convicted of killing love inside your apartment near the university of virginia. we have been following the case since the very beginning. >> the judge deciding to go slightly with the sentencing guidelines, reducing the sentence from 26 years to 23 years. he took the second degree murder charge, knocking back to 23 years. the grand larceny charge of one year and making that run concurrent. before he gave his decision, george hughley addressed the love family . "i am sorry for your loss." george hughley entered charlottesville circuit court

facing a sentence of 26 years in prison. his appearance is noticeably different than back in february. a clean-cut image is gone. his hair is longer and he is dressed in an oversized prison jumpsuits. his attorney presented brief opening statements, telling the judge of their sentence would be 14 years in prison rather than 26. the commonwealth's attorney presented five witnesses, including former teammates and friends. a former teammate said she recalled the night at a bar when george hughley to alter it because she told her father of his recent drunk and violent behavior. a former teammate says he be him so badly after he spent an intimate night with love. >> the judge made some

adjustments based on an appropriate factor to take into consideration, which is the sentencing guidelines. he affirmed the judgment of the jurors. his defense paraded a few character witnesses of his son. he also -- all said he was a good person and someone people looked up to. >> we believe in the jury system and in our courts, about we disagree that the conviction in this case for second-degree murder was appropriate and we disagree with this sentence that was imposed today. >> virginia band parole back in 1995, so if he shows good behavior, he will only have to serve about 85% of his prison term. it comes out to about 20 years.

he served two years of that term. once he is released, he will have to remain on probation for three years. >> new details are emerging in connection was last year's fatal shooting of a teenager at the town center. prosecution testimony revealed that the suspect belonged to the notorious gang. >> the dain restaurant is a new revelation in this case and could set the stage for a motive. the defendant frank williams held the rank of commander in the gang. the co-defendant is a middle manager in the gang. prosecutors showed the jury items of clothing. they're the same clothes he is seen wearing at the time of the

fatal mall shooting. prosecutors showed the jury surveillance shapes -- tape shown them arriving at the mall. prosecutors have yet to publicly state their motive. police found them shot multiple times outside of nordstrom. baltimore county police suggested that he was a target. detectives -- when someone crosses the gang, or becomes a competitor, a supreme commander of the gang can order a hit. a lower-level commanders carries out. i hit could mean imposing fines. the gang is structured so that the person who orders the head has deniability. those involved are told little or -- nothing about the job.

possible motive could be found in public records. court documents indicate that in 2010, he assaulted and robbed a suspected gang member. prosecutors are about to introduce evidence to suggest a motive when the jury informed the judge they were tired. testimony will resume tomorrow. word on's still no whether there'll be a bail hearing for the 15-year-old who opened fire this week. robert gladden jr. continues a mental evaluation. his attorney claims he had no intention of pulling the trigger. the first shot was to intimidate and the second was accidentally fired when a school counselor intervened. there are still questions about whether the suspect. the trouble which led to this violence this week. our education reporter joins us live with more on the story. >> experts say signs of trouble

can show up early, but they can also go undetected. it was the first day of school when police made robert gladden jr. carried out an act of violence. he showed up with a shotgun in his backpack. he put the weapon together, but did it come up and walked into the cafeteria. he fired a shot which struck a classmate and the back. a professor says teenagers like robert gladden jr. often display early signs of trouble. >> they have engaged in minor anti-social accept from a young age. these are kids who may have done things like cruelty to animals or fire setting or just being a very socially isolated. >> their isolated. experts say bizarre postings on social media should not be overlooked. especially if there is a

troubling pattern of behavior. officials will not release any personal dealings. baltimore county -- an expert doubts it is adequate enough to handle all the needs of students. >> schools are understaffed for this kind of thing. most school districts have one school psychologist for the entire district, who is mostly doing testing. they have a lot of other stuff they are doing. >> crisis team has been at perry hall all week to help students and staff members deal with the tragedy. there is also extra security on campus. >> there is an effort tonight to lady gaga to visit the perry halt shooting victim. a special needs -- daniel

remains a shock trauma tonight. he was listed in critical condition. >> the anne arundel county man who threatened to kill his co- workers went before a judge this afternoon. it was decided that he must wear a gps anklet and cannot have any access to guns. his case may national headlines back in july when police said they thwarted his plan for a mass shooting similar to the movie theater shooting in colorado. he threatened to shoot people in the office building capitol heights because he was in the process of being fired. the suspected gunman in the shooting is scheduled to be in court today. prosecutors are expected to find out if they will get their hands on the notebook. it happened last month during a midnight premier of the latest batman movie. he is charged with murder and attempted murder and faces two weapons charges. >> today was the official start

of the second annual baltimore grand prix. that means road closures have gone into effect. >> starting today, all roadways along the race route are closed. drivers are being told to expect delays along mlk northbound. most of light street is also going to be closed starting at 7:00. >> the good news is about an hour ago, there was a lot of traffic on lombard street. the only traffic now are these folks walking by. they call this sets up the day and all along this section, crews were getting ready for racing. the pit crew can be the key to winning or losing the race. >> care setting up their boxes.

they're getting everything said that because those are their homes for the weekend. >> they are getting everything laid out. >> it is a lot of stuff. you need it now, not to seconds ago. >> -- two seconds ago. they were putting the finishing touches on the track. >> this is the last corner. bears still working on covering up the railroad for the weekend -- they are still covering up the railroad for the weekend. >> let's see what happens. >> for drivers, no in the track in its condition is extremely important. -- knowing the track and its condition is extremely important.

they did make a few modifications to the track. the track will be a little bit more simple. it is going to be a faster track the last year. >> tomorrow, they will be taking their first traffic -- practice runs around the track. i also learned from the drivers and engineers, they will be walking the course. looking it over, looking at the course, preparing themselves for the race. >> coming up, a death from the west now virus confirmed in maryland. >> residents in the -- in new orleans are going home to see what the tropical storm has left behind. >> we will

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>> maryland's first death from the west now virus has been confirmed by officials. 13 cases have been reported in the state the share. the cases are up 40% nationwide since last week. it is reported early spring and hot summer may be responsible. the status get the virus from feeding on infected birds. -- mosquitoes get the virus from

feeding on infected birds. >> they took a combined 120 people to safety using fishing boats on wednesday. the floodwaters rose much higher than they expected. most of the town is under 10 feet of water. residents would have to move forward, like they always do, he said. >> a normal person cannot conceive a what is going on we are resilience. it keeps pounding ness. 1 foot forward at a time. >> hundreds of homes are under water and thousands of people are staying in shelters. the damage may not be done. a dam at a lake near the louisiana-mississippi border is under pressure. they had just rebuild their

house from katrina. now it is under water again. >> people really like living there. >> why would you stick around? >> every seven years or so. >> we are on the better side of things now. 87 degrees, a normal high of 83. tomorrow it will be down right hot. the record height is still in the triple digit range, 101, 1953. a little bit of thunderstorm activity down in eastern virginia. comfortable temperatures for tonight. 84 in downtown baltimore. we will start to see these temperatures cool off nicely. bottoming out and the low 60's. the winds will become calm and

it should be a pleasant summer evening. high-pressure sitting north of us. the high is going to be moving off the coast. the heat in the middle of the country will start inching our way. 100 in kansas city right now, 90 degrees in chicago. expect the temperatures to go up friday and saturday. st. louis and parts of little rock and central illinois, they will get a much-needed rain. you can see the track takes up that way and curbs the to the east and eventually southeast towards west virginia. it does not get into the mountains until tuesday. it means they will get more of our labor day weekend. here is the way it shapes up on our computer model. a beautiful looking friday.

partly cloudy skies on saturday. sunday, the rainshowers out to the west of us. we may see some of that letter on sunday night. tomorrow, and enjoy it, but it will be like midsummer heat, 90- 95. out on the bay, weighs about a foot. temperatures in the low 80's. the next high tide is that 7:04 on friday morning. the farther west you go, the closer you will be to the remnants of isaac. it is not looking lead to bad of a labor day weekend at the beach. a slight 30% chance of a shower on sunday. monday will be the main threats for rain down at the coast. isaac is making its way up into

the united states. we have to tropical systems to track. hurricane kirk is sitting out in the middle of the atlantic. tropical storm leslie formed today. bill looks like more of a threat to the caribbean -- a looks like more of a threat to the caribbean. seven-day forecast, 93 tomorrow. partly cloudy on saturday to the west of us. a better chance for some showers on sunday. most areas have a 40% chance of showers on monday and tuesday. >> this is 11 sports. >> with you from st. louis tonight, how was this for a perspective? ravens players stayed here in the ritz carlton in st. louis. this time tomorrow, about two

dozen ravens players will not have the job. that is how high the stakes are tonight for ravens players as they take on the rams. the ravens coach shared with me -- especially on special teams. we do not expect to see ray rice, ray lewis at all in tonight's game. this is again that will be devoted at younger players getting their final shot. guys like a rookie running back, a big performance tonight against the rams could put him on the 53-man roster. ravens coaches will give him a long look in the secondary

tonight. tommy's trader at of miami, -- tommy streeter, he will need to shine tonight to make sure he is not one of the guys who remembers standing here at the ritz carlton on one night sending out of the job the next night. the preseason comes to an end tonight. after tonight, it is on to monday night primetime. >> you can see the final preseason game in about half an hour. >> there is a pregame show at 6:30. shifting gears to baseball -- all little over a month left in the regular-season, the orioles are in a fight for the postseason. take a look at adam jones.

wins over chicago. three games back from the yankees. both of those games start a three-game series tomorrow night. it will be a showdown in the bronx.

>> a former lacrosse player was sentenced to 23 years in a prison cell. we will have more reaction from the court room following george hughley 's sentence. hughley 's sentence.

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