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. >> baltimore city police are trying to track down the gunman who walked into an essex barbershop and shot an employee. shelton dutes joins us live with the latest on this story. >> police are looking for two suspects believed to be connected to that shooting in the barber shop behind me. even though the victim is ok, people who live in this area say they are shaken up by what happened. police said 39-year-old man who work here was a victim of an afternoon shooting in front of the shop. >> this is really scary. families go in there to get their hair done. it is scary situation. >> two suspects walked into the barber shop and confronted a man who was working in the barber shop. and there were some kind of words exchanged and he was shot. >> the victim was rushed to the hospital with non life- threatening injuries and is expected to be ok. police have not release his name bought -- have not release his name, but local neighbors identified him as chris. loughner county police only have a vague description of the suspects and spent the afternoon canvassing the surrounding area, looking fo

. >>> baltimore county police trying to find who masked men who robbed an essex family at gown point. they were leaving their home through the garage when they were confronted by the masked man. one of them was armed with a gun. >> the two suspects forced the family back into the home at gun point. they taped all of them including the little girls and they demanded to know where the money was. . >> reporter: they stole a safe from the home and took off with the family's van. investigators say it was a neighbor who saw the men take something out of a van and load it into a gold sedan. they called police. the detectives don't believe the incident was random. they are asking anyone with information to call. >>> mother of a 3-year-old said she is still having nightmares after getting a call from a coordinateer at her son's kay care center saying she saw a male employee on top of her son with his pants down but the mother said that call didn't come until two days after the incident. she said she asked the coordinator why they weren't told earlier. >> she said at the time -- this is a first

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an hour. southbound 702 in essex because of an accident involving a bus. outbound lanes are shut down -- southbound lanes are shut down. the left lane getting by on the east side of the beltway. some of fire activity in the moncton region at jarrettsville plight. orleans near broadway in the city is closed because of the johns hopkins building dedication. everything will reopen tonigheot is is traffic coming towards the bay bridge and we are not tracking any delays but volume is starting to build on the other side of the bridge. this is franklin boulevard and a buildup of volume southbound. things start to build prior to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> falling in nationwide sea of protest, a man has been arrested for killing trayvon martin. >> the special prosecutor said there is enough evidence to charge george zimmerman with murder. tara mergener has more. >> florida officials have charged george zimmerman with second-degree murder, and federal charges could also follow. >> i cannot share where current efforts will lead us. in thi

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an accident on 100 westbound at 29 and another accident in essex still blocking that road in deal nowhere is an accident there and orleans street closed in the city for the hopkins building dedication. there is a look at your speeds on the beltway. there is a look at the west side at exit 17. there is a look at the beltway at pulaski highway. that traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. back over to you, don. >> thank you, this morning members of a church wonder why someone would set fire to their place of worship. investigators have determined the fire is a case of arson. the fire spread to the entire structure and caused the roof to collapse. damages are estimated to be up to half a million dollars. the congregation says the building will be rebuilt. >>> not guilty. the twin brothers accuse of sitting a pit bull on fire are acquitted. members of the jury say there simply is not enough evidence to convict them. this is the second time they were tried for setting the pit bull on fire. back in 2009 the first trial ended in a hung jury. >>> this morning a man is

. >>> and police are searching for suspects who were tied to an -- tied a essex family and robbed them. a week ago two masked men forced the dad and two girls into the home. they were tied with up duct tape and shoved in closet. a neighbor called police saying they saw men loading ?awf gold sedan. >>> more -- loading stuff into a gold sedan. >>> today towson university are giving students a taste of the action and sherrie johnson is live to explain what's going on and gib us a tease a -- and you gave us a tease. >> reporter: that's right. we are here at towson university where we are preparing for operation stat. we have hundreds of volunteer students working on a mock drill exercise to educate people on what to do in case of a earthquake. this morning i have colonel wayne nelson with the maryland defense force joining me live. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> reporter: first of all, tell me a little bit about what is going on here today. you have a lot happening. >> we have a lot happening. we are just beginning. the scenario is an earthquake hit the towson area at 10 p.m. yest

thousand competitors is in a bid to catch drug cheats will be based at this new board tree in essex it covers an area as big a seven tennis courts and all the samples taken from the athletes will be bought brought right here experts say the technology used to catch offenders is improving all the time and great strides have been made since their last summer olympics which saw eighteen athletes disqualified the day. four years have gone since the beijing olympics and besides ranching very rapidly the mass spectrometers that we use the very sophisticated instruments. the components for. blood or urine are very specific and there are far more sensitive. and they can actually work far more rapidly and make it funny how does the idea of competing in a two hundred fifty one kilometer race stand will pretty horrible expect to most people but imagine doing it in the heat of the it's a hard day as it will that is exactly what is going on at the moment in american this saga of the marathon of the stans as it translates as an annual race instead of morocco competitors have six days to complete the ultra mar

an accident, essex, a pedestrian struck at alpine road. another one at jessup road. and moravia.fx delay. this is the accident that we have. the traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. 1-800-the-firm, or visit cochran firm .com for a free consultation. >>> thank you. >>> in the news, a three alarm fire that destroyed a plating company plant in the canton area. monique has the story. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. it did take firefighters several hours to get this fire under control and this morning they're still on the scene, putting out several hot spots. now, flames first shot into the sky last night around 8:30 when the fire broke out. it happened at a plating factory in the 1,000 block of baylis. heavy smoke forced dozens of folks to evacuate their homes. at one point 1500 homes lost power. all but 62 have been restored. no injuries have been reported. and flames did not spread to nearby homes. and because of this fire -- the cause of the fire is still under investigation this morning. >>> a local civil rights leader finds himself in jail over the weekend

great many bad and fled the scene police were right behind him garbage cans at fence in an alley way near 75th and essex got away people in the area left out rich by yet another shooting. >> in this area very terrible always shooting or killing always getting very bad over here. latest from police no one in custody in the last few minutes one injured 17 year-old was released from schroeder hospital did not want to talk about what happened today girlfriend of accused murder suspect william balfour testified he admitted to killing family members to the singer jennifer hudson family told the jury shonta cathey william balfour a detailed account of shootings later captured by police in her home william balfour accused of killing brother darnell donerson mother and seven year old nephew julian king. william balfour estrange wife fight also evidence is william balfour in the immediate area of the whole jennifer hudson when the killings occurred explaining how a cellphone calls picked up by cell phone towers few short blocks from the crime scene. chicago police search cta format sexual abuse of orange line tra

two men walked into a barbershop on maryland avenue in essex yesterday afternoon, got into a fight with an employee there and they shot him. the victim is 39 years old and he was rushed to the hospital and he is expected to be okay we're told. >>> and an update this morning on a raid that happened at the flea market in southwest baltimore. five people have been charged with selling knockoff handgun and designers shoes. there's a search for a fifth person identified as 39-year- old bobba torre. >>> statues are being unveiled this morning. this one the first one that's happening and it's happening this weekend. so charlie crowson is live this morning down at the yard with a preview of who they're going to honor. charlie? >> reporter: hey megan. good morning to you. you know one of the great things about the orioles' franchise is the celebration of their legend and we've got a long list of names and like you said, beginning this weekend and for the next six months a sculpture of six of the living legend will be unveiled but you know when you come here the first statue that will greet you is t

an accident on 32, another one 10 southbound. 29 at 70 an accident, another accident essex still blocking the beltway. there is a look. this is traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. >>> don, back over to you. >> thank you, twin brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire in this city has been cleared of all those charges, andrea fujii has their story. >> reporter: don it took an jury just one hour to reach their verdict. they say there wasn't enough evidence. this is the second time they were tried for setting fire to a puppy nicknamed phoenix in 2009. the first trial ended in a hung jury. animal abuse advocates say it helps future investigations. they will be back in court next month on unrelated charges. back to you. >> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next more about visa fraud in this country and how one corporation is charged with bringing workers here illegally. again a gorgeous shot, live shot from our harbor, it is a sunny if slightly chilly morning out there. # land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil is made with sweet cream canol

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an accident. down to 15 mi. on the west side. 795 backed up out of owings mills. 26 miles per hour on the outer loop north side. alpine road in essex5 out of the northeast. telegraph road, there is a crash coming in. further south, on ritchie highway, watch for an accident. here is what it looks like on the j.f.x. will switch over to pickwick live look at 295. tony has a check on your forecast. >> at least of the heavy rain is gone. 42 at the airport. it will feel like i guess in the 30's. -- it is in the 30's. mixture of light rain and snow showers. even a couple snowflakes around baltimore. will not be steady, though. high temperatures in the 40's, wind chills in the 30's. >> another update at 8:56. your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> 8:30 on this monday morning. the 23rd of april, 2012. what a happy crowd this morning. it's a little warm outside. as you can see, that is not dampening the spirits of our crowd here at rockefeller plaza. they're saying hello to none other than jack black. he'll be coming up in this half hour. we'll tell

sheila oliver, an african- american woman from essex county, our most democratic county, stood up, and voted for the bill, posted the bill with only one-third of her caucus supporting her. they said they did it because we are partnering with the governor to do the right thing for the people of our state. i agree with steve, leadership counts. what do we see in new jersey? we are now in a budget situation where we are not dealing with multibillion-dollar deficits. instead, i was able to propose a budget this year, the first income-tax cut in new jersey in over 15 years. a 10% across-the-board income- tax cut. here is the amazing thing. you expect the democrats would be arguing with me about it. the majority of democrats are saying, we have to cut taxes. they're just arguing with me about how to cut the taxes. you know what that means. we have already won the argument. what matters is we have changed a place like new jersey to understand the very principles that the president was talking about when he stood up here a few minutes ago. if you want to grow jobs in new jersey, you have to le

essex. two men walked right into the place on maryland avenue. got into a fight with an employee and then shot him. he was rushed to the hospital and he is expected to make it. if you have any information police would like to hear from you. >>> police have made four arrests in that st. patrick's day beating. the attack that happened in downtown baltimore. shatia bald win was taken into police custody wednesday night. this video was all over the internet. it went viral after a man was shown being beaten and robbed and stripped of his clothes. they arrested three others in the case. >>> well coming up high winds make a routine landing pretty tough for some planes. we're going to show you the video that might have you thinking ooh i might want to wait on the tarmac in tough weather. >> also ahead this morning more information on the arrest in the phylicia barnes' case. that story coming up. we're going to talk live with a man who was very close to the investigation and close with the family every step of the way. >> and we have showers on maryland's most powerful radar this

sheila oliver, an african- american woman from essex county, our most democratic county, stood up, andrd of her caucus supporting her. they said they did it because we are partnering with the governor to do the right thing for the people of our state. i agree with steve, leadership counts. what do we see in new jersey? we are now in a budget situation where we are not dealing with multibillion-dollar deficits. instead, i was able to propose a budget this year, the first income-tax cut in new jersey in over 15 years. a 10% across-the-board income- tax cut. here is the amazing thing. you expect the democrats would be arguing with me about it. the majority of democrats are saying, we have to cut taxes. they're just arguing with me about how to cut the taxes. you know what that means. we have already won the argument. what matters is we have changed a place like new jersey to understand the very principles that the president was talking about when he stood up here a few minutes ago. if you want to grow jobs in new jersey, you have to leave more money in the hands of the people who create t

scheele oliver, an african- american woman from essex county, are most democratic county in new jersey, stood up and voted for the bill, posted the bill, with only one-third of our caucus supporting it. they said they did it because they were partnering with the governor to do the right thing for the people of our state. i agree with steve, leadership does count. so now, what do we see in new jersey? we are now in the budget situation where we are not dealing with multibillion-dollar deficits. instead, i was able to propose a budget this year proposing the first income-tax cuts in new jersey enough for 15 years. 10% across the board income tax cut. here is the amazing thing. you expected democrats to be arguing with me about it. the majority of them are saying yes, we have to cut taxes. they are just arguing about how to cut taxes. now we are just dickering over the details. what matters is, we have changed a place like new jersey to understand the very principles that the president was talking about when he stood up here a few minutes ago. if you want f you want to grow jobs in new je

an outpatient center and six other firefighters were hurt. investigators are still looking for leads in the arson. >>> and tonight, one of the prostitutes involved in the is essex scandal is going public. the fallout might be far from over. tom fitzgerald is covering the story. anymore response from the white house? >> reporter: fox news is reporting that three more agents are being forced out from the secret service. we know new the face of one of the women of the center of the controversy who appeared on today's pages of the new york daily news. her nail is sedillo suarez, 24 years old and she fled cartajena, colombia, following the photographs. she will remain cooperative with the u.s. investigators. she previously told the u.s. times a u.s. secret service agent agreed to pay her $800 for sex and to only give her $28. the white house press brief today, the press secretary jay carney said he did not know if president obama personal knew any of the agents under suspicion. >> i am not aware that he does. i don't know that he doesn't. i'm not familiar with the names, although i understand some names have been published. >> and three other agents had lost their j

an embarrassment for this post conviction hearing, laura. >> thank you for bringing us up to date. thank you, paul wagner. >>> homeland security secretary janet napolytowno testified on the hearing of the is essex scandal. president obama was never at risk she said as a result of the prostitution scandal at the colombian hotel. she called the alleged behavior by secret service employees, quote, inexcusable and said the secret service director is doing everything he can to get to the bottom of it. >> d investigation implicated 12 secret service personnel. eight individuals are now separated from the agency and the secret service is moving to permanently revoke the security clearance of another and three of the employees involved have been cleared of serious misconduct and will face appropriate administrative action. >> a dozen military personnel were implicated. leon pinetta said they have had their security clearances suspended. >>> newt gingrich claims he would fight until the convention and appears he's poised to drop out of the race. mitt romney swept all five northeastern primary states yesterday and that could be the final straw for the gingrich campaign. a spokesman said gingrich and romn

essex properties, ess. that is apartment reits they've done incredibly well. i think that's a trade on a correction that you want to find out as an opportunity and buy it. digital realty trust. that's technology reits, again, that's a great smpace to be in. any correction you want to buy it. >> anybody from warren buffett to tom that's talking about buying real estate you look at the people that profit from people going in there and fixing them up, making them rentable, average spend is somewhere between 9,000 and $13,000 to fix them up for rent. that goes to home depot, that goes to lowe's. so i buy those on dips. a quick question, i was at a distressed equity conference yesterday, and everybody was talking about europe because when they were talking about the availability of assets in the united states, they said there are good ones here, but they're much closer to fair value in their opinions than the units are overseas. what's your opinion on that? >> yeah you know, it's a great theoretical and intellectual theme, totally impractical. because the european legal and banking system does not work like ours. so the idea of forecl

essex county jail. he was strip searched again. the only difference was they added to this strip search squat and cough. >> warner: justice kennedy wrote said this was not an ununconstitutional search. >> he brought a civil rights claim saying that his fourth amendment rights had been violated by the strip search. justice kennedy basically gave four reasons for saying this was not unreasonable. first he said that the strip search allows prison officials to detect and deter contraband coming into a jail. it also prevents diseases from coming into the jail population, and helps prison officials identify and isolate gang members. finally justice ken kennedy said that sometimes people who are arrested for minor offenses turn out to be very dangerous. he pointed to timothy mcveigh, the oklahoma city bomber, who was stopped for driving without a license plate just hours after the oklahoma city bombing. >> warner: justice breyer wrote the dissent for four of the justices. >> yes he did. he was joined by justices ginsberg, society mayor and kagan. justice breyer felt there wasn't enough evidence here to justify strip searching people who committed minor offenses.

essex and then shot him. he is expected the survive the wounds. both men got away. >>> the woman in custody for stabbing her infant child inside an office in east baltimorer a bail hearing. police say 29-year-old kenisha thomas attacked her during on tuesday morning. a male employee at the office rushed in and was able to restrain her. an investigation is underway into how thomas could get a large kitchen knife past security and its metal detectors. >>> in baseball, the orioles' home stand will continue through the weekend when the athletics come to town and sunday afternoon it's masn on wjz. you can see the game sunday afternoon at 1:30 live right here on wjz 13. and stay with wjz 13 maryland's news station, complete news and first warning weather today at ,,,, ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announ

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