shooting scheme. a maryland man accused of planning a rampage at work. tonight, how police stopped his deadly plot and what those who know him are saying. >> good evening, i'm adam may. police say he called himself the joker. he had an arsenal of weapon and threatened to shoot his coworkers. now we're learning about the maryland man bind these headlines. monique has reaction from people that knew him. moe neck? >> reporter: one of the suspect's friends described him as a gentle giant, who never

meant for his threats to be theyen seriously. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams raid this apartment complex, and what they found surprise everyone. >> it's hock and scary. >> it hits close to home. >> reporter: police confiscated an arsenal of guns and thousands of runds of ammunition they say belong to this man, 28-year-old neil edwin priest county. >> i think we're surprised by the amount and types of weapons inside that residence. >> reporter: police say prescott had called his supervisor and threatened to go on a shooting rampage. we have learned he was in the process of being fired. >> he said, i'm the joker. >> reporter: the batman reference setting off alarm bells for police. >> we take all threat seriously. if you're going to make a threat, we will take action. >> reporter: a friend spoke out

on prescott's behalf, saying he may have had the stash because he collected weapons. the friend went on to say priest cot was a -- prescott was a gent the giant. neighbors talked about his calm demeanor. >> he was very quite with quiet, kept to himself. his parents wanted him to go to college, but he decided just to be a computer geek. >> reporter: he is currently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. charges are still pending. >> i believe we've prevented some serious violence that could have happened and potentially saved lives. >> reporter: prescott's mental health evaluation could take up to a week. after that, he could face formal charges. >> police are considering both state and federal charges. meanwhile, e three people killed during the movie

massacre in aurora, colorado, are laid to rest today. hundreds of mourners highlighted their heroism and remembered the lives that were cut short. >> reporter: her home state's flag flew at half-staff as jessica ger hawi's friends and family who in order her life. >> he never lived without passion and she will never stop amazing me as she lives on in our heart and souls. >> reporter: there were tears for the 24-year-old with a passion for hockey, and some laughter, especially as this video played that showed her falling on the ice in her first interview. she narrowly survived a shooting in toronto last month, but was one of 12 killed in aurora, colorado. >> lenot focus on him. it's all about the victim. ledo what we can to remember them and just share their

stories. >> reporter: her brother, jordan ghawi. >> this f this coward could have done this with this much hate, imagine what we could have done with this much love. >> reporter: the memorial focused on jessica's passion for life, but the family made it a point to remember the other victim, especially the ones that died protecting others. matt mcquinn was one of them. he died protecting his girlfriend. >> his immediate response was to protect the one ha he loved. >> reporter: there have now been services for 7 of the victims, and there are still more to come. in san antonio texas, karen brown, wjz news. >> and staff sergeant jeff c. childress was also laid to rest in colorado. for the latest, log onto wjz.com. we have some severe

thunderstorms threatening beyond tonight. let's go to bernadette woods. they've been lingering for a couple of hours, haven't they, bern? they have, putting down a lot of rain in a couple of counties. that first batch is making its way to the beaches where they are definitely getting some thunderstorms righteous now. no more warnings in effect for those. what we're watching is this next round of thunderstorms starting to develop. we don't have any warnings with those at this current full-time the tomorrow to the northwest of westminster is moving in your direction. switching over to show you quickly, this is how it's progressing through the night. an toirchg two inches of rain underneath some of these, especially in part of the eastern shore and came bridge. >> remember, wjz13 is always on for instant updays of the

noarks and live doppler radar at any time, log onto wjz.com. the coast guard got call -- got a call that a boat was taking on water about 1,000 miles away from ocean city. luckily, everybody on word was rescued, but some did suffer minor juries. a suspicious death is under investigation in south baltimore tonight. police found an adult male with trauma to his body. the man died add shock trauma, and homicide detectives say it's still not clear if he was shot, so thai waiting for an autopsy report. a body has been disovered floating in the poet mack river. a won'ter called police after seeing the body. the man was wearing blue athletic workout pant. they found no apparent sign of trauma. they're hoping an autopsy will help determine who that man is

and how he died. mitt romney is overseas in israel tonight. danielle knotting hamm reports that romney is hoping to bolster his foreign sol say cells. >> reporter: mitt romney arrived in gee us are legal late saturday night. hoping to court support for really and jewish voters. mark shal is one of 1,000 americans in israel and plans to vote for romney. romney hopes that support from voters in israel will help win voters in swing states like florida. >> the republican party has understood the power that we as republicans in israel can bring to the campaign even back home.

>> reporter: mitt romney is also in jerusalem to polish his foreign policy credentials. he will meet with top israeli and palestinian leaders and make a major policy speech. >> reporter: but some democrats say the meetings are more show than substance. >> so far, all industry heard is posturing. i haven't heard anythingny specifics. >> reporter: romney will deliver sunday's speech with jerusalem's old city as a backdrop. in jerusalem, danielle knotting hamm, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama won 78% of the jewish vote in 2008. stay tuned to wjz for the latest issues that are important to you. a massive sink hole continues wreaking havoc in northeast baltimore. residents are still without water until sometime tomorrow. the water main broke, and

because the main discharged right into the sink hole, the suids collapsed, so fixing it has been a challenge. in the olympics, baltimore anywaytive michael phelps comes up short. he just failed to win a medal. he came in fourth place and thrairt tweeted that he was disappointed with his performance. ryan lochte dominated the even event. this is the first time phelps has not won a gold medal since his first olympics back in 2000. people have from across the world came to baltimore today to see a different kind of football. >> the espn summer soccer series. >> reporter: baltimore get askance to sign in the national spotlight. two soccer leagues face off in a televised soccer game broadcast around the world. some traveled here from as far

away as australia. >> it's a great game, a greats a hot fear to go and see. a bit different from the nfl, it's not all start and stop. >> reporter: liverpool and beckham may not be the most household names, but we found some fans. >> we said, why not make a trip for our anniversary weekend? here we are. >> it's the first time my kids have been able to see professional soccer, and the chance for them to see their favorite team was something we couldn't pass pup. >> love that going's hat. games have been held at other cities up and down the east coast. we have more to come. a lot of river rescues, flood waters rising in china, forcing people to flee. we'll take you inside these dramatic rescue escapes. a dean go attack, a tourist in

australia barely survives a showdown with a wild animal. >> he helled she had turned blue. >> a washington, d.c. mother to be drowns. what her husband says happened. >> kids from across the country are competing at the junior olympics track and field companionship, and a different test is going on next door and it's saving lives. that's just ahead on wjz eyewitness news. >> after thunderstorms and locally heavy rain, today, what can expect part rest of the weekend? i'll have that in your first a warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a beautiful shot of the moon out there tonight, partly cloudy and 7 degrees in federal maryland right now. first, two villages cut off from one another after a flood puts people right in harm's way. these residents from china are using this rubber hose as a lifeline to try to get to the other side of a bridge after it collapsed. a man is in serious condition tonight after being attacked by dingos on a walking a trail in australia.

the tourist became disoriented after walking away from his camp scythe. he fell and then was atalgd. 11 years ago, there was a young boy who was killed by a dingo on the same island. jesse jackson jr. is in the hospital tonight after taking a leave of absence from his post back in june. he's checked into the mayo cline ping a hospital statement says he's face -- clinic. a hospital statement says he's dealing with depression and a ghost are intestinal issue. a husband and soon to be father is mourning the loss of his family tonight. the washington, d.c. couple lost their tooting on a sand bar and fell into the water. jill drowned and her husband matthew did everything he could trying to keep her afloat for 20 minutes before help araved.

>> he kept holding onto her but he raced at one point she had turned blue. >> park rangers found the couple 20 yards from shore. the couple had already chosen the name for their little girl. baby olive was due in november. 've year, hundreds of young athletes die suddenly from heart conditions, and many of those kids don't even know they're at risk. andrea tells us how cardiologist are trying to prevent it. >> reporter: thousands of miles away from the london olympics, the junior track and field ki companionships are are going on at the morgan state you've. though it's fun and games outside, inside the student center, it's serious business. doctors are checking athletes for heart conditions that can

prediction pose them to sudden beth death, when the heart just stops. >> it's a protocol that we think is comprehensive and yet focus, and it covers 80 to 90% of the conditions that can prediction pose them to sudden cardiac arrest. >> reporter: melissa beltran's son died from sudden cardiac arrest. now she's raising warend. >> if he had had a screening, he might still be here with us. >> reporter: there are no risk factors. it's strictly genetic and often hereditary. >> reporter: and most people don't show any conditions. that scares tony allen whose son angelo is having a screening. >> it's good to have that just in case. >> reporter: and that's why people nationwide are being tested to prevent another tragedy. >> if you missed today's screening with, you can still

get information by going to wjz.com and looking for the story. if you're going to the store, be prepared to. greet bid someone that's in a good mood. >> caller: please see the taxi representative outside the door. >> that is ava, who is a virtual information terminal. she never age, she never makes a mistake. >> i wonder if her name is really eva. >> can you imagine you're that woman in real life? >> we're going to cast an eva. are you eva? >> they could have ev as -- evas up here doing the news.

first, thunderstorms. we had a lot of them in some area, and some people didn't get anything. now, we're seeing a few more firing pup let's go to first warning doppler radar. these are drifting down to the southeast. we'll see if they hold together for the city itself. you're seeing mound aries getting a storm on the periphery of westminster. all of that will continue down to the southeast. now, we're going to take you back in time here. these just popped up over the last half hour, bringing down a band of energy from the north. those have since moved over the beaches, and they will be moving out to sea. let's switch it over and show uh-uh the cold front make its way across maryland. you can see some people remaining completely dry, and some people got between one and two inches of reason. the reason the storms didn't move all that quickly is

because there's not a lot of wind in the air. the dew points are still very high. there's still a lot of house moisture in the air. in oakland and else whereby we are in the 70s. topped out at 91 degrees today, above above average, and pretty much in this forecast, we'll be at or above average. no record, but a varying answer for showers and storms. there's still some heat down to the south, cooler off to the north. and this boundary is where we will see a couple of different fronts move our way opinion the first being the one we're dealing with right now. that ryes to get out of here tomorrow. still some chances to deal with a shower or thunderstorm. and there still may be lingering showers from what we're dealing with right now. and those chances go back up against as the next front moves

our wine monday fight or tuesday. that will try to get out of here midweek. with all of this going on, the winds are still light out on the water. tonight, there still could be a shower or thunderstorm. we're only going down a few more agrees, and tomorrow, we go up to 89-degrees. still could see some thunderstorms early in the day and a slight chance as we head to the afternoon. monday, we increase those chances, awn all the wile, it will be warm and it will be muggy. >> coming up next in sport, the orioles chase a sorely needed win at home tonight. adam will tell us how they ,,,,,

stan's here with the wjz sports report.

the orioles needed a win on the. >> things are slowly or maybe quickly slipping away. the oriole's post-season prospects. probability or mere possibility tonight? the orioles with some highlights. look at omar above and beyond the call of duty. tommy hunter allowed 5 runs off # hits. however, in the fourth, he gets burnt by jonas sesqepi for a two-run home run. the first two run of the game. the birds lose 6-#. so be sure to see if the birds avoid the sweep tomorrow on masn on wjz at 1:30 p.m. darius webb returned to

ravens practice today after dealing with personal matters back in alabama. but brian mckinney, who may have lost his love of for football's daily dpriend is a no-show again. and this guy, on the far-left, in all black, keleche osemele starting with a pie forback issue. there's no worries, says assistant coach andy moller. >> pass protection has been good, run blocking has been littled in the situation that we've been in so far. we've been good, dpries upbeet, got a great grouch of energetic guys. it's been good no telling who might have -- it's been good. in the meantime, there was

no winner in the some erik game e we hosted. liverpool and nottingham went to a 0-0 tie. and if you want to watch olympics on the other channel, don't listen, close your ears. michael phelps failed to medal in the 400 meter individual medially. also victorious, the team u.s.a. ladies' soccer volley ball and basketball teams. also, serinawoman williams and male tennis star john wizner were winners. danny hamlin is on the pole for the speedway tomorrow. >> michael phelps didn't sound too happy. >> he said he was going win 7 opinion maybe he'll win 6 now.

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