would like to disable my child's account if they feel like they are being bullied or if they feel they are being used in a certain way. >> reporter: so they have to know that snap shot exists and then have to know how to go in and shut it down. >> right. >> reporter: all right. thank you so much. >> all right. now all new, a random robbery in southwest ballot lead more. >> the victim is a high powered lawyer. jeff joins us now. >> reporter: deputies solicitor general is back at his home well on his way to recovery just three days after he came face to face with some armed robbers. with his greek revival pavillion and fountain union square park holds a special charm for baltimore. monday evening two men used it as their personal hunting grounds, hunting for someone to rob at gun point. >> he got out of his car.

he started to proceed down to his house. they accosted him at the corner. they grabbed him and there was a fight and i gather that one guy stepped back and fired a shot they hit him but they didn't seriously wound him. >> reporter: the victim, william brock man may spent his days waging legal battles on behalf of the state and on this flight he wasn't willing to go down without a fight. >> he is a young guy. he is in shape. he probably didn't realize they had a gun at the time. he took them on. he even had a broken arm taking them on. >> reporter: what happened next is no laughing matter for police. brock man bleeding from a gun shot wound tried to chase down the criminals on foot, sprinting on their heels for several blocks, before they finally split up and got away. >> he did yell. he did let out a loud yell and

then he did chase behind them, that was courage but we ask that you please not do that. >> reporter: police say several people called the police as brock man tried to chase down the men. officers and pirate ship made paramedics arrived with in a few minutes. if you saw anything that could help you are asked to call detectives with the southern district abc 2news. >> friends, family, classmates and strangers are spend thoughts to christian mullet since the thought she was shot by her ex-boyfriend. just weeks ago the ex-boyfriend showed up at her off campus place, shot her and her friend who died. police say that he turned the gun on himself. she survive but has spent weeks

recovering. this week she took to facebook to share some of what she had been going through and to give thanks for all the support she has received. the post reads i'm finally out of shock trauma and onto rehab. i have never been so amazed at the amount of help the community has come together to give myself and to my family. she talks about a her friend saying everybody needs to know how you saved my life that day. if you had not been there to protect me i know i would not be here to tell our story. as for her ex-boyfriend, she said you were never a bad person, just one who lost their way and couldn't get it back. i hope you have found a better place where you can find peace. >> police and fire crews in baltimore still trying to figure out what caused a parked truck to explode just hours ago on northern parkway. officials say that four homes were evacuated and those homeowners dealing repairs right now. the blast from the truck was so

strong that it blew them out. crews and police, arson, hazmat were called out to investigate. >> as the units arrived on the scene they came on this pickup truck that had the explosion that took place. the driver of the truck was out of the truck at the time. the members did arrive on the scene. >> start my truck. as in doing so, that's the result of it. other than that -- i don't know to much. >> the driver did have minor injuries but refused treatment. the fire department set up a safe zone keeping families out of the homes, act four of them out after the explosion. they are all back home tonight. investigators are still trying to find out what caused the truck to explode >> home should be a lot easier for drivers who got stuck behind a ten car crash this morning on southbound 83 at york road. the crash involved a tractor trailer that overturned and nine other cars. nobody was seriously hurt

it was shut down for hours while the screen was cleaned up if it happens on the roads we will tweet the latest information as soon as it comes in, where you need to go. where the delays are, wh routes are. you can find it on twitter. it was another picture perfect day. it started off chilly, had to put onto police jacket. let's check on the forecast with mike. >> you can cut me a check for all this nice weather? >> as long as it keeps coming. >> one more day and then saturday maybe some problems. right now not bad. 76 in town. this is the warmest day so far this week. 70s right around the bend. you go out toward the northern carroll closing in on 80. cooler in annapolis because of the southeasterly wind. right around 70 in annapolis. breezy conditions over many parts, take a look at the radar. not much to be found. planning through the course of this evening. partly cloudy skies, 68 degrees, cooling down and back

on to the news at 11, we will be down in to the 50s and much warmer by tomorrow were a temperature around 80. if you like the 80s here it tim comes. the heat is building down to the south and west. things could get interesting over the weekend. >> like the 86, man. okay. a crime spree trifecta. >> a police chase and a crash. amazing video. how it all came to an end. >> when we go out to eat we like to enjoy the moment and some times other people's children can get unruly, have you thought of calling the cops? one restaurant did. >> wow. >> and the new i-phone will have new features when it comes to your security. we will break it all down for you. [ bottle ] okay, listen up!

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to normal today. >> for thousands of employees today was the first day back since monday's shooting, only building 197 where it happened remains shut down. tonight we are learning more about the chilling encounter that a alabama family said they had with the shooter last month. linda boyd said that she was with her family at the norfolk airport when her family had a confrontation with alexis. she realized now that they were right to be afraid. >> he looked like he was troubled, like something was wrong. like you could tell his behavior or something wasn't right with him mentally. >> imagine that. watching on tv and making that connection alexis wrote the words better off this way and my elf weapon his gun. >> caught on camera a shooting triggered the police chase,

crash and s.w.a.t standoff in two counties, look at that video. two women were killed. the suspect then led police on a high speed chase. the suspect hit another car. there was an hourlong standoff. it ended with the suspect dead of a gun shot wound. it's unclear who shot him. >> telephone key pad a crash left a camper on the edge of an overpass. this happened on a new jersey lieway. state police shut down the road to get it up right again and fortunately nobody was hurt. >> now, on abc2, maryland's most accurate forecast. >> beautiful day. we will give it a ten today. it was beautiful. take a look. lot of blue sky. belaire, 75 degrees. warmest, that's for the entire week today and it'll get warmer tomorrow. dew points are coming up -- around 55 so feels like around 77. bay water temperature down to 75, sunset now at 7:08.

by next week prior to 7:00 we are talking about a sunset. that's depressing. 8:00 temperature around 68. we are falling to 61 at 11. we will be in to the 50s again for tonight and then eventually 74 at lunchtime should bring us into the 80s by tomorrow. so we maxed out this afternoon at 77 degrees, we should be at 77 so we are right at average and the record back in 1983 hit 94 degrees. headlines comfortably cool we will call it tonight. we will be into the 50s, hands down the best day is tomorrow. 80 degrees. low humidity. it'll be beautiful and unfortunately mom, nature is not going to play nice by the weekend. we are talking more showers and will talk more about that in a second. it's 76 in the city. low 70s to the north and west. annapolis at 71. the wind off the bay right now and dew points, they are starting to climb. it'll get a little stickier by tomorrow. have you noticed the dew point trend right now in that

comfortable threshold. by tomorrow afternoon dew points will spike to around 75. that's that puppy feel that will come in as we go into tomorrow afternoon. for the time being clear skies right now. it's dry, comfortable. not a drop on the radar from the eastside to the westside of the state. high pressure still in control. back out to the south and west. there is heat, humidity and storms and this will be a problem as we go into the day on saturday. so 75 in the city right now. 77 out toward morgantown. on to the south. 80s and 91 right now in st. louis. not going to get that hot here but we will see a piece of this warmth in our direction. for tonight 50s. to the north and west low 50s. lots of sun. pushing 80 and as we get into your day on saturday the clouds will inland s will increase. when does the rain move in and we think around 11:00 in the morning north and west of the city. by the afternoon steadier showers around the 3:00 hour

and that will keep the temperatures in to the low 70s. quick look at the tropics, this system we will have to watch over the bay. national hurricane center has about a 60% chance of that developing in to jerry. if you look at some of the computer forecast models, well, you know it's all over the place right now. we will see how this unfolds right now indications we won't see much from the tropics. we will have to watch and see if it forms. double nickel tonight in the city. mostly clear skies, comfortably cool. not that chilly. into tomorrow afternoon the two degree guarantee brings us to 80. this is maryland's most accurate seven day forecast. showers will develop after the lunchtime hour. we have a whole lot going on on sunday. we have susan's cause, the swim arouse america. we think that the showers will diminish after around ten. with slow clearing late in the day and it's beautiful by next week. >> all right. who is on the phone? >> [inaudible]

>> i thought -- she is back here getting coffee, 50-yard dash. >> calling me out. >> great exercise. in the studio and outside of course, great cause and . >> wyatt live tonight to fill us in on swim across america. he suits up for it every year. >> reporter: well this is year number four and it just grows every year. swim across america. it is a swim that is dedicated to fighting cancer and funding cancer research right here in baltimore. they do the cutting edge research in the united states but especially right here in maryland for people who have come down with every kind of cancer there is really. it's a huge effort and it does take a lot of funding. with that in mind i want to bring in brian regan.

you have been one of the sponsors of the swim across america with capitol one. talk act what is means for capitol one to be involved. >> thank you for having us. we are very excited to be here for the second year as the presenting sponsor for swim across america baltimore. capitol one, we are very excited to being a local bank. we are a local bank. one of the things we do is we like to get involved with local community groups and nonprofit organizations and just give back to the communities in which we live, work and do business. we are opening four branches in baltimore this year which is one of the reasons we are putting such a great effort to getting involved in the community. we had one where open where there is a ribbon cutting ceremony on saturday at ten including a member of the ravens team. everybody should come and see him. we are open now at monk's player judge and later in more

branches. >> its been critical to have your involvement and i know all the swimmers appreciate what capitol one has done. i will have to ask your employees, what's in your wallet? >> that's one of the best questions out there. we are happy to be hundreds here. everybody has had a loved one or family member and we really want to support that and the research and prevention. >> we appreciate it so much. thank you very much. very quick check of the forecast for the big swim coming up on sunday morning this is for the bay swim and you will note that there could be some showers remaining as a front blows through this weekend. could be breezy, water temperature looks warm, air temperature as cool as 60. here on saturday night there could be rain as well. we will talk to some of the swimmers, amazing stories, straight ahead. >> coming up, some kids leads

to a call to the police. the parents got a warning for criminal trespassing. >> and nicu nurses, they help the tiniest babies. we will introduce you to a baltimore county couple who are parents to a healthy set of twins because of the nicu.

. it's tonight's hot topic. it's supposed to be a family friendly restaurant but this one was anything but for one family with two active young boys. the 1-year-old and 3-year-old were at dinner with their

parents when they started making noises and walking around like liting kids do. their dad said he had them under control but the manager approached and asked them to leave. they did just that but once they got outside in the parking lot the police arrived. >> my children, this is --. >> that's disrespect. because this never happened in my life. >> the parents got a warning for trespassing but eventually got an apology from the restaurants. they were offered a free dinner. they said they will go somewhere else. >> [inaudible]. >> we don't want it. >> all right. a 14-year-old girl back with her family after a scary kidnapping. two suspects in custody. this girl went through -- you will hear more but there are still more at large.

why she was taken. >> and tons of personal information on your phone so you need to keep it secure. we are going to explain what new options you have for your password protection. >> and thousands of babies born every year but the tiniest ones have to stick around for an extended stay. meet >> and if you loved today you will really love tomorrow but there are some problems out to the west it's an issue for saturday. we will have the forecast coming up.

. breaking news we brought you at top of the show. >> a retired baltimore county fire captain has been charged with sexual offenses against a minor. >> we know him as bird man. he was arrested yesterday after allegations were made last month and what we know so far is that the victim was in their early teens when the alleged

abuse happened but it wasn't until late last month when it was reported to police. he retired from the fire department in 2008 but he was -- we know him as baltimore's bird man. he is currently out on $750,000 bond. >> taking a look at other stories making the news tonight. a lawyer with the attorney general shot during an armed robbery the william brock hit by a pitch is already back -- brockman is already back at home. he chased after the criminals but they got away. anyone with information is asked to call the police >> did you feel this afternoon? around the corner. a truck exploded on northern parkway blowing out windows in nearby homes. a vapor explosion was set off by an open can of freon left inside the truck. four homes were evacuated but the people who live there are back home right now. the driver of the truck refused

treatment >> 5:30. it's beautiful out there. look at just some sun and clouds right now. most of the temperatures in to the 70s across central maryland from the city to the north and west. we will trade them off in to the low 50s for tonight. dew points also coming up so a little stickier into tomorrow. if you are heading up the bay this evening just a little breezy, winds ten to 15. water temperatures -- it'll get chilly tonight. we are down to 51 with 50s for the over night. nothing in the midatlantic but to the north and west nasty thunderstorms, rock and rolling north of kansas city. this will be a problem for us by saturday we will time it's arrivalon on the seven day. >> all right. thank you. new, this is not good ne. expect to pay more on the next water bill. >> did you see the last one? >> the baltimore city department of public works is rolling out the first set of bills with new stormwater fees.

your fee depends on the size of water resistance services on your property like your roof or driveway or walkway, sidewalks, for a single family home the fees range from ten to $30, four times a year. >> now outside of the city the fees vary from county to county. to find out what the stormwater fees are going to be where you live you can log on to the website. we have a break down of all the tax plans, find it on the featured content section. >> all right. more than a million dollars in three years, that's how much money swim across baltimore has raised for the cancer center at hopkins. >> wyatt is live where they will raise more money this weekend. you have been talking about this all week. >> reporter: it just means a lot to me personally and for a lot of the people out here. we have all been touched by cancer at some point. three of my four grandparents had it, two of the three did not survive, one did.

that's what we are all about is that cutting edge research in baltimore at john hopkins. we are trying to fund that and swim an extra hard one to three miles for that cause. with that in mind i want to bring in one alyssa, how are you? >> good. >> reporter: i understand that you have been doing quite a job. are you in the lead for the under 18-year-old fundraiser right now. how is that going? >> it's good. i have won it the last three years that i have swam and those are my only three years. right now i'm at 8400 and really happy. >> reporter: 8400. you are knocking on the door of 10,000. people can still googlel the swim across america page. search your name and maybe help get you to that ten thousand mark. we hope that happens. very briefly, there is a personal reason why you got involved. you are going to swim a third mile and are you raising money,