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>> from the cities the city, to the counties to your neighborhood. >> more information about the man be hip the shootings on virginia tech's campus. hello again, here is what people will be talking about today, police now say the man who shot a campus officer used the same gun to kill himself. we have complete coverage of the shootings. danielle nottingham has the latest from the campus and gigi barnett speaks with local students forced into a lock- down. first here is danielle in blacksburg, virginia. >> reporter: police say they know the identity of the suspected gunman in thursday's deadly virginia tech shooting. >> he is not a virginia tech student. >> reporter: they are not releasing his name until they identify next of kin. police still do not know why he walked up to 39-year-old derek kraus during a routine traffic stop on campus and shot him. >> you can see his face covered in blood. >> reporter: police later found the suspect a half-mile away

wearing different clothes. they say he had stuffed the old clothes in a back pack. he apparently killed himself with the same gun. heavily armed police swarmed the campus as it went into lock- down for hours. the scene brought back memories of 5 years ago when a gunman killed 32 people before taking his own life. it remains the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. police say they have dashboard camera video of the suspect from the officer's car shows the man holding a handgun. >> the clothing that this individual had open at the vehicle and based on eyewitness descriptions match that of the clothing found in the back pack. >> crowds joined the virginia tech police force six months after the rampage. >> derek was a friend to many in our department. derek was a husband, he was a father. >> reporter: last night students lit candles to honor

him near the same memorial to the 2007 victims, an official vigil is scheduled for tonight. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> police also now say there is a likely connection between the shooter and a car stolen from radford, virginia, some of the students are from right here and our complete coverage continues live weijia gigi barnett. >> reporter: good afternoon, while police do not have a moving for the shooting they know the gunman was not enrolled here and that has some students relieved this noon. virginia tech police have very few details about the shooter who killed one of their own and threw the campus into chaos, final exams were scheduled to start today. now they are on hold. >> it is definitely going to be hard to study because there are much more important things that are now in the back of

everyone's mind. reporter: carly is a senior and remembers where she was when the campus alert started. they were similar to the mass shooting in 2007. >> i was like you have got to be kidding me. this is not happening again. >> reporter: she talked with us by skype, so did lindsey, both are from maryland. >> you don't know when or where it is going to happen but it is not something you should worry about. >> reporter: the campus is mourning virginia tech officer derek kraus, performing a routine traffic stop. last night the university held a candlelight vigil for him. >> the man who passed was doing his job and like that is -- that is just saying enough. like i cannot imagine having a job that saves peoples lives. >> reporter: lindsey and carly both say they immediately locked themselves into their rooms when they received the alert. they say police did a better job of keeping them posted this time around. don, back to you. >> thank you very much, gigi, stay with us for complete coverage of the follow up to

yesterday's shooting and remember that wjz is always on with constant updates available at wjz.com. the wife of former prince george's county executive jack johnson is expected to learn her fate. kai jackson is more with what is to happen. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. sentencing for less see johnson is underway right now. she pled guilty to destroying evidence in the federal investigation of her husband jack johnson. her lawyers says it was an isolated and she panics. prosecutors say she was destroy her own crime and it is incredible to think she was blind to the world around her. johnson says she should not serve jail time just probation and no fine. don. >> thank you very much, kai, her husband was sentenced earlier to 7 years in prison. more on this still developing story today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. a teenaged girl is dead

after being hit by a car along the highway in southwest baltimore county last night in the lansdowne baltimore highlands area as she walked along annapolis boulevard. police say the 16-year-old later died. the driver of the car is not facing charges at this time. an investigation is underway this noon into the death of an inmate at the maximum security prison in allegheny county. the male prisoner was found unresponsive in his cell and later pronounced dead at the local hospital. more details are expected to be known once an autopsy is performed. another work zone speed camera is being added to the baltimore belt beltway. the latest one is there. critics continue to argue governments just use them to generate extra revenue but drivers will have a three week grace period before fines from this new camera start on january third. and taking live look

outside right now, it is a very sunny friday afternoon out there, it is chilly but still you may want to grab your shades before you head out. now it is over to the first warn weather center where meteorologist tim williams is standing by. the official good afternoon, tim. >> governor, don. definitely a chilly start to the day but we are close to what is a normal high. radar shows what is moving in our direction, clear skies but a disturbance is going to move through. the actual front is going to come past dry so our temperatures will take a hit. currently we are at 48 and maybe go up one or two degrees beyond this. with that front moving on through it moves offshore, chillier air moves in as high pressure movers back in for the remainder of the next 5 days, so chilly, december like, a good bit of sunshine. we will talk about your weekend ahead. >> thoroughgood marshal will be

getting a makeover. the state has approved $100 million to improve the oldest part of the airport. the airport will pay for it using revenue from gate leases, fees and rents, it had its busiest year ever last year when more than 20 million passengers passed through. the steelers take on the cleveland browns on thursday night football. the steelers took an early lead then quarterback ben roethlisberger suffered a ankle sprain after being sacked. he went to the locker room but did come out and finish the second half completing 8-12 then. steelers win 14-3 and take the lead in the afc north by have a game on the ravens but that should be a temporary thing as the ravens are set to take on the indianapolis colts downtown this sunday. a game you can see live right here on wjz 13 sunday afternoon at 1:00. and still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, the

wife of former penn state football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out. what she has to say about the charges against her husband. the occupy wall street movement takes on the set of a national tv show. details on that coming up. a gorgeous day here at the start of the weekend, what comes next in your complete first warning weather forecast, which is still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather, with marty bass, and meteorologist tim williams. it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,

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more than 80 people are dead following a fire at a hospital in india. investigators say the medical staff fled for their own safety and abandoned patients to the fire that has killed 89 people. police did arrest six hospital peoples on homicide charges. the hospital says it followed safety procedures and denied wrongdoing. no word on what caused that fire. u.s. marines released footage of a surprise attack by the taliban giving us a close look. the video was shot by a marine corps photographer in a small outpost in southern afghanistan. while the unit did suffer injuries all the marines are currently recovering or have been returned to duty. the wife of former penn state assistant football coach

jerry sandusky is speaking up. dotty sandusky has released a statement saying the allegations are not true. he is under house arrest. he is due back in court next week. occupy wall street protesters may soon be on a national tv show. some of the demonstrators showed up at the set of the law and order special victims unit in new york city. the episode features the occupy movement. police were there to keep the real demonstrators from getting too close and everybody was cleared out after it was over. take another live look outside this afternoon at a beautiful winter afternoon. what does the weekend look like? your first -- your complete first warning weather forecast is now just two and a half minutes away. first we are going to take a look at today's midday stocks and last night's multimatch numbers. ,,

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welcome back, this is mia. you called her mama mia. >> mama, mia, well she is old enough to be a mother. >> she is, she came in lost, but she needs a home. she is 10, good shape, a happy little pooch. probably doesn't need to have the most active of homes but

could probably stand to have exercise. >> yeah. vibrating like a top. >> i know, a great dog, good shape, great energy, in need of a good home. a pom mix. sounds like something you have in the bowl. >> yeah. >> a lot of grain fiber, compliments of the friday puppy sponsor, mr. basement, who believes we can make a difference for pets who need a home like mia. >> guaranteed she will stop shaking once she gets in your house. >> yeah, she sure will. great time for pups to be outside, no rain in the forecast and a little chilly, so if you have a coat like that dressed for the weather. temperatures about 48 degrees right now, almost 46 going into the commercial break but 48 is our temperature now at bwi marshal, 53 on the shore, 43 elkton, 36 on the western

portion of the state, 34 in oakland and 36 around cumberland, metro area 40s, 50 rock hall, 51 on nap annapolis and kent island. our normal high is 47, we are already at 48 and except to go up another degree or so. we have a weak disturbance moving through, a front that will move across and a low pressure system continues to push offshore. what you are seeing here is the only precipitation associated with it is to the north of us, a little bit of rain, lake effect snow, it is all going to stay up to our north. the temperatures however, will eventually filter in to our region, that is going to be moving on across the region tomorrow, basically for one day as that front moves on through. high pressure builds in and it is around that high that we are going to see more of a northwest flow that will bring in the colder air, so temperatures go down into the 40s for one more day before we

start a gradual warm up gain. sunset today at 4:44, south wind at 5 to 10 knotts, your next high tide at ft. mchenry 6:06. today 49 degrees, we could easily hit 50 with partly sunny skies, 28 degrees tonight, partly cloudy. for tomorrow right up around 42 degrees for those folks who are making that trip downtown on sunday. 40 degrees at kickoff, one is all the action. of course, we have been talking but that colts and ravens, it is going to be a nice football sunday weather-wise. >> in between then get ready for one of the greatest football rivalries of all time. army taking on navy tomorrow afternoon, a game you can see live right here at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. still to come, a pill to boost your memory. hear about developments scientists are making in health watch and remember w js 13 is always on, here are some of the stories we are following on our

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in today's wjz health watch, women treated for breast cancer may want to watch how much starchy food they eat. scientists find breast cancer survivors who eat more foods containing starch are at a greater risk of having it

returned, the study also found carbohydrates could raise the risk of a reoccurrence. medicine designed to lower blood pressure may also prevent a stroke. a new study finds prehypertensive patients who take blood pressure pills lower their risk by 22% but more study is needed before they recommend it. we may be one step closer to having a pill that can boost our memories, doctors at baylor say a molecule is the key, when that was blocked they developed supermemories and were able to learn a task in one training session, normal mice needed days to figure out that same task. be sure to check back in with us today at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00, following the big stories, the latest on the virginia tech shooting investigation and we are also in the green belt as the wife of a former executive is

sentenced for obstruction, tune in to these stories and all the breaking news at 4:00 after dr. phil. the five-day-forecast is coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

they are put in up decorations and trees which pay tribute to u.s. troops, veterans and their families, so now the official holiday tour will feature 37 christmas trees, a gingerbread model of the white house and 5 different representations of the first dog named bo, of course. i could have liked to have decorated my one tree that fast. >> wow, well that is the speed the elves do it on christmas night. >> there is bo. >> yeah. >> and there is full bo. cute. >> wonder if there will be faux bos available. >> i bet there already are. thank you for watching us.

for jessica kartalija i am don scott. >> for marty bass i am tim williams, we will keep you updated at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> we hope you enjoy your weekend sounds like we will ,,,,

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