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constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> baltimore police are involved -- investigating a shooting that left a man dead. we have details on our big story. george, some folks in the neighborhood are questioning the officer's actions. >> people in this west baltimore neighborhood tell me the victim was an older man who had been squatting and one of these rowhome is on west lexington street. he was known as mr. rudy. he was a veteran who may have been suffering from schizophrenia. at 12:30 this afternoon, police responded to a burglary call. well of the officers seized a man in the house. the man attacks the officer and caught him in the face and neck. >> after that moment, another officer discharged his service weapon in defense of the first officer and the suspect did result -- died.

>> rudy was quiet. he was a good guy. sometimes he forgot to take his medicine. if he knew him, you could tell. but they could have handled it a lot different. >> police tell us that the second officer fired multiple shots. an investigation is underway to determine if the shooting was justified. a police spokesperson says he does not know if the officers had tasers on them to use as alternatives. >> the mother of the missing woman whose remains were found in a wooded area and pasadena says she is devastated. police say the victim has been identified as 20-year-old desiccant lynn lee. our body was found in wooded rea earlier this month. fors mother is begging someone to come forward.

>> whoever did this to my daughter, i hope ira you rott in hell. you took my daughter from a. and my granddaughter. we have to live with this for the rest of our lives. >> lee left behind a 16-month old daughter. police have not determined an exact cause of death that they believe she was murdered. baltimore county police are in looking for the driver was struck and killed a pedestrian walking in essex last night. the victim identified as a 55-- -- drivers found his body on the side of the road. he was taken to hospital where he died. a vehicle that struck him has damage to the lower front bumper. an update to a story we brought

you yesterday and calling a scam targeting the elderly. baltimore city police said two more seniors fell victim today. a woman is calling the victims, impersonating a tax official, and tells them that someone will come to the house to collect outstanding tax payment. here's a look at the sketch resembling the suspect. in many cases, they robbed and attacked the victim. anyone with information, should contact the check and fraud unit. in tonight's medical alert, warning for the maryland department of health. officials confirmed six cases of swine flu in queen ann's county. five children and one adult have been affected with the same virus strain. a local victims have had direct contact with pigs. that is true of the other cases across the country. in rare cases, the virus seems to have spread from person to person but none have gone beyond that one or two people. they are on heightened

surveillance, monitoring pigs at state fairs. our commitment 2012 update. a presidential campaigns did not take the weekend off from trading barbs over the future of medicare. >> they want seniors to get a voucher to buy their own insurance. which could force seniors to pay an extra six to $400 per year for their health care. their plan makes it seniors pay more so they can get another tax cut to millionaires and billionaires. >> president obama made those remarks and a competitive state of new hampshire. this may have been a pre-emptive strike by the president as mitt romney and paul ryan will campaign in that state on monday. earlier today, congressman ryan addressed the medicare debate. the proponents of change in medicare, spoke as a defender in charge the president was to take money from medicare to pay for

his heal care program. >> medicare should not be used as a piggy bank for obama-care. medicare should be the promise that was made to our current seniors end of story. >> ryan brought his mother to today's event at a florida retirement community. he and romney's plan not affect current seniors. he says the program needs to be overhauled during his generations of his children will be able to count on medicare as well. ryan's campaign stop is less than two hours away from where the republican national convention will take place in 9 days. romney will accept his pri arty's nomination in tampa. he chose chris christie to deliver the keynote address. democrats will gather a week later in charlotte for the democratic national convention. up next, what is prompting

general motors and isuzu to recall a quarter million suv's. matt burke gathers up some other necessary equipment. a special event for some very

>> in tonight's consumer alert, general motors and isuzu are recalling more than 258,000 suv's in the u.s. the company says the recall is to fix short circuits and power windows that could cause fires. it covers chevrolet trailblazer, buick ranier and saub 97x. all those are from the 2006 and

2007 model years. they were registered in 20 states, including maryland and washington d.c., where salt and chemicals are used to clear roads in the winter. dealers will replace the power window switches for free. owners will get letters. baltimore city police joined forces with area churches to bring a day of hope to west baltimore. and allow these group to provide support for those who need it. volunteers distributed free grocers, provided health and religious services and job information. kids got the chance to play some games and win prizes. organizers say their goal is to bridge the gap between all areas of the community. john has a quick weather update. a nice cool down. >> use of the sunshine. and the temperatures and the humidity -- almost perfect -- you saw the sunshine. now we have to mention a chance for showers. will talk about that coming up. here is the picture of ocean

city and the boardwalk. it is great. look at that. but they're not that many people on the beach. there were more yesterday. i am not sure what is going on. this is the weekend to be at the beach. at ocean city, 76. in town, 82.

>> today's ravens center matt

birk and his foundation came together and rosedale to bring school supplies it to it's deserving kids -- to deserving kids. birk says it is important for kids to get back to school on a positive note. >> it is fun to see kids get excited about school and about education. some of these kids have never had all of their school supplies for the school year. so it gives them a sense of pride, and a sense of excitement. >> walmart handed out 150 backpacks. 1 insta-weather- plus forecast. but before the sun rose, we had a couple of showers. all that has moved offshore. we have beautiful, clear skies. let's see what happened during the day today. mperature-wise, a lot cooler than yesterday.

today, 84 was the high at the airport. a typical is 85. short of the record of 96. we had .8 of an inch of rain the other day. we are on the dry side. 81 in annapolis. the mid 70's on the ocean city. as what 79 -- edgewood 79. here is the satellite image. you can see a line. that is where front has moved. it is east of us. we are in the dry air. by tomorrow, some of that could push up into our direction. here is the lead of the land with the front stalling to assault the bus. it will push things farther north during the day tomorrow. will have to keep a close eyen how things turn out. scattered clouds. it is clear now. by daybreak we might see a few clever spells.

ouds. upper 50's. don't be a totally put off by these raindrops. we see increasing clouds with a small chance of a shower late. by late, towards sunset. most of the day tomorrow will be fine. the high temperature, 82-86. east to southeast wins a 5-10 miles an hour. southeast wins at 5-10 knots. a one foot chop on the bay. high tide at 8:17. here is our insta-weather futurecast. the green indicates scattered clouds to our south was this evening. we advance on our timeline to sunday evening. this is where we see some rain to the south of us. ocean city is a better target for rain than we are. we could be touched a bit by a small shower towards the end of

the day tomorrow. monday, a little higher chance for scattered showers. we might hear rumble of thunder. tuesday, everything will be polled of the picture. so, first ocean city. rain chances for the end of the day. maybe in isolated or widely scattered showers could affect them. 80 the high. monday, rain chances go up in ocean city. ar 7 d forecast. minimal rain chances on sunday until the end of the day. moreover night into monday. decrease in rain chances on tuesday. we will be in the 80's all week long. generally lower humidity, except right at the start of the week. morning lows and generally and the 60's. that is nice for august. >> pete's here. i asked how you thought the better.are lookingce the >> we saw improvement. what joe flacco thought coming up next in sports.

>> this is 11 sports. >> the orioles lost last night. however, friday night may prove the time when they came together. maybe i am romanticize it. when a player stands up for himself and his teammates, knowing of fine or suspension of whites, but things can happen. machado. mark reynolds made the play. for som reason, the umpire overruled he said he was safe. replays showed he was wrong. mark reynolds slammed his glove.

tossed from the game. simply put -- the umps blew it. reynolds responded -- it is a shame they do not have accountability. they do not have any. they made a bad call, it is the next day is coming. it is almost like yeah. the orioles -- i cannot even say what he said. she was safe at first base the other day. adam jones. there has to be some kind of reply for this. reynolds will be fined, but the respect he earned from the club house might bring the team closer together. it certainly cannot hurt. last night at m&t bank stadium, the officiating was not much better. the game did not count. what matters is seeing improvement week to week. the ravens gave the crowd that. joe flacco had more time to

throw and deliver a strike after strike. the offense moved efficiently. what hurt, dropped passes. there were three of them. a long ways to go. >> it went pretty well. it felt really comfortable. we did a good job with the tempo. being able to keep them off- balance third we have to get -- to finish what we get down there. in order to put up 30 points every week, you have to score touchdowns. you do not want to get in the business of just not converting and kicking. >> what caused the greatest amount of concern for the second week in -- the ravens first team secondary allowed numerous big plays in the passing game. calvin johnson connected five times. he hit titus young for a score. basic schemes did not help.

the one-on-one matchups. right now -- advantage other guys. not very concerned in week 2 of of the preseason. >> it is all about the defense, everybody on the same page a couple of things tonight -- we were off page a bit. the corners played their butts off. there were not scared of that 81. as long as we got that, we will get better. >> he is referring to calvin johnson. much more on the ravens. an hour o coverage that starts at 7:00. then at 730, gerry sandusky and i will look at training camp. teacher in interviews with lewis. >> and what is there for improvement? >> consistently.

next week, the precincts in game number 3 does jacksonville on thursday. that is where you want them to play at their best because the fourth one is all of the scrubs fighting for a job. >> we will get another check on the 11 inswççñçñ

>> perfect day today. tomorrow, some clouds begin to

drift in. at the end of the day, there is a small chance to have been eclipsed by a sharp. higher rain chances are overnight sunday into monday. it tapers off tuesday. we start off rocky at the beginning of the week, but wednesday, thursday and friday looked great. look at those temperatures. low demand. >> we will take it. that is all we have. thanks for joining us. "nbc nightly news" is next.