reporting live in rosedale, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam, thank you. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the college park murder-suicide. for investigation updates, extra video, and to read the university statement in its entirety, go to cbsbaltimore.com. >>> and wjz, following breaking news in the massive manhunt for an excop and accused cop killer. police say former lapd officer- turned-fugitive, christopher dorner, has been spotted and has exchanged gunfire with authorities in the mountain area of big bear in consult -- california. alexis christoforous filed this breaking story just moments ago. >> reporter: under way at this hour, at big bear, california. we have live pictures for you of the area where police believe they have located heavily-armed christopher dorner. this is the former lapd officer who has been on the run since last week, when he allegedly shot and killed three people, including a police officer. now, authorities have been searching for the big bear area since his burned-out truck was located there. big bear is about 100 miles

. >> we are monitoring the recovery and tonight we're live from rosedale where they're holding a fund-raiser for young dakota. >> 7-year-old dakota is well on the way to recovery. >> thank you, everybody. i love you guys. >> that's dakota. he's enjoying all the people who came to support him today. he has had a difficult to and have -- two and a half months. and a number procedures at johns hopkins hospital. he even went back to jim class. >> when i went and saw him in the e.r. i never would have expected this, you know? now to look at him and see that he will be able to play sports again, it's just incredible. >> dakota may have some difficulty growing some hair back but otherwise there are no long-term physical impacts. the benefit is now are just now getting out and 350 people here, all of the money is going straight to his medical expenses. >> please some eastern shore and try and find the person responsible for the stabbing to death of a college student. the university of maryland eastern shore student died at the hospital around 9:30 last time. he is 21 from severn. he was driving thro

wjz is live in rosedale, where green grew up. adam may with more information. >> reporter: people have been coming and going from the family home here all day long, trying to make sense of this violence. >> reporter: disbelief on golden ring court in rosedale. neighbors shocked to hear he shot his college park roommates. >> i'm very sad for them. they're a very nice family. >> reporter: wjz has learned devon green was one of nasa's top interns. an internet biography states he was interested in robotic sciences. green recently graduated in 2012. he was now pursuing his masters at college park. [ dwoking on the -- knocking on the door ] green's family declined to comment for wjz but provided critical information. >> discts learned that the -- detectives learned that the shooter had been suffering from mental illness. detectives let our -- they let our detectives know that he had this condition for the past year and in the past had been prescribed medication for this mental illness. >> like many, they want to know where he got the g

a simple backyard fire pit in rosedale last winter would alter the teen's life. at the wrong place at the wrong time even as she stood back from the fire as another girl poured gas on the fire pit. >> her mother still remembers the night. >> it started to click when they said bay view and that is a burn unit. >> the clarks were told that night that aubrey would lose her eyes and lips and ears. >> 30% of her body burned putting her family in crisis mode. >> i remember saying to the doctor, let me see your hands and he said why do you want to see my hands and i looked at them and i said they look like good hands to me. so i put my trust in those doctors. >> after 19 surgeries, skin grafting and intention physical therapy, aubrey is on her way back to her life. . >> a year of our life is gone and it will continue probably for another year or two, and i don't want to ever go through this again and i don't want another family to go through this. >> so aubrey's family needed to find out how this happened. hermother employed by the atf, her father a firefighter. neither

a state police representative said that police training has been gone on at rosedale for years. if that'stycase, a woman that lives right next to grounds says it's news to her. >> after more than a century of treating patients with mental sdabts, the rose wood clinic has been closed. >> they said that the university was going to come in and basically come in and bring a campus here. we also were told they would have more housing condos in that area. >> instead. >> this had didn't happen. >> then on tuesday, something did happen. some kind of police training on the grounds involving sources say roughly 50 trainees from different agencies and ended with the baltimore city instructor firing a live round and striking a trainee in the head. >> i was surprised it was used for that. . >> so why were police using the facility for training? they haven't said but at a news conference tuesday night a representative for the maryland state police said. >> that facility has been used fsh training purposes for many years. >> sharon lewis has lived next door since 1988 and she's never seen poli

we visited the rosedale neighborhood where his family lives. no word on green's exact illness or what medication he was taking. 23-year-old green got his undergraduate degree from morgan state university and was getting his graduate degree in engineering from maryland. police in prince george's county says he killed one of his roommates and injured another before killing himself outside the college park home. the two victims were undergraduate student at the university of maryland. the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was bought legally in boughtmore county. atf is looking at the stash the weapons including a machete and fully automatic weapon. he did leave a note describing his thoughts before killing a roommate injuring another andkilling himself. >> the family let our detectives know that he had a condition for at least a year and that in the past, he has been prescribed medication for this mental illness. >> reporter: the atf is trying to determine how the shooter bought his gun. maryland law states in some cases a person with menta

. >> we went to the rosedale neighborhood where his family lived but neighbors asked us to stay away from the family. we don't know green's illness or what medication he was taking. police say the handgun used in the shooting was brought legally there was a fully loaded semiautomatic weapon discovered in a long bag. that bagcontained that weapon, multiple rounds of ammunition, a baseball bat and a machete. >> how he got to brink may never be known. green didn'tleave a note describing his thoughts. >> there wasn't anything that made him seem like the kind of person that would hurt people. he wasn't aggressive. he didn'thave problems with rage. youcan't force somebody to tell you what's generally wrong with them inside. >> and now the atf is trying to determine how the shooter brought his guns. in some cases a person with mental illness cannot purchase firearms. . >> cheryl, we k more about one of the victims. steven raen, he was 22 and a senior at college park. his momand stepfather both work for the university. steven was an english major. police are not releasing the name of the oth

a simple backyard fire pit in rosedale turned into an inferno last winter. the phenomenon is called fire jetting and the problem is so bad that atf alths are studying it. they're using thermal imaging and high speed cameras. bryan kuebler will introduce tow the family who's lives changed in a flash tomorrow night. we'll be right back. this is dylan right here, this is dylan, and this is his big brother hayden. dylan's only five, but he's already been through two surgeries for brain tumors. and he just went through his second round of chemo. and this is their mother, dawn, who runs this loving and happy home. she too struggled with tumors. but that doesn't slow her down. her love of family comes first. their dad, phil, works two jobs, repairing copiers, and on weekends delivering newspapers. but the bills keep piling up, and the heating bill gets pushed off. when you learn about their difficulties, it just breaks your heart. when we asked the biggest oil companies to help families in need, only citgo, the people of venezuela, and president hugo chavez respond

his family lives in the rosedale area and he attended morgan state university for his undergraduate degree. his family says he suffered from mental illness. police have not released information on his illness or what medication he was taking. university of maryland official say green was not treated for mental illness at their health care facilities. nor were university officials aware of his condition. police in prince george's county say he killed one of his roommates and injured another before killing himself outside of their college park home. all three were stewed antithe university of harold greene was a graduate student. now police say the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was bought legally. and the atf is looking into a stash of weapons he had including a loaded semiautomatic gun. he was a honor student and attended morgan state university for undergraduate studies. classmates say they never saw signs of mental illness. >> he didn't seem like the kind of person that would hurt people e wasn't that kind of individual e was not aggressive and didn't -- he wasn't aggressive an

family members of dayvon green say he suffered from mental illness and his family lives in the rosedale neighborhood in baltimore. police are trying to figure out the exact illness and what medication he was taking. the university officials say that green was not treated for mental illness at their health care facilities nor were they aware of his condition. police say he is the gunman who killed one of his roommates and injured another before killing himself outside the college park home on tuesday. all three were student at the university of maryland. green was a graduate student. police say the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was bought legally in baltimore county. he had the handgun in his waistband at the time of theshooting. the atf is looking at the stash of weapons he fiend a fully load semi-automatic weapon discovered in a long bag. -- he had a fully loaded semi- automatic weapon discovered in the long bag and a machete and baseball bat. >> reporter: maryland law states a person with mental illness can't possess a firearm. a state task force is studying the issue and w

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. >> shooter is identified as 23- year-old dayvon maurice green of rosedale, maryland. he went to morgan state university. he is a brilliant university of maryland graduate engineering student with ties to nasa. but he was also suffering from a mental illness that turned deadly. >> the whole thing -- >> shocked, neighboring students said bullets went through an suv window and into a neighborhood home. >> i guess -- >> find the trigger of a semihandgun was dayvon green. a 23-year-old university of maryland graduate engineering student and self-described brainiac, seen on a nasa website, where he was working on engineering. >> one of his roommates woke up to the flames. >> a bizarre night was lit fires all around the house which lured these roommates outside. green inexplicably pulled his gun from his waistband, shot one roommate to death and shot another. green ran in the backyard and shot hems. julie parker speaks to prince georges police. >> next to the gunman's body, a handgun was found. they also discovered a bag of weapons to include a baseball bat, a machete, a ful

and in rosedale, pulaski highway at citation road. let's take a live look.have volume on the beltway there. that's a look at perring parkway. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800800-the firm. back to you. >> kristy, thank you. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. it is a rare syndrome when one of your hands doesn't do what your brain is asking. don't miss tonight's healthwatch report. >>> an ann arundle county teen sits with the first lady for the state of the union. the incredible accomplishment that got president obama's attention. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a final adding up of the misery from super storm sandy. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> it is cloudy outside. and a mixed mess is headed our way. meteorologist tim williams will update our first warning weather forecast. >>> it is 41 degrees with a mix of sleet and rain in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast still ahead tonight. a violent explosion redu

new accident in rosedale. despite. delay is expected there. colubrid and randolph, accident there.we had some on middletown to mount carmel but those are starting to dissipate. this is what it looks like on the outer loop was si -- syed around security. southbound ritchie highway, accident wrapping up. debris on southbound 97 and 100. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> things are quiet in the weather department. breezy and chilly, there. temperatures are deceiving. when you factor in the west, northwest winds going at 20 miles per hour, it drops wind chills into the teens. we're picking up snow showers and flurries in the mountains. snow shower activity in harford county right now. this should be dissipating as we head through the next couple of hours. breezy and chilly. high temperatures are going to be in the upper 30's. it will feel like the 20's even later today. sunshine tomorrow, but cold. average high is 46. there could be mixed rain and snow friday and saturday. >> back with another update at 8:56. >>> 8:30 now on this wednesday morning. it is the 20th of february,

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