tracks by the lutherville station when they were hit by the train. police think the man in the photo may have been in a unique position. >> some things that the detectives have garnered during their investigation. they really believe that this man saw quite a bit, and he may even have experienced quite a bit while being a passenger on that train from where he was sitting and his perspective. >> we want to make it very clear here that this man is not in any trouble at all. but police think his information could be vital to their investigation. if you know who this man is call 410-307-2020, or call him and tell him to call police. roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. tonight a gunman is on the loose after a morning murder. it happened around 7:00 this morning at the rainbow view apartments in glen burnie. as police look into this case, abc 2 news joce sterman has more on the lingering questions.

>> reporter: anne arundel county police block off the streets and block the view to bystanders, keeping the grisly scene of the morning murder behind a curtain. >> about quarter to 7, i hear a bang, bang, bang. so i was thinking it was fire crackers. >> reporter: instead, police say it was gunfire, shots claim the life of a man witnesses say was brought down as he walked through this wooded path at the rainbow view apartments. >> a male person lying on the ground. >> reporter: nearly seven hours later, it still hasn't been moved as police continue to process the scene and search for evidence. >> they're going to continue to interview witnesses, and the scene is being processed. and the investigation is very active. >> reporter: and it was that police activity that surprised people who live here. >> you get up in the morning and come outside, and you see all this. you know, it's a shock to the whole community. >> reporter: a community left with many questions following the shooting. police have not identified the victim, and say they have no

suspects or motive in the case. but folks here know one thing for sure. this event has certainly sparked some fear. >> i've been here two years, and nothing ever happened like this here. never. so i do feel unsafe now. >> reporter: in glen burnie, joce sterman, abc 2 news. >> area schools including rippling woods elementary in the old mill complex were put on lockdown as a precaution following the shooting. that was lifted around noon today. anne arundel county prosecutors say it is perfectly legal to not report a person's death in some cases. now two state lawmakers want to change that. this case started when police were called to an apartment on furnace branch road last friday. they found the body of 83-year- old dori lea cooke in a freezer. she died several weeks ago, and family members stored her body in the freezer. cooke had been bed ridden for years. state law says health care and other professionals must report a death, but not family members. so two county lawmakers say they will push legislation

changing in this next general assembly. they tried to get a similar bill passed ten years ago, but failed. police are still waiting on autopsy results to determine exactly how cook died. a 72-year-old kingsville man charged with child sexual abuse may also face federal charges for child pornography. george hayward allegedly abused a 5-year-old girl while serving as her baby-sitter. investigators have since connected him to eight other victims. they discovered images of the girls on homemade dvds and now may seize his car and home since they were allegedly used to produce child porn. a woman shot early yesterday morning in fells point has died. police tell abc 2 news that 48- year-old josephine luitowski died. she was found off eastern avenue, not far from the heart of fells point. so far no arrests have been made in the case. department of defense officials say the bodies of two

marines have been flown home from afghanistan to the u.s. sergeant michael heed, junior of pennsylvania has family in maryland, and staff start david spicer is from ohio. he was killed in combat on monday. the soldiers' bodies have arrived at dover air force base in delaware. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is offering condolences to the families of nearly 170 people killed in a passenger jet crash. the caspian airlines plane went down shortly after takeoff today. a witness says the jet's tail appeared to catch fire shortly before the crash. all 168 passengers and crew on board were killed. and tonight we get a better glimpse into what it must have been like inside that southwest plane when a football-sized hole opened up in the roof of the fuselage mid flight. this video was posted on youtube by passengers. the plane's black box, along with part of the plane that ripped open will be sent to the ntsb's headquarters in d.c. so

experts can get a better idea of how this could have happened. coming up on abc 2 news at 5:30, we'll hear from some passengers, and learn what experts think could have caused that hole. an 11-year-old pennsylvania boy is still recovering after a tunnel he was digging in the sand in ocean city collapsed around him. ocean city officials say the pittsburgh boy was digging two holes in the sand with other kids. beach patrol members helped dig him out of the sand hole on the beach near 37th street yesterday afternoon. lifeguards worked on the boy, and he was taken to the hospital. in washington, another day of tough questioning for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. abc 2 news terry owens has more on how lawmakers continue to grill her during her confirmation hearing. >> reporter: marybeth, roe versus wade was among the hot button issues today. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took turns trying to get the nominee to show her hand, but the judge didn't budge.

the harping also continued on sonia sotomayor's controversial wise latina comment when she told a law school audience, quote, i would hope that a wise latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. >> do you stand by your words of yesterday when you said it was a failed rhetorical flourish, that it failed flat, that there are words that don't make sense and they're a bad idea? >> i stand by the words it fell flat. >> reporter: on her second day of questioning, lawmakers also touched on topics like the second amendment and abortion. some republican critics say they find her answers troubling. >> i am disappointed that we still have a lot of muddled testimony and lack of clarity. really, a person going on the supreme court should be clearer in my view. >> reporter: still, democrats on the committee have enough votes to confirm sotomayor, and even republicans anticipate her vote will be straight forward. >> if i have anything to say about it, you will get that up or down vote on the senate

floor. >> reporter: thursday sotomayor faces a slate of witnesses, including new york colleagues and a group of firefighters from new haven against whom she ruled in a racial discrimination case. and some of the more interesting testimony could emerge tomorrow. witnesses are set to testify and will likely focus on different issues than lawmakers have the last two days. coming up on abc 2 news at 6, hear why maryland senator ben cardin calls sonia sotomayor a baseball hero. terry owens, abc 2 news. now an abc 2 news update. the owner of a historic african american cemetery in suburban chicago denies involvement in a scheme to dig up graves and resale plots. the president of perpetua inc. says he finds it despicable and deplorable. he says he feels sorry for the families wondering what has happened to their loved ones' remains.

investigators are trying to identify who is buried in about 100,000 graves. across the area today, another precipitation-free day. lots of sunshine around, but it's getting extremely dry out there. we do need the rain. some rain is moving in our direction. but will we actually get it? right now nothing is showing is up on maryland's most powerful radar. for the next couple hours, partly cloudy, temperatures holding in the 80s. what about that rainfall? what are our chances? when could we see some? and will the temperatures remain on the cooler side in the forecast coming up. >> thanks, norm. make sure you have plenty of patience the next time you dive through downtown baltimore. the lombard street improvement project began today. crews blocked off several lanes of traffic to work on the project. the improvements were scheduled to begin in early spring, but it was delayed because of that massive water main break downtown. most of the infrastructure repairs have been completed. today crews worked on milling, resurfacing and sidewalk repairs. workers expect to keep at least three lanes of traffic open between light and presidents

street. >> it's infrastructure issue is important. it's just going to help with all our roads and gutters and much needed work. i think people need to be patient. the department of transportation is really trying to make sure people are aware and put all kinds of means in place to help accommodate. >> the project is expected to be finished by late fall. here is one way to dodge some of that traffic. hit the waterways. anchors away! how some federal stimulus money will make getting around downtown a splash, and it's free. renters beware. details on a slick scam that could leave you out hundreds of dollars. and how long can babies still in the womb remember something? let's take a look at the temperatures now from fallston. 80 degrees. it feels a little warmer than that. but boy, what another beautiful day we had today. norm is coming up with the full forecast. fios guy! where ya headed?

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you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now abc 2 news at 5. >> we have a warning for anyone looking for a place to rent, whether it's a home, a cottage, or an apartment. foreign scammers are now coming after your money. our consumer reporter john matarese shows us how this slick new scam is luring renters, so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: is someone in your family looking for a new place to live, or perhaps they're trying to rent out an apartment or a house. if so you need to know about a slick scam now targeting landlords and renters that could leave you out hundreds of dollars or more. bethany freeman shows me the beautiful four bedroom home she was trying to rent. >> so this is the kitchen. living room is over here. >> reporter: it's such a nice home for $2,200 a month, you would think plenty of families would have responded to her ad on craigslist.

but they haven't because someone else is also advertising her house on craigslist. at almost a thousand dollars less per month. >> his is 1300 and mine is 2200. >> reporter: this is happening to landlords and homeowners around the country, according to the fbi. foreign scammers are copying rental ads, right down to photos and the fact that cats are okay, and then posting the same home or apartment for hundreds of dollars less. potential renters are easily scammed because the house really exists. and the scammers tell them to look at it, then wire some money to hold it. >> well, they're saying they can't sell the house because they're claiming to be in england. and to drive by the property, and then said once you like it, send me the deposit. >> reporter: bethany believes at least two families may have sent a $1,300 deposit to the scammer who is posting her house for rent while her legitimate ad gets ignored. if you're looking to rent, always make sure the landlord is local and not some mysterious out of towner, and

never mail or wire a cash deposit even if you can drive by and look at the place for rent. that person may not be the real landlord. so don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> yeah, i know a lot of people are going on vacation. but with weather like this, there is no need to leave. >> it's absolutely gorgeous. low humidity. now we did not get as cool this morning as i thought. i thought we would set a brand- new record low. we got pretty cool, but we didn't hit the record. but nice weather is going to gradually come to an end over the next couple of days. but nice is kind of a strange term because nice to some is not nice to others. we do need the rain very badly. >> that might be nice to some. >> exactly. >> we have a chance for some of that nice coming into our region. take a look outside right now. the shot from harbor cam overlooking the flag on federal hill. our temperature right now at bwi 85 degrees. 40% humidity. wind currently from the

southwest at 9. the pressure steady 30.02. the tide at fort mchenry. 9:06 in the morning. 1:21 in the afternoon. tomorrow's wind from the south at 8 to 14 miles per hour. we'll set at 8:31. temperature ace ross the area right now, new york, p.a. at 48. 84 in easton. over in ocean city, 84 degrees. 85 in dover and atlantic city right now an even 80 degrees. throughout the day, a few little light clouds early this morning. that was the reason that we did not cool off as much as i thought we would because we have a little bit of a blanket of clouds holding in the heat. but as the day went along, the clouds disappeared. lots of sunshine. what we're seeing right now is a big weather system out in the ohio valley that is moving in our direction now. the clouds are going to gradually thicken over the top of the region. and during the day tomorrow, they'll get continually thicker. and that's going to keep a lot of the sunlight from coming in. it's not going to get as warm tomorrow. it will be more humid. so it's going to feel a little more sticky there is going to be showers associated with the

system. but it look like at this point in time, the majority of the showers are going to slip down to south of us, and also to the north of us. there will be a few spotty showers around the baltimore area, but not general rainfall. but we do have some general rainfall in the forecast. we'll show you that in a second. right now maryland's most powerful radar not indicating any precipitation across the region. what we do have right with our tornado alley, that's on our website at abc2news.com. as you can see, we've got some thunderstorm activity currently taking place over sections of oklahoma, portions of arkansas, right in this region getting some shower and thunderstorm activity. southern portions of missouri. here is one of the storm chasers right there that is at the solar car challenge. we've also gm some space shuttle and endeavour viewers right there. again, there is a storm chaser down there watching the cape. and waiting for the space shuttle to kind of launch off. anyhow, you can do that yourself on your computer. just go to abc2news.com. click on the weather page and click on tornado alley, and you too can get live feeds from all these weather chasers all

across the united states. now watch the forecast for tonight. clouds will gradually increase as the system moves in our direction. but the majority of the rainfall moves north and south of our region. we will see a few spotty showers across the area. but our best chance for rain is going to be coming on saturday as the system kind of consolidates and moves in our direction. so your forecast for the overnight period. gradual increasing clouds, 63 degrees for overnight low. we'll have the blanket of clouds so it won't get quite as cool. tomorrow mostly cloudy, 87 degrees. a few showers are possible, but really not that likely. so we're going to be in the area, but mostly north and south of the region. the extended outlook for the next seven days. things clear up and cool done a bit on friday. and then saturday a better chance of showers moving into the region, with scattered showers and thunderstorms. sunday partly cloudy. monday a chance for some showers, lasting into tuesday. but again, below normal temperatures are going to be continuing with the exception of tomorrow when we get up to a very normal temperature of 87 degrees. we'll be back in a while with more on the weather. >> thanks, norm. in 2 your health tonight,

according to new research, babies still in their mother's womb can form memories. in fact, babies at 34 weeks gestation or the end of the 8th month of pregnancy are able to remember things for at least four weeks. how do they know that? >> researchers measured how the fetus responded to repeated stimulation to a fetal monitor to make a buzzing sound against the pregnant mother's belly. after many exposures, the fetus learned that the stimulus was safe and stopped reacting. researchers then tested the baby's memory after returning with the buzzer after some period of time. if it remembered the previous experience, then it shouldn't react. at 30 weeks gestation, around the end of the 7th month of pregnancy, babies remembered the stimulus for as long as ten minutes. but by a month later in the 34th development, this memory lasted up to four weeks. this study raises interesting questions about what kinds of memories babies might be form manage in the womb. but it may not be surprising

that something as important as memory is in working order prior to birth. the first of these types of tests started back in 1925. it involved repeated honking of a car horn. since then similar studies have been conducted with electric toothbrushes and door buzzers. tonight some passengers on a southwest flight that sprung a hole are still surprised that everything is okay. >> when we landed and everybody knew we were going to be safe, we started clapping. the pilot came out and people got up and were hugging him. >> i bet they were. coming up hear more from that passenger and see video that others captured as oxygen masks started falling. a motorcycle crash caught on tape. see how the rider takes a few terrible tumbles and still walks away. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. make me another meatloaf ♪ - ♪ no - ♪ forget the mac and cheese ♪ - ♪ oh no ♪ i want some fun piled on a bun ♪ ♪ i want a manwich, please... ♪

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with a look ahead to abc 2 news at 5:30, i'm terry owens. what would you say about a free ride to work? how some federal stimulus money could make your ride downtown more like a smooth cruise. more pictures raising new questions tonight about the health of michael jackson before his death. will police confirm it was a homicide. and a debt 17 digits long. what one man bought that got him this quadrillion dollar charge. those stories and norm's most accurate forecast straight ahead. a quadrillion dollars! a look around the nation takes us to washington state where two bank robbery suspects were caught on tape. they wore fake facial hair and wigs. one had an afro, another dreadlocks. one is shown hopping the bank counter, demanding cash and forcing employees to the floor at gunpoint. the robbery only took 1:49.

losing control, slides off his bike and flips over several times. incredibly he received only minor injuries. the trooper estimates the bike was going about 85 miles per hour at the time. the biker was cited for careless driving. in new york, a 20-foot-long basking shark washed ashore on a long island beach. state park officials say the shark, which weighed about 5,000 pounds appeared to have died from an illness. marine experts will examine the shark to determine the cause of death. they're the second largest fish in the ocean and are not a threat to humans. but it's big! are you a facebook addict? we have a checklist to help you decide if you should step away from your comput. abc 2 news at 5:30 starts in just two minutes. ♪

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now abc 2 news at 5:30. >> and we begin tonight with a breaking news update out of north baltimore. good evening, everybody. i'm terry owens. the woman who was hit by a light rail train this afternoon has been taken to sinai hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. crews tell us this all happened around 4:15 as the woman was crossing the tracks at the mount washington stop when she was hit by a slow-moving train. mta police are on the scene, and so is an abc 2 news crew. we'll continue to update this story throughout the newscast, and online at abc2news.com. want a free ride to work? baltimore city is expanding its water taxi service for commuters. the service, which already runs from fells point to locust point will add a stop in canton. abc 2 news linda so reports federal stimulus money is making this possible.

>> reporter: these coworkers enjoy hopping on a boat for their lunch break, thanks to the city's harbor connector. people can get a free ride across the water from fells point to tide point. >> we have to get away from the office during lunch, which is really great. but we also take it into the office, which more and more people are actually doing who live down at fells point. >> reporter: back in april, the city launched the free water taxi service for commuters, and it's catching on quickly. 90 riders use it on a daily basis. >> rather to drive all the around, just a 3, 5, 6-minute trip across the water. >> reporter: in the coming months, the service will be getting a major upgrade. $1.6million in economic stimulus money will allow the city to buy two new boats and add a stop in canton. service to canton is expected to begin some time this fall, and will be available five days a week. >> the service will run monday to friday 7