holding out hope to find this little boy alive. >> we love you. come home. >> new details about his mother's brutal murder and why police say time is running out for him. hi everybody. denise and vick are hope. here is what people are talking about tonight, an amber alert still underway. tonight community pleads for his safe return and mourns his dead mother. wjz continues to follow the investigation. here is new information about

the investigation and the search. >> reporter: the alleged murder is behind bars. his friends are saying that they are praying and hoping that their son is returned safely. it's been 2 weeks since william mccain has been at school. but his friends and football teammates haven't stopped thinking about him. >> we want to pray that we can bring this child home. >> at a vigil in montgomery county, community hopes police find william safe. his mother, 51-year-old jane was found stabbed and beaten to death in their german townhome on wednesday. an amber alert was issued once police discovered william was nowhere to be found. on thursday his stepfather, 45- year-old curtis low's wilson was arrested for her murder in north carolina, still no williams. she said she had been arguing with lopez who had just come

back into her life and she said she feared for her safety. now friends feared for william's safety. >> i love him so much. i want him to come home. he's going to be safe and healthy. >> the longer william is missing, the less of chance of finding him alive. but his friends hope to prove him wrong and will be thinking of his missing teammate. >> we're going to win this game for william. >> for william. >> reporter: police have not said whether lopez has told them anything where william may be. marry, back to you. >> the little boys crying heartbreaking. pennsylvania court record show he spent more than a decade. we're following breaking news in northeast baltimore where police are looking for a killer, a young man was fatally shot in the 1500 block of 29th just a couple of hours ago.

another shooting creates alarm on the university of maryland's baltimore campus, the gunman who robbed and shot a man in the parking garage is still on the loose tonight. why some are criticizing the university's response to the crime. >> the area is opposite the main interest of the hospital. it's swarming. >> oh, yeah, whole street was blocked off. everything, ambulances. it was good. >> a man has been shot, details are movie gar. >> no, i've got a trip to preliminary, i don't have any suspect description. >> the president of police put down information on his twitter page saying the victim is a patient who was arriving for an operation and was robbed and shot three times then he was previously stabbed in a home invasion and lack of description of the suspect should out weigh to the citizens of baltimore, especially when those working on campus weren't if i recallly

notified. >> word of mouth. my mom actually called me just to make sure out of harm's way. >> this university put out a broadcast saying don't go to this garage where any of those texting systems alert. >> we did not use our text alert system. that was a very localized accident. >> the chief says there are now extra patrols when we were in the garage we did see parking personnel walking the floors under ground. this afternoon a university e- mail goes out to those on campus. in all not enough information to calm fears here. >> maybe it's not as secure as we thought or originally thought. >> released police report show the man was 48 and he was assaulted as he was getting out of his benz s500, the keys still in the ignition. he was shot three times in the back. his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious.

>> campus police say there have been two violent incidents on their 64-acre campus in the past 2 years. this baltimore police officer is on the other side of the law arrested for domestic violence. he's accused in an attack that happened last night. they aren't sharing many details the five-year veteran is suspended about pay. tornadoes carrying through virginia you can see the huge twister and threatening clouds. today the national weather service confirmed a tornado caused all of that damage. the storm ripped trees out of the ground and tore roofs off some homes. no one was seriously hurt. in new york city and across the country, police confront antiwall street protesters on the violent show down. >> hundreds of soggy occupy wall street demonstrators settle in for the rainy weekend. >> i'm here for however long it

takes. >> demonstrator won a small victory, they backed off plans to force them out to clean the park they've been living in for weeks. >> we were prepared to get arrested if it came to that. >> new york's mayor wasn't pleased with local politicians who called for the cleaning to be postponed. >> if those officials would spend half as much time trying to promote the city and get jobs to come here, we would go a long ways to answering the concerns of the protesters. >> reporter: earlier the most peaceful demonstration turned text when protesters marched into the stock exchange. there were 15 arrests and at least one injury when a demonstrator's foot was hit by nypd motorcycle. protesters here hope the whole world have been watching. demonstrations are expected in 950 cities saturday and what's being called an international day of action.

>> i hope that it will establish as a force to be wreckenned with on a long-term basis and not just something that's going to be quiet. >> people around wall street are noticing. and we'll start thinking about that. >> many rushing by the protest on the way home from work didn't feel like talking about it. wjz eyewitness news. a local group is planning a similar protest call occupy felt point square tomorrow afternoon. after more than a decade in charge of baltimore county after joe harrison explains why he's stepping down as superintendent. >> for 12-years in a school system with over 100,000 students as diverse as we are, we're 12 consecutive years of academic achievement is unheard of. i'd like to go out on top. >> harrison is retiring at the end of this school year.

he says he's trying the improvement the students made during his tenure. the man in charge of baltimore -- in charge of baltimore city schools is making decisions tonight. dr. andres will roll out a plan to close at least a dozen schools in the next 2 years. the schools targeted will have a low student enrollment. he has already closed 12 under performing schools. a maryland girl goes prime time. she's just 11 years old. she's already appearing on a new cbs hit show. wjz is live and pat sat down with the family to watch the little girl's big debut. >> pat, that's exciting. >> reporter: it was very exciting. a gifted man finding a gifted girl in the area. and we get to see what she can do. >> it's the worst possible circumstances for tasha.

>> it's going to be all right. show me where it hurts. >> my arm. >> reporter: best case scenario. >> when i was seven i saw the commercial on tv have you ever wanted to show the world i said yes i do want to show the world that. >> at the age of 11 she's on her way the wireless community comes to the rescue and finds her lost dog and now is one of the principle patients in the cbs series a gifted man she expand on her own gift. >> i felt like it was an actual building, like the doctor scene, the stairs they looked like they were going somewhere they went nowhere at all. >> reporter: they fully expect her to go places. >> she wants to do this, she knew what she wanted to do. >> she gets the talent from my side of the family and i can't say that enough. >> reporter: neighbors and classmates gathered in the

family room to watch the show. >> what did you all think? >> yeah [ applause ] >> reporter: eden isn't the only child with dreams and aspirations. >> i want to be an olympic swimmer. >> and you want to be? >> a doctor. >> an actress singer. >> they shared determination. >> and for local fans of a gifted man, and i have to admit i am one of them, this was icing on the cake. >> goodness the whole family is adorable. she is very talented. thank you for bringing us that story. you can watch a gifted man every friday night starting at 8:00. coming up, fast food attack, see more of a shocking video. in a simple argument that led

to police chaos. a new weapon how maryland targeting the annoying pests. your cell phone as dirty as a toilet. disgusting results of a new health study next. will be sunny and dry all weekend. i'm bob, with the forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's 59 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete morning forecast is coming up. caught on a tape, a violent confrontation over the container a manhattan mcdonalds. here you can see a cash here using a metal rod to beat two customers. it started when the cashier fronted a 50-dollar bill. the worker and two customers are facing assault charges. the california man charged with killing eight people in a hair salon massacre may face the death penalty. he's charged with murdering his ex-wife and seven other customers. bitter child custody battle may have triggered the violent attack. the da became emotional today when talking about the case. >> his mother who had been murdered -- he has to grow up that his dad is a mass murder.

>> massacre is the deadliest shooting in orange county history. new information reveals the united states was willing to free a convicted cuban spy in exchange for the state return of maryland man. allen gross is being held in a cuban prison on spying charges. they rejected the prisoner swap because it want to pardon four others. he was sented to 15 years in prison after bringing communications equipment into the country. the next time you hold your cell phone to your face, you may want to think twice, a new study finds your phone could be contaminated with harmful bacteria. >> doctors have a new health warning if cell phone users they say phones across the country are harboring dangerous

e. coli bacteria. >> people are going to the toilet and hand are getting contaminated and they're not watching their hands. >> researchers studied 400 people taking samples from their hands and their cell phones they found fecal bacteria on one in six phones. >> nasty. >> even though 95% claim they wash their hands with soap after using the bathroom. while they use cell phones in the study, the same germs can fester on other objects, especially the one people share. >> eat test most dangerous substance on the planet. >> global hand washing day. it aims to make hand washing an automatic habit. doctor's say always use soap and longer you wash, the better, the first 30 seconds will kill most of it. >> number of cell phones here, 327 million, that's more cell

phones than people. how much will it cost to get rid of those annoying stink bugs invading our homes around causing massive crop dangerous, maybe more than $5 million. the federal government is finding a nonchemical solution to destroy the stink bug. maryland congressman announced it today he is the one leading the effort to stop what he calls the bug from -- lady luck is on our side here, men's health magazine ranked baltimore the second luckiest city in the country. they earned high marks for having lottery winners, holes in one on the golf courses. baltimore second behind san diego. should we go play the lottery. >> we average about 30 thunderstorms a year.

>> friday night, you're here watching, 59 now. it's dropped down from about 70 earlier. 42 as the dew point is way down. humidity only 52%. barometer rising, 29.65 inches. couple spots out in garrett county, down to 39, 40 degrees it's chilly out there. 58 washington. 55 out in hickory town. locally temperatures ranging through the 50s as you can see. getting back to where it should be in october. although we do have a bit of a southwest wind and it will be gusty tomorrow because the low pressure that gave you some rain now getting even stronger or quebec region and the atmosphere, high pressure here,

think of it is big mountain and big valley and air is rushing in to feel that. we've got a pretty good breeze setting up. now we'll see some of that, have some wind advisories, some of the higher mountain areas to the west of us, wind gusts out there could get over 45 miles an hour tomorrow. as you can see, it's clear, very nicely, the rain still going on new hampshire and maine. boston the rain just ended. for our region looks like really nice, tomorrow will be breezy with those winds come out of the west northwest. few clouds with a weak front approaching, monday a few clouds it will stay dry with a good deal of sunshine. it will be some clouds thursday night and money. now wind high 30 knots that's why they have a small advisory. 67 for the night. generally clear, cooler and breezy upper 40s, maybe mid- 40s, tomorrow mid upper 60s the

winds can gusts passed 30 miles an hour, they need to be blowing everywhere tomorrow. a nice day with a lotless wind. 72 some clouds on monday but looks like it stays dry. 72 on tuesday, some clouds back on wednesday, maybe some showers late in the day, a high of 68 degrees. mary. >> final prep for the ravens before sunday's game, mark has the latest on what players are saying about the match up with houston next in sports. ,,,,,,,,

the fans sports can't wait to see the ravens back on the field. >> they can't wait. >> how come nobody -- the schedule has them tired of talking. let's play some football. first there was a week of rest then full week of practice then

finally back on the field for game for sunday. they're roaring to get off houston texans. coach john harbaugh brought his team in for the final practice of the week. there are still are some players injured like receiver lee evans who is unlikely to play. he still has a ankle injury. they'll face a texan team that is decimated by injuries. they're hungry to get back into game action for the first time in 2 weeks. >> everybody knows what the nfl is about. it's about the ability to execute. coming off a by week and come out there and play at a play level. >> we had a great week of practice, great game plan going in. the hard work translates on sunday. >> and on sunday the reigns are going to wear a patch on their helmet, the initials say pat who passed away this week.

the wife of the ravens original owner heart was active in passing the charity 16 years ago. just reminder if you don't have a ticket to the game, all you need is a tv, we're going to bring you the action right here on wjz coming your way this sunday at 4:00. it is another busy weekend of college football in our area including a conference clash when they take on clemson tomorrow night on the basketball court. the newest version unvailed and the first practice of the year, baltimore native sean mosley has been named captain. he tells us he's looking forward to taking a leadership role in this his final year. >> having guys like this, they took it upon themselves to put the team on their shoulders, for me this is another steppingstone for me, not a lot of pressure, you know, the guys

here are definitely talented and can respond to that. >> hopefully it's one of just eight scholar players on what looks to be a rebuilding season for maryland under new coach. the regular season game is coming up november 13th november 13th against carolina. and we want to wish all of the runners who are visiting baltimore best of luck tomorrow morning the marathon, 5k relay, 25,000 runners. i'll be out there among them. >> are you running the full thing. >> not the full thing. >> i'll be running a relay so i'll be out there. >> hopefully the weather will be great, you know what, there's a guy who needs to run the baltimore marathon. coming up next meet the marathon man. we want him to come to baltimore. the record he hopes his smashes when he laces up his ,,,,,,,,,,,

100 years ole and still running. they're not stopping him from running his 8th marathon. he took up running at the age of 89. if he finishes the race on sunday, he'll own the record of the oldest marathon water. the jell-o gem is the rarest in its class. it's estimated to be up to $8 million. the diamond will go on a global tour. the forecast auctioned off. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,

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