guy. that's who jim pierce was. but to another man, he was a random target. brian kuebler tells us this random violence cut down the life of one of our veterans. >> reporter: jim pierce was a welder by trade. before that he served his country in the navy, two tours. he had his hobby and his routines. one of them shopping here at the grocery store in elkton when police said this man, troy kelly of northst approached pierce from behind and started beating him. detectives feel pierce was unconscious by the fifth strike, laying in the middle of aisle eight but court documents show that didn't stop him from striking him another 18 times. >> from what we know they never met each other.

>> that makes this case a little bit more weird. >> yes. it's a shocking case, something you don't see in this community oar which may be while a witness trailed kelly, called elkton police and they were able to locate and arrest him on bridge street. kelly is charged with murder and assault. he was denied mail bail this morning -- denied bail this morning in cec county court. >> that makes no sense. they didn't know each other. there's nothing to say other than it was horrific and we miss him. >> reporter: pierce' family is left struggling with the chaotic randomness of all of this. the acme surveillance camera caught it but they can't explain why a stranger would pass hooters in one iamb only to return to murder him in the next. it leaves elkton police searching for a motive while

pierce's family deals with this seemingly unrealistic reality. >> he loved his family, his friends and would do anything for inbound. >> reporter: an all around sweet guy making this case, this target all the more unbelievable. in elkton, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> killed at the grocery store. pierce was pronounced dead saturday nit at union memorial hospital. the 42-year-old kelly will face four charges including first and second-degree murder and assault. stealing panera gift cards. police tell us three men from baltimore got $35,000 out of their scam. we'll take you to loganville, papa where a rutters gas station is at the center. the men would fill up with

diesel at nearly $4 a gallon and swipe a difficulty card with the stolen credit card numbers. >> rutters looked no it, looked at the receipts, locked at the footage and sought same vehicles and same men were doing it over and over again. >> 32-year-old rec ky -- ricky he vens of gwynn oaks, glenn keller and kenneth reed were arrested. every day they put on the union form to keep us safe. sadly for a prince george's county officer today was the day. he and another officer were chasing a silver ac a. during the chase the officer lost control of the car crashing into the ditch.

the other officer is expected to be okay. the one who died was thrown from the a trel car. p.d g.d police are -- pg police are looking for the acura. just after 6:00 someone called 911 after finding a body in the basement of a home scarsdale road. officers found him stabbed to death. the crime scene was four blocks long. >> it extends about four blocks. that's because there was some evidence dropped and tracked throughout the neighborhood. >> right now it's not clear if the man knew or was related to anyone inside the home. his identity hasn't been released. in baltimore city where kids head back to school one boy is headed to the recovery room. he was shot on bloom street.

there's no suspect or a motive. >> tracking a line of semi gusty showers. take a look at the last two hours, this animation showing it into westminster, manchester. let's go to street level and show you some of the comients being impacted. this is a good band of showers, even a rumble or two of thunder, small hail over hanover pike. this will make its way to black rock road and eventually moving into falls road. carmel road is seeing an impact. another shower and storm starting to fire outside reisterstown. this will be moving toward the east, southeast. another area that's starting to fire up toward columbia, ellicott city, this will be moving toward 695. here's future scan showing the proimretion of the line.

by 8:00 it will enter the city limits, maybe small hail, gusty winds and a rumble or two of thunder. we'll talk about the forecast in the next seven days. tropics heating up. it's a horrible ride around silver spring. a gom -- montgomery county bus ran off the bus. we don't know why it ran into a home. people in several homes and businesses were ordered to get out after a crew busted a line. this is right across the street from a sunoco gas staismghts bge got to -- station. bge got to work immediately. it was shut down for several hours. for those who can't wait until november, here are the questions that will be on the

ballot. they range from redistricting to expanding gambling. remember, you can check a sample ballot ahead of time so you're not surprised when you walk into the booth on september 6th. >> i read it before hand. >> mark's got it down. the final wording must be finalized by september the 11th. our governor will have a role in next month's democratic national convention. the governor will ab speaker. he has a high profile in the party appearing on tv shows. this will be o'malley's second speaking role at the dnc. students at college park

want to stamp out the chick-fil-a. this is all in response to recent controversial remarks made by chick-fil-a's ceo. and the future of about 2,000 laid off steel workers is being decided right now at the steel workers hall on dundalk avenue. because of rg steel selling out, there's a chance these 2,000 worker also not have health ben -- workers will not have health benefits in 11 days. bwi thur good marshal is closing one of its runways. it has been closed for most of the summer. the other major commercial run way will stay open. if you drove through downtown, all you had to do was put a

smile on your face. light street is back open. two water mains were repaired and things are flowing again. back in july more than a 100-year-old water main was broke. the new pipes will reduce the future of water main breaks in the hart of baltimore. from light street, let's go to ritchie highway where gino's will reopen. memories are already being served up. how about we vote the scammers out of office. why you need to be careful in this election year. >> i'm meteorologist mike masco. we'll talk about three systems that bears watching in the atlantic. we'll have more details coming up on abc2 news at 6:00.

katie's show is coming to baltimore. take a look at manchester. rain flew receipt through. mike masco will be back in a couple minutes. you know christmas tree park in manchester is packed. let's take you back to the '50s. gino's is coming back toes original spot. the owner is so excited and has heard nothing but stories about how you went to glen burnie high and gino's for lunch.

this gino's opens for good in about two weeks. take a quick right from gino's to ellicott city, the best place to live and the ellicott city columbia area came in at number eight. this is two years ago that they made the top 10. hx -- historic city, mom and pop stores and columbia with big box stores and merry weather post pavilion. let's take a look at tonight's consumer alert. we have a massive lettuce recall from a california farm. it is single wrapped romaine and sold in several stores including here in maryland. it has a sell by date of august 19th. there are concerns it could be

tainted with e. coli. mitt romney and barack obama are doing the full court press to get your support but they're not the only ones pushing ahead. abc2 news joce sterman explains how scammers are using political races to wrangle your money. >> reporter: as the run for the white house reaches fever pitch, so does another one. >> it's the time for scammers to act. >> reporter: jodi thomas said they're acting up with a series of scams tied to the election. one thing they're trying is a poll with a bogus prize. >> did through the survey and the hook at the end you get a free crows or va -- crews or vacation -- cruise or vacation. >> reporter: they just take your cash. >> these can be really high pressure. if you say, you know i need to think about it.

let me call you back, they will turn the heat up to get you to give that financial information. >> reporter: but the bbb says you need to stay strong and say no thanks if you get one of those poll phone calls. any however that's really free doesn't require money up front. anyone who asks for it is pulling a scam. here's another scam. it involves donating to a canned you support. it's unwise to give to anyone because upcan't be sure who's on the other end of the phone. if you want to give, seek out the candidate on the web and given independently. gusty showers. here's the heaviest of the line situated over mt. carmel road. hempstead you saw gusty winds,

and let's go to the south. this is reisterstown. this will be moving into cockeysville, and columbia starting to see a rumble of thunder around columbia pike and this would be 70 going out toward mt. airy. this line will come through the city limits through the course of the evening. be prepared for a quick 30, 40-mile wind gust lightning tracker picking up on some lightning and eventually moving into towson. 83 from towson on north, be prepared. future scan shows the line progressing from 6:45 to 8:00 and over the eastern shore by 10:00. by 11:00 we'll see clearing skies. outside the harbor shot we're seeing the clouds coming into play. that's an indication the storm

is moving in the next 35, 40 minutes, 62% humidity. take a look at the rain cooled temperatures. we're not low 60s. 77 right now in the city. 77 easton. again, just a little ripple coming through the atmosphere. that's firing off the showers and storm. there's another one back over chicago. that moves through for tomorrow. isolated showers and storms back on the table for tuesday going into wednesday. it's because of this trough that dug. high pressure builds in. that will bring in milder temperatures and a little more in the way of humid conditions. 69 to 70. as we move the time line tomorrow morning starting out in the 60s on its way to the low 80s. it will be a similar scenario with those storms moving through the evening commute tomorrow. dry day for wednesday.

so it's a warming trend toward the latter portion of your book. take a look at the tracker. most is on this system moving toward the windward islands. a threat for florida and the caribbeans as we head into the weekend. we'll talk more about that during the 11:00 news when we get more information. >> 64 for the overnight. spot storm. your two-degree guarantee goes to 84. keep an eye on that spot shower and storm potential. a warmer day for wednesday. there's really a 30%, maybe 40% chance. not going to be a big deal. more communities than not will see a mixture. it's warmer. friday 86, 87. that muggy air comes back into play. that's where we should be or at least what we should be feeling for august, 87, close to 90. we start wet and will end dry

this week. >> not bad. >> not bad at all. how about those birds. see those goose bumps? come on. admit it. you didn't think the orioles would win two. this team, my friend, has fallen behind have the the first inning scoring seven runs getting there. 66th win of the year. they are the first team in more than 100 years to fall behind and come back to win. how about that? by the way, they're still the second wild car team. first pitch in arlington is set for a little after 8:00. as you wrap up your back-to-school shopping consider picking up extra supplies for students in nee.d you've done great so far. keep it coming. abc2 is working with the preston celebree learning center to collect school supplies.

here's the list. backpacks, pencils, packs of wide ruled paper and composition books. supplies can be dropped off at any of the 20 celebree learning centers. there's more information on our website at abc2news.com/school supplies. all right. let's dash outside and we'll cam back. we're on wilkins avenue at the beltway. everyone is getting home on time tonight. wççñçñ sweetie, you have to scrub it first.

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kelly joins us with a look at what's coming up tonight. new00, have you brushed off the idea of that prepaid cell phone plan? why it could save you. >> plus a look at what a new poll shows us is the biggest health problem facing our kids. those stories and more coming up tonight at 11:00f you join us then. >> that's good. i like that. we're counting down the days until katie couric's new show debuts. we're 21 days away. at 5 we told you what you wanted

to know about the bucket list. we got a few response. want to know what your yolo is. head to abc2news.com/facebook. >> you only live once for those who had to look it up. >> why don't we call it bucket list. >> yolo is hip and cool. >> we have a line of showers moving through the area. that will be into the city limits. give it another 45 minutes or so. this is our future scan showing it crossing the bay. everything is out by 11:00. we talk about the proppics -- tropics. we have a lot of people down in florida. we'll talk about that at 11. that's it for 6. we'll see you at 11.

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