says he's a good person but he snapped. new pictures wjz obtained exclusively shows shawn sinclair, the man accuse of shooting two officers loaded into an ambulance. the cousin says he's waged a long battle with mental illness. >> i'm here to apology to the officer's family to my deepest apology. whatever happens, i heard what they say on the news, say he was acting like a maniac but wasn't in his right mine. he's a caring man. >> he worked for years at this foot locker and has five children and an arrest record back to 1993. on saturday, he assaulted two women he had been involved with and ambushed the officers that responsed. one was sitting in this patrol car. shawn sinclair's friend spoke to him. he say he was ready to die.

he pointed a gun and say to go ahead, there's going to be some trouble. police car pull down the street and he went up and shot all his bullets into the car. >> reporter: home video obtained by wjz shows the aftermath. some say police beat him after the shooting. the commissioner responded to that allegation. >> i have very few apologies to make about his condition or the outcome of this incident. if our men weren't there to stop this maniac, who knows what he would have done to innocent people on the street. >> he's not a maniac, he has a family. i definitely don't know what made him snap. >> reporter: the other officer has been released from the hospital. his brother told wjz he's just happy he's alive. police say sinclair used a 9 mm handgun. thank you.

police expect to charge him with attempted murder. shock and sadness in a caroll county neighborhood. a young girl struck and killed by a drunk driver. she was talking to friends when she was hit. adam may has more on the tragedy. >> reporter: tonight the family of the girl is making funeral arrangements while the driver is in jail but maybe not for long. >> she loved everybody. >> reporter: the mother of the 15-year-old gets the phone call that every parent fears sunday night. >> first they said life- threatening injuries and told me they were going the air lift her then they told me to go to caroll county general. >> did you get a chance to see

her? >> she was hit and killed by a drunk driver, 42-year-old kevin smith. the teenage girl was standing here talking to a group of friends that pull over on the side of the road. police say the drunk driver came down the road and crossed the white line. >> when troopers contacted smith, they immediately observed an odor of alcohol on his breath and furthered their investigation along that line and arrested him for driving under the influence. >> he faces three serious charges. his bail at $20,000 outraging the family. >> i'm mad, i'm angry because the girl was part of my life. i have a son and a daughter and i live for my children.

he can get out on two thousand dollars or whatever? he shouldn't be allowed out. he should never be allow out. no parent should have to go through what i we want through last night. adam may, eyewitness news. thank you. smith is held at the caroll county detention center. the toxicology report is back in murder-suicide case of steve mcnair. his blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit for driving when his girlfriend shot him to death. it's unclear how long he had been drinking or if he was driving. the medical examiner found marijuana in the body of the woman police say kill him as he slept at his condo before she kill herself.

a terrifying morning for the owner of the restaurant. >> reporter: the call came in as a robbery at the chick fillet. the manager was taking the reseats to the bank when a suspect got in the car and ordered him to drive. he bailed out of the car with the money. the victim then drove to the hampton inn and called police. police have a description of the suspect and looking for him. we may get some much- needed rain tonight. a live look though it's been a delightful july, it's been dry. meteorologist updating the forecast. there's some rain showing up on radar. most of it right now is to the south of washington but we hope to get some in later. it is moving from south to north. down to the south, pretty

steady rain to packs river and thunder as well. a little bit of light sprinkle activity at salisbury and a little around westminister. this is light. a lot of it not reaching the ground. but hopefully later on some of the rain in here and the chances increase by tomorrow, we have a look at what is going on around the east coast in the next 48 hours. >> reporter: we have the storm moving from the south and the center of it is going to pass by tomorrow. through night tonight into the day tomorrow, chances for on and off showers and thunderstorms. we'll continue to pull all of the air off of the ocean aing moisture. wednesday this storm gets out of here but there's another one for thursday. all of that coming up in the forecast. thank you. a string of church burglaries, three churches were broken into

this weekend alone. how one church leader is taking her message to the people. >> reporter: police have unanswered questions about the church break-ins but they believe the motive was fast cash. >> reporter: the senior pastor at the methodist church addresses a shocked congregation, it was one of the three broken into over the weekend. >> the robbers came through the window. >> reporter: someone pry open the windows of two other churches, they're located a couple miles a part. >> three in one night in close proximity, that's not something we normally have. >> reporter: they ransacked each one. >> everything was pull out. all papers piled up on top of the dressers, papers on the floor. >> reporter: after trashing the room, the thieves stole a heavy

safe, the safe was empty. but they found an envelope of just $40 in cash. >> we're not sure what they wanted but that's all they took was the cash. >> reporter: for some, the attack is unbelievable. >> it's horrible that whoever did it stole from a church and they're stealing if god. >> it's going to get worse as the recession gets worse. >> reporter: they have no suspects at this time, but for whoever is responsible, the community has a message. >> you don't need to come in and steal from the building of god, it's wrong. >> reporter: police anyone with information to come forward to prevent anyone else from being victimized. police are not disclosing how much much was stolen.

the court of appeals ruled that the court of appeals has jurisdiction first. it stems from laurel racing trying to have the bid for slot machines reinstate despite failing to put up the licensing fee. a massive health care system overhaul. he wants every american to be covered. some say it will cost too much. former mayor and chairman michael steel took on the president today. >> president obama wants to build a health care system where washington decides. republicans want and supported open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions. >> steel says it represents

socialism. if you can remember where you were 40 years ago, odds are you were watching man's first steps on the moon. the man in charge of bringing the pictures still works for nasa and still does television. >>reporter: there was one moment the world waited to see. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> here's how the first live shot was tuned in. >> we had to get to the moon to let's say australia, from parks to sidney and up and down into california at&t had to put it to houston. so that could have cost us seeing the first step on the moon. >> reporter: his job was to bring live tv from the moon to the earth. >> there's no thought of

historic significance, it was a job. >> speed now 100 miles per hour. >> reporter: it now centers on the shuttle keeping an eye out for debris that could damage the craft. he's heading up a restoration effort for a clearer picture. >> we want to make available to the future generations the best possible video of a historic event that man achieved that we can. >> reporter: the live shot from the moon circled the earth as 600 million people tuned in for the one giant leap for mankind. >> we were in the cold war but this event pull people together. the camera was designed and built here in maryland by westinghouse engineers. there's an unusual sight

to be seen in harford county. it's a manatee. a marine animal rescue team is tracking the animal to make sure it doesn't get hurt. boaters told to slow down and stay away from the manatee. they're usually found in florida. i always wanted to see one. >> keep thinking of the sesame street song. i'm a manatee. >> my children are older than yours. i'll take your word. still ahead. >> there's a baby in there. >> a rescue attempt. rescuers try to save a mother and two children from a burning suv. southwest baltimore, about to see an amazing piece of art work when eyewitness news

continues. i'm pat warren coming up, getting the kinks out of trash collection. trashing some rain in the area. the first-warning forecast coming up. . now complete coverage continues. this is wjz 13,

baltimore city residents adjusting to trash collection and so are the workers. there's complaints on both sides. live downtown. pat has more on the complaints. >> reporter: you know how it is, new day, new times take

some adjustments on both sides and there's some people who are being missed. >> one plus one is one week old and there's trouble on both sides, the people who put trash out and the people who pick it up. >> they're running neck and neck at this point. >> reporter: diane on the side of residents who got it right while the city got it wrong. >> i had the recycling here and they were supposed to pick it up on friday so the neighbor is calling and i had to call and say could you pick up the trash across the street and my trash also. they picked theirs up but not mine. as you can see, mine is still here. >> reporter: the city got the call. >> there's probably a situation with the crews and the new maps happened to miss that one. we made sure that we went in there and picked up the trash

and recycling. >> reporter: okay, no. after eyewitness news talked to him, the recycles were still at the curb. >> it was to cut down on the rat problem, i don't know how when they don't pick the trash up. >> reporter: the number to call is 3-1-1. >> be the it's the end of the day you need to call 3-1-1. went you call, they will advice you. >> that's not as simple as it sounds. >> they kept saying we're working 24 hours around the clock, no results. >> reporter: the word is patience, but they insist you call 3-1-1 because they won't know about it and won't be able to fix it for you. there's a 90-day grace period so people won't get fined for

getting it wrong. thank you. city officials say they will adjust the balloon -- plan as needed. she broke her ankle in three places walking down the steps at church. the maryland democrat pent the night at the hospital and her surgery has not been scheduled but she says she's getting excellent care. it's been two years if the making. tonight there's a sneak preview of the talked about statue of william donald schafer. >>reporter: the clay figure is the work of baltimore artist rodney carol who wanted to capture the former mayor and governor in his glory days. >> this waving and this guest

your of turning, he was addressing someone in the crowd. >> reporter: schafer was unable to pose so he worked from photographs and found inspiration in schafer's shoes and shirt. >> they have to be his clothes. schafer's shoe, the way his weight settled into them. it's just great to work with. >> there's even a mayor's action memo and his favorite slogan, do it now. only a few have seen the tribute to a political legend. >> it's amazing. people will be really, really touched when they see this piece. >> this week, the transformation to bronze will begin. >> casted in wax and cut that up and cast that in ceramic and melt the wax and pour bronze in and clean it up and put it back

together. it's a process. >> reporter: it's going to be formally dedicated on the inner harbor. it will be his 88th birthday. >> everything is on schedule, everyone is cooperating, it's going to be great. >> reporter: ron matz, eyewitness news. the schaferer statue will be at harbor place and the visiter's center. >> amazing likeness. genious. i can't make an ashtray out of clay. 79, humidity 7 4%. possibility of much-needed rain after this.

. now, weather, complete forecast and the warning of severe weather. all right. we're waiting for the rain, bob, we need it. >> looks hopeful. >> the crab grass is dying. when it's dry the weeds take over. it's amazing, they have a survival rate that's amazing. we have some rain to the south to the west just a little bit beginning to show up northwest of the city. not much yet. some of this stuff in virginia

and southern maryland making a move and a better chance tomorrow of getting rain. could see some showers west and maybe southeast of us because we have a low pressure up the east coast and it's going the effect most of the areas east of us. out in the ocean, plenty of rain. the temperatures around the area, 80 at rock hall, 78 at kent island. 79 degrees with a dew point that hasn't come up that much and bringing in some moisture, low-level moisture is picking up. we need that to get some rain. there's been some showers along the southeast. now some light precipitation, even though the radar is showing this, nobody except to the west of us is putting anything, the air is dry. some light rain. south of washington, that's where we're seeing rain and some of it is moving in our

direction. hopefully we get some in this evening. rain to the west, rape -- rain along the east coast. low pressure sitting around savannah georgia making a move up the east coast. you'll see it kind of moving up the area. we'll get some rain out of this. it's hard to tell who will get the most but looks like the bulk of the heavier showers along the ridges out to the west, some folks may pick up 1/2" or 1" of rain by wednesday. thursday another chance of showers and maybe some thunderstorms coming in to the region. the bay temperature around the upper 70s. nice and warm. tonight some rain hopefully and some showers and maybe some thunder. 66 by morning. tomorrow only 78. couple of thunderstorms and some showers with mostly cloudy

skies. 78 degrees, it's not like 89 degrees and human. it's not a bad deal. >> thank you. >> still ahead, capture, the growing search for an american soldier held by the taliban in afghanistan. his message to his family. a member of the popular music group suffering from a serious illness. a man charged with killing six people in two states. what was the motive? the orioles road trip takes them to yankees stadium where they encounter baltimore's own who is a bronx bomber. the latest on the birds plus a

. this is wjz tv and wjz.com baltimore. >> from the city, to the county to your neighborhood, now complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. 79 degrees and cloudy here's some of the stories people are talking about tonight. second from death, a mother and her two young children trapped in a burning suv that flipped over and burst into flames. the frantic rescue attempt caught on tape. >> reporter: this suv hit a

tree and burst into flames with a mother and her two young children inside. the people from the milwaukee neighbor tried to save the family as a by stander caught it on tape. neighbors used sticks and pipes to break the window and pull the mother and two-year-old daughter out of the inferno. >> i'm still shaken up. thank god we were there and the firefighters were there. >> reporter: with a four-year- old still trapped. two off-duty firefighters reached the scene after getting a call. >> the child was screaming and then it went silent. i didn't hear anything and for that second, i thought we were too late. >> they needed a knife to cut the seat belt and had help with the flames from an off-duty police officer who had two fire extinguishers in the truck. >> they freed the boy and

doused him with a garden hose. >> i told him he's the toughest little boy, it was emotional. >> reporter: firefighters suffered second and third- degree burns. the 4-year-old suffered burns over 30% of his body. >> the bravery saved the family. >> the firefighters treated for burns to their hand and arms. the man accused of a deadly rampage in two states appears in court. >> police say the 30-year-old killed six people. it started where he beat an acquaintance to death. he then crossed into tennessee and killed his wife, three of the relatives and a neighbor. the couple separated but were

not yet divorced. another man was critically burn. investigators say the house was vacant and boarded up at the time of the fire. a multivehicle pile up injuries several people. four children suffered non-life- threatening injuries. 80% of prisoners fail drug tests before being booked. >> reporter: he was hitters announce an approach to drug

treatment behind bars. booking downtown baltimore may not be known for the methadone program for heroin addicts, but it's this approach that brought the drug czar to this city. >> it's not because baltimore has more problems than any other city, it's because baltimore has more solutions. >> reporter: the mayor was praise for her compassion for the criminal justice population. >> it's a passionate issue with drug addiction and heroin an all types of drugs because i had someone in my family who was a person, my brother, who went through that life. who had two parents, who was well educated, but who had that struggle. >> reporter: the congressman hosted the meeting between all levels of government. >> when 80% of those arrested in crimes in our city fail the drug test they're given at the

booking, we know that more than 9000 of these incarcerated men and women are being released each year returning to our community. our system is badly broken in this country. we have to change the numbers in america, we incarcerate too many people and spend way too much money and not safer as a result of it. >> is senator also supports funding programs that helps addicts and make their way back to the neighborhood. thank you. time for a quick look at some stories in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. protecting teens from getting credit cards before reform laws kick in. the internship program with the goal of a diverse work force. these stories and more, read

tomorrow's baltimore sun and the updated forecast on first- warning weather team. in tonight's health watch, for the first time, they link pollution exposure to low scores to children. living in the city, she worries her unborn baby is exposed to pollutants. a new study says she should be concerned because air pollution may pose a threat to unborn children. >> it's a mixture that is harmful for the very early developing brain. researchers had 250 expected moms in new york city where one of these backpacks contain an air monitor. the filter collects the pollutant. the air is collected.

>> reporter: researcher gave the children tests at 5. those exposed during pregnancy scored 4% lower. >> it's relevant to other urban areas. >> reporter: the most common source is vehicle emissions found in all cities. when a pregnant mom breathes them in, they can reach the baby baby. doctors say the study suggests that pollution may have the same effect on the developing brain as exposure to lead. they will monitor those in the study to see if the school performance is effected. for now, this mom is going to pay attention to what she's breathing if the city. the search took into

account other factors including second hand smoke, the home learning environment and still found a strong influence from pollution. the beastie boys canceled tour dates because one of the members is diagnosed with cancer. adam announced he has a tumor in his salivary gland. he says it's treatable. the good news the cancer will not effect his voice. still ahead, box office block buster, how much the new harry potter movie has made. a shooting spree in california. some much-needed rain in our direction. wjz is always on, here's the top stories at this hour, for updates on the news and the

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modesto neighborhood. police found an adult man and woman shot to death. and the third man is in the hospital. the victim also gave police a description of the rifle and the suspect is under arrest. investigators don't think it was a random attack. the u.s. military says it's doing everything it can to rescue a captured soldier in afghanistan. live from washington. >> reporter: the united states is working around the clock to rescue an american soldier captured in afghanistan. we're concerned about the kidnapping of our american soldier and are working to do all we can to obtain his safe release. the 23-year-old vanish off

of the u.s. base early this month and not heard from until saturday when the taliban posted this video online. >> please bring me home. the american people have that power. >> reporter: they call the 28- minute video propaganda and says finding that captured american soldier is a top priority. >> our commanders are sparing no effort to find this soldier and i would say my personal reaction is one of disgust at the exploitation of this young man. >> reporter: the neighbors in ketchum, idaho have known he was kidnap but stayed quiet fearing for his safety. >> that's the respect we have for each other. >> friends at the coffee shop where he work before enlisting last year. >> they're doing okay, as well as can be expected. they have a strong family.

>> the obama administration is doing all it can to find and free him. but negotiating with the taliban is out of the question. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. bowe bergdahl was on a small base on the pakistan border. an 80-foot boat burst into flames off of the coast of new jersey. the men were rescued. they were not able to save the burning boat. harry potter cast a spell on the box office. harry potter made 8 $79 million over the week. it's the strongest to date and made $20 million more than the

last installment. >> they saw it and liked it? >> they did. >> a preview of the evening news with katie couric. coming up when the autoindustry got slammed, michigan became a haven for crime as neighborhoods were abandoned. how they're trying to rebill by tearing down homes. we remember walter cronkite reporting on one of his favorite stories. that's tonight on the evening news on wjz 13 baltimore. kye and denise, back to you. thank you. here's the closing numbers from wall street.

. july days may be finally over. a life look outside, can we expect some storms, eyewitness news with first warning coverage. in the out back with a look at what to expect tomorrow, first bob has a look at radar. we have soft rain around baltimore. the bulk continues down to the south. a lot of it not making it too

far. kind of evaporating. we have some dry air it's going to take a while. could see some heavier showers and again tomorrow. pretty good shot of decent rain and maybe some thunder as well. a look at the forecast and i don't -- beyond. >> as we start out tomorrow, a chance of showers around. tomorrow a chance of showers and that will keep the temperatures to only around 78 degrees tomorrow. looks like after tomorrow, a break on went, the temperatures going up thursday and more warm and humid conditions and maybe some showers around in some spots. 86 friday, 88, kind of humid as we begin the end of the week into the weekend back to summer. still to come, the orioles

road trip takes in to new york tonight. mark has more coming up in sports.

. doesn't seem fair the orioles have to start the second half of the season in new york. >> boston is after that. >> none of it is easy, you have to play them all, that is right. into new york they go. the big house in the bronx remains a tough place to visit remaining a history of rough treatment. the o's suffered their share of beatings there. that's where the birds are tonight to start a series, hall of famer there. the old-timers game. former orioles ace retire and had 8 seasons with the yankees and 10 in new york. the present-day slugger who for the second time in 3 days delivered the homerun for the

yankees. the yankees completed a three- game sweep. they are the top hitting team in the league with that the o's could use the start that guthrie delivered in chicago yesterday. he looked like an ace with 8 innings allowing on 2 runs. it was his first outing in 12 days, he was given extra rest. the o's rolled to a victory. guthrie records the win. it's david hernandez many the bronx. 7:05 start time. the ravens begin training camp one week from today. the search is on now to find help at wide receiver. the ravens going to bring in a number of candidates to fill a vacancy at white out with the

announce retirement last week. derek mason announced the retirement but it's not recognized by the ravens or the nfl and will not be until he files official papers. he says he has lost the enthusiasm to play. to another bran of football we call soccer. dave beckham with this long pass to donovan who goes to gordon for a goal. that tied the game. and then beckham from the corner, he delivers a beauty here to brian jordan that tied it and that's how it ended.

they play this friday night at the bank stadium. celebrating age and experience, 59-year-old golfer watson youd the crowd and led for three round and lost to stewart in a playoff. watson is the oldest golfer in history to lead in a major event. another record for the guy many the number four car in portland, oregon. the man is 81-year-old, the oldest driver ever. he finished 13th in this race. he's been racing since 1945, he's a member of the hall of fame and not afraid to go fast. >> doesn't look 81. >> he doesn't. we'll be right

>> couric: tonight, a massive manhunt for an american soldier held by the taliban. video released by his captors angers the secretary of defense. >> my personal reaction was up with of disgust. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also to want, the president takes on critics of his health

care reform plan. he vows to move forward and says he's trying to fix the system that's breaking american families. a race against time. father time. and more and more athletes are winning. and 40 years ago today as man set foot on the moon, walter cronkite may have been the happiest man on earth. >> right now, after seeing it happen, knowing that it happened it still seems like a dream. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: and good evening, each. we begin tonight in afghanistan where an allout search is under way for a u.s. army private who's being held captive by the taliban. bowe bergdahl is 23 from a small town in idaho where he worked in a coffee shop before joining the army last year. today as defense secretary