. >>> thank you, and the weather coverage continues with kelly mcpherson. >> reporter: kai, there's about 15 homes in the thinks burg area damaged by the storms and three to four are severely damaged the good thing is, there's only one injury, a woman who hurt her wrist. the damage is a mile stretch and it's around the constellation way area and that links up to cay's mill road in carroll county and a will the of damage to assess and the people will be seeing the damage themselves and reporting it. it's going to continue on into the night as the people figure out what's been damaged and what they've fallen on. >> thank you -- kelly mcpherson, reporting live. >> let's go to alex demetrick with more. >> reporter: well, kai, we're in frederick and we're getting reports of structure damages and we've had a camera that way. and even though the storm blew through a few hours ago, hot, electric lines are posing a fatal risk in the after math of what blew through the area. large trees were uprooted and knocked flat and left in splinters by a wind that either straight lined or developed into a sma

kelly mcpherson explains how police tracked him down. >> reporter: adrian gilliam told police he sold the gun to mcnair's mistress on july 2nd in a mall parking lot. then july 4th police believe she used that gun to kill the former quarterback and herself. inside this tennessee condo lay steve mcnair and his 20-year- old waitress girlfriend dead from bullet wounds and a key piece of evidence. >> it was only when the bodies were moved, or they were about to start moving the bodies that the pistol was discovered underneath her. >> can you tell us what kind of gun it is? >> it's a semiautomatic pistol. >> reporter: police say sahel kazemi shot the quarterback several times, then turned the gun on herself. the weapon has now been linked to this man, 33-year-old adrian gilland. the sale was in the parking lot of dave and buster's just two days before the shooting. a trace of the gun first led police to a 2002 sale. >> we identified that as a pawnshop in nashville, gave that information to metro detectives where record of the first retail buyer will be. from there they tracked to the mr. gi

state says it need to fill a 700 million dollar hole in the budget and it kelly mcpherson reports it's twice as much as originally projected. >> reporter: good morning. this is not the first time that the governor has had to trim down the budget since the recession hit but it's one of the more significant numbers. he has to cut 700 million dollar from the budget. for the fourth time during the recession, maryland's governor needs to chop up the state budget. >> it is all going to be painful. none of it is going to be easy. >> reporter: hearing the news for the first time state workers are on edge. >> oh, my god, right now i don't think that would be the correct thing for him to do due to the fact we are lack on so many things we need. >> just like at home, when things get tight tough cut back. and it's no different in state government. >> it's hard on families and people. i am worried about myself because i don't know interdon't know what to say. gees. >> reporter: 700 million dollars must be cut to balance the 14 billion dollar budget. that is 5% that needs to go. the governor aims to

kelly mcpherson spoke with bge about this new report. kelly. >> reporter: denise, add up first what you pay every month for cable, tv, the phone, the internet, and energy, and compare that to what we're about to show you and we'll let you know that bge isn't happy about the results. many customers say they pay too much. >> it's just my mother and myself and it's $686, which is ridiculous. >> how much? >> $686. >> reporter: for two people. >> two people. >> i moved here from new jersey and i didn't pay this much. >> in may this year, the national average was under $250. baltimore was the highest at $326. d.c., $219, and new york city residents paid $182 in the same month. >> for everything? oh, that i can truly believe. >> the survey includes all monthly utilities. b g & e, tv, phone, and internet, but electricity is the biggest chunk. >> cable and phone, internet, i'm not having an wish that. >> the breakdown for baltimore was phone $36, tv $48, high- speed internet $30, and electricity, $182. >> it needs to be handled. someone needs to t

kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> kelly, thank you. the victim in this case says one of the three boys has already apologized in person. >>> there was a mixture of anger and fear in one baltimore community after a clerk was gunned down in his own store. six days later there is still a killer on the loose. eyewitness news is live in fullerton. kai jackson explains neighbors can't feel safe until the shooter is locked up. >> reporter: that's right. while police are looking for the killers, customers and employees around here are looking for better security. the pain of the murder is still fresh inside buddy hill's liquors, his choir noticeably empty. baltimore county police are still looking for the killers. >> we are working with the baltimore county police department, and we believe they're working diligently around the clock trying to find out who they are. >> i don't like it, but somebody got killed, and it's sad because they don't have much security. >> he's kind of like my second father. >> reporter: amos is determined to make sure

reporting live from towson, kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much kelly.0 faculty and staff members will learn more tomorrow at a school meeting. >>> the sudden loss of a maryland high school athlete. tonight, the mysterious death of a football player who collapsed during a teamworkout what. the family is saying. >> new information on the suspected serial killer in south carolina. police say he was in maryland before his murder spree. >> reporter: is the juvenile justice system failing our children some some prosecutors believe it is. i'm mike hellgren in southwest baltimore where a five-year-old girl was shot in the head with a hard look at the problem. >>> more beautiful july weather. i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete first warning forecast coming up next. >>> it is 70 degrees and clear in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. but first, the suspected south carolina serial killer had a long rap sheet including crimes committed in maryland. patrick burris was shot and killed after a confrontation with officers. he is blame

live from lutherville, kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, kelly. kyle would have been in 11th grade this fall. connor had recently finished his ged. >>> new information is emerging tonight about the murder of former ravens quarterback steve mcnair. we now know his reported girlfriend bought the gun that killed the two this weekend. that's just one piece of the puzzle police are trying to put together tonight. adam may reports for wjz the couple met just six months ago. >> reporter: smiling pictures of steve mcnair and his 20-year- old girlfriend sahel kazemi obtained by tmz make it hard to understand how the relationship could end so suddenly. kazemi was shot once in the head. so far the evidence points to murder-suicide. >> it was only when the bodies were moved, before they were about start moving the body that the pistol was discovered underneath her. >> can you tell us what kind of gun it is? >> it's a sem is me automatic pistol. >> reporter: relatives told kazemi that mcnair was planning to divorce his wife michelle so the two could get marrie

kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> the board of public works will approve the $280 million cuts tomorrow. >>> and anger and outrage from the moth verse two elementary school boys who were handcuffed and hauled off to jail. the boys admit they were caught stealing but as suzanne collins reports some believe police ended up in the wrong. >> reporter: it was an experience that seven-year-old jessie will never forget. he was arrested after he and two friends, eight and 11, admitted they took a scooter, a go cart, and a wagon from a neighbor's yard. the boys were all handcuffed and taken to the juvenile jail. >> they called the paddy wagon and put handcuff on us, and when the paddy wagon would stop, my face would hit against the metal. >> reporter: jessie's mother says the boys need to learn that theft is wrong but that the boys were given rough treatment when they were held for hours. >> if they did something wrong they need to be punished. i think it was too extreme. i think maybe if they would have put them in the police car, taken them to northern, had had a nice little scary tal

i'm kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >>> thank you, kelly. stay with eyewitness news for complete coverage on the crash and the latest investigation information. go to wjz.com. >>> this morning, search crews are returning to kent county river hoping find a missing 11- year-old girl. search crews say she fell into the water of the river. the area where it happened is blocked to other boaters and now, they're not saying if it's a recovery or rescue mission. >>> this morning, the search continues for a maryland teen that drowned while in south carolina. he's a 13-year-old lonny hill. he was in myrtle beach for a basketball tournament. he went swimming along the shore and he was sucked into the water and never resurfaced. >> usually, if you don't find the person in the first hour, think're submerged and he could be probably in ten feet of water and he could be three feet off of the bottom of the ocean. >> rip currents have complicated the recovery. his parents are aiding in the search. >>> he's accused of selling a gun to steve mcnair and he coul

kelly mcpherson with more on the discovery. kelly? >> reporter: vic, after a day and a half of searching, police did find the body of a 30-year- old man here in the water behind me. and it turns out it was just feet from the boat where he was last seen on sunday. >> reporter: police started searching the area near the marine center in canton monday around noon. desi deschaine was reported missing. but he was last seen 10:30 p.m. on a boat party. >> they were boating. >> reporter: tuesday morning, baltimore police found a body, two boat slips away from the place where deschaine was hanging out sunday night. >> looks like he was up here, enjoying the inner harbor. >> reporter: deschaine worked as a press secretary for a d.c. councilmember. he moved for connecticut. >> very sad. well-loved guy. just great community person. everyone knew him. he worked for mayor williams before he worked for me. and he would always give you a big smile and always upbeat about everything. we are really going to miss him. >> reporter: here at the marina, th

kelly mcpherson has new reaction from the governor. kelly? >> reporter: when a 5-year-old girl was shot in the head last week, the case received a lot of attention and today, governor o'malley is speaking about concerns within the juvenile system. >> controversy still brews around the south pulaski shooting, where 5-year-old raven wyatt was shot in the head. police say the teen charged was shooting off the gun was awaiting sentencing in a different case. lamont davis is placed on home montoshing the day before the

kelly mcpherson with more on what happened. >> reporter: sally, it's still a mystery as to how this 30- year-old man ended up in the water. >> reporter: police started searching the area near the baltimore marine center in canton monday around noon. desi dushane had been reported missing that morning. but he was last seen sunday, at 10:00 p.m. on a boat party in the harbor. >> they were boating, hanging out in the inner harbor. >> reporter: tuesday morning, baltimore police found a body, two boat slips away from where he was hanging out. >> at this point, it doesn't look like there was any foul play. >> reporter: deschaine worked as a member. >> desi was a great guy. everyone knew him. he worked for mayor williams before he worked for me. big smile and always upbeat about everything. we'll really miss him. >> reporter: desi deschaine's family is here in baltimore now. helping police identify his body. but there will be further tests to confirm that it is the d.c. aide. reporting live, kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >>> there's no shortage of sunny skies as we have yet another be

reporting live, kelly mcpherson, 13 news at 11:00. >> a response takes on average ten weeks. >>> well, tonight, a battle over health care reform heats up, so do the speeches. >> this reckless apeach is an ill conceived attempt to be an experiment and we should be scared to death. >> this isn't about politics, this is about a health care system breaking america's families. >> today, president obama came back hard against critics. in an interview, rnc chief michael steele likened the proposal to socialism. we will hear more about the president's plan this wednesday night during a prime time presidential address. it beginnings at 8:00 right here. >>> well, maryland senator barbara mccost key will be having surgery on her broken ankle. the senator's surgery had not been scheduled yet. >>> it was one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind. 40 years ago today, neil armstrong made history. setting foot on the moon. tonight, a new mission. chi jackson explains. >> that's right, denise. nostalgia and new challenges on the 40th on the anniversary. but some say, one challenge at a ti

kelly mcpherson joins us live with more on the reasons why. >> sally, 160 families are learning rightt they're going to have to scramble to find a school for their student coming this fall. because the school is not reopening. and basically, the diocese says, it comes down to numbers and money. there were 244 students enrolled this past may. it's now down to 163. they're blaming the economy and the trend of lower enrollment in catholic schools. and it was the parish's decision, at emaculate conception not to reopen because they could not come up with more than $3 gift -- $350,000. >> your soul source of income if is tuition. and you have more than $150,000 that you didn't even collect last year. those things conspired to the perfect storm. and they feel like this is an unprecedented thing for them. they've never experienced this kind of decline in enrollment. >> reporter: this means 20 staff members will lose their job. they'll be meeting tomorrow with school officials. and as for the families, they'll have a meeting next week to try to find the 163 students who thought they were goin

kelly mcpherson with more on the school closing. >>> vic, the school is closing.eason why, they say, is simply money. a $650,000 deficit for the high school means they will not be opening this fall. there were 244 students epirolled in may. that number is -- enrolled in may. that number is down. there is the shortage in the money. they're blaming the economy, as well as a record number of low enrollment for catholic schools. >> 81 students. and you have your sole source of income is tuition. and you have $160,000 in tuition that you didn't even collect from last year. those things all conspired to a perfect storm. and they feel like this is an unprecedented situation for them. they've never experienced this kind of decline in enrollment. >> reporter: the decision was to shut down. it was made by the parish. but the diocese said it didn't have the money either to help the school. 20 people need to be relocated. and as for the students, more than 160 families will be scrambling now, as they learn today. and we're only six weeks away. but the diocese says they will g

eyewitness news is live along the light rail tracks and new tonight kelly mcpherson spoke with the victim's families. kelly. >> reporter: denise, the mta is now seeking a collision expert from the national transportation safety board. they've also suspended two operators but the family is still questioning the investigation. 17-year-old connor peterson and kyle wonkmiller lived together like stepbrothers. their family says it's best they both died because neither would have copied without their best friend. >> i want closure, i really do. these were my babies. >> it appears the teens were walking northbound on the south track, though they should not have been on the tracks, connor's dad and kyle's mom are questioning how a train operator could not see their boys. >> we're getting really angry. we get one scenario, we get another, we get this, we get that, and none of it makes any sense. >> reporter: now the mta has stepped aside as lead investigators. >> we will work in partnership with the county, but we've asked them to take the lead, out of respect for their family. >> reporter: the mta

reporting live from city hall, kelly mcpherson. >>> thank you very much and we invite you to stay with eye witness news for complete coverage. for a full background on the case, log on to wjz.com. >>> the battle against the h1n1, hundreds of people in maryland have caught the flew and four have died. the vaccine, and who should be the first to get it. >> reporter: a cdc advisory made it clear who should be at the starting line to receive the vaccine. they include pregnant women, those this contact with babies, children and young people, emergency personnel, and adults with underlying conditions. some are estimating the virus could hit 40% of the population. >> making sure we have the vaccine go where we needed it most. >> reporter: pregnant women are four times more likely to be hospitalized. they can develop pneumonia, just like katie flight, forcing doctors to deliver her baby pretourly. >> she's got a long way to go and this is just the beginning. >> there are only eight centers nationwide testing the vaccine. experts worry about a back to school resurgence. >> vaccination is one of

live from north baltimore, kelly mcpherson, eyewitness news. >> in baltimore county police still areestigating the lutherville crash. that includes checking the driver's cell phone records. >>> a drug suspect is under arrest tonight but only after hundreds of students were forced to evacuate a city elementary school. the suspect ran into the school and it took police six hours to find him. jessica kartalija and eyewitness news followed this story all day long from peca elementary. >> reporter: hours after running into william paca elementary school city please nabbed the suspect, identified at 26-year-old keon earl. >> the cameras picked him up coming into the building but obviously didn't see him coming out, so we knew he was in the building. it was just a matter of waiting it out and buttoning down the hatches and finding him. >> reporter: parents looked on as the s.w.a.t. team entered the school. >> the doors should be open. i was always afraid of this. >> reporter: a frantic mother fears the worst. just before 10:00 this morning, police pulled a man aside for questioning on north

kelly mcpherson spoke with friends and family of the victim. >> reporter: denise, the group that was killed during this crash was returning from a charity event that raised money for troubled kids. each person who we spoke to who knew one of the victims mentioned their desire to help others. the wreckage of this helicopter crash caught on fire on interstate 70 thursday night, killing three men who were helicopter enthusiasts and one female friend. 39-year-old george you the dorks a former bge worker who always wanted to fly. >> he was succeeding. i was very proud of him. it's a great loss because of the kind of young man he was. he was very personallable. i don't know that he had anyone dislike him. >> reporter: 48-year-old kim felix was a mother known for her pta work. >> always had time for people. she managed fund-raisers constantly. she'd be the organizer. >> reporter: neil booth of new market. >> his faith, his family, and aviation were his loves. >> he said he was going to wait out the symptoms, but i'm not sure why the helicopter took off in such bad storm. >> reporter: the nt

kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the 17-year-old charged in the shooting remains behind bars without bail. >>> chilling new information on the western maryland father who killed his children and wife before killing himself. court records show that christopher wood left loving goodbye notes near the bodies of each family member he killed. back in april, wood killed his three children and wife francey in their middletown frederick county home, before he used a shotgun to take his own life. >>> new information continues to emerge on the mindset of the 22-year-old tennessee woman, who killed tennessee ravens quarterback, steve mcnair before she took her own life. >> police continue to piece together the final days of 20- year-old sahel kazemi's life and find she was quickly spiraling out of control. just days before the murder- suicide, kazemi sat down with a stranger at the restaurant where she worked and spoke of her relationship with mcnair and how it was falling apart. later, she told a coworker, she was thinking about "ending it." they also said that she saw a woman lea

that man, george spying, spoke exclusively to kelly mcpherson. >> reporter: it's been years for this man fighting with the mdta dealing with depression and tough finances, and tonight he finally gets an apology that he says is long overdue. a bomb threat e-mailed to bwi airport in october 2006 changed this baltimore county jazz composer's life forever, starting with wrongful arrest. >> the lead guy says, you can make this either hard or easy on yourself. did you send bomb threats to the airport? and i said, i don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: hours later the mdta announced they had found their guy. >> it's extremely serious. it takes resources away from what we should be doing, which is protecting the airport. >> reporter: he says he learned two weeks after the threats at the airport that he was cleared of all charges, but it took until now, two-and-a-half years later, for the mdta to apologize. he says he still hasn't received his settlement money. >> there's a difference between an honest mistake, which happens sometimes with the police, as opposed to a malicious,

kelly mcpherson is here to explain the man who sold his girlfriend the handgun is now behind bars. >>r: the gun was previously owned by this convicted murder. and that means he sold the gun to mcnair's mistress, just two days before the shooting. >> reporter: inside this

kelly mcpherson is live with the new video. >> police say the 14-year-old stole his father's car, to bring his 10-year-old brother and 14-year-old cousin to get ice cream. the teen made an illegal turn. that's when police tried to pull him over and he tried to get away. midchase, the driver actually uses his turn signal as he tries to outrun the deputies' car. he finally veered off the road, flew into the air, as you can see, and hit several trees. luckily, both the drivers and his passengers escaped without serious injuries. >> that is amazing. thank you very much. the teen is now facing criminal charges. >>> police in houston arrest a robbery suspect after a high- speed chase involving dangerous stunts. police say the suspect ran the van dangerously in and out of traffic. once inside, the man ditched his car and ran on top of the roof. to get away, he jumped from one level of the roof to the next. as you see right there. when he hit the ground, officers were there to handcuff him and take him into custody. >>> a protest banner is unfurled at one of the nation's best-known monuments

eyewitness news stays on the scene with kelly mcpherson. >> reporter: it's still unclear how two teenage boys were killed by a light rail train sunday afternoon. but it took several days to figure out that, in fact, they were struck by at least one train. the family of connor peterson and kyle wonkmiller, both 17, are demanding information. police are taking over from the mta as the lead agency. the mta administrator is now taking questions about the ongoing investigation. >> we have tape of the boys in the track. being hit. that's all we have. >> is it once or is it twice? >> that -- again, that's all being explored and investigated, what actually happened, the whole sequence of events. >> reporter: two light rail operators have been suspended. the one who was driving the train that hit the boys and the one that reported them on the tracks. earlier this week, the mta has said that the boys were hit twice. back to you. >> okay. thank you very much, kelly. >>> a third party collision expert from the ntsb has been requested for this investigation. >>> at this hour, a 5-year-old baltimore g

as kelly mcpherson explains, that man told police, he sold the weapon to mcnair's mistress, just two days before the shooting. >> reporter: the semi automatic pistol used to kill the nfl quarterback was previously owned by a convicted murderer. and that man tells police that he sold the gun to mcnair's mistress, just two days before the shooting. >> reporter: inside this tennessee condo lay steve mcnair and his 20-year-old waitress girlfriend, dead from bullet wounds. and a key piece of evidence. >> it was only when the bodies were moved or they were about to start moving the bodies that the pistol was discovered underneath her. >> can you tell us what kind of gun it is? >> it's a semi automatic pistol. >> reporter: police say sahel kazemi shot it several times. then turn today on herself. the weapon has now been linked to this man. 34-year-old adrian gillam. a convicted felon, police say he admitted to selling the gun to sahel kazemi for $100. the sale was in the parking lot of dave and busters, just two days before the shooting. a trace of the gun first led police to a 2002 sale. >

kelly mcpherson has more on what happened. >> reporter: it happened right here in a train in the same direction of the one behind me. that's the one that hit the woman here. we managed to speak with a few witnesses who tell us they heard the train sound the horn to tell the woman to move.

. >> kellye lynn, kelly mcpherson. >>> we have a preview of what's coming up on the cbs evening news. >>> you've seen the ads that promise to make you feel younger, slimmer and feel better. but that could hide the fine print, locking you into an expensive, long-term contract. tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> unthinkable act. a pregnant woman is found dead with her fetus cut from the womb. >>> strange arrest. a man is taken into custody and begins begins begins to lick a white substance off the floor. >>> today, president obama says when the men and women will be coming home. >>> it is 4:28. there are thunderstorms in the area. and it's 83 degrees. hello. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. and i'm viccarter. >> we have an update to the breaking news we brought you at the top of the show. mayor sheila dixon has been indicted again. >> reporter: basically, this is all stuff we have been telling you about for months. the only difference is, the prosecutor used different evidence to bring back the charges with the grand jury. these charges include fest, misapprop