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kathleen cairns reports. >> monday morning, some people could not even get out of their driveways. >> every street has down trees. cul-de-sacs are closed up. it is a mess. >> the high winds and heavy rain left its mark. >> it was like being out in the ocean. i mean it was crazy. >> in owings mills. >> they have no power. we have no power. >> actually, in this one area, it is about 23. >> on greenspring valley road, the wait is on. >> i was just wondering if i should just try to turn my car around and go back the other way? >> as the chaos returns to calmness, the serenity is a welcome sign. >> kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> well, fortunately no one hurt in the storms last night. but hopefully we have seen the last of that for awhile. vytas reid is here with a look at the forecast. vytas. >> yeah, it looks like we will have a quiet night tonight. except for a few pop-up showers here and there talking about reisterstown. on this map here, you can see a few showers pushed through hampstead and northwest of reisterstown. a shower is moving through. nothing severe. just a

kathleen cairns has the latest. >> outside the cradle rock school it said have a happy and safe summer. but on the other side of the building, around 7:30 last night. bullets were flying. >> some sort of an altercation broke out between two groups of kids. during the altercation, someone pulled a handgun and this then this young man injured. >> teen shot and other teens at the basketball court are interviewed by police. >> we would be remiss if we did not look into the possibility of gangs. there is no early indication of that here. but keeping our minds open to every possibility. >> police have stepped up patrols in the area. and a local resident said violence is not the norm. >> it makes me scared. >> because i never thought something like that would happen in this area. >> school administrators are quick to react. >> that's where our students play during the school year. it was very disturbing to hear that such a violent act was -- occurred on our school grounds. >> during the day, there is a summer camp, but administrators say no students were here at night. when the shooting occur

kathleen cairns reports. >> at johns hopkins hospital, the new record is announced. >> it is a massivenor kidney transplant. >> thomas gave to kathleen and that started the do dominoes. >> eight donors. >> sally to karen, john gave a kidney to a patient in oklahoma city. >> eight recipients. >> to teresa and robert and lisa to daniel. and then we flew in a kidney last night from st. louis. >> involving nine surgeons and four states. >> this is the largest one that has been done. >> medical teams began the first surgeries in mid june. >> there was a time when the air space was full of live donor kidneys. >> the carefully choreographed medical procedures were just what robert brink man needed. >> i woke up the next day in the hospital. and i immediately felt better than in two years. >> right now there are 1200 people on the kidney transplant wait list here in maryland. the average wait time, four to five years. and they are hoping for a live donor. those kidneys last twice as long. up to 20 years. pamela donated after hearing about her co-work oner was in need. blood types were not comp

kathleen cairns was there. >> doesn't happen every day in this littletown. >> in this old railroad town. >> the town is sykesville. nothing is unusual. always quiet here. >> but there is a big turnout tuesday morning to watch. >> i have seen it done a couple of times. >> the movers. >> interesting move. >> the original homeowners are long gone. >> i don't think anybody lives in here. what was that? >> but neighbors line the sidewalk. the historic home built in the 1880s. >> think about it. 130 years is a long time. >> will have a new address. >> is that truck name mac? >> we chose to save the building. >> being moved from main street to oklahoma avenue. >> drive it right down there and put it on the end. >> i like this old house. >> they must have built the house pretty good. you would think it would fall down wouldn't you? >> spectators stakeout the best vantage point. while repairs are made, the tension escalates. >> look up there and see where the trim is. >> finally. >> it is not every day we move a house. >> with everything secure. the movers begin the dangerous journey. >> that's

we cannot get rid of them. >> kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> that rat tested negative for rabbies and the boy is fully to recover. >> you are the first one to know about stories like this and we want your take on foxbaltimore.com. no one knows your community better than you. you can upload pictures, video and written stories, by going to foxbaltimore.com/ your take and you can also send photos directly from your cell phone to pics at foxbaltimore.com. >> memorial services today for two of the four people killed on a helicopter crash on i-70 alast week. memorial for 48 kim felix held today in damascus. and one for 39-year-old george tutor was held at 6 p.m. the n.t.s.b. is investigating the cause of the accident. >> we now know the names of three people killed after crashing into a street sweeper this week. police say darlene and lori caldwell and katarina morrison were killed. the pennsylvania residents were coming home from state of kentucky. >> a teacher arrested for sending racy text messages to a teenage boy is indicted on new charges tonight. 43-year-old jonathan dick

kathleen cairns takes us inside the man hunt. >> chaos in east baltimore. >> why is a bunch of policeround a school? >> police surround william p. ca elementary and middle school. perimeter set up. >> gentleman went into the school with a gun. >> lavonda brown and so many other parents are looking for their kids. >> hostage situation. >> i want my child. >>the 200 children attending summer school have been faithfully evacuated. including susan. >> police search the school from all angles. >> people kept saying i am scared, i am scared. >> some people saw the suspect, including the school custodian. >> the door was open. he just ran. >> door should be always secured. i was afraid of this. >> with each passing moment, the search intensifies. >> i have seen all the police and helicopters. >> as it stands now, we have members of our swat team doing a slow meticulous sweep. >> i am upset. trying to figure out what's going on with my kids. >> panicked parents are relieved to find their children. >> they are okay. i feel wonderful. >> some at a nearby church and others at a library. >> she d

kathleen cairns has more on the story you are seeing first on fox. >> in south baltimore, truck six is out of service tonight. >> and i understand that the closest fire station to service us is over in pigtown. >> randy friend's daughter was killed in a fire five years ago. >> this is a worst nightmare any mother or parents could go through to bury their children. >> now she worries the cutbacks may put other lives in jeopardy. >> yes. it is russian roulette, playing with people's lives by doing this. cut back on trash is one thing. cut back on a life is totally different. >> due to reductions, trucks and fire trucks are shut down for the night shift. >> by closing truck six you are affecting their response area. >> it affects a big section of the city. >> you know, this would be the district they would cover, includes brooklyn, curtis bay, cherry hill, locus point. our women and men are having to make harder and harder decisions because they know that companies that maybe right behind them in the past are not behind them right now. >> since july 8, drastic budget cutbacks for overtime

kathleen cairns has more. >> he loved aviation. he really did. >> niall booth was one of the flight instructors at advanced helicopter concept based at frederick airport. flight originateed from here yesterday. and four people were on board. they spent the evening in hagerstown at a charity dinner. >> he was a philanthropist. really giving person. he loved to give back to society. >> hayden is just 15. >> what his final hours on earth were spent doing, giving back. >> kim felix known for her general ross thee and often ran fund raising events for the needy in frederick county. >> never said no. she touched so many lives and she was such a bright light. i can't even imagine all the holes that she will leave behind. >> kim felix was also the mother of three girls. niall booth leaves behind a daughter and son. >> it is a trying time for the entire family. we are not sure where we will go from here. but we will find a way. >> at the helicopter school's airport office. colleagues were too so distraught to talk about the otherss that die

kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> will the skies stay clear tonight? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with a look at the sky watch forecast. it was a mess last night. >> we saw strong thunderstorms out there. all fumeed from the humidity. address instability in the atmosphere. and the thunderstorms can get a lot of strength going in them. when you get the down burst of winds. that could be 60, 70 miles per hour at times. causing the dang out there. no damage to talk about today. we saw just a scattered shower or thunderstorm. mainly north ohd radar. going north, just north of baltimore county. over west of new freedom. across the bored oner. few pop-up showers. and north in carroll county, rain there. but it looks like this activity will continue to kind of move its strength as it heads through the evening hours. zooming out here. you can sea kind of see south of us. showers west of dc. but activity will fizzle out through the overnight. and then tomorrow, we will have a chance for maybe some scattered showers. temperatures, highs today. 90 in ba

as kathleen cairns reports. budget cuts have them worried about safety. >> city makes us do more with less. why have they put a price tag on your family's head? >> outside the firehouse expo in downtown baltimore. >> why are they putting your lives in danger? >> cries for help from baltimore city firefighters. >> what happens when you call 911, and nobody comes. >> they are angry about the rotating closures of fire companies, in an effort to save money. >> delayed responses. are going to cause somebody to get hurt. >> what are you going to do when it takes 10, 15, 20 minutes before the first arriving company? >> the spectacle draws attention, especially from fire fighting experts in town for the convention. >> we are saying 15 percent of companies, engines and trucks are closed tonight. sleep well. meaning if you are in this general vicinity downtown, it is going to take a ladder company longer to get here, to rescue you. >> who is going to save your kids. >> tonight six companies are closed. >> what family memb

kathleen cairns reports. >> we are not here to be arrested sir. >> this is the beginning. >> defend life demonstrator jack aims watches the video from august 1st. >> you need the permit. end of story. if you don't have a permit you cannot stand here. >> mange up the law as they go along. >> holding graphic signs demonstrators hope to raise aattention to their cause, but as the action in belair unfolds. >> i am a state police officer i know the law. >> they did not know what they were talking about. they were making up the law. >> they get handcuffed. >> what is the laws that you arrest us under? >> failing to obey order. >> they are acting like ga stop pel. >> 18 charged with disorderly conduct and failure to obey and willfully obstructing the free flow of traffic. >> we were not obstructing traffic. >> 12 days later, charges dropped and back then prosecutors explained. >> they had spent a night being detained. and that we did not feel it was necessary to go any further. >> state police will not comment on pending litigation. the plaintiff helps the lawsuit prompts change for pro-life, p

in baltimore, kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> chief clack said other cities are facing more drastic reductions. including philadelphia, where seven fire companies have been permanently closed. >> well, city leaders and residents met tonight to take on property taxes. mayor sheila dixon wants to cut property taxes. but a spokesperson for the mayor said making property taxes match surrounding areas, may put a huge burden on the city. circuit court clerk frank conaway said he is tired of the excuses. >> for the last 25 years, we have been talking about reducing property taxes. it just has not happened. because we say the same thing over and over and over again. i don't know about you, but i am mad as heck, and i am not going to take it any longer. >> so if the property taxes were reduced by $1.16 to match baltimore county, the city itself would lose $348 million in revenue. >> peterson also said the recommendations of a panel on property taxes have been put on hold because of the economy. >> well, in annapolis, the vote was unanimous. $280 million has been cut from the year's m

kathleen cairns reports. >> christopher jones' mother alleges her son's death is due to the negligence of the anne arundel county school system. this legal notice lays the ground work for jones' mother to file a civil lawsuit. >> they made certain promises, if the parents would transfer their child. >> we pulled him out of anne arundel high school five weeks ago, because they did not want him involved in the gang activity in that school. we hut him in south river to prevent this from happening. and it followed him into the streets. >> chris' mom spoke last month at a candle light vigil. two rival gangs were fighting. chris' mom said he was being tormented for trying to breakup the fights. >> that's why he was the peace maker. tried to end the fight between the gangs. >> attorney richard jack litch said the school made promises to chris' mom if she transferred kris to a new school in april. >> they promised to notify the parents of the kids. who were the gang members threatening kris. that was never done. they promised to get the gang task force involved with the county police, that was