good evening, everyone. there's a lot happening tonight. let's start with breaking news out of howard county where police are on the scene of a double shooting at a shopping center. it happened in the nail and hair care spa in the grant shopping center. this is in the # 1500 block of richards valley road. a man walked into the salon and fired on a female worker and a male companion. the victims are in critical condition and police are looking for the gunman. he fled the scene in an unknown vehicle.

we'll let you know as soon as we get more details from police. additional crews are also rushing to the scene of a two- alarm fire in fort howard. it broke out in the 9600 block of get disburg -- gettysburg avenue. multiple units are being called in to get the flames urn control. people report seeing this fire from very far away. no other buildings or homes are threatened. there are concerns it could spread to a brush fire. the political consultant jailed for his role in the 2010 election robocall scandal has been released early. and now his attorney makes a bold statement about that controversial case. monique has new reaction for us. >> reporter: while julius henson is done with his jail time, his lawyer says their

fight is far from over. >> reporter: after serving 30 days of a 60 day sentence, julius henson was released from jail for good behavior. he had been serving time for his role in the 2010 election day robocall scandal. >> translator: jail authorities were more compassionate than the court and prosecutors. -- >> the jail authorities were more compassionate than the court and prosecutors. >> reporter: he's now back to take care of his mother. >> that was just you pure mean. >> reporter: the consultant was found guilty of the scandal. he was sentenced to 60 days behind bars, while his co- conspirator got no jail time. hon henson and his supporters

claimed race played a role in the disparity. >> no one raided his house. why was that? if that's not some kind of race on somebody's case, what would you direct it as? >> reporter: this exclusive wjz interview outraged the judge who said henson had no remorse. >> i think they're full of crap. that's not a good word, but they're full of crap. >> reporter: for now, henson is glad to be by his mother's side. >> i think he will come back with a vengeance. >> reporter: henson was cleared of the most serious charges. that included election fraud. back to you, adam. >> henson also has a $1 million federal fine. he's planning to appeal that as well. we're tracking a story after a body was found near a gas station. a man man's body was found near this exxon. so far the man has not been

identified. there's no word on what led to his death. we have information about a deadly police-involved shooting in northwest baltimore city. police say they so the a man, 25-year-old devante bowman. police say he ran from a store and then reached into his pocket for a weapon and then was shot by awn officer. the officer is on paid administrative leave. a talented teenager's life cut short in a car accident. today, family and friends say their final fair wells. the teen's lass mates say this accident has taught them an unforgettable plon. >> reporter: family and friends say 17-year-old alec cosgeria had everything going for him. a sphar on his swim team, a popular -- a star on his swim team, a popular student, and a

popular duct tape business. >> he's a great kid, great attitude. >> he was very talented, so full of promise. touched a lot of people's lives. >> reporter: baltimore county police say alec was driving on green spring avenue after dinner with friends. somehow, he lost control of his car. it spun out on a curb and struck a tree. paramedics tried to save him, but he died at maryland shock trauma. his friends are in shock. >> it's just profound grief. we're sad and it's hard to figure out. >> reporter: detectives say speed played a role in the wreck that killed alec. the parents say the message to slow down is now even more compleerp. >> you just got to buckle up and slow down. i think we all realized it's not a joke out there.

>> reporter: at the cathedral of mary our queen, gigi barr net. there's more fallout nut penn state scandal. the painter of a famous joe paterno mural removed the halo from the painting. the halo was removed because of recent revelations of the child sex abuse scandal. he added the halo after paterno died in january. two americans are being held captive in egypt. the kidnapper is threatening to take more most damages if demands are not met. >> reporter: security is tight in egypt's sinai peninsula after two americans and their tour guide was kidnapped. the two were part of a church

mission visiting biblical sites in israel and egypt when their tour bus was ambushed. the hostage taker told the associated press he wanted to exchange the two for his uncle, who is in prison. lewis' family in boston is confident he will be released, but they are concerned about his death health. >> he is diabetic, and the longer they hold him, i want to assume that it's not going to work in his favor. >> reporter: alfons a's friend describes her as a caring mother. >> she's a great mom and a great person. i can't believe this. >> reporter: abumasu told the ap more people from oregon countries will be abducted. secretary of state hillary clinton in egypt to meet the new president did not address

the kidnappings. the u.s. embassy says it's working with the egyptian authorities to make sure the americans are released safely. >> recently, several other tourists have been held briefly by tribesmen and released unharmed. it's been six months, and now family and friends remembering those lost in the costa concordia disaster on the coast of italy. 32 people were killed in the crash. a judge lifted the captain's house arrest, but says he must remain in his hometown while the criminal investigation continues. mitt romney continues defending his time at bain capital. aaron andrews was the campaign 2012 report. >> reporter: campaigning in richmond, the president heated

things up on the issue of outsourcing. >> i don't want a pioneer in outsourcing. i want some insourcing. i want to bring companies back. >> oh beautiful for spaish skies. >> reporter: the president's campaign also issued a new attack ad, mocking romney's singing, and accusing him of sending ads overseas. the ad drew a tough response from the romney campaign. every day, the statement said, president obama hits a new low. romney relaxed at his lake house with family today, but yesterday, denied the outsourcing claim. in several interviews, including one with jan crawford, romney said he left bain well before it controlled several companies downsizing in america. >> jan, i had no involvement with the management of bain capital after february of 1999. >> reporter: however, bin's public filings repeatedly lists romney as sole shareholder,

sole directer, chief executive officer, president, and even managing directer. still, romney is adamant he did not manage bain at the time. but the obama campaign said he was either misrepresenting his position at bain, which is a felony, or misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people. >> stay tuned for complete coverage of campaign 2012. we'll bridge you the very latest on air and online at wjz.com. six legendary orioles the focus of a season-long celebration at cal den yards. fans today cheered for a real team favorite. >> reporter: number 22 jim palmer becomes the third or quoll honored with a bronze statue at camden yards. >> so me, the theme of all these statues is not about what i did, because i wouldn't have won cy young awards, wouldn't

have been in the world series, wouldn't have won all the gold gloves, if i didn't have teammates. >> reporter: palmer started his career with the orioles in 1965. after 19 seasons, he had one of the best pitching records in all of major league baseball, a 2.86 earned run average, 2,212 strikeouts. a huge crowd of fans paid tribute to palmer, snapping pictures of the player and his 7-foot tall likeness. >> i think it's a celebration of all the oriole history and the great things we've got ton grow up with. >> you can feel the magic during the game. we'll have highlights coming up in sports. sculptures of eddie mor youry, cal ripkin, and eddie robinson will be unveiled. here's a new take on a french tradition. ♪ >> dozens of marie antoine et

-- antoinette look-alikes sang in a xem race of the bastille day celebration. my friend dorothy is in that crowd. she looks great. still to come tonight, violence in turkey. why protesters are take together streets today. a very close call, a bus driver in china safes the lives -- saves the lives of everybody onboard. and it's a real shark scare. a close encounter here with a great white. why this jaws-like scene is exactly what the fisherman wanted. >> showcasing the life of racehorses after their racing careers. i'm tim williams with more on

the thole thoroughbred horse show. >> after a nice break from the heat, the summertime weather is returning to maryland. i'll have your first forecast when the eyewitness news returns. ,,,,,,

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mostly cloudy and 78-degree dries in central maryland right now bernadette will have the first full forecast coming up.

but first, political unrest in turkey. police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters. kurdish members of parliament were caught up in the protests. a very quick-thinking bus driver in china saved her passengers' lives and her own. she felt her arms and legs go numb. the driver remained very calm, actually pulled the bus over and told all the passengers to get off, and she was sent to the hospital, said to be okay. shark hunters off cape cod have a very close encounter with the great white. this industry owe shows the shark lungeing out of the water. police are seeing more of these sharks around the cape than ever before. they had a record 11 just

yesterday. they managed to tag them for research. >> we're tracking their habits and see if we can figure them out. >> the good news is they're not interested in humans. there hasn't been a fatal attack off of cape cod since 1936. governor mack calls today totally thoroughbred horse day. >> reporter: it's not the par at the infield you may be expecting. the horses today are more about showcasing than racing. it's the inaugural totally thoroughbred horse show, designed to show the talent of thoroughbreds after their competitive days are done. >> i think that after they're done racing, people think there's no place for them to go. this is bulletproof that thoroughbreds can do other thing. they can show, fox hunt, barrel

race, they can do effect. >> reporter: more than 500 horses are entered and competing for $500,000,000 in prizes. this horse uses his post post- racing days as a show jumper. >> the horses are wonderful and they have the best brains and they're so kind and they deserve to have a career after they're done racing. >> reporter: entry money will go to horse rescue charity, a purr that should continue to grow. because with a little luck, this event is expected to grow each year. i'm ted williams, wjz news. let's check in with bernadette woods. nice break from the sun today, wasn't it? >> it really was. so many events going on outdoors. there's the big la cross tournament going on. >> it's huge.

>> some rain during the morning hours, but it held off for the rest of the day. still some showers and thunderstorms out there. they're coming in from the west. these are scattered about. they're not moving very quickly. if you're not underneath one of these, there's no rain. we haven't seen much rain, but some of these will hold on and bring us showers tomorrow morning. this is what we're dealing with most of the afternoon after that morning rain, just a couple of showers and thunderstorms out there, like we said, just scattered about. we may see some fog form overnight. 76 degrees is where we sit right now. a very mild night out there. we did manage a high of 84, but that's it. below average. however, after all of this clears one those temperatures will start climb and we'll be way above average, close tore those records in the middle part of the week. here's how we open it up.

you can see this huge plume continue to come out of the south, and that's moving our way. taste there's a chance again tomorrow afternoon for only thunderstorms. it's the con vision of fronts. one's off to our west, and here we have this cold front. on monday, this cold front drags to the north, and it keeps the chance for showers and thunderstorms around again on monday. that will draw the heat our way from the south, and that's when numbers start jumping. it's not as dramatic yet, but they're already starting to build. still a lot of 70s out there, because but as we head through the week, that will get town the 100s. the forecast looks like this. on the waters, pretty light winds tomorrow afternoon. southwest winds of 5 to 10

knots. in any thunderstorm, those winds will be much higher. tonight, 0eu degrees for our -- 70 degrees for our low. tomorrow, chance for showers during the day and possible thunderstorms, up to 92 degrees, and here comes the heat. 95 on monday, 98 on tuesday and wednesday. it looks like the front will try to move away for thursday, so 90. coming one the orioles save their best for last against ,,,,

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on the wjz the fan sports report, good game tonight, huh? >> it went for a long time, but it went the right way. the orioles did good against the tigers today. they had their tenth

consecutive extra innings victory. the os start chen on the mound today. he retired 15 straight batters. we fastforward now, the birds live on. boshs stuffed at the plate by matt wieters on the hook. bottom of the 13th, knotted up at 6 apiece. taylor teagarden coming off the 60 day disabled list, and he comes up with a walkoff 2-run rbi, and that makes the final in a dramatic fashion orioles 8, tigers 6 in 14 innings. be sure to watch the if ially of this weekend's set against the tiger on masn on wjz. elsewhere in atlanta, the mets'

ra dickey against the braves. eric hinski, bad decision. andres torres got him out by a country mile in atlanta. atlanta wins it 8-7. major league lacrosse tonight. john grant jr., backwards flip miss mises, but he finds michael kimmel, the second overall draft pick. michael scores, and he has that goal for the #-2 lead, and the bayhawks beat the rattlers, 13- 7. mll has the first-place can chesapeake bayhawks doing well. that was a bit come boblated --,

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