. >> he is accused of opening fire on an mta bus full of school children. he was retaliating against the driver of the best. we have more with our reporter. >> the allegations are shocking and certainly need to think of those children on the bus and what they must have to endure during that morning. >> a routine bus ride to school thursday turned into a nightmare. existing year-old boy opened fire on an mta bus full of students headed to west baltimore middle school. -- a 16 year-old boy in opened fire on an mta bus full of students headed to west baltimore middle school. at least six bullets hit the front windshield. the driver is credited with making sure that no one got hurt. >> she took immediate steps to remove the bus, close the bus doors and keep them from boarding the bus while he was firing at the windshield. >> it is crazy. it is really crazy that kit cannot ride the bus without stuff like that happening. >> -- kids cannot ride the bus without stuff like that happening. >> some are very concerned. >> my two children catch the bus that morning goin

the boy opened fire on the mta bus full of students. according to charging documents, he was kicked off of bus after an argument with the bus driver the day before. thursday, he jumped in front of the vehicle as it was stopped and started shooting. at least six bullets hit the front windshield. the driver is credited with making sure no one got hurt. >> she took immediate steps to move the bus, close the bus doors, and keep them from boarding the bus while he was firing at the windshield. >> it is crazy that kids cannot ride the bus without stuff like that happening. >> people who live in the neighborhood are disappointed by this act of violence. even though he was arrested the same day as the shooting, it is still a cause of concern. >> my children catch the bus every morning. it worries me. >> that is a really bad thing. >> officials say they cannot comment because this is an ongoing investigation, but there released a statement, saying, "we want to stress is a serious crime to assault or attempt to assault a transit operator while pe

police are looking for the suspects who left a bomb on an mta bus. happened after 2:00 friday afternoon while the bus was on howard and fay et streets. mta officials say it exploded and released a strong odor of ammonia. no one was injured. >> baltimore city detectives searching for answers after the decomposing body of a woman was found in a manhole. around 10:30 a.m. a verizon technician found the body. they removed the body to bennighouse. the question is, how did the body get there. a witness explained to her, there was no way the body could have floated there. >> he said that the sewer only goes -- like each block has a pipe like this far wide, so i say it could it be flushed in from somewhere else? they say no, it is not possible. it had to have gone in and stayed there. >> police are waiting to determine how the victim died and also learn her identity. meanwhile, authorities are trying to identify a body found in harford county. the victim was found in a drainage ditch off the exit ramp of route seven and palace ski -- polaski highway. the med

. >> this morning authorities have arrested a man who shot a bb gun at an mta bus. the driver was taking students to school when she stopped to pick up passengers in southwestern baltimore. that is when she noticed the man pointing a gun at the front window. the suspect fired a gun several times but the windshield and not break. >> some florida parents are not happy with the vocabulary word being taught in advanced placement course. "kama sutra"is the word. many parents don't want their teenagers being taught about a book that lays out the basic rules of love and marriage and is known for erotic illustration. >> it has no place in the classroom, especially if the parents are not aware of the subject. >> that brings us to our water cooler question. do you think the 10th grade advance placement classroom is an appropriate place to refer to this term? email us your response. coming up, some bad news for baltimore firefighters. city officials tried to squeeze more money to kill their budget gap. -- fill their budget gap. >> no matter what people do to you, they cannot t

. >>> a fight on board an mta bus leads to be a accident in baltimore county. we were over the scene after 6:00 last night. the bus collided with a car after a fight broke out on board. one person was arrested and an ambulance was called to the scene. we have no reports of injuries there. >>> in west baltimore another mta bus accident hurt 25 people around 6:00 last night at north packa and west franklin. the coach collided with a car. m-ta police say 22 people on board the bus were hurt, three others near it were also injured, but none of the injuries is considered serious. >>> a judge has made a controversial decision in connection with the beating death of a ann teenager. the 16-year-old suspect will be tried as a juvenile and not as an adult. police say he boy fell off a bike after a punch and suffered a fatal head injury. jones' uncle spoke to wjz. >> my nephew died as a result of it, it was a death that was involved. you should at least at 16 be reprimanded to adult prison. you're doing adult crime, you should go to adult prison. >> if george had been tri

let's get the latest on the buses and trains from kurt kroncke of the mta. >> good morning. we have a delay. 870 running 11 minutes late. light rail looking good. buses as well. a few construction diversions including the 15 bus at saratoga and green. why put unnecessary miles on your car? call for schedule information. i'm kurt kroncke. back to sandra shaw. >> have a great weekend. for the majority of the weekend to the weather will be nice. we have to get through the next 24 hours or so. the reason is clear. an intense light showers and storms extending from the great lakes through the ohio valley and even down to the deep south is as all lina squall line. we will see temperatures in the 70's. the next chance of showers enters the forecast by the early evening tonight. let's talk about the temperatures. 57 downtown, 55 and marshall, considerably milder than the last several days. 64 degrees in ocean city on the beach. the upper elevations in western maryland will see the rain sooner, sometime in the afternoon. 61 degrees. increasing the cloud cover. after 7:00 is when the

for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. ♪ they make little hearts happy... ...and big hearts happyoo. because as part of a heart healthy diet,... ...those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. (cheerios spilling) cheerios. how can something so little... ...help you do something so big. >>> a dramatic pause there this morning. you like that? >> gathered all my thoughts. >> what did you think about? >> you don't want to know. >> you need longer than that for all your thoughts. >> i don't think much. here's justin. >> you left one on the floor. 5:09. good morning to you. we are hopefully going to have a much improved day because the wind yesterday was gusting between 40 and 50 miles per hour. this morning we've settled down to about a 5 to 15 mile-per-hour breeze. maryland's most powerful doppler radar with multiple sweeps across the chesapeake. we are dry this morning. virtually clear skies. temperature officially 54 easton to 48 baltimore. crossing some of the bridges, you may feel an occasional gust, winds will probably pick up just after sunrise, so 8:00

several agencies teamed up for the operation including the tsa, federal air marshals and mta. >> we are looking for anything suspicious. we also have behavioral detection officers out. people who are usually at the airports, at the screening stations opening peoples' behavior. we have them out today in plain clothes just watching people. >> arrivals and departures were not affected. >>> maryland's slots commission has voted to approve allowing 1,000 more slot machines at a site in cecil county. penn national gaming submitted an extra $6 million in licensing fees last week to boost the number of machines at the pril site from -- perryville site from 500 to 1,500. >>> the university of maryland could be the first in the country with a policy on student screenings of pornographic films. it's in response to a movie recently shown at the university of maryland college park. the movie was never shown. a discussion on the proposed movie policy is planned for next week in college park. >>> tonight high profile support for governor martin o'malley's 2010 re-election campaign. former president bi

for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. w >>> once again i want to take you to the george d.lisby elementary school in hillsdale. themplets temperature there near 50 degrees. sunshine, breezy. say good morning to the principal patty. teacher mrs. crowe of the fourth grade. and a shoutout to the lunch ladies, nachos grande. >> ooh. >> that's what i thought. want to go back? >> muy bueno. >> it's 48 degrees now in baltimore. 54 easton. we have a little bit of a breeze expected and skies will go from sunny to partly cloudy this afternoon. with our two-degree guarantee back up to 71. we'll have warmer temperatures tomorrow but it will come with the threat of rain. we'll talk about what kind of rain we expect in a bit. >>> 5:40. here's kim brown with a look at traffic. >> thank you. as we look at the top side of the beltway at harford road traffic is moving nicely, no problems to let you know about on either loop of 695 so far this morning. both the baltimore harbor nnand fort mchenry tunnel are checking in incident-free. southbound 95 approaching whitemarsh boulevard the left lane continues to b

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for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. >>> 5:39. good morning.'s take you back in time to yesterday. it was a really interesting day. essentially, if you're looking at the cloud cover, time lapse from summit ridge in mount airy. the temperatures were down in the low 60s outside the beltway. beautiful scenery but the clouds did start to break up late in the day. we were mostly clear overnight. some clouds have moved in over the last couple of hours but that allowed temperatures to drop down to 42 in ellicott city. 45 in monkton. joppa is 48. same across the bay in chestertown. we have a look at the satellite imagery, again, a few clouds passing through early this morning but the skies should turn mostly sunny this afternoon, albeit still chilly, below normal with a two-degree guaranteed high of 67 degrees. >>> 5:40 now. let's see what's happening on the roads. >>> traffic is running smoothly on the major roads. southbound 95 headed to the capitol beltway traffic is moving about with no problems. same on the bw parkway and on route 29. but in balti

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. >> reporter: we are along ford avenue and key highway where mta police were called and city police were called for disorderly teenagers on a bus. the bus was traveling across ford and key avenue and the bus stopped and the teenagers kicked out one of the emergency escape bus windows in the rear of the bus and fled the scene. the city police and transit police are investigating for the destruction of property. there is no word of injuries on the bus. the people on the bus were transferred to another bus. as you can see, the police continue the investigation. >> thank you very much. >>> straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00, a father tattoos his son with a gang sign and a judge's ruling shocks everyone in the california courtroom. >>> a somber anniversary three years after girls were gunned down in a lancaster city. >>> and it is the first weekend in october. will the weather cooperate? we have bob updating the forecast when we come back. >>> a member of a polygamist sect has pleading pleaded not guilty. raymond young will be tried next month. >>> this week is a somber anniversar

. >>> mta police are investigating another disturbing accidence on board the incidence on the bus. >>> well, big news from both of baltimore's major sports teams. ravens getting ready for the patriots and now the orioles have made a major announcement. mark viviano. >> reporter: denise, it's been 12 straight losing seasons for the orioles and the last two and a half under the direction of trimble. he and owner peter angelos were both tested in their resolve during the most recent 13-game losing streak, but felt it was the right thing to do to bring dave trembley back, saying that "dave earned it and deserved it." dave trembley excitemented about the news. we'll hear from him later on in sports. now to the football, the ravens have a big game ahead, getting ready to take on the new england patriots. people across the nfl are pointing to the ravens as the best team in the league. that is a position that has traditionally been hold for the past keckade by new england, hence, building up the hype for this one. the raven's practice, trying to block out the hype, focused on slaying the patr