>>reporter: police here say baltimore city police officer christopher lee robinson and he shot the couple inside the home before shooting himself. hartman's sister heard the murders and police say marie's younger sister hid in the closet and had to jump out a window to escape. >> they will truly be missed. >> hartman was honored in july for saving the life of a toddler he found wandering around in the streets. >> this shows a lot of character. >> marie's heartbroken parents thankful for his courage. marie's family tells us they would like to see the two buried side-by- side. i'm mike shoe reporting. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, microbin son served in the military and joined the police department in 200 #. >>> a maryland state trooper is hurt after a collision in baltimore county, the damage to the rear of his trooper car is clearly visible there. it was about 6:00 this morning. christopher hall was sitting inside that car on the shoulder investigating another accident when another vehicle crashed into him. the outer loop of the beltway at this 702 exit was closed about two hours.

the killer was hartman's ex- boyfriend, baltimore police officer christopher lee robinson who took hisife after the shooting. hartman, the mother of a 6-year- old, leaves behind a devastated family. >> we just want answers. we want to know why this happened. >> reporter: hoffman's death hits especially hard for the city fire department where he's been hailed as a hero, recognized for his quick action earlier this summer in helping save this 3-year-old boy who wandered away from home. he was heroic even in his final minutes. >> the night he was killed, he did all he could to protect his girlfriend and her sister, who survived the terrible ordeal. >> reporter: wjz was there as his uncle collected some items from andrew's home needed for funeral arrangements. his father released a written statement on behalf of his family saying our hearts are absolutely broken over the loss of our son, brother, grandson and uncle. it's hard to imagine going forward without him, but we know andy died a hero. that is the way he lived his life and we couldn't be prouder of him. family members still wjz the

. >> reporter: police say baltimore city police officer christopher lee robinson is the ex-boyfriend of hartman and he shot the couple inside the home before shooting himself. hartman's sister heard the horrific murders. she actually hid in a closet during the shooting and had to jump out of a window to escape. heavy hearts, the pain of losing two lives so senselessly. unbearable. >> they will truly be missed. >> reporter: he was honored for saving the life of a toddler he found wandering the streets. >> he's just a trooper walking down the road. >> it just shows a lot of character on this young man who was tragically gunned down in this murder/suicide. >> putting his life on the line for my daughter. >> reporter: and marie's family hopes the couple can be buried together. >> thank you. just a heartbreaking story. the suspect was hired to the baltimore city police force in september of 2009. he worked for the eastern district. >>> meanwhile in west baltimore, a speeding car hits three city police officers. they are recovering at the hospital tonight. it happened outside the bamboo ho

the killer was the ex- boyfriend, christopher lee robinson who took his own life after the shooting. hartman, the mother of a 6-year- old leaves behind a devastated family. >> we want answers. we want to know why? why did this happen? >> reporter: hoffman's death hits hard for the city's fire department. he has been hailed as a hero. recognized for helping save a 3- year-old boy who wondered from home. the third generation firefighter was heroic in his final minutes. >> the night he was killed he did all he could to protect his girlfriend and sister who survived the terrible ordeal. >> reporter: wjz was there as his uncle collected items from the home needed funeral arraignments. his father released a written statement saying our hearts are absolutely broken over the loss of our son, brother, uncle. it's hard to imagine going forward without him but we know andy died a hero. that is the way he lived his life. we couldn't be prouder of him. family members tell wjz the funeral services for hoffman are set for saturday. firefighters plan to be part of the service to pay tribute to their

investigators say the killer was christopher lee robinson, her ex-boyfriend, who took his own life after the shooting. hartman, the mother of a 6-year- old, leaves behind a devastated family. >> we want to know why, why this happened. >> reporter: hoffman has been hailed a hero, awarded the chief thomas medal of courage in 2010 for rescuing a man from a fire on gillman street. and this year, recognized by wjz, helping to save this 3- year-old boy who had wandered away from home. friends say the third generation firefighter was heroic, even in his 90 final minutes. >> the night he was killed, he did all he could to protect his girlfriend and her sister, who survived the terrible ordeal. and i think without andy's help, that would not have been possible. >> reporter: wjz was there, as his uncle collected some items from andrew's home, needed for funeral arrangements. his father released a written statement, on behalf of his family, saying our hearts are absolutely broken over the loss of our son, brother, grandson and uncle. it's hard to imagine going forward without him. but we know andy

authorities believe 37-year-old police officer christopher lee robinson shot and killed his ex-girlfriendore taking his own life. >>> tomorrow marks one year since superstorm sandy battered the northeast, after crashing through the caribbean, the powerful storm made landfall in southern new jersey on october 29th. sandy killed 117 people in the united states and caused property damage in the billions of dollars. >>> this morning, the israeli air force launched an air strike on the gaza strip, we're told they targeted two rocket launching squads that may be responsible for an attack on southern israel. earlier two rockets were fired across the border, one of them israel by israel's iron domed defense system. there are no reports of injuries at this time. >>> 11 injured and 5 dead this morning in china's tiananmen square after a jeep plowed into a crowd and then burst into flames. according to reports the dead include the driver and two passengers. the crash, the cause of it is unclear. and the area is right now under heightened security. a powerful storm hammering southern england this mor