brian kuebler shows us the damage. >> reporter: a black mark on the record for the middletown knights. the state fire marshal says three soon to be seniors at nearby brunswick high torched part of this mere million dollar field on sunday. by mid week they were all arrested. >> that occurred early this morning, probably around 2:00 a.m. is when they were able to wrap up the case. >> reporter: the three will start their senior year fighting charges of first degree malicious burning and destruction of property. in addition to this burn mark, the fire mar shl says they destroyed the game -- marshal says they destroyed the game clock and part of the scoreboard. >> i think they're surprised, upset, maybe a little bit of anger which is probably expected. but again i think they'll rally together and we'll move on and have a great season, a great year. >> reporter: but not before this is cleaned up. damage estimates figure to be near $20 thousand. repairs to -- $20,000. repairs to a reason vision last year that cost $850,000. school officials say the damage should be cleaned up by the first ho

brian kuebler is live at the scene to break it all down for us. brian? it has ended, correct? >> reporter: it has. police just left the scene about 45 minutes ago. but they're still looking for yet another suspect in a crime that held a 94-year-old man and this entire neighborhood hostage all day long. after five hours of being held hostage in his own home, the 94- year-old victim was freed by police and loaded into a city ambulance. we're told he is doing well, as at least one of the suspects was arrested and currently being booked after orchestrating a more than five- hour spectacle on bel air road in northeast baltimore. >> and the police direct med to come over here, and i got gas. >> what have you seen? >> all the s.w.a.t. teams, the police activity, the helicopter overhead. >> reporter: one of many area residents looking on. police say it started at 9:30 this morning when two men robbed this nearby gas station and pistol-whipped an employee. they then fled down the street and into a home on the 4300 block of mary avenue, where they took the elderly homeowner hostage and

brian kuebler is here with more on the shooting and why the investigation continues tonight. >> reporter: well, marybeth, police say 47-year-old brian doukas was implicated in four robberies throughout anne arundel county. when officers confronted doukas in a liquor store parking lot, police say the suspect tried to run over an officer twice. the officer fired and struck doukas, killing him. doukas was implicated in four county robberies, most recently the tnc bank in crofton. it was a surveillance video that led police to doukas, but said they had to use deadly force. >> suspect then slammed on the gas and went toward the officer. the officer had drawn his weapon and fired multiple rounds and struck the suspect, and he died onscene. >> reporter: police say they are still looking for the woman in the surveillance video. if you know anything about her or this case, they want you to call metro crimestoppers at 1- 866-7-lock-up. brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> a pasadena man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his 1-month-old daughter. as part of a plea deal, child abuse and m

action 2 news brian kuebler tells us how police finally nabbed their suspect. >> reporter: police say 39-year- old mark lomax was picked up after committing 17 commercial robberies in and around downtown baltimore. he is currently in the hospital recovering from a broken arm, simply because he hit this clothing shop on broadway in fells point one too many times. >> that put him in the hospital? >> yeah, that makes me really happy. it really does. >> reporter: michael says the robber came back to the killer trash clothing store twice, each time implying he had a gun. on the third time, he was in the store watching his girlfriend close up. >> right when he turned his back, i saw a baseball bat behind the counter, and i started hitting him with it, and he is blocking himself with his hands. i guess that's how he broke his arm. >> reporter: he had enough. but that didn't stop lomax. he went on to rob after that, but it was his predictable pattern that led to his arrest. >> he was a repeat offender. went to one business, robbed them, waited a couple days and weeks and went back. that's how

brian kuebler reports. >> when we said goodbye to the cash, i now have this boot. >> reporter: senator barbara mikulski jokes that the boot she has to rehab her broken ankle will come in handy to kick butt in the senate. one of her bills is to jam cell phones in prisons. >> we want to jam the criminals. so they're going to jam the cell phones they have out there organizing more violence. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley pushed for the legislation following the high profile maryland case involving carl lackl. this past spring, a federal jury convicted patrick byers of ordering the hit on carl lackl from his cell phone in his prison cell. a crime that does not come as a shock to correctional employees. >> security is a problem. and our officers can only do what they're ordered to do. >> reporter: in fact, state authorities say despite their efforts, near lay thousand cell phones were recovered from prison cells last year. a 71% increase from 2006. mikulski says that's why jamming, not banning is necessary. >> i believe it will pass. i think maryland has brought this to the attention

abc 2 news brian kuebler explains how his public defender believes surveillance video might help his case. >> reporter: as the camera swivels automatically, it upauses just long enough to mechanically document just what little regard for life there is sometimes on the streets of baltimore. watch as the gunman comes in camera left and begins firing at another man repeatedly. you then see the gunman dart down the street and into an alley. as the camera readjusts, it settles on witnesses running down the street to assist a child that was struck. the body you see laying in the road is 5-year-old raven wyatt. she was struck once in the head, caught in the crossfire. the camera continues to roll, catching a growing crowd and crime scene that would captivate this neighborhood for weeks. police eventually arrested 17- year-old lamont davis, a juvenile with a lengthy criminal past. after arraignment this morning, davis' public defender says they have the wrong guy. >> he entered a plea of not guilty, okay. we intend the take on the task of not only showing that lamont davis is not guilty of t

brian kuebler tells us where the investigation is now. >> reporter: it was business as usual at murph'suors tuesday afternoon, but a damaged car, deep burnout marks in the parking lot, and a dead robbery suspect is evidence that yesterday was anything but. >> gunshots. like a pop, pop, like firecrackers. that was it. >> you walked out? >> walked outside and said go back inside. nobody could leave, nobody could go. >> reporter: young is the owner here. he said robbery suspect brian doukas came in through his door, bought a beer and sat out back in his truck. police had fingered doukas in previous robberies and confronted him. that's when they say he tried to run over the officer, twice. >> the suspect then slammed on the gas, went toward the officer. the officer had drawn his weapon and fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, and struck the suspect, and he died onscene. >> reporter: these are photos from a viewer shortly after the shooting. you can see the pickup to the left. officers are waiting for their suspect here because they had seen his pickup truck here before. he was implicated

but as brian kuebler joins us live to explain, not everyone sees this as progress. [ train whistle ] >> reporter: the red line fills a void governor martin o'malley says has been missing from baltimore for decades. >> we know that if we don't invest in mass transit, all of our roads are going to be too congested, and it's going to really harm our quality of life. >> reporter: from security square mall and the social security administration in woodlawn, under cooks lane, back up through the rest, back under downtown and back up again in canton and riding the street level rails to johns hopkins bayview. the red line will connect to marc stations, the existing light rail, and the metro to form what the governor calls a comprehensive mass transit map for charm city. on the west end, resident sheri woodley sees opportunity. >> i would love it. specifically for people that don't drive. for those who don't drive, it would be great. >> reporter: would you use it? >> i would you it. >> reporter: but it is on the surface for opposition runs deep. in kenton, many are none too happen. this banne

a perspective he believes will help exonerate him. >> that was brian kuebler reporting.ou might remember there is also some controversy that davis was on gps monitoring from juvenile services, and that he may or may not have cut the device off before the shooting. his attorney says all of that, plus the video, will be a part of the trial, now set to start on october 2nd. >>> a woman who admitted to starving her child to death will soon be freed from a baltimore jail. ria ramkissoon pleaded guilty to the crime, saying she was part of a religious cult, and the cult starved her 1-year-old son because he would not say "amen" after meals. she is sent the a farming community to receive counseling, and she is expected to testify against four other cult members, also charged in the boy's death. >>> a 93-year-old gardenville man remains hospitalized tonight after a suspected robber held him hostage in his home for more than six hours. that was yesterday. tonight jeff hager spoke with the man's family, and has more on the whole ordeal, and how police ended the standoff. >> reporte

live in the studio, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> maryland state police are looking into a kidnapping and assault case in harford county. the suspect a registered sex offender. troopers say just before midnight last night, they were called to the 7-eleven on abingdon road for an assault. they found a woman bruised and bleeding, apparently paul girard johnson, junior of bel air had that woman in his car and wouldn't let her out, threatening her with a knife near the 7-eleven. she tried to escape, but he grabbed her by her clothing, dragging alongside the car. he then apparently let her go. johnson has been taken into custody hand has been charged. >>> a registered sex offender is charged with visiting thurmont school without permission. most of the suspected violations by steve yingling were to drop off or pick up his son at lewis ton elementary. he pleaded guilty to second degree sex offense. >>> police need help tracking down two robbery suspects. a woman told police she was in her car to a drive-through atm when two men came up top her. it happened at the bank of america in severna

brian kuebler explains how this all came to a head. >> reporter: it was business as usual at murph'safternoon, but a dead robbery suspect is evidence that yesterday was anything but. >> gunshots. like a pop, pop,

live in the studio, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> it was another violate weekend in baltimore city. on saturday, a teenager was stabbed to death on north paca street. on sunday someone shot and killed an 18-year-old on allendale street. and a man was shot near the edgewood lyndhurst recreation center. someone walked into an auto store on saturday and shot a man in the back of the head. he is in critical condition tonight. there is no word on the suspect. today in west baltimore, a rally to help make our streets safer. >> realize that anger is a problem. and senseless anger is even worse. so what we are doing is saying that there is an alternative, and that alternative comes through god. >> the west baltimore coalition held the rally. a neighborhood vigil is planned for saturday. >>> police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder that happened last month. authorities say 30-year-old michael conum is accused of shooting and killing marcus sanchez. it happened in southeast baltimore. >>> a carbon monoxide leak at a baltimore county apartment complex sent ten people to the hospital

in anne arundel county, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> and if you know anything than woman in the surveillance photo, you're urged to call metro crimestoppers at 1-866-7- lock-up. >>> a shooting this afternoon in northwest baltimore. a man was shot around 2:00 this afternoon at the corner of liberty heights avenue and garrison heights boulevard. the victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. investigators are checking to see if cameras in the area will eprovide them with any clues. >>> a u.s. park officer is out of the hospital after being hurt in a crash on the baltimore washington parkpay. it lapped on the southbound lanes between route 197 and the powder mill exit. the officer was standing on the shoulder of the road after pulling a car over future a traffic stop, when a pickup truck struck his patrol car. the officer was somehow pulled under his cruiser and pushed about 40 feet. the two drivers were also hurt, but they are expected to recover. >>> five years after a deadly water taxi accident at the inner harbor, the coast guard has released its final report on the acci

brian kuebler. >>> the trial of dallas smith is scheduled to begin today. smith is accused of bringing a pipe bomb on the university of maryland on west baltimore street last july. the 22-year-old is charged with assault, resisting arrest, and possession of a destructive device. >>> and a woman who pleaded guilty to starving her son to death will soon be out of a baltimore jail. ria admitted the religious cult she was a part of starved her 1- year-old son javon thompson. she agreed to testify against the four other cult members charged in the boy's death. >>> tonight the world is remembering eunice kennedy shriver, a mother, a grandmother, sister, and an aunt. her family described her as the light of their lives. she passed away early this morning. abc 2 news lindsey davis takes a look at how the life of one woman could affect so many. >> reporter: it was important to this 15-year-old to write a condolence letter for a woman he never met. a woman who believed in him. >> dear mrs. shriver, thank you for starting special olympics. have a wonderful life in hea

brian kuebler explains. >> reporter: as the city of memphis, tennessee prepares to memorialize the death of elvis for the 32nd year, a bar on the east side of baltimore, maryland is fighting to keep him alive. >> he is a fixture or the this bar. >> he is our golden arches. mcdonald's has the golden arches. we have the wooden elvis. ♪ >> this elvis has stood outside nacho mama's bar and elvis lounge for 16 years. 16 years an integral part of the flare until a city inspector told the bar owner he was impeding pedestrians in violation of a city code. after a good run, elvis is now trapped in the building. they organized t-shirts and signs. nearly two thousand residents signed a petition, like jason brown. >> elvis has been out here since what, '94. and he has never been told to go inside. all of the sudden someone busts out and tells him he has to go inside. i don't think it's right. >> reporter: neither do thousands of others, which is why protesters organized this and took their acts on the road, headed for city hall. >> let elvis leave the building! let elvis leave the building! >> repor

brian kuebler picks it i up from there. >> reporter: after lunging with police at what officers felt was a knife, they shot 51-year- old michael quarles once in the head. whether or not they killed him was an entirely different matter. >> he got in here. because he touched the catch register. wide open, all change on the floor. >> reporter: chung cho owns this convenience store in northwest baltimore. he says quarles broke in through the front door, but never got out of the lobby. when he made the scene that night, he wasn't told much more than that. >> i don't know he alive or he dead. >> they wouldn't tell you? >> they wouldn't tell me anything. they took him to the ambulance. i didn't even see his face. >> reporter: they didn't know either. the fire department says its medic company 11 made the scene and declared quarles dead and left, only for a half hour later the suspect sighed and gasped, showing crime scene detectives he was anything but dead. paramedics returned to the scene and transported the suspect to the hospital. >> an anomaly to some degree. i'm not aware of any previ