as jeff hager reports the coach punched one of the players. >> reporter: they filled up half of the trophy case. now allegations that he may have struck guard larry bask field has forced him to leave the team, at least for now. >> we have different accounts, some sounding more serious than others. of course, what the student athlete is saying and the coach, it sounds like something one might expect at any basketball game. >> reporter: at least one south carolina student and that university's president have both report the coach raised his hand against the player. those involved claimed while there was some form of contact no punch was thrown. bozeman has been suspended with pay. this is the same coach that has led the men to to state appearances in the tournament while scoring coach of the year three years in a row. >> i've seen this coach walk around and grab every single player on his team and hug them and kiss them right on president forehead. it seems to be a love fest among his players. that's why this seems to be so unusual. that's why we want to very carefully examine the facts and

jeff hager picks up the story from there. >> reporter: the shooting happened in the wee hours of the morning friday here in the high end town home community called russic green. this belief from neighbors as detectives comb the alley for evidence of a shooting that claimed the life of 36-year-old gregory robert sears. arundel police responded to reports of a shooting a learned from the wounded suspect that he had been targeted bay pair of armed robbers. >> the victim indicated, able to relay the information that he arrived home there, at that point he was basically accosted and approached by two unknown male subjects described as two black males, little further description on them at this point. they were masked up. >> reporter: sears resisted the robbers demands and they shot him in the driveway as his wife slept inside the home. paramedics transported him to the shock trauma center where he later died. >> he has a baby that's due in a week or so. they were excited about having a kid. his wife and my wife worked together. that's how i know them. >> reporter: neighbors we spoke with

. >> reporter: in harford county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> according to the church letter bullock was on vacation at the time. >>> two women and a baby are recovering after neighbors say they jumped from the second story of a burning row home. neighbors say one woman jumped out of the front and a second woman jumped out of the back. they're working to confirm exactly how the fire victims got out but all three are recovering at area hospitals. >> they're injured a little bit but they could have died. they could have suffered a lot more injuries. i'm grateful they all got out. >> investigators are still working on the cause but so far they have not found anything to suggest this was an arson fire. >>> a dozen people were forced out of their homes after a two alarm firement this broke out about 7:00 on the third floor ball conning in. it damaged six apartments. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. >>> also in perry hall, looking for a descrifer who hit and killed a 68-year-old woman. this happened just after 7 last night on seven courts drive. two cars were traveling when o

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> well, don't let beautiful day we had today fool you. change is headed our way. i hear flurries are in the forecast. >> reporter: the wild -- >>> the wild ride continues. we're tracking significant snow off to the north. you can see it in western pennsylvania, reaching back through ohio. this disturbance is tracking to the north. some spots could get decent snow showers is where we have our winter advisories tonight. you can see that is exactly where the snow coming down. now toward the hancock area where 68 and 70 split toward the west. temperatures above freezing except for as you go well out west toward deep creek lake. to the 30s with flurries. we'll talk about the more significant storm headed our way. it's coming up. >>> a utah doctor accused of murder for a late term botched abortion appears to have been extradited back to maryland. dr.. i -- dr. nicola riley is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. police began in august of 2010 after a botched surgery at this clinic in elkton. >>> in howard county parents and poli

. >> reporter: in anne arundel county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> maryland state police do not know if alcohol or speeding contributed to the crash. they're still awaiting toxicology reports. >>> officers were called to the 400 block of frankfurst avenue at 9:00 this morning after a body was found in the water. they're not sure how long the body had been in the water. >>> in about an hour the group against same-sex marriage will make sure their voices are heard. abc2's brian kuebler has more on how this group will fight against same sex couples. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of the governor's speech on the conference by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. governor o'malley told the crowd he would introduce a civil marriage law and it's something the governor supports this year. the progressive ministers had a hand in defeating this bill last year and will seek to do the same in 2012. they are holding a rally in front of the state capital and said they will be heard at every hearing and every vote along the way. >> we uphold in what we believe and we are preventing the st

. >> reporter: at police headquarters, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> the department also plans to reviewocedure for handling police involved shootings and complaints. >>> the family of gregory sears is looking for answers and is asking the public for help while also offering a re ward. sears was killed in his own driveway on january 6th. the family handed out fliers offering up a $10,000 reward for information on his murder. >> it's a senseless hane yules crime and we're -- heinous cram and we're try -- crime and we're trying to grasp it. >>> the issue of same-sex marriage in maryland is certainly a hot button shall you but now first lady katie o'malley is apologizing. she spoke at the conference of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. she said delegates who prevented the bill from passing are quote coward. today she said i deeply respect there are strongly held and differing views on marriage quality here in maryland but our our elected officials will come together to address this for our family and children. governor o'malley is backing same-sex marriage legislation this year. >>> a

jeff hager joins us with more. >> reporter: skellly, this -- kelly, this isn't the first time someone has driven on to the tracks in lutherville. 83-year-old howard kay was apparently trying to turn off seminary avenue but made the turn prematurely, driving it on to the railroad tracks where he got stuck. moments later a light rail train cut through the fog with little or no chance to stop in time. >> there was a car about right here on the railroad tracks facing that way, and looked like they had crashed into each other. >> reporter: fortunately, three people got out of their vehicle and called out to him to abandon the car. those who live and work in the area said the same crossing has been the site of numerous crossings in the past and they hope the state will add a light or speed bump to make it safer. >>> a trial date has been set for one of the doctors charged with the murder accused of doing late term abortions in cecil county. dr. chase brigham will be back. he and dr. riley were indicted on murder charges. riley was in court last week after being extradited from utah. >>> a b

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> state police have identified the man who died in the crash as david rollenves in elkton. the driver of the other car was treated and released from the hospital. >>> there is a suspected child sex offender after a mother said her daughter was attacked. a young girl attended a girl's party at a mobile home park who enexon terred -- encountered 29-year-old gerald hazelwood. he sexually assaulted her. she told her mom. no bai. he's facing a s of charges including second-degree rape. >>> let's get to the continuing coverage of accused paving schemer tommy clack. he's back in maryland but he didn't get a warm welcome home. clack has been extradited from florida. yesterday he posted $300,000 bail. clack is due in court tomorrow to face off with the attorney general's office which hit him with a cease and desist order telling him to stop paving and that was back in november. >>> new tonight federal investigators said the airforce retaliated against four civilian workers who blew the whistle on those mishandling remains at dover airforce base. the problems uncovered

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> now to the very latest on that 13-year-old boy who was shot over the weekend. he was upgreated -- upgraded from critical condition. it happened sunday night in the 500 block of oakland avenue. the boy was shot several times in the hand, arms and torso. police still have no suspects. >>> the man convicted in two states has pleelded to -- pleaded to raping a woman. he took a plea deal today. his sentence for first degree raped as 50 years to the 35 he's solving for a second-degree rape and sex offense in montgomery go. the most recent case found him hiding in a vehicle. he bound her hands and covered her eyes with duct tape, the material used in most of the attacks. >>> police in annapolis are trying to find a man who exposed himself in the 1700 block of forest drive yesterday morning. police say the suspect pulled his pants down and exposed himself to a woman. >> in the pictures they appear to be slightly different weights. they're wearing different clothing. >>> their faces appear different. we're trying to figure out if it is the same person, just the quality

as jeff hager tell us, it spoke of the state's role in saveing that company. >> reporter: christmas came a few days early with spink slips for more than 700 workers at the steel mill in sparrows point. many of them come to mickey's bar to drown their sorrows. >> i got guys down there for 5 years. they are laid off right now. >> reporter: a former steel worker for the once proud bethlehem steel, tony says when a russian company sold the company, there was hope things would be different. >> it's pitiful, it's a shame. just rg steel is i thought they were the answer to saving this company. they are not. >> reporter: rg steel broke its silence, as the ceo revealed how close the company had come to shunning down the furnace for good if not for a last ditch appeal. >> we need help. we need everything that the government and labor can bring to help save rg steel. >> rg purchased 3 steel mills in march for $750 million. it couldn't have happened at a worst time. the price of iron soared and the price of steel plummeted. maryland's top politicians announced the banks it's worth saving and the eff

jeff hager joins us with the details. >> reporter: motorists on i-95 couldn't miss the pair of suv'sraveling at break neck speeds cutting each other off. then one driver pulled out a handgun and began firing shots. a race

jeff hager joins us with the latest. >> reporter: investigators became aware of the body before the teenuld dispose of the body. when they arrived at the home on morrisville road, they were missing two key elements, a victim and a suspect. >> w

. >> i'm jeff hager in the northeast where the attempted theft of this lawn tractor ended up causing

jeff hager joins us. >> it happened in high end town homes, russ green, off of route 198 near the baltimore washington parkway. police say 36-year-old gregory sears arrived home when a pear of masked men met him at his vehicle and tried to rob him. one shot him and fled. the victim survived long enough to tell police what happened. when officers arrived on the scene. one of his friends says the victim was an expect an ex pecktant father. >> they were excited about having a kid. his wife and my wife work together. >> if you have information, you are asked to call crime stoppers 186 1-866-7-lockup. >>> neighbors and family barely had time to start mourning the loss of 84-year-old mary hine, now dealing with details following the fire that claimed her life yesterday morning. police say she was stabbed first. we will have more on the story coming up later on in the news cast. >>> all right. here we go we are dealing with satellite and radar, not a lot across the area. a few clouds tried to stream here and there as we went throughout the day. most of the clouds up in to the north right now in to

today jeff hager spoke to him about his road to recovery. >> reporter: baltimore arguably has some ofop hospitals in the world. yet, chris

jeff hager joins us with detail. >> since the heyday, sparrows point spent workers home each winter, this time different, they shut down the furnace and laid off 700 workers with no mention of when they might return. the ceo revealed how close the company came to closing down for good, if not for a last ditch appeal. we need help, everything the government and labor can bring to save rg steel. we did the work, laid the ground work. it deserves to be saved. it's investing, not just taking over businesses, it's investing in putting money in to the mill, capital in it. >> reporter: rg steel purchased sparrows point inma. the iron costs and rumetting steel prices threatened to keep it out of business. it received a credit line and will save 2000 jobs at sparrows point and more in our region alone. >>> just hours before a revealing exclusive interview with newt gingrich's second wife aired on abc's night line, the candidate hit the stage for the last debate before the south carolina primary. the early part of the day was fill with news that rick san storm won in iowa and rick perry's anno

i'm jeff hager, i will have the details coming up. >>> death of a woman in east baltimore in a fire takes why the fire may have been covering up the results of another crime. >>> city is looking for the next group who wants to put the pedal

jeff hager joins us with the details. >>> an investigation is underway into