the shrill ofwhen screams rang through this rental house near frostburg state university. but he is my best friend. there was strong, black six smoke. but they escaped. a marketing major who released his own clothing line that did not make out a live. >> i found out when i was in the hospital. i just dropped the phone and burst into tears. as loved ones said lateef gazal who was born in nigeria was a magnetic force. his friends said he loved dancing and loved his business fraternity and always carried himself with grace and style. we are getting used to not having him around. it will be tough. we would do the best we can. i love him. parents a younger sister are still in nigeria. cle,23-year-old aunt and un holes house we visited. unclearinances, it is if they will be up to attended her own son's funeral. moved to another fire. a firefighter was hurt while battling an apartment fire in the germantown. the flames broke out early this morning. the fire damaged six apartments and displays more than 20 people stop one dog died. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. no word

frostburg state university in maryland won't open till 10:00 a.m. and montgomery county circuit courts are delayed two hours. federal agencies are open this morning and employees, though, have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. for the complete list, of course you can always go to our website. it's wusa9.com. you can also find them on the wusa9 ipad app. right now let's go to howard for a look at the timeline and when things change from icy rain to all rain. >> several more hours to go. down in southern maryland, maybe just a couple of hours but it's going to take maybe toward 8:00, 9:00 and areas just north and west of d.c. could be 10:00 to noonish as you head up to the pennsylvania border but this afternoon looks mild, sunshine returning, dry and breezy. we'll crack 50 in spots. >> wow. >> the trouble is going to be this morning. coming up from upper montgomery county, a significance difference from clarksburg, even down toward montgomery village there was a big difference in that part of the drive on 270 about two hours ag

. >>> back here, frostburg state university student dies in an off-campus house fire. ith gaself bowie, maryland was a senior at frostburg state. the body was found on the first floor of the burning house 5:00 friday morning. two other residents of the house managed to escape with minor injuries. the cause of the fire has not been determined. >>> the search is on for a man wanted in four armed robberies in sterling, virginia. take a look at this composite sketch. louden county detectives say the most recent robbery happened last night. a woman was approached by a man who demanded her wallet and a jacket. all of the victims have been women. the suspect is described only as a man in his 20s, with a medium complexion. >>> people in northeast digging out this weekend, from the snowstorms this week. but another weather system headed this way, wendy gillette reports, parts of massachusetts, getting ready for a storm expected to dump snow at the rate of three inches an hour. >> reporter: officials in massachusetts are warning drivers to stay off the roads. as another blast of

investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a fast-moving fire that took the life of a frostburg university state student over the weekend. the student from bowie was killed friday morning when the fire ripped through the off campus home. and prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins spoke with the cousin's roommate who survived the blaze. >> i heard the crying, and it was terrible. nobody wants to hear that. >> reporter: he is trying to figure out what is next after the tragic loss of his cousin. >> anything i needed, anything i wanted, he always provided for me. >> reporter: the loss is complicated. since his cousin 23-year-old was killed in a fire that he and another roommate luckily survived. >> i heard some voices in the house, but i was not really -- i was praying that no one was in the house. >> reporter: it happened early friday morning in the off campus house just a shortwalk from fro frostburg university. >> at the time i heard yelling, but at the time i did not hear whose voice it was. >> reporter: another roommate yelled for them to get out, but latif was trapped inside. >> i

frostburg. this happened yesterday morning. the state university released a statement this afternoon saying, they believed the victim was lateef gazal. the university is offering counseling for students. because cause of the fire is under investigation. two people arrested in connection with yesterday's shooting of an eight-year-old girl. karie brown and demtrius patten are charged with assault with intent to kill. was shot in the torso. you will have to deal with cold temperatures and wind today. let's check in. >> give it another few hours. we will see the windchill plummet. temperatures hanging at 30 degrees in gaithersburg. 36 and fredericksburg. 35 for lexington park maryland. light snow didh not amount to much at all around the beltway. look at how is lifting off ,oward the north and east toward philadelphia, new york city, and boston. they are in for a big storm overnight with a winter storm warning and a blizzard warning for cape cod. throughures will fall the middle 30's and 20's overnight. skies will be clear tomorrow. wait until you see