dayvon maurice green lit several small fires about 1:00 a.m. and opened fire on his teammates as they attempted to put them out, then shot himself to death. >> this is one kid who just snapped. >> investigators say one victim is expected to survive. the other, stephen alex rane, died of his injuries. >> it shocked everyone. it has been a really hard day. >> police say the gunman, a maryland graduate student with an engineering degree from morgan state, had a history of mental illness. >> as a community, we must move towards a resolution, heal our wounds. those in highger education are not immune to the onus of society. our classmates, colleagues, friends, are suffering. >> according to police, dayvon maurice green suffered from mental illness for at least a year and was on some kind of medication in the past. they got a loaded gun with extra ammunition, and baseball bats, and a machete next to his dead body. >> a harford county teachers' aide is fizzing checks -- is facing child abuse sex charges. amanda miller was arrested yesterday and is cha

shooting at the university of maryland prince george's county police said the gunman, 23-year-old dayvon green was dealing with they termed a mental illness. green had never been arrested and never gone through the court system. the way the law is now, if you haven't come up on the state's radar in a state mental hospital that person won't show up on the list. people who are treated privately may also fall below the radar. the doctor worked on the governor's task force. she said a big part is achieving a balance between the rights of individuals and the rights of the public when it comes to dealing with mental illness in a person who may become violent. >> what you'll see is an opportunity for us to examine that. it's called the task force on continuity of care and to look at the impact and the barriers and to look and see if that's related to symptoms and violence. >> reporter: dr. jer dan rudolph said the task force recommends broadening it and that they're trying to find a balance between the rights of privacy and rights of the public. part of that is making the general public underst

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. >>> new information on the shooter in the university of maryland tragedy, dayvon green was a brilliant engineering grad student who was mentally ill and still got guns legally. scott broom is following up on that issue tonight as maryland's legislators are in the missed of a debate over maryland's gun laws. >> reporter: i came here to ask why was it that dayvon green apparently mentally ill under the law still had access to guns. >> the shooter had been suffering from a mental illness. >> reporter: in the wake of a horrible suicidal attack on his own college roommates. >> it's terribly tragic. >> reporter: university of maryland police faced uncomfortable facts. >> he had to have passed a background check here in maryland. >> reporter: for all the talk about prohibiting the mentally ill about buying guns dayvon green had no problem at all. he bought a 9-millimeter handgun and just a month ago legally purchased an uzi assault style pistol when he killed both his roommates and himself. in maryland only people committed to a state hospital 30 days or more or who a judge rules incompetent

the roommate, dayvon green, killed was an undergraduate at the university of maryland, stephen rane. >> shots rang out, police and firefighters immediately responded to the scene. >> i was in my room and i heard ten gun shots and three quick succession. it was loud. >> the gunfire frightened area residents. many of them students. several small fires have been set. police say dayvon green lit them, one in the basement and some in the backyard, to lure his two roommates outside. >> they walked toward the home to go get some water, to put out these fires. as they did, one of the students noticed the suspect reaching into his waistband for a gun. >> it happened in a matter of minutes. >> that student then began to run away from the home. as he did, he heard gun shots. and then very quickly realized he had been hit. >> the wounded roommate, a 22- year-old undergraduate made it to a neighbor's house. the other roommate was shot and killed. police found a fully loaded semi-automatic weapon, ammunition, a baseball bat near green's body. neighbors are still horrified. >> there was a guy lying

the family of dayvon green told police he suffered from mental illness, but did his roommates know about it? today our kristin fisher spoke with the stepfather of the surviving roommate. >> about 1:00 in the morning he called to say that he had been shot. >> reporter: minutes after making that phone call from a neighbor's house 22-year-old neal oa was wheeled into an ambulance. he'd been shot in the back of the leg while running away from his roommate dayvon green. >> i guess he'd always been a little bit different. he would have kind of highs and lows, ups and downs. >> reporter: but he never thought dayvon was capable of killing a roommate and shooting another before turning the gun on himself and he and his stepson have no idea why he did it. >> stunned to say the least, shocked, didn't really believe it. >> reporter: neal is recovering at his family's home in frederick. he still has a bullet in his leg but physically is expected to make a full recovery. it's his emotional state his family is so worried about. >> he's still pretty upset about it, you know, got a lot of things to work

in college park, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> now dayvon green's parents said he had a mental illness. while atf is trying to determine where he got the other weapon, we do know that the 9-millimeter handgun was purchased right here in baltimore county. >>> a vigil will be held tonight at the university of maryland for student stephen rane. it will be at 7:00 at the university of maryland main chapel. for more details on the trainee that was shot during the exercise, you can follow us on twitter and cheryl conner will have the latest on the news at 11. you can follow her at cheryl at abc2. >>> a harford county classroom assistant is free after posting bail on charges she had sex with a 15-year-old student. 35 -- 35-year-old amanda kay miller began a relationship with the student just before the christmas holidays. recent weeks she told detectives she exchanged nude pictures with the student, had sex in the driveway and performed orioles sex in the parking lot of the walmart. >> a count of third degree sex offense. >> deputies arrested miller at the high school on monday. the school sy

police say the suspect dayvon green set small fires in and around the house where he lived. those fires chased his roommates out into the yard. one was killed and the other was shot but survived. >> and that's when he turned the gun on himself cheryl has more. >> we went back back to morgan state university where dayvon green received his degree. according to his family, he suffered from mental illness while atmore gan but a former class mate never saw the signs 23 year old dayvon green was an excellent student and the one that students want withed on his side for team projects. >> he had to go through a lot after leaving morgan to get pushed that far. >> now police in prince george's county say he is the gunman who killed one roommate and injured another before killing himself. all three were students at the university of maryland. there was more behind the man who friends remember. >> the family let our detectives know that this suspect had had this condition for at least a year and that in the past he has been prescribed medications for this illness. >> we went to the ros

he had been shot in the back of the leg while running away from his roommate, dayvon green. >> i guesshe had always been a little bit different. he would have kind of ups and downs, highs and lows. >> reporter: but he never thought dayvon was capable of killing one roommate and shooting another before turning the gun on himself. both he and his stepsons have no idea why he did it. >> stunned to say the leefort, shocked. didn't really believe it. >> reporter: he is now recovering at his family's home in frederick. he still has a bullet in his leg but physically he is expected to make a full recovery. it's his emotional state that his family is still so worried about. >> he's still pretty upset about it. he's got a lot of things to work through. a lot of emotions to work through. i think he's mostly thankful that obvious he survived. >> reporter: police say he likely survived because he region away. >> he saw the gun come out of his pocket, and he knew for whatever reason he had to run. >> reporter: neil ran and lived. but his other roommate, steven, stayed and died. >> as bad as we feel

by all public appearances dayvon green was an academic star. just a month to go he was named a student ambassador for nasa. he was a grad student in maryland researching robots in space. something went wrong. >> after speaking with green's family detectives learned that the shooter had been suffering from a mental illness. >> at some point, he began to arm himself. police found a basketball bat, machete and handgun, one of them is 9 millimeter. >> that was purchased legally in the baltimore county area in 201. >> green used that handgun to kill his house mate and to wound another before shooting himself dead. it happened apparently without warning. the house mates found green setting small fires in and near their off campus fire. >> it is really scary that it happened right here and so close to campus. >> it is a crazy night in college parking. you hear about it all over the place but you don't except it to be outside your front door. >> most students we spoke to expressed such disbelief. the school's president says he was stunned. he says the

oa's step father said he was shot by his roommate dayvon green. he set a small fire in his off campus room. they woke the roommate. green pulled a gun from his waistband and started shooting at oa and green's other roommate, stephen stephen rane, who was killed. officers found the gun next to green's body along with baseball bat, machete and semiautomatic weapon. >> we have more on maryland's gun laws and proposed changes on the way guns are sold when it comes to people with a history of mental health. >> reporter: the gun laws are for those not competent to stand trial.law. yesterday's shooting the gunman, 23-year-old dayvon green was diagnosed with what they called a mental illness and had medication. those who receive mental health privately do not show up on the radar. he worked on the government's task force which came up with recommendations. dr. jordan rudolph, speaking in general terms said the task force recommended broadening reporting for some people. >> been determined not to have the judgment make decisions about themselves and to mak

roommates knew that dayvon green had a gun. >> they knew he had a gun originally. you know, they all talked about it, had seen it, so they -- i don't want to say thurp uncomfortable, but they knew it was there and they were fine with it. >> reporter: police back at the scene today, this time with a metal detector, working over the backyard, looking for more evidence, this as the father of one of the victims speaks out. >> this is awful. i mean it doesn't seem real, to be honest with you, you know, that my son was shot. >> reporter: that's chris merz, the stepfared of neal oa. neal is the survivors roommate in that incident close by the college park campus. neal shot and wounded, he's home recovering. >> things do happen in life, but you don't expect it to happen to your family. >> the shooter identified at dayvon green, a grad student who police say had a mental illness. police say green set fires in and around the house to flush his roommates outside. when they came out, he opened fire. neal oa's instinct could have saved him life. he went to the front of the hous

police say 23-year-old dayvon green shot both of his rommates before turning the gun on himself. it all started here inside this offcampus home around 1 a.m. investigators say green lit several fires in the backyard and the basement. when his roomies went to put them out green pulled out a 9 mm handgun and shot two of them. one ran away, and then green shot himself in the backyard. police say a bag with a fully loaded semiautomatic weapon, a baseball bat and a machete were all found green's body. defendants say he suffered from a mental illness. >> he had been prescribed medication for this mental illness. [ singing ]. >> reporter: the university came together to hold a memorial to remember those who died. >> we're focusing on mourning and remembering the students we lost. >> reporter: many students are shaken. >> just the fact that they're students here puts you will all together. >> reporter: they's uniting to try -- they're uniting to try to cope with the tragedy. dayvon green did not leave a suicide note. >> green was a graduate student at the university of maryland. he atten

we are learning more about dayvon green and his mental state before the shooting. here's the latest on that tragic murder suicide out of college park this morning. prince georges county police say he started fires in the backyard to lure his classmates outside. investigators tell us green pulled out a gun and shot and killed 22-year-old rane of silver spring. he was shot multiple times, pronounced dead at the hospital. the third victim was shot while trying to run away. he has not yet been identified, but he has nonlife threatening injuries. green, we're told, turned the gun on himself. >>> wusa9 has learn thad green was suffered from mental health problems. >> for more on that part of the story, we turn to scott broom in college park. scot. >> brilliant engineering student, but yes, a student suffering from mental illness and in possession, we learned this afternoon of not one, but two handguns. one of them a semi-automatic handgun and university officials simply had no idea. >> dayvon maurice green was a 23-year-old graduate engineering student, so brilliant, he

sherrie johnson has more on dayvon green the man police say was the gunman that shot two house mates and turn the gun on a himself. >> reporter: it's been a very difficult time for the studentsand staff. 125 people turned out last night at a vigil at the university chapel as the campus tries to come together in the difficult time. family members of dayvon green say he suffered from mental illness and his family lives in the rosedale neighborhood in baltimore. police are trying to figure out the exact illness and what medication he was taking. the university officials say that green was not treated for mental illness at their health care facilities nor were they aware of his condition. police say he is the gunman who killed one of his roommates and injured another before killing himself outside the college park home on tuesday. all three were student at the university of maryland. green was a graduate student. police say the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was bought legally in baltimore county. he had the handgun in his waistband at the time of theshooting. the atf is lookin

the suspect dayvon green shot both house mates before turning the gun on himself. sherrie johnson is here with more on the young man believed to have perpetrated the ordeal. >> reporter: there are unanswered questions and we know dayvon green has ties to baltimore. his family lives in the rosedale area and he attended morgan state university for his undergraduate degree. his family says he suffered from mental illness. police have not released information on his illness or what medication he was taking. university of maryland official say green was not treated for mental illness at their health care facilities. nor were university officials aware of his condition. police in prince george's county say he killed one of his roommates and injured another before killing himself outside of their college park home. all three were stewed antithe university of harold greene was a graduate student. now police say the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was bought legally. and the atf is looking into a stash of weapons he had including a loaded semiautomatic gun. he was

there they were joined by roommate dayvon green. the three went to the front lawn to get some water, neil's stepfather picks up the story. >> he felt like he needed to look back and check and he felt a gun coming out of his pocket. he turned to run and that's when he got shot. >> his stepson neil was shot in the upper thigh. he fell to the ground but heard more gunfire. >> he got up and ran as fast as he could. ran to a neighbor's house. thank god she let him in the door and provided sanctuary for him. steven was shot to death on the front line. the shooter went to the backyard and committed suicide. the roommates were not aware dayvon had been treated for a mental condition but described him as a little different. >> they were leery of him for whatever reason. gave them pause for concern but he's allowed to have them. >> police say the guns owned by the shooter were apparently legally purchased. maryland legislatures are pondering more restrictions on firearm sales. but the stepfather of the surviving roommate opposes further restr

police say rane was shot and killed by dayvon green last tuesday morning. another student was wounded that day. green then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >>> we learn more about the case of olympian oscar pistorius. >> south african runner oscar pistorius is leaving the track behind for now. the olympian's agent said he canceled all future races to focus on fighting murder charges. he was arrested on thursday. prosecutors say he shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkemp. he's charged with premeditated murder. he claimed he thought he was shooting an intruder. >> it's a tragic circumstance and events and we can only give oscar our support at this point in time. >> now new details are emerging about what happened inside the house. cbs news has learned police believe steenkemp slept in the same bed as pistorius and was in her night grown when she was first shot in the bedroom. she then ran into the bathroom and locked herself inside where she was shot in the head, hand and arm. police took a 9 millimeter gun from the home and found a bloody bad. the runn

another was wounded before 23-year-old dayvon green killed himself. tonight the police in prince george's county tell us that green was also armed with a fully loaded semiautomatic. that was not the gun used in the shooting this morning. police also say that green had a history of mental illness and that he bought both guns after he had been diagnosed with his condition. students at the university of maryland say that the shooting has left them on edge. chris gordon reports from college park with more on that part of the story. >> good evening. tonight many students say that they are scared and it would help them to understand why this shooting happened. there is an increased police presence. they are patrolling college park streets. students that live on or mere campus say today's shootings have shaken their sense of security. >> i think it is absolutely horrible. i can't believe anything like that would happen, really. it is really, really sad. >> i'm a little frightened and i hope that never happens again. >> the question students are asking both o

his stepfather says he was shot in the leg by his roommate dayvon green as he was running away. family members say he plans to return to college park as soon as he can. his other roommate stephen rane didn't survive the shooting is. he was a senior at maryland majoring in english. his 12th grade english teacher says he was a gifted writer and recalling his humor and his passion. >> we spoke at our graduation awards ceremony. and gave him this award from the english department. just a really fine, fine young man. >> rane transferred to centennial high school for his junior year from indiana. his mother and stepfather both work at the university of maryland and police say dayvon green set a fire at the home where he lived with rane and oa. once everyone was outdoored he started shooting. green later killed himself and his family says he struggled with mental illness. >>> news time right now 4:37 and taking a look at the other stories around the country right now. after five days stranded on the water, the carnival triumph will make its way back to land finally this afternoon. pass

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learning more aboutraduate student push-out two roommates at their college park home. 23-year-old dayvon green worked as an auxiliary campus police officer last fall for two weeks but was fired after not showing up for work. he shot and killed 22-year-old stephen rane of silver spring and wounded another roommate early tuesday morning and then killed himself the. green's family said he had been suffering from a mental illness for least a year before the shooting. >> maryland lawmakers will have a hearing today on a bill that would abolish the state's death penalty/ the governor is scheduled to testify in favor the repeal. the last execution in maryland deposit in 2005. a moratorium kicked in after that over concerns about the lethal injection procedure. five men remain on death row right now. if the death penalty is repealed maryland will become the sixth state to abolish capital punishment since 2007. >> concerns over sequestration are growing. the senate appropriations committee will hold a hearing today on the possible impact. defense secretary leon panetta has given a stern warning.

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>> dayvon green's roommate knew he had a gun, but they didn't know he had a mental illness. police back at the scene today, this time with a metal detector, working over the backyards, looking for more evidence. this as thenary of one of the victims speaking out. >> it's just awful. i mean, it doesn't seem real, to be honest with you, that my son was shot. >> that's chris merz, the stepfather of neal oa. he's a 20-year-old matter lchbd junior, the survivors roommate in that incident close by the college park campus. neal shot and wounded, he's home recovering. >> things do happen in life, but you don't expect happen to crier family. >> reporter: the shooter is identified at day von green, a grad student who police say had a mental illness. he set fires to flush his roommates outside. when they came out, he opened fire. neal oa's instincts could have saved him life. he went to get water to put out the fires. something caused him to look back over his shoulderivities he saw a gun coming out of his roommate's pocket, and he started to turn to run. i don't think he got very far

shooter dayvon green lit fires in the backyard apparently to get his roommates outside. after they were outside, he shot both of them. one survived. rane did not. green then took his own life. his family says he battled mental illness. a source says he was still light -- a source says he was still legally able to buy a gun in silver spring. several students said rane took a class with them and stood out in a good way. he taught science students lessons about not sweating the small stuff. >> i would just look at him because he knew what was important. always smiling a matter what. >> police say the shooter had a bag with him that had a machete a baseball bat, and more ammunition in it. it also had an uzi rifle the gun he bought in silver spring. he also had a handgun, which they believe he used in the shooting this morning. >> thank you very much. we turn to the story that impacts everyone in the nation and that is president obama's state of the union address. tonight, president obama laid down his blueprint for his second term. for a country that faces numerous obstacles

stephen rane was shot by his roommate dayvon green. >>> baltimore city police say it was their officer, william scott kern who pulled the trigger of his real firearm that critically wounded a trainee. crn is an 18 -- kern is an 18-year veteran. he was assigned to the training session. kern was working with about 50 trainees that day but used his real firearm, pulled a trigger and but the a trainee right in the head, commissioner anthony batts also called for an audit of all training practices. that audit started in earnest this morning at police headquarters. >> this happened at the rosewood center. >> we turn to abc2's roosevelt leftwich with more. >> reporter: if you look at the old rosewood center, you might see little use in the oldie lap dated buildings. this is probably one of the perfect places. when the site was closed in july of 2009, more than 40 abandoned buildings were left on the site. now this is the perfect place are in police to use as they figure out different training scenarios. many different departments have used the old site including the baltimore county police. c

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an engineering grant students, 23-year-old dayvon green said a fire. he did this to get his roommates outside. once he did he shabqadar. there will be awas a vigil for chr is raine. police found a machete and a baseball bat and a fully loaded rifle that was not used. green bought the weapon legally from a gun store last month in silver spring. a maryland police trainee is in critical condition after being shot in the head during a training exercise for. this happened tuesday afternoon in owings mills. baltimore police say the trainer -- for the trainee was shot by an instructor and the victim was a trainee for the maryland baltimore campus police department. training has been suspended pending a safety review. >> around prince george's county authorities are trying to find a missing mother and child from greenbelt. 25-year-old stephanie hamrick and the 1-year-old girl were last seen walking near a bus stop on february 7. they don't believe she has any means of supporting herself or her daughter. if you are asked to contact police if you see them. >> pr

. >> shooter is identified as 23- year-old dayvon maurice green of rosedale, maryland. he went to morgan state university. he is a brilliant university of maryland graduate engineering student with ties to nasa. but he was also suffering from a mental illness that turned deadly. >> the whole thing -- >> shocked, neighboring students said bullets went through an suv window and into a neighborhood home. >> i guess -- >> find the trigger of a semihandgun was dayvon green. a 23-year-old university of maryland graduate engineering student and self-described brainiac, seen on a nasa website, where he was working on engineering. >> one of his roommates woke up to the flames. >> a bizarre night was lit fires all around the house which lured these roommates outside. green inexplicably pulled his gun from his waistband, shot one roommate to death and shot another. green ran in the backyard and shot hems. julie parker speaks to prince georges police. >> next to the gunman's body, a handgun was found. they also discovered a bag of weapons to include a baseball bat, a machete, a ful

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college. 23-year-old set fir -- 23-year- old dayvon green set fire to his health. when stephen alex rane and another zero roommate walked out, green opened fire. he used an 9-millimeter handgun that was legally purchased in baltimore county but had a cachet of weapons. >> they discovered a bag of weapons to include a baseball bat, machete, fully loaded semi- automatic handgun, and ammunition. >> the gunman was an engineering graduate student at the university maryland with an undergraduate degree from morgan state. he had been suffering from mental illness and had been on medication. a harford county teacher is out on bail, charged with having sex with a student. police arrested a 35-year-old amanda miller after a 15-year- old boy reported that he and miller had been engaging in sexual activity since december. miller is on administrative leave. if convicted, she faces up to 37 years in prison. baltimore city school board has decided to close one of its charter schools. tuesday night, the board decided to close baltimore civic house middle and high school at the end

the family of the shooter, dayvon green told police that he suffered from a mental illness, but did his roommates know about this? kristin fisher spoke to the stepfather of 22-year-old neil oha who survived the shooting. >> he had always been a little bit different, had ups and downs, highs and lows. >> neil is out of the hospital and is recovering from his home in frederick. he is expected to make a full recovery. >>> if you're traveling through virginia, shoe be on the look for road crews. virginia megaprojects says it will begin its mobile stripping operation along i-95, hov lanes between the prince william parkway and the springfield interchange. the project started at 10:00 this morning. it is expected to last through most of the day. >>> passengers on that broken down cruise ship are counting the hours until they're back on land. we're going to take a live look at the towing operation to bring that ship with 4,000 passengers back to mobile, alabama. they're expected to reach land sometime tonight. randall pinkston is at the port waiting for that ship to come in. >> reporter: the g

dayvon green shot and killed himself after killing one of his roommates. stepfather saw green pull a gun and he ran. he is expected to recover. rein had been studying english at the university of maryland. no word yet on funeral arrangements tree family members told police that green, the man authorities pulled the trigger, was suffering from mental illness. the social work professor said the issue of mental illness among college students must go from top to action. >> we need to talk especially to college students about if your roommate seems like they're having difficulty or if they confide in you, seek out an adult to talk that over with and maybe they will be able to help you to get that student to the resident assistant. >> according to a national survey, college students receiving mental health services rank their counseling centers as excellent or good. >> police are searching for clues after an overnight stabbing in phil's point. it happened around 2:00 a.m. in the 200 block of south broadway. the victim was stabbed several times but is listed in s

g behind the trigger of a 9 mm semiauto handgun was dayvon green, a 23-year-old university of maryland graduate engineering student and self- described brainiac seen on a nasa website where he was an intern focused on systems eny nearing. one of his roommates woke up to the flames. >> lit fires all around the house, which lured his two roommates outside. the trio went to put out the fires together. green pulled a gun from his waistband. shot one roommate to death, and wounded another as he fled. green then ran into the backyard and shoot himself to death. julie parker speaks for prince georges county police. >> detectives discovered a 9 mm handgun next to the gunman's body. they also discovered a bag of weapons to include a baseball bat, a machete, a semi- automatic handgun, and ammunition. the shooter had been suffering from a mental illness. >> it is an incredible tragedy. >> university president, wallace lowe said the university was not aware of green's troubled mental history. >> what led up to this? was there a precipitating event? >> they had been here once before for a burglary

police say 23-year-old dayvon green set several fires at his home on 36th street in college park. green then shot his two house mates, 22-year-old stephen rane died. we caught up with a friend at last night's memorial service. evan moore says he doesn't understand why someone would kill stephen. >> i would never imagine him angering anyone or anything like that to provoke something to this magnitude. >> green, a graduate student, shot and killed himself. investigators believe that he had been suffering from a mental illness. in addition to the handgun, they believe green used, officers say they also found a rifle, a machete, and a baseball bat. >>> right now charles county fire investigators are trying to figure out what started a deadly fire overnight. crews rushed to bawrning home around -- to the burning home around 10:30 last night. it took about 30 minutes to put out the fire. however, one of the persons who lived in the home did not make it out safely. the victim is believed to be an elderly woman. one firefighter was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor wounds.

. >>> police say early tuesday morning 23-year-old dayvon green shot his roommates before turning the gun on himself. >>> the surviving victim is already up and walking after being shot in his back leg. his stepfather tells fox 5 the roommates knew green had guns in the house. >> they were leery of him for whatever reasons. having guns in the house gave them pause for concern but, you know, he's allowed to have them. >> police say green purchased the guns legally. the survivor says he plans to complete his semester in maryland but no longer live in that house. >>> continue to follow the massive man hunt that ended in a firy stand off. until yesterday christopher dorner had been holdup in big bear lake for four days. the ex-cop took police on a wild chase stealing two cars and barricading himself in a different cabin. that's where dorner began a shoot out killing sheriff's deputy wounding another officer before the cabin went up in flames. a body was discovering following the fire. officials are working to formally identify it. >>> the edge on dc where the dc fire and ems department is

the suspect dayvon green shot both of his house mates before turning the gun on himself. sherrie johnson has the latest on the story. >> reporter: according to his family he suffered from mental illness. we visited the rosedale neighborhood where his family lives. no word on green's exact illness or what medication he was taking. 23-year-old green got his undergraduate degree from morgan state university and was getting his graduate degree in engineering from maryland. police in prince george's county says he killed one of his roommates and injured another before killing himself outside the college park home. the two victims were undergraduate student at the university of maryland. the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was bought legally in boughtmore county. atf is looking at the stash the weapons including a machete and fully automatic weapon. he did leave a note describing his thoughts before killing a roommate injuring another andkilling himself. >> the family let our detectives know that he had a condition for at least a year and that in the past, he has been

he was in college park yesterday when dayvon green set several fires outside. they were meant to force him and another roommate out of the house. >> just had a sense, and he looked back and saw a gun coming out of his roommate's pocket. and he started to turn to run. i don't think he got very far before he got shot. >> owa's roommate was shot and killed before green turned the gun on himself. owa said he will return to school. green's family told them that he was taking medication for a mental illness. >>> parents in fairfax county talked about their concerns in the wake of the shooting in newtown. they met at the sully district police station to learn more about the security procedures. the head of security talked about campus protection such as cameras, lighting and lockdown procedures. about two dozen parents were there. some of them insisted each school should have at least one resource officer on campus. >>> it's a done deal, american airlines and u.s. airways will merge to create the world's biggest airline. but what does it mean for ticket prices and how

dayvon green set fire to the apartment and shot them as they try to escape. stephen rane was killed. more needs to be done to treat students with emotional problems. >> we need to talk to college students if your roommate seems like they're having a difficult time. do not keep it to yourself. seek out an adult to talk it out with and maybe they can help you to get that student to the residence assistant. >> a funeral arrangements for stephen rane have not been released. >> the catholic church will give its blessing to a bill that would repeal the death penalty. william lori will call for maryland to take capital punishment off the books. he says the it is in keeping with the churches pro-life teachings. >> people commit heinous crimes and should be punished but we feel there is a better way than capital punishment. there is life without parole. >> governor martin o'malley is making a push for renewal will wind energy in annapolis. about 100 people greeted members on wednesday. the bill would establish a framework that creates an incentive for companies to inv

police say dayvon green shot and killed himself after shooting stephen rane. he saw green plot a gun and ran from the scene. rane died longmont after being shot. green had been suffering from mental illness -- rane died after being shot. >> we need to talk to college students if your roommate seems like they're having a difficult. did not keep it to yourself. seek out an adult to talk it out with and maybe they can help you to get that student to the residence assistant. >> college students receiving mental health services rank their counseling as excellent or good. former maryland first lady kendel ehrlich will be a possible replacement. she will be joined by a state delegate and another. they are vying to replace john leopold who resigned last month. at 6:00s forum begins p.m. in odenton. candidates will have less than 24 hours to submit their applications which are due tomorrow. >> hearings today on legislation to repeal the death penalty. one person expected to testify is the archbishop. he wants to let people live out their lives and better themselves. >>