the prosecutor said he did not know his victims. >> reporter: 16-year-old junior daniel parmertor died yesterday. news about demetrius hewlin and russell king spread. >> autothe why, what and who. >> at vigils and the prayer services, this small community leaned on each other for support. >> let god be god. >> reporter: less than 24 hours earlier their sense of security shattered. >> we have an active shooter at the hospital. >> today police and the fbi are reportedly studying the surveillance video showing ileana varela pulling out a .22 caliber handgun. >> people were screaming.

everybody was running in different directions. we're just trying to get out. >> as students ran screaming through the halls, an assistant football coach, frank hall chased lane out of the school but he was arrested a mile away. students describe him as quiet, an outcast who had been bullied. >> he didn't seem any different. he seemed how he would be on a normal day. he was just tj. >> reporter: lane's parents have both faced charges of domestic violence. parents can you imagine not knowing if your child is safe after an incident like this one. communication is key in a

situation like this. we take a look at some of the cell phone policies in our area. >> think of the large marching band in the hallway at all times. that's what would happen if they all started talking on the phones at any given time. they just can't wait. the cell phones sprout up as soon as school is out. for students, cell phones are life. >> once people do, there's no signal in the school so you can't really use it, unless you have an iphone, then you can use it. >> you have to get mom to get you an iphone. >> i have an iphone. >> but for mom when her daughter is trying to avid getting into trouble for using it, the phone means safety and security. >> once she steps out, she turns

it on in case she missed the bus. anything happens, i would love for her to use the phone. >> reporter: they take a practical aprevious -- approach to phones. they con be confiscated. it's like they note kids have them with him but it would be more of a disruption to take them away every day. as long as they're put awhat -- away, they can be brought to school. >> teachers have some latitude. we understand. most children, if not all of them bring cell phones, iphones, some type of device. it doesn't automatically mean >> oar some policies are more

defined. many follow a no see no hear approach. baltimore county, baltimore city and howard county allow it. but others have a defined policy including consequences for being caught. carroll county has the toughest policy followed by harford and anne arundel county. in geauga county they have a liberal cell phone policy. there's no mention in the hand book or the student code of conduct, but students are not supposed to cause disruption during the school day. >> thanks a lot. now to another concern on a school campus. a university of maryland freshman wakes up to find a strange man rummaging around her dorm room and touching her leg. abc2's brian kuebler joins us with more. >> reporter: university police say have developed some

information on this case and they are scouring footage. police say the man got into cumberland hall, jiggling door handles until he found an unlocked door. he touched a woman and made off with her laptop. many students take for granted their dorms are pretty safe. >> a lot of people feel if you don't have a key you shouldn't be able to get. so they feel safe. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, we'll explain why police say that should not always be the case. tonight a shock discover ri in baltimore county. a body was found in a creek in middle river. >> a man spotted it in the middle of the creek of wilson

park. the baltimore city fire department is honoring fallen soldier robert marchanti. all flags have been ordered at fire departments to be flown at half-staff. he is the father of a city firefighter. he was shot by an afghan soldier inside the secure zone in kabul. he taught in several schools in baltimore county, including kearney elementary school. the military has improved its mortuary after being criticized last year for ms. handling body parts of fallen soldiers, but an independent panel said there needs to be better training of staff and oversight. it's the first stop on u.s. soil for remains of fallen troops coming home from war. partial remains of some september 11th victims were sent to a landfill after they could not be identified.

that's according to a new pentagon report. the victims killd were among those when the plane was hijacked and another crash? shanksville, pennsylvania, killing 40. several remains that could not be tested or identified were given to a biomedical waste contractor. the contractor burned them and then took them to a landfill. weather wise, it is a clear day to say the very least. maryland's most powerful radar not a drop nor should there be until we get into tomorrow. temperatures continue to cool off. after topping off in the low to mid-50s we'll be down in the 40s pretty quickly for the rest of this tuesday evening. we'll go with a generally clear skies. chances for rain going up. we'll talk about that and how temperatures play out. it's coming up. >> a federal grand jury has indicted the operators of a

sports gambling website. the charges against bo dog included illegal gambling and money laundering. the company's domain has also been seized. they received $100 million. sports betting is illegal in our state. if yaw plan on taking a -- you plan on taking a road trip or flying some where, in orlando, the tourists who don't fill up their rental cars before getting there face $5 a gallon. >> they said this is the closest gas station to the airport. that's just crazy. >> these two stations in florida are some of the most expensive in the country. according to the website gas buddy.com, the national average rose last week to $3.69. florida's average of $3.64

increased. it hasn't slowed the pace of people visiting theme parks and attracts. we want to take you to our website, abc2news.com. look under the traffic tab and you'll find gas buddy. the lowest is $3.47 at the exxon. so check out that website. by 2014 your new car may have a new piece of standard equipment. this week government regulators will propose a final rule requiring all cars to have backup cameras by 2014. that rule may be published as early as wednesday. well, tonight a first for the dow jones. the dow closed over 13,000 for the first time since may 2008, four months before the financial crisis. it floated above the milestone again on friday and monday but

fell back before the end of the trading date of the dow got the final push from news that consumer confidence jumped in february to its highest level in a year. the best things in life are free. but when it comes to restaurants and stores offering deals too good to be true, they just may be. warning signs something free could end up costing you so you don't waste your money. and harford county is hoping if they build it they will come, the push for a new convention center. and the ceb di -- kennedy family has been in the headlines for decades. one one of the sons is accused of doing.

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that ship is being towed to seychelles island. the crews ship is expect -- cruise ship is expected to reach the island by late wednesday. one mom is sitting on the edge of the seat again. her son was on the costa concordia when it sank off the coast of italy. now her daughter works on the costa allegra. >> it did make me think it would be an easy target for the pirates. i feel better that they're in tow and that the helicopters are overhead and other vessels are going to their aid. >> her son, who came home after the sinking costa concordia was looking for another job on a cruise line. now he said he has changed his mind. while the trial is delayed on the bp oil spill, the spill

is still the talk of washington. eric holder said the federal government is prepared to hold those responsible in both civil and federal court. it has some speculating that a dole could be in the works. nice night, nice finish to the day. temperatures did drop today. some 10 to 15 degrees, low 50s. compare that to the mid-60s of yesterday but still late february. tough to complain when you've got this much sunshine and these kinds of temperatures. upper 40s would be normal.

severn river today busy. good day on the chesapeake. here's our view from chesapeake beach in calvert county looking over empty docks. it's been mie.d gaithersburg, bright sunny skies as we move toward later and later sunsets. after today sunsets will be later. maryland's most powerful radar, all sweeps showing clear that will continue into the monk hours. we think the chance for rain goes up significantly by mid-morning tomorrow. temperatures comfortable for now. winds light and variable. the highs today quite a bit cooler than yesterday. tomorrow subtract another 10 degrees below these highs. that's where we'll end up, mid-40s because clouds, rain cooling, you name it, a much uglier looking day. unfortunately, we'll stay clear tonight. you see a few high thin clouds.

high pressure dome sitting over the east coast. we've got active weather trying to push west to east. chicago, detroited parts of indiana and illinois. you can see the cold front draped south of us. that pushed the temperatures down. warm air bottled to our south. high pressure keeping us high and dry. again, this more active weather steadily crossing the country's eastern half. as we go into the day tomorrow we'll give up these dry conditions and replace them with wet, rainy and cooler conditions. really, the most active weather day of the week looks to be tomorrow. well defined low pressure. look at the center. this is going to bring in decent wind. some pretty decent downpours. as we get a letup for the evening commute, a secondary line of precipitation will come in and bring more rain tomorrow evening before we dry things out on thursday. ironically with a warm front pushing in, we may see

temperatures shoot up again thursday into friday and perhaps come back down again. so around the temperature bans. overnight 36, dry and cool. tomorrow we'll go just 48 on that two-degree guarantee. the rain develops a little later in the day, perhaps over 50 degrees. tomorrow night still showers and the possibility of an evening thunderstorm even, especially for southern maryland. your seven-day forecast, you seat outlook. temperatures bounce back into the 60s for thursday and then we're talking low 60s friday and saturday. saturday still looking like good chance to start the weekend. then we're going to cool things off sun day into monday. i'd say temperatures are on a roller coaster here. it's a little interesting here in the outlook, but nothing too terrible. >> i'll cross my finger that winter's over.

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