dead or alive. a man is shot by city police. paramedics declare him dead. >> but tonight he's very much alive. what went wrong and the investigation into how this could happen. >> hello, i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. a man is shot by police. paramedics pronounce him dead on the scene but that man is actually alive, and tonight there are questions surrounding the emergency crew.

the most obvious, how could this happen. kelly mcpherson is live outside sinai hospital where the man, once declared dead is being treated. >> reporter: denise, police say the man was using a screwdriver when they decided to it shoot him, and for 30 minutes everyone on scene thought he was dead until someone saw him move. a suspected burglar of this northwest store was pronounced dead by medics when he was still alive. >> has this ever happened before? >> i have no specific knowledge that this has happened before, you know. it's an anomaly. >> reporter: the fire department's quality assurance team is sorting out how the mistake happened. the man was shot in the head by police when they say he was burglarize ago store. >> a suspect was wearing a mask, lunged at police with a knife-like object. >> reporter: on scene the pair med sick supposed to check

breathing, pulse, and look for any signs incompatible with life, like a severe injury or decapitation. he was considered dead for 30 minutes until an officer saw the dead man move. the medics returned. >> we're also trying to interview police on the scene to gather as much information as we can to try and determine whether or not a protocol, rule, regulation, or operating procedures were violated. >> reporter: he gave this address on garrison boulevard the last two times he was arrested. it's about 13 blocks from the crime scene. on-line, it shows that he has a history of assault and car theft. the same medics brought him to the trauma center. now they're being interviewed about why they thought he was dead during their first check. >> reporter: but it's not a perfect system? >> of course not, not a perfect system. these guidelines are fairly strict, and adhering to them will limit the possibilities of

these things to happen. >> i think that's pretty sfa.d you're trained to save lives, then you should he be able to recognize if someone is dead or alive. >> reporter: the emt and the paramedic involved have been reassigned during the investigation. if one of them did make a mistake they could be demoted, fired, or simply his lose their ability to be a paramedic. kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say the officer who shot the man has never been involved in a shooting before. tense moments at bwi thurgood marshall as a southwest airlines plane made an emergency landing. flight 1031 landed around 5:00. the plane was coming into baltimore from phoenix when the pilot reported a problem with the plane's flaps. the pilot was able to land the plane without any problems. emergency crews were standing by just in case. two confirmed tore neighed co touchdowns in maryland. the twisters were part of a wild week of weather in maryland that left a path of

destruction. tonight as derek valcourt shows us, homeowners are just starting to pick up the pieces. >> reporter: skyeye chopper 13 shows the destruction left by the tornadoes that touched down in frederick and carroll counties. >> never forget this one. >> reporter: karen was inside her house when the storm started ripping her roof off. >> so i turned to close the garage door from the house to the garage, and i couldn't close it. it just blew me back and blew me on the ground, and i fractured my wrist. >> reporter: karen's wrist may be fractured, but her home is broken. the walls buckled, and huge holes in the ceiling mean she will be out of the house for months. >> my sons and i, we realize it was bad. we went to the basement. we were in the basement, then we heard gushing water. it was scary, but once i realized everyone was accounted for, we were fine. >> reporter: her home, one of the hardest hit in the community of finksburg where

trees, sheds, a pool and trampoline were all smashed into pieces. >> i still feel like i'm in a daze from the. >> reporter: joanne miller didn't see the damage until she got back from vacation. >> half of the roof was taken off. >> reporter: a small tornado ripped major holes in her ceiling. she now has to find somewhere else to stay for the next few months. >> it's going to be tough. it's going to be tough, but what can we do. i keep telling myself, it could have been a lot worse. could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: it is the first full business day since that storm, so needless to say, a lot of insurance adjustors out here are assessing the damage. they've been working all day, as have a number of cleanup crews. a lot of neighbors giving credit to firefighters for the quick response to this damaging storm. in carroll county, i'm derek value court, eyewitness news. >> the weather was clear and calm for homeowners cleaning up today. bob turk will have your complete first warning forecast in about 10 minutes.

a middle river man and woman are behind bars tonight facing pornography charges involving children. the victims were as young as two and as old as 13. police need your help to find them. weijia jiang has more on crimes even police are calling gross. >> reporter: 34-year-old john and this woman face multiple charges. >> this is gross. it's indecent. there's no term other than a foul term to really describe this. >> reporter: police believe the suspects are in a romantic relationship. inside detectives discovered movie files from a computer, tv d's, and six cd's. in them the couple is seen performing graphic sex acts on at least three different victims, two to 13. other children are captured undressing and taking a shower. >> it makes me want to vomit,

because i have children. it's just ridiculous. >> reporter: according to the charging documents the couple filmed several of the videos right here at their house but right now police don't know who the children are or how they got here. >> we know that there's children, we can see them, they're being abused. they're on this film. that film has been disseminated. the internet. we want to find out who these kids are. >> reporter: police say at least one victim is unconscious. the investigation reveal both have a paramedic background. detectives found a vast amount of prescription bottles throughout their bedroom. >> they're sir, they're sick. there's no other word for it. >> reporter: investigators are not sure how long the couple has been making child porn, although essex may not be their only location. one victim involving a toddler is titled fun in almanta. detectives say more arrests could come as the investigation

continues. weijia japing, wjz, eyewitness news. >> again, detectives believe there could be more victims and they urge anyone who knows the couple in any capacity to contact them immediately. new at 11:00, slow down or get ready to pay for putting the pedal to the metal. a bill is being introduced to put up speed cameras in several locations. right now cameras are only in use in montecalvo county but a state law allows other counties to consider them. the fine, $40. the government's cash for clunkers program is rung on empty tonight. the white house is warning the program will likely be canceled if the senate does not approve an additional $2 billion. the program allows car owners to trade in the old gas guzzling vehicles and get up to $4500 off a new fuel efficient car. it began just two weeks ago but

dealerships have almost gone through the had 1 billion originally allotted. as part of its argument to keep the program running the white house pointed to news today from ford. their first sales increase in nearly two years. the house passed a $2 billion extension on friday. the u.s. postal service is on the brink of delivering some bad news. thousand of neighborhood post offices are in jeopardy of closing their doors forever. eyewitness news is live in mount washington. kai jackson explains why several here in the baltimore area could soon be gone. sky. >> reporter: that's right, denise, about five of those post offices in this area face possible closure. that news concerns some who live in fells point. the postal service delivered a big blow to communities across the country with the announcement that countless local branches could close. >> one of the primary services in the country was the postal service, and, you know, if that starts to dwindle, i think it's a very bad sign of the times

and for the future. >> reporter: yet mounting debt and the current economy could force changes. the postal service is facing $7 billion in losses. the agency says americans e- mailing he letters and electronic bill paying has reduced its mail volume, and that may force 1,000 branches nationwide to close. the postal service has been doing a number of things to cut costs, like getting rid of mailboxes, reducing staff, even raising the price of stamps again this year, but apparently it hasn't been enough. five branches around the city face possible closure. news that's caught many off- guard. >> yeah, heard about it. and i have a p. o. box there, so that would be a lot of inconvenience for me. >> reporter: among the post offices in jeopardy this one in the 700 block of wolf street in fells point. residents say if the closed they'd lose not just convenience but a sense of community. >> we live about four blocks from here, so this is my number one post office that i come to.

>> reporter: no final decision has been made at this time. it still requires approval at this point for it to happen. however, we should point out there are 32,741 post offices across the country. only 1,000 are slated for closure. so if you look at the math, it doesn't sound like a it lot, unless one of those post offices is near you. >> thank you, kai. this year mail volume is expected to drop 28 billion pieces with just 175 billion pieces of mail delivered. terrible turbulence. >> the plane just kind of like takes a dip, and rises up, and you see people going off their seats, people screaming. >> passengers battered, bruised, and bloodied on an overnight flight that was forced to land in miami. what went wrong? banned at the beach. emergency legislation takes effect immediately what. they're outlawing in ocean city. baltimore city's mounted patrol could face elimination. i'm adam may with the exclusive

story coming up. a hot and more humid tuesday coming our way. i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete first warning forecast coming up next.

it is 72 degrees and clear in central maryland. the complete forecast is coming up. but first, severe turbulence, and then a sudden drop. that's how passengers described what happened on one flight from brazil to texas. continental flight 128 was just six hours into its journey to houston when it was forced to make an emergency landing in miami. 26 people were injured, four seriously. passengers say the boeing 767

began to plunge and shake violently, then they were sent flying. >> everybody bumped their head. it came down again, and very sharp. >> nothing was happening, and then all of a sudden the plane just dropped. >> with no storms reported in the area, one meteorologist says the plane could have encountered clear air turbulence. the faa says it's too early to speculate. after enjoying a cold beer at the white house, professor henry gates is talking about his his face-to-face meeting with the officer who arrested him. >> i asked him if he would have lunch with me one on one, maybe go to a red sox game, maybe go to a celtics game, maybe have dinner with our families. >> sergeant james crowley arrested gates saying the professor would not cooperate as they investigated a reported break-in in his home. a neighbor called police about some suspicious activity but it turns out it was gates himself trying to get into his own

home. gates says he has received death threats and has not yet returned to his came bridge home since the arrest. a new round of budget cuts are hitting baltimore's police department. eyewitness news has confirmed, on the chopping block, funding for the horses and mounted patrol. adam may has been working this story and has exclusive details. >> reporter: city officials were trying to keep this information quiet until later on this week, but eyewitness news has confirmed that the mounted patrol is in danger of shutting down in 12 weeks, possibly less. money to care for half a dozen horses in baltimore's mounted patrol unit eliminated and a new round of city budget cuts targeting the police department. >> the mounted units are very viesmghts i really would hate to see anything happen to that. >> reporter: this lieutenant wonders why they can't find

other places to cut. >> when they go into a crowd, it can be a riot, and when they start walking up, everybody disappears. one horse is worth 15 officers in a crowd control situation. they do great work. >> reporter: if the mounted patrol unit is disbanded some of the officers are planning on taking their horses home or trying to find alternative homes for them in the country but they're really hoping it doesn't come to this. >> i think we need to raise a couple hundred thousands dollars. >> reporter: to keep feeding the horses? >> to keep feeding the horses and the training that they need to do. it's expensive. >> reporter: the baltimore community foundation will oversee police foundation efforts to gather donations. >> they are trying to raise money so that they can keep it going. >> reporter: after all, it has been going since 1888. the longest continuous rung mounted patrol anywhere in the entire country, now confronting its possible end. leaders in the police department would not answer our questions on camera or allow to us interview members of the mounted patrol. we tried to ask mayor sheila

dixon's office if they support this budget cut. we were told, "no comment." >> wjz is always on. to make a donation to feed the horse and save the mounted patrol look for this story under local news. new at 11:00, the herb known as salvia is no longer legal. it is sold in many shops on the boardwalk. if caught with salvia, you can face up to six months in jail, pay a $1,000 fine, the or both. this year's wjz orioles food drive is once again a success. i was there sunday. throughout the weekend you could also find kelly mcpherson, vic, other members of the news team. wjz got together with the orioles' wives to collect nonperishable food and money for the maryland food bank. the final totals aren't in yet

but thousands were raised in cash and food donations. >> good to see all those boston fans who came and donated. >> and they were generous. and orioles fans were also. >> we salute all of you. it was pretty warm this weekend, too. >> it was. >> tomorrow is going to feel very much like a mid-summertime type of day, hot and humid. take a look at temperatures. pleasant around the region at 72. winds are calm, barometer rising just a little bit. dew . is up at night, but it typically does come up at night. but during the morning and afternoon, dew points today were in the low 70s, made it very, very comfortable for most people. current 66, nice in oakland. that's a big range. 80 in ocean city, and we're in the low to mid-70s around the baltimore metro, generally around the low to mid-70s. the warmest spots, annapolis and d.c., 77.

very light winds, not a major fact to but tomorrow they come back out of the south- southwest. that's going to bring in more temperatures more like, let's say end of july temperatures, up around 90, maybe even warmer than that. # 5, # today. normal 87 tomorrow, probably a couple degrees warmer than that. 66 the normal low. 100 and 55 are the records. out to the west we have a couple of fronts. one of them died out bough second one beginning to take shape across the dakotas. this is the front that on wednesday will probably kick up some showers and thunderstorms for the region. this first one is pretty much gone right now with all the energy. it's spun up toward canada. we may see a few clouds with that tomorrow night, but on wednesday we are going to watch that next front. as it approaches us, chance of scattered showers and thundershowers, then it does get a little cooler for thursday and friday. looks like a decent end of the week but we have to deal with

storm possibilities, some strong on wednesday. for tonight 64 to the low 70s downtown. tomorrow sunny, hot, humid, up around # 2 degrees. the next five days that shower possibility on wednesday. thursday, friday, and saturday, partly cloudy, 88, # 4, back up close to 90 for the weekend, sunday could begin around 90 degrees. >> thank you, bob. check in with don scott and marty bass tomorrow morning starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated first warning forecast. coming up, the orioles hit the road to detroit and hit the tigers really hard, but was it enough?

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the orioles don't like being on the road, but then they didn't like being home, either. >> they just don't like anything right now. they do go to detroit, ready to showcase their best young pitching prospects in consecutive games but the first game of the one-two punch turns

out to be the punch in the o's gut on a tough night against the tigers. the young lefty warms up. tonight, rookie chris tillman. he struck out five in five innings. there he got thomas. but tillman let that five-run lead get away. miguel cabrera connects off the kid, solo home run. that tied it up 5-5. tillman would leave after that inning, and it doesn't get better, because danny base was pitching in the 9th. this one into the hedges for a homer. that's the game winner. four losses in a row for the o's. a 6-5 heart breaker in detroit. third base man melvin mora warmed up but did not play for the fourth time in five games. did he meet with manager dave

tremblay before the game. both claim they have smoothed out their differences after mora claim the manager treated him with disrespect. of note, an alarming sight off the field, a limping linebacker, terrell suggs moving slowly nursing what he calls a minor heel injury, but not a big deal. he expects to be practicing again soon after he missed two straight days. among the day's highlights, joe flacco will drop back and go deep to demetrius williams. ravens are back on the field tomorrow morning at 8:45. check out the action at new york jets camp. a number of fights broke out. the new coach, rex ryan, the former ravens coordinator, called it rock 'em sock 'em robots. he told them to save their

aggression. finally, after a rainout at pocono yesterday, victory in the cards today for denny hamlin. his first win in 50 races. o's will try it again in detroit tomorrow night. >> thank you, mark. oops. >> the implosion that didn't go as planned, that's next.

a building in turkey is blown up but all doesn't go as planned. once the demolition begins, instead of collapsing the building just rolls over on its roof. the building was a flour factory and was being cleared for a shopping center. no one was hurt, but i'm not cleaning that up. >> good point. a couple decides to renew their vows not on land but turned sea. this couple celebrated their 11th anniversary at an aquarium. the groom's nine-year-old son came one the idea to tie the knot underwater. the ceremony included the ring, the flowers, and, of course, the kiss.