of the most bizarre cases in harford county and is not over. 21-year-old alexander kinyua is accused of killing a border in his job a town home, cutting up the body, eating part of his heart and brain. the defense argued kinyua could not help with his defense. >> it came back that the defendant wasn't competent to stand trial, meaning he either wasn't aware of the nature of the proceedings or help couldn't assist his counsel at trial. >> reporter: he said this is different from whether kinyua was mentally competent at the time of the trial. right now they'll have to wait and depending on what doctors find, that wait could be long. >> the hospital will file reports, periodic reports to update whether there's a change in status. now that the state law has been changed a number of years ago to

say after five years of being in the hospital some decision has to be made to proceed even under a civil commitment. >> reporter: prosecutors said they have no reason to doubt this, that they will receive periodic reports of the man's mental situation. kinyua was also accused on the attack of a morgan state student. he said kinyua attacked him with a baseball bat wrapped with barbed wire. prior to that kinyu punched holes in a wall during a temper tantrum back in december. that prompted an rotc member to warn that kinyua was a virginia

tech situation waiting to happen. early this year the appeals court handed down an opion, a motion to reconsider the ruling was filed and a stay was put in place. judges were expected to moat and discuss that issue today. earlier this week state lawmakers failed to pass a law during the special session that would have deemed all dogs inherently dangerous. on our website at abc2news.com, you'll find several links to pitbull and dog attacks. you'll find the most recent one last night in harford county. now to anne arundel county, a man is behind bars after police saide attempted to kidnap a woman and her child after they got off a bus. jeff? >> reporter: the 28-year-old woman knew something was wrong monday evening the minute she stepped off that bus. it happened in the east mort shopping center on bay ridge in

annapolis. police said the woman could sense someone was following her on foot and she started heading toward a nearby fire station. that's when the man pulled out a gun and stopped her in her tracks. >> he grabbed her by the arm, maybe -- made a few comments about having a boyfriend and that she was going to be his girlfriend now, and took her bag from her. she was able to scream, got the attention of some other people and he started walking away quickly oar are based on her description police arrested 30-year-old william ranaldo brown. he now face as series of charges including salt and attempted kidnapping and is being held on $200,000 bond. tonight baltimore city police are looking for two men who stole a woman's purse in federal hill. it happened around 10:30 last night in the 1200 block of

william street near the holy cross church. they pushed her, grabbed her purse and ran away. two men are dead and a woman is in critical condition tonight after a triple shooting in baltimore. last night around 11:30 police were called to the 600 block of linnard street, north of edmond avenue for the report of a shooting. after that situation, they returned back to the same block for another call and found three people had been shot and police are looking for a shooter. >> investigators searched the virginia home of the suspect in the family research council shooing. it occurred at the headquarters in d.c. the suspect, identified as floyd corkins of herndon, virginia, has been charged with assault and carrying a firearm across

state lines. authorities say corkins said i don't like your politics before he opened fire. penn state is announcing they will host a sex abuse conference. two former sex abuse victims, boxer sugar ray leonard and elizabeth smart will speak. the school's former vice-president and athletic director are facing perjury charges. the ex-president graham spanier is waiting whether he will be charged. are you still steeming over how long it took bge to restore your power from the outage in june? the meeting starts at 7:00, a little less than two hours from

now. beautiful out there kelly. everybody's out there soaking up some sunshine. look at the shot. not a cloud to be found but things will change in the next 24 hours. here's temperatures, 87 in town. the warmest spot frederick at 88. d.c. is pushing the 90 park. tomorrow we can push the 90 park with more humidity. clear overhead, but i want to go out toward the west, just about 17 hours. this is not good. more tornado warnings over the midwest. it's going to be a gorgeous evening, comfortable around 80, a few high clouds. 74 degrees. 68. we wake up to a lot of sunshine. here's the deal. the clouds come into play and strong storms could be in the mix. the latest seven-day forecast

forecast is coming up. >> you can take your forecast with you. just head to abc2news.com/weather to learn how to download our app to your smartphone. you can also get the storm shield app which will alert you when severe weather heads toward your neighborhood. there is a dream act clinic in prince george's county. it's similar to those held in other cities yesterday helping undocumented immigrants fill out the necessary paperwork to get a visa. to qualify applicants must have entered the country before they turned 16, have a high school diploma, be enrolled and have no criminal record. the program went into effect yesterday. the department of agriculture is recalling 4100 pounds of soup containing meat and poultry because it may contain pieces of plastic.

it affects 16-ounce cups of wegman's chicken and dumplings soup with a use by date of august 24th and italian wedding style with a use date of spt 3rd f you have questions about this soup recall you can call 1-800-274-2526. well, if you on a newer laptop, chances are your computer has a web cam on it. hackers are trying to control them. we'll tell you what to do to keep people from spying on you. there's less than a month before katy premieres. tonight she will give us a look at the set of her show. the fires continue to burn out west. we'll tell you about the latest on the efforts to control the flames coming up.

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new tonight, evacuations are underway. since mon day it has scorched more than,000 acres. tonight people are pack up to leave their homes. >> that one's on fire. that's on fire, those people's house. we were literally running for our lives. >> reporter: tammy thomas can't believe how quickly the flames raced across her neighborhood in washington. her home was spared but her neighbors lost everything. more evacuations were ordered wednesday night as the fast moving fire continues to jump roads and rivers, burning at least 70 homes. >> i want to know if my house is still standing. >> reporter: this scenario is playing out across the west. 60 large fires have recently burned more than 1 own -- 1.4

million-acres in 12 states. >> it's going to be hot today. >> reporter: , stream heat and drought as i'd it difficult. >> we have to spread our assets out. >> so now military helicopters have joined the help, from california to montana, utah to washington. tammy hopes families take these evacuations seriously. >> it's devastating. i got lucky. >> reporter: but fire crews are not getting lucky with the weather. this heat is expected to linger with the threat of lightning strikes in some area. reporting from los angeles. >> tough to see that bad weather for him and it's actually beautiful here. >> a whole different story here compared to the west, indiana,

exceptionally extreme droughts. we need a good tropical system. our weather is beautiful. it's going to change, though. outside we go. beautiful shot, bwi showing hour current statistics, 87 degrees. that bone dry humidity at 37%. that wind bring manage that dry air, just about 13 barometric pressure. 87 in town, close to 90 in d.c. frederick 88. the eastern shore numbers running between 85 and not no again, why it feels so good? the dew point values. 70 to 75. 58 right now. clear shot on the visibility sat -- visible satellite.

0 -- 80 degrees with a mostly clear sky. we'll wake up to a decent amount. you notice more of a muggy feel as we'll be watching again, more humidity with that southwesterly wind. i want to take you over to maryland's most powerful radar. yes, this is beneficial rain with the exceptional drought. look at the storms already indicating tornadoes. we'll broaden out the shot. the timed arrival for these storms is 17 hours. if this maintains the motion to the east, we're going to address them by tomorrow evening. so you have to keep this locked on channel 2. a strong potent system. this will combine to bring storms across our area. we are thinking strong to perhaps severe storms starting after 2:00. there's the jet stream. it's going this bring in cooler air by the weekend. it's going to come at a cost.

70s top 70 degrees as we head toward tonight. tomorrow afternoon nearing 90 degrees for many location. notice the showers and storms becoming more numerous. as we move the timeline, still showing a spot shower through friday evening, friday night. i think this front is a little too close for comfort by saturday. we have tropical storm gordon, winds at 65 miles an hour. this will be spain's problem. your forecast for the rest of tonight, 67 to 70, a mixture of stars and clouds. two-degree guarantee going for 90 degrees. the humidity cranks. it will allow for the storms to follow up. scattered showers, storms, 90 degrees. showers going into saturday, but i think it's more clouds than sunshine. 80. all indications are we could

maintain that mostly cloudy theme and there could be a few spotty showers for monday. look at the temperatures, 90s to 80s. 83 by monday and next week back to normal, 84, 86. we're less than a month away from debuting a show starring katie couric. tonight she gives us a sneak peek of the set. >> i'm here with our director. we'll show you around the set of "katie." >> the original design had the camera in the camera wells, which is traditional by found the elevation want that severe, so the camera is actually in the back to bring the audience forward. it would work just as well. >> this is very close. you can see, you know -- you can

see all sorts of things, tony, is it's really nice. i feel like i'm talking to folks and there's this obvious connection with the audience and we have all hour different social media. we can take questions by twitter, skype people in. what are these? >> they're backdrops. >> let there be light. >> this basically is to give it a different feel. when they're live performances, we wanted it to feel a little disco, a little clubby. >> thank you, joe. >> thank you. >> she is so much funlt abc2 is -- fun. abc2 is the station for katie. we'll have more on the katie show as we get ready for the big

debut in baltimore. remember, check out some of the stories she's already working on. here's a way you can help out, helping out children in need. we've been collecting school supplies and partnered with the preston mitchum foundation and the celebree learning center to collect school supplies through august 24th. here's some of the things we're looking for, backpacks, compositions, pens, pencils and packs of wide ruled paper. you can drop off the supplies at any of the 20 celebree learning centers. we have a list of the locations and more information on the drive at abc2news.com. you may want to reconsider your egg intact. the new study is saying eggs could be as bad for your health

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dementia is a concern for aging americans and their families. while the cause is not always clear, a new study find resistance to the disease may be genetics. people with a high level of a protein called c reactor protein or crp appear to have billed-in protections. those with elevated levels were more than 30% less likely to have a relative with the disease. a new study finds that a eating eggs could be just as bad for you as smoke.

research says three eggs a week could accelerate heart disease as much as smoking. those who ate more than three eggs had more plaque in their arteries. while the general public believes smoking is much worse, eating the cholesterol from the eggs increase the rest being. johnson and johnson is working to remove potentially dangerous cancer causing chemicals in their ingredients. the goal is for all adult toiletries to be made safer in the next three and a of a -- and a half years. great stories like these you can find on our website at

abc2news.com. just log on to check out the page. you'll find the big health stories from the day as well as interesting health categories it make sure you and your family get all the information you need. mosquito bites are typically no more than a bite, but it's going beyond that itch. plus, hackers are now hacking into web cams. how to protect why are self-from this cyber crime. >> and it's hard for kids to stay active in that hot baltimore summer but five boys are getting the chance to attend a week long camp. details coming up.

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kinyua incompetent top stand trial. -- to stand trial. he is accused of cutting up a man's body and eating part of his heart and brain. he is being treated at the estate's ma'am mum security hospital. a woman in annapolis narrowly avoided an abduction attempt. she stepped off a city bus. she noticed that a man was following her. the man pulled out a gun and stopped her but fled after she began yelling for help. police arrested 30-year-old william ranaldo brown. he faces charges including armed robbery and attempted kidnapping. check your refrigerator, so you containing meat and poultry

is being recalled because it could contain plastic. it is wegman's soup. no one was hurt but if you have questions about the soup, please call 1-800-274-2526. now to a developing story. officials in the dallas-fort worth area said they will begin aerial vague. they are trying to fight the worst outbreak of of-- west nile virus. the problem goes way beyond texas. >> reporter: the little pests are hugely annoying but this year the consequences of their bites go well beyond the itch. >> this killer headache. >> reporter: