wjz is live, derek valcourt with more on the legal challenges in this case. >> reporter: at the heart of this case is the question that all of those former parents are now asking themselves. am i one of the people in those videos? attorneys are preparing for an onslaught of lawsuits as hundreds of former parents come forward worried they were the victims -- patients come forward worried they were the victim of the ultimate invasion of privacy by their gynecologist, dr. nikita levy. >> i just can't believe it. >> this is shocking. >> reporter: dr. levy apparently took his own life days after a fellow employee reported suspicious behavior. police say levy used a small video camera hidden in a pen to record some of the images. directives seized computers and equipment but say they now have a mountain of evidence to comb through. many of levy's former patients now plan legal action against his estate and the prestigeous hospital he worked for. >> i think this is something that johns hopkins is going to want to do everything that they possibly can to put it behind them. >> reporter: attorn

derek valcourt is in search of his killer ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: 21-year-old edmund st.ire made music videos that is how many of his fellow students on the university of maryland, eastern shore campus knew him. his murder saturday night a source of heart break. >> i was surprised, shocked. my prayers go out to his family and friends. >> reporter: it happened after 9:30 p.m. when st. claire his younger brother and a third friend were driving across campus when they encountered a group of at least three other young men. a fight broke out and st. claire was stabbed in the chest. he died in his brothers arms. >> i saw the people too but it was like stay with my brother, or go get them. you know what i am saying so i had to stay with my brother. >> reporter: police say the crime was not random but so far no arrests and with those killers on the loose, tensions remain high. >> we believe that is correct this was an isolated incident -- we believe that this was an isolated incident. we are stepping up security to make sure that our students feel they are in a safe environment.

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derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> okay, derek. thank you., police are promising to be open and transparent in their investigation. >>> the college park student shot by his classmate is home from the hospital. denise is in the newsroom with the latest on the murder-suicide that has rocked the entire campus. denise? >> well, mary. 22-year-old neil ora says he will return to class. he was shot in the leg tuesday morning. police say dayvon green set a fire in the home, while ora and steven rane were sleeping. all three were sleeping in the house and police say that's when green pulled out a 9- millimeter pistol and shot ora and rane. when police searched, they also found an u.s.ey -- uzirifle and a bat. >> police say that green was taking medication for schizophrenia. police say he did not leave a suicide note. >>> prince george's county police need your help finding a missing woman and her 1-year- old daughter. take a look at this picture. 25-year-old stephanie ham rick and her daughter, have not been seen since february 7th. the two were walki

derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, derek. thank you. for another look at that security camera video, log onto our website, cbsbaltimore.com and look for the story under the news section. >>> former illinois congressman jesse jackson, jr., now faces several years in prison, after admitting in court that he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal use. danielle nottingham reports for wjz from washington. >> reporter: jesse jackson, jr., wiped tears from his eye, as the judge read charges against him. the former congressman admitted to spending more than $700,000 in campaign cash on personal items and said he misled the american people. >> jesse needed to come to terms with his misconduct. and those who were in court saw that he did precisely that. >> reporter: jackson spent $43,000 a rolex watch. $9,000 on furniture. and more than $5,000 on expensive clothes. his wife sandra was also in court wednesday, facing her own charge of filing false income tax returns. jackson, the son of the civil rights leader, spent

derek valcourt has more on the city's police department and the health of that injured police officer derek. >> reporter: that injured officer is now out of the hospital and what happened to him sparked a massive investigation and major changes here at this city's police academy. >> reporter: this kind of police cadet training, hands on temporarily on hold. cadets now confined to the classroom as state police audit the city police academy's procedures after an apparent accidental shooting two weeks ago. that's when sources tell wjz one of the academy's instruck tours mistakingly fired his real gun instead of a training gun. >> this weapon that we carry on our hips they are not toys. >> reporter: an angered city police chief immediately appointed a new police academy commander. >> reporter: major joe smith announced that he was leaving the department. his first order of business, a complete review of all police academy procedures. >> my goal is to make sure that the academy is the safest environment for our officers, and really bringing it to the national forfront forefront to be an el

as derek valcourt explains what was discovered on the two properties he leased that has animal rescue groups so upset. >>> animal groups have helped more than two dozen horses rescued from these fredrick county farms but as you're about to see these horses are the lucky ones. on the back of this pregnant mayier a kind of fungus called rain rot. this horse and many others were turned over to rescue groups. the horse's owner faces two charges after the county found one horse in desperate need of medical attention. it later died. >> the horses were really the ones that were in the worse condition. >> reporter: the laurie went looking for some unaccounted for horses on the two fredrick ranches, she found dead horses. >> as you were walking around and saw the caucuses what went through your mind? >> i really didn't know what kind of person could do that to an animal and just leave them like that. like they were garbage. >> reporter: but there's nothing in the law to stop farm owners from leaving exposed caucuses on their property. they're still investigating for now there's little they can

derek valcourt has more from the family of neil o. derek? >> reporter: kai. he took a bullet to the leg. tonight, his family says he is limping but lucky. >> reporter: police say 23-year- old graduate student dayvon martin had been diagnosed with a mental illness for more than a year before tuesday morning's bizarre rampage, at an off- campus house. he took his own life, after killing one of his roommates, stephen rane, and shooting another roommate, neil oh in the leg. >> we're just thankful he's alive. we don't know how he survived it. >> reporter: chris says his stepson and rane were both awakened by a smell of fire. when they went out together to put out the flames, green opened fire. >> saw the gun coming out of the kid's pocket and just had a sense that something wasn't right. and he turned to run. that's when he got hit. he felt his leg, something was there. and just decided, i just gotta go, just gotta run. >> reporter: family members say although nal is at -- nal is at home, recovering, he isn't ready to speak to investigators yet, until after he spe

derek valcourt has the latest as police continue to search for a killer. >> 21-year-old edmond st. clair made music videos under the name trinny west. that's how many of his fellow students on the university of maryland eastern shore campus knew him. his murder saturday night now a source of heartbreak. >> i was surprised. i was shock ed ed. my prayers go out to his family and friends. >> it all happened after 9:30. st. clair, his under younger brother and a third friend were driving across campus when they encountered a group of three men in the road. a fight broke out and st. clair was stabbed in the chest. he died in his brother's arms. >> it was like stay with my brother or go get them. i had to stay with my brother. i let them go. >> police say the crime was not random but so far no arrests. tensions remain high. >> we believe this was an isolated incident. we're stepping up our security just to make sure that our students feel they are in a safe environment. >> i'm concerned. if it can happen to him it can happen to anybody else. if the person who took his life wasn't scared

i'm derek valcourt. i'll explain coming up on wjz eyewitness news. >>> i'm ron matz, at sports legends museum. where on saturday, you can meet the mascots. the story coming up here on wjz. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. >>> it is 5:31. 36 degrees and really clear out there. just beautiful. good evening, everybody. thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. good news for animal advocates. and owners of pit bull type dogs. today, maryland's house of delegates voted to reverse a court ruling, labeling those animals, inherint -- inherently dangerous. as derek valcourt explains, the measure throws the responsibility for dog bites on the dog's owner. >> reporter: the bill, unanimously passed by maryland's house today, essentially realizes that all dogs, not just pit bulls, have the potential to bite. >> reporter: the 2007 vicious pit bull attack that nearly killed 10-year-old dominic salesky was at the center of this. label

derek valcourt has more from the family of neil oa. derek? >> that bullet hit nal in -- neal in the leg. but tonight, his family says he is just lucky. . >> reporter: police say 22-year- old graduate student dayvon green had been diagnosed with mentalilness for more than a year. he took his own life after killing one of his roommates, stephen rane, and shooting another roommate, nealoa in the leg. >> chris merz says his stepson and his roommate were awakened by several small fires. when they went out together to put out the flames, green opened fire. >> saw the gun coming out of his pocket, out of the kid's pocket. and just had a sense that something wasn't right. he turned to run. that's when he got hit. you know, he felt his leg, something was there. and just decided, i just gotta go, just gotta run. >> reporter: family members say although nea well is at home recovering and doing well, he isn't ready to speak with the media until after he speaks with the motor of his roommate, stephen rane. >> rane is slated to be laid to rest in pennsylva

derek valcourt is live with more on what that footage reveals. derek? >> reporter: well, the video does not show the murder itself. but it's what else you ask see in that video that has police interested. >> reporter: the murder happened just out of camera range of this surveillance video. it was snowing around 9:00 saturday night. look closely. you can see a group of at least three people walking by. car after car drives by as well. someone walks by, carrying an umbrella. state police are asking, what have if anything, did these people see? >> these are potential witnesses we need to speak to. >> reporter: detectives are trying to track down more people who might have seen the three young men who stabbed 21- year-old edmond st. claire to death in the middle of this main road that runs right through the university of maryland eastern shore. the campus was bustling with students and visitors during their weekend. the murder happened near some dormitories. but many say they saw nothing. >> i looked outside. and saw the ambulances. saw the lights. and i wa

we're live at shock trauma, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. wjz's complete coverage of the trainee shooting continues at 6:00. at that time, mike hellgren will investigate police training practices and what went wrong in owings mills. >>> the other developing story for you that we're following, wintry weather, moving into maryland. let's take a live look outside. some areas are seeing rain and sleet right now. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bern bet cood -- bernadetteed ands and bob turk are tracking this latest system. >> yes. we have temperatures above freezing but just cold enough for some of that sleet to come down. take a look at moisture. a batch of cold moist air. and as temperatures drop, we'll probably start seeing some snowflakes mixing in later on. now, as far as advisories are concerned, two winter weather advisories really. garrett county, well, they may see several inches of snow. and up across northeast maryland, maybe a small ado you meanulation also around the northern delaware area and central

derek valcourt has the latest on the sequestered cuts and what they mean. derek? >> well, it does not appear that negotiations are going well in washington, which has a lot of folks here in maryland, wondering how these cuts will impact their own wallets. >> reporter: president obama visited a navy shipyard, as he travels across the country, warning about the impact of the $85 million in budget cuts set to take effect friday. >> these cuts are wrong. they're not smart. they're not fair. they're a self-inflicted wound that doesn't have to happen. >> reporter: the main sticking point between the white house and congressional republicans is taxes. republicans agreed to raise taxes in the physical cliff deal last month. and they say that's enough. they're also criticizing the president for taking his message on the road. >> he's traveled over 5,000 miles the last two weeks. and we challenge him, mr. president, travel a mile and a half up here to capitol hill. >> well, the last-minute wrangling continues. many worry about the impact those cuts will have here in marylan

derek valcourt has more on the alert sent to loyola students this afternoon. derek? >> reporter: well, the school has been hit with one case of bacterial meningitis. that can spread from person to person. so as a precaution, they have alerted all the students here on campus. >> reporter: officials report one student showed up at loyola university student health center wednesday, and was taken to a hospital emergency room, where doctors confirmed a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. a rare, potentially deadly infection that can be spread from person to person, only through close contact. as news spread on campus, so did concerns. >> a little worried. i live in the dorm right here. and there's another person across the hall that is already sick. i'm a little worried about that. >> i know they want to keep the identity of the individual anonymous. just for confidentiality. but it would help us to know so that we make sure that maybe we were interacting with that person. >> reporter: loyola officials declined an on-camera interview, but say they're already evaluating the

at umes, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> and police are offering up to $2,000 in reward moneyor information leading to an arrest in this case. >> it has been a dreary tuesday across the region. live look outside now. rain starting to taper off. you can go outside without your umbrella possibly. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating our live doppler radar. >>> tracking a few showers to the region. they have moved off to the east. take a look at radar. one little batch came in from portions of carol county and frederick conty. and it just-- county. and it just disappeared completely. it continues to move off to the east. and we'll be done with this. and we're looking for colder and windy conditions later tonight. 42 in hagerstown. 30 in oakland now. there's the cold air. south and east of us, close to the 50-degree mark down to the south. we have big changes. better than det woods has a -- bernadette woods has a look at what we have tomorrow. >> that's right. starting to cool down in oakland. but take a look at

i'm derek valcourt. >>> day 3. the blade runner is back in court. his bail hearing continues. will the judge let him out. >>> new information. the suspect's family says he is not to blame. the new culprit just ahead. >>> and could snow be coming our way? or will it fizzle into rain? bob has your updated first warning weather forecast when we return. >>> it is clear and 34 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. good news, welcome news, for animal advocates and owners of pit bull type dogs. today, in immediate -- maryland's house of delegates labeled those animals, inherently dangerous. the measure puts responsibility for dog bites on the dog's owner. >> reporter: the bill unanimously passed by maryland's house today, essentially recognizes that all dogs, not just pit bulls, have the potential to bite. >> the 2007 vicious pit bull attack was at the center of last year's maryland court of appeals ruling. meaning pit bulls and their landlords could be held liable for any bite. soon, many could lose their beloved pet the or

i'm derek valcourt on the university of maryland eastern shore.murder victims and the search for his killers. that's coming >>> a maryland student stabbed to death during homecoming celebrations. what police know about the killer. >>> the next move. i'm mike hellgren. and i'll tell you who is now in charge of police training, after an incident that left an officer fighting for his life. >>> baltimore's dr. ben carson, critical of president obama. we'll look at the political implications. that's coming up. >>> a wet week ahead. stick around for the updated first warning forecast. >>> check in for these stories and all the daya's breaking-- di's breaking news. >> wjz -- day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 startnous. >>> campus killing. a promising student stabbed to death on the eastern shore. >> tonight, a university in shock, as police search for the suspects. >> hello, everybody. i'm denise koch. and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> a reward for information leading to the killers of 21- year-old edm

i'm derek valcourt, on the eastern shore with the latest on the victim and the search and...done. you just turn your ringer off so no one would interrupt us? oh no, i... just used my geico app to get a tow truck. it's gonna be 30 minutes. oh, so that means that we won't be stuck up here, for hours, with nothing to do. oh i get it, you wanna pass the time, huh. (holds up phone) fruit ninja!!! emergency roadside assistance. just a click away with the geico mobile app. >>> coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. another marylander is rocked by violence. this time, it's university of maryland, eastern shore. the latest in the search for who killed a prominent student. >>> the next move. i'm mike hellgren. and i'll tell you who is now in charge of a training that left an officer fighting for his life. >>> a man charged with hitting a toddler on a flight. i'm jessica kartalija, the shocking story coming up. >>> check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> stabbed to death. a campus homecoming celebration turns trag

derek valcourt is on campus. an update to the investigation. >> reporter: for hundreds of students, their grief is matched by worry that the killer could still be among them. >> welcome and thank you for coming out as we address some very important issues, related to our university. >> reporter: students build the university's basketball arena. some, looking for comfort. others, looking for answers. >> we don't know what happened. we just can go by what we're seeing on the news and what people are reporting. >> it's not fair that this senseless act occurred on our campus, during homecoming. >> reporter: the university rocked by the murder of 21-year- old edmond st. claire. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ trying to have some fun, trying to have some fun ♪ >> reporter: the music-loving junior was stabbed to death 9:30 nthe middle of this on- campus road. police say saint claire was with his brother and another friend, when they were confronted by a group of at least three other young men. a fight broke out and st. claire was stabb

derek valcourt is at the medical center where that doctor once worked with the latest for us tonight. >> reporter: at the heart of this case the same basic question that all of these women are now asking themselves am i in one of those videos? from full page ads to town hall style meetings to tv commercials. >> call now no matter how long ago you were patient of dr. levy. >> reporter: this gynaecologist apparently took his only life amid allegations that he secretly recorded patients while exams. >> i can't believe tfrmths this is shocking. >> reporter: attorneys for this woman have filed among the first of what promises to be countless lawsuits against his estate and the hospital he worked for. >> because i would like first and foremost for all of his patients to receive some sort of compensation. >> i think this is something that johns hopkins is going to want to do everything they possibly can to put it behind. >> reporter: attorney william buoy iii says the case poses league challenges including which of the patients were recorded and then proving to a judge, jury, that any of the

derek valcourt has more on those changes and an update on the injured officer, derek. >> reporter: thatnjured officer is doing remarkably well. we're told he is out of the hospital. but what happened to him has not only launched a massive investigation but it's sparked questions here at the police academy. >> reporter: this kind of police cadet training hands on using training weapons temporarily on hold. cadets now confined to the classroom as state police auto auto -- audit police academy procedures after an accidental shooting two weeks ago. that's when sources tell wjz news, one of the police instructors fired his real gun instead of a training gun at the site of the old rose wood psychiatric hospital. >> this weapon that we carry on our hips, they are not toys. >> reporter: an angered city police commissioner immediately appointed a new police academy commander and ordered a massive internal investigation into what he called a major procedural break down. >> we will peel back that onion with the goal of never ever having a situation like that happen here again. >> reporter: late la

derek valcourt talks with his family about the shooting. >> police say 23-year-old graduate student dayvon green had been diagnosed with a mental illness for more than a year. he took his own life a after killing one of his roommates stephan rane and shooting another roommate neil oa in the leg. >> we're thankful he's alive. it's just a mir acle. >> chris says his stepson neil and stephan rane were abackened by small fires that green set in the backyard of the house. when they went out to put out the flames green opened fire. >> saw the gun coming out of his pocket and just had a sense that something wasn't right. as he turned to run that's when he got hit. he felt his leg and just decided to go run. >> family members say although neil is at home recovering and doing well he isn't ready to speak with reporters just yet until after he speak with the murder of stephan rane. 22-year-old steven rain graduated high school from ellicott city is to be laid to rest this weekend in pennsylvania. neil oa's family counts their blessing. >> as bad as we feel, we can't imagine how the other families ar

but we begin with derek valcourt, with late-breaking details on what happened in the moments before the trainee was shot. derek? >> reporter: of course this all happened during a training exercise. and wjz has learned through multiple sources, that one of the officers present during that training somehow forgot to switch out his real gun with the training weapon they're supposed to use. >> reporter: sky eye chopper 13 over the scene as medics rush a university of maryland police trainee in his 40s, onto a waiting medivac helicopter. the trainee had been taking part in a city police academy training exercise. at the site of the old, now abandoned rosewood psychiatric hospital in owings mills. it's unclear what exactly happened. so far, investigators will only say the trainee was shot in the head, with live ammunition, by a city police training instructor. the news, outraging to the mayor. >> there's no acceptability -- acceptable situation for why live rounds were at a training exercise. and... i was so angry, i was almost speechless. >> reporter: the mayor visited the hospital tuesday a

derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> and most furloughs for civilian defense employees would not be able to begin until sometime in early april because employees are required to give at least 30 days' advanced notice. >>> this just in, maryland's highest court throws out a $billion punitive damage verdict against exxon mobil. in 2006, the groundwater for jacksonville residents in baltimore county was contaminated by a gas leak at an exxon station there. according to our media partner, the baltimore sun, today, the court of appeals rejected the jury's verdict, finding exxon mobil's finding of fraud. in the summer of 2011, the jury awarded $1 billion in pup tive damages-- punitive damages. >> orioles and ravens games are about to be smoke-free. some sports fans are supporting the smokeout. but as kristy aleto explains, not everyone is fired up for the big change. >> reporter: if you're caught smoking at m&t bank stadium or inside camden yards, as the umpire says -- >> he is out. >> reporter: fans can no longer light up at either venue. >> i'm all for it. >> i don't smoke. i don't want

. >>> i'm derek valcourt in odenton, where folks are bracing for the impact the sequester cuts will have to areas like this that depend on the military. what those cuts will mean for maryland, coming up on eyewitness news. >>> check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> mystery illness. over a dozen people rushed to the hospital. >> the search for clues in a north baltimore office building. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. a caotic scene in north baltimore today. hazmat crews rush to the hopkins keswick complex. several people are hospital biezed. -- hospitalized. but the reason why is still not known. jessica kartalija has more on what happened.

derek valcourt has more from the campus near the eastern shore in princess anne. >> reporter: homecoming weekend is typically a time for excitement. but what happened here this weekend has left students in mourning. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: 21-year-old edmond st. claire made music videos under the name triny west. and that's how many of his students on the university of maryland eastern shore campus knew him. his murder suicide saturday -- murder saturday night, now a source of heartbreak. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: it all happened just after 9:30. that's when police say st. claire, his younger brother, and a third friend were all driving across campus when they encountered a group of at least three other young men in the middle of this road. a fight broke out and st. claire was stabbed in the chest. he died in his brother isaiah's arms. >> i saw the people, too. but it was like, stay with my brother? or go get them? you know what i'm saying? so i had to stay with my brother. so i let them go. >> reporter: police say the crime was not random. but so far, no arrests. and with those