it was a surprise to many of his command staff as well as to those close to him. his retirement will be effective august 1st of this year. he is one of the longest running commissioners in this city's history and has seen significant success by redefining the way the department fights crime. he commissioned the gun offender registry, changed his department's focus to going after more violent repeat offenders and illegal guns. home sides since he took the post have dropped 43% and violent crime dipped 14%. the mayor's office has announced a national search process for his replacement. he has not yet publicly commented about his retirement. we are scheduled to hear from him tomorrow afternoon. >> thank you. the verdict is in. the two brothers charged with assaulting an african american teen, one is set free, the

other convicted. we have been following the trial and are live. >> reporter: kelly in a -- a conflict, trial that has been ensuing that's divide two communities, the jewish and the african american community and park heights we have seen this case finally come to a head. a lot of people showing a lot of emotion here. ultimately they found one of the brothers -- acquitted on the charges, he will go free. the other one, who had three years with the israeli military took the lead in the conflict, took down the 15-year-old teen in park heights in november of 2010 and then held him against his will until other members of the jewish neighborhood watch group could show up to hold him down as well. they never even called police . none of them -- the judge said even attempted to try to get medical treatment for him other than to provide bandages

themselves. this case has come to a head. the wife left the room upset. bailiff has to take her out. i should say until the verdict had been read. sentencing now will be on june 27th. we are told the second degree assault could carry as much as ten years because he did not have any prior criminal record he could get away with as little as probation. reporting live. jeff hager. >> live report for us. devastating news from the baltimore ravens tonight. fan favorite, tarell suggs was hurt in arizona and may miss the season. jamie is live with more. >> reporter: all right. as a fan you don't want to believe it and he doesn't want to either. he promised to be back by october at earliest, november at the latest. just in time to face big ben and the steelers twice. he tore his achilles in

arizona. doctors need to see if it's a full tear or partial. he has missed one game his last nine years and through the twitter he said he can't wait to run out of the tunnel and prove everybody wrong. he went to doctor -- we went to a doctor today with this kind of injury. will he make it back this season? >> my suspicious is that it's possible to safely go back late in the season meaning his chance of reinjury is not so great at that point, that it's safe to go back. my -- the other thing i would say is that he probably won't be at full capacity until 2013 i would guess. >> reporter: he is coming off his best year many he got to the quarterback, he made tack manies, forced fumbles. he said -- i can't get it done with the player of the year, playing in only nine games but i can help us still win the

sire bowl. i consider myself to be a player of the people and you know there is nothing i love more than playing for you. in the meantime it's next man up for the ravens. >> memorial tonight outside the san diego home of former nfl star junior seau. he was found dead yesterday from apparently suicide. his girlfriend found him and called police. in his 20 season career he played for the chargers, the dolphins and the patriots. that career has many wonder figure the hits on the field may have led to his death. a doctor says it's possible. >> previous blows to the head, trauma, sustained in a football field can accumulate and lead to something known as ccte. >> it's a progressive disease that can lead to memory loss,

depression, dementio and anger. everybody from the player's association to the front office and former teammates praised him for his work on the field and his dedication to serving others in the community. baltimore city social services employees were honored today by the governorful they were the people who intervened when according to police a mother started stabbing her 8- month-old daughter in the social services office. the governor and mayor came to the office and presented citations to the two. the governor said that their it quick action probably saved the baby. >> hundreds [inaudible] visitation that happen on a regular basis, i think it, and in this case, the workers reacted quickly and courageously and so, as far as

any actor action we will of course look at it. >> the 29-year-old mother is being held without bail in the incident. the baby had a stab wound to her head, neck and chest. >> the reward for information in a cold murder case in baltimore county is up to more than $30,000. back in march of 1996 a woman was shot and killed in the parking lot of what is a shopping center. she was able to drive across the road to the giant's shopping center. the gunman followed her, parked next to her and grabbed something out of her car after she collapsed. her sister now a mother of three living onto eastern shore said she thinks about it every day. >> it -- changed my life completely. i feel i turned in to a different person and i have

horrible anxiety. >> if you have information about the suspect you may be eligible for a 30,000-dollar reward. you can call crime stoppers. and now to a developing story. al-qaeda getting more desperate or a little more creative. their english language magazine called inspire is offering detailed advice on how to start huge forest fires, they are told how to study wooded areas, read weather maps for dry conditions and make timed explosives and bombs to set fires off in the united states. according to forest fire experts the details disturbing, giving the extreme dry conditions in much of the country now. >> it opportunities seem all that far fetched. the wildfire moves quite quickly. >> now the magazine also quote that -- claim that the financial instructions came

from the american born al-qaeda leader who was killed in a united states strike lasts. the magazine urges followers to get guns and carry out assassinations. >> just a few passing clouds earlier today and then the sun comes out. warms it up. we still have a stalled frontal boundary but it's washing out, becoming more diffused and letting temperatures warm up. here are the latest numbers at the top 5:00 hour. most spots today across the state at least in to the 70's. close to the west, frederick to hagerstown. this evening a slow fall through the evening. various temperatures depending where you are, further east could be cooler but toward the west a lot warmer. more coming up in just a few. >> in february we told you about lags of discipline for doctors that put and you your

family at risk. tonight our look at that continues and this time we are here to talk about doctors who may have their own issues. >> reporter: that's right. the vast majority of doctors are operating on the up and up but a small group are struggling with a shocking problem and doing it under the state's watch. tonight at 11 we look at the world of addicted doctors, struggling drug and alcohol abuse and for some of them it's a battle they are facing on the job. the state does have a program to help them deal and protect you as we will look at tonight, the subdance abuse in this community brings a lot of denial. >> we don't want to believe for a minute that my doctor may be drinking to much or taking pills or being impaired he is making decisions about my life. yeah it's a hard thing for us to even accept. >> reporter: tonight at 11 we will tell you the stories of local doctors battling their

own demons. in the meantime check out the bad medicine section on the website. on this page you could gown and can look up your doctor. we have been adding doctors, three were added today. you can look them up by name, category, go through their file, we can link you to all of their court documents, you will find all of that on abc 2news.com/bad medicine. abc 2news. >> thank you. a day after 13 people were charged in a deadly hazing incident in florida, the victim's family speaks out. why the drum major's parents say the famous marching band should stay quiet. and a state trooper killed in the line of duty being remembered tonight as a hero. what his mother says about the honor. and kids may think it's no big deal to share their passwords, but think again. why expects say password sharing could be putting them at risk.

. >> we know how important that drive is, are you about to see traffic at a whole new way. we welcome lauren cook and tonight she gives you a peek at a traffic system that abc2 is about to reveal. >> reporter: a brand new traffic system this monday. it's designed to give you the most accurate up to the minute traffic report and help you avoid all the problems during the morning. it's basically a giant i-pad and with a touch of the creep it shows you what accidents, delays or construction you will need to get around. then your plans -- lets you know how long it'll take to drive from point a to point b and lets you know how fast or slow speeds are clocking in. for up to the minute reports watch good morning maryland

starting at 4:30 a.m. lauren cook, abc 2news. >> welcome. we are working for you on the latest so to find about any closures or delays just like lauren cook on facebook. you can find a link to her from ours, just scroll down on the screen. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. start off with a look at the satellite, it's running warm out there in many spots, it'll stay like this for the rest of the evening. clear sykes, partly cloudy at perhaps later tonight but for the most part looking good. wind from northeast at eight and on the whole this has been a refreshing spring day. once the clouds burned off, temperatures allowed to climb a bit. get back to more seasonable levels which will be 70 for this time of year and let's get rid of that. take a look at the cameras. you can see it was partly

cloudy early in the day and then the sun. people coming out with the sun as they often do. ccbc, just high thin cloud cover here, same over the chesapeake bay, the view always a lovelyly one. couple of stray source, i don't think we will see a loot around the baltimore area. what a contrast west to east. 88 winchester, 75 easton. just under 60 in ocean city. humidity on the high side, supposed to be to the south. temperatures so comfortably kind of in that moderate range. most of us humidity not a big factor. you can see a very narrow band to the west. cluster west of charlottesville. weather more active to the west but this particular weather not exactly moving in our direction with any kind of speed. you know again maybe isolated shower overnight.

warm air trying to get in here. cool air, maryland still on the boundary. cool air north and east of us. we are getting a mix out. the front sharper than it was yesterday where the cut off was 20, 30 degrees from cecil to howard. we don't have that today. things more mixed and so temperatures reflecting that and again definitely a good bit warmer today. chances for showers minimal. maybe the overnight shower but better chance for pop up showers on friday afternoon. boundary out of the west. even that it indicating that it'll probably fall apart somewhat tomorrow afternoon. we will keep the chance for a few showers on friday but they look minimal, widespread. overnight 62, it'll be mild with the chance of a shower but a slim chance. tomorrow a mix of clouds and sun. again maybe a few afternoon source, especially to the west and northwest of baltimore. higher chances for westminister. 63 with the stray shower.

mild overnight tomorrow night and again looking ahead to the weekend the pattern not changing much. we expect continue conditions to be the warmest on friday and for right now 5th of may low 80s. getting ready to add the text to the seven day. townsend town fest all weekend. come out and see, you and i and everybody else here. >> the whole crew. jamie, everybody. >> the whole gang. >> thank you. >> sure. >> the very latest on a shooting in phoenix that killed five people. police have identified one of the victims as a former marine with ties to neo nazi groups. jason todd ready organized a militia with a goal goal of finding drug smugglers, he apparently outfitted himself with military fatigues, body armor, gas masks and also carried assault life arels. the four others killed included

a 16-month-old girl. the gunman is among the dead but police haven't identified the shooter. a day after charges filed in the death of a drum major his parents are speaking out and they aren't pleased. >> reporter: the day after a prosecutor decided not to charge their son's killer with murder or even manslaughter, the parents of robert champion made is clear it was less than what they wanted. >> i wasn't happy. hazing that word just don't fit. >> reporter: 1 when the orange county florida state attorney announced the charges he said in this case murder just didn't fit. >> his death is not linked to one strike but is because of multiple blows. many he was a 26-year-old drum major who died after he went through a rite of passa ge.

another man went through the same one, walking from end of the bus to the other and he told espn champion did it voluntarily. >> the people who disrespect me will respect me. >> reporter: are the band's leader who has been suspended said he didn't know about the hazing. >> the bus c initiatation, i heard about it after the death. >> reporter: the band itself hasn't played since then and robert champion's parents say that quiet should last. >> shouldn't be on the field until they clean house, until they get it clean. >> reporter: the champions already have sued the bus company saying the driver that night let the beating happen and today they announced they are planning to sue the university as well. >> well speaking spanish or

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. now, abc 2news at 5:30. >> a judge convicted one of two brothers in the attack on an african american teen in a jewish neighborhood in 2010. he was convicted of second degree assault and found not guilty on charges of carrying a deadly weapon. his brother was cleared. . the man in charge of the baltimore city police department is stepping down. the commissioner took the role in 2007 and during his time the city saw a steady drop in the murder rate. his last day will be