what's what batts said. he held fire harm training off. the purpose is to give them a chance to determine what went wrong. the commissioner said he is using this tragedy to change not just police training but the culture in the baltimore city police department. >> this weapon that we carry on our hips, they are not toys. they're not here for games. they're not here for play time. we have a very serious job and we have tremendous responsibility. the constitution, the laws, give us trem machine dust responsibility and we're here to protect and teach our recruits properly. protocols are not for play. protocols are there to be followed. protocols there are to keep us safe. >> in addition to its internal investigation, the police department is the center of a criminal investigation by the maryland state police. the university of maryland police recruit had was shot in the head last week has been upgraded to serious condition. commissioner batts would not get into specifics about his condition but doctors said while he has a long road ahead of h

batts said training protocols are in place to keep people safe. he said they will peel back the onion of what happened and with the goal of it never happening again. >> what we're going to do is a comprehensive look at not just this creped but look at how we use guns, how we use tasers, how we use expandable batons and not just in training, how we use these weapons in every facet in listing this city as a whole. >> batts was not specific about which protocols were broken or how. officer william kern who fired that real round remains suspend as well as the old command staff. the recruit who has been shot has been upgraded to serious condition and is doing better than doctors originally expected. >>> an update on a high profile case. the attorney for michael johnson, the man accused of murdering phylicia barnes -- >>> the murder trial for the man who carried out one of the most violent crime waves in our history is being delayed. opening statements were supported to start has prosecutors proved jason scott murdered a mother and daughter in 2009. but

take me inside the department. >> we're told commissioner batts had a -- he's described as angry. he -- he suspended the leadership mapped suspended firearms training indefinitely until they figure out how this could happen. >> we have to figure out how. kelly? >> buying school supplies can add up quickly. imagine having to foot the bill for an entire class. >> and do annoying spam texts keep popping up on qlowr -- your phone? a way to stop them. irene, drop the itch. we dropped the itch, you can too. maximum strength scalpicin® is not a shampoo, so you can stop intense itch fast, wherever you are. i dropped the itch. drop the itch with scalpicin®. >>> your child's education is in front of the general assembly but more specifically their teachers. >> there's a push to give teacher as tax break on the school supplies they have to purchase out of their own pockets. a similar measure failed three times. >> reporter: not too many things are more important than the education of our children and some maryland lawmakers agree. >> it's a good chance for the sit of maryland to say thank yo

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. >> reporter: currently the baltimore city police department -- commissioner batts order add complete audit, suspended leadership until monday and training at the academy indefinitely. counselors are also helping officers cope. but none of that answers anything, not why a class of roughly 50 trainees comprised of several agencies were at a nonbaltimore training facility in the first place or how a live round got squeezed off in the process but here's what we can tell you. this is video from a baltimore city police training video back from 2009. abc2 investigators were given exclusive access to document what then commissioner fred bealefeld called standard training. many of the practices continue like the use of what's called simunitions. they are the only firearms iced in active -- used in active training. city police use real ammunition but only in a single file or sixth target scenario like the one pictured here but in most any other type of training, these blue simuntion guns are exclusively used. this is how it was explained to us in 2009. >> based on the glock, a 9-millimeter pis

as batt -- as police commissioner anthony batts said, he faces a long road. >> you can follow brian on twitter. >>> two days, two fatal crashes on the inner loop of the beltway. early this morning a car hit a tractor-trailer near pikesville. the driver was thrown from the vehicle, hit by another car and killed. the driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries. police and rescued crews shut down the inner loop. >>> a car fire leads to a shocking discovery. just after 5 fire crews were called to the 2100 block of north monroe street a couple blocks from cop pin state. after putting the fire out they discovered two bodies inside. the medical examiner is conducting an autopsy. >>> all brand-new at 35bg, a maryland man faces more than 20 animal cruelty charges after police discovered a makeshift puppy farm in his home. >> jeff? >> reporter: it was a person with the best of intentions trying to adopt one of the dogs after getting a glimpse. that person was responding to a web page that featured modeled dogs with handlers to match. what they found was a so-called rescued operation wi

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used his real firearm, pulled a trigger and but the a trainee right in the head, commissioner anthony batts also called for an audit of all training practices. that audit started in earnest this morning at police headquarters. >> this happened at the rosewood center. >> we turn to abc2's roosevelt leftwich with more. >> reporter: if you look at the old rosewood center, you might see little use in the oldie lap dated buildings. this is probably one of the perfect places. when the site was closed in july of 2009, more than 40 abandoned buildings were left on the site. now this is the perfect place are in police to use as they figure out different training scenarios. many different departments have used the old site including the baltimore county police. county police spokeswoman said county officers have done training at the site but most of the time they use the aberdeen proving ground, but they do not use any live fire training outside of their gun range and use simulated watches everywhere else. every training session has a commander to supervise. why use rosewood in the first place? he sa

that instructor made on medical leave this afternoon anthony batts calls the incident a major procedural breakdown. in the "session 2013 report," a senate committee is expected to vote on a bill today to finish it though the death penalty. the bill would be one step closer to passage. gov. martin o'malley urged the committee added house and senate to support his efforts to take the death penalty off the books. maryland currently has five prisoners on death row. >> kind of a blustery day to day. like yesterday. enough sunshine to keep us happy. the winds are aggravating that, and there is a big storm in the central part of the country, at least it could be for them. as far as we are concerned, it looks like more of rainmaker than a snowmaker. we will have to keep a close eye on this thing. we will look at how that affects as in the next 24 to the six hours coming up and a bit. >> sounds good. we are getting a closer look at the scene of a deadly fire in prince george's county this morning. firefighters pulled a man and three young girls from a burning home at the 8600 block of leslie ave.

. >> police commissioner anagony that -- anthony batts says that a review is underway about the department's use of guns and tasers. an officer accidently -- a training exercise, an officer axilla grabbed his service weapon. >> we are moving quickly to correct those to make sure that our employees are safe. >> major joe smith was introduced as a new director of training at the academy, which has resumed its academic duties. the trainee who was shot is recovering but has a long way to go. baltimore city fire officials have to double back in northeast baltimore to douse the same fire twice. the fire started at the 40's under block of green cross road around the night. firefighters were able to put out the flames, but the fire rekindled and reached two alarms. someone was living inside the home, but no one was inside at the time. no one was hurt in either fire. >> it is a cold weather pattern behind yesterday's rain and snow. we are seeing a little bit of sunshine today, but it is also very chilly. winds at 10 at 20 miles per hour. high temperatures today only in the mid-thirties. wind chills i

now commissioner batts is here at shock trauma. he arrived just after 3:00 as did plaque black. both of them as --s did well as -- mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. they have not given a firm time. they want to know what was happening at this facility which was not known as a training facility. christian schaefer is out here and will be monitoring it and bring you the latest coming up at 11. for now, we're live in baltimore. >> we continue to follow the breaking news. a student shot his roommate before killing himself. >> we go live outside the home. >> reporter: an awful day in college park. this house on 36th street, police say a student who many say was bril yent killed himself. before he did that he wounded one roommate and killed another. here's what happened. it all started just after 1:00 in this house on 36th street. 23-year-old dayvon maurice green set a small fire in the back of the house. when his roommates came outside they talked with green. when they went to get water, green pulled a handgun and opened fire. one roommate ran the other, 23-year-old graduate stad steph

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police leadership, including commissioner batts are here. we're waiting for police arrived before police will provide a briefing. baltimore city police confirming a trainee was shot and hurt during an exercise in owings mills. we'll stay on this situation at shock trauma and bring you the latest as soon as that press conference happens. >>> two university of maryland students are dead and third is in the hospital in what police are calling a murder suicide. >> a dwrad student shot his roommate, killing one and turned the gun on himself. rosie? >> reporter: a sad day for the entire college park community. a student, who by all accounts, was simply brilliant, tried to kill his roommate. a brilliant mind with a troubled heart. 22-year-old da von maurice greene used that to plot out a murder. two of greene's roommates noticed a fire. >> they walked toward the home to get some water to put out these fires. as they did, one of the students noticed the suspect rinto his w. that student then began to run away from the home. as he did, he heard gunsh

. >> reporter: immediately, the new city police commissioner, anthony batts shut down all police academy operations until a thorough investigation and review of all safety procedures can be completed. >> reporter: and wjz has learned several top commanders at the police academy have all been suspended as a result of this incident. >> one of the things that i want to make really clear is i probably have more questions than you have. it's just going to take time to get those answers to those questions. because for me, it's unacceptable. >> reporter: maryland state police now in charge of the investigation for now. they're not releasing any more details. >> reporter: in all, six of the top commanders at the police academy have been suspended during this investigation. as for that victim, the trainee, we are told that he is in critical condition right now. he is responsive. we don't know what that means. but he is responsive to folks in the room. and we also know that he is -- his family has asked that he not be identified. we know he's in his 40s. and he has only been with the university of

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 ammunit

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that was anthony batts. it features offices all over the city sending messages to the team. how will you be watching the big game? i need a chicken wings in one hand. >> one family takes superstitions to a new level. deborah weiner delivers the traditional dominance. >> i have the donuts. but see what i got. >>no. >> what's wrong? >> they are in the wrong order. >> this is all wrong? >> all wrong. this >> is a tough crowd. they do the same thing every sunday. it has worked so far. no reason to stop now. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have some spots where flooding is reported. 648 at nursery road. looking good on the west side of the beltway at liberty road. 11 minutes on the outer loop in the rthwest corner. 80 minutes between the 95's on 895. 65 on 70 down to the beltway. things are looking good east and westbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> no snow here on tv hill. it is kind of scattered around the area. 30 degrees at the airport. the atmosphere is drying. the other matchett

there was a batt between the two head coach brothers, joe flacco's mvp performance and the nonlip-synching performance from beyonce. >> the longest game. >>our hours and some odd minutes. thsuper bowl gives a big boost to businesses but one local company took a big hit. >> they're pretty happy about this. debra alfarone tells us the story of how 600 baltimore ravens fans might be sitting on brand-new living room furniture tonight watching this story. >> look at him go. past the 50. >> reporter: how does this. >> inside the 20, what a kickoff return, 109 yards and a touchdown. >> reporter: turn into this? again, an end zone dance into end tables for everyone? gardeners furniture, a baltimore based family owned furniture chain is giving away more than a half million coffee tables. f couches to before you run for the door, there's a catch. >> the deal was you had to come in thsday, friday, saturday or sunday and we cut it off at 3:00. >> reporter: that's gary molini. if the ravens one back either the opening kickoff or the second half kickoff for a touchdown, they'll let you have it for free

and at the end of the day, this was during the second battle for faluja and we were not in the batt bute we in neby area and what had happened was some of the insurgents who had been flushed out of faluja had been holed up in an area and we were ambushed in flight and they shot at us with a number of things. small arms...we were hit with small arms fire and a rocket propel grenade which is what exploded on me and we were able to land the aircraft. the last thing i remember trying to shut down the engines on an emergency shut down. >> she woke up a double amputee, losing both legs. how did it change her life? >> it'sreeing. it's been a gift and i choose to look at it as a gift. yes, my life is infinitely difficult physically. i can't do the things that are great passions in my life, you know my unit is deployed right now and there's a piece of my heart with them and i can't be there. it's given me a new mission and i get to do this for them. >> she wants to help the mitary with her new national platform. >> there's so many things that need to be done. i think there's a responsibility to,

. >> anthony batts said the trainee shot and wounded last week is still recovering but has a long wayo go. he was mistakenly shot in the forehead during a training exercise by william kern. kern remains on medical leave. police all looking for a break in the weekend murder of a student. police say somebody stabbed edmond st. clair on campus on saturday. the weekend incident has campus safety officials across the state taking a closer look at their emergency plan. >> the campus community wants to be safe and everybody has to be a part of that. we ask people to let us know what is going on so we can be proactive. >> police all looking for three male suspects and their late teens or early 20's. anyone with information should call maryland police. >> a proposal from mike miller about hiking the gas tax in maryland. miller applies a 3 cent sales tax on gas. the state could collect the difference if that is not imposed. the legislation contains another hike on property taxes. we'll have more throughout the day on 11 news and wbaltv.com. >> 32 degrees at the airport at 5:36. >> don't forget

commissioner batts made that request immediately after this week's tragic shooting. members of the commission spent several hours at police headquarters yesterday. they're trying to answer the same question we've been asking, why was there a weapon with live ammunition at a are training exercise. normally trainees and are instructors will sign over their firearm and live ammunition in exchange they get a specifically designed gun that fires paint ball pellets. for some reason that didn't happen and leading to officer william scott kern shooting a trainee in the head. that trainee remains at shock trauma in critical condition. and maryland state police continue their work in the criminal investigation. in a release today they said they will take their results to the baltimore county state's attorney who will determine whether or not to file criminal charges in this case. brian kuebler abc 2 news. >>> there will not be a new trial for former anne arundel county executive john leopold, his attorneys filed a motion a week aft judge found leopold guilty of misconduct in o

. >> anthony batts 1 named a new director of education and training today. he will introduce major joseph smith to recruiters and training instructors. smith replaces maj eric russell. the i-team learned william kern fired his service weapon during the exercise shooting the trainee in the head. he remains in critical condition this morning. there was a home invasion and robbery in north baltimore. a woman was heading to her apartment when a man came up behind their with a gun. police say the man took the woman's purse inside the apartment. >> i am scared about that. we thought this was pretty safe but it is not. >> it is not the first time this has happened in the committee. >> police say no one was hurt. >> a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a death of a student. police say edmond st. clair died on saturday night. he was stabbed after there was a fight on campus. anyone with information can call state police at the number on your screen. >> 5:07. oscar pistorius return to wait south african court room. >> lawmakers are considering a ba

anthony batts expressed frustration saying he wants to get to the bottom of it. the training facility has been shut down. jennifer franciotti reporting live. back to you. >> we will check your morning commute. we continue to do with west side delays. you can see a live picture shows traffic at a crawl. those delays stretch down to the beltway. 30 miles per hour or worse. we had some late clearing construction. that is the reason for the early delays. 19 minutes to get used to that stretch. traffic is not moving well this morning. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> at least the weather is cooperating this morning. we will sneak into the low 40's this afternoon. the temperatures will be above freezing. there could be some minor snow accumulations tonight. light rain and snow on the mid- atlantic. inchon in denver, 50 degrees -- sunshine in denver. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked, how far in advance do you prepare for valentine's day, either ordering flowers or buying gifts? valentine's day is

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police commissioner anthony batts said the department was not aware dozens of recruits were being taken to the abandoned facility. >> city police are acknowledging protocols were not followed. state police are conducting the criminal investigation. >> city police say they're hearing from hundreds of women on a hotline they set up for patients of a gynecologist, suspected of secretly recording exams. as of this morning, police have received up to 300 calls from dr. nikita levy's patients. he was fired from johns hopkins and was found dead in his towson home. police believe he committed suicide. if you are a patient of dr. levy's and are cashed, you should -- concerned, you should call. >>> new today, potential witnesses to the murder of a university of maryland eastern shore student. state police say this is video of a vehicle that drove by last weekend's murder scene. this is a still photo of another car that passed by the street, when 20-year-old edmond st. claire was stabbed to death. police students were -- students were seen running from the scene of the crime. there is a reward for

police commissioner anthony batts has visited his bedside. >> the doctors have said to me that he is progressing better than they expected. however, they said this is going to be a long road. and when you have those types of injuries that he sustained, you can never be too sure we're out of the woods at this point in time. >> reporter: after the shooting, they shut down the police training. six officers in the command have been suspended. an investigation has revealed a lack of staffing and supervision and that leadership didn't even know the old hospital site was being used for training. they are conducting an investigation into what happened. >> reporter: police say that major joseph smith is retiring from the force to take another job that he had already informed the commissioner about. lieutenant ross bizurra has 27 years on the force. at baltimore city police headquarters, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> more than 1 dozen officers were undergoing training when the shooting happened. >>> she's a long way from being a political household name. but that's changing for lau

today, a city police commissioner, anthony batts is naming joseph smith as the new department of education training section. last week, a training officer, william scott kern, shot a trainee in the head. the trainee remains in critical condition at shock trauma. state police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. >>> toddler slapped. an angry man with a crying baby is arrested for hitting the child in the face. anna marie green reports for wjz on the incident that is causing widespread outrage. >> reporter: the trouble started brewing almost immediately, when jessica bennett and her 2-year-old adopted son jonah took their seats next to joe humbly on a flight from minneapolis to atlanta, earlier this month. >> i said, oh, we're sitting next to you. and he just basically rolled his eyes and growled at us. >> reporter: hunley allegedly began to complain that jonah was too big to sit on his mother's lap, becoming more outspoken as the flight continued. >> he was annoyed with his comments. he would turn my light back on after i would turn it off. and constantly saying thi

. >> reporter: commissioner batts revealed he's been to the injured trainee's hospital bed several times. >> the doctors have said to me that he is progressing better than whatta they expected. -- what they expected. however, they say this is going to be a long road. i was glad to be by his bedside. >> reporter: police have still provided no official count of what happened one week later. state police are now leading the investigation. reporting live at the training facility in northwest baltimore, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, mike. thank you. >>> and any charges brought up in the case will be up to the baltimore county state's attorney, who says he is still waiting for the state police to complete its investigation. >>> a u.s. congressional delegation is in cuba now, working to free jailed u.s. contractor allen gross. the maryland man was arrested in december 2009 for setting up illegal internet connections as part of a u.s. democracy building program. the 62-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison in december 2011. they arrived in havana yesterday, on a two-da

game, he made the deal with former oakland police chief and current baltimore police chief anthony batts>> we made a friendly bet he had to kaepernick or i had to do the ray lewis, i will do the little pose and send it back to tony and we will close the books on last season. >> he will have to find a ravens hat to put on for the dance because he ain't gonna buy one. >> the denver mayor lost and did it so maybe he can study the video and get it down. >> i wouldn't study that video. i saw that dance. >> ahead, an effort to bring olympic games to san francisco. >> but, first, we know the commute is bad in los angeles but where do we rank in the bay area? ahead the surprising results of a new traffic study. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning. at 5:29. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> mike nicco has been checking the live doppler 7 hd and the other weather devises. >> tracking mild temperatures and a lot of cloud cover. fog is not so chick as it was yesterday. we will watch sfo and oakland and san jose. they usually do not have delays

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. >> reporter: commissioner batts said he has been to the injured trainee's bedside. >> the doctor saidhat this will -- be a long road. i was glad to be able to be by his bedside. >> reporter: state police are looking into the incident. they say it will take several weeks. live at the training facility, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> any charges brought in the case will be up to the baltimore county state's attorney, who said he is still waiting for state police to complete the investigation. >> reporter: an investigation continues into the cause of a building fire in anne arundel county. sky eye chopper 13 is over crain highway. the fire began in the second floor of a vacant building and sprinted to two alarms. no one was injured, but it cost about $10,000 in damage. >>> it's a daring heist. millions of dollars in rare diamonds are stolen. mary has more on the crime. >> reporter: it was just a matter of minutes. $50 million worth of diamonds were stolen from a plane getting ready for takeoff. >> reporter: security at brussels international airport is increased with concrete bar

police commissioner anthony batts has visited his bedside. >> doctors have told me he is progressing better than they expected. however, they say this is going to be a long road. and when you have the kind of injuries that he has sustained, you can never be too sure we're out of the woods at this point in time. >> reporter: six officers in the command have been suspended. a wjz investigation has revealed a lack of staffing and supervision. and that leadership didn't even know the old hospital site was being used for training. the maryland state police is now conducting an investigation into what happened. >> reporter: and we know the trainee that was shot is in his 40s. his family has asked that he not be identified. live from shock trauma, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> more than a dozen officers were undergoing training when that shooting happened. >>> some clues in the mystery surrounding the burger cookies shortage. they have been closed for operating without a license. the cherry hill bakery hasn't made deliveries in weeks. but it may soon start again. earlier today,

police commissioner anthony batts said the department was not aware vans filled with police recruits were being taken to the facility. state police are now conducting a criminal investigation. >>> the hunt to find the person who murdered a university of maryland eastern shore student continues. tonight, state police have a new tool to help them catch the killer. derek valcourt reports. >> reporter: the video does not show the murder itself. but it does show people walking and driving by. and those are people that police say they need to find. >> reporter: the murder happened just out of camera range of this surveillance video. it was snowing around 9:00 saturday night. look closely, you can see a group of at least three people walking by. car after car drives by as well. someone walks by, carrying an umbrella. state police are asking what, if anything, did these people see? >> these are potential witnesses that we need to speak to. >> reporter: directs -- detectives now releasing this video, as they try to track down more people who might have seen the three young men who stabbed 21-

. >> all right, thank you, anthony batts, baltimore maryland police commissioner.e guys have to get off the streets. it's been an interesting evening here on cnn, rorting on this and seeing the blackout at the

. >> but in fairness to batt sides, life moves on. and whatever you said you might have done in the summer of 2011 it's now february of 2013. you're entitled to do something different or say something different if that is the case. we don't know. i would hope that the president would be prepared to make significant changes in entitlements if there was a reasonable response from the republicans on revenues. because here's the basic fact, charlie. without more revenues, and without making changes in entitlements, the math doesn't work. i have been doing math for a long time. math is pie business. the math doesn't work. there's no way that you can cut, you know, cut waste, fraud and abuse out of the federal government, cut defense and get this problem to go away. >> rose: you can't get there without dealing with medicare and with entitlements. >> you cannot get there without dealing with entity -- and you can't get there without dealing with revenue. >> rose: everybody in the room knows that. >> i don't know if everybody in the room know