>> the first family of baltimore baseball is coping tonight with a bizarre and frightening crime. aberdeen police a 74-year-old violet ripken was abducted at gunpoint and driven through central maryland in her own vehicle. she is back safely home tonight and the search is on for the kidnapper. never winner has reaction from the orioles family. we began with sheldon dutes and a live update on the investigation. >> the search continues tonight for that suspect who is still on the run. police say the gunman is believed to still be armed and dangerous. cal ripken jr.'s 74-year-old mother has been safely reunited with her family after she was abducted from her aberdeen home at gunpoint. little is known about the suspect, including his motive. >> we are looking at the investigation, looking at every witness, every clue. for us to speculate on a motive

would be unfair. >> there are still a lot of questions around the case, but here is what we know so far. police said gunmen showed up at violet ripken's home between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and then forced to enter -- forced her into our own car. a neighbor says he has spoken to her about her ordeal. he accosted her in the garage, tied her up and put a mask on her and daughter in the backseat of the car and drove off. >> it was not until sometime tuesday evening that her car was spotted in baltimore county. that is when she was officially reported missing. not long after that, something called eric schneider's attention. >> i saw all something like

being laid out side of a car. she informed me she was left there and that her feet were bound. >> she was located this morning and harm, in her vehicle, in close proximity to verbeek -- in close proximity to her residence. >> mrs. lincoln's neighbors are still trying to make sense of what happened. ripken's neighbors are ca trying to make sense of what happened. >> the family has released the following statement. as you now know, of our mother was abducted from one. -- at gunpoint from her home yesterday afternoon. we are grateful and relieved that she is back with us safe and healthy. we want to thank everyone for their tremendous support, especially although law enforcement agencies that work so hard and quickly.

this is an ongoing investigation so i hope everyone understands that we cannot comment at this time. police are looking for a white man with glasses who was last seen wearing camouflage pants and a light colored t-shirt. live at the aberdeen police department harford county, sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> as the story unfolded throughout the day, orioles fans were falling it closely. there was a collective sigh of relief tonight at the ballpark. >> but show walter's pregame news conference started with the information he had just learned, were about what happened to the family matriarch. >> it is a crazy world. i know the family and i know

they will handle it accordingly. >> he then revealed he is very much relate as he told a story about his own mother. >> my mother had someone breaking and overnight, tied her up with the cord to the radio and she was listening to the game. it was a few years back. we found out later she knew the guy. >> luckily she was not seriously hurt. before the game against tampa, it appeared to be business as usual. >> she always has a twinkle in. she always had a good sense of humor. the great news is that she is back and safe and it did not end any more of a tragedy than it already was. >> when something happens to a ripken, it is personal, and their thoughts for bear met with

the family. >> your hearts go out to the family and your concern for their well-being. >> i was scared, wondering if she was going to be ok. i am glad that she is. >> to think that she could just get taken, it is frightening for all of us. >> orioles fans felt like they learned a little more about the ripkens. >> we have a mom who is 85 and we know how scary something like that would be. we are thankful she is ok. she has raised some great kids. >> we are following some breaking news from southwest baltimore where investigators say a bicyclist was struck by a police vehicle around 10:15 this evening near warwick avenue. we are told the bicyclist was alert and conscious but we do not know the extent of their

injuries. a startling discovery by a hiker in carroll park in baltimore. investigators say that hiker found a human skull a short time after entering the park yesterday afternoon. we are told that no other remains were found at that location and has since taken in for forensic testing. house speaker michael bush says he expects governor o'malley to call a special session early next month to expand gambling in maryland. it followed a late afternoon meeting today with his leadership team. members of the house and senate are being asked if they can be available august 8. david collins has that story from annapolis. >> falling a private meeting with his leadership team, house speaker michael bush declared governor martin o'malley is likely to call a special session early next month to expand gambling in maryland. >> i believe the governor has made that determination to go forward. >> under consideration, a casino for prince george's county.

national harbor has emerged as a preferred site, but the competitive bidding process will be open to other locations. the proposal provide some tax relief to facilities impacted by the additional competition. the option of creating a special gaming commission did not hold up. >> the vast majority of people feel more comfortable with the legislature making the decision on tax rates rather than a commission. >> know what has confirmed the 71 votes needed for passage in the house are there. >> i think it is an irresponsible thing to do to call a special session if you do not know the votes are there. >> delegations may submit separate wish list bills. baltimore city wants to raise its debt limit to borrow more school construction money. >> the governor was put on notice this week. they vow to fight against any gaming plan.

david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a sinkhole and east baltimore st. forces dozens of businesses out of their buildings and it could take weeks to fix. have been around 1:30 this afternoon -- happened around 1:30 this afternoon. it backed up traffic for miles. kai reed is live in east baltimore with the latest. >> that sinkhole shutdown east monument street between patterson park and milton avenue. according to city officials, this will not be a quick fix. witnesses to call 911 said the road in the 2300 block of east monument street was caving in and they smelled gas. >> you could smell the gas really strong. now it has died off a little bit. >> the sinkhole was 10 feet in diameter and caused by old infrastructure, according to

officials who said that a brick tunnel or colewort collapsed underneath the street. it was built in 1930. >> with all the bad storms we have had lately, you have had a lot of activity in that kohlberg right there. -- in that culvert. with traffic over the top of that, it week ended . >> at least 40 businesses were forced to evacuate while crews worked to identify and repair a gas line damaged by the sinkhole. >> now people can come down this way. >> it certainly hurts, but it is something you have to deal with. tomorrow is another day and hopefully the sidewalks will open up and it will be easier. >> parts of east monument street

were inspected of december 2009 and there was no indication of a future problem. >> with the latest technology, as time goes on, yes, but you cannot really predict with all the old infrastructure what is going to break now and what is going to break two years from now. >> businesses will be allowed back in once the gas line is fixed. the sinkhole repair could take a while. >> it could be weeks. it is major line that is under there. >> we understand that bge had to shut off gas service to 14 buildings in the area so they could repair the rector gas line. we are told that city crews cannot start working on the sink hole until the gas repairs are completed. kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> and next, not just us mere mortals who have to sometimes deal with busted air conditioners.

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olympic gold and 100 years. the oregon native was chosen by her fellow athletes to carry the flag. one face you will not seek at the opening ceremonies is that of michael phelps. he will skip right and i didn't because he is competing in the opening heat on saturday morning. this morning he revealed what may be a surprising fact about the athletes' village. they do not have air conditioning. >> i think everybody on the team has college dorm fans that rotate. >> he describes his teammates as the best in the world and played down the media coverage, saying the olympic swimming competition is no different than any other swim meet. unable explosives expert seriously wounded in afghanistan is taking on another challenge, this one in the pool. now he is getting ready to go

for the gold in london. jennifer franciotti has that story. >> watching him train, you would never know lieutenant brad snyder is blind. he is just weeks away from the paralympics in london. he was serving in afghanistan when an ied's exploded, costing him both his eyes. >> thankfully the detonation occurred a few feet in front of me, largely saving the majority of my body. >> he met a quick recovery and recently moved to baltimore for an internship with the software company that supports veterans. he teamed up with the loyola university swim coach. >> we had trials in bismarck back in june. events and isnc

currently ranked no. 2 in the world in some of them. >> it goes a long way in making me feel relevant again. >> the lieutenant will swim his most competitive event on september 7, a significant date because it is the one-year anniversary of the explosion that took his eyes. >> regardless of the outcome, it will be awesome to compete on that day. it goes a long way to saying i have effectively conquered my disability. >> it may impression on first lady michelle obama. she is his story to motivate graduates. >> he said, i am not going to let my blindness build a brick wall around me. i would give my eyes 100 times again to have the chance to do what i have done and what i can

still do. >> the coach says snyder is truly a hero. >> him being a veteran and serving his country and having this happen in that situation is inspirational to many. >> a truly remarkable man. wbal-tv 11 is your home for the olympic games. join us for the olympic zone at 7:00 and meet the athlete from maryland who will be competing in london. you can see their profiles on wbaltv.com. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> never tears reform today but the humidity levels came down -- tebbutt cheers were down today. it felt comfortable, 87 at bwi marshall.

the 100-degree record high will last for another year. it was set on this day in 2010. the record low of 69 was only four years ago. a record low and a record high in the space of a few years. the deficit in precipitation continues to grow. we are a quarter inch low for the month. 7.36 inches below normal for this time of year at bwi marshall. temperatures darkling a touch. 60's down on the eastern shore but still 80 degrees in downtown baltimore. it will be even hotter tomorrow. all of this shaded area is a heated by three for the afternoon tomorrow. an excessive heat warning with temperatures approaching 100 degrees in many areas tomorrow

afternoon. you can see the warm front, 72 in baltimore, 82 in cleveland, 91 right now in chicago, 96 in kansas city. this heat in the middle of the country will be pushed into the middle of land tomorrow and temperatures may threaten the records tomorrow. 100 in cincinnati, 100 in louisville. almost 100 degrees in chicago. that is where the air is coming from court tomorrow. 65-75 for the overnight low. the southwest breeze increases tomorrow and will get our temperatures tour around 100. the record is 101 set in 1940. there will be a hot breeze to stir the atmosphere at 10-20 miles an hour. a small craft advisory, waves up

to 3 feet on the bay. in western maryland tomorrow, a chance of a thunderstorm at 86 and a better chance of possibly severe storms in the mounds on friday. hot and human on the eastern shore. -- hot and humid. tomorrow will be a hazy, hot day before the thunderstorms arrived. near 100 tomorrow, story on friday. a shower may linger south of baltimore saturday. sunday looks decent right now, partly cloudy and 87. >> jimmy phelan gives us a sneak peek of what he has in store for late night tonight. >> music by wilco tonight. let's break yourself -- brace yourself for that.

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x ray lewis reported for the start of his 17th training camp today. here rhymes with a streamlined fizzy. -- he arrives with a streamlined physique. suggs moving pretty well now following achilles' tendon surgery. ray lewis says he will play well below last year's wheat. -- well below last year's weight. he picked up some of vice on career longevity some time ago. >> i had some great advice over the years that was shared with me. you just feel better because you have the wisdom to go off and do whatever you want to do.

playing a lighter is much nicer. >> just a light workout for joe flacco. the tempo and size of practice expand considerably tomorrow when they take the field for the first time. ray rice always smiles, especially when he talks about the first thing he did after signing his new contract. he took care of the woman who raised him and his three siblings on the salary of a special-education teacher. >> the first thing i did, i got my mom a house. i have been living pretty good. i am not one of those guys who needs to go out and do too much. i will relocate while i am in baltimore. i live in a family home now. >> he calls baltimore home. camden yards has held on to the jar over the years but on the

20-year anniversary, they now have a losing record at home. they are in a second place tie with the rays. that led to this three batters later. johnson with a single into left field. rays scored five runs in the first. that is a whole that is almost too big to get out of. a reservation for one as tampa bay routs the orioles 10-1. the opening ceremonies for the olympics do not take place until friday, but the actual competition began today with a significant gap by game

organizers. the north korean women's soccer team walked off the field from its game with colombia when the team was identified with the south korean flag. their exit postponed at the game for more than an hour. game officials had to issue an official apology before the north korean team would return to the field. we do not know who will win the first medal of the games, but the first athlete has been sent home because of a social media gaffe. she was removed for what was called a racial slur on twitter. she apologized but will not be reinstated. >> sometimes an apology just

does not make it all good. i cannot believe they showed the wrong flag. >> on the first day of competition. >> stay with us for a look

dax the forecast looks like temperatures will be near 100 degrees tomorrow with a slight

risk of a storm. 40% chance of a storm on friday. it clears up as we head into saturday and sunday. i just doubled across an interesting thing here. donna is the best tv newscaster. grace under pressure during the same name, at penn state. jayne miller, investigative reporter, gets down to the bottom of it. >> thank you very much. that is all for 11 news tonight. that is all for 11 news tonight. we will see you back here

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