amber alert. the nationwide search for a little boy missing from montgomery county. >> his mother's murder, his stepfather's arrest and his investigation expands the east coast. >> hello everyone. >> here is what people are talking about tonight. >> there is still no trace of an 11-year-old boy after his mother was murdered. megan has the latest in this developing case. >> reporter: tonight 45-year-

old curtis lopez is charged with marying his estranged wife. a nationwide search is on for william. >> my hope is that he may be with family member and friend that perhaps has no idea that what's occurred with his mother. >> his mother, 51-year-old jane found murdered in her german town bedroom. police believe her body may have been here for nearly 2 weeks. this morning police found her missing car, a honda crv in north carolina. it was her estranged husband, 45-year-old curtis lopez. he was arrested outside this econo lodge. >> we're shocked that something like this could happen. >> i don't have any clue. i just hope that he comes up safe. >> neighbors say they saw lopez 2 weeks ago taking items and loading them into her car.

>> i seen him put this -- 50- inch flat screen tv, it was in a box. the box was open. he put it in the back of the car. >> william hasn't been to class and -- he hasn't been to class since september 30th. wjz has obtained this letter sent home to parents grief counselors have be brought in for class mates as the search for the 11-year-old continues. police now say their top priority is finding the 6th 6th graders, discovering him unharmed may be a long shot. >> tonight montgomery county homicide detectives are in north carolina interviewing lopez, no word if you've given any indication on the whereabouts of his stepson. reporting live wjz eyewitness news. >> they say they suffered trauma to the upper body. autopsy will be performed by the medical examiner's office. police rushed to this

parking garage after a man was shot in the back several times. detectives think this may have been a robbery. we're told the victim is in critical condition and officers are still looking for the shooter. city police also need your help finding this man, germane escaped from custody after officers arrested him yesterday on the east side of town. they say he stole a woman's purse. police will not tell us how he escaped. they do believe he's armed and dangerous. >> tonight tornado watch is cancelled. a suspected tornado did touchdown in the virginia county that was the epi center, you can see the roof was cut off, the funnel cloud was spotted just before 4:00 this afternoon. bob is in the weather center with a closer look at the storms that roll through. >> some shower and thunderstorm activity. pretty much from dc to the

west. when we open up down across virginia we saw strong storms developing this afternoon came right at the 95 corridor, there it is, d.c. saw strong storm, most of the activity was just to the west and northeast. still some shower activity in the evening, late tonight and tomorrow morning, probably some more showers as well. for the weekend bringing any better weather, coming up my full forecast have the details in just a few minutes. >> i thank you bob, busted a major offshoot of the bloods gang stretching across maryland. dozens of expected members are behind bars. live at federal court with how the feds broke the case. >> from western maryland over to the eastern shore police say this gang was organized and violent. >> this 71 page criminal indictment details the allegations against members of

the south side brims gang, an offshoot of the notorious bloods gang, in all 35 maryland gang members accused of crimes like murders, robberies, assault, drug trafficking and witness intimidation. >> we don't know how many crimes won't be committed now because these people are going to be behind bars for a long time. >> they reached from cumberland to frederick out to salisbury with fractions in numerous county and south side brims operate not only in maryland but up and down the east coast with local gang leaders reporting to their higher ups. >> one of the things you see from this operation is that crime doesn't know any boundaries, it's all over the place, it's moving back and forth. >> authorities say their big break came when law enforcement discovered this, a three-page roster including their nicknames, rank and phone numbers let behind. the alleged ring master at the top of the gang's food chain,

this man, nicknamed red rum, murder spelled backwards. murder is exactly why he's serving 50 years at cumberland prison where he was still running the gang's activities from behind bars according to u.s. attorney. >> we need to make sure they're sent out of the state to federal prison because when we leave them in local facilities here are able to consider here fellow gang members. >> police have arrested 9 of the indicted gang members. live at the federal courthouse, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much derrick. 16 of the 35 gang members were based out of frederick maryland. >> a worker in the mail room is rush today the hospital after opening a letter with white powder. the worker felt sick and went to the hospital to be checked out. they think the powder may be drugs. a show down at the heart of the occupy wall street movement

in new york. police plan to kick the protesters out of this park tomorrow morning so the park owners can clean it up. but demonstrators call it an eviction notice. they have spent the last months camped out protesting banks and corporations. police are promising to arrest any protesters who will not leave. major operation to stay in the national cathedral. kayak son explains, the dangerous steps it's going to take. >> it's a delicate operation, engineers say they're making significant progress in preparing the national cathedral. >> it was a job shrouded not in secrecy, he lifts and lowers parts at the top of the national cathedral in northwest washington, d.c. the stone was damaged during the august earthquake. >> the structure of the cathedral did okay in the quake, but again as everything shook and all that energy went up it ended up --

>> the pieces are from the central tower, they say they weigh two tons. the earthquake shifted them. we're moving them is a delicate job, the real work begins when the heavy objects are on the ground. >> there's a lot of assessing to do now. which ones can i say. which we'll have to be recut completely new. >> another of washington's most recognizable symbols was also damaged. the washington monument, those comparing the cathedral say the same engineers will look at the cathedral. >> the propellers were going to be here next week, the guys who did the washington monument are going to be on the west front looking at every little piece of stone. >> the national cathedral has been the location for most of the funeral services for u.s. president since 1893. vick. >> a beautiful building it is. the cathedral is scheduled to reopen in november. hard times at city hall,

city agencies are being told to brace for another round for deep budget cuts. why media partners, city agency heads are being told to cut 5% of their spending as they prepare their budgets for the next fiscal year. for the fire department that could mean trimming $10 million. baltimore has been grappling with budget shortfall in its 1.9 billion operating budget for the past three-year. >> the ravens will pay tribute to pat this weekend. they'll observe a moment of silence. she died yesterday after lengthy illness at the age of 80. >> i believe they honored her tonight at the opera house. i think tony bennett was there. >> coming up hollywood hackers start with a privacy invader. >> i know what i did was wrong and i know i'm getting what i deserve for it. >> the reason he says he couldn't stop snooping on celebrities. plus motive for massacre,

the warning signs that could have been prevented deadly shoot out at salon. >> an unusual side affect of the pill, the impact that birth control can have on your relationship. >> when will the sun shine return. complete first winning forecast. coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 71 degrees and cloudy, the complete forecast is coming up. a dramatic rescue in california when a base jumper gets entangled in a tree. the man jumped from california's bridge news in sacramento and parachute got caught on the way down. the man dangled 60 feet in the air. rescue crew did save him. base jumping is only legal with a permit. >> a jury convicts joshua of murdering a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion. he was guilty in all counts of kidnapping, sexual assault, murder and arson. jennifer and her daughters haley were killed, husband and father, dr. william petite was the only survivor. he could face the death personal. tonight we're learning of early warning signs about the man suspected of killing 8 people in southern california hair salon. his wife claimed abuse and

instability. investigators are learning more about the alleged killer scott,. >> respect scott entered the location at 500 specific coast highway and opened fire with a handgun. ultimately killing 8 people and critically killing one. >> the 41-year-old is in custody. the only suspect in wednesday's shooting massacre at the salon where his ex-wife worked. the salon was full of customers who scrambled for cover as the gunman opened fire. the quiet seaside community is in shock. >> i knew that one of the girls that worked here. she was so well loved. a beautiful lady. >> investigators confirmed the names of those killed. among the dead the ex-wife 48- year-old michelle, her coworker and friend and the salon owner randy, five other men and women were shot to death. people who knew the former

couple said they were in bitter custody battle over their 7- year-old son. michelle also reportedly told a relative to just -- that just 2 months ago her ex-husband walked into the saw lop and threatened to kill her and her coworkers, they reportedly laughed off the threat. >> we -- wjz eyewitness news. >> now today police identified that -- witnesses say they are traumatized. >> fbi arrested the man responsible for hacking into celebrity e-mail counts he admits to high hijacking the forwarding feature. joe hanson, kristina ago lyra and 48 -- he did it because he was curious. >> he started your i don't sayty and it turned into just being, you know, to seeing behind the scenes of what was going on with these people you see on the big screen every

day. >> he never sold any of the information or pictures. if convicted he faces a life sentence behind bars. >> blackberries are buzzing back to life after 3-day surface hits. blackberry users were unable to e-mail. the outage started monday when a crucial traffic routing computer in the european network failed. back up also start working. tens of millions of people affected. it is the fourth major disruption since 2007. a new study shows women on the pill may choose nice guys over sexy ones. research shows women taking birth control pills are happier over all but they're less sexually satisfied. researchers aren't sure why that happened they shift during the menstrual cycle. a grandmother gets by a rain deer, ruth visited a rain

deer ranch with her retirement home and was knocked over by an aggressive deer. she was rushed to the hospital. the violent rain deer was shipped to another form. the results in for nfl's meanest players one is a big rival and the other is favorite in our own backyard. the other one meanest in a poll, steeler james harrison with 35%. two members of the ravens also fell in the top 10 finishing in second terrell coming in at no. 6. we want them to be mean. yes, but i think probably inside, just gentle as anything, just on the field, that's all. where it counts. >> you do need a little meanness. get that adrenaline going. >> take a look at radar, not if it's real real heavy, but we are reporting some shower and thundershower moving nicely now to the north just west of

columbia just went through d.c. about the third storm they've had. around the baltimore it's been pretty quiet. there are some showers around. and few in baltimore county out by fredericks, particularly out in howard county as you can see. it's moving up to the north. we do have risk of more showers tonight and into the morning hours tomorrow, but things will be changing after that. take a look at temperatures right now it's the warmest it's been 71 degrees this time of night. still falling -- 54 out in oakland, still 72 in packs river. 69 ocean city. the dew points very high, very moist atmosphere, that's one of the reasons we had these storms developing down to the south very unstable air mass. primarily because we had easterly winds at ocean component. d.c -- there's still a lot of warm air, tomorrow we will still be in this warm air, but to the west of us is a frontal

system, that front is going to create some more scattered shower and thundershower activity, maybe a gusty thunderstorm in a couple spots because of low pressure that's spinning, it's going to come by our region late in the afternoon, maybe three or four 5:00, i think by 6:00 or 7:00 it's done. we have a risk of showers in the morning tomorrow, probably in the early afternoon, going to be wildly scattered. after 5:00 or 6:00 it will be through the region and that's when we're looking for a big change. the winds go west low west. a lot of sunshine, but a heck of a breeze coming in by late tomorrow night and on sad. it will be breezy but mainly sunny and a lot of sun here on sunday, a very pleasant weekend, all -- compare what we've seen. it will be a little breezy there on saturday. southwest winds, 5 to 10 knots, up around 60, 70 degrees.

set right around 6:30. tonight, cloudy skies, rain, maybe thundershowers, couple spots. back up to 72. few more showers in the morning, maybe a pop up thundershower or thunderstorm in yet a few spots. tomorrow night it clears out. next 5 days nice weekend, 70, 70. it will be breezy on saturday. wind can get high, but lotless wind on sunday, a nice day, 72 and 72 monday and tuesday. went through a lot f sun shine maybe a shower here as another front approaches from the northwest, denise. >> check in with don scott and tim williams. starting at 4:55 a.m. >> coming up ravens counting down to game against houston, mark on the opponents, next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

mark is here with our wjz13, the fans more on those mean ravens. >> saw ray lewis, we're going to hear him say something that sounds mean, but it's football. we've heard a lot of talk this week about how beating up the next opponent is. the houston texans will come to town with their two best players injured, what about the texans who are able bodies. that's what ray lewis and the ravens are focusing on and they know houston has one of the best running backs in the lead and he's healthy. he's air ron foster, he sledded the steelers. he carried the ball 30 times. that was his best game this year and the ravens know what they'll have to do to slow him down. >> you've got to hit him. you've got to hit him. to me, i was watching last night, you know, seriously, i could use -- he's one of the most complete backs that you can see. >> he's great at cutting back

and picking up his speed and get going. we've got to definitely get him, and hit him often and get him down. >> keep hitting people. >> on the ravens injury front here, that's jimmy smith missing another practice that kept him all season. chris car also set out today with injuries. ravens coming off that by week arrested and ready to resume what started out as a strong season see him take on the houston texans right here. coverage coming your way at 4:00. in baseball while the orioles continue their hunt for a new general manager, four teams are still in the hunt for a world series title. american league championship series, game 5 in detroit justin keeps the powerful rangers in check. and he got plenty of support from his hitters. they clobbered four home runners, two of them this one in the sixth inning, tigers

beat texas 7-5. so detroit stays alive in the series. that series moves to texas with the rangers needing one win to clinch it. in baltimore today the kick off event for the 11th annual baltimore running festival. the city will open the streets on saturday morning to 25,000 runners who will compete in a marathon, half marathon, relay and 5k. first prize of $25,000 to the top male and female finishers, all start, downtown saturday morning at 8:00 and that's a reminder to check your travel. >> a lot of roads are closed for those of us who run we get honked and at and -- honked at and yelled out. >> the reason this ,,,,,,,,,,,,, i am a face unclogger.

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