barry simms joins us live in the studio now with the late breaking details. >> well, kai, the victim earnest p. curtis lived alone, his grandsons say the last time they had talked to him was the saturday before he died. now his family and police are definitely trying to find answers to his murder. >> i can't explain what the hurt is, baw because i'm still numb. >> the grandsons of earnest p. curtis describe the pain they are feel now that he's gone much. >> we're shocked, our whole family is shocked. we're not angry people. we're just shocked, and we look for answers for stuff like this, it's hard. >> leon and earnest brooks say their family is relying on the police investigation and hoping someone will come forward with information to help solve his murder. >> i was sitting here, and my wife was outside and my brother came in and told me that they found him. with a bag over his head, and stuff like that. >> on july 30, curtis was found dead in his wineberg place apartment. a family friend who had not heard from him got maintenance workers to open his door. curtis was found in his be

barry simms, wbal-tv, 11 news. >> they are beefing up security at johns hopkins campus in baltimore during the daytime. there will be an increased presence in response to a recent rash of crimes where hopkins staffers are being targeted in off-campus areas. >> officials with johns hopkins medical center acknowledge that there have been a number of robberies and an assault in the past couple of weeks in off- campus areas. they tell us now they are going to do all they can to keep residents around here safe, and employees, by beefing up security and taking other measures. it, the no doubt about hopkins medical campus in ease baltimore is expanding by leaps and bounds. with some of that growth, there are renewed concerns about safety. >> i have heard about incidents happening, but i have not seen or heard anything arsenal he -- anything personally. >> three off-campus incidents have raised concern, including a cell phone theft, and a robbery and assault. >> i see the security and police around quite a bit. i have not had any problems. says despite the warnings, she feels very safe and has not

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barry simms is live with the latest in the studio. he will vote -- >> he will continue undergoing treatment at the psychiatric hospital. a judge ruled that while competent to stand trial now, he was not criminally responsible at the time of the offense in may of last year. >> i have this great sense of emptiness. >> the harford county state's attorney speaking on behalf of the man from ghana. he came to the u.s. to further his education, but was brutally murdered. the man who committed the crime, 22-year-old alexander is now the committed to psychiatric hospital. >> there is conceivably a time when he is found ok to be released back into society. i do not think that is any time soon. that is always a concern of a condition like this. >> he pled guilty to admitting to attacking the man while he slept. he dismembered his body and ate his heart. his head and hands were found inside the home. police located the remaining body parts inside a dumpster in a church parking lot. is not onlyion disturbed by the crime, but also what happened bef

barry simms will be in the courtroom today i'll have more tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. there was a weekend double shooting that happened on saturday night at orchard street in west baltimore. men.e say someone shot two at last check, both victims were still in stable condition at an area hospital. >> president obama unveiled new changes to the nsa surveillance program. some big probe -- changes could be on the way. nikole killion is live with the latest. >> good morning. eric holder is expected to outline some new changes today. the plan includes scaling back harsh sentences for drug-related crimes. 40%ral prisons are about overcapacity right now. almost half of the inmate population is serving for a drug -related crime. new esident obama unveiled rules for the nsa. >> the president and congress are on vacation right now. when they come back, they are likely to face another showdown over the controversial surveillance program. the present announce new proposals to revamp the secrets of relevance -- surveillance program. his criticism of edward snowden >> i do not think

barry simms is following this story and will have the latest tonight on 11 news at 6:00. familiesatonsville, 2 are displaced after an moaning house fire. it happened a little after 1:00 this morning. homeowners as the flames broke t on his deck possibly because his grill or pain tank exploded. -- grill propane tank exploded. everyone in the house and a neighboring home made it out. firefighters say that the home was fully engulfed in flames when the crews arrived. >> somewhere in the house or outside of the house there was a collapse of the building itself, and that is why they are outside . they are not sending anybody inside. >> no official word on what sparked the fire. isturn to summer -- tony pann here. >> we jumped from september back into august. it is a little warm out there. the dew points of, but little bit -- the dew points have come up a little bit. 83 at the airport. dew point is 62. you would not call that oppressive, but it is higher than the 40s and 50s. we should make it into the upper 80s around baltimore. low to mid 80s in the mountains. maybe the mid-8