that brings us to the lutherville volunteer fire company. they are getting a new fire truck and it's outside. they are going to come by. they are doing a drive-by and will let us see it. cheryl conner is a firefighter for the day. we're going to find out about that. >>> and how important is it to have a volunteer company and support one. >>> when you and rob grow old you have to think about elder care. and you have to think about dementia. you have to think about - >> wandering away. i have a quick question. >> what is that? >> for the next 24 days are you going to tie everything into the wedding? >> that's right. when rob comes home and looks at the cell phone bill he will say megan, what have you you been doing? we'll find out about cell phone rates. >> when rob runs for president, becomes president and is invited to give out the first pitch he'll know how barack obama feels. >> obama's first pitch tonight on the hill in st. louis. >> justin, help me >> you're wearing something blue today. >> i am. something old, something new, something b

firefighters responded to nearly two thousand calls last year from lutherville. for the call they dread, the response is the same. when fallen firefighters are taken to dulaney valley memorial gardens, the crane is raised and firefighters pause on the seminary avenue bridge above interstate 83. >> and with the crane, it just looks fantastic having the american flag up there. all the men in their uniform paying their respects to another fallen brother. >> reporter: the danger of firefighting is something most never consider. when time is precious, and a life is on the line. >> it gives you a nice feeling inside to know that you were able to help out when someone else is in need. >> reporter: cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate, here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> did i hear you say possible record overnight lows? >> yep. we tied a record this morning at bwi. and tomorrow morning i think we're going to break the record. >> wow. >> i tell you. it's going to be right chi

they discovered them near the lutherville station.a about an hour before that. in fact, she believes that she was on the train that hit the teens. >> we hit something is then we heard metal grinding. it was just like -- it looked like when we got off the train, we saw there of a piece of metal lodged underneath the train. it looked like a guardrail had been ripped out or something. >> reporter: mta officials are going over camera footage that their trains tiring to derl what happened. -- trying to determine what happened. as part of the their investigation, they are talking to passengers on a train from lutherville. from lutherville, megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. >>> maryland general attorney is hiring three prosecutors to focus on racketeering to prosecute gang leaders. the new gang unit is funded for an initial two year term as part of the maryland's antigang strategy. prosecutors will work with state and local officials on gang related cases. >>> israel is too afraid to ask for help when it comes to iran's nuclear arsenal.

the mta says this new policy is not in response to the lutherville crash on sunday.will apply to train operators, but it also applies to mta bus drivers. >> i think it's a great idea, because i think they need to be very safe when they're driving them things. >> i disagree with using a cell phone, but i think they should have been given a warning before they are fired. >> reporter: and the lutherville case is still being investigated, and that driver has not been linked to techsing. if you see a driver texting or calling on their cell phone, you are asked to call mta. live from north baltimore, kelly mcpherson, eyewitness news. >> in baltimore county police still are investigating 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

lutherville station. we a report where the surviving teen is treated. >> this happened between the lutherville station and falls station. and one teen is here in shock trauma in critical condition. the light rail system came to a screeching stop on sunday after a worker made a discovery. at about 3:30, two bodies were found on the south trail track. the teens were found about 100 yards south of the lutherville train station. >> we feel they were not passengers, but don't know why on the track. >> one teen died a short time later. none of the conductors saw anything. they hope that the trains off up some clues. >> we expect every train to let us know of a hit or in contact with a human. >> this man was riding the train when they saw the teens. >> we heard a thump, and we didn't know what went on. so i asked the driver what was the problem. and he said if there was something wrong with the circuit breakers. >> others say they see others use the track as a short cut. but don't know if that's the case. >> yea

what happened along the lutherville light rail track that caused two teenage boys their lives. jennifer franciotti live in lutherville with more. >> some passengers are now starting to come forward with claims that they were on the train that may have hit the two teenagers. the discovery was made on sunday afternoon not far from the lutherville train station on the southbound tracks. a fare inspector made the discovery and we now know who the victims are. connor peterson and kyle wankmiller were on the tracks and officials say it is possible they were hit by a trane. passenger stephanie ayers believes she was on the train that hit the boys. >> it was like a thud, thud, thud. hit what we thought was a large dogers a deer or somebody. i thought it was like my gosh, was that a person. >> ayers says the driver got out, looked around, made a call, got back in and continued to drive the train to the station. coming up at 6:30, what else ayers said she saw and the latest on the investigation. >> late yesterday another incident involving an m.t.a. light rail car disrupted service. auth

live in lutherville, wjz eye witness news. >> live for us tonight, thank you. mta police are calling this investigation very preliminary and are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> a 5-year-old little girl still clinging to life, just days after she was shot in the head in southwest baltimore. today, her alleged shooter appeared in court for the very first time. mike helgren is at the scene of the shooting. mike? >> reporter: the prayer vigil is just getting under way here. so many prayers going out across this community, across this city for this little girl who is just clinging to life. now, the 17 year old suspect is staying in jail for now. >> lemont davis faced a judge this afternoon who ordered the 17 year old held without bail for shooting a 5 year old in the head last thursday in the 300 block of south pull ascii street. court records obtained by wjz, police say witnesses picked davis out of a photo line up and they say they was fighting with another teen, grabbed a semiautomatic handgun and started firing and little raven was hit second

eyewitness news is live in lutherville.ht kai jackson explains what investigators think went wrong. kai. >> reporter: well, vic, the video solves the mystery of how the young men were killed, but the question of why they were on the tracks remains unclear. the afternoon of july 5th changed two baltimore county families forever. the bodies of kyle wankmiller and connor peter son, both 17, were found near the lutherville light rail station. >> it's a tragic, tragic thing. >> we've discovered a videotape equipped on the front end of our train. >> now questions about how the friends died have been answered. surveillance video from a train shows the teens walking north on southbound tracks when they were hit from behind by a train. >> we found out that, in fact, the individuals were struck by one of our light rail trains as they were walking inside the tracks. >> reporter: the mta says their surveillance video has determined that the teenagers were walking north on southbound tracks and probably weren't expecting a northbound tr

but two teenaged boys were found laying on the tracks in lutherville and one is dead. mta officials say that the two teens were found on the southbound tracks close to the lutherville station. one boy is dead, the other seriously injured. they were found around 3:00 p.m. on sunday after a fair inspector spotted them. mta did not receive any reports of a train hitting anyone at the station and an inspection of the trains show no obvious signs of an accident. but one passenger thinks he noticed when it happened. >> just clear cut that they hit somebody. you could feel it. thump, thump, thump. and, before you you know it -- but the police didn't show up for a while though. when they showed up and the medevac rolled away that's when i knew that something was wrong. >> reporter: mta officials do not think that the boys were passengers. they are still investigating how they ended up on the tracks. brittney gordon, abc2 news. >>> in florida, the monorail system at walt disney world remains closed after one of its drivers was killed. the 21-year-old driver died when he was tra

live in lutherville, weijia jiang, eyewitness news. >> weijia, thank you. kyle would have been in 191th grade at dulaney high school. connor just recently finished his ged. >>> 19-year-old cedric hart of dundalk jumped into cheek creek across from bear creek and planned to swim across it. he likely had a seizure that caused him to drown. he was taken to john hopkins medical center. an autopsy is stilled planned. >>> a baltimore city teenager charged in the shooting of a 5- year-old girl should never have been in that area according to police. 17-year-old lamont davis was under home surveillance for another crime and cut off his ankle monitoring bracelet. he went to southwest baltimore. got into a fight. left the area and returned and sprayed the area with bullets. the little girl named raven was struck in the head. she is still on life support. >>> back to work for 240 workers at the gm transmission plant in . white marsh. the plant makes pontiac six- speed transmissions and high- speed engine. the factory had to be shut down for two months because plants t

two teenagers were found lying on the light rail tracks near the lutherville station, and we have just learned moments ago that the second boy has died. now two boys are dead in what has become a very baffling case for the mta. as linda so reports tonight, people apparently walk along those tracks all the time. [ bell ] >> reporter: mta workers were back at the lutherville stop, inspecting the tracks and searches for clues. there is still a lot of unanswered questions after two teen boys were found lying on the track sunday. one was killed, the other seriously injured. >> it's going to be a very complicated investigation. and we're sorting through everything so we can hopefully find some answers. >> reporter: witnesses reported seeing what looked like a damaged train dragging metal under it. one woman says she saw the injured teens lying on the tracks. mta officials are hoping video footage will shed light on what happened. at this point, they don't know if the teens were actually struck by a train, or why they were there. lisa hernandez walks along the tracks almost every day. she say

worker that made that discovery about 100 yards south of the lutherville station. a spokesperson for the m.t.a. says it doesn't appear the teens had been passengers. and none of the conductors reported seeing anything or hitting anything. >> as you may expect, we are inspecting every one of our trains to see if there's any hint of an accident or collision or coming into contact with a human. that would easily show. >> and the nature of the industries haven't been revealed. right now the m.t.a. is asking anyone with information to please give them a call. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police in tennessee ruled former ravens quarterback steve mcnair's death over the weekend a homicide. but they have yet to say who killed him. mcnair was found shot multitell piems saturday afternoon by a friend who shared mcnair's nashville condo. police have yet to determine the nature of the death of mcnair's friend, 20-year-old sahel kazemi. she was found with a single gunshot wound to the head. the former waitress' family says kazemi had been dating the marri

mary bubala live in lutherville. good morning, mary. >> good morning, don and good morning, everybody. at this point really a mystery to the mta and police who are both conducting an investigation what happened to these teens, the family tells eyewitness news that they believe two key pieces of evidence are missing, the boy's bikes they were riding when they left their home on sunday. the facts in the death of two teens on the light rail track don't add up for many people. >> i feel like it was foul play and somebody kind of dropped them off back there. >> reporter: now the families of two boys tell wjz they want answers. 17-year-old kyle wonkmiller and kyle peterson lived together like stepbrothers in lutherville. the family said they left the house together sunday afternoon on their bikes. a few hours later their bodies were found on the southbound light rail track near their house. both teens have now died, but they weren't necessarily hit by the train. >> it is a very difficult situation because they were found l

video from the train shows the teens were struck from behind, and run over near the lutherville station>> because one of the trains was disabled at the lutherville station, it forced the mta to divert all trains to the southbound tracks. >> and since the two teens were walking north on the southbound track, relatives say they could have been caught offguard. >> they could have been on cell phone. could have been texting. and those wizards were a whiz at texting. >> friends haunted by what happened. >> wouldn't walk in front of a train. they rode the light rail so many times. they know that way. >> mta spokeswoman will not say why the train operator did not see the teens before or after they were struck. >> i would like to know why he didn't. i mean, he came up from behind. so why didn't he see them. was he texting? was he on a cell phone? >> i want answers. i want answers for my girlfriend and myself. >> lutherville, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> mta said the operator of the train was tested for drug and alcohol use, which is very routine. but the results of the tests are not ye

inin lutherville, john rydell, x 45 news at 10:00. >> now, stephanie airs said she contacted the mta several times, since sunday's tint explain what she saw. but as of late today, she has not been interviewed by anyone from that agency. >> federal judge approves the sale of general motors but the plan is meeting resistance tonight. sunday the sale of gm's assets to the new gm owned by the government was given the gnawed. but plaintiffs and car accidents opposed it. saying victims will get no money after the sale is complete. this transaction needs to go through by friday or the treasury holds back $50 billion in aid. >> gm power-train plant in whitemarsh returns to full production tomorrow. it closed, you may recall, for eight weeks, because plants and supplies in the states of michigan and texas were both closed b 200 hourly workers and 40 salary employees return to work tomorrow. >> tourism numbers released showing big bucks headed to baltimore city. the visitors association said more than 522,000 rooms were booked in 2009 for future business in the city. and that's a 15 percent in

we're live in lutherville.ang, wjz eyewitness news. >> the family is having two separate funerals. connor peterson's viewings are 2:00 to 4:00, thursday and then again 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. the funeral will be friday at 10:00 a.m. kyle's arrangements have not yet been finalized. >>> there are stunning new developments in the investigation into steve mcnair. police say now he was threatened shortly before his death. >> reporter: police have been very cautious to label this a murder-suicide. now, tonight, we know why this isn't such a clear-cut case. >> reporter: soon before steve mcnair and his girlfriend were found shot to death inside his national -- nashville condominium, we now know he was bar hopping. a woman claims he slipped her the date rape drug and threatened to get her boyfriend to kill the quarterback. police are looking into it. >> we will be questioning persons who were there, the management and the staffs. that is on the list to do. >> reporter: residents claim the relationship was healthy, saying mcn

kim dacey joins us live from the light rail station in lutherville with more. >> good morning.what we do know is an m.t.a. light rail train hit the boys from behind as they were walk long the tracks sunday and killed them. what we don't know is how the train driver didn't see them and that is what the agencies who are now involved are hoping to find out. >> there is something wrong with this whole thing from the beginning. >> the parents of 17-year-old kyle wankmiller feel like they have been getting the run-around from the m.t.a. since he and his stepbrother were killed by a light rail train sunday. since the incident there's been one question that keeps running through their minds. >> why couldn't the conductor have seen them? he's supposed to have big windows around, eight-foot, 10-foot windows. what was he doing that he didn't see the boys? >> at a wednesday news conference m.t.a. administrator paul weidefeld made it clear he would get an answer to the question. >> any idea how the driver could not possibly know that he hit two people? amtrak trains hit people all the time

believed to be teenagers were found lying in between the southbound light rail tracks near the lutherville, light rail station. one of the males was pronounced dead shortly after arriving to the hospital. the other was in shock trauma in serious condition. >> two bodies laying on the southbound track. they immediately alerted our operations control center, and also stopped the train. this happened south of the lutherville station. >> reporter: they say right now, they're inspecting every train, and combing the tracks. so far, have no clue on how those two victims were struck. >> we're fairly confident, they were not passengers. none of our operators report any. >> reporter: one passenger riding a train around the same time of the incident, recalls hearing a loud thump. >> we didn't know there was anybody on the southbound tracks. but we knew they hit somebody. we ride it every day, it was clear-cut they hit somebody. >> reporter: now the light rail system is back up and running after a brief delay earlier this afternoon, while that investigation was underway. meanwhile, the victim's names

live in lutherville, lutherville, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> latest on the information you saw first onox. the teen charged in the shooting of a five year old girl in south west baltimore had an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet but cut it off before the shooting. parole officers looking for 17-year-old la mont davis. within minutes of him cutting off the bracelet last week police say he return to the scene of a fight and sprayed the street with bullets. one of them let the girl. she is still on life support. davis was held without bond on monday. >>> baltimore city police officer is back home from the hospital after his cruiser collides with another vehicle. happened around midnight in the 1500 block of north fulton avenue. officer went to shock trauma as precautionary measure. the police department tonight still investigating what led to the accident. >>> how are the roads looking tonight. kandace has the traffic edge report. kandace. >> thanks jennifer. we have a wide spread power outage and that means a lot of traffic lights are out and it is all in mount vernon so this is shutti

the teens were found on the southbound tracks not far from this station in lutherville. now the m.t.a. is admitting it is possible the teens were hit by a train. it remains a mystery how 17-year-old connor peterson and his 17-year-old stepbrother kyle wankmiller ended up on the traction. wankmiller's mother, who didn't want her face shown says she has no answers. >> we are trying to figure it out. we just don't know. >> a fare inspector spotted the bodies sunday. >> we have determined one train appears to have made contact with someone, so we are still trying to determine and piece it together as to what happened. >> the m.t.a. is likely hearing from passengers like stephanie ayers who left b.w.i.-marshall airport about 1:15 sunday afternoon and about an hour later several hundred feet from the station something hit the train. >> it was like a thud, thud, thud. what we saw was either a large dog, a deer or somebody. i thought it was like my gosh, was that a person. >> she says the driver got out, looked, got back in, made a phone call and drove the train to the luther st

it reveals that the teens were struck from behind and run over near the lutherville station.ta spokeswoman said the train operator did not see the boys. they were apparently walking north, on the southbound tracks and were not expecting a train to be coming up from behind them. but the train had switched tracks. >> i don't think that my son would ride in front of a train. i think, there was something -- something went on that we do not know about. >> mta officials will not say why the operator did not see the teens. before or after they were hit. the operator has been tested for drugs and alcohol. which is routine after accidents. but the results of the tests are not known yet. >> new information tonight about the teen charged with shooting a 5-year-old girl in southwest baltimore. governor said he wants a full explanation of why a 17-year-old lamont davis cutoff an electronic monitoring device before the shooting. parole officers were looking for davis within minutes of him cutting off the bracelet last week. davis returned to the scene, of a fight, and sprayed the street wi

that of course was a reference to two lutherville boys who were killed by a light rail train. but this woman hit today is expected to survive. >> eyewitness news is following this story. we'll bring you the very latest tonight at 11:00. >>> this accident comes just over a week after another high- profile light rail tragedy in which two teenagers were struck and killed in baltimore county. a short time ago, police release new information. sally is in the newsroom with details. sally? >> kai, police are looking for a possible witness to that tragic accident. back on july 5th, 17-year-old jarrett conner peterson and kyle wankmiller were struck near the lutherville light rail station. stake a look at a possible witness to the accident. he was on a train that struck the teen. he was in his late teens or early 20s. investigators are asking the potential witness or anyone who knows his identity to contact police at 410-307-2020. kai, back to you. >> the victims were half brothers and both lived in the same lutherville home. >>> wjz has been investigating why so many people each year

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

. >>> and we have breaking news from lutherville. one boy is dead, another hurt, found on the light rail tracks. investigators are trying to figure out how they got there. plus -- >> reporter: a short service for bethel ame here at peer 6. i'm jessica kartalija. i'll have the story. >> and i'm adam may. eyewitness abrasive on dentures? look, scratches collect and grow cause bad breath instead clean without scratching causing bacteria every day ough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >>> mcnair murdered. one of the nfl's best quarterbacks apparently shot by his 20-year-old girlfriend. tonight police reveal more about the fatal encounter and the woman who likely pulled the trigger. >>> in the last few hours police in nashville, tennessee have released a lot of new information. turns out that steve mcnair was shot

worker made the discovery, two teens lie tweng the tracks not far from the lutherville train station. the light rail system was ground to a halt after an m.t.a. worker made a grewsome discovery. >> about 3:15, of our inspectors found two bodies. the two males have only been described as being in their late teens were found lying between the two rails south of the lutherville train station. >> we are fairly confident they were not passengers. we just don't know what circumstances led them to laying on the track. >> both teens were in kit cel condition. one of them died a short time later. none of the conductors reported seeing or striking anything. >> we are inspecting every one of our trains to see if there is any hint of an accident or a collision or coming into contact with a human, because, you know that would easily show. >> we heard this big thump but we didn't know what was going on. so the train stopped. i asked the driver what was the problem. he just pretty much said, well, you know, there's just something wrong with the circuit break but he wouldn't tell us whether or not so

we're live in lutherville. weijia jiang, weefnlg eyewitness news.witnessnews. >> thank you, weijia. the families are having separate funerals. conner peterson's is thursday, from 2:00 to 4:00. and again, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. the funeral will be friday at 10:00 a.m. kyle's arrangements have not yet been finalized. >>> d.c. metro officials are considering repairs to the red line. but they would not address problems on the tracks. last month's train wreck killed nine people. one train collided with another between the tacoma and fort to then stations. the rehab project would include public address system and monitors. the ntsb is focusing its investigation on a malfunctioning track circuit and a data transmitter. >>> the week just keeps getting better, weatherwise. here's a live look outside now. we've seen sun. and it's not expected to end any time soon. bob turk has a a look at your updated afternoon. >>> awfully dry. low humidity. take a look at radar. nothing around here. there's one little shower. there you see it over southern jersey, along with the

their bodies were found lying next to the bodies in lutherville. eyewitness news stays on the story. mike hellgren is live with more on how -- on county officers' role in the investigation. >> reporter: right now, police say they are gathering all of the information on this, all of the files from the mta. but it could take several days to get up to speed on this investigation. a county spokesman declined to comment on camera about this high-profile case. >> we're going to get to the bottom of it, somehow or another. >> reporter: connor wankmiller and kyle peterson di

boy dead, another seriously injured after they were found laying on the light rail tracks near lutherville, the station there. this morning investigators want to know exactly what happened. abc2 news brittney gordon joins us now live with the latest. >> reporter: the holiday weekend ended tragically when those two teens were found on light rail tracks near the lutherville station. it looks like they were hit by a train yet no one seemed to notice. one teen has died. the other seriously injured after apparently getting hit by a light rail train on sunday afternoon. it was a fair inspector that saw the teens laying on the tracks. the train stopped as the operator ran to help them. one boy was taken to the a hospital where he later today. the other at shock trauma. mta officials say none of their operators reported hitting anyone. >> we're inspecting every one of our trains to see if there's any hit of an -- hint of an accident or collision or coming into contact with a human because that would easily show. this is, again, a very tragic situation. >> reporter: none of the trains showed any ob

two teenagers killed by a light i rail train walking along the tracks in lutherville. baltimore county police released photographs of a passenger that may have witnessed the accident. >> it captured an image of a witness, passenger on the train. who we believe, through information that the detectives have, has significant information that can help us with this case, so trying to identify who the person is. >> bodies of peterson and wank miller found on the tracks in lutherville and struck from behind. >> frightening morning for neighbors in glen burnie. first gunshots and then a body. lying on the ground outside of an apartment complex on summer rain court. anne arundel police searched the area for the shooter. and put two nearby schools on lockdown. police say so far they have no suspects or a motive. . >> first on fox now. nearly 100 law enforcement officers hit the streets of baltimore city to arrest suspected criminals. crime and justice reporter joy lepola joined a team of detectives from the regional warrant apprehension task force, as they went to work. >> it is

two teens died last week after a light rail train hit them in lutherville. the driver never reported the crash. >> we're getting really angry, we get one scenario, another, we get this, that, that's and none of it makes any sense. >> baltimore cobb county police took over the investigation from the mta and believe this passenger can help by explaining his reaction caught on tape. >> we don't want to be assuming whatsoever so that's why we would like to talk to him to find out if in fact he saw anything, if he heard. we just believe because of where he was sitting he may have. >> it's still unclear if the boys were hit by more than one train. >> the boys family says they know how the light rail system works. they've been on the tracks before but it was a change inhow the trains were running minutes before they were hit that may have caused the accident. >> the northbound track was shut down because of debris so all trains were going on the southbound side. it was a northbound train on the southbound side that hit the boys from behind. >> this one passenger co

the two were found lying on the tracks near the lutherville station sunday afternoon. a spokesman for the mta says a train may have come in contact with the teens, du they don't know why the teens were on the tracks. those who are familiar with the area say people walk along the tracks all the time. >> it is never safe or appropriate or fun to play on or near train tracks. and we would like to remind everyone to stay away, stay off the train tracks wherever you. >> wankmiller was killed on the tracks. peterson died this afternoon at shock trauma. >>> now the latest on the murder of former baltimore raven steve mcnair. a nephew of the woman found shot to death with mcnair says she recently bought a gun. mcnair and sahel kazemi were found in the national condominium last saturday. mcnair owned the condo, and the two of them had apparently been dating. kazemi's nephew said they're almost sure she shot him four times and turned the gun on himself. but the nephew says there is no motive. >> she started dating this famous guy. i had no clue what was going on. but i was like

worker made the grewsome discovery about 100 yards south of the lutherville station. a spokesperson for the m.t.a. says it doesn't appear the teens had been passengers and none of the conductors reported seeing anything or hitting anything. >> we are inspecting every one of our trains to see if there's any hit hint of an accident, collision or coming into contact with a human. that would easily show. >> anyone with information is being asked to call the m.t.a. we'll have more on the story at 5:30. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police in tennessee continue to investigate the death of former baltimore raven steve mcnair which has now been ruled a homicide. mcnair was found shot multiple timed alongside 20-year-old sahel kazemi who was also found with a single gunshot wound to the head. the former waitress's family says the 20-year-old had been dating the football star for months. >> all scenarios are on the table. as we talk to witnesses, look for laboratory testing, wait for the results of testing from the medical examiner's office

into how two teens were struck and killed near the lutherville station over the 4th of july weekend. in this case, however, mta stresses this woman suffered noncritical injuries, and they say she should okay. reporting live in mount washington, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> meanwhile, baltimore county police want you to take a good look at the man in the picture we're about to put on your screen. he is someone they think could help them in their investigation into that light rail incident that killed two teens. police say the man is not in any trouble. but they think he may have seen something that could help them. he was a passenger on the light rail train that struck and killed jared connor peterson and kyle wankmiller. both were 17. police athe teens were walking on the tracks near the lutherville station when they were hit by the train from behind. liss think the man in the photo may have vital information. >> some things that the detectives have garnered during their investigation. they really believed that this man saw quite a bit, and he may even have experienced quite a bit

reporting live in lutherville this evening, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> and earlier today, another person was hit by light rail train. this time it happened at the mount washington station just after 4:00. the mta says a woman was hit by a southbound train as she was trying to cross the tracks at the station. she was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> the department of defense tonight says the bodies of at least two marines killed this week in afghanistan are back home. one of them sergeant michael heed, junior of delta, pennsylvania has family in maryland. he was killed in combat on monday. the bodies arrived at dover air force base in delaware earlier this evening. >>> temperature-wise across the region right now, pretty mild evening. take a look at some of the temperatures from the storm center weather net. live data only available here on abc 2. towson at 75. 76 in reisterstown. arnold right now at 76. the light little bit of clouds that we have are keeping the temperatures from falling on off. but we do have some clouds on the way into the region, and

authorities say the teens were walking on the tracks near the lutherville station when they were hit by the train. the family members want to know how the accident happened, how did two trains run over two teens twice and why did the first driver not stop? >> i'm waiting for him. i'm still waiting for him. and i know they are not coming back. >> reporter: if you know the man that police are looking for you're asked to call baltimore county police at 410-307-2020. again, this man is not in any trouble. and officers say his information could be vital to their investigation. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> baltimore police made an arrest in the shooting death of a woman in fells point. they arrested 22-year-old dante mccrea after surveillance cameras caught him putting a shotgun in a car. 48-year-old joseph letowsky died at the hospital. she was find tuesday morning on register street off eastern avenue. police have not released a possible motive on this. >>> it was chaos right on the doorsteps of our nation's capitol yesterday as police had to shoot and kill an armed man. it happened y

>> new details are being released about the deaths of two teens found along the light rail flax luthervillebaltimore county. mta police says there a video showing the teens being hit by a train, but as kai jackson reports, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: the afternoon of july 5 changed two baltimore county families forever. the bodies of kyle wankmiller and connor peterson were discovered. >> we discovered a videotape that was on the front end of our train. >> reporter: questions about how the friends died have been answered. the mta says surveillance video from a train show the teens were walking north on southbound tracks when they were hit from behind by a train. >> we found out that in fact the individuals were struck by one of our light rail trains as they were walking inside the tracks. >> reporter: the mta says their surveillance video has determined that the teenagers were walking north on southbound tracks. and probably weren't expecting a northbound train on those tracks. under normal circumstances, it probably would not have been. >> you have to unders

career averages fatal incident in baltimore county, two boys were found lying on the tracks in lutherville sunday. one boy died at a local hospital. it's unclear what happened on the track there is. and their investigation continues. >>> one person is dead after a monorail accident at disney world in florida happened inside the magic kingdom. officials say two mono rail training ran in the each other killing a train operator. five people were treated for injuries. >>> out of more than a million people, 9000 will get tickets today to attend michael jackson's memorial service tomorrow. as elizabeth sanchez reports the odds of getting a ticket was 1 in 183. nearly 9000 lucky michael jackson fans will pick up tickets to his memorial today. one of those winners, meteorologist pj of cbs affiliate kion in california. >> the 6:00 p.m. news cast was apout to get underway, i turned off my phone and checked my email and got a email from the michael jackson folks. >> reporter: he received this email sunday telling him he had been chosen to receive two free tickets to tuesday's event. he is heading to

. >>> this comes two weeks after two teens were struck while walking on the tracks in lutherville. there could be a possible witness to it all. mary bubala at the light rail stop. >> reporter: good morning. a passenger on the light rail may have seen what happened. he is on video sort of making a sharp turn the moment the boys were struck and want to see if he knows anything. baltimore police say this grainy imagine of a witness is important in determining what happen to the two struck. they were walking along the tracks when the train hit them. because of debris, the northbound track was shut down and that meant all trains were running on the southbound side. investigators say it was a northbound train running on the southbound tracks that hit the boys from behind. >>> we're getting angry. we get one scenario and another. >> reporter: with few clues, police are looking at it from every angle and came across the imagine of a possible witness. >> we don't want to assume and would like to talk to him to find out if he saw anything, if he heard anything. we believe because of where he

reporting in lutherville, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >>> kile would have been in 11th grade.ner would recently receive his ged. >>> we have breaking news about a well-known catholic school. it is closing permanently. we have not been told a reason why the school is closing. towson catholic is baltimore's oldest catholic high school. it was founded in 1992. and is where basketball great carmelo anthony was. we have more tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> local surgeons take part in the largest series of multikidney donations ever. the last in a series of operations took place last night. dr. robert montgomery says 10 doctors performed surgeries. they took about three weeks to complete. and all patients are doing well today. >>> today's weather is just the right medicine for anybody who needs it outside. it's sunny and warm and continues to be dry and comfortable. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. bob turk has the updated numbers from first warning weather. >>> temperatures about the same. take a look at radar. that's why we have such a nice breeze now out of the wes

. >> melinda roeder standing by live from the light rail stop in lutherville with the story tonight. melinda? >> two boys walking on the tracks not far from here when struck by one of the trains. happened more than a week ago. and tonight the parents and police are still looking for answers. >> blowing the horn loud. i hear them every day, from here. and, i think, they would have moved out of the way, of course. >> gary peterson has been asking questions ever since the accident. his son, and stepson were killed after being hit by a light rail train as they walked along the tracks. they did that regularly. but the train was not on a regular course. that day authorities say the train was using an alternate rack due to debris. the two were hit from behind. now investigators are trying to learn more information, and they are hoping someone in particular can help. >> they really believe that this man saw quite a bit. >> take a good look at this man. police say he may have seen the collision, from his seat. these pictures were taken from a video camera on on board. >> it captures an image

lutherville, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> parents, students and teachers he protest a decision to close towson catholic high school. school administrators told parents in an e-mail that towson catholic will not reopen in september. the school lost about a third of the enrollment recently. that severely cut into the tuition revenue. primary source of income. >> it is just bog gels me, i cannot believe that in six weeks, our kids have for place to go. we have no school. >> well, the school said it is more than $650,000 in debt. towson catted lick launched the basketball careers of the nba carmelo anthony and donta green. >> disturbing stories of animal abuse in baltimore city recently. dog doused with gasoline and set on fire. a cat killed with burning fireworks. as kathleen cairns reports, the city has created a task force to look into the animal abuse policies. >> in the same west baltimore neighborhood where a pit bull named phoenix was set on fire in may. >> donald brown tells us his answer to animal cruelty. >> lock them up and throw away the key. >> now a city task force ha

connor petersona dn were found near the light rail tracks just south of the lutherville station. it is possible a train hit them and one passenger believes that is the case. >> it was like a flood. a -- it ayth -- it was like a thud. >>> they say they are reviewing video and audio from several trains that are in the area at the time. we're learning more about the murder of steve mcnair. investigators traced the gun found on his girlfriend's body to one purchased in her name day before the shooting. they have yet to say if she was the shooter or the second victim. those close to the quarterback are trying to make sense of it all. >> i am still in disbelief now. just the idea of knowing that he is gone. >> i will miss him. we will all miss him. i ask you to honor what he did on the field and in the community. , and what he was as a tremendous teammate. that is his legacy. i am proud to have been a part of that. >> a public memorial will be held in national thursday afternoon followed by a funeral in mississippi. -- will be held in nashville. >>> another lovely afternoon, that kind

he spotted two teenage males lying between this outbound tracks about 100 yards south of the lutherville stop. he is fairly sure they were not passengers, but what they were doing there are how long had been there is still unclear. >> none of our operators reported an incident, but at this point is all under investigation. as you may expect, we are inspecting every one of our trains to see if there is any hint of an accident or collision or coming into contact with the human. that would easily show. >> i am not really surprised, because it is bound to happen. it was bound to happen, because children, as well as adults, are going back and forth. however, i am a little shocked. >> officials say the train runs at about 30-35 miles per hour with in this area. service was taken down for about 40 minutes today. it is back up and running, but they are telling people that you could expect a bit of delay. >>> tonight, loved ones, colleagues, and fans are trying to come to grips with the murder of football star steve mcnair. the former raven's quarterback was found shot to death yesterday inside t

the two were spotted south of the lutherville light rail station in baltimore county on sunday. eyewitness news and mary bubala are at that station right now. good morning once again, mary. >> good morning, again, don and good morning, everybody. baltimore county police are now in charge of this investigation after the mother of one of the teens complained that the mta may not be able to be objective enough investigating itself. >> i answered the phone like i always do when either one of the boys call. hi, sweetie, what's up. it was an officer. he said there has been an accident. and then everything just fell apart. >> reporter: families of 17- year-old connor peterson and kyle wainingmiller are trying to piece together the events that led to their deaths. >> i want closure. i really do. these are my babies? >> reporter: according to the mta, surveillance video show of the two walking north on southbound tracks when they were struck by the light rail train. >> we have tape of the boys in the track being hit. >> so far the mta have come up with this basic time line. 2:10 on sunda

year-old boys, conner peterson and kyle lankmiller were hit from behind as they walked near the he lutherville station at around 3:00 sunday afternoon. they were operating in a single track mode because of debris found in the north station. they were walking northbound on the soundtracks, but because the northbound truck was close, people were running in both directions on the soundtrack, and that is how he got hit from behind. but officials say that the driver of the train did not see the boys and never stopped. here is what they had to say about that. >> a number of factors affect this. height, elevation -- there are so many. it is not cut and dried to just say what did you see. >> the driver was taken out of service, question, and given a toxicology test. meanwhile, that is the best answer they can give, because it is under investigation. more for you tonight at 11:00. until then, wbal-tv 11 news. >>> police are investigating a baltimore county drowning. cedric done dark west swimming when he suddenly needed help. officials think he may have suffered a medical emergency. there will be an au

kyle wankmiller and connor peterson both 17 years old was found laying inside the lutherville tracks on sunday. it is believed they heard the train coming from behind them but didn't move out of the way because they thought it would be on the other track. the train wasn't able to use the other track because a guardrail was somehow placed in the middle of it. both teens were killed. mary, back to you. >> sally, thank you. police had been investigating if the teens were assaulted somewhere else and dragged on to the light rail track. >>> putting a face with the name. for the first time, we are seeing the photo 569-year-old shot in the head last week in southwest baltimore. she is raven wyatt. her mother is telling our media partner "the baltimore sun" that she is still in the hospital and her condition has stabilized. police are charging 17-year-old lamont davis in the shooting and he was trying to shoot at someone else with whom he earlier had been fighting. >>> he seemed to be happy and did not want a divorce, the name the words of a close friend of steve mcnair. the woman found dead

>> today's winner, edward of lutherville. get yourself a bauble head! we'll be right back with a look at the storms. >>> it looks like president obama will not get his wish to have congress pass health care reform before leaving on their summer break next month. but he hopes to push along the process as much as possible. abc's john hendren has the story from washington. >> reporter: president obama is struggling to achieve his number-one priority. >> i've been pushing hard to make sure we finally address the need for health insurance reform, which has been deferred year after year, decades after decade. and today, after a lot of hard work in congress, we are closer than ever before to finally passing reform. >> the president has spent weeks promoting his views on health care reform on television interviews and in a prime time news conference. he urgened the house and senate to pass bills before leaving on their august recess, but it's become clear that won't happen. senate majority leader reid expects to resume negotiations on a bill in september, and f

and to that, add daily breaks like this one saturday in lutherville, and the result, mandatory water restrictions until the main is fixed. >> we really appreciate everybody's cooperation on this. >> reporter: the near family of mays chapel lives in that zone of mandatory cooperation. >> i was not aware of any restrictions. >> reporter: did you realize you were within the map for the restrictions? >> now i do. >> reporter: where reduced service is being requested is shaded green. it's boned by druid lake on the south, and liberty heights and liberty road on the west. public works is requesting no outdoor watering, car washing, or filling pools. shorter showers, less rung water and less dish washing and laundry. >> i'll be doing only large full loads instead of half loads. i won't be washing the car. >> reporter: the restrictions should last about one week. in baltimore county, tim williams, wjz eyewitness news. >> city residents can report water main breaks by dialing 311. in baltimore county you can call 410-396-5352. >>> a tradition in baltimore's native american community continues

officials confirm the two teens found dead along the tracks at the lutherville station were struck byf the trains. after viewing trains from cameras they can see that connor peterson and kyle wankmiller were working north along the southbound tracks sun when they were hit from behind by a train. it wasn't until a second train that ran over them a fare collector noticed the bodies. it is unclear why the train operator didn't notice two teenagers in his path. >> there are a number of factors that affect visibility, lighting, direction, height, elevation. there are so many factors that go into that so it is not that cut and dried to be able to say what did you see. >> m.t.a. officials say the driver of the first car has been pulled from service and given a toxicology test. >> a baltimore county high school is closing its doors. towson catholic was one of the most affordable catholic high schools in the area but decreasing enrollment and unpaid tuition are to blame. jennifer franciotti joins us live from the school with more. >> good morning. this news is really coming as a shock to the t