reporting live in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> hopefully brian will share if he wins. we will cover the mania on 2020 tonight. it's called lotto frenzy b careful what you wish for. it's going to air here followed by abc2 news at 11:00. >>> the latest on the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. where there is less clarity about what happened. the shooter's brother has come forward defending his brother and easy is the actions were in self defense. police video row veal as unharmed zimmerman minutes after trayvon was killed. roosevelt leftwich joins us with the latest. >> reporter: george's brother broke silence about this for the first time about what he knows of the night trayvon martin was killed. >> he didn't pull out a gun and shoot him. george showed tremendous restrint. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn robert says he bleachs the surveillance video obtained by abc news, shows his brother's signs of injury. her is george inside the police department less than 30 minutes after shooting martin. >> according to a police report, zimmerman said martin assaulted him,

brian kuebler has more. >> reporter: it's a story of unimaginable grief as the family copes with the death of a bright and promising 13-year-old. she loved to dance, la crosse, was an excellent student and dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. monae turnage had possibilities many. she was dumped in an alley, her body discovered beneath trash bags. >> i was screaming. i was sick. i couldn't think. >> reporter: her mother, edith turnage said it was her son who found monae. it would be her brother, monae's urchg thal saw her -- uncle that saw her face. >> it was horrible seeing her knowing she was dead. all i could do is look. >> reporter: and afterall, monae went roller skating and should have been home, been in school, preparing to graduate high school and college and who news. she was smart and her mother said she was going to do something big and not end up lifeless in an alley. >> i couldn't explain to you, really. it's so devastating. >> reporter: do you think any parent can explain something like that? >> no, actually no. >> baltimore police said monae was shot in the chest when sh

brian kuebler explains this one for us. >> reporter: no mother should be staring at her daughter's death certificate. no parent shied be planning the funeral of a 13-year-old. as they struggle through intense grief, yet another detail emerges, making this all the more imaginable. >> sick to my stomach. just terrifying. >> reporter: terrifying today because the baltimore city police suspended an off duty officer for his quote conduct after the shooting death of monae turnage. turnage's family said the sister of one of the boys is dating one of the officers and was advised after the shooting death of monae. >> how do you do this? you're talking about a 13-year-old kid, a 13 and 13-year-old that did something and you covered it up. where's the justice in this? >> reporter: justice is a process the city is taking seriously and are pursuing. while the department says it cannot comment on details about the suspension, it is working to trace the gun the boys were playing with as well as investigating the claims by the turnage family, a claim monae's mother believes makes plenty of sense. >> i t

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> tough comparisons there. so what if you did win the mega millions, head to abc2news.com, under the featured stories section, we got a story about what to think about if you win the ticket. >>> four baláimore city elementary school children face assault charges stemming from a playground fight nearly two weeks ago. the charges are so serious the officers took the kids out of school in handcuffs yesterday. investigators say the children, 3 year old girls and an 8-year- old boy forced a child to lie on a railroad track and held another kid's head under water. >>> police need help solving a sexual assault in the pen lucy neighborhood. a woman said a masked man got inside her home around 11:00 and sexually assaulted her in her bedroom. she told police the man wore golf gloves and a black mask. she said it looked like a black hat with holes for eyes. anybody with information about the incident is asked to call police at 410-396-2076. >>> arundel, the search is on after a brazen robbery and a giant grocery store par

brian kuebler explains. >> reporter: saturday night, federal hill near digital harbor high school a young couple was robbed. the couple knocked on a nearby car and called in the crime and police apressed julian rose isly and nicholas sulsby. >> robberies are up in certain districts. some areas experiencing an uptick in robberies. >> reporter: to combat that, baltimore city police dedicated plain clothes and uniformed officers to target known robbery offenders throughout the city this weekend. the two were caught new that net padding the department's staff of 30 arrests. >> what we're looking for individuals that have a hex of -- history of robberies. we're targeting individuals with open warrants. we have a special initiative this weekend, a practice police say will continue as the weather gets warmer and more people visit downtown baltimore. in downtown baltimore, brien kuebler, abc2 news. >>> a bill that would punish people who shine lasers at helicopters and planes seeks tougher penalties. a laser can cause disorientation and eye injury for the flight crew. >> this happens all over the

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> john hopkins said hiv infection in african-american women is much higher. >> reporter: a handful of women were surprised to find out they had been infected. a year after joining the study, the rate rivaled that found in some african countries. for baltimore's assistant health commissioner, he said the johns hop kens study focused on poor african-americans in the inner city. he claims it's a group where you would expect to find a higher rate. >> you don't want to generalize and say all african-american women in baltimore fit that profile. >> reporter: in baltimore the city has been focusing on those high risk groups providing more than 45,000 high risk screenings each year. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to someone living with aids as this battle to stop the virus continues. jeff hager, abc2 news. >> another dog police plef was used has bait for training fights was found in anne arundel. police are calling this one princess. she was found a week ago on ritchie highway in very bad shape. she had scars, bite marks and a gaping wound under her leg. >> we transpo

in downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> the catholic church estimates the work will be completed by february 13. it will remain open for mass and weddings. the weekend masses will be moved to the pacement to acome date is the repairs. >>> you're looking at route 29. traffic is moving along. a lot of sunshine because, women, hopefully folks have their sunglasses and our reward for this time of the year, which is surprising still, is great weather but we may have a wet weekend in store. wyatt everhart joins us with the latest forecast. >> i mean, we're going to see a major shift into the weekend, but for now this is unbelievable for march. basically, i mean, now, we've got nothing but clear skies, a few high thin clouds. we ended up at 80 earlier this afternoon. 81 in easton. cooler at the beaches and, again, the humidity level is high. it's going to be a warm and humid evening in the 70s. get out and enjoy this. we saw daylight and tomorrow struggling to get out of the 60s as showers and storms roll in. >>> now the latest on state budget. the house of delegates approved budget mea

brian kuebler sat down with the family. >> i couldn't explain to you, really. it's so devastating to see something, her laying there. >> you think any parent can explain it? >> no actually, no. >> her mother said monae was bright. police say monae was accidentally shot to death when the gun that two teens were playing with went off. >>> a 3-year-old girl made her way home finally from a chuck e. cheese. jeff hager has more on how this little girl named harmon nip ended up in the shopping -- harmon harmony ended up in the shopping center. >> reporter: 3-year-old harmony found herself left behind at this chuck e. cheese in bel air and sought out an employee for help. the manager called police. >> they remembered the large party coming in four adults, multiple children. unfortunately, they had paid in cash and they had not made a reservation prior to coming, so there was no clue on who the family was. >> reporter: deputies arrived and waited for more than an hour to see if somebody would come back. after harmony's picture appeared on the knew, several calls came f

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brian kuebler will have much more on the investigation and why police believe song planned the attack. that's coming up at 6:00. >>> demand -- a man is in police custody accused of stabbing his girlfriend's son to death. police said officers were called to pyxwood drive around 10:00 after the 28-year-old man took himself to northwest hospital where he died a short time later. so far, no charges have been filed. >>> the judge overseeing former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky heard arguments from the defense attorney. they're asking for more information about the information from sandusky's accusers to help prepare for trial. sandusky, who remains on home asanement did not lay tend the trial. >> charged with 52 counts of very serious offenses, even if you're convicted of a few of them will likely put you in prison the rest of your life. >> the trial is set to begin in mid-may. >> tonight we're learning more why the late joe paterno was fired. the former coach failed to follow up on sex abuse allegations, citing a failure of leadership a -- paterno said a graduate assistant inf

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> while song is charged with a misdemeanor, that could carry six months in prison. pals -- as for why he threatened the shooting rampage, he was stressed out by his school work. >>> someone struck for a second time shooting out windows up and down main street. one shot hit a large plain glass window at the family restaurant while diners were eating inside. you can see the bullet hole there and a few blocks down bell hair police believe the same person took autism a window at the tae kwon do academy and the front door of a nearby bank. police found a ball bearing and that hints that vandals were using a sling shot. >> the window would have gone, i would have had to board it out. they came out and replaced that. this is special size. it would have been a couple weeks. >> this is the second time in as many weeks the vandals have struck. if you have any information, ir' asked to call the bel air police department. >>> prosecutors say an 18-year-old pleaded guilty to the stabbing of a bel air man. done el -- donnell graham stabbed patrick ward several times. ward

downtown baltimore, brian kuebler. >> the juvenile crime sup 10% from this same time last year. now listen to this next story. we have a high school student in anne arundel county. felt so overwhelmed by bullying, she reached out to her website for help. she posted her plea on read it.com. she was looking for advice on how to make the school more aware. she went to bed. by the next morning she had more than 1,000 supportive response. the next morning the bully had been identified. the school admits that social media helped solve this problem. >> social media present as wide array of challenges for a school system like ours where you have 76,000 students. >> so a 17-year-old boy has been charged with the juvenile citation for harassment. abc2 news wants to help your kids say no to bullies. so we have a resource guide. you can take it with your kid. you can find this right now at abc2news.com/no to bullies. >>> well, how's that state budget coming along. the house ways and means committee has looked over the paperwork. it includes raising our income tax. it already passed the sena

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> we want it get you caught up on that news in baltimore county. joce sterman is there, reports of a multiple stabbing. >> reporter: kelly, this all started about 3:45. we're on spectator lane in garrison. this unfolded about 3:45. police were called out for reports of a stack. when we got her at 4:00, there was an active scene. police had several people outside and a young man inside. we spoke to the officer on the scene who told us at left one person was stabbed and shots were fired. we went around and started talking about witness. what they told us is this started as a fight outside of the house. at least one person was stabbed and shots were fired what you can't see from the scene on spectatetor lane there's additional scene around the corner. police on that street which looks like fifth harden. a lot of information being seen. a lot of people saw what happened. police are trying to sort through the information as they piece together what happened. at left one person has been stabbed. shots have been fired. we're waiting for a public informati

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> when the jackpot is this huge, everyone plays because when it's only 100 million or so, maybe it's not worth it. i don't know who would think taway. no matter how high the payout goes the odds stays the same. why do we get amped up when it gets this high? our team coverage continues with joce sterman. >> it could be all about how our brains are wired. we have been thinking about what we would do with $640 million jackpot. psychologists say the rush takes over, we think about the fact that even if it's just a tiny chance, a chance to win big. not only do you get the money, you get the fame, you may not want that, it comes down to numbers. you probably have your favorites. the lucky numbers you hope will help you win big. psychologists say they are just numbers. >> we pick our numbers. those numbers haven't turned up in a year, they are bound to come up now. the odds those numbers aren't changing at all. >> that being said, though, if you have your favorite numbers or your favorite place to get your ticket, you never know, you could have the piece of paper w

brian kuebler joins us with the latest. >> if you go back to the beginning of the year, two strings close to one another. police close the book on one, another emerges. mo in the latest trend is predictable, choose a neighborhood, find a house where i looks like no one is home, break in and take what will get quick cash. >> these are forced entries with the targeting jewelry, electronics, happening in the morning and afternoon hours and the same general vicinity. >> reporter: like here in the 400 block of ora drive, one target of 8 that police know of, in just more than a month. a rash that makes nearby residents judy ann allen, nervous, but also more vigilant. >> we pay attention and talk to neighbors and tell them these things are going on and be aware. one time we had a strong neighborhood association here. >> this maybe cause to strengthen it once again, any additional set of eyes can make a difference. if this sounds familiar it's because it is. last month, we told you a story of another rash of daytime home burglaries in an area close to this month's crimes. arundel police say they