than 40% likely to be digested than the oldest students. they were most likely to be prescribed adhd medication. if you are tired of trying to find ways to get your little ones to eat their vegetables,

listen up. adding vegetables in other foods may not get kids to eat more of them. nearly 70 elementary and middle school students were asked to take broccoli and gingerbread espy's case, zucchini chocolate chip dough bread, or chickpea cookies. one set of students was told the exact name of the desserts while the other eight the food blindly . knowledge of the vegetables generally had no effect on the preference. coming up next, your maryland lottery numbers and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast.

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girl dead and baltimore police officer is suspended. the startling investigation into the death of monae turnage. state lawmakers consider tough decisions that could have a lasting impact on education, health, and environmental programs. celebrations are under way for loyola men's basketball. now time for your maryland lottery numbers. >> good afternoon. i am angela jackson from wbal radio. pick three. played the two million-dollar hunt.fon collect logos at the top of your

ticket for $250,000. robert e. north is all set. your first number is -- the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> ava is back. getting better by the day. >> we are only in the 40's this afternoon. sunshine, 65 on thursday. chance for rain thursday night into friday. back up on sunday. 60 degrees, daylight savings time. >> we will take it. a little more daylight.

awesome. thank you for joining us. >> watch tonight at 5:00.