responsible for a string of armed robberies. they were meeting right here and when police and atf moved in on them they tried to get away, but they didn't get far. it appears that the passenger side window of the suspect's car had been shot out. the other damage police say from running into two police vehicles. they say an agent from the atf shot the driver in the shoulder this morning, they say he tried to run over agents and police officers but none of them were hurt. this woman didn't want to be identified. she works close by. >> i started to walk toward the door and i heard crashing cars and another boom, i thought it was a horrible accident. >> reporter: that was until she saw police and an atf agent pulling the suspects out of the red car and another van. she sent us these photographs of what she saw. >> crazy. it was scary. i was shaking a little bit. i guess they have it under

control. >> repatf have been watching the group who had gathered here. they say they were responsible for several armed robberies and. >> we have information that led us to believe that they were going to commit an armed robbery today. >> reporter: this wan was walk his dog when he said a man he assumed to be a federal agent came up. >> asked me to not be there. >> reporter: the officers tried to arrest the six suspects, they tried to get away and run down the agents, instead all six have been arrested. >> so scary because so close to home here. >> reporter: and police say they recovered five weapons, and a bullet proof vest here at the scene. all six of the suspects will face federal charge, the one who was shot, his injuries aren't life threatening. >> from the city let's go to baltimore county where police

officer is on leave after an incident that left a man dead and the officer chased down the teen after a group of youth damaged his front door. tonight the mother talked to us. >> reporter: baltimore county police haven't identified the off duty officer who heard a loud bang at his door and proceeded to chase down one of the teens he saw running from his yard. the mother of the 17-year-old christopher brown said he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> his friend said he saw a group of kids on the other received the street. christopher walked toward that and suddenly something happened like running. that is the part that i don't understand. >> reporter: police are offering only vague details. >> he chased him and vent eventually caught up with one of them. there was a physical fight and some point during that fight the young man about came

unconscious. >> reporter: the officer cried out for help but he never regained consciousness and was later pronounced dead. christopher's mother learned of the death from police five hours later and she said they wouldn't let her identity his body, calling in school officials instead from. >> i wanted to see him. i just wanted to see if there was any bruises because i don't want them to cover stuff up. i don't want them to push this under the carpet. his school officials got a year book out, said that's him. that's him. that's the kid. he gets in no trouble. he doesn't president . >> reporter: the officer's front door had been damaged but they stopped short of saying any other crime ha been done. a neighbor near the scene of the death questions the officer's use of deadly force. >> there is a line that you know at some point there is a

line. some things you just let go. some things aren't worth a life. >> reporter: abc 2news. >> now christopher's mother said her son played sports but had torn an acl which made it hard for him to run. his death has been ruled a homicide. ? we have the update we first brought you on good morning maryland. we have learned a second person is dead on a head on crash northbound i-97 this morning. he was driving south in the knob lane when she crashed right into another car. witt was pronounced dead and the driver of the second car died later at shock trauma a. those who drive 97 can't imagine seeing a car coming at them the wrong way. >> it is very scary. i would probably get over as soon as i could if i saw a car coming like that's not right. let me pull over. that's probably what they would do but it's scary. >> early in this investigation

bedrapings and alcohol were not a factor according to the police. this crash makes us all remember another crash. one that killed four people back in january. police say a teen was driving the wrongway when she slam to another car on 50 near davidsonville. four people were killed in that case and alcohol was a factor. right now a 29-year-old is in police custody after an argument with his girlfriend. . the argument escalated in into a physical fight. the girlfriend wasn't hurt. the man police say was taking pictures of children at a public bathroom is now facing child porn charges. a jury has indicted the 28-year- old brian matthew williams of westchester pennsylvania. prosecutors say he recorded young boys at the maryland

house and the chesapeake house. those are all the rest stop as long 95 and after a search warrant they found 13 videos of boys using the bathroom on his phone. as of last month they had identified ton two of them. the prosecution is now rested against jerry sandusky. one of his accusers said that he described himself as a tickle monster in the shower. eight haven the stand. >> there is a pattern and that pattern is being -- going on overtime and whoever the victims are being subjected to basically that same pattern. >> reporter: an investigator tried to charge him in 1998 but the da at the time decided not to. sandusky is listed as a potential witness and may take the stand. fell's point we won't forget you. we are getting a better picture on the damage caused by this fire on monday.

the total damage is at about $1.5 million. more than 120 firefighters were called to the scene. one was transported to the hospital with a foot injury and the cause is still under investigation at this hour. >> mixed skies today, cloud cover at times, for the -- on the whole pretty quiet weather. no rain out there. that's a good thing. zoom? , take a look at the wind. stead i why from the east. it's a easterly breeze that has helped kind of pull in the atlantic moisture, some of that cloud coast i think we are still rain free the rest of the night. . cloudy and hour by hour tomorrow up to 82, will that hod um throughout the weekend? that answer coming up. >> all right. ♪ [ music ] >> the tall ships returned.

the star spangled celebration honoring the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812. did everybody see them today in the blue angels. they can hit the skies. the mayor welcomed the captains to the city, look at that crowd. thousands crowded down take part in the sill celebration. roosevelt will be a sailor. >> reporter: not yet but you know on the 4th of july it's always packed n is like that but on a thursday. thousands have come into seat ships and the history of everything. baltimore was at the heart of what was going on in the war of 1812. they got the national anthem out of this and for a lot of people this has been a walk back through history. thursday it afternoon in downtown baltimore and the fleet is in. tall masts and plenty of flags

from around the world and this guy. >> what so proudly we hailed,. >> reporter: he is supposed to be francis scott key. at centare of the celebration is the birth of a country and his home which was the birth of an anthem. baltimore smells of history from the ships in the harbor. baltimore maryland were a battleground and center of the war of 1812. it showed the england what people could do. >> real great patriots fighting for the american spirit and the american flag and that is what makes me most proud. oning day, what a great day. >> that is why we do this, just to give that -- see and related to that to where we take them to a time and place to where they can meet that

great grandfather and i think that aspect of that history really just stimulating and makes them really rises them to a level that gives them a sense of honor and pride. >> reporter: there is stuff going on all over the harbor. the navy and army. they have set up -- they call that the adventure center, you can show how many pull pull ups you can do. we have all the tall ships, all the ships all over the world from the -- this is only part of it. you can go to fell's point and see tall ships and the modern ships are at fort mchenry. don't forget them on a day like this. there are so many different program, history programs throughout the area for the next several days. if you are a history buff or just want to come see the ships, have a snow cone, have a

snowball. it's all down here. reporting live from the inner harbor. >> all right. thank you. celebration will be a lot of fun and traffic around not so. watching all the problems you may have. watch good morning maryland as well as go to the website. the army keeps roll rolling along. today is their 237th birthday. we had john stricker, samuel smith. allll famous names of the officers during the war of 1812 who protected us. we have quite a history of our army right here in the city. no coming up next does your husband sit in his man cave surf," ng the web. the potential problems for men who put their laptops on their

laps. issue and you know him as joe cool. tonight rave are epps quarterback has a new title and it comes with a lot of responsibility. >> not kicker is it? >> no. >> 80 degrees, pretty comfortable. 80 was the two degree guarantee. eugene miller the weather winner. seven days in a row we have had a winner. we will go for number eight eight when we come back.

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city today. picture perfect. wyatt will have the forecast in a minute. we spend a lot of time on laptops and i-pads but can to much time cause fertility problems in men? a new study reveals the harmful effects of wireless wifi on laptops. >> reporter: it's how we talk, we use the laptops at home and on the go but all that time connected to wireless wifi may be damaging men's sperm. a study found radiation from wireless internet can weak ken kill sp erm but a doctor who specializes in male infertility said the results are not conclusionive. >> there is not enough data to support a concern for sort of all the passive radiation that men ney may get. the only thing we know for sure is that the possible th ermal

heat related injuries. . >> reporter: men shouldn't have already their lap tons because the heat can damage sperm. >> anything that can raise the temperature is bad so hot tubs aren't good. >> reporter: men should use a cushion to keep the heat away. >> a pillow or a lap pad on top of their lap but not because of the wireless, more because of the heat. >> reporter: or you can just keep the laptop on the desk. abc 2news. >> scared to death now. wow. we have more health news for you on the website. just look under the news tab and click on the health link. we know joe wasn't on the laptop. is he a father. his five had their baby boy late last night and their home state state state of n anymore. he was named steven and he

comes in weighing 8 pounds, the entire family is doing well. you can say congratulations to joe on the facebook page abc 2news.com/facebook. way to go joe. >> now, maryland a most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate are. >> so many tall ships and we were ahead of schedule yesterday but now we see it shining brightly in the inner harbor. the coast guard cutter right there. america's tall ship still in active duty, coast guard cutter action one of the many, many naval if coast guard ships you need to check out when you go down. there shes. 79 degrees right now. humidity at 50%. bit of a breeze on the bay today. not quite the chop we had yesterday as so many of the ships continue to make their way into the inner harbor today. dundock looking toward hawkings

point point and the pathway so many of the ships had to come up into the harbor there. basically right now we are just seeing a few passing clouds overall the weather is quiet at the naval academy looking at just a mix of sun clouds throughout the day. nice day for sailing, the radar conditions to dan all clear. temperatures now in the upper 70s, on the whole. 69 in ocean city. slightly cooler at the beaches, winds coming in from the east and the humidity levels pretty comfortable. as we look at the day tomorrow mid80's in the city. similar day i think more sun but on the whole wind of a copy. >> cloud's have been streaming in the day out of the east- northeast courtesy a disturbance. narrow band of cloud cover, over the city today. overall the set up here, is

pretty quiet across the east coast. not much happening other than the disturbance spinning off shore. pulling in additional clouds, high pressure and dryer weather will be the story for most of the weekend this will continue to set until and this weak disturbance will push farther south and that will mean a clear and more sunny day tomorrow and into saturday as well. you can check out the trend. things are clear in to the day on saturday. you know a mix of sun and clouds, pretty good weather for the big paddle board race this weekend. things look good. over night tonight down to 62, partly cloudy tomorrow, 82, more sun, little warmer but no complaints, tomorrow night down to 60, mostly clear, we stay dry, dry is the theme. dry and really not all that hot by mid-june standards around here. hard to believe just a couple days the official start of

summer. the last days of spring could be better. we get hotter toward wednesday wednesday and thursday. >> the weekend. >> timing. >> everybody saw --. fib who has picked up ayala cross stick will be involved in this 24 hours of lacrosse going on now. it's called the shoot out for soldiers and it's start -- we are up nine hours now? a senior who already graduated approached chris the head master, wanted to do something for wounded warriors, kyle harrison, club trim teams, major league, a star or vie and you have to donate $20 to the project. we will have coverage on the shoot out tonight after game two of the nba finals and then we will be live throughout good morning maryland. what a great effort. we will be right back. i remember the days before copd.

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. before we go, here is kelley with a look after the game. >> the story is all about installation. the group athletes serving athletes and how they help disabled athletes experience the thrill of a hard run race.

and speaking of athletes, cheryl is running for a cause this weekend. we will introduce to you the group girls on the run and show you how they are teaching young women to believe in themselves. those and a lot more after the great game. >> sounds like a lot of exercise. >> i know. motivating. >> how about that? >> on the run. >> on the run. >> quick check, another beautiful shot again, mightly coast guard cutter eagle and just so many cool ships, there goes one as we look at it. a great time downtown. i can't manage the view -- if you can get in. 70s. great for the celebration and we keep it going tomorrow. how is that fresno. >> that's not bad. >> yeah. >> nothing to complain about. they said take the light-rail. >> james and durant. game two tonight. we will see you after it. >> have a good night.