picks up the story. >> reporter: open mic night at cheers lounge turned deadly when a man stepped outside, pulled a gun from his pocket and opened fire on the crowd. >> they said they heard several shots real fast in a row. there was no fighting outside or argument between the two. he just shot the person. >> reporter: 36-year-old david garrett of sykesville died from wounds, and a second victim, gary hail offed wood stock caught a bullet in his arm. he was medevaced to the shock trauma center and expected to survive. it has long been a watering hole attracting primarily locals in the area. >> we might have had i can count on my hand in 20 years, five little scuffles. >> reporter: witnesses say while no words were exchanged , the gunman had been acting strangely prior to the

shooting. he was around a pool table and watching them play pool and seemed a little weird and different and strange or something. didn't seem normal but he didn't cause problems. >> reporter: since he was knew, workers held onto the credit card so they could run a tab and the police used it to track him down hours later. >> the phone number was identified, troopers were able to talk with the suspect. he was convinced to give himself up. he gave himself up after 7:00 this morning. >> abc2 news, abc2 news. garrett had returned to carroll county after spending time in seattle and investigators are said to be looking in to the possibility he may have encountered the alleged shooter in washington state. look at this, a 3 alarm fire has kept firefighters busy most of the day after flames and smoke gutted this apartment building. we have learned that the fire caused more than a billion dollars in damages , the fire started in fair land on castle

boulevard. it left 70 people without a place to stay. >> reporter: a frightening friday morning for residents as fire ripped through the 3-story building leaving some people with no way out. fire officials say the blaze began around 7:30 in the back of one of the bottom units and quickly climbed. ronda and her pregnant daughter were stranded on the balcony. as firefighters woked to get them down, marlin banks stepped in to help. now more than 70 people are

displaced after what many are calling a scary situation. baltimore county police say a man pulled a sword on an officer and it cost that man his life. the 17 year veteran was executing a search warrant in connection with attempted murder case last naight in reisterstown on high mode doe road. officials say ronald melvin cox jr. had a sword and swung its that officer who shot cox. he died at the scene. the officer is now placed on routine administrative leave. tonight a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after found floating in a pool in cockeysville yesterday. the teen was found in the saddle brook apartments pool. people pulled him out of the water and began cpr. he doctors said it was serious enough to sends him to shock trauma. we will follow the story as more information comes out. overcast skies helped keep the temperatures in the 80s.

are we going to get rain? let's check in with mike massco here with your first forecast. are we going to get rain? >> we need the beneficial rain, where it rains for hours on end. that's not going to be the case. we do see spotty showers by the overnight. outside, right now, as of 6:00, a beautiful shot, though you notice the clouds coming back in, the clouds will be pat of the forecast for the jeff night hours in to tomorrow. maryland's most powerful radar, a dry sky overhead. northern carroll county, notice the showers hanging mostly on the pennsylvania side of the state. you may encounter scattered showers, especially if you travel 83 towards the north. for the rest of the evening, 84 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. spot shower chance best towards the north and to the west. if we broaden out the shot and show you temperatures, 85 and dc. less go towards the west, this is where we see the real heat

cranking, 96 degrees, central oklahoma, the heat is going to come at us in to the weekend and much of next week. heat wave number three. there was outrage and little appreciation. you have your chance to let bge know how they handled the power outages. the public service commission will hold hearings to go over how utilities handled the outages from the storms. 8 public hearings in august. legislation style hearings are scheduled for september 13th and 14th. we are learning more about what happened behind the scenes during the penn state child sex abuse scandal. there are several visual reminders including the football building where the boys were abused and the brands substitute of joe paterno and the library named after him. leaders are trying to determine how to deal with the imagery,

and trying to determine if they should get rid of some of the images. >> this is something people will look at but he has such a legacy that it was a mistake. he admitted it was a mistake. he has such a career behind him that i think people have to look at that more than this. >> a report released claims that the university as well as fa terno concealed allegations against former defensive, jerry sandusky. law went in to effect in october. giving police the power to pull you over and ticket you if you text while driving. over the next few months, folks will see a lot more of that law as enforcement stepped up andist going to happen a lot. brian kuebler joins us now live with more on what police are calling operation eagle. an awful lot of people want to applaud this. get the folks weaving all over the road, off the road. >> reporter: there are people like that. operation eagle is a 4th month

long crack down on texting while driving and it's happening here in arundel county. police will combine forces with state police, annapolis pd and crofton law enforcement to run specific traffic details to look for, warn and even ticket distracted drivers. the arundel county police department says texting while driving can impede traffic or be down right deadly. this county wide operation is to get that point across. we are here to try to prevent life altering or fatal crashes. this is about educating the public. we are going to hand out warnings and tell the drives about the dangers and behavior patterns. >> reporter: if a ticket is issued, that's 70 bucks and a pint on your license. so far, since the law went in to effect in october, arundel handed out 22 electronic tickets and almost 50 warnings, this particular operation may

boost the numbers a bit and they hope awareness to the problem as well. brian kuebler, abc2 news. now if an officer sees you texting they can't pull you over just for that. here an officer can pull you over foreseeing you texting. other cell phone laws are secondary, an officer has to see you breaking another law before they can pull you over. knowing how to avoid distracted driving is one of the ways to stay safe on the road if you do have to talk on phone while driving, avoid overly stressful or emotional conversations if you need to pull off to the side of the road , the same goes for looking a map or gps, if you have to look down to see where you are going, you are not looking at the road. another thing that many people do as well is to eat behind the wheel , the best multitaskers even need to focus while driving.

you may want to be careful what you say on facebook, someone is watching and screening your conversations out there. joce sterman joins us now with more. >> always watching. they don't want to know anything that goes on in your life, but facebook says this is about protecting children. the company says it wants to screen for pedophiles. facebook uses equations to find suspicious behavior, security experts with the company found a youth pastor and a coach that were using fake accounts to try and become friends with children. facebook contacted the fbi in both of the cases. the site scans every picture uploaded to the site to see if it matches photos it knows to be child porn from the crime information center. facebook says there are several other things they look out for as well. like if 80% of your friend requests go to women, if you ch birth date to go under and over 18, they notice that as well.

always watching. >> all right. thanks joce sterman from the newsroom tonight. this is the hot topic. what do you think about the decision to scan profiles and conversations. is it protecting children or invading privacy? leave your comments on abc2news.com/facebook. there are many unanswered questions about autism, the disorder impacts millions of families in the country. the unusual places doctors are looking to find the answers. plus three cases of hands, foot and mouth disease. what is it, what can be done? [ snoring ]

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what a nice picture of the bridge over there, over beautiful dundalk. nice day outside, a lot of clouds coming in there. hopefully they won't bring too much rain this weekend. mike has the complete forecast in just a few minutes. health news tonight a new approach to learning more about autism, scientists are studying baby teeth to find more about the neurological disorder. wendy rigby has more on what they found so far. >> reporter: autism is a

complex disorder, causing disruption in people's ability to communicate and socialize. it's a problem that's growing. >> autism rates are one in 88, nobody knows why. >> reporter: science center, dr. ray palmer taking a new approach to studying autism. using discarded baby teeth. donated teeth from children with and without autism are ground up in to powder and put through a process. it can reveal pesticides, plastics and medicine the child was exposed to in the womb and as they grew. >> it looks at blood or hair, analysis, that's a snapshot in time of recent exposure. it doesn't provide historical record like the teeth do. >> reporter: this kind of research is called tooth fairy

studies. many scientists believe a genetic predispoization combined with environmental exposure triggers autism. >> ist one of the most severe epidemics affecting children. it's way overdue. >> officials are investigating three case of hand, foot and mouth disease. that involve children. the cases have been diagnosed in the last two weeks. mouth sores, skin rash and five. doctors say the virus can spread from surfaces touched by the patients. >> the way it is cycles around is in the summer. it is almost always a summer virus. >> health experts say the virus is mostly a summer virus and disappears in late summer or early fall. doctors say the best way to avoid the disease is wash your hands regularly. >> colorado cantaloupes are back in supermarkets after a listeria outbreak. almost a year ago 30 people

were killed. farmers spent $800,000 on safety upgrades. they have come up with a tracking system to prevent future outbreaks from the new picking and packing tech makes to traceable codes allowing shoppers to see where the cantaloupes came from. if u heading out of town this evening, you could be spending more cash to fill up your gas tank. aaa says gas prices increased $0.06 since the beginning of the month and expect them to rise more. gas prices rose $0.17 in july. the national average is $3.39 for a gallon. check out the gas price section on abc2news.com under investigators and scroll down and click on special report. let's get in to weather. the clouds holding tough. here is dundalk, shot toward the key bridge. lots of cloud. ellicott dealing with the clouds this afternoon. had a spot shower sp where we

saw more sunshine, that was another spot that saw a tremendous amount of clouds. more sunshine out towards the east. look at ocean city. more of an easterly wind this afternoon. that kept your temperatures around 80 degrees, see the beach clearing out now, that's a crowded spot as we head in to the weekend. maryland's most powerful radar, a clear slate overhead. carol, baltimore, notice a couple of the showers manchester, crossing over 83. spotty showers in the forecast, north and west of the city limits tonight and towards deep creek, garrett county, washington county, see the scattered showers through the rest of this evening. temperatures right now we sit at 86 in the city. 87 in dc. we are seeing the showers in frederick, 82 degrees. easton 86 degrees. dover 85. dew point numbers are coming up, that's an indication we have the muggywa air on the move and addressing the idea of a humid weekend.

bwi, a brief window where we saw 89 degrees in the book. that's one above the normal of 88 degrees. 99 back in 66. 83 around 8:00. clouds for the overnight. 77 around 11:00. wake up to a passing sour, perhaps a rumble or two of thunder. that's the signal to more of the showers and storms coming in as we head in to the 2:00 hour. the humidity coming up. stationary front the south. mess of clouds on top of us right now. we are clear, the spotty showers towards the north and west of town. beyond that, tennessee valley, seeing heavy weather. atlanta, 4 inches of rain this week. we won't see the rain, we need the rain but not doing to see the rain as it has been situated over parts of the south. that stationary front will drag in the humid air from the south. that's on top of us as we head in to much of this weekend in to next week. future trends showing the

scattered showers through tonight, going in to tomorrow. temperatures just a shade below 90 degrees, some spots could pop 90 degrees, this is a chance of isolated shower or thunderstorm. sunday a better shot of a shower or thunderstorm. temperatures in to the 90s. that's going to be the trend whrex go for the 90s as we head in to sunday, monday and next week. ball game tonight, 7:05, temperatures in to the 80s. 85 degrees walking out of the stadium at 78 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. the rest of the overnight, 72, mostly cloudy late night shower or storm, tomorrow 88 degrees. heat and humidity as we go in to the weekend, we will be oppressively humid. monday and tuesday, to 96. we have to address could feel like it's 100 degrees. this would mark the third heat wave for the city and the

30th, 90-degree or better day. >> we haven't even got on the august yet. i'm sure we will be addressing drought issues. >> all right. thanks, mike. they are a guilty pleasure, and why not indulge. krispy kreme's 75th birthday. they started in north carolina on july 13th. 1937. it has nearly 700 shops in 21 countries. doughnuts. according to the website if you get a dozen today, get another dozen for $0.75. i could eat every one of those. i love them. i can see it now, flying around the field. you can see it this weekend if you are in england at the international quitish cup. 170 teams are playing the knuckle version inspired from the harry potter books.

run around a soccer field with a broom and a qawfl in your hand, hoping your seeker will catch the snitch. which is a guy in gold pants. rough game. >> it still came from harry potters. harry potter is from england. this is a good time and place to show the world the new sport. >> organizers would like to see it make the olympics one day. it might take a bit of magic to make that happen. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland

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before we go, a look at what we are working on for abc2 news at 11:00, are you tired at work rg do you feel like, this the middle of the afternoon. we reveal the common activity that some doctors say could be keeping america awake at night. does the season in which you were born factor how long you will live? those stories and more when abc2 news at 11:00 comes up at 11:00. we will talk about the folk, going to show you the seven-day forecast. we will break it down at 11:00 in detail. 88 tomorrow afternoon. a better shot of the showers and storms over the weekend. dries up by next week, reverse of what we want to see. heat and humidity back monday, tuesday and wednesday. could be the dangerous heat

again. indications are could be close to 100.