that's where we find roosevelt leftwich who is here with the details. >> reporter: the shooting happened here late on saturday night. authorities are still trying to figure out exactly what happened here. but here's what we know so far. now on saturday evening, the sheriff's office got a call from a business that and mawas tear -- man was tearing up the place e stormed into the business near route 24 in forest hill. deputies say seth beckman wrecked the 7-eleven and punched a teenage outside the store and wrecked a bp gas station and sharon snowball standp cell phone video shows the damage -- stand. cell phone video shows the damage. >> my cousin helped me repair the doors so i could repair the building. >> there's a confrontation between the deputy and suspect and the deputy fires his weapon and strikes the suspect wounding the suspect. >> reporter: now beckman was flown to shock trauma where he died from his wounds. beckman's dad glen told abc2 news his son was dealing with depression and may have been taking synthetic drugs but doesn't think the department should have shot his son to

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abc 2 news' roosevelt leftwich is live this morning at city police headquarters with details. rosie, what can you tell us? >>reporter: well, megan, city police have filed charges against 35-year-old melville mason. he's the man accused of killing a young couple in their home in front of their own daughter and reportedly over a dispute over $10. now, for the friends and family of 21-year-old william monroe and 22-year-old megan kerrigan, this makes their loss even worse. more than 150 people dwaried outside of victim's home -- gathered outside of the victim's home on south cary street last night. office officials say mason threatened them as early as friday. he broke into the home on tuesday shooting monroe and a family friend before killing monroe and kerrigan who were in a back bedroom with their 17- month-old child. the family says mason would have shot the baby but the gun wouldn't fire. they say that kerrigan and monroe were good people and their deaths are well beyond tragic. >> it felt like a nightmare. i can't say nothing but nice things about them. they were always fri

reporting live from millersville roosevelt leftwich abc2 news. >>> troubling news out of japan.that country is expected to declare a toxic water leak. a level 3 serious incident. it the gravest warning since the after math of the massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. the leak has been provides aioli assigned at a level 1 rate which means no legitimate safety threat. the owners of the plant have struggled to manage the contaminated water since the tsunami. they believe the leak may be coming from a seam or a faulty valve. they say the leaks are not a threat to the ocean. a nuclear watchdog group said the toxic water could reach the sea. >>> progress is being made on a costa concordia recovery project. the ship is expected to be lift into an upright position next month. it's taken months of work to get the ship upright. moving it from the sea is not expected to be complete until sometime in 2014. a pair of massive tanks have been placed at the bow of the ship to stabilize it and prevent any chances of additional damage. 32 people died when that ship capsized last year. >>> today

there's roosevelt leftwich live with preview. he has been hanging out with the animals. baby chicks is so cute. >> reporter: they are so fluffy. look at them. just having a good time here. these are-- this is as fresh a chicken as you can get. and the funny thing is there's one rowdy in here that gets everyone fired up. there he goes. when he moves, the others moves. this is part of the birthing center and barn tour at the maryland state fair. lots of good stuff. over here every year they have a lot of births including right here. look at this. piglets. having a good time there just it's feeding time at 5:30 but this is what you will see. this ised kind of thing in the birth -- this is the kind of thing you will see in the birthing center. all of them are pregnant and any time or sometime during the course of the fair they will give birth and that's something the kid can see and they find out where the food comes from and get a idea of what life on the farm is like. there are animals and budweiser with a two-story bar set up anda good time there and they will have double

it started as a snowball stand and roosevelt leftwich is here with the latest.> reporter: well, this startedvery, very late saturday night. at this point, authorities are still trying to figure out acts lid what -- acts lid -- exactly what happened but this is what we know so far. on saturday evening the sheriff office got calls from a business that a man was tearing up the place. they say 19-year-old seth beckman stormed into the businesses near route 24 and red pump road in forest hills. seth beckman wrecked the 7- eleven and punched a teenage outside the store and wrecked a bp gas station and sharon snowball stand. cell phone video from the snowball stand shows the damage. >> it took several hours to get that crap off the floor. and i am thank it will my cousin helped me repair the doors to secure the building. >> as suspect exists there's confrontation between deputy and suspect and the deputy fires his weapon and strikes the suspect wounding the suspect. >> reporter: beckman was flown to shock traumaer with died from his -- traumaer with died from his room.

roosevelt leftwich is live this morning at baltimore police headquarters following this story. do they have a motive in the case, rosie? >>reporter: city police have filed charges against 35-year- old melville mason. he's the man accusing the two people over what was a perceived debt of $10, that's according to police. now, friends and family of 21- year-old william monroe and 22- year-old megan kerrigan, this only makes their loss worse hearing something like this. over 150 people gathered outside of the victims' home on south cary street last night. the family says mason threatened them as early as last friday and they say they even called police about it. police say mason broke into the home on tuesday morning, shooting monroe's mother and a family friend before killing monroe and kerrigan who were in a back bedroom with their 17- month-old child. police say mason would have shot the baby, but the gun wouldn't shoot. they say kerrigan and monroe were good people and their deaths are tragic. >> it felt riek a nightmare. i can't say nothing but nice things about them. they wer

abc 2 news' roosevelt leftwich is is live to explain. what happens now? >>reporter: well, megan, the votes to bring this package of tax incentives and also tax breaks out of committee was 3- 0. and what it's going to do is is transform this whole entire area here into something completely different for the city, but, however, this vote did not come without a big protest. now, the harbor point project would transform about 27 acres of waterfront property into a new headquarters for exelon corporation and bring in hundreds of apartments along with stores and restaurants. mayor stephanie rawlings blake is currently behind this. she and other supporters of the measure say it is the most significant downtown development in years and would bring in hundreds of construction jobs and create a liveable, workable neighborhood. but critics say $107 million in public finance to build roads, sewers and other infrastructure would take away money from city schools and would hurt the poor and city neighborhoods. >> with subsidize comes responsibility and that's what -- w

and roosevelt leftwich is live where the community will say good-bye what do they have plans. >> reporter: hundreds of people will gather at the cay cathedraof mary our queen to pay respects to a man whose impact on sports in the city is legendary. he will be remember as great football player but a really good guy. artie died late sunday from a respiratory illness e played 12 seasons for the -- he played 12 seasons for the colts and considered one of the most dominating defensive players that played the game. he was about to find his position and earned -- defined his position and earned a place in the hall of fame. he defined what player should beoff the field. when he retired he stayed here and owned several businesses and raised a family here in the community that hexl teller. you know if you knew him that's a understatement. he talked to everybody. he wrote a book and was a frequent guests on carson and letterman telling stories about football's golden years and his life. services for artie will begin here at 11 here at cathedral of mary our queen. our live coverage will begin at 10:0

reporting live, roosevelt leftwich. >> and we have been remembering him all week on abc2. we have special coverage of the funeral today. remembering art donovan starts at 10 this morning on abc2. we are going to stream this special live online. so if you have to go to work or not at home catch it on the computer. the special will cover up the view if you are a fan of the show. we will air the view at 4:00 today. >>> testimony continues in the murder for hire trial. karla porter is accused of arranging her husband's murder three years ago at this towson hess gas station. yesterday she spoke to the jury in a soft voice vice how -- describing how time after time her husband abused her. she explained the threats and abuse got so bad she had no choice but to kill him. however the state pointed out she never reported any of the abuse or threats to the police. >>> robert jarrett will spend the next 30 years in prison for the murder of his then wife christine. she was killed 22 years ago andher body was buried under a shed at the family home. the judge called hiding the body "an e

reporting live roosevelt leftwich abc2 news. >>> ravens fans who stopped at cooper's north bar to watch the game mixed admiration for art donovan and they sold his favorite bill schlitz for 1.70 in honor of number 70. that was the jersey donovan wore. they had a replica of one of his jerseys on hand to auction off for a good cause. >> we also have art donovan football jersey that is signed starting bid at $500. anything above that is to have one our sales reps with a sick son that needs a heart transplant. so any money raised towards that will go towards the charity. >> i bet art donovan would like that. one man who was there is not a huge schlitz fan but said it was not good beer but he was happy to throw a few back in artie's memory. if you want to see more memberives are art donovan head to our website. we have a special section on abc2news.com dedicated to him. >>> great day for college students. president obama is expected to sign a bipartisan bill that will slash interest rates on student loans. the house passed the measure last month and white house officials say the plan will sa

abc2 news roosevelt leftwich is live downtown and they are saying police waited hours that's what the neighbors are saying. >> reporter: well exactly charley. for folks that live in that neighborhood they say they may have seen the people doing it and in fact one of the homeowners said she may have talked to the two teens who broke into her home. maria says her home was hit on saturday and two teens were in front of her hop home and asked the time as she loaded up hercar with the kids a short too many later the alarm went off and they tried to force the front door first and went around back and were able to get in and steal several is items including electronics be a jewelry from her hometrent watson says the crew hit another house the same day and people in the neighborhood are frustrated with many things. >> they saw the kids across the way actively trying to get into another house one of the kids the older one was squatting down near the bushes as if he was grabbing something. and the other kid was work the front door to see if he could get in. >> reporter: the neighbors followed t

abc2 news roosevelt leftwich is live with more on the story. >> reporter: it's been a week of frustration as burglaries hit an air afterpigtown. the victims think they know who is doing it. in fact, one of the homeowners says she may have even talked with the two teens who broke into her mom. -- home. she says two teens were hanging out in front of her house and asked the time as she loaded up her car with her kids. she says a short time later and they tried to force the front door and went to the back of the house where they were able to get in and steal items includingelectronics and jewelry. trent watson says the same crew hit another house on the sail dame-- same day. people in the neighborhood are frustrated with many things. >> they saw the kids across the way actively trying to get into another house. one of the kids the older one was squatting down near the bushes as if he was grabbing something. the other kid was work the front door to see if -- working the front door to see if he could get in. >> reporter: neighbors followed the teens until they disappeared on washington bouleva

stay with us. >>> good morning i am roosevelt leftwich.porter who is accused of arranging her husband's murder n court porter took the stand and told the jury her husband repeatedly beat her and the abuse was so bad she had no choice but to kill him. the state pointed out she never reported any abuse or threats to police. now over to hippette. >> we are monitoring maryland's most powerful radar this morning -- lynette. >> we are monitoring maryland's most powerful radar this morning. showers and thunderstorms a possibility. as of now it's dry and humid out there. so, make sure to prepare drink plenty of fluid throughout the day. chesapeake beach has a mix of sun and clouds and that's scenario. temperatures are coming in at 77 degrees in edgewood. arnold at 78. and chesapeake beach close to 80. a warm day on tap and muggy day. that high temperature coming in at around 88 and tonight we will be at 70. and muggy and tomorrow 8 will8 -- # 8 with an isolated shower or thunderstorm. heading to the beach the storm chance go down heading towards s

roosevelt leftwich is live. this is because of an incident with a banana. >> reporter: fans are known to be rowdy. someone during the game yesterday, in san francisco threw a banana at jones. an incident that has people upset and has the social media thing blowing up. orioles outfielder had a big day and drove in four runs. he says during the bottom of the 9th, someone threw a banana at him. throwing a banana is considered a racist action. it's a problem in european soccer and happens in hockey. jones took to twitter to express outrage. i want to thank whatever expletive threw the banana in center field. way to show your class. there was another expletive. jones was more than 128,000 twitter followers. they had the tweet retweeted and was more than 1800 times. picked up by espn and huffington post. there was others who tweeted out the joans that gave him grief. good chance this mea'sly get off of social media soon. a spokesman says what they are going to do is investigate this, look at all of the security camera

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> ravens, veteran experience, including one familiar name. signed brandon stokely to a one year deal. ravens drafted him in 1999 and he scored the first touchdown in super bowl 35. the ravens agreed to a one year deal with clack. he played for the bucks and spent a decade with the indianapolis colts. he is going to be on the sidelines for baltimorement save on back to school shopping. tax free shoppiweek is underway. you saw people out there in droves. clothes and shoes, totaling less than $100 are tax free through saturday. the retailers association crunched the numbers and say the family will spend $600 in back to school shopping. the big u.s. chunk will go towards new clothes for the school year. we hope you picked up a few things to help students in need. partnering with the school for back to school supply drive. help for things like backpacks, pens, pencils and three ring binders. you can help, go to abc2news.com/school supplies for a list of drop off locations. you have until august 22nd to show your generosity. >>> traffic stop made f

roosevelt leftwich is live to explain. this stems from an incident. >> reporter: one of the things is they have never done anything like this. jones says someone threw a banana when he was in the outfield. it's allegation that has a lot of people talking on twitter and facebook. orioles outfielder jones had a big day and drove in four runs with a 9th inning homer in the win over the giants. during the bottom of the 9th, someone threw a banana from the stands at at&t park. it's considered a racist action. it's been a problem in you mean soccer and happened in hockey. jones took to twitter to express outrain after the game and says, i want to thank whatever blank threw the pa nanatowards my direction the last evening. way to show class. jones had the tweet retweeted more than 1800 times, favorited 900 times. picked up by espn and huffington post. few fans apologized for what happened. there were others that gave him more grief. he tweeted out, good chance this means i will get off social media season. they will review video

roosevelt leftwich is back with us with details. >> reporter: san francisco giants fans are rowdy andgame. what happened here is something no one has experienced here. jones was in center field and someone threw a banana on the field. jones was having a really big day yesterday, he drove in four runs and a nice run, three run homer in the 9th, orioles 10- 2 win over the giants. during the bottom of the 9th, someone threw a banana at the stands. throwing a banana is

reporting live from millersville, roosevelt leftwich abc2 news. >>> we are out at the live desk where syrian activists accused forces loyal to baa sheer al assad of using chemical weapons. the activists say more than 200 people have been killed in those attacks. syria's denied those reports and state television quoted a source as saying there was "no truth whatsoever to the report." it is said they were aimed at distracting a visiting team of u. n. chemical weapons exerts from the mission. the hotel the group is staying in is a 15 minute drive from the site of the alleged attack. videos show what appear to be a lifeless body with no visible wounds. syrian authorities and rebels have accused each other of using chemical weapons against one another through the course of the civil war now as 100,000 people have been reported killed. >>> a 15-year-old is behind bars caused of stabbing another teenager to death at the ravens super bowl parade this year. nazir williams is charged with murder. three teenagers with were stabbed on february 15th. ntae smith died from the stabbing. >>> johns ho

roosevelt leftwich. >> we will be remembering him all -- we have been remembering him all week and today we have special coverage of the funeral. remembering art donovan starting at 10 this morning and we will stream it live online so if you can't catch it when you are home, you can watch it at work or wherever you may be. this special will cover up the view but if you a fan of the show, we are going to air the view later on later today at 4. >>> the ravens blasted the tampa bay buccaneers 44 to 16 and it was preseason opener but it was good game. and some fans got a mix of the old and the new. as they stopped off at cooper north. [audio not understandable] we checked in with them and fans were excited to see the new look at ravens had against another team. they got a chance to mix in admiration for the beloved colts art donovan who we have been talking about so much. his favorite beer was sold for 1.70 a piece in honor of number 70. that was the number he wore and that he had replica of a jersey on hand auctioned off to a good cause. >> we have art donovan football jerry that is signed

abc2's roosevelt leftwich is live in millersville with reactions on the latest arrests. >> reporter:th this second accusation against dwyer he is being asked to step down by his constituent asks some of his peers. dwyer was arrested by anne arundel police early tuesday morning. officers say he was driving and swerving badly on route 100. this latest arrest is less than a year to the day when dwyer crashed into a boat full of children. for that incident he has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and promised to go through treatment. a man who was on the boat that day, randy harbin says he's not surprised by this latest incident. >> i think

roosevelt leftwich is live there. rosy around a bunch of pregnant animals. dang rouse. >> reporter: we moved to -- dangerous. >> reporter: we moved to what happened after they have gotten older. this is the 4h farm world where you can bring your kids out and get up close and personal and find out where your food comes from and your milk comes from and all the good things come from. you get to meet well the cavs and being meet the cavs and let's go over here and -- calves and let's go over here and say hello, to the ladies. they are turkeys and that's thanksgiving different and a chicken dinner. but there's lot of things to get up and close and personal with at the fair. people may not get to see what animals look like in the natural state or somewhat natural state or get a chance to go to one of the many, many wonderful family farms here in the state of maryland. get a chance to come out and hang out. look at that. you know, how close can you get to tt. that's one of the things you have to get out and see for yourself here. hello, how are you folks doing? go

roosevelt leftwich is live this morning and we hear there is a reality tv celebrity at the fair thisyear. >> reporter: interest a a-- there's a lot of good stuff but we have the carolina carports custom made chopper. they are responseoing one of the stages out here at the maryland state -- sponsoring one of the stages out here at the maryland state fair hand built by the orange county chopper guys. something really good to look at. but this bike is part of the attraction here at the booth. we have got bobby brantly with lizard lick towing and bobby for the five people that haven't seen the show what's it all about. >> about us going out and repoing cars and having a good time. >> reporter: and having a good teem but it's like somebody says you can't have a good time repoing cars but you have fun with your cowork he is and just get -- coworkers and just getting out there and coming up with ways to get the stuff. >> we do the best we can. our job is to outsmart you so if we get your car we have a great day and you have a bad day and somebody is happy and somebody is not and that's life

upsetting the neighbors because they say police are slow to respond to the calls and abc2 news roosevelt leftwich is live counsel town-- downtown with more. they are exactly. in fact it's been a week of frustration for people-- they are talking about police not responding for hours. >> reporter: exactly in fact it's been a week of frustration for the people they know the people who have done it. the homeowner says she may have talked to the teens who broke into her home. maria says the home was hit on saturday and two teens were outside in fronts her home and one asked her the time as she loaded up the car with her kids and says a short time later the alarm at her home went off and she said they tried to force the front door first and went around the bock and were able to get in and steal several items. trent watson says the crew apparently hit another house on the same day. people in the neighborhood are frustrated with many things here. >> we discussed the response time which i think was about two hours later at least five neighbors called 911 on yesterday and two hours later they arrived i thi

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art done vast -- donovan was known as sense is of humor as for his tenacity and roosevelt leftwich is mary our queen where them say good-bye. >> reporter: hundreds will come to spay last respects to a man who was a giant in sports here in baltimore. we are talking about are donovan who will be remembered as great football player and a really good guy: he died late sunday from a press pitory illness. the -- recipe fore -- respiratory illness e was considered one of the most -- he was considered wouldn't most dominating players. he was quick for a man with his size and a fierce pass rusher. he defined his position in the nfl and for that he answered place in the pro football hall of fame-- he earned a place in the pro football hall of fame and defined what a player should be when he retired he stayed in baltimore

roosevelt leftwich. tie is off and jacket is off and you look good and relaxed. >> reporter: that's one of the -- you have to have the boots but you know what, this is going to be a mom to be. she is going to have-- i know megan had twins but she is going to have from 6 to 16 piglets out here. it's just this is a birthing area for the maryland state fair and there's nothing but pregnant moms, we have sows and cows over there and everything is there's nothing here but this pregnant women that are very, very touchy so you want to make sure you are a little quiet because they are about due out here right now. every year according to the fair, they have about 14 births of cattle out here. you can only see what the cows are doing right now. that's what's very funny. but anyway, there's a lot going on out here. but they have births every year and it's one of the things that makes the fair so unique out here is because what happens is that you get to see farm life up close and personal that maybe a lot of folks

abc2 news roosevelt leftwich is live at the fairgrounds did you get there for the food rides or animals. >> reporter: you know it's just the combination of everything. but this is the biggest rabbit i've seen a phlegmish giant and he has big pointy teeth. no he looks like a rabbit in the money bush-- monty python movie but he is cool hopping around. this is the 4h animal world where there's plenty of animals for kids to come out and see and what is cuter than this megan? just look at this. nothing but little toonie horses -- toonie horses. this he won't -- tiny who ares. they are so cool out -- horses. they are so cool out here to see these. a lot going on in the most fun days of the summer at the maryland state fairgrounds. you've got lot of different things in addition to the animals there's a birthing center and farm tour and, of course, plenty of food. i've got fried everything. oreos snickers and grilled cheese and fried pop tarts is one the camera guy eric wants to have. and then of course, there's so many activities out here as well. they are going to double the horse racing and

reporting live from millersville roosevelt leftwich. >>> we're learning more about a quadruple shooting. two of the victims were killed in front of their child just over a year old. that child was not harmed. one of the victims killed, william monroe, his mother and friend were also harmed. they were shot. police arrested mehlville mason and say he busted through the front door and started shooting not only killing monroe but his girlfriend. >> they were good people. i don't understand why somebody would go in a house and randomly start shooting with a child in the bedroom with the mother and father. >> she said when the guy busted through the window he said i am the reaper. >> and then what? >> and then he went upstairs and started shooting. >> after the shooting neighbors say mason took off but returned a short time later and sat on the couch until police arrived and arrested him. >> those murders are the latest in a string of shootings going back to the weekend. police say they'll put all officers down into uniform and patrol what they're calling hot spots. since monday morning four

reporting live downtown, roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >>> police have made a an arrest in a leasing manager's death. melinda schaefer was stabbed back in june. now 21-year-old la shawn work wilson has been charged with first-degree murder. he was a maintenance worker at the complex. police say he met with schaefer shortly before she was killed. he was spotted near that time wearing one outfit and after that murder wearing a different one. police have not discussed a possible motive in this case. >>> anne arundel county police right now are working to identify a woman found on bayside beach road in pasadena. there is evidence out there around the body that led police to believe this victim had been hit by a car and the driver drove off without calling for help. they do have a picture of what police believe this vehicle looks like. if you have any information, they're asking you to call 866- 7-lockup. >>> we're closely following two big stories right now making headlines around the world. the first involving the continued civil war in syria and the alleged use of chemical weapons by t

abc 2's roosevelt leftwich is live at police headquarters. >>reporter: megan, city police charged murder charges against melville mason. he's accused of killing a young couple that lived down the street from him over a perceived dispute over what police say was about $10. as for family and friends of 21- year-old william monroe and 22- year-old megan car dl rigan, this makes

reporting live downtown, roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >>> police are investigating after a man was found shot in northeast baltimore. this happened on gearman avenue off bel aire road shortly before 5:30 last night. police tell us they found the 22-year-old man who was shot several times, the victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. police right now are looking for the gunman. >>> we have new information for you this morning regarding the continued civil war in syria and the alleged use of chemical weapons by the syrian government on the rebel combatants. the white house and state department expressed concern on wednesday following reports bashar al-assad's regime used toxic gas to kill at least 130 people, including many children while they slept. the attack was said to have occurred in the eastern suburbs of damascus. the syrian government denies the use of those weapons, calling the allegations baseless. in the meantime what's going on now the u.s., britain and france are demanding that a team of u.n. experts already in syria be granted immediate access to th

roosevelt leftwich is live, how do his colleagues and constituents feel about the latest accusations?rter: charley with this second accusation against dwyer what's been happening is that the calls for him to resign and step down from his seat are coming loudly from his constituents and some of his peers. he was arrested early yesterday morning by anne arundel county police. officers say he was driving and swervi