this morning one of baltimore's finest is in critical condition. we have the latest on the shooting of an baltimore police officer. caramel low anthony makes a huge donation. you are lucky if you hit the lottery. if you never cash that ticket it is a whole other stor . we'll tell you about that coming up. in the meantime good friday morning. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll check in with jamie later in the show. in the meantime we appreciate you being here. i'll send it over to justin with a look at the weather. moderate to heavy rain in carroll county. frontal boundary sliding through. getting injection of energy and moisture from the west of the system that will reach us over the weekend. heavy rain in westminster. moderate toward the east i-40

down through liberty reservoir and 795. hunt valley heavy rain. light rain around the city itself. looks like we'll have this band of rain slide through in the next hour or two. 65 glen burnie. some spots in the upper 50s. it's rained for a couple of hours then we'll try to break out sun back to only 72 starting to cool down this afternoon. here's kim with the wet roads. >> we have building volume on southbound 95 as you approach the beltway and the 895 split. here at hartford road traffic is moving along at a good pace. no problem or accidents to let you know about. downtown ball we have trafficlitises not working. that's in the vicinity of calvert street and north avenue. east mount vernon place at st. paul street remains closed

because of the baltimore book festival. that remains in effect until monday afternoon no real problems at this time. as you head to work today keep a baltimore city police officer in your thoughts. he is in critical condition after he was shot several times. we know that this officer was off-duty when at least two men tried to rob him. >> reporter: good morning. an off-duty police officer is in the intensive care unit in morning after she was shot duringed an attempted robbery. it happened after 10:00 last night in the 6,000 block of high gate drive in northwest baltimore. police officer say the officer was about to walk into his home when at least two men, armed with guns tried to rob him. a gun battle broke out between an officer and man. during the shooting the officer was hit multiple times in critical condition. neighbors were shocked about by this attack. >> i have been here seven

years. never had nothing like this. >> reporter: authorities are talking to two people interested in this case. baltimore county police department is mourning the loss of one of their own this morning. 32-year-old jason simons died yesterday after a traffic accident in the 3500 block of black rock road. the seven-year veteran was offduty driving to work. he was heading east in his chevy s-10 pickup when he lost control on the wet road. his truck flipped over trapping him inside. he worked in the towsend precinct and leaves behind a 6- year-old child. there is good news to report about in baltimore county this morning. a teenager who had been missing earlier this week is home safe. she was last seen on monday. family members had been posting

pictures of monica around towsend. even complete strangers posted appeals for help on facebook. the 14-year-old has been found safe. she is home with her family this morning. let's take a look at what's happening today september 25th. son of a nigeria diplomat accused of a brutal gang rape is scheduled to appear in court today. mayor sheila dixon in baltimore will launch a smaller way to get there in north harbor east. for all of you holiday countdowners we are three months away from christmas. get your wish list together. baltimore's own shining star anthony doing great things for his college alma mater. he was in syracuse yesterday to cut cut the ribbon for the basketball center. he spent $3 million to get the

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her up and say, hey i'm your relative. she was indeed the winner. she claimed the prize four hours later four hours before it expired. a reminder to all of you who buy lotto tickets check the numbers as well as expiration date. the boss is back and ready to charm baltimore. >> reporter: that's right. it is the second coming of the boss to baltimore. i'm linda here at first mariner arena. we'll talk to the fans waiting in line to get their tickets up next. westminster baltimore county north of the beltway through belair. we have heavy rains this morning. we are looking at the rain that's going to make for a slow commute. we'll check in with kim brown in a couple of minutes. now mark joans with the mta. >> numbers five and 13 buses running 20 minutes late. 44 taking diversion of york. wet road ways slowing things

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there is such going on this weekend. you'll probably want to know what the weather is going to be like. >> we are watching maryland's most powerful doppler radar this morning. we'll get through this friday and talk about the weekend coming up. we are looking at a band of rain. it has been a while since we had to deal with this in the morning hours. puddles out there. unfortunately on a friday morning this is last thing you want to deal with on the last day of the work week. we have heavy rain from 140 taking butler road towards central baltimore county. looks really wet this morning. this for the most part is north of the beltway sliding through hartford county and kent county on the eastern shore. we expect the rain this morning. it is knocking temperatures down in the upper 60s. rain this afternoon. partly sunny back to 72.

how about the roads? >> so far so good. no problems on the beltway. traffic is building in both directions here at 95 and white marsh boulevard. no real incidents towards 695, 895. we are working a crash east of the mary road. be aware of that. use caution. east mount vernon place near st. paul expect that to be closed this weekend for the baltimore book festival. doctors and nurses monitor an off-duty baltimore city police officers condition after he was shot. >> reporter: now police are trying to find the suspected robbers responsible for the shooting. i'll have the story coming up. (announcer) they're highly trained specialists.

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night in northwest baltimore. investigators say the off-duty officer was leaving work and about to walk into his home when at least two men walk up and tried to rob him. a gun battle broke out and the officer was hit several times. >> gunfire was exchanged at this point. we don't know if it was a service weapon. we are supposed to carry our service weapon within city limits. >> reporter: officers are talking to two people of interest. here's a look at the other stories abc 2 news is working on for you this morning. 39-year-old baltimore county police detective mark lunsford is accused from stealing from drug dealers homes and getting kick backs after a payment. the fbi arrested the detective after they recorded secret

conversation. he works as a task officer with the drug enforcement agency to get the money. a 13-year-old baltimore girl is in intensive care this morning with the h1n1. virus in the 8th grade in northeast baltimore. she got sick in school on monday. baltimore sun says the girl was getting stronger yesterday. school system statement said the building will be thoroughly cleaned and according to the health department procedures are in place. cut in california charles manson follower susan atkins who admitted killing actress sharon state 41 years ago has died. atkins who suffered from brain cancer had been in hospice care. judge ruth bader ginsburg

is in stable health. she was given fluids and take on the the hospital as a precaution. this been will be a busy one if you are a horse racing fan and one of the big events is the 24th annual maryland million. the day of races has been renamed jim kay maryland. it is in honor of the late sports caster who helped create the event. only maryland horses are eligible to race in the race. more than a being dollars of prize money will be handed out. first race starts at 12:15 saturday. if you want to relax at a concert you go to the opera. if you want to rock out, dance and sing along if you go to bruce springstein. that's where we'll find linda at first mariner arena. >> reporter: 10:00 this morning is when these tickets go on sale. we have four hours now. we have folks who have been

here since monday. can you get that? monday? they are trying to get comfortable. people are out here trying sleep, talking and having a good time. we have a lady who brought tons of drinks. you have to drink to survive. you have been here since when? >> wednesday morning. >> reporter: we have to ask you, you drink all of this, how you go to the bathroom? >> well, usually the people in the arena are nice about letting you go in. we have a problem with the third shift security guard. the manager came out and gave us duncan donuts. i go to sleep third shift and wait until morning until somebody comes and opens up the rest rooms. >> reporter: thank you. we'll take you to the end of the line here now. kevin, where are you? kevin was almost the last person in line until these three guys showed up. this is the last bruce springstein concert you are trying to get with your wife?

>> yes. >> reporter: have you ever seen him before? >> this is our first time. >> reporter: what do you think about your chances of getting a ticket? >> i have been talking to these guys nexttous. -- next to us. they think it is good. you never know these days because of the online buying. i feel good. >> reporter: we are keeping your fingers crossed for. you we'll stay here throughout the show. talk to more folks. we'll talk to guys out here that are enthused about this. we'll sent it back to you. do you want to sing a little bruce springstein. >> i don't think anybody wants to hear me sing. that would not be nice. i want to know how anyone can sleep on the sidewalk like that so peacefully while you guys are out there. you'll have to let us know what the secret is. >> reporter: we'll try to work something out. >> we'll check in with you later

later. if you are sleeping on the street you just opened yourself up for that. it is public domain. i'm thinking a thunder roll may be back to the northwest. it is 65 degrees this morning. temperatures may drop off more as we have moderate rain out of the west sliding along our own frontal boundary. we are watching a band of rain. heavy rains as we pointed out in carroll county and baltimore county and hunt valley. all wrapping around this storm system back to the west. it is influencing basically, injecting more rain into our old boundary. we'll have more rain coming from this system was we slide in from the weekend. we expect heavy rain to come back in tomorrow afternoon. we get some drying today

through tomorrow morning. we'll cool things down and bring in the clouds. we are stuck in the 60s tomorrow. rain rolls in tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night. rain could be heavy midnight through sunday morning. the back edge of the rain may push through here giving us clearing sunday afternoon. morning rain gives way to breezy conditions. we are back to 72 in the afternoon. only 52 tonight. our weekend calls for rain arriving the second half of saturday into sunday morning. given the fact that we have slick roads out there this morning. no real problems to let you know about. traffic is looking good on 95 in both directions as you approach white marsh boulevard area towards the tunnel freeway into fort mckinney tunnel. earlier crash at east seminary avenue has been cleared. that's good news. the you are traveling downtown baltimore through the weekend, knew monday at 4:00 in the morning east mount vernon place at st. paul street will be closed because of a special event downtown.

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