>> good afternoon. we begin with breaking news in baltimore county, an abrupt end to a trial of the 15-year-old accused of killing a classmate.

barry simses live. we are hearing him agreed to plead guilty? >> we did with understand that he said he talked to his mother about the agreement as being offered by the prosecutors and after that he decided to accept the plea deal, admitting that he was guilty of attempted first- degree murder in a jury was set to come in and the trial is set to begin with the jury selection this morning but just before o'clock he stood before a judge entered the plea agreement. he admitted he took a double barreled shotgun to perry hall high school on august 27, 2012. it was the first day of school. he fired the weapon in a crowded cafeteria with the intention to kill. a special sneads didn't was hit and terribly injured. -- a special needs students was

hit enter the injured. the plea agreement calls for a sentence of life in prison. that is where prosecutors warned that he will accept that. he will suspend all but 40 years. we will have much more on this tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. the sentencing is set for february 25. reporting live, but the ltv 11 news. >> thank you. now to our other big story, a former ob/gyn at johns hopkins hospital commits suicide amid allegations he took inappropriate pictures of his patients. there could be more victims of the doctor who have not yet been identified. >> baltimore city police and the hospital say that the doctor treated hundreds of patients at johns hopkins hospital and there could be more patient out there. >> baltimore county police were

called to his home on monday morning and found the 50-year- old dr. dead inside. they confirmed that the doctor took his own life. an apparent suicide, the ob/gyn was being investigated on allegations that he photographed and videotaped his patients. an employee first alerted the hospital of the very fourth -- on february 4. the doctor acknowledged the allegations and was fired on february 8, 10 days before police discovered his body. the maryland board of decisions website said that he had no known disciplinary actions in the last 10 years. he graduated from cornell university in 1984 and received his maryland not -- and received his maryland license in 1988.

hopkins officials have notified the these patients, -- it is unknown and other patients are out there. the bba ltv 11 is. >> thank you. fire crews battled a stubborn fire that engulfed a home in bowie. prince george's county grew respond to this block of peachtree lange. it took 35 firefighters nearly an hour to control flames. the conditions were so intense that chris had a fight from the outside only. no one was hurt. a baltimore county police are investigating eight of the troubleshooting overnight. two females and one male were suffering from gunshot wounds along eastern boulevard. the three victims were standing near the bus stop when the suspect or suspects began shooting. one of the male victims died.

there are no words on a possible motive. $2,000 are being offered leading to the information leading to an arrest of the murder were of a student. player died at a hospital saturday night. according to the investigators, he was staff after he, his brother, and another man got into a fight on campus. anyone with information is asked to call maryland state police at 4432603700. nearly a week after a police chief was shot, a new director has been named as the department director of education and training. classroom training resumed. the commissioner said the police training that was saw by an instructor is making better progress than expected. he is not out of the woods yet. the incident was called a major

procedural breakdown. major smith replaces maj russell, who was placed on administrative expansion -- a minister in suspension. -- administrative suspension. he shot a trainee in the head. he is on medical leave. >> if you live in the north or western side of baltimore, it is likely that you see not only rain but snow as well. we are seeing a lot of green, which represents the rain. the purple represents the frozen for to a petition on this end of the storm system. temperatures above the freezing mark at this point, which is keeping the roads mostly what. 39 degrees at the airport. rain is being reported. look at rain-snow line.

be careful if you are travelling in northern areas. it is mostly of rain event in the afternoon. >> new details this afternoon in the case of a double amputee and olympics star charged with the murder of his girlfriend. oscar was asked to release -- was alast to be released on bai. >> state prosecution claims that during the night he got out of his bed, he put on his prosthetic legs and he walked for 7 meters where he fired at the back from door behind which his girlfriend sat. >> we are going to keep all the things we remember and know about my sister. we will try to continue with the

things she tried to make better. >> he said he thought an intruder had entered the home. he was very worried about his security and he was filled with a sense of dread. during an emotional hearing, he became inconsolable during the laying details. the jury will continue tomorrow morning. >> the head, the cost of gas continues to surge. we now know what caused the fire aboard a carnival cruise ship that left thousands ship that left thousands stranded at people are stuck in very old habits

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>> is clean up time after blizzard conditions hammered the wind west on monday. dozens of cars ended up in digits in minnesota and at least two people were killed due to dangerous weather conditions. the same storm battered north dakota, leaving slick roads. some had to be shut down after several rollovers and crashes. we now know what caused the engine room fire that left thousands stranded at sea. a coast guard says a leak in the fuel return line started the blaze. the fuel oil sprayed onto some hot surface and caught fire.

it was supposed to be a four day trip but the engine room fire but the ship disabled and stranded for five days. investigators in florida are trying to figure out what cost to gas pumps to burst into flame. a driver passing by this station in florida capture this video. some vehicles were near the claims -- near the flames. rescue officials say no one was hurt. still the come at noon, it has been a nasty year for the flu. why you should not let your guard down just yet in medical alert. yet. rain passes through an even cold air coming in on the backside of the storm. details after the break. first a live look outdoors. raindrops on the camera.

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your battery connector replace. gas prices in parts of maryland are now costing $4 per gallon. the average price of a gallon of gas is -- nearly jumped 40 cents this past month. economists attribute the heights to crude oil prices. >> supply is low because a few months ago opec made a decision to reduce production by 1 million barrels per day. >> the winter price despite this dramatic is unprecedented and they predict prices will continue to rise throughout the spring. >> now for the weather forecast with a the emery. >> we are tracking rain across maryland. even now towards hagerstown, they have seen snow over the past couple of hours.

temperatures above the freezing mark have kept this from freezing. we can see the rain continued to push up ports and to the east, it is affecting parts of the eastern shore. delaware into their cheesy. this is a sliver of sleet leftover near the pennsylvania line. for the most part this is turning into a rain event. because temperatures are warming up, we'll show you that right now. upper thirties right now at the airport, the '40's as we get downtown, and we even have temperatures above the freezing mark as far west as oakland, currently at 38 degrees. mild air across the lower eastern shore. 54 in south korea. the storm system moves in and the winds are starting to pick up, gusting anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour. those winds coming out of the southwest. we are expecting this on the continued clear out as we go through the rest of the day.

a quick burst of that snow now pushing up toward the east. it is just the next couple of hours we have this study precipitation. we get towards the early part of the commute around 3:00 or four o'clock p.m.. there is just a little sliver of rain left over likely to pass through, remaining in to the late evening. it looks like the cold air will have a hard time catching up to this rain, snow is not a big deal on the backside of this storm. the mountains are likely to see some snow showers as we get into tomorrow morning some very cold air comes in the hide this storm. a quick run the showers this afternoon, expects temperatures to drop down into the low '30's and up to 20's. it will be called out there. tomorrow is quite a bit chilly as well. especially effective and strong winds out of the northwest. high temperatures are near 40's in the afternoon.

another chance for rain friday and beyond. >> the musical drama smash is introducing famous faces to the already star-studded show. they join us live now with a sneak peek. >> good afternoon. >> how are you? >> i am doing great. thank you for being with us. this looks like a fun cast. what is this experience like? >> it's terrible. [laughter] >> is an incredible cast. we have a great joy of watching each other do our work. all of a sudden it takes form of unmusical number -- of a musical number. >> it is extraordinary. all these people are coming and

to play with us. >> i hear shawn hayes is very funny. >> you play writer who is juggling a lot. career, family, and the return of an old flame. how you handle all of that? >> apparently not very well. >> that is just a tv drama. >> ec at the beginning of the second season my husband wants to get divorced. the old flame goes away. i move in with my partner here. things are in flux. things become interested and more in focus. there are gentleman who enter the scene, one of which is entering tonight. >> that is the drop occurred. -- the dramaturg.

>> she is forced to have a kind of mentor come in and help and she is not pleased about it. >> you are the other half of the team. what type of challenge is this your character have? >> tom is a faithful partner. he is trying desperately to stand by her during this pretty personal time. i think they know each other so well that he knows when to take a step back and she will come back into the fold. in the meantime, i am contending with another musical, which has a different sensibility. it kind of threatens us. >> to the fore to seeing this season. we look for to you joining us.

>> thank you. >>/can be seen tuesday nights at 10 right here on wbal. >> it has been one of the worst lose seasons in decades but the cdc says the flu virus is loosening its grip on the nation. many doctors say they saw a to 10 patients per week in december. that figure has now dropped down to just one per week. >> a lot of people prior to this were going to work and try to push things through when they should have been staying home, recovering. i think we have developed a more heightened, ms. tends -- heighten contents of " splitting the flu --

new york city are still experiencing high flu activity. as this year out but subsides, the number of patients with shingles is exploding. it has long plagued the elderly. cases are up sixfold across all age groups. younker sufferers could get shingle outbreaks again and again. >> if you get your first episode at 18 or 20, you have another 60 or 70 years that you are at risk. our data suggests that the risk of recurrence is higher than the risk of au prince regent of zero currents -- of all currents.

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