mr. whiler attack mr. brown, including intervening quickly. sadly, there were no indicator of any sort of problem prior to the incident. there was no history to indicate mr. whiler had any signs of aggression. the two men had no prior association, good or bad. the suspect is a world war ii veteran fellow vet did not call the attack tragic. >> it's terrible. i think it is horrible. what we're supposed to stand for, what we did. it looked like it is all eless. >> reporter: because of his advanced age, 87-year-old suspect earl wilder was ordered held in a special care facility, rather than in the county jail. this was the first homicide in howard county since october of 2008. in columbia, jackie benson, news 4. >>> a registered sex offender is accused of trying to snatch a boy from a restroom inside a store. he approach a 9-yearld boy in the bathroom atduk's sporting goods on columbia pike saturday afternoon. the boy will his father that a man tried to trap him in the bathroom. police say they usedtore surveillance cameras to identify him and arr