brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> thanks a lot brian. >>> hospital shootings are not an everydayy occurrence but they are happening more often than you think. abc 2 news joce sterman now is here to explain. joce. >> reporter: so far this year doctors, patients and staff members at more than a half dozen u.s. hospitals have dealt with this same situation we saw today at hopkins, all of them have experienced shootings either inside patient rooms or just outside the doors. cleveland's hillcrest hospital has more experience than anyone with this chaotic and tragic situation. their facility handled two shootings over the summer within weeks of each other. one of them, a murder/suicide. knoxville has also seen this kind of tragedy. the park west medical center was the scene of a murder/suicide last april. and let's take a look at this astounding list. all of these hospitals have dealt with shootings this year starting with memphis back in february. winter haven, florida, and long island, new york, and also jacksonville, las vegas and baton rouge. while some of these shootings did happen inside of

in westminster, brian kuebler abc 2 news. >>> now police tell us they have some leads identificationoman in the surveillance video. a couple of the fake bills have been sent to the u. s. secret service to be analyzed and archived. >>> a look at gg)ruráhtop stories. baltimore county police arrested to men for the murder of jose luis ramirez. police say manuel gutierrez and jamie calderon both lived with ramirez. the victim was found monday night i@eÑalongside the road in cockys villain autopsy reveals ramirez had been killed by blunt force trauma. both gutierrez and cal der ron are dbbeing charged with first degree murder. >>> a dam at water works park in annapolis is leaking and tonight's rain may make the problem worse. the dam f'dcould be a potential safety hazard. an inspection revealed water levels approximately a foot over the spillway in the erosion of some concrete slab. officials say a dam failure could mean massive g/flooding. >>> well, with five weeks to go before the midterm elections, president obama continues his pack yard visits over two days and in four states this w

in east baltimore brian kuebler abc 2 news. >>> now police still believe paul par 'tis was upset with his mother's prognosis and that they say spurred the shootings. paid on their initial investigation he shot dr. cohen and his mother within a short period of time. of course you can read the entire statement from johns hopkins hospital by logging on to our web site abc2news.com. >>> you've heard us talking about it for weeks, and now the clock is winding down as we approach the baltimore area's first ever swim across america. takes place at gibson island for an open water swim in the chesapeake bay. meadowbrook aquatic fitness center. someone taking part is our own wyatt everhart. he's out at meadowbrook. it's a great day for it sunday looks pretty good too. >> reporter: absolutely christian. beautiful day for it and you know meadowbrook aquatic center has been playing such a huge role not just in terms of the training. for all of the swimmers especially rookies like me. you can see high speed swimmers these guys are unbelievable. the bottom line is one of the big parts of the swim on

in baltimore brian kuebler abc 2 news. this statement was just released by the bernstein camp. we are pleased to see that the final results consistent with the voting trends. a spokesperson for the jessamy campaign have conflicting numbers and are not ready to concede the election. there are more than 2100 absentee ballots yet to be counted. >>> let's see how the numbers fared when it comes to gubernatorial primary on the republican side former governor robert erhlich topping brian murphy who was endorsed by sara p palin. martin o'malley winning easily over his challengesers. they will see a rematch of the 2006 maryland governor's race. in the democratic race for baltimore county executive kevin k has claimed victory. he told reporters that he had received a telephone message from his opponent joe bartenfelder conceding the race. in light of the bitter campaign he says he will reach out to his opponent to heal the divide in the party. >> look, it's the same message i gave to my kids, there's a winner and loser in every ball game it's not a reflection on either team someone has

brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> weather watch today, couldn't get much nicer out there, september temperatures into the upper 70s and right now we're still looking at a pretty pleasant evening going on. clear skies, again the number showing a pleasant temperature out there. 77 at the inner harbor, 76 in annapolis right now, 81 not bad out to the west there in frederick. right now breezy but certainly not windy. it was a little gusty earlier today. skies clear all across the state. really all across the region. so we're setting the stage for another sunny day tomorrow, the rest of this evening down through the 60s, we'll quickly get out have the 70s here, a cool night on the way. how chilly it may get by morning and a look ahead at the rest of the week all coming up. rosy? >> in democracy 2010 an old video clip of republican democratic candidate christine mow donald has surfaced which says she once dabbled in wisps craft. as john hendron tells us democrats are trying to make eh of it and more and more republicans are growing more and more worried about the influence of the tea party. >> reporte

are uk with aing at night, when the roads are dark you could miss those waterlogged areas, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> they don't remember all the hurricanes in florida for the years i worked there. this is kind of like that today with all the bands moving through. >> that convey you're belt moving in. like i was saying, before astarted talking on air, the fact that we had nicole, the remnants of nicole that was a tropical entity, even though it wasn't a tropical storm when it got to us, a stalled, an old front rather, little disturbances riding along, that energy was really getting to us. >> we're about to start up again. >> every 30 minutes. >> yeah. i know i know, i'm sorry. let me go ahead and show you what is going on. i can show you the sky, it is looks nice, overcast skies though. we had that basically all day long. right now in looking at our temperature and the temperature rights now is coming in at 77 degrees, that humidity pretty hyatt 85%, a little bit muggy out there and th

abc 2 news is working to keep you and your family safe. i'm joce sterman, they need your help to find a murder suspect. brian kuebler details in tonight's crime checker. >> abc 2 is working to keep your community safe each week, we're highlighting recent crimes in your neighborhood. this week baltimore city police are asking for your help to track down a murder suspect. 24-year-old vincent clark has been charged with the december 2007 murder of richard dawson. they say clark killed dawson in the 2500 block of chelsea terrace in northwest baltimore and has been on the run ever since. dawson is 5-foot 9" tall and weighs about 145 pounds, he has been known to frequent is liberty and fairen son parts of the city. anyone with any information is asked to call city police at (410)396-2100, you can see more of our reports by heading over to abc 2news.com/crime checker. brian keep letter, abc 2 news. >>> a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a deadly crash on a bay bridge in the summer of 2008. 57-year-old john short died after he swerved his tractor- trailer to avoid hitting candy baldwin's on coming car. the truc

abc 2 news brian kuebler joins us now to explain police may have found more than just one lieutenant. >> reporter: the images were sharp and able to help police make an arrest within hours of reracing the home video surveillance. a camera system the victim says may prove for himself and possibly others a very worthy investment. the target was this home along brown browns bridge road in highland. unassuming at first glance it's how the owner would like it. until you get closer. this is one of four security cameras he installed just weeks ago after the first time he was burglarized. cameras, police say, that caught jeremy hall clear as day. >> i just got the fen call about an hour ago and it was really great news. i feel a lot better. >> the owner of the home would rather stay off camera instead letting the images of his new home security system speak for itself. he was hoping when it he handed it over to police it would help. little did he know it would be mere hours after he released it to the media that hall would be picked up and booked. >> i thought i would never find anything but