tables and bloody doors. a pregnant woman and others are expected to be okay. in an apparent retaliation there were two other shootings at south bond and baltimore and another within near commerce street, all of it connected to a drug turf war. >> we're bringing local, regional and federal law enforcement entities to bare on these entities. >> reporter: police have yet to make any arrests in this series of shootings but say they have a good idea where top find the suspects. in the meantime they will be flooding the area. the target are the members of a blackwell family and have a hex

starting with the kidnapping of two of their members. the blackwell family is being investigated but the commissioner said between city police and the feds maybe not as quickly or has thoroughly has needed. >> we are concerned about the pace and progress of some of these investigations and we will do everything we can to speed those efforts along. >> the mayor stressed that would take people coming forward. show sent a strong message this afternoon, urging people to work with police on what show calls this cowardly and calculated act. >> i don't want to hear about the snitching or any of that. that is crap. this is important. you have enknow sent people who were shot and it could have been worse. >> reporter: no one knows that more than neighbor michael young who heard the shots and witnessed the chaos. >> it's bad around here. i

just pray that things will get better. >> reporter: better before anyone else gets caught in the cross fire. reporting for abc2 news. >> also in baltimore a deadly double shooting on north conklin around 10:30 last neat. another double shooting in southeast baltimore on new hope ser keel. authorities said two men were shot, one in the hand, the other in the leg. a pizza delivery man was also shot and robbed around 1:00 this morning in the 2800 block of harper road in northeast baltimore. police say they do not have any suspects. well, the high winds and heavy rain caused some pretty extensive damage in baltimore county. the storms knocked down 250

trees. some of the worst was at berryman's lane and church mills road. coach road and berryman's road was blocked for several hours. people who saw it said it was terrifying to watch. >> a combination of a roar and a thunderral at the same time. there was the thunder and leeting in and the -- lightning and the roar of the wind. >> the national weather service is attributing this to straightline winds although many folks said they thought they saw a funnel cloud. we checked with bge, more than 7,000 remain without power. 5600 are in baltimore county. this phone and through this evening we'll she very heavy shower activity. but on maryland's shore and down into virginia, look at

that figure. 5,325 lightning strikes, lightning strikes just within the past two hours. i mean, it is really rolling over there on the eastern shore just south of ocean city they had pretty heavy thundershower activity. early this afternoon they have a break. they have more heading in their direction. baltimore no precipitation and it should stay that way for the next 36 hours. scattered storms. our temperatures will be in the 80s for the next couple of hours. tomorrow should be precipitation free. when are the showers coming back? we'll fill that in. three people are dead after an early morning crash in white marsh at white marsh and honeygo boulevard. the street sweeper hit the vehicle. >> reporter: emergency rescue

units converged on the scene. they found any chance of a rescue had come and gone in a matter of seconds. >> unfortunately, three bodies are inside of that vehicle. they have been burned. they are deceased. we are trying to figure out where the body came from. >> reporter: police say the independent contractor had just completed his work at 5:00 in the morning when either he or the driver of the compact car must have run a red light at the intersection. >> the passenger vehicle was traveling westbound mon white marsh when it was making a left hand turn on honeygo boulevard. >> reporter: at this point investigators say they have three bodies burned beyond preace initial and very lit -- recognition and very little to go on. the car may have displayed paper temporary tags that burned when the car ignited into flames. the driver of the street

sweeper suffered minor injuries. reporting for abc2 news. crash investigators are also trying to determine if road conditions and arm earl weather condition -- early morning weather conditions may have contributed to the accident. baltimore's tight knit cab community is mourning the loss of one of their own. one taxi driver was killed upon impact boy another car. >> it's hard to believe. it's shocking for the whole company. >> police have not commented on the case but witnesses say they believe the incident was a round of drag racing gone

wrong. brag's coworkers are collecting funds for the family. keep all of your valuables out of your vehicle and out of seating. here's a look at the two men police are calling suss -- suspects. they say the men either broke windows or got into cars. if you have any information, you're asked to call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7 lockup. some important news if you plan on picking up someone at the airport. bwi thurgood marshall will charge for the first hour. you can still wait free of charge at the cell phone lot. a former baltimore county officer is recovering after being attacked by a grizzly bear in dakota, wyoming.

jerry ruth suffered a broken jaw, crushed larynx and multiple bite wounds. right killed -- ruth killed the grisly with a gun after it attacked him. baltimore city is developing a sit hi-wide -- city-wide strategy to reduce teenage pregnancy. pay cording to officials the rate of fine births was 66.4 per 1,000 in 2007. >> for 15 years teen preeing sigh rates have been -- pregnancy rates have been declining. >> the doctor said teen pregnancy is a major factor for high school dropouts and

impacts the entire community. we have good news to report, another issue affecting young people in m childhood led levels are on the decline. according to a survey, statewide in 2000 more than 106,000 children under age section were tested -- six were tested. 0.7 had an elevated blood level compared to 0.8% in 2007. coming up next, details of a state-wide summit focusing on the h1n1. what this means for your child. and the unofficial start of the football season in because the more players -- baltimore. players and coaches report to training field. >> yesterday i gave you a

guarantee for today of 87. our high at bwi was 87. our winner comes from glen bernie. susan wilson, congratulations. we'll be back with our forecast, which is a steamy one, coming up.

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in about a month school children, the most vulnerable population when it comes to the h1n1 virus, will be back in class. state, local and school health officials are taking action now to make sure they're ready. county by county they packed

the conference room. health officials like dr. gregory branch of baltimore county, just one of many sharing concerns about the impact h1n1 to have on this upcoming school year. >> we expect to see if it continues it will increase. >> reporter: while researchers at the university of maryland school of medicine leads one of the nation's first studies for an experimental vaccine, educators are working to keep people safe. >> how do we create an action plan that has everything to do with minimizing this risk for children as well as the ability to continue their education should the school have no close because of the high incidence of absenteeism due to this. >> the state school superintendent said the schools do close -- if schools close,

the protocol well be different. >> we need people to understand you can't do this independently as a county or the city of baltimore. you have to do it based on the final decision making of the secretary of health. >> how do they communicate closings with health? how will it affect school funding. these are issues, she says they're tackling. >> we well have a comprehensive way of dealing with it. >> and parents are counting on that. >> i'm more concerned about the flu this year because of the epidemic last year. >> the doctor added they are urging health officials and the school members to meet on a regular basis. we want your two cents on this. are you more likely it get a flu shot this year because of the h1n1 flu scare? to take part in our online poll

just log on to abc2news.com and look on the right side of our home page. you may not remember this, but if i said to you oow. , baby, whats did that brink to -- bring to mind? you don't remember that. let me tell you. these folks are getting ready to go on a crew. our floor director remembers that. who wrote that? you don't remember. our temperature at bwi, 87 degrees. the wind is currently variable at five miles an hour. barometer 29.9 one. low tide 7:20 in the morning. high tide six minutes

afternoon. winds 14 miles an hour. our low this morning was 71 degrees with scattered fog in many areas. the high today 85 in york. 86 in ocean city before they had the thunderstorm activity roll through this afternoon. our two-degree guarantee, two days in a row. temperatures around the region still with the daytime high of 87. 86 in easton. then what rain am i talking about? during the early morning hours there were showers on the eastern shore. afternoon thunderstorms rolling out of virginia rote across the eastern -- right across the eastern shore. there are still a few showers new pennsylvania but i think we'll go precipitation free this evening. a larger picture shows that rolling along the eastern sea

board with a heavy shower, again affecting the eastern shore. in the maryland area we'll be okay for tonight and the way it looks for tomorrow. but more activity down here heading in hour direction. that will be setting us up for heat and humidity coming through on wednesday through the rest of the week. baltimore, no precipitation. heavy shower activity over 9,000 lightning strikes. they're having a real good time down there. at ft. meade 86. as far as our forecast for tonight a few scattered showers are possible but highly unlikely. during the day tomorrow a pretty decent day. again, a slim chance for a shower but the best chance for showers comes in on wednesday. once it gets here it will stick around for the remainder of the week. in metro baltimore partly cloudy. we'll see some fog. 6 for the low during the day

tomorrow. we'll go precipitation free, partly cloudy and warmer. even though when go precip free tomorrow wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday shower activity rolls back in with higher heat and humidity. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. well, football is finally back. the ravens reported here to traning -- training camp in westminster. rookies arrived looking leak rookies, taking their luggage to their rooms, but a ton of vets are here, mark clayton. they're all here. joe flacko said he hadn't talked with derek mason and have no idea if mae son will come out of row tirement.

>> derek not being here well push dies to make sure they're the guy right away. the more guys we have feeling like they're "the" guy, then the better off we'll be. >> reporter: one guy is definitely mission. that's michael orr, the first round draft pick for the ravens. doesn't lock leak he will be in camp ontime, meaning he is a holdout or is projected to be the starting right tackle but he cannot afard to mess too much time. only four first round draft picks as of now have been signed. once those start coming in the dominoes will be falling. >> not too many first round picks are signed. i think there will be some -- we want to make shower they do the right thing by michael, so we want to get the best contract we can for him as soon as we can. it should happen pretty soon.

>> the coach sounds sure of himself that the ravens will get it done in a themely -- timely manner many they have signed brian eely. he is pretty much the definition of a training camp body. they are still shocked that drew bennett announced his retirement last neat, two days after signing out with the ravens. he was good back in the dray with the titans but has been battling a knee injury the past couple of years and in the a good member with the rams. he decided his knee just want ready for nfl football. >> part spluft process -- of the process, that's why you put them through this to see how they recover. he felt leak this would be a problem -- like this would be a problem forever because it's

are a rite -- arthritic. >> training camp goes on. they're on the field, open to the public at 8:30 in the morning at mcdaniel college. reporting for abc2 sports. we wrap up the news right after this. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good.

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