get yours starting at 7am. subway. build your better breakfast. . we begin tonight with breaking news out of northwest baltimore. good evening, iment's joce sterman. police are on the scene of a barricade situation of the 25th00 block of edgecomb circle in the city. we go to cheryl connor with more. >> reporter: it is still a very active scene. we are right here on green spring avenue not far from sinai hospital and about three hours ago, s.w.a.t team and hostage negotiators moved in on a home where they believe a murder suspect may be located.

police are talking to someone who barricaded himself in the home after murder victim. it was around 3:35 this this morning when detectives found a body of a woman with a gunshot wound to the chest. she worked in baltimore in central booking. her body was found in a friend's home in the 1700 block of ashwood street and police are at the victim's home right now where they believe the suspect is possibly located. >> he barricaded himself inside the home, and we have reason to believe that he may hurt himself and just to secure the area, make sure neighbors are secure, we have to treat this situation as if he were armed. >> reporter: and police don't believe there are any hostages tonight. they say they found blood on the door where they believe the man, again, has possibly barricaded himself. they are not saying how this suspect and the victim know each other, but i did ask since the

victim works at maryland state corrections at central booking whether or not he was possibly a former inmate, and spokesman anthony guglielmi does not believe that is the case. we are in the 4800 block of green spring avenue and there are several city blocks that are blocked off tonight. we will bring you the latest at 11. cheryl connor, abc2 news. meanwhile, baltimore city police are also investigating a shooting that left a 19-year-old dead. it happened yesterday just after 5:30 p.m. in the area of swan and edmondson avenues. authorities are investigating an assault on a correctional officer at a housing unit at the carroll county detention center. the office was was hit with a chair and was punched with fists. the officer is hospitalized in

stanl condition. jennings is awaiting trial on burglary and theft charges. man is under arrest in murder of a man who was found in a box on wednesday morning. police have not yet released any details about a murder for -- for that murder. a police chase ends with a deadly crash in the calvert area of montgomery. it started when a man took their girlfriend's van with the 11-year-old girl inside. he dref on the wrong side of the road. he hit an suv, killing one man and injuring three others. . oh, boy, it was another nice weekend on tap for us. we did see lots of sunshine in the forecast and i have good news if you like the milder weather. that's coming. right now we're looking at the most powerful radar and nothing

to be seen here, that's good news. don't want any type of rainfall. that will be coming in the middle to the later part of the week. you can see a few clouds trying to dive down into the area. i'm going to call it partly cloudy skies. temperatures on the coolish side, especially to the further north you go. inner harbor at 52, 58 in washington, hagerstown, 49. this evening, though, temperatures will be in the 40s. a few clouds, and it's going to be on the coolish side. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. overnight we could see patchy fog when we wake up tomorrow morning, and also awe go into the afternoon. can -- also as you go into the afternoon. we'll have your seven-day forecast coming up. a 5k walk and run raises awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. the race was in memory of heather herd who was once a

student. she was killed in florida when a driver who was texting crashed into her car. that time she was on her way to meet with a wedding planner. more than 200 people turned out for the second annual race. >> to every one of us, needs to be a ripple of hope and to pass the message on, that turn your cell phone off as you get in the car. put your seat-belt on and turn your cell phone off and you'll save a heather in your life. >> the herd family was intrumental in changing maryland's law which bans texting behind the wheel. a church may be the last place you would expect to find a collection of guns, but a buy back program happened inside st. gregory catholic church on the city's west side yesterday. they have hosted the event collecting over 200 guns. people have found guns in their

yard from suspected drug dealers and dropped them off at a church because it seemed like a safe haven. >> we know it's not the hardened criminals that are turning in the guns. these are finance that could be used in other crimes and are used in violent crimes throughout the city. >> people turning in the guns good up to $100 from the archdiocese magazine. the ravens are flying high after their 37-13 drubbing of the panthers. flacco threw for over 300 yards and a touchdown while the ravens defense returned consecutive interceptions for touchdowns to blow the game open. their record is 7-3. duck goldman decorates elaborate cakes.

the ace of cakes show has been cancelled. jennifer claybrook was 15 years old when she left her home for a run. her body was found days later but still more than two decades later her case continues to haunt detectives. we're going to try to crack open bun of maryland's cold cases, coming up. local families grow with the help of a special ceremony. national adoption day and we'll hear the story of one family's efforts to give the kids a permanent home they need.

. tonight we're continuing our series looking into maryland's cold cases. with the story of 15-year-old jennifer claybrook. she disappeared one march afternoon after telling her mom she was going out for a jog. here's abc 2 news's brian kuebler. [ singing ]. . >> reporter: at john carroll, every year, they remember the

memorial is peppered with the pictures of classmates and staff that have passed on. but in a town not used to making headlines, the story of jennifer claybrook refuses to fade. >> it shocked me. and it's still -- it's still overwhelming to me to think about it. >> reporter: patty murphy dawn is the administrator. as a teacher she knew every student and staff member. jenny is more than just a memory. it was the spring of 1983. >> they were in shock, just totally in shock. >> reporter: jennifer claybrook was that freshman at john carroll. your typical teen, always challenging her parents, constantly fought with her mom. sometimes even ran away. >> but without fail she always contacted mom. >> reporter: on the evening of march 4th, jenny told her mother she was going out for a run. as first when jenny didn't come

home her mother assumed she had run away again. 48 hours past and a normal childhood indiscretion became a panic. she called police. for four days they scoured the town looking for jenny. it was only by gut an officer found her. offduty the officer close to the investigation went out for a walk near where he knew jenny group would visit. >> we went walking in the area. he lived in the area to an abandoned property which was in close proximity to where jenny lived and that's where he found her. >> reporter: she was sitting lifeless against a fence, strangled. >> she had died from strangulation and basically was left there and and ban donned. >> reporter: detectives swam was one of the original investigators in the case. he remembers going out to the scene. it was a cold, rainy afternoon. >> i can guarantee you that the people there that day had hoped for a much different skwout come. >> reporter: in the days and

weeks that followed, detectives poured their resources into finding jenny's killer. they knew she was running with an older crowd, even adults. the group often partied in the same spot where jenny was found. >> immediately potential suspects began to emerge. >> reporter: detectives look at the way jenny was killed. she was strangled, choked to death and left in an upright position. it's usually a crime of passion, often the deadly result of an argument when the killer just plain snaps. >> what was the relationship was, something deteriorated for that moment. and emotional levels rose to where they were out of control. and then you know, minutes later, jennifer was dead. >> reporter: but after weeks turned into months and months into years, jenny's murder

remained unsolved. eventually her case went cold. >> the fact that it's a cold case means it happened a long time ago and we don't have an arrest, but it doesn't mean that we've forgotten about it. >> reporter: sergeant swam has left the detective and the case has been handed over to cold case detective ed smith. >> it's difficult. it's very difficult. it's an emotional thing. >> reporter: smith has invested himself into this case. often reading the case file at home, retracing every last step, following up every last lead. he often goes back to the scene. >> we're about 100 yards behind where the houses existed on maple view. >> reporter: hoping to find answers, answers to a case that continues to haunt detectives old and new. >> we have dreams for our children, and at 15, my gosh, you're at threshold of the rest of your life. and that was stolen from jennifer and stolen from her mother. >> reporter: stolen from a grieving mother, stolen from a

community that 27 years later still remembers. >> jennifer lee claybrook. >> each year when her name is read and her picture is flashed on screen at mass, we remember that we don't know. we don't know what happened to her. >> reporter: her lone year book photo a reminder of a young life taken and a story that still needs an ending. in harford county, brian kuebler, abc2 news. . >> and for a complete access to jenny's case you can log on to our cold cases website, that's abc2news.com/coldcases. there you can find full-length interviews with the detectives and photos from the crime scene. and remember if you have any information about jennifer's disappearance, please contact metro crime stoppers immediately to submit your tip. call them at 1866-lock-up.

you can also go on line to metro crime stoppers.org and click on submit a tip. . so i took a little sneak peek at your upcoming seven-day forecast and happy with tomorrow and tuesday, and then i saw what's coming around thanksgiving and i'm not happy. >> you're not happy about that? >> no, no, i thought i was hanging on to this beautiful weather and you're going to take it away. >> i'm not doing it, blaming it on mother nature. >> that's fine, that's fine. >> let's show you what's going on because temperatures are starting to cool down a bit, 47 degrees. the winds are calm. we want the winds calm. that barometer is holding steady at 30.40 as of now. such a beautiful day in the forecast for us. we can see here into baltimore as the clouds are on the move, but you know what? we knt see clouds, we had wispy clouds out there. those are your cirrus clouds.

as we go through the evening hours we have the chance for clouds, not showers, just some clouds try to move in here so aim going to say partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies as we go through the evening hours. check out the gusts for the day. these are your gusts into edgemere, 12 mile an hour wind, and into pasadena 15, eli cot city at 12 miles an hour. your sustained winds are 12 miles an hour and into frederick and the inner harbor. your highs today, 53 in the interer harbor. pretty much seasonal. we are going to beat this as we head into tomorrow. so this is what joce was talking about. the satellite radar as of now not looking too bad. i was talking about the clouds trying to push in here. you can see most of them to the north of us right now. in the evening time frame we could be seeing a few clouds moving in so i'll call it partly cloudy in the overnight time

frame. this is what it looks like on the satellite radar, we have a cold front pushing through. it will bring in cooler air. that's the air on wednesday. we'll receive 54, the 50s, pretty seasonal. but another cold front behind that and that's where we'll get the cold blast. don't worry about that. we are going to get the warmer air or milder air moving in as we go into tomorrow and tuesday. accompanying that, though, we could be seeing some showers in the forecast as we head into tuesday afternoon. but nothing too heavy, just may be a sprinkle or two. here's the forecast for you, in the meantime, today, 6:00, things are dry, maybe a few clouds out there. as we head into monday, still more of the same and then tuesday we're looking at this stopping at 4:00 in the morning, just some more cloud cover, see back over my head here, yes, back towards the west, this is what could move in here as we go into tuesday evening so that's what i'm forecasting, maybe a shower or so as we go into let's say 7:00 in the evening. if you're still driving home at

that time you could be on the wet side. but as we go through the overnight, temperature will be right around 43, partly cloudy. not as cold, at 33 degrees for this time of year so we're about 10 degrees above that. tomorrow, that temperature 61. could see morning fog in the forecast. be prepared for that patchy fog as you head out and about. want the low beams on not the high beams, and partly cloud yu and mild tomorrow. tomorrow night that temperature will be right around 45 degrees, partly cloudy, and cool. and then your seven-day forecast, we'll show you what's going on here, and again, we will be mild ags we head into monday and also into tuesday. wednesday 54. we do have a chance of some showers as we head into thursday. that thanksgiving. friday 53 and cold blast for saturday and sunday. joce. thanks. it is the new hot gift this year. you don't have to leave your home to buy it or spend it. abc2 news kelly swoope takes a look at virtual gift cards and a few warnings before buying this

kind of gift. >> e-mail doesn't arrive, it's like you -- the gift hasn't arrived. >> reporter: the pros and cons of doing virtual gift giving, tonight at 11 after the american music awards.

. dreams come true in baltimore county as parents take the final step toward adoption. circuit court judges presided over the final adoption of children yesterday. this woman has adopted five girls from china. one needs blud transfusions every three weeks and another has heart failure. she celebrates national adoption day knowing she provides a better home to children who need one. >> i did it because now our daughters have a family where they were in china without a

family. >> in baltimore city 40 children became members of new families and in anne arundel county there were 11 children finding new homes. ♪ have a better day...

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. we want too update you on the breaking news from the stop of the show. police did enter the home in northwest baltimore and did not find the shooting suspect they were looking for. that area is still blocked off tonight. we have much more detail on this coming up at 11:00 on abc2 news so stick with us here. we want to go back and talk about the weather we're expecting. it's expecting to be the last gasp. >> 61 tore tomorrow and 66 as we go into tuesday so then the temperatures are going to fall off. the 61. when the wake up in the morning, patchy fog. thanksgiving looks good. could be seeing rain showers, but the cold blast saturday and sunday, and it's going to be very windy. >> oh. >> not very nice.

>> i know, sorry. >> man, all right. that's it for abc2 news at 6:00. thanks for joining us, we'll see you right back here at 11. have a great night.