at perry hall high school. information about the victim.... the suspect....and a schooo guidance counselor who became a hero. hello i'm jeff barnd..and i'' jennifer gilbert. gilbert. we have live team coverage tonight.keith daniels is live at shock trauma where the injured student was taken. taken. but... we begin... with kathleen cairns... live... at... peery hall high school .../ where... she... began covering this story.../ after... a student ...opened fire... in... the cafeteria... late this mornnng. morning.. heavy security outside perry hall high schooll witnesses say the gunman never said a word.. he just fired a shot... a word.. he just gunman never said witnesses say thh high school outside perry hhll heavy security outside perry hall high school witnesses say the gunman never said a word.. he just fired a shot... luckily a faculty member was nearby and was able to grab the gun from him quickly.... . the gunman concealed the weapon until he entered the cafeteria. witnesses also tell us teachers intervened very quickly. there was chaos in

the moments following the shoooing.. as ssudents ran for cover. it lead to a 'code red' in the school.. and a full lockdown. students were later evacuated as each floor was cleared by poliie. but the instructor who intercepted the shooted is being hailed a herr. same as five thirty show sot--- while students say the student who brought he gun to school hhd been bullied... police are not commenting on the motive.. as they continue

to investigate. lv in perryy hall kc fox 45 news... late while the motive remains several students - and even the suspect's father... have said... he was a pictim of bullying.../.aad ... there... may... have been some warning signs - / / police have not officially identified thh shooter... butseveral classmates who witnessed the shooting... directed us to the suspect's facebook page.this morning... he posted an alarming comment - --quote - "this is the first day of school... the last day of my life."his facebook page shows photos of him concealing his face. and lists charles manson - along with columbine shooters - among his likes and inspirations.experts say victims of bullying sometimes

respond in very dramatic ways. < "now i have two choices. i can take this into mm oon hands - retaliation. or i can turn it inward on myself - ssi> suicide."> as... for the witnesses to the shooting.../ and... other students at perry hall../. doctor... jack vaith... recommends... parents ask their children... if... they want to talk about it.../ but... don't push them. the shooting victim is a 17-year-old special needs student..... he's just out of surgery tonight.. with a gunshot wound to the back. back. keith daniels, live at shock trauma where family and friends have gathered.. kei. keith. jeff and jennifer..... doctors say the young man is in critical condition at this hour. his mother and father are with him. him. he's 17-years-old.. his name is daniel... the family ddes not want us to release his last name.....they ant some privacy.. and we want to respect that. a faaily representative says daniel has down syndrome.. and calls him a shy, athlectic young man. we're told his mother rushed to the school after hearing

about the shooting.. they say she had a feeling daaiel had been hurt. when she arrived at he school, she discovered the disturbing truth.. that's when a police officer rushed her to shock trauma. students are rallying around the teen.....ith posters that read "pray for daniel".. his family is here tonight, on the fourth floor.. waiting to see him.. he's just out of surgery. as you can imagine.. they're all rattled by what happened. the family spokesman calls itt. in her words.. "a surreal.. tough time." live at shock trauma, keith daniels, fox 45 news late edition. the. ... new superintendent ...of... baltimore county schools... had... quite... a challenge today... dealing... with the... school shooting..../ he .... spoke to ...reporters ...lateethis afternoon abbut... re-opening... perry hall high... tom'w.../ tom'w.../

awful... events... liie this...// sometime... brings... out... the... ábestá... in... people...// that... certainly holds... true... for a... faculty member... subdued... the gunman.../ before... anyone lse... could be hurt... or... áworseá...// áworseá...// paul... gessler is live t the high school to tells us about the actions... actioon... of jesse wassmer paul? 11 pm sot trt :12 anna ala, perry hall hs 11 pm sot trt :12 11 pm sot trt :12 anna ala, perry hall hs junior: 13:58:15 "i'm thankful for him and it could've been lot worse than what the guy could've done. and, mr. worse than what the guy could've and it junior: 13:58:15 "i'm - thankful for him and it 3

could've been a lot worse than what the guy could've done. and, mr. wasmer's a really brave man. i'm glad to have 3im at my school.""- many parents ... were... alerted to the shooting.../ thru.../ an ...e-mail... from... baltimore county... sccools..../

it... took... an hour... for the alert... to... go oot.../ but... many parents... at the scene .... say.../ overall.../ they... were happy... with... the... initial communication... from... the... county. 22:53"i can't say right now until i know all the details, but i have a lot of confidence in the shcool, i have both my &pkids there and we love the sc" school" most parents ... told us... they were alerted... thru... texts... or... from... school officials - here's... our question of the day today.in light of today's incident...do you feel safe sending your kids to school? on facebook... amanda says "absolutely positively not!! the way that things are anywhere." regina... says... "i... think... i would... still send my kids to school,.../ however... i... think... they should put ore security practices... in pllce..../ my... issue... with... today's incident... is... how... did... he get ....in chool... with a shot gun." gun." go... .../ tell us... off... thru... facebook.../. send... us... a tteet.. at foxbaltimore.../. text... your answerrto

...45-203..../ enter... fox45a for yes.. / fox45b for no. our "news oo the go" subscribers were the first to learn about the school shooting.you can sign uu for breaking news text alerts by texting "wbff" to 45203.you can also sign up at foxbaltimore dot com.click on "mooile" on the blue banner. banner.and the latest breakingg news stories are on our facebook page.. facebook dot com slash foxbaltimore and our website foxxaltimore dot com. looks like we are spared from issac issac 3 &p3

rawling blake has pickee a new police commissionertomorrow... she will annoonce that forrer oakland, california police commisioner anthony batts will heed the city's police departme. department.batts resigned from his job in oakland in october 2011 after several clashes over policy with city leaders. before taking the job in oakland, batts was chief of police in long beach, california. 3 3 a big storm makes for a slow start to the republican national convention in florida.

how mitt romney nd pual ryan are getting ready miles away. mother nature showing her furyy the dark skies and funnel cloud that hit ooe maryland county. oh goo... rrttling, breaking sos sounds and back to back eaathquakes in california and it was all caught on camera. the damages it left behind... and just how big the quakes got. ♪

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immediately adjourned."nats: "it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to

order.(applause)." monday's opening session was largely symbolic after republicans effectively canceled the first day of activities because of tropical storm isaac.. isaac is now expected o make landfall aa a hhrricane somewhere betwwen louisiana and mississippi. "in today's" opening eeent... republicans introduced a four- day "debt" clock schriefer says: "at the end offthh convvntion, on thursday, when chairman boehner gavees the convention closed, the clock will stop, and we'll see how much national debt has accumulated over the ffurr days." mitt romney and his wife ann are practicing their convention speeches at a high school auditorium in new hampshire. romney says: "i ann's speech. our sons are alreadyyin tampa and they say its errific there, a lot of great friends. and we're lookkng forward to a great convention" vice presidential candidate paul ryan will deeiver hii speech on wednesday night. before heading tt florida... he's campaigning in his home state of wisconsin.ryan says: "we are not going to try and replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding rinciples.

that'sswhat ww're going to do to get this country back on the right track (applause)." ((on cam tag)) the now three-day convention will hit full speed omorrow... as ann romney delivers her highly anticipated prime-time speech... at the republican national convention in tampa, florida, craig boswell, fox news. 3 3 tornado siren sirenmother nature making her impact in our area yeasterday. tornado sirens marking the presence of a waterspout in charles county. amazing video. or take a look at this picture sent to us from lisa in glen burnie.a small stream becomes a rrver.you can see that it's engulfed much of this yard. yard. remember... when it comes to news in your neighborhood... see it.. shoot ii.. send it.you can upload photos and videos to our website.go to foxbaltimore dot com ann click on the "see it, shoot it, send it icon. 3

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we'll... soon... pay more... to... feed our families. families.that... according... to a new report... by... the u-s-d-a.../ which predicts... food prices... will... go up ... at least .. 3-percenn... next year.../. a... nationwide shortage... of corn... prices... in... several proddcts.../ including... dairy produuts ...and beef... since... animals... feed on corn...//.corr... could... also mess... with... the cost... of... gas.... / since... federal rules... require... about a third... of... the countty's... corn supply.../ be... made into ... ethanol..../ 3 looking for a way to help kick that nicotine habit. the new remedy that's also good for your health and will also help you shed some pounds. if you think you're a whiz a putting together puzzles ry this one

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common sense tells us exercise is good for us.. and why.. it may be the first step in quitting smooinggbritish researchers who looked at data from nineteen previous clinical trials...and found that exercise generally helped reduce nicotine cravvngs.in the trials smmkers were randomly assigned to doing something athletic like jogging or biking... or "passive", such as watching a the results showed the active people had less of a desire to smoke after working out. common sense says if you have a tough time putting a puzzle help. well in russia abbut - 2-hundred residents use part of their day putting together the country's largest puzzle. its was more than 1-thousand pieces...each measuring 70-

centimeters. the suuprise replica of a self portrait byy a german artist. he event was part oo the countries áyear of germanyá series cclebrating german culture in russia. 3 scary moments caught onn tape... the number of quakes hitting california.. coming up. 3

this is home video captured n southeastern california... during one of the many earthquakes that struck sunday. the u-s geological survey says phe largest quake registered at a magnitude 5-point-5.there were reports of at least á30á other quakes... with magnitudes of at least 3-point-5 in the same area.as ripped from their founnations - and thousands of people lost power... but luckily no iijuries were reported.

3 3 tucker and john harbaugh on billy cundiff's release...hhw much thhs iss in the afc championship game factored into the decision...next in sports unlimited... 3 3

that's it for us ushere's bruce cunninggam with sports unlimited. the orioles were back in business tonight after a rainout on sunday...a half game back n the wild card and just 4 and a half back inn he al ast, they oppeed p a key series against the white sox, who came in leading the american league central and havinggwon theer last six in a . row... top of the 8th...tied at 2... adam dunn can hit it a mile... this one barely reaches the infield dirt but it gets the 3rd...sox ake a 3-2 lead.... bottom 8...nate mclouth steps to the plate...he was on the islaad of misfit toys before the seasonbut where would the o's be without this guy???... you can put it on the board... yes...2 run shot puts the birds in front 4--....in the 9th...jim johnsoo gets gordon beckham to ground out to short...first closer to 40 saves...o's win a franchise record 13th consecutive 1-run games snapping chicago's 66

eclipse their win totaa from last year winning 70 for the first time since 2006...4-3... with the rrys loss to the rangers...the o's move into 2nd pace in the east...3 and it's safe to say the ravens .- expect...or at least hope...that terrell suggg will make it back ater this season...we got that impression from the moves they made today to get their roster down to the nfl manddaed 75.. 75.. suggs was placed on tghe phyiscally unable to perform...or pup list...this is oppooed to injured reserve, that would have rennered him inelligible to play at all thhs season...suggs suffered an achillies tendon injury in the off-season, and is currently rehabbing it at the ravens facility...he has vowed to return this season, and the ravens move today indicates &pthey thhnk he might...suggs had a career high 4 and a half sacks last season and waa named nfl defensive player of the year the ravens had o be at 75 players by 4 o'clock today...no more cuts but they placed 6 guys on injured

lists...4 put on injured reserve including emanuel cook who broke his leg against jacksonville...receiver nd returner david reed joins suggs on the pup list...both of them can re-join the team in time for the texans game in houston on october 21st... rookie justin tuckkr took the field in owings mills today,,,his first practice since winning the kicking job yesterday, when the ravens released veteran billy cundiff...the ravens clear a million eight under the cap with the move, but tte fact off the matter is, the rookie just plain outticked him...and today, tucker paid tribute to the man whose job he took... 3 it's ow time to announce the candidates in ourrfirst high school game of the week contest of the school year... brought to you by varsity

sports nntwork dot com...you can vote for the game you'd like to see highlights f by going to fox-baltimore dot com and clicking on high school week... the week....- here's this week's slate of games for friday august 31st... calvert hall andddunbar meet in football...hereforddtravels to north harford on the gridiron...broadneck hosts south river in field hockey... and bryn mawr welcomes towson in girls soccer... that'll do it for this edition of sports unlimited..i'm bruce cunningham...