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jr. one shot back in 2006. lowell melser has more. >> the holidays are hard. i miss my son some much. >> not a day goes by it when barbara does not think about the bright future and her son, 27- year-old raymond jerome brown, jr., had had of him. april 1st, 2006, just before 6:00 a.m. when police responded to the 500 block of west mount st.. they've found brown, jr., who had been sitting on the steps of their residents suffering from at least one gunshot wound at the head. he died at the scene. she is still haunted by the medical examiner's report. >> once in the head. twice in the job. once in the mouth.

once in the nose. in the eye. twice in the neck. 11 times altogether he was shot. >> to graduated from high school and graphic arts school. he did not have an extensive criminal record, only a couple of minor infractions. his mother said each year it gets worse and worse knowing the killer or killers are still out there. >> they said they had no news. it's not right. somebody knows something. >> as we enter into another holiday season, for barbara is not only another year without her son, but another year of not being able to heal by putting this nightmare behind her. >> i just need closure. i just want someone to come forward. come forward and tell me you killed my baby. i need closure and peace. please help me. somebody.

i need closure. >> if this story has job your memory in any way concerning brown, jr.'s desk, the city police department and family reach out to you tonight. if you have any intermission, you are asked to call the homicide unit 410-396-2100. outside of baltimore city police headquarters, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> here is a look at some of the other top stories. a dundalk woman finds a masked man in her home. she managed to escape and called police to her home and when police arrived they found the man on the back porch with a semi-automatic handgun. when he refused to drop the weapon, he was shot several times. so far criminal charges have been filed. after a violent weekend, police are investigating five shootings, three of them deadly.

police spoke to reporters this afternoon when they said they had no suspects in any of the investigations but they did have a person of interest in another shooting in which a cab driver was shot and robbed. the woman charged in the death of a johns hopkins researcher will spend five additional years in prison. a judge sentenced her for violating the terms of her probation when she participated in the robbery and murder in july 2010. at the time of the attack, she was serving probation on drug charges. the sentence will be served in addition to rather than concurrent with the 30-year sentence she is already serving. >> the last big political showdown is playing down tonight and could affect your paycheck. house republicans say they will vote down a bipartisan senate bill to extend the payroll tax cut for two months. republicans say it is a one-year extension are nothing, but they're going toe to toe with

senators who have already gone home for the holidays. here is brian more. >> it was endorsed by the white house and passed by a wide majority. >> two months? really? >> it creates uncertainty and will cause problems for people trying to create jobs in the private sector. but the showdown is creating uncertainty for 160 million americans as paychecks will go up on january 1st. the white house as changed their countdown clock to blame the house. >> the speaker of the house, in a conference call with house republicans, urged them to support this measure and said it was "a victory" and "the right thing to do." he was before it -- for it before he was against it. >> the senate left after passing the extension bill on saturday. harry reid says he is not

calling the senators back. the speaker and his fellow republicans seem convinced that they have the high ground. >> they say they are ready to negotiate but they are not willing. >> no one will look good at the end of the day. >> to have 12 days left to work out their differences. in washington, brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> dutch troopers berger said today he can see the point -- ruppersberger, but will vote for the senate version to make sure the tax cut remains. >> i agree with the speaker that we should have one year because there is more consistency and we do not need to have this crisis and bait every two months. mix the congress look dysfunctional. this is what the senate passed. the house and senate have to come together to have a bill.

>> the house voted scheduled after 6:30 p.m. tonight and any changes would have to be approved by the senate which has gone home for the holidays. >> stop that electronic use. >> taking on a life of its on it. just had in covering the nation. >> i'm jayne miller. coming up at 6:00, what now for north korea?

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>> seven people have suffered minor injuries after an electric car suddenly took off from an end zone. it happened at cowboys stadium after a high-school the ball game. it took off from the end zone and it hit the people at midfield. the winning coach was one of those are run over. a stadium worker finally got it to stop. right now, no one knows what caused it to take off under its

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>> 56,000 fans gathered at dodger stadium to see them take on the san francisco giants. and loyalty turned ugly and violent. this man was beaten by two dodgers fan because he was simply wearing a giants jersey. his doctor spoke to him and has the latest on his prognosis. >> very good. >> when i visited him nine months after the attack, he was getting his therapy and was able to hold a very simple conversation. hi. i'm nancy. how are you? i've heard so much about you. i'm doing very well, thank you. you are just as handsome as your sister says you are. >> surrounded by therapists three hours a day, six days a week, he is working to relearn

everything from brushing his teeth to swallowing. the beating most severely damage the area of his brain that controls decision making, planning, and personality. every day, his dad, mother, aunt and family members search for traces of the old brian. "sometimes he is looking right at me and talking to me. sometimes, there's no eye contact and you wonder if he really understand what you're telling him. >> doctors say his speech and mobility may improve end date expect him to be permanently disabled. his family cherishes the positive moments. >> now we can walk into a room and you asked him who walked into the room and he can answer. my gosh. that is awesome. >> nancy joins us now.

she sat with him. such a heartbreaking story. does he actually remember the attack and what happened? >> it is questionable because the part of his brain that was damaged also helped with memory. a lot of times during an attack like this, the patients really have amnesia. for months he was in a medically induced coma. there is a time warp no matter what. he has heard about it from his friends and family and pieced it together. to remember the particulars and his assailants, probably not. >> many people would look at this and say it is just an isolated incident. do you see this as a part of a growing epidemic of fan violence? >> the words epidemic and trend have been tossed out and also anecdotes. increasingly we're going to start stringing these together. major-league baseball does not

keep hard numbers on these types of incidents and i suspect there will be a call to figure out. certainly boorish behavior, lax security, too much alcohol. in all testers. if anything, he may be the case now of a fan on fan violence and people will just say it is not tolerable any longer. >> dr. nancy, thank you for joining us. her full report airs tonight with brian williams at 10:00 p.m. right here on wbal. >> your 11 insta-weather + forecast with meteorologist tony pann. >> turning out to be a pretty nice day today and with temperatures close to 50. we will take a look at the numbers from this afternoon. the average high is only 44, above the market. 53 downtown, up 43 at the airport, and temperatures will drop off into the 30's overnight tonight.

a chance for sprinkles in the forecast tonight, but most of that has dissipated. most of that is now gone. i will keep a 20% chance for now, would you have outdoor plants, most likely do not even need an umbrella. clouds shipping in our direction. the big action has been out in the plains. a huge born in the southwest producing very heavy snow in the mountains of new mexico, colorado, and denver will pick up five or 6 inches tonight. if you're traveling to that part of the country, flying out tonight or tomorrow morning, there could be a lot of flight delays. near blizzard conditions in the higher elevations of new mexico and colorado. at home though, we are on the other side of the storm, the warm side. temperatures will drop back into the 30's and sunset this evening at 4:46 p.m. during the day tomorrow, the chance for rain will go up, but

we do not expect steady rain tomorrow. it may be called up for a few sleet pellets to get in there from time to time. sunrise to marmite 7:22 a.m. we will start the timeframe at 5:00 p.m. tuesday and you can see the computer model year producing light rain around baltimore. on wednesday, the chance for rain will go up because the big storm will be moving out to the east. wednesday morning, a bit of a break. the wind direction will turn to the south. high temperature possibly 55-56. the center of that storm, the bulk of it will be rolling through. the center will move west of us and we will be on the warm side of the storm. close enough to get steady rain developing late day wednesday. after that, the storm will pass on by and things will get quiet again on thursday. booking interesting over the holiday weekend. if you are a winter weather and

and you are rooting for someone christmas, there is at least an outside shot it may happen. short-term, mild. 55 wednesday with a good chance of rain. winter solstice at 12, 30 a.m. on thursday. a chance for a few showers friday, going into the weekend a storm coming up the coast. saturday night, christmas eve coming into sunday. right now come a chance for rain and/or snow. the chances still on the table. a high of 39 on christmas day. >> the u.s. is adopting tougher safety standards for toys and other children's products to investigate safety concerns and among the items are some things on the christmas list. erica edwards has the details. >> as kids put in their orders with the big guy, the elves are

under the strict guidelines to make toys as safe as possible. >> they are safer than ever before. >> she is the chair and says the federal limit in lead is the lowest in the world. congress put a cap on cadmium this year, too. all children's products in the u.s. as of january 1st will have to go through independent third- party testing. >> these are laboratories that test for lead, cadmium, other toxic substances that do drop tests to make sure you do not have small parts that come loose for a choking hazard. >> the goal? safer toys and avoid millions of recall like back in 2007. many contained on safe level of lead, but the vast majority of our due to a defective design. consumers can now report problems with product and get company response through a new database called

sabreproducts.gov. >> it gives them permission on what someone else's experiences. >> be on the way to make this experience better is to make sure it is as they as possible. >> ho, ho, ho! >> the u.s. ps has chosen their the show christmas stamp with ties to baltimore. madonna of the candelabra is in the walters art museum downtown. the italian renaissance painting by raphael shows the virgin mary and the christ child flanked by candles. they look for images that are relatively simple and will appeal. concern is mounting that the death of north korean leader kim jong il will delay development on the nation's nuclear disarmament. jayne miller talks to maryland congressman ruppersberger.

the details on that new at 6:00. first -- >> holiday sales booming at

>> bid as of last week of the holiday shopping season. a lot of the store is doing great sales are consignment shops. kim dacey has more. >> holiday sales are booming at consignment shops like this one. >> we have had at least a 5% increase which is good for

retail. a lot of new customers are coming in here and discovering consignment because they can get a lot of good quality for less money. >> the owner speculate in the down economy that the lower prices are part of the reason for the increase. they're coming in to buy things for everyone on their list. >> i think everyone is watching their pennies and dollars. i even had a customer last week that spent $85 for a polo shirt but found it here for $12. they quickly returned they want they got the normal retail store. >> buying consignment is not only economical but good for the environment by recycling used clothing, even the clothing that does not sell. >> we had a shipment of container sat down to central

america. we give donations to the city, schools, pregnancy center, mercy hospital. they take a lot of the newborn close. >> the holiday season is the perfect time to check out a consignment shop. >> you can let your dollar be stretched and get just as good things here as you do in a retail store. >> to find out more, you can visit our web site, wbaltv.com. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> that's all present 5. see what's coming up new at 6:00. >> nikole killion in washington. more tax trouble on capitol hill. what it can mean for millions of americans and their paychecks. >> the reason for concern tonight about north korea. our conversation with dutch

ruppersberger ahead. >> the latest on a police involved shooting. we're live at police headquarters with the latest. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a possible collision course on capitol hill tonight as the house is expected to reject the senate type and approve the bill to extend the payroll tax cut to 160 million americans. the house will hold a critical vote dealing with your money become an issue whether to extend the tax cut for workers and unemployment benefits. nikole killion is in our washington bureau with how the vote may play out this evening. >> as you mentioned, the house is likely to reject this tonight because many simply do not support this particular tax measure. they say the extension is too short and want more negotiations. the house is back in session during their holiday break to take up a temporary extension