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good evening, everyone, i'm adam may. a shooter began to fire inside of a temple as people gathered for service. derrick blakely reports. the shooter is among the dead. >> >> reporter: officers and s.w.a.t. team members surrounded the area near milwaukee, wisconsin.

>> because of the heroic actions of our officers, they stopped this from being worst than it could be. >> reporter: the shooter ambushed a 20 year veteran of the police department before someone else stepped in. >> our officer engaged that individual and that individual is deceased. >> reporter: witnesses here at the sikh temple said the shooting started around 10:30 as worshipers gathered for morning service. >> there was one guy outside that went inside. i was hiding >> reporter: people already inside looked for places to stay safe. >> my mom called my cousin. she said she and 15 others locked themselves in the pantry. >> reporter: police have not identified the suspect, but law enforcement suspects say he is 40-years old and used a nine millimeter simi automatic pistol. witnesses say the temple's president was wounded as he tried to confront the suspect.

>> members of the community quickly gathered to try to find out what was happening the fbi is leading the investigation and is working to determine if the shooting is an act of domestic terrorism. derrick blakely in eek creek, wisconsin. "wjz" "eyewitness news." >> >> this is specially alarming to the hundreds of sikh that worship here. derrick is live in the newsroom with reaction. >> reporter: a nightmare come true. worry that the wisconsin residents were targeted because of their faith. here at this temple in randallstown. prayer for the wisconsin shooting victims. >> our deepest sympathies to the families of the victim and to the police officer who was

wounded. >> >> reporter: the sikh as here say they are often mistaken for muslims because of their appearance. >> ever since 9/11, communities feel this type of things could happen anywhere any time. >> reporter: the civil rights group based out of washington, sikh coalition. since 9/11, alarming increase in several harassments, even violence against them across the country. >> there are perceptions out there because of the articles of faith because of a tower ban and a beard that people misunderstand. we are not al-qaida. >> reporter: these sikh's have opened their temple doors to give others into what they say is their misunderstood faith. >> our religion teaches us to be faithful and love other

communities. >> reporter: they are not muslim. the president of maryland's muslim council came to stand in solidarity. >> we cannot let the evil people or people that are mentally insane or whatever you call them to take away the initiative and that's we why we are here to show the sikh community we share your sorrow. >> members of the sikh community said they will be working to find out what kind of assistance they can offer to the victims in wisconsin. >> president obama said he is deeply saddened by the shooting. his administration will offer any support needed. >> >> let's switch gears to talk about severe weather. pretty bad storms whipped across maryland and in their wake, some severe damage. take a look at this picture sent in from a "wjz" viewer. a huge tree crashed 23450 this home in glenn burnie. no one was hurt.

pretty substantial damage to the side of the home. check this out, another tree fell down in the fast-moving storms the storms are not done, yet. we have them hitting maryland right now. let's get to bernadette woods. she is live with first warning doppler radar, a little thunder out there, person? >> there is, and there was a spike in power out ans. first warning doppler radar, scattered showers and thunderstorms out there, right now, we don't have any watches or warnings tit, at this time, we'll continue to see rounds. we'll take you a quick tour and show you, in the city, it is dry. but we will see some moving our way. this part of 95, a lot of thunderstorms, really heavy rain in these storms and gusty winds 30-40-miles per hour and more where that came from. this batch is about to cross over into maryland. it will continue to move eastward. still have showers and thunderstorms out there. more coming later on this week.

we'll have that forecast -- >> lawns are getting green. >> >> "wjz" is always on for instant updates. let's check in with oklahoma where families are picking up the pieces after a raging wildfire destroyed their homes. this is what is left 30-miles northeast of oklahoma city. governor toured the charred remains. officials estimate the fire damaged 56 homes and other buildings in the area. police believe the blaze was intentionally set. they were looking for a ban who was spotted throwing burning newspapers out of a tuck in that area. >> >> new surveillance pictures just released to "wjz" of the man police want to question. he is the man seen in the left corner there in an orange t shirt. the fire started in the men's bathroom early friday. over the damage when it quickly

grew to a two-alarm fire and burned-out most of the restaurant. anyone with information is asked to call the maryland hotline. 1-hundred-492-7579. >> >> a bank not open for business any time soon. a fire broke out just before 7:00 tonight. the building sustained severe damage. we are told it will be closed for several days. >> >> two men under arrest tonight, accused of firing into a crowd of people near the university of maryland. police say a fight broke out in college park early saturday morning, that's when police say melvin watson and david brandon shot into the crowd from an s.u.v. police pulled the men over and arrested both of them. no one was hurt in that shooting. >> >> a pretty tough couple of months for a charitable man, but tonight, a report that batman is getting a new toy and he hopes the kids will love it.

>> reporter: this car a limited edition. loaded with flashing lights. robinson custom ordered it three years ago and it finally came in this week. another thing about robinson, he is also known as batman. >> there are no windows and there is no roof. >> reporter: for the last 11 years, robinson has spent his spare time visiting sick children around the country. back in march, he was headed to a hospital when montgomery county police pulled him over for hot properly displaying the license plate on his old batmobile. >> he was like "hey buddy, do you have a license plate." >> reporter: two hospitals called, canning robinson's visit with the kids recently. >> i understand and respect the decision. >> that's why wherever he goes, he continues to pick up those

fans who just want a picture with him and now, the new batmobile. >> despite the shooting in aurora, colorado, robinson said he has received many more phone calls from many hospitals around the nation asking him to bring the batmobile and greet kids at hospitals. i'm gigi barnett, "wjz" "eyewitness news" robertson said he wanted the 1966 version of the batmobile because it is the original. by the way, he has the proper license plates. >> >> a catholic priest, along with parishioners finished a 100-mile walk from hancock to baltimore. they left last sunday, exactly one week later, they arrived at the basillica. reverend lombardi said catholics are being forced to

violate their religion because of a mandate. >> after arriving at church, walkers took part in mass. >> >> the countdown is on for what nasa is calling seven minutes of terror. it's just a couple of hours away that's how long it will take for the mars rover curiosity to get from space to the surface of mars. it will happen at 1:30 tomorrow morning. it is a little complicated landing never attempted after traveling 350 million-miles from earth, curiosity with will hit the martian atmosphere traveling at 13,000-miles an hour. if everything goes as planned. curiosity will spend two years on mars, gathering data. they are looking for any signses there may have been life on mars possibly sometime ago. they will be examining particles, looking for carbon. it will be interesting to see what they find. >> >> still to come, rescued from

rising waters, floods fill chinatown. we'll show you how residents are being safe. judge this organization no longer represents something i believe in. >> a boy scout no longer. >> >> how this s.u.v. ended up upside down at a california shopping mall. . more on a scam you need to know about, coming up. . we still have showers and thunderstorms out there for tonight, we'll let you know what it means for your workweek forecast, coming up, when we return. . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> we have some scattered thunderstorms out there. bernadette will have the first warning forecast. >> >> after being rescued from rising floodwaters in china. the severe weather conditions made rescues a challenge, not to mention high mountains and very cloudy conditions. rescue operations are still underway there at there hour. >> >> just to the north of us, a lightening strike kills one person and injuries several others after it hits the poconos race way. the race cut short because of storms in pennsylvania. in the parking lot, people were

trying to escape the storms. it's unclear how many strikes occurred in that area. >> > a man said he wanted to be an eagle scout since the age of five, but now as an openly gay man said he can no longer support the organization. more than a half dozen eagle scouts across the country have turned in their medals. >> it saddens me that every day there is a possibility that someone is being told "you are not good enough for this organization. you can't be a part of it." >> a scary ride when an elderly driver hits the wrong pedal, flying off a parking garage, down three-stories landed upside down on the car

cars below. the 78-year-old driver was okay and a female passenger only suffered minor injuries. san diego police say the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. >> >> two big local names, catholic charities being targeted by a scam artist. tonight, until williams explains what you should look out to and how to prevent being a victim. >> reporter: scam artists want to take from you and they are using well-known names to do it. >> there was a posting on craigs list. asking individuals who wanted their bill taken care of to call this number. >> reporter: the executive director of catholic charities, cording to him, it is preying on people in the time of

despair. >> for $150, an advisor would come to their home. >> problem is neither bge or catholic charities knew anything about it the whole thing is a scam. >> catholic charities, one, we don't go to people's homes to provide that assistance. we would never charge 0 fee of $150 to help people with their utility bills. >> reporter: catholic charities immediately notified craigs list, bge and consumer protection division of the attorney general's office the scam is being investigated. catholic charities see this as a scam, and a safety issue for anyone who has been contacted. >> the other thing that is concerning is the fact that this person would come to your home, which we believe would put people at risk. >> >> tim williams, "wjz" "eyewitness news." >> >> if you think you have been a

victim, contact the attorney general's office at the number on your screen. >> >> the long drought in the has turned a lot of green lawns brown. one man has found a way around it. he is not using a drop of water. he is pray painting his lawn. he said it is cheaper, lasted longer than watering. he said one coat lasts months. the drought is really bad. >> i had to put on fertilizer, weeds are so out of control. >> unfortunately, when we get some of the brown, it doesn't officially go into the totals, but for the year, we are running close to eight inches

down so, it's hot and it's dry. >> >> yes, scattered showers and thunderstorms and we are seeing these spread across the state. we will see rounds of these through the overnight hours lasting into your early morning commute. the biggest thing we are seeing this is one. all the way up to the delaware/pa border. as far as the city goes, a little break. a few showers, could be some thunderstorms and all of this is moving off to the east. switching it over to tell you this is the what we were dealing with earlier. this is the initial line of severe storms that made its way across. now, scattered showers and thunderstorms not at the severe level, but still out there. a little breeze. that's about it as far as temperatureses go. 76 degrees is where we sit, right now, 0 in dc.

we have seen -- when the storms went through, it dropped us to 75 degrees. with that out of here, we have had other line we are dealing with slowly, but surely, it will moving way. sunshine will return and drier air temporarily before the whole set back off to the north starting tuesday night into wednesday. now, in the tropics. tropical storm 52-miles an hour, moving off to the west. looking like this has a chance to turn into a hurricane before making landfall. in the yucatan or belize. we'll keep you updated. this is florence, that is moving off to the west, but it is already moving 40-mile per hour winds. this one is not expected to do a lot north of the islands right here. small craft advisory has been

dropped. tonight, 73 degrees with a showers and thunderstorms out there. tomorrow, we are going up to 8. showers and thunderstorms moving away. take a look at the five-day forecast here. starting to see the chances coming up wednesday into thursday, again, adam. >> hopefully, we'll get some of the rain. >> >> orioles, now in second place. stan has big highlights on stan has big highlights on today's game, ,,,,,,,,

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stan is here with the "wjz" fan sports report. >> >> good time orioles. true warriors after accomplishing something they have never done before, winning their 11th consecutive game. scoreless game with tampa bay through the first nine. gonzo just came and did it again today.

pitching very well against the best pitcher in the american league. fast forward to ayala, retiring. his era2.6, extra innings we go. top 10. scoreboard said zero -- rbi double left centerfield. mark reynolds, scores all the way from first base. that was the game winner and the birds win 1-0, taking two of series from tampa bay. nonetheless, here's your king for a day, taylor -- >> it's a good feeling winning tight games like this. it will be tough the next two months. we have pitching match ups like to say. you know it will be a close game. probably coming down to theth or 9th inning >> orioles start a home stand with 10 game home stand starting with the mariners tomorrow night. >> >> with a lot on their minds,

up the road in november, -- >> i really haven't thought too much about it, it will be a challenge playing pittsburgh twice in three weeks. san diego is in between. that's way down the road, we'll cross the bridge when we come to it. >> >> more football against arizona cardinals. mark ingram, former alabama star bull dozing his way to the end zone on those two plays. >> >> took a wicked hit to the ground. it's a rib contusion. this game just about over. seconds left. saints leading. >> >> nascar pennsylvania 400, kyle bush, tire problems. you heard about those earlier. 91, jimmy johnson spinout, also, denny hamlin was unintentionally involved.

jeff gordon flipped through and took the lead. lap 98, lightening strikes, actually killed a spectatornd jeff gordons that declared a winner. >> >> olympics, 400-meters, william sisters, win. >> >> williams sisters was do,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the world series of diving. take a look. the world's best 14 divers

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