assigned as the instructor. tuesday kern was training -- was the training instructor working with about 50 trainees at the abandoned rosewood facility. it is standard top use simunitions. these shoot paints pellets. we know now that did not happen as kern issued his firearm, striking a trainee in the forehead. this is under criminal investigation. maryland state police is the lead agency but it's also being looked into by the professional and accountability bureau. anthony batts requested a full investigation by the training commission. we're told that process started this morning with members of the commission on site early this morning. brian kuebler, abc2 news.

training by the police department is exriewtion in keeping officers sharp. every year officers trained to upgrade to maintain their skills. >> one of the places is rosewood, but why there? rosie? >> reporter: why proswood, indeed. the question should not be why use this place but actually it's perfect to hone the skills of officers. you'll only find private security cruising around the site which was closed in july of 2009. we're talking about classrooms, offices, apartments and the homes. this is perfect for the police to use as they figure out different training scenarios. many have used it including baltimore county police. the police spokeswoman said officers have done training on the site but most of the time they use the aberdeen proving ground, lots of buildings, lots of space but on any of their trainings they do not use any

type of live ammunition and use simulated weapons every where else. every weapon -- why use rosewood in the first place? there are a finite places where police can do such training. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. funeral arrangements are set for the university of maryland student who was shot earlier this week by his roommate in college park. stephen stephen rane will be remembered sat i.d. yesterday we spoke to his former english teacher who said stephen rane was passionate about writing. he will be buried in frazier. all right. you're looking live right now at the beltway 83 where traffic is looking a million times better than this morning. >> the rush hour was more like a

packed parking lot. >> that's where meteorologist wyatt everhart comes in. let's head over to the storm center for the latest on what we can expect and could it be a repeat tomorrow? >> i don't think a repeat tomorrow morning. it was tough. we said the slushy coating could freeze up. that was the concern. now dry conditions. high temps have been in the mid to upper 40s today, so we melted off just about everything that fell. most of the grassy areas, shaded spots but 51 downtown. as we take a broader perspective we're in a nice dry slot. we'll stay there. a clear start to your friday morning. it's tomorrow night into saturday that we're tracking a new system. we'll talk about that coming up. enjoy a pleasant valentine's evening. >> this breaking news update should come as no surprise. >> anne arundel police said they

got more than 60 crashes in two hours. >> don harrison has more on what led to many of the crashes, including one that was deadly. >> reporter: the only people busier than tow truck drivers this morning were police and paramedics. >> we had a lot of accidents because of the weather. may have been expected. couple that with rush hour, it made for a treacherous right in for a lot of people. we had a few accidents. >> reporter: police may have between 6:00 and 8:00 this morning they got calls for more than 60 crashes and at least three of them involved their own. >> everybody was subject to treacherous conditions. >> reporter: the worst of the crash was this fatal collision. an 18-year-old woman was ejected from her car when she lost cell an -- control and ran into a cement truck. many had roadblocks like this so the police and paramedic cost

deal with the accidents. >> it was crazy. >> reporter: jim was driving in the icy conditions this morning. even though he had a four-wheeled draff it took him 4345 minutes to travel the stretch of ritchie highway. >> it's a big bobsled. you slide all around. four wheel drive does nothing on the ice. it's probably worse than a front wheel drive car because it's sliding all around and it's more weight. >> reporter: police said most of the accidents were minor and didn't involve injuries. in anne arundel, don harrison. an update on a fire that burned a mother and two young children. it started in the bedroom in the second floor apartment just after 10:00. they suffered very serious

burns. the woman was taken to the bayview burn center. both boys were taken to hopkins. sadly, smoke alarms were not operating. two other people got out safely. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. you can get the breaking news by signing up at our website. you can also fouls at abc2 news. continuing coverage at this hour of two cases where a man exposed himself to girls in columbia. howard county police arrested 49-year-old steven lair last night and charged him with indecent exposure for flashing a group of girls in the columbia mall in january. police released this surveillance picture of lair a couple weeks ago and said he was caught doing the same thing to an employee of the mall's housekeeping staff last night. lair was released after posting

a $7500 bond. police are investigating the possibility that he exposed himself to two girls just days ago. all right. a baltimore dentist faces charges for practicing without lap license. >> he's also the focus of an abc2 investigation. joce sterman is in northwest baltimore to explain. >> reporter: well, the doctor has been without lap license since tween. he is accused of acting as a done ties anyway and the state's attorney's office is far from his only problem. tonight at 11, we'll explain why press and hundreds of other doctors and dentists are on the radar of the federal government. the government calls them dead beats because they haven't paid back tens of thousands of dollars loaned by the government even though they graduated

decades ago. plus, we'll show you what happened when we asked dr. press about his failure to pay. the board said your license has not been renewed. why are you operating? >> i'm not. >> reporter: you're dressed in scrubs. you don't want to come out and talk to us? now in court today when dr. press did not show up, his attorney asked the judge not to issue a bench warrants in this case saying he has concerns about his client's mental health. the judge agreed to that and did not enter a bench warrant only because dr. press' attorney agreed to make sure the doctor showed up in court. we're live in northwest baltimore. back to you. people drink them for energy, but they can be

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the label changes come as the food and drug administration investigate whether the drinks are too dangerous for teenagers. a look had the downtown baltimore, sunny skies. 47 degrees right now. the air is dry but not extremely so. sunset is at 5:43. days getting longer. that snow melting off across most of maryland today, shady areas. they saw some snow. in the state capital light breeze on the severn river. dundalk bright sunny skies, can't make out too much snow on the campus of ccbc but there is some snow up to the north. no question pass you move toward the state line and pockets of wintry precipitation on the ground. current winds are light. not much wind to deal with on

this valentine's evening. dress extremely warm. as we look at the numbers, you can see we're not mid-40s for the next hour or so. not all that bad. clear up and down the mid-atlantic. we're in a nice dry slot of weather. things will begin to change as we work into friday afternoon and especially overnight into saturday morning. that's when we'll have a question mark with exactly what the weather will do for that very first part of the weekend. you see what happens as we move into the day tomorrow. we're generally sunny early on. area of low pressure in the tennessee valley tough to make out and coastal energy. these two areas will merge as we go into late tomorrow night into early saturday morning. the convergence of these two systems coming together late tomorrow night and early saturday and making its run up the coast it's possible we'll get wraparound wintry showers as

early as midday saturday or saturday afternoon. how much precipitation we'll see -- tomorrow will be a very warm day as we stay in the dry spot. low 50s on the board. any winter weather will not have a lot of success sticking. we can expect a slushy coating by early saturday. snow showers could linger by mid-saturday. a little bit of a winter wild card. on the board just this one clipper system making its way through michigan. this is relatively light snow. this will track to the east but all eyes on this secondary system. low pressure over the tennessee valley, ultimately two different scenarios. this phases up late and the bulkheads out to sea. it would strengthening earlier. that would mean more wrap around

weather. so we'll be watching that. in the meantime clear and crisp. look at those romantic stars. 52 tomorrow, some sun early. clouds increasing. 34 tomorrow night. some snow coming in through the overnight hours or mixed showers. again, you see how warm it will be ahead of the system,. as any weather begins, i expect it to be rain or a wintry mix. cold air will wrap in early saturday. it's the possibility of a changeover to snow. that's the way it looks right nowment wed and colder for -- right now. windy and colder for saturday. can you imagine being on that crippled cruise ship? it's timely being -- finally being pulled to port. >> we have latest on the

disgusting conditions onboard. >> reporter: we're getting our first look at the conditions on the disabled cruise ship, passengers camping out on decks and long lines of food. the job of towing the ocean liner toward mobile, alabama, is taking longer than expected. >> this is going to be a long day. >> reporter: long day indeed. in the afternoon more trouble. a pulley snapped causing another delay. >> the ship did not begin progressing back into the cruise terminal until approximately 2 p.m. >> reporter: several of the more than 4,000 people described horrible conditions with water and sewage running down the walls. >> we've been on the balcony ever since. >> reporter: carnival cruise lines disputes the accounts and said they are doing everything they can to make sure the people are comfortable. >> we'll provide all the food

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the officer who pulled the trigger and shot a trainee in the head has been identified. officer will yom scott kern, an 18-year veteran of the department is the one who shot

the trainee. >> within two hours there were 60 crashes on anne arundel road. an 18-year-old woman was killed in a deadly collision. police said most of the other accidents were minor and decide not involve anybody getting hurt. >> two young children and a mother burned in a house fire. the boys were taken to hopkins pediatric hospital and the woman to bay view burn center. smoke alarms were not operating. the cause still under investigation tonight. beautiful weather in the wake of that weather late last night and early this morning. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s, as high as near 50 today. now we're down to 45 in centerville. 42 in mt. airy. 40 in the state capital. you