the latest on the breaking news out of north baltimore. there was a police involved shooting in the 1400 block of weldon, not far from 83 and 81st. police got a 911 call for a domestic disturbance. there was a fight involving an officer and a man inside the home. police say he pulled out something that looked like a knife. a second officer arriving at the scene fired at the man killing him. we've got cruise on the scene and will -- crews on the scene and will bring you more information as we get it. we have an update on the

abduction of vi ripken. we have newly released video of the man who abducted ripken. police say it is from a retail business somewhere in anne arundel county. a composite sketch was also release bid police. investigators are still looking for more leads in this case. baltimore city police commissioner bealefeld beam -- fred bealefeld spent his last day on the job. under his lead, baltimore has seen violent crime decrease over the past five years. the commissioner says he's unsure what his next more of will be. a panel from the state has approve lad license for that compos in because the. the the -- rocky gap has scaled down their original plans from

850 slot machines down to 500. well, a quiet neighborhood in littlersville was interrupted by screams and the sounds of police helicopter. a man attacked his moghts are-- mother. >> i'm a big yard person, so i was working on my yard. >> reporter: that's what terry was doing in this ser reason neighborhood. police say this man, 21-year-old james zito became very enraged in his home. >> volatile in nature. restrained family members. the mother arrived home and he ended up stabbing her and fleeing on foot oar are the here risks scene spilled outside and terry saw it unfold. >> the moargtd -- mother was laying in the yard. the man who did it was hollering

something about suicide. >> reporter: zito fled the area on foot. police searched with dogs and helicopter all afternoon yesterday and last night to no avail. police were looking for mr. zito. someone recognized zito nine miles away from home outside the glen burnie mall. he was taken to the hospital with self-inflicted wounds. meanwhile, back in shipley's choice, the mother is recovers from several stab wounds. >> she was laying on the grass and her throat was slit like this. i thought she might die, an artery or whatever. >> reporter: in millersville, don harrison. a man, woman and 2-year-old

child are dead after an apparent hurd -- murder suicide. they believe a 32-year-old man shot his wife and child before killing himself. another child is being treated for burns and cuts on the neck. the county sheriff's office is still investigating the deaths. no severe thunderstorm warnings at this point. they have been dropped. they were marginal but still some dangerous lighting in, so you have to be careful. another storm moving into mt. airy. so you're getting a healthy downpour there in the heart of car roll county. the storm will remain west. places like reisterstown, you could get into the action. a couple more intense downpours

in the mountains where things have cooled off. 80s on average, warm and humid with more scattered storms in the picture. most of this will stay below severe limits. it's been about two weeks since that water main break in downtown baltimore caused some major headaches for drivers, business owners and public work crews. one mane is being re-- main is being replaced. >> reporter: kelly the good news here is the city says they're on scheduled for all the repairs on light street. the bad news, the schedule has changed. life from baltimore to lombard street has been ripped up. there's big holes in the street and pipe all over the place. old pipe and new pipe that will go into the ground. at this point the schedule will be about august 20th for the

completion of alt repairs on the street. they said also what they're dog in addition to the 10-inch and 20-inch line they will replace four more lines, four large valves along with four fire hydrants here. they say the work is very come flea. doesn't include the utilities. they say at this point they're going to work to try to get things back to normal as soon as possible but it's going to take a little longer. they want to make sure this repair will last for a long time. >> we have a 12-inch main where the other two will go perpendicular to us. eight inch, four inch, six inch, a couple hundred feet of those as well. so all of that will be brand-new. so hopefully, for generations you won't have a problem with any kind of water main break, any type of disruption. so that will be good to go for a long, long time. >> if you look down there, you can see what looks like

squiggles to me. the new lines that have been added to this project run across light street down redwood street. they're going to re place all of throws in addition to the 20 and 10-inch lines already in the ground. this is the part of the pipe that burst back on the 17th that they're going to be replacing here as well. that's the main pipe that they're replacing. that one has been in the ground since the turn of the sen clur-- century. they will make sure they get all of these lines so they won't have to deal with this hopefully for a very long time. we'll have more on the story cup country and tell you how people are adjusting to this coming up at 6:00. reporting live, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. well, the howard county alcohol beverage board denied a liquor license to a store

planning to sell beer, wine and hard liquor. the store planned to open on the second floor of the recently opened weg man's in columbia. the board said the license was rejected because it was not necessary for the accommodation of the public. >> coming up, wildfires are ripping through the state of oklahoma what farmers had to do just to save their livestock. >> and india experiencing the second massive blackout in two days. the impact it could have on business in the exon. >> don't forget our host of weather a app -- apps. download them for your dried -- droid or iphone. why don't we play a game of hide and seek? right now? yeah go hide. go on buddy. one, two... [ son ] come and find me!

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packaging used to be the part of the product that you use threw away. some high tech advances are making the package part of the

fun. in some cutting edge cases, some argument the packaging could be cooler than what you buy inside. joce sterman shows you how. >> from band-aids that project videos to leg goes that let you sew -- legos, marketers are putting products to the test. >> you're seeing it on food products that can sort of pop out and show you press is or ideas. >> reporter: it's called augmented reality. that's where an object comes to life using your smartphone screen. you find out all kinds of things. >> it looks three di mentional and will -- dimensional and it's on the phone. >> that product will pop up. we'll have additional information and we can see it being used in different types of context.

>> reporter: we've seen it before, but the packaging. >> we knee a lot of packaging is designed to help create the sale. >> reporter: the leading sector includes cars, food and won't tainment, especially toys it. 's about adding value for the consumer and ultimately securing the sale, sometimes keeping track of that sale. >> you can snap it and anything that you're purchasing that's in that package you can see in your smartphone. when you go to the store, you know how you're not sure if you bought your child that character, now you know. >> reporter: not everyone was sold. >> it maybe cooler. >> reporter: marketers like it because they're engaging customers. >> it could be this animation that says hello or could be something that's a really interesting helpful model. >> reporter: either way marketing giew rows say -- gurus say you'll see more and more of

it. >> reporter: all right. start off with maryland's most powerful radar. they entered southern howard county now that they've cleared columbia and entering sykesville as well as this cell between frederick and damascus. that doesn't mean there won't be dangerous lightning where it's tough to see. these are below severe criteria at least for now. we'll keep an eye on it and see more storms west of hagerstown, north and west and one in the d.c. burbs. we show you some of the weather. you can see clouds willow -- billowing up and skies turning stormy. mt. airy. you can see the skies go sunny. vertical development. there's the storm blowing through coming in out of the

south. at chesapeake beach, you can see the storm clouds becoming more vertically stacked as the weather gets more and more unsettled. now the storm beginning to push north out of the view of the camera as you look toward cambridge. 86 degrees. humidity at 52%. winds are southeast at niefnlt the radar fairly active, especially out here in the high country. garrett county. allegheny county. 63. 72 winchester. winds from the south and east. that's a humid breeze. brings in that warm humid air off the chesapeake, off the atlantic, spots up around 80, 82 degrees, especially in the bay. so a breeze off the water. not a cool one but a humid one. you can see the humidity making it feel like the low 90s at

least in the center where we haven't had rain yet. active west of us. as we look at the pattern across the east coast, the setup is an active pattern. weave got a coastal low moving away. new coast lal low developing over the carolinas. that will move closely but offshore as we go into the day tomorrow and early thursday. frontal boundary, knocking on the door. that squeezes that moisture into the coastal low. what does that mean? chances for more showers, especially the peak heating, scattered showers and a couple of stray showers into early thursday. there's that next coastal runner. overnight tonight down to 70, staying muggy with a few storms. tomorrow 88, cannot rule out scattered showers and down to 70 as we stay balmy with lingering storms. conditions will get a little drier but a little hotter as we

go into thursday afternoon into friday. i'm calling this the first wave of august heat because the early indications are that next weekend we'll see another surge of august heat that will be hotter. maybe mid to upper 90s could be back in the picture for the second week of august gust. >> the first official wave. >> yes. >> several waves. now let's talk some politics. democracy 2012 news. as mitt romney wraps up his international tour, his campaign is fighting back that his trip was rid doled with misstep -- riddled with missteps. >> reporter: mitt romney ask taking a lot of heat for comments he made on the international trip. let's start in london. that's where he criticized planning for the like games. then he suggested israel 's culture is the success fors it

economy, which drew criticism from palestinians. a romney reporter had -- spokesperson had tough words for a reporter. >> governor romney, do you feel your gaffes have overshaddowed your trip? this is a holy site for the polish people. show some respect. >> reporter: so, since then the romney spokesman has apologized. despite that romney is saying this was a successful trip. >> democrats are finalizing things. who is this relatively unknown mayor that we will hear from. >> reporter: he was elected the mayor of san antonio in 2009. he's set to deliver the keynote address this year but the campaign released this new video. in it castro references another

rising star who, of course, you might remember spoke at the democratic convention in 2004. >> being a keynote speaker is an honor i don't take lightly. two conventions ago the keynote speaker was a guy named barack obama. >> reporter: he will be the first latino to deliver it at the dnc. >> you see the signs, labels in the grocery store, gluten fry and lactose free. we'll explain what it all means and how you can tell if you're intolerant to some of these foods. >> plus, looking for the perfect place to retire? how about down the street. we're following breaking news out of hampden.

those stories and more coming up at 6:00.

more on the breaking news out of ham defnlt we confirmed -- hampden. we confirmed there is a officer-involved shooting. there was a fight involving an officer. the man inside the home appeared to pull autism a -- pulled out a night. cheryl conner is on the scene. she will bring us the latest in a live report at 6:00. in tonight's corm lay letter, what -- consumer alert

what bugs you the most? it's the same old gripes, plus new scams. >> reporter: with consumers still cautious about their money, they're not afraid to speak up. the consumer federation of america and the north american consumer protection investigators looked at almost 290,000 of last year's complaints to 38 consumer agencies for a top 10 list. >> they're the types of transsackses like problems with retail stores or problems involving enough money that it's worth complaining. >> reporter: the most common category, autos, including lemon apsd faulty repairs. disputes over credit and debt followed by home construction, retail sales and utilities. a tie between internet sales and landlord tenant disspiewts, fraud and then real estate.

rounding out the top 10 complaints about household goods and solicitations. new concerns about bed bugs in apartments. penny auctions on the internet and gold buying. cfa offer as few tipples. pay by credit card for added protection and don't pay up full. get promises in writing. use legitimate verified sources. some good news about all these complaints, the survey said jeanses recovered or saved almost $147 million for consumers in 2011. in washington, i'm karin caifa. coming up, explaining food allergist. the best place to retire may be closer than you know. abc2 news at 6 starts right now.