marcell preston was a track star at largo high school winning the 500 meters at the vginia tech invitational2014. >> if they catch me, i 's going to wear them out. >> reporter: preston was highly recruited. after tting an asociesociate's degree, he went to the university of maryland. upon hearing of preston's death, the maryland coach iued a statement saying we will remember hise perseverancnd spirit and our thoughts go out to his family and friends. >> t put that maryland uniform on, to be able to run for his home state, i could see the happiness in him when he achieved that. >> reporter: marcell preston's family issy making final preparations for his funeral which will be held tomorrow. reporting frome' prince geo county, chris gordon, news 4. >>> a west virginia university freshman isn custody accused of threatening to carry out a shooting spree. court documents say the student who's 21 and from columbia, adryland. he m the threat in a facebook chat and said he planned to then take his own life. the person he talked with shared the messages with police. police later found the same message

you can't take away what he did, how he touched peoples lives for those years. >> marcell preston ranrack for largo high school wnning the 500 meters at the virginia tech invitational in 2014. >> i know if they catch me, it's going to wear them out. >> reporter: preston was highly recruited after getting an associate's degree, he went to f the university maryland. upon hearing of preston's death, the maryland coach issued a statement saying we will member his perseverance and spirit and our thoughts go out to his family and friends. there came a time that marcell o presto his father he wanted to leave school and follow his passion, his love o cars. this his prized possession. >> he basically just wanted to get hself a job, be an upstanding citizen and just be a normal kid. he wasn't after stardom. f reporter: now hisily is asking for help. asking anyone who has informpion that might hel solve this murder to give police a call. reporting from prince george's county, chris gordon, news 4. >>> and we've got a new severe thunderstormwarning. this is for calvert county and st. mary's count

someone shot and killed marcell preston outside of his family home in kettering on easter 4 nday. news spoke with his father. he says he had no idea who shot his son or wh he tells us he heard the shots and ran outside. >> he was on the ground. i went over him, overo him. just held himas he breathing. trying to breathe. i held him. at that point he didn't make it. i just know he's going to be missed and i'm going to cherish his name and honor him for the rest of my life. >> preston ran track at umv in 2017. before that he was a record-setting runner at largo high. >>> a smash and grab robbery scare overnight at a 7/7 in silver springs. r robbers forced employees to get to the floor and another person driving a pickup plowed through the front of the store taking out the window and frame. then loaded u the atm and took off from the screen. the workerst the convenience store were not hurt. several atms have be targeted for seft. police eral jurisdictions looking to see if they're connected. >>> a young life cut short by gun violence will live on through a foundation guided byhe her m