the suspect is benjamin colton barnes who is suspected of shooting margaret anderson. coming up, why police say a separate shooting in seattle could have led benjamin colton barnes to the park. >>> iowa caucuses could serve up some surprises. chris joins us to talk about where the candidates stand going into the 2012 presidential race. >> reporter: that's right, pam, this is really it, this is what it all comes down to. these candidates have been here for several months hoping to be the one to go up against president barack obama in november. now iowa caucuses, the presidential candidates will go to their areas and we will find out who gets the momentum who exceeded expectations who fell below expectations and at this point mitt romney is still on top. he has been on top for a long time now. not far behind is rand paul who is coming up from behind in the last month but number 3 is who a lot of people are looking at more closely and that's rick santorum. he holds 15% coming out of the des moines registered polls and he is the one people are looking for to see if he will

the suspect they're thinking of, benjamin colton barnes, the name we've been given. he may also be connected to the shooting of four other people over the weekend at a party. we also hear that he's got survivalist skills and that he's got military experience. you can see from the pictures and surmise what else we know about him. here's something else, all the folks who have been in mt. rainier park, camping, visiting over the holidays, many of them had to be rounded up, taken to the visitors center and kept us police escort. we're told they're being evacuated but don't know at this point if they've all been evacuated or how that's going or whether they're under guard because he's sniper style and concerned he's still on the loose. >> a very scary situation there. unbelievable. >> there's like two feet of snow on the ground. so when they're able to use that to their advantage to track him or whether that's tougher because as the snow keeps falling those tracks keep getting covered so snow a problem and for us in the northeast, as well. >> apparently this big chill is

. >> reporter: swat teams tracked 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes for two days across snow-coveredrain. this morning, a helicopter spotted a body. >> a body had been spotd from the air in a drainage above the falls. >> reporter: authorities believe benjamin colton barnes died due to exposure to the elements. >> the condition he was in and the clothing he had on him, he was not equipped to make it a night or two in the winter conditions that were up there. >> reporter: the mant hundredth began on new year's day when the iraq war veteran ran a roadblock in mount rainier national park. he allegedly shot and killed ranger margaret anderson, a mother of two, when she tried to stop him. barnes was last seen running into the woods carrying a semiautomatic rifle. dozens of other park visitors were quickly evacuated. >> a ranger came down that had gunshot holes in their window and said we need to get out of the area, there is somebody that is shooting. >> reporter: police have linked barnes to a shooting at a seattle-area house party early saturday that wounded four people. the veteran is d

the suspect they are looking for right now, benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old. fled on foot through mt. rainier park. also tonight, police in a san diego suburb believe a shooting that left four people dead may be a murder-suicide. officers responded early sunday to a call of shots fired inside a condo. they found one body in a doorway. inside there were three more bodies. two men and a woman. police did not take chances when they got to the scene. >> upon the initial arrival of the coronado police department, they observed a male lying in the walkway in the doorway of the residence. our s.w.a.t. team did respond to the scene and with the assistance of a robot entered the residence and discovered the bodies of two additional deceased males and one deceased female. >> police do not believe there are any outstanding suspects, although they caution it is early in the investigation. >>> a 12-year-old florida boy is in critical condition after being hit by a bullet apparently fired during a new year's celebration. the boy was sitting in the front yard of his home in

the rugged terrain of mount rainier national park. >> police believe that the armed gunman, benjamin colton barneseattle neighborhood. komo's john humbert reports. >> they believe benjamin colton barns was involved in another shooting sunday in a seattle neighborhood. >> reporter: park rangers tell us barns is a military veteran and pierce county said he has had issues with law enforcement in the past. rangers say his vehicle was recovered with survival gear, weapons, body armor but will not go all the way to say he is a suspect yet for this shooting. we are told by the sources again, barnes is a suspect for the shootings in skyway. a ranger in the park tried stopping a driver that man sped away to be stopped by park ranger mark rhegaret anderson. the shooter opened fire and hit her. she later died. >> margaret has been here, been an outstanding employee, ranger. >> reporter: the man escaped on foot but took shots at the officers as they tried to recover anderson. because of the danger, rangers are backing off their plans to bring stranded visitors off the mountain. >> what his condition is, we ar

the suspect they're thinking of, benjamin colton barnes, the name we've been given. he may also be connected to the shooting of four other people over the weekend at a party. we also hear that he's got survivalist skills and that he's got military experience. you can see from the pictures and surmise what else we know about him. here's something else, all the folks who have been in mt. rainier park, camping, visiting over the holidays, many of them had to be rounded up, taken to the visitors center and kept us police escort. we're told they're being evacuated but don't know at this point if they've all been evacuated or how that's going or whether they're under guard because he's sniper style and concerned he's still on the loose. >> a very scary situation there. unbelievable. >> there's like two feet of snow on the ground. so when they're able to use that to their advantage to track him or whether that's tougher because as the snow keeps falling those tracks keep getting covered so snow a problem and for us in the northeast, as well. >> apparently this big chill is

identified as benjamin colton barnes, a military veteran.ls say he spent the night hiking through chest-deep snow in very rugged terrain pursued by at least three s.w.a.t. teams in snowshoes along with multiple aircraft with heat seeking cameras to find him. police say he shot and killed a park ranger, a mother of two, before firing on other officers and running off into the woods. for a time, more than 100 men, women and children were hunkered down inside a visitor's lodge here. they were actually guarded by armed s.w.a.t. team members for their safety before being taken out under police escort. the gunman has been found dead. face down in the snow. fortunately, before he could hurt anyone else. neal karlinsky, mount rainier national park for abc news. >> apparently a lot of clues coming out from his ex-girlfriend. recently broken up. the mother of his child. look he had anger issues could have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. he was an iraqi war veteran. >> served a tour of duty. she said he was emotionally unstable and

again, the suspect they're looking for right now, benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old. fled on foot through mt. rainier park. >>> also tonight, police in a san diego suburb believe a shooting that left four people dead may be a murder-suicide. officers responded early sunday to a call of shots fired inside a condo. they found one body in a doorway. inside there were three more bodies, two men and a woman. police did not take chances when they got to the scene. >> upon the initial arrival of the coronado police department, they observed the male lying in the walkway, the doorway of the residence. our s.w.a.t. team did respond to the scene, and with the assistance of a robot, entered the residence and discovered the bodies of two additional deceased males and one deceased female. >> police do not believe there are any outstanding suspects, although they caution, it is early in the investigation. >>> a 12-year-old florida boy is in critical condition after being hit by a bullet apparently fired during a new year's celebration. the boy was sitting in the front yard of his h

they are looking for 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes, an iraq war vet believed to have survivalist skills. he is suspected in the shooting of four people hours earlier near seattle. >>> other stories making news early today in america. for folks in arkansas, 2012 began with the same mystery that kicked off 2011. for the second straight year, a flock of dead birds fell from the sky. last year, officials blamed fireworks for the death. >>> the new year brought chaos at one denver hotel. guests locked out of their rooms when a key card software system crashed after midnight. there were reports of scuffles and guests becoming ill. the system up and running again after 3:00 in the morning. >>> over 1,000 new yorkers marked the first day of 2012 at the annual coney island polar plunge. the unseasonably warm 50-degree weather warmed up the water to 45 degrees. the money will be donated to a summer camp for kids with life-threatening illnesses. >>> and philadelphia's broad street filled with a colorful brigade. participant in elaborate costumes compete for cash prizes. >>> and now for a lo

authorities in washington state say a body, believed to be 24- year-old benjamin colton barnes, was found in the snow this morning. police believe he opened fire yesterday morning after being pulled over for not stopping at a snow chains check point. authorities say the iraq war vet who roughed from posttraumatic stress disorder may have headed to the woods to hide after an early shooting that wounded four people at a party near seattle. >>> title of first bay area baby of 2012 belongs to a girl from san lorenzo. sophia arrived just after midnight sunday at eden medical center in castro valley. the 7-pound, 5-ounce baby girl was not expected to be born until tomorrow. her mother went into labor on new year's eve. >>> a set of newborn twins could grow up debating if it's better to be the last baby of the year or the first of the new year. doctors delivered jenna bear at 11:59 p.m. on new year's eve in a tampa hospital. her twin sister was delivered a minute later a few seconds past midnight. >>> ahead, what police are saying about a person of interest in custody after another night of fire

police believed 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes is also a person of interest in a shooting in a new year's eve party which injured four people. 4-year-old margaret anderson was the mother of two young daughters. anderson's husband who was always a park ranger. >>> police in los angeles have released surveillance video of a person of interest in a rash of arson fires in the city. detectives are investigating more than three dozen suspicious blazes, most of them set in parked cars since thursday. >>> the redskins disappointing 2011 season is mercifully over. the team's final game was pretty much a reflection of the entire season. >> reporter: on the road in philadelphia the skins were down by 13 early when running back roy helu went 42 yards for a touchdown. then in the fourth quarter, everything fell apart like this, hit deshone jackson for a 52-yard touchdown. they finished the game 335 yards and three touchdowns. he also becomes the second player with consecutive seasons of 3000 yards passing and 500 yards rushing. the redskins a record of 5-11 on the year means the team finishes l

they believe 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes died from hypothermia. he was found in a frigid creek. police believe he shot and killed 24-year-old park ranger margaret anderson during a traffic stop. barns is suspected of wounding four during a new year's eve party near seattle his estranged wife says he suffers from traumatic stress. >>> police say the nan custody connected with arson fires in southern california may have been motivated by a deportation battle. 24-year-old harry burkhart a german national told officers i hate america. sources say his mother is about to be deported. investigators believe burkhart deliberately set more than 50 fires in hollywood, west hollywood and the san fernando valley. all the fires targeted cars. authorities have not said how they were started. >> many questions will go unanswered. that is not because the investigation is dormant that is because we have to be careful how we do these things so we can do them the right way. >> burkhart is charged with one count of arson and more charges are pending. the fires caused

including the fbi have locked down mount rainier's national park searching for 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes. he's believed to have shot park ranger margaret anderson during a traffic stop. investigators say barnes is also a suspect in a new year's eve party shooting south of seattle that left four wounded, two critically. they found barnes' car which had weapons and body armor inside. >> we know at minimum has he has assault rifle he shot people at a party early he's killed a law enforcement officer and he's out there armed. we are doing what we can to catch him. >> anderson was a 34-year-old mother of two small children. she and her husband both worked as rangers in mount rainier that park will remain closed today. >>> firefighters say 12 suspected arson fires broke out overnight and a person of interest has been taken into custody. more than 43 fires have been reported since late friday night, many started in or near cars. yesterday police released video showing a man at a parking garage that was the scene of one of those suspicious fires. not known if that man is the person of interest a

. >> reporter: the body of 24-year-old iraq war veteran benjamin colton barnes was found in the snowy forest after police say he left behind a trail of victims. four shot at a house party south of seattle on sunday morning. then rainier park ranger margaret anderson. >> i don't think she probably even knew she was being fired upon until it happened. >> reporter: the mother of two killed after she tried to stop barnes after he ran a routine checkpoint. >> he came out with a high powered rifle and opened fire on her. >> reporter: anderson's husband was also a park ranger. the two met doing the job she loved. her father spoke to our nbc affiliate in seattle. >> the community has lost a friend. somebody who cared about her job, cared about the people, cared about their safety. >> reporter: as flags flew at half staff, anderson's co-workers and law enforcement mobilized, searching from the air and ground in up to 70 inches of snow, tracking the fugitive. under the cover of darkness, more than a hundred park visitors were evacuated. in barnes's car police found weapons and body armor. the i

benjamin colton barnes is described as a person of interest. he's an iraq war veteran with survivalist skills. park ranger margaret anderson was shot and killed during a new year day's traffic stop. >> deputies tried to get there and fired upon and managed to get to her and get her out of the line of fire. medics checked her and, unfortunately, she was deceased. >> authorities believe that barnes fled to the woods. he also is wanted in connection with another shooting sunday morning near seattle. >>> los angeles remains on edge after a series of arson fires. there have been 43 suspicious car fires since thursday. police released the videotape of a man they want to question. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: dressed in all black, a man walking with a limp, this man may be connected to the string of suspicious fires in los angeles. police say he was caught on surveillance video near two of the fires. over the last three nights, more than 40 vehicles have been set ablaze. mark hooper's carport was one of the latest hit. >> new year's eve. people

benjamin barnes is over. authorities at mt. rainier found his dead body in a creek. >> a number of our tactical search teams were able to reach the body and confirm that it was benjamin colton barnes. >> reporter: the 24-year-old was discovered in a cold, snow filled section of the national park wearing jeans and a t-shirt. >> the condition he was in and the clothing he had on him, he was not equipped to make it a night or two in the winter. >> reporter: officers had been scouring the area for the iraq war veteran who may have suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder. authorities say barnes shot and killed park ranger and mother of two margaret anderson early sunday morning when she tried to stop him from entering the park. >> there's nothing she could have done. that guy had soe high-powered weapons. nobody was going to win that gunfight. >> reporter: officers exchanged fire with barnes but he escaped into the woods on foot. they think barnes came to the national park to hide out after a new year's eve shooting near seattle. he was wanted for questioning in a house party shooting that left four people wounded. more than 200 officers were involved in the search. authorit

yesterday, investigators found the body of benjamin colton barnes in mt. rainier national park. the discovery comes one day after he allegedly killed a park ranger and opened fire at a new year's eve party. barnes' mother says her son suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. the murdered park ranger leaves behind a husband, also a park ranger and three small daughters. >>> the man suspected of setting dozens of fires in los angeles remains behind bars. harry burkhart faces charges in connection with more than 50 suspicious car fires. damage is estimated to be $3 million. >>> police in queens, new york, are investigating a string of suspected arson attacks. someone threw molotov cocktails at a hindu temple, a mosque and a corner store. about 100 people were inside the mosque at the time. no one was hurt. but a door was damaged. there was also a fire at a nearby home. this police suspect the attacks are hate crimes and they're still investigating. >>> 11 minor earthquakes in the area of youngstown, ohio, may have been caused by an injection well which is used to dispose of wa

the man believed shot and killed a park ranger who was also a mother of two, late today benjamin colton barnes an iraqi military veteran found dead face down in deep snow. his estranged wife said he suffered from posttraumatic stress. more than 100 frightened men and women were locked down inside a visitors center in the park throughout the night for their protection. >>> and we shift gears now to a question facing families coast to coast, what is fair and what is effective in rousing parents to the problem of overweight kids? and what about the overweight kids themselves become the paul reveres? a good idea? steve osunsami examines both sides of a debate tonight. >> my daughter says i have something call hypertension. >> reporter: the health experts behind the blunt and startling ads say they are exactly what the state of georgia needs -- more straight talk and less sugar coating the crisis. nearly 40% of georgia's children today are obese or overweight, some diagnosed with heart disease and hypertension in the first and second grades. in this television spot, a child asks his mother a simple

investigators say it could be gunmen, benjamin colton barnes. he is suspected of killing anderson yesterday. police believe they went to the a new year's day in seattle. >>> rescuers say it is nothing miracle.a more than half a dozen people jumped into an icy river to help of a father and children. police say that roger anderson of this vehicle on saturday near salt lake city, utah. it landed upside down in the river. samaritans got everyone out safely. one of the children did have to be resuscitated. >> an army like that cannot be defeated. >> it is a miracle. >> two children trapped in the flown off to a local hospital. make a fullto recovery. that is amazing. >>> let's talk about this big shift in the weather. >> it will warm up by the weekend. we had flurries in silver spring today. our temperatures today our dairy winter-like. -- very winter-like. arlington, wind chill, 35 degrees. in garrett county, md., wind is 05 degrees. the mid-atlantic is getting the of coldste temperatures. the colder continues to surge from the southeast. but we wil

police are calling a 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes a strong person of interest.r inside. police believe he is still in the woods armed with an assault rifle. >>> a woman is a hospital right now after being shot by an off- duty state trooper in norton massachusetts. police and determine the shooting was accidental. the woman was walking her two dogs on saturday when a trooper who was haunted mystagogues for an era. he will not faced charges. >>> investigators may have a person of interest in a rash of suspicious car fires in los angeles. surveillance cameras captured a man leaving an underground garage where a car was set on fire saturday night. there have been more than 40 suspicious car fires since thursday. the man was spotted near several of those scenes back. a massive manhunt is underway to find that arsonist. >> this is a collaborative investigative effort. all leads are being followed to the end. >> flames had spread from the cars to carports and into buildings in some cases. one firefighter was injured. no civilians injured. >>> 5:50. time for traffic and

now it's a man suspected of killing a range er. 4-year-old benjamin colton barnes said to have military experience and survival skills. he's wanted for the murder of this woman was who was a park ranger there and a mother of two young children who was killed yesterday. >>> this morning, still a lot of unanswered questions about a plane that was intercepted on afflict to oakland. cessna lost radio contact yesterday from santa monica. since 9/11 that is considered suspicious. the f-15 fighters intercepted the plane. >> it could be something as simple as a pilot accidently turning off their radio or having the wrong frequency. >> the fighters likely flew along side the cessna and were able to reestablish the radio contact. the plain landed in oakland, still met by tsa agents, sheriff deputy and as well as airport staff. >>> iran's navy say it test fired crews missile during a drill in international waters little south of the country. the missile is an upgraded version of one that has been in service before. there were suggests it could be used to counter the u.s. naval presence in the pers

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rainier when authorities found the body of benjamin colton barnes. he was accused of murdering margaret anderson, a mother of two. and neal karlinsky is on the scene for us. good morning, neal. >> reporter: good morning. the park remains closed today. but deep inside where this manhunt was playing out, sources tell us the gunman was making his way along a river, with 1,000-foot rock walls on each side. he froze to death before he could find his way out. it was a manhunt straight out of a movie. elite s.w.a.t. teams in snowshoes, following the trail of an armed gunman at more than 5,000 feet, through some of the roughest terrain in north america. the trail, at times, took them through chest-deep snow. but when they finally caught up with 24-year-old iraq war veteran, benjamin colton barnes, they didn't find an elite soldier laying in wait. >> our s.w.a.t. team and swift water rescue team recovered the body. the bod dewas located in a river. >> reporter: he had on one tennis shoe, jeans and a t-shirt, along with two guns. police say he died from exposu

they located benjamin colton barnes who was wearing just a t- shirt and jeans and appears to have diedther. he is suspected from murdering mount rainier national park margaret arrange engineer. -- a ranger. police say he fled and he is suspected of shooting four other people critically injuring two at a party. he is an iraq war vet and since he returned he has kept an arizona not of weapons in his home. >>> a strange story, a young girl from australia is recovering from a vicious attack from a wild kangaroo. look at her face, lacerations and bruises all over her body, she was with her family at a recreation area all of a sudden a wild animal caught her off guard even pinned her down. >> i thought i was going to die. all i could see is gray. >> luckily the stepfather fought the kangaroo off. officials have agreed they are putting up warning signs now. >>> banana sam is back in the zoo after a brief freedom. he escaped from his cage and on sunday a man saw him and lured him into his backpack. zookeepers say the monkey is fine and should return to the prime mate exhibit in the next few da

deputies identified benjamin colton barns as the strong person of interest after weapons and body arkansas more were found in the car. he's an iraq war veteran with survivalist skill ls. >> we have a dangerous situation. somebody with a high powered weapon not afraid to use it. more than 100 visitors who were in the park at the time of the shooting spent the night at a visitors center. a man in san francisco is in the hospital after a car hit him. it happened late last night on westbound 80 near fourth street. the driver stopped and cooperated with highway patrol. >>> san jose police say they have arrested the woman responsible for the city's 41st homicide of 2011. she was covered if blood. she called police saying a man attacked her and killed another woman inside the house. investigators' suspicions turned to her after hay found a bloody machete in the backyard of the home. they have yet to say what the relationship was to the murdered weapon. neighbors think the victim was the mother. >> the new year started off as a violent one for the city of san jose. bob redell join us live. crime i

. >> margaret anderson died sunday when investigators say benjamin colton barnes shot her as he racedy from a ranger check point. anderson set up a roadblock in hopes of stopping barnes. anderson didn't know it, but barnes was a suspect in a new year's day shooting that left four people wounded. g what i saw of her, she was completely dedicated to the job. she never shied away from situations. and from work. i truly believe that she wanted to make this place a better place for the public. >> barnes body was discovered in a frigid mountain creek where he apparently died of exposure. investigators say barnes shot margaret anderson before she had a chance to shoot herself or pull her weapon. >> she was an excellent officer, excellent human being. and my heart really goes out to her and to her husband, eric, and their two daughters. >> paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> investigators say benjamin barnes served in iraq and received a misconduct discharge in 2009. the mother of his daughter says barnes was suffering from post- traumatic stress disorder and suicidal. >> new york investigators may h

they believe benjamin colton barnes died from hypothermia wearing a t-shirt, jeans and one tennis shoo-in creek with snow backs -- tennis shoe in a fridge idea creek. barnes is suspected of wounding four people during a new year's party near seattle. his estranged wife says he suffered from traumatic stress. >>> a man in custody connected with a string of arson fires in southern california may have been motivated by a deportation battle. 24-year-old harry burkhart, a germanz national, told officer, "i hate america." sources say his mother is about to be departed. he set more than 50 fires in hollywood, west hollywood and the sandefur nan &ly all the fires tar -- and the sandefur -- the san fernando valley. >> we have to be careful how we do these things so we can do them the right way. >> burkhart is charged with one count of arson with more charges pending. the fires caused three million dollars in damage to vehicles and structures. >>> 5:44. you may want to think twice before giving a pet as a holiday give. the bloomberg business report is coming up. >>> days after being stolen, banana

deputies identified benjamin colton barnes as a person of interest. the 24-year-old is an iraq war veteran with survivalist skills. >> we have a dangerous situation where we have somebody with a high powered weapon not afraid to use it. he has already done so. >> he is also the suspect in a shooting of four people. just hours before the ranger was killed. more than 100 visitors in the park hat the time of the shooting spent the night at the visitor's center. they were escorted out of the park this morning. >> it's 5:06. a new year's day tragedy shaking up a normally quiet suburbs of san diego. four people were found shot to death inside a home just blocks away from a famous hotel. police and sheriff investigators remain at the scene where the body of three men and a woman were discovered yesterday. a s.w.a.t. team decided to use a robot to go inside to be sure a shooter wasn't holed up. neighbors say two of the victims were brother and sister. one of the men was in the military. investigators say it's a crime scene and it's expensive. >>> friends and

. >> reporter: benjamin colton barnes, suspected of gunning down ranger margaret anderson, found dead in paradise creek. in the end, police didn't take them out. it appears the cold weather killed him. >> he was wearing a t-shirt, pair of jeans and one tennis shoe. and that was it. >> reporter: investigators say the 24-year-old iraq war veteran shot and killed anderson as she tried to stop him after he blew through a checkpoint for tire chains. investigators say barnes tried to elude tactical teams by running through creeks and traveling through circles. a plane spotted barnes' body, facedown in the creek. the snow banks around him, several feet deep. he wasn't far from where ranger anderson died. >> very dedicated to the job. highly trained, highly-skilled, officer. and just a horrible, horrible loss. >> we found signs near mount rainier, offering support for the family. the entrance now guarded by park police. working with a candle, burning for ranger anderson. >> the fatal shooting of margaret anderson is touching people in maryland, where she worked for several years. hear from fo

benjamin colton barnes body was found.ting margaret anderson yesterday. barnes is also wanted in connection with another shooting yesterday that left four people wounded in a seattle suburb. >>> the father of a missing toddler in maine is speaking out. telling the "today" show he just want his daughter back and would never do anything to harm her. she was last seen december 16th. police say the case has evolved from a missing child search to criminal investigation. >>> three children are out of hospital and back home in utah today after they were rescued saturday from a car accident that trapped them under water. eight bystanders jumped into the frigid river to help the dad rescue the children who were trapped after his car slid down an embankment and into the water. >>> and in minneapolis, a set of twins born in different years. baby beckette was born on new year's eve and a few second later his sister arrived in 2012. >> that's cool. congratulations to the family. >>> erin burnett is up. start erin >> well, you've been c