on the night of the shooting, he wore a mask, shooting dequan burks and two others. matthews rejected a plea deal. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. let's bring you up to date. we were still tracking some closures in carroll county on route 97. philadelphia boulevard at james avenue, you may find some delays because of a crash. you can see the north and west side continues to run smoothly. southboundonnell, traffic continuing to move well. those speeds move well down to howard county. 55 on the west side. eastbound 50, three lanes are closed in the bowie region. everything running smoothly in annapolis. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. here we are in the baltimore metro area. you can see some sprinkles to the south. the significant rain has been out in west virginia. most of the storm is west of us. we should be clipped this afternoon by some rain chances. 35 at the airport. warmer at the inner harbor, 44 degrees this morning. there are sprinkles in virgin

sterlin matthews was 17 years old when he killed another teenager, dequan burks. two other men survived the shooting. matthews was sentenced to 115 years behind bars. and a suspect in a howard county home invasion dead tonight. at the frederick county sheriff's department says 19- year-old daniel vale was one of three men who tried to force their way into a home in mount airy. officers were serving a warrant. they opened fire when he pointed a gun at them. he was pronounced dead on the scene. >> in tonight's education alert, maryland schools continue their winning streak. they were named number one in the nation for the fifth year in our wrote. the system got a final grade of b-plus, but received no marks lower than a b. state school officials say there's still plenty of room for improvement. the top honor for a maryland scientist from the white house. >> he is one of 12 researchers been awarded this year's national medal of science. tim tooten is live in the newsroom with that story. big news for him, sam. >> he is a distinguished professor of physics, but his re

sterlin matthews was 17 years old when he shot and killed dequan burks. he learned his state this afternoon in a baltimore county courtroom. 115 years behind bars. at 25-year-old bellaire woman remains behind bars. new details on the subject of a lengthy police pursuit caught exclusively by skycam 11. lowell melser joins as. we learn that she has a connection to law enforcement? >> it is striking how long the rap sheet of the suspect is when it comes to traffic violations. she has been identified as 25- year-old alicia hoffman of bellaire. we are learning more about the man the police say is her grandfather. he is retired law-enforcement and his car may have been used in this chase. skycam 11 catches the tense moments of a more than 30-minute police chase that began in baltimore city and ended in baltimore county. according to investigators, just before noon wednesday, two female district officers busted a drug deal when a woman identified as 25-year-old police shot hoffman of lead in a great vehicle, striking the two -- felicia hoffman fled in a great ve