-- 65-year-old man inside a home. who robbed a woman inside a parking lot and why police need your help and some simple things you can do. his daughter said he called me kid all the time. she told him i'm not a kid anymore. tonight she wishes they could go back in town. in towson an elderly man faces off with a burglar, a burglar hop doesn't hesitate to pull the trigger. it was an early morning shooting on sunday here on allegany avenue. >> reporter: neighbors had good reason to be on guard. >> two burglaries -- burglars, very apparent. breaks in and ransacks them, two blocks from our house and we're all very concerned. are we going to be next. >> reporter: but the burglary

was different. the suspect entered through a second floor window. he was armed with a revolver and he was willing to use it. >> the homeowner tells us that he claim home late and found a burglar inside the house. that burglar forced him at gun point and shot him as he deincidented the stairs. -- descended the stairs. >> reporter: even though the bullet entered the back of the man's neck and exited through his face, he was still able to dial 911. a few hours later officers spotted bradford steven holup, dressed in camouflage as he jumped in a car a few blocks away and they arrested him. police can't slay if holup is responsible for any of the other burglaries. neighbors are beefing up security, unwilling to take any chances. >> it was disturbing to say the

least. i have a 21-year-old and 23-year-old who are out that time of the night and come home. we also live right around the corner. >> reporter: in towson, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> police found one of the victim's credit cards in holup's pockets. he is being held on attempted murder and burglary. anne arundel police said one man tried to run over security and police at the anne arundel -- -- arundel mills mall. he police officers tried to stop him. collins didn't hit anyone or anything. he was eventually stopped and arrested in severn. police are still searching for a suspect who rob lad woman in the parking lot of a glen

burnie walmart. abc2 news kelly swoope tells us she was about to get into her char when she felt something in her back. it was friday night. the woman was at a walmart in glen burnie when she was approached by a man who robbed her. she was in her collar when the man -- car when the man placed something in her back and took the purse. he disappeared into a wooded area. >> it was a little bit different as far as the identification. he only had one black glove on. >> police surrounded the area and used k9 units to search for the suspect. so far he has not been found. police are asking anyone with information to call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. abc2 is always working for you trying to keep your family safe.

according to the site women's defense federation, when you are near your car, make sure you park in a well lit area. look around the lot for suspicious persons before you get in and out of your vehicle. avoid carrying large bags and make sure you have your car keys in your hand f you feel unsafe, always ask the security guard at the store for an escort and if possible, it's always a good idea to shop in a group with friends or family and leave an area if you feel unsafe. kelly swoope. >> police are looking for two suspects after two university students were attacked over the weekend. a female student at the university of maryland woke up to find a man touching her leg inside a room in cumberland hall. witnesses say they saw two men walking down halls, jiggling door handles to find one unlocked. in another case a woman was

beaten and assaulted. police say the two are not related. the controversy is brewing over raising the bottle tax in the city and will come to a head with the mayor presenting her plan mayor stephanie rawlings-blake wants to raise the tax from two cents to five cents to help build better schools. the new tax is estimated to generate $10 million a year and is one part of the equation. the city hopes to get $300 million in bonds to pay for the plan. >> you're looking live at our bay bridge from the eastern shore. we have two rough days to get this great one. it's all worth this. meteorologist wyatt everhart has a pretty good start to the last week of february. only in reference to this winter would we say sunny and upper 40s was a rough weekend to get through. that's how we finished up. this is not bad. sunshine. we warmed up significantly today

in the mid-60s in spots. now we're in the low 60s, baltimore, washington. cooler on delmarva. 61 in the high country of hagerstown. a steady southerly wind has continued to keep us warm into the evening. those are beginning to turn west. that will bring in chillier air. through the day we're talking about temperatures being quite a bit reduced by 12 to 15 degrees. low 50s by 4:00. that will mean the chas for rain by wednesday. we look to our next warmup, all coming up. now to our developing story out of afghanistan where the gunman responsible for killing two u.s. military officers was an afghan who drove police officers to the interior ministry and was considered an ally of the victims. u.s. officials say they are not ready to let advisers go back to work in the country's interior ministry. one of the two officers killed was a major with the national guard but before he served our

nation we know him as the big man on campus. he taught gym and, man, did he make an impact. abc2's roosevelt leftwich has more. >> reporter: major robert marchanti was known as a man who loved children. he would donate his time to help kids in need. he taught at several schools including dundalk, marsen state and carney elementary. teachers say he was only here for five months before he got called up. he made a huge impact. he taught gym but would also go from classroom to classroom when he had downtime to help. >> you could give him the littlest one in the building or the oldest one. no matter who he had, he did homework with these kids. some kids he didn't goat the support they needed and never

came in. he would do that. he helped out kindergarten all the way to fifth grade and did a phenomenal job. >> reporter: teachers say he was so well liked by the students at carney that on the last day before he was scheduled to ship out, they stood up and saluted him, something that almost brought the big name to tears. >> they ought to rename carney elementary in his honor. today most of baltimore's delegation met with the mayor. congressman sar bines met to identify funding. to take on domestic violence. >> to make sure that baltimore gets the resources that this needs. we'll make sure there's money in

the federal budget to ally for these important grants. we have a great success story to tell. a lot of that money depends on whether the president's budget passes. i think you're going like this. baltimore county has debuted a new crime fighting tool that allows you to report crime online. the chief showed off the system. the internet based crime tools could allow you to report minor crimes lies lost propertying abandoned vehicles and once the report is filed, an email will be sent to you with the case number. >> if you want to vote or change party afillations before the presidential primary in maryland, you have 15 days to do it. the deadline is march the 13th. you have to fill out a voter registration. the primary is coming up tuesday, april the 3rd. if it comes to paying for a vacation, making sure to keep the tank topped off, what are

you going to choose? coming up, gas prices continue to go up. how high and how quickly. listen to this, why your efforts to keep your family safe could open up yourself to being scammed. weather wise, 64 at bwi today. 60 was the-degree guarantee, no winner.

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golfing at ocean city. you're looking live outside the plaza where nine and a half and 10 marylanders have stayed. a beautiful day. wyatt will have a detailed look at the forecast coming up in four minutes. today marks the 20th great day of gas prices. the average is $3.70. higher oil prices are the reason for the rise along with investors worried about tensions with iran. let's get closer to home. we're play -- paying $3.65. a week ago -- a weir ago we were paying $3.30. go to abc2news.com. click on traffic and you'll find the gas prices all listed here. from there you'll find the lowest prices near you. once you get past the costco's safeways and sam's club, you'll find the lowest in town and the osy and pasadena but costco

$3.48 tonight for gas. even the tooth fairy is pinching pennies. tooth fairy payouts to kids last year averaged about $3.10 -- $2.10. one nonprofit dental organization is getting just a dollar for that tooth left under their pillow. water is something we cannot live without. besides needing to drink it, we use it for just about everything from cooking to bathing our kids so you, of course, want to know whether your water is safe and scammers are counting on that. joce sterman explains. some are using your fears to pull a fast one on you. >> reporter: it's free and accessible but many of us skip the tap unless we're washing dishes. we may switch to the bottle. >> people are more health

conscious today. they're looking at greener products. >> reporter: that's one reason why water testing might apple to some. it claims to show up problems in the h2o in your house. it's being offered with little hassle thanks to water testing kits that show up at crore door but the better business bureau said be careful. >> this is a scam. >> reporter: these tests are off the an means to an end. you give these door-to-door company as sample and they take an opportunity to sell you something. >> most often, all they're trying to do is sell you a water purification system. >> reporter: the better business bureau says that's not always how you're proached. for some companies the pitch may not mention sales at all. why some are not testing on behalf of the municipality, not everyone is clear. there's no way to verify if the

results are legitimate. >> they may be spending a lot of money for a purification system that they don't need. >> reporter: before you send away your samples, check it out independently because the bbb said time is likely a watered down sales pitch. joce sterman. >> if you decide to submit one of the samples, ask if the company is selling wearlt systems. andrews said if you really want to pursue water testing contact the nearest municipality where you live. if you have well water you need testing your best bet would be to contact the local health department for that. you can find out more and any of the scam alerts by going to our website, abc2news.com scam alert. you can click on the money tab and then scam alert.

>> the sunset at 5:56. we still have daylight left and sunset will be at 6 p.m. as we go toward mid-week, so getting longer days. now that's pleasant, much milder than the weekend was on the warm southwesterly breeze. it has been gusty at times. sunshine is the story, not just in baltimore but across the state. some of our network cameras, you can see annapolis it was a blue sky kind of a day at the naval academy. ellicott city, a nice finish to a longer period of daylight. i like to see the sunsets come after 6:00. maryland's most powerful radar, five sweeps all clear, looking good. chances for rain going up mid-week into thursday. right now temperatures low 60s,

winchester, baltimore. 52, cooler at the beach but still not bad. for the last days of february when two winters ago we had a lot of snow. winds are light and from the west, southwest, eastern shore more of a west wind. that is the early indication of our front coming through that will shift the winds and begin to bring in colder northwesterly breeze ease overnight into the day tomorrow. you see the high temperatures 66. this was a nice mild day running some 15 degrees above average. tomorrow a reality check as we see low 50s from reisterstown to arbutus struggling in the 50s, points north of baltimore, maybe never out of the upper 40s, low 50s toward the southern end toward edge water. our satellite radar pictures are clear tonight. they will clear to start the day tomorrow. this front comes through dry but it will drop the temperatures

and the overall east coast pattern is a quiet one for february. cooler, drier air marching in behind that boundary that comes through and into the day tomorrow but no precipitation. a few showers off the carolinas. dry into your tuesday from tuesday night into wednesday, still dry. as we go toward wednesday morning upbegin to see our next weather maker out toward ohio. that will come in toward mid-wednesday into wednesday afternoon looking for some heavy showers, a few downpours, a second shot of rain which could linger into the first part of our thursday, so enjoy the dry part of the week. overnight 35, dry and clear. tomorrow 52. a marked cool off but tough to complain with sunshine. tomorrow night upper 30s. your seven-day forecast, finding a trend that will cool off with the rain and warm up as we go

toward friday and into the first part of the weekend, jamie, so a little bit of everything here but it would appear that the last part of february, rain, first part of march, cool warming up. >> we're looking at memorial day. there it is right there. hey, ottawa. you're about to go down in the ocean. yeah, ocean city tourism will create a traveling booth. it would all be in a booth shifted off to conventions like ottawa. ocean city will spend about $180,000 with spark productions with four or five events to bring tourists to ocean city. >> how about a and for the johns hopkins women's basketball team. the blue jays got a large bid after losing the centennial conference this saturday night. hopkins heads off to tufts just outside boston where they'll take on the university of new

england. head coach for nancy funk. she has been there for 26 years. all right. the weather was great today but it's still february. look at this sunset. wyatt will be right back with the rest of your forecast and kelly's got a sneak peek at what's coming up tonight at 11.

before we go, a look at what's coming up at 11. with the rising costs, it's enough to break your household budget. we'll reveal the five thing that is you can do top cut down on that cell phone bill. plus, for all the joys of mother hood, there's sometimes you want to pull your hair out. we'll intrough dues yous to the -- introduce you to the scary mommy. >> the scary mom. >> the scary mom. >> all right. hey, guys, you notice these days getting longer? eyes in -- i notice that. >> so we're getting there. this evening still 50s, still a

pleasant one. cooler day tomorrow. >> see you tonight at 11:00. have a good night.