. >> some homeowners in southeast baltimore are outraged over the homeless problem and plans for onepand. crime and justice reporter joy lepola has the story tonight. >> here in southeast baltimore, summer youth workers come to this park on a daily basis. >> every day people here. every day, they come back every day. making a mess. >> homeowners blame the mayor. and homeless shelters for the mess. arguing the mayor has done nothing to address the problem. >> we are laughing now at this whole issue of cleaner in baltimore, it is a joke. >> scott is the director for citizens of washington hills. >> we basically been neglected in southeast baltimore. >> his community group, like others, is frustrated over news, that beans and bread is planning to expand services, to the city's homeless and needy. >> we have varments, human feces in the alleys. people are urinating. >> (inaudible). >> although many supporters argue washington hill is too far away to be impacted. we saw the same men here an hour later leaving the shelter. >> you have people all around this neighborhood that comes here and

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> police in southeast baltimore still looking for the gunman who shot and killed a woman early this morning. sources tell our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neal that she was found lying there in the middle of register street off of eastern avenue. happened around 3:00 this morning. witnesses tell police they saw a white or light-colored cadillac taking off. right now police are working on a tag number. >>> federal investigators are urging metro to keep on monitoring the computerized train control system following last month's deadly crash. metro said it's signaling the system and it's typically tested each month before the crash that killed nine people. reviews nor being performed everyday. the ntsb is calling on metro to develop a system to continuously evaluate the control system and operate the operations -- alert the operations control center if there are any problems. >>> there's a lot of anger over this. a maryland bus driver reading behind the wheel. yeah. a passenger in montgomery took these photos of the driver reading a book. the p

at a meeting for people who live in southeast baltimore, police commissioner fred bealefeld confirmed that the shooting was a hit, targeting 25-year-old alleged drug kingpin steven blackwell. >> we know that word got out that he was at the party, which triggered this hit, this attempted murder on his life. >> reporter: blackwell was struck in the arm. later there was a shooting on south bond street. two men were killed on comet street. and then police say men in two cars drove down east baltimore street, firing guns at each other. the police commissioner says investigators have identified suspects in all of the cases, except for that initial shooting on ashland. >> we don't have a shooter identified in that case, but in nearly all the others, we do have shooters identified. >> reporter: this week police have flooded the neighborhood with new officers. some residents hope they'll focus on finding illegal guns. >> gun is the key because where are the guns coming from? the kids can't go to the store to buy the guns. where are they coming from? >> we've been working around the clock. >> r

. >>> another double shooting in southeast baltimore on new hope ser keel. authorities said two men were shot, one in the hand, the other in the leg. >>> a pizza delivery man was also shot and robbed around 1:00 this morning in the 2800 block of harper road in northeast baltimore. police say they do not have any suspects. >>> well, the high winds and heavy rain caused some pretty extensive damage in baltimore county. the storms knocked down 250 trees. some of the worst was at berryman's lane and church mills road. coach road and berryman's road was blocked for several hours. people who saw it said it was terrifying to watch. >> a combination of a roar and a thunderral at the same time. there was the thunder and leeting in and the -- lightning and the roar of the wind. >> the national weather service is attributing this to straightline winds although many folks said they thought they saw a funnel cloud. >>> we checked with bge, more than 7,000 remain without power. 5600 are in baltimore county. >>> this phone and through this evening we'll she very heavy show

this one in southeast baltimore. sources tell us that the victims were two men, both in their 20s. one shot in the chest and head. the other shot in the leg. >>> it took a young girl shot in the head for the baltimore community to come together and say enough is enough. abc2 news sherrie johnson joins us now with more in our studios on what they are doing to make our streets safer. >> reporter: good morning. a southwest baltimore neighborhood took to the streets last night in a show of unity. the neighborhood held a community crime walk. they walked for a purpose with mayor sheila dixon and the police commissioner in the carrollton ridge neighborhood. the citizens were on patrol fighting against crime after a terrible tragedy. last week 5-year-old raven wyatt was shot in the head as she walked back from a store. on this night the community and police teamed up for the walk hoping to make a change and stop the violence. >> i'm encouraged so many people are here but i will take more delight if a month from now, if three months from now, we still have this level of commitment in all t

we will begin with breaking news out of southeast baltimore. 400 young students have been forced to evacuate from their summer school after a drug suspect runs inside the school attempting to escape police. eyewitness news is live at william packa elementary school. jessica kartalija is gathering the latest details. good afternoon, jessica. >> reporter: good afternoon, mary and everybody at home. s.w.a.t. teams are inside searching for that suspect, but sources tell eyewitness news there is a good chance he may have already left the building. >> a flash by. kid run in the school and police plan in behind him. >> police were questioning the man regarding a warrant when he took off running. >> we have information from staff that there was a guy seen running inside. at that point, members of the s.w.a.t. team are inside the school doing a sweet. >> sweetreport -- doing a sweep. >> reporter: all children were evacuated. >> this is crazy because it is, like, children involved and just crazy. real crazy, but i hope that they get them so the kids can go back and continue summer school because that'

two people shot in the area of kenwood and east madison street in southeast baltimore. 1 person was shot in the head. homicide detectives have been called to the scene. >>> we have an update for you on the breaking news we brought to you at the top of the newscast, that house fire in southwest baltimore. firefighters are on the scene. we know there are several people being treated at the scene. two of the injuries are critical. one firefighter suffered a minor burn. we will continue to update that as we get developments. >>> thieves target houses of worship. three churches were broken in to. that is the news greeted members this morning. >> (singing). >>reporter: at the united methodist church, the congregation was practicing forgiveness. >> obviously, they're searching for something that cash can't ultimately fulfill. lord i just pray whoever they are, that you will touch them. >>reporter: praying for whoever broke into this church and two others over the weekend. >> desperate people sometimes do desperate things. all we can do is be in prayer for them. there's a need not being met. >>r

a drug suspect remains in custody this morning after fleeing police and running inside a southeast baltimore elementary school. it happened just after 10:00 a.m. keon earl was picked up outside the william paca school on suspicion of selling drugs. he ran inside the school forcing the evacuation of nearly 200 children. after a six-hour search he was found hiding in a classroom cabinet. it is unclear how he got in the school since school doors are supposed to be locked on the outside. an update to a police-involved shooting in carroll county. the suspect has been charged with assault. police say bryant justice found a woman lying on a road on baltimore street in tawneytown after a confrontation with wolf late wednesday night. when he got out to help the suspect began accelerating toward the officer and woman. authorities say wolf didn't stop when ordered by the officer forcing the officer to shoot him in the arm. he is charged with first and second degree assault. the woman was taken into custody on unrelated charges. a new tv ad in california touts tax revenue from the sale of marijuana. the

. >>> a man is seriously hurt after being shot in the chest at 4:00 this morning in southeast baltimore. police have no motive or suspects. >>> still no word on the cause of that -alarm fire that ripped through a home yesterday. it broke out just after 4:00 and burned through the roof of the two-story house. firefighters battled the fire for more than an hour. a firefighter was treated for minor injuries, but no 1 inside was hurt. >>> anne arundel police are waiting for autopsy results from the body of an elderly woman found in a freezer. police were called to doris cook's apartment friday night. her grandson told officers he found the body after 1 of his aunts said she needed to talk to him. that aunt lived in the apartment along with her sister. doris cooke had been bedridden following a heart attack several years ago. >> she just was a really, really good woman. you couldn't ask for a better person. >> police say she died several weeks before being placed in the freezer. they are calling her death "suspicious." no charges have been filed. >>> police don't expect to file charges in th

. >>> tonight, one person is in the hospital after he was hit by a car in southeast baltimore. it happened at the intersection of east lafayette and lynwood avenues. the city's fire department says a male pedestrian was struck and rushed to johns hopkins hospital. no word on what caused the accident or on his condition tonight. >>> and the family of a woman hurt in a hit-and-run accident is speaking out tonight. the crash happened in the 4900 block of the alameda last friday. witeva hudgins had her arm severed as a result. >> she's doing as well as can be expected. losing her arm. having three kids, she's a very active mother in her children's life. she had a younger son that is 7. and she was a teen mom. >> police say they are looking for a gold, mid-sized car, possibly a pontiac grand prix, with damage to the right passenger side. the driver is described as a black female. the family says she may have been on a cell phone at the time of the accident. >>> more than 45 people were injured in san francisco when two light rail trains collided. the circumstances look a lot like th

>> just a few minutes before that, an hispanic man was shot in the back on foster avenue in southeast baltimore. the man died at bayview hospital and he has not been identified. >>> and a man and a woman are recovering after being hurt in a double shooting at 1:30 this morning. both were shot in the leg. they're expected to be okay. the incident is under investigation. anyone with information about any of those incidents is asked to call police detectives at this number. >>> the latest now on that chopper crash on interstate 70 near hagerstown that killed four people thursday night. investigators are trying to figure out what happened. the pilot had 630 hours of experience. they will interview wilts and look at radar weather at the time of the crash. >>> just moments ago, baltimore city firefighters put out a two- alarm fire on bel air road. we're told three build relationship with heavily damaged, one of those was a dentist's office. two of the surrounding buildings collapsed although there was extensive damage luckily no one was hurt. investigators are not sure where the fire started. the cau

. >>> 1:00 this morning, police in southeast baltimore were at this seen of a double shooting.ces tell abc2 news the 20-year-old man was hit in the leg, a 25-year-old man shot in the head and chest no word on their conditions and right now police in this case are looking for a suspect and a motive. >>> these types of shootings, we hear about it a lot in baltimore city. now they are saying enough is enough. neighbors are tired of dealing with it. sherrie johnson joins us with details on how you can help city officials walk for the crimeout today. >> reporter: on a breezy summer evening baltimore police and citizens in the carrollton ridge community hit the streets to fight against crime. the citizens on patrol walk comes after 5-year-old raven wyatt was shot in the head last week while walking back from a store. the community is outraged and wants to take back their streets. neighbors and police teamed up for the citizens on patrol walk hoping to make a change and stop the violence. >> we got to face it, baltimore city police can't do it no more by themselves. they have to have

people in southeast baltimore gathered at the hope village community center tonight. weekend violence left 22 shot. 12 at one location in east ba baltimore. the police commissioner told the crowd, police are shifting resources to prevent more violence, including moving members of the auto theft task force. >> some criticism for baltimore's curfew law tonight. a small group of demonstrators out the juvenile justice center said the curfew laws are a violation of children's rights and police should put more effort into arresting hard criminals than young kids. >> we are saying many of the problems, emanate from city hall. from the baltimore city police department and our children end up being the victims of the policies. >> they are referring to an i want last week, when 11-year-old girl was picked up by police and taken to a curfew center. to be retrieved. according to the girl's family, she was picked up even though she was accompanied by an adult. there is no immediate response from police tonight. >> another round of break-ins at area churches. in the past month, eigh

that happened in southeast baltimore. the man died in bay view hospital. >>> city police are looking for suspects in a double shooting. a man and woman were found shot in the leg around 1:30 this morning. the incident is under investigation. anyone with any information about any of these incidents is asked to call baltimore city police detectives. >>> police in anne arundel county say a teen tried to rob two people on the b & a bike trail in severna park. a 56-year-old man and 51-year- old woman were walking on the trail near white tail road when the suspect approached them. the suspect demanded money but the pair told them they didn't have anything. mees say he hit the man in the face and ran. if you saw anything in the area, call metro crimestoppers at 866-7-lock up. >>> most of us have been dealing with the storms this evening and while we're seeing the storms move out of the immediate baltimore area, still impacting the eastern shore right now, strong storms out there. severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect for po

this one in southeast baltimore. c2 news has learned that the victims are two men, both in their 20s. one was shot in the chest and head. the other was shot in the leg. >>> abc2 news has confirmed that baltimore county police will take over the investigation of that deadly light rail accident. mta officials say video evidence reveals the two teenagers killed this last weekend were hit from behind by one train and then hit by another as they lay on the tracks. the mta also contends that the first conductor hit the two boys and didn't see them because they were wearing dark-colored clothing even though the accident happened on a sunny afternoon. the father of one of the teens is outraged. right now both train operators are off-duty pending outcome of the investigation. >>> a baltimore county landmark nearly destroyed by fire but the owners promise to rebuild. abc2 news cheryl conner is live at the suburban house with more. >> reporter: good morning. the owner tells us "we'll be back." people are used to coming to the su

shooting happened thursday after several teens got into a fight on south pulaski street in southeast baltimoreice say davis started shooting and the girl was struck in the head as she walked on the street. he's scheduled to go before a judge in two weeks. >>> marion berry is denying charges he stalked a woman. park police arrested him on the fourth of july after a woman flagged down an officer and complained he had been stalking her. a spokesman called the accusation baseless. he was charged with a misdemeanor and released. he's 73 years old and now a dc city council member. >>> more on steve mcnair. police in nashville confirmed he was murdered. his body found saturday at a condo in nashville along with a 20-year-old woman. as bob holtzman reports investigators are now trying to determine if it was a murder/suicide. >> reporter: hundreds of stunned titans fans dropped by steve mcnair's nashville restaurant sunday covering the front windows and sidewalk with flowers and personal messages. police now say mcnair was murdered, shot four times but haven't yet said who killed him. police found the

. >>> we are following breaking news this morning out of southeast baltimore. police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a woman in fells point. it happened before 3:00 this morning in the 500 block of south register street. police are not releasing the name of the victim but we will continue to follow the story and bring you the latest as it becomes available. >>> less than one month after the d.c. metro deadliest crash in history congressional leaders are meeting to discuss ways to prevent from it ever happening again. the crash left nine people dead and 80 injured. the national tranportation board have issued recommendations most of which come at a high price. megan has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, after the crash on june 22nd, showed that the system designed to detect a train on the trains malfunctioned. ntsb says that the system has to be u updated but doing so would cost millions. they have voted to give metro $150 million money that can only be used for safety related issues. metro says the monly will help help it develop software th

. >>> it is a lot calmer in southeast baltimore tonight after a drug suspect ran into an elementary school, forcing its evacuation today. it all began around 10:00 this morning at the william paca elementary school. after getting a call about someone selling drugs near the school, police stopped keon earl and ran a warrant check, which showed that earl was wanted for violating patrol. officers say earl took off and ran into the school. police evacuated kids who were in a summer program, and searched every floor. >> after about the third sweep, we actually found him on the second floor in some cabinets underneath of a sink. he was actually arrested without any type of incident, taken to central booking where he will be processed. >> after more than six hours, police found earl hiding in that cabinet under the sink on the second floor. >>> maryland's most powerful radar searching the skies, not finding any precipitation around the baltimore area. and we will be precipitation- free until saturday evening very late. we'll show you that coming up. in the meantime, your forecast for the overnigh

the actual truck will be 3406ed to another fire station on eastern avenue in southeast baltimore. >>> scary situation at bwi airport this afternoon. a plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird strike. officials say dozens of small birds were sucked into the engines during takeoff, forcing the southwest airlines flight bound for rhode island to circle and land. none of the 135 passengers on board was hurt. but there were quite a few delays at the airport tonight. >>> temperature-wise across the region right now, things are looking pretty good. but they're starting to cool off out to the west. but the numbers i really want you to pay attention to is what the humidity is doing. the humidity out to the west in emmitsburg, frederick is much lower than what you see over in aberdeen and the northeast and even the arnold area. that's because the cooler, dryer air is now moving into the region. here is your forecast for the overnight period. partly cloudy, mild, 63 with lower humidity. tomorrow is going to be a cooler day. but the sun is going to continue. so how long? we'll h

a double shooting in the 1,000 block of new hold circle, that's in southeast baltimore. in all they reported at least 21 people shot between last night and early this morning. >>> another victim of this weekend's violence is being remembered tonight. family members say 27-year-old shone take ellis was shot 10 times as she sat in her car in east baltimore. delia gonzalez was at tonight's vigil and she joins us with that story. >> reporter: the young mother of two was sitting in the driver's seat of her car. her friend was in the person's seat and a suspect walked up to her open door and riddled her body with bullets. the heart-wrenching cries of a mother who lost her child. 22-year-old shone take ill list, a mother helpful, leaves behind an 8-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy. >> they say grandma, they didn't have to do this to my momma, they could have put her in the hospital for a couple days but they did not have to kill her. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: her family gathered in the parking lot of clubhouse barn of urban avenue where they say ellis' life was taken early satu

. >>> a man taken to the hospital after being struck by a car in southeast baltimore. it happened at lafayette and linwood avenue. >>> in sports the orioles continue their losing streak in chicago despite brian robert's best efforts, he is driving home a run and then grounds out to end the game. orioles lose by one run, game three in chicago at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> now to a developing story where two light rail trains collided yesterday. they're trying to piece together what the went wrong. it could be the operator's fault on the dozens of people who are injured. >>> paramedics created a triage center after two rails collided. >> i had to get out of the way. >> reporter: some of the injured on stretchers others were wheeled away wearing neck support. >> they need this area cleared. >> reporter: the san francisco fire department says it hasn't had this many casualties in one incident in years. they brought in a bus to take people to the hospital. it happened when a train ran into a second strain that was sitting. >> not slowing down. the driver's head was down.

: another issue is that for more than four decades, trash in canton, along with the rest of southeast baltimore was collected on mondays and thursdays. not anymore. as we found out, not everybody got the memo. this is monday's trash on south curlee street and here is several bag along hudson street waiting for a crew that won't be arriving until tuesday morning. by the way, putting trash out in bags like this is another no- no. >> i understand there is a policy where things are supposed to be in enclosed trash cans, but that's not taking place. >> reporter: it's certainly not taking place here. less than a half block away from bustling o'donnell square. >> it's totally going to get easy. >> from what i noticed, there is not a whole lot of recycling in baltimore city. that is what city officials hope to change. collection crews will come twice a week. but on one of the days, they'll only pick up recyclables. city residents say if residents do their part with the rest of the trash, the transition will be a smooth one. the department of public works said, quote, what people need to do is get enoug

people in southeast baltimore gathered at the hope village community center tonight. weekend violence left 22 people people shot. 12 at one location in east baltimore. the police commissioner told the crowd, police are shifting resources to prevent more violence, including moving members of the auto theft task force. >> well, the reason is, is that you guys are not parachuting in with guns. they are not tell porting themselves in guns. they are driving in with guns. driving in cars. they are being driven in cars. in vehicles. that's how they are moving around. >> police say different districts are working together tonight to solve the crimes. >> a group of federal workers from out of town cut their training short, after an h1n1 outbreak. it happened downtown. joy lepola was there. >> h1n1 outbreak in downtown baltimore, cut some training short for more than a dozen federal workers, from the office of veterans affairs. >> the individuals involved, by the way, were all from out of the state of maryland. really from numerous states throughout the country. >> attending a t

. >> police believe the third shooting of two young men in southeast baltimore around 2:00 a.m. is also connected. ironically, one of the victims were a trade program called safe streets intended to quell violence through mediation -- one of the victims workshop for a program called safe streets intended to quell violence through mediation in the streets. >> it was a busy saturday night for baltimore police as well. around 2:00 a.m. saturday morning, a woman was shot and killed while sitting in a car. it was on the 3200 block of bergman ave. she was shot in the stomach while sitting in the vehicle. she was pronounced dead at the scene. police say a man was shot in the background to a.m. on the 5100 block of foster avenue. the victim was pronounced dead at the hospital. two other people were also shot saturday morning one west cedar street. they suffered non-live threatening injuries. so far, no arrests have been made. >> michael vick has been reinstated by the nfl. he could play again as early as october. under this deal, he can immediately participate in pretreat -- in preseaso

eyewitness news is live in southeast baltimore, where jessica kartalija tells us, the suspect has been arrested. >> reporter: that's exactly right, kai. within the last five minutes, police s.w.a.t. team found that. he had been holed up inside of the school. we are told he is 26-year-old keonarily. he is now en route to a police substation, where he will be booked and then central booking. he's been holed up inside this elementary school since 10:00 this morning. >> the doors should always be secured. and i was always afraid of th

is dead and another injured as city police are investigating a double shooting overnight in southeast baltimore. police say shots were fired this morning in the 2900 block of cooley street. they have not uncovered a motive or identified a suspect. in southwest baltimore people in carrollton ridge are upset that their neighbors have allowed what they call a culture of apathy to overcome their community. walking to reclaim their streets after the open air shooting that wounded raven wyatt citizens hope this latest veents will force people to say enough is enough to criminals. >> we lost what we had because of the cancer in the community with the drugs and violence. i strongly believe that people have lost self-respect. so if you can't respect yourself how can you respect anyone else? >> you need to say that guy is no good. i'm turning him in. that is the gun i'm going to get off the street and maybe this will not help to the next raven. >> family members tell us that raven remains in critical but stable condition. >> thousands of fans are expected at l.p. field in nashville for public member rely

police believe the shooting and another in southeast baltimore are connected to the cookout. >>> a columbialice department claiming that officers injured them and killed their dog. they say that the police used excessive force while conducting a drug raid on their house. they say that swat teams stormed the house unannounced, interrupting -- injuring cavan, who had just undergone surgery. howard county police say they cannot comment on current litigation. >> let's look at the forecast with sandra shaw. >> hi between 87 and 92 degrees. slight chance of isolated thunderstorm. a thunderstorm chance tonight. mostly cloudy skies, with the approach of a front. not a lot of relief tonight. if from 67 to 72 for the temperature range. decent shot of scattered showers and storms tomorrow at about 50% it stalls out and keeps us in the humidity at least through friday. 87 on saturday and sunday. but start of the next work week, we surged to 92. >> we will see you back here for 11 n try the new subway big chipotle cheesesteak. an updated all-time favorite: juicy steak layered with zesty chipotle sauce,

fox 45 morning news. >>> a shooting leaves two people dead in southeast baltimore.t happened on south fayette street just before 11:00 last night. officers are not releasing the victims names. so far no one has been arrested in connection with the case. >>> the violence continued in the city overnight. four others were rushed to the hospital in separate shootings. one person was shot on harford road in northeast baltimore. it happened around 11:00. about an hour later another man was shot on east balt hor street on the city -- baltimore street, on the city's eastside. and a gunman shot two people at east hope baltimore. none of the injuries are life-threatening. police are still searching for the shooters. >>> sarah palin is nooning lower -- no lon longer the governor of alaska. pay turned over the reigns to lieutenant shawn par nell. in her farewell speech, palin warned the state against big government. >> we are facing tough challenges in america with some being held on tearing down our nation, per waiting some pessimism and suggesting american apologetic, suggest

police in southeast baltimore want to know who shot and killed a woman overnight and wide. victim was identified as a woman in her 20s, and was found shot in the head just after 3:00 a.m. >>> let's get a check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> still dealing with heavy delays out there, and a couple accidents. one at doctor hill and a towson. delays of the north side. in the red on southbound 95 of the white marsh area due to an earlier accident. somebody lost a mattress in here. also, artscape closures in effect in events of artscape. mount royal in the mount royal cultural district. five minutes on southbound 95 the to the 895 split at the fort mchenry told. 95 and white marsh, barely moving. we will switch to a live view of traffic on the west side of the body. -- west side of liberty. >> temperature-wise, looking pretty good. 67 at b.w.i. marshall di. not a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. continue to enjoy it for today. presence and influence of high pressure, and i will move offshore tomorrow. the front approaches us on thursday. morning showers and stor

right to the east and southeast of the baltimore region. that's where we're seeing those showers. around the area, around the 80- degree mark. the warmest spot, d.c. and baltimore, coming in at around 86 degrees. as far as this, a nice east breeze. a little disturbance that created those showers. off to the southeast of us. this morning, lots of clouds. and late this afternoon, showers. and one, two, three little areas of showers off to the east and southeast of us. from the city. and the bay west. it's really, really dry right now. generally, our flow over the next 24 to 48 hours over the noirt west, which mean -- northwest, which means dry conditions. by wednesday night and thursday, we'll see a bit of a shift, west and southwest. that will bring increased humidity. even saturday night, when we had more humidity. could even get a shower here. but this high will move off to the east. two beautiful days. wednesday night and thursday, slightly warmer. and more humidity, maybe a shower or thundershower by thursday. 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, up to 78. tonight, pop-up shower, east and

as it moves to the southeast, cross through baltimore county and possibly clip the city before it getsut of here. as that happens, we will see lowering humidity behind it. this is what it looked like overnight. satellite and radar showing you we had a couple of showers and thunderstorms try to make their way through the state but everything fizzled out as it did so because of the fact that the front had most of its energy off to the north. that's where i saw most of the showers and storms. this is all we have going on right now. behind that conditions will be changing. the winds are in the process of turning around to the northwest. that will bring in drier air. at this point we are in the upper 60s for the dew points. that's why it feels so humid. it's comfortable for july. temperature wise, warm morning. 77 degrees in the city. 82 at the ocean. warm morning. 77 in cumberland. 70 in oakland. as we head through the afternoon, the sun will push off to the southeast allowing us to get to the air behind it that will bring down the dew points and humidity and allow a lot of sunshine to tak

year-old raven wyatt is on life support this morning after she was shot in the head last week in southeast baltimore. she was an innocent victim caught in the middle of a gun battle. today's raven's commune is rallying true tryin trying to tk their streets. megan gilliland is in southwest baltimore with more on how they're doing that. >> reporter: we're standing on the street where raven was shot. a lot of neighbors watching as all of this unfolded. we are talking with connie who has lived here for 46 years, in southwest baltimore. you have seen things happen. and you know how the community is feeling right now. >> everybody is worried and they're all praying that the child does pull through. everything, we keep her in our prayers each and every day and they're concerned about having their children out there on the streets. >> reporter: right. we're talking about a situation -- the suspect in custody right now, 17 years old, his first crime committed at the age of 10. since then he has been arrested 13 more times. and major brown, we have been talking to you about this type of situation and that thi

most activity moved to the north of the baltimore region or to the south and southeast. motion, let's zoom in to the region. good showers across northwest section of the city, most of baltimore town county hartford, pretty good showers and thunder and lighting as well. a batch from martinsburg to gettysburg towards pennsylvania, southeast of us, that's where the strongest activity, extreme southern portions of the bay. folks under a watch officially until 5:00, in affect for arundel and areas south of baltimore for the next hour. looks like most of the activity is dying down. probably see showers tonight. may get needed rain finally. >>> federal agents arrest a man in conext with a murder suicide of former baltimore rivens quarterback steve mcnair and his 20-year-old girlfriend. denise is in the news room to explain. >> reporter: he is admitting he sold a loaded 9-millimeter gun to 20-year-old sahel kazemi. she killed steve mcnair while he slept. gilliam said he met sahel kazemi in the parking lot of dave and busters and sold her the weapon of $100. gilliam faces prison.

. >>> a man is arrested by police after he ran hiding at a southeast baltimore school.ll about someone selling drugs. the man ran into the building. 200 students had to be evacuated while they searched for him inside. officers found him hiding under the sink. no one was hurt but it did cause a panic for several hours. >>> a 5-year-old shot in the head playing outside of her home. police say she was caught in the crossfire of two groups shooting at each other. a teenager is now in custody, 17 years old with a police record that started when he was 10 years old. since then, he has been arrested 13 times. this is just the most recent story involving juveniles at the center of crime in baltimore. dr. tyron powers with the criminal justice department at anne arundel community college joins us. good morning. >> good morning. >> are we seeing more kids involved in criminal contacttist or -- activity, or does it seem that way. has this always been the case. >> this has always been the case. it's probably a little worse than we say it is. the statistics indicate that the cases r

southeast winds at three miles an hour. baltimore with rain and 77 along with the folks at annapolis. manassas is 82. 81 winchester. in cumberland, maryland looking good with that 77 and hi to you in fredericksburg as we stop by main street you will be in a steamy 82-degree air mass. yes, it is muggy outside. we will take you to the middle 80s today with scattered showers. a little bit of thunder here and there. tomorrow not as widespread but a chance to get wet, 86. notice as we head too the weekend, highs return to 90. and saturday is looking better than sunday. let's widen out the picture and take you to the middle of the country. all quiet through the great plains out to california. and then really the big weather maker is the storm in the atlantic pulling in to new england and a residual low toward toronto, western new york where things will be wet to cleveland. if you have some travel plans, with the rain it will be cooler across chicago 77. only 70 today in boston. across the deep south is where you find 90s new orleans. 93 in

into the midday, late afternoon, evening, the storms start pushing through baltimore. 78 to 82 degrees on friday. east to southeast winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour. on the chesapeake bay on friday, waves around 1 foot. western maryland, a chance for a thunderstorm. high temperatures will be in the low 70's. at ocean city, if you are getting your weekend off to an early start, sunshine and 79 degrees tomorrow. there is a moderate risk of recurrence at the beach through the day tomorrow. -- of a recurrerip currents at e beach to the day tomorrow. 81 are run baltimore tomorrow and then a chance for a thunderstorm on saturday evening. more storms moved in here on monday. >> now, 11 sports. >> michael phelps is not a happy guy these days. he had the fastest time in the 100 meter butterfly this morning at the national championships, but wants to set a new world record at the finals tonight. so far, he is 2 for 2 at the championships. last night, he won the 200 meter freestyle and butterfly by swimming the fastest time in the world this year in both events, but that is not good enough. check out his reaction afterwards.

eventually going o get into baltimore as this continues moving east to southeast at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. and actually this is the strongest one just approaching cambridge on the eastern shore. this could have winds gusting to 40 or 50. could even have a little bit of small hail and would certainly have heavy rains capable of dropping an inch in the next hour or so. so continue to watch all of that and we will too in the fox 5 weather center. now on to our max hd headline. because we are also thinking there will be a few more hours and then that's it, this will be gone by morning but we'll be left with some fog overnight. this has been quite a juicy rainstorm that came on through. a lot of places picking up over an inch of rain. so the fog will be around in the morning. a few more showers during the day on friday. can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. it will not be as busy as it was today. and we think the weekend is looking hot and we're going to split the difference. it's a 50/50 storm weekend. the storms this weekend will be on sunday. drier after 1:00 in the morning for t

another one right along the rs inteattate 70 corridor heading toward baltimore at about again southeast at 15 miles an hour. what about the weekend? are we going to have to do this again? well, i've got to tell you it is going to be a classic d.c. july weekend, one that will feature a lot of heat and a lot of humidity. we do expect to see our temperatures climbing so yes, heat is in the forecast. humidity. unfortunately a few storms are also going to be in the forecast. i will let you know with our exclusive computer modeling which is freshening up even as we speak when you can expect some thunderstorms so you can plan accordingly this weekend. we'llle take a look at the beaches. >> looking forward to that one. thank you. >>> now to a developing story in virginia. a woman found murdered inside a business. fairfax county police are working through the night to figure out what happened. they're on the scene right now in annandale. fox 5's matt ackland live there along hummer road with the latest. >> reporter: shawn, police just briefed us not log ago telling us they're going to be working

here on federal hill, and the winds turning down to the east and southeast that will keep us cool over the next few days. 81 in baltimore. 79 in d.c. 70s in the mountains and 81 degrees in ocean city. the dew points are starting to creep up a little bit. they are still in the 50s, but by tomorrow they will be back in the 60s. it will feel a little bit muggier around here. the winds starting to turn around to the east and southeast ahead of the next storm coming our way. clouds are in place ahead of this storm. showers not that far off to the south. this storm will be a nor'easter making its way up the coast. everything we get will be scattered starting later today, tonight into the day tomorrow, the farther south east you go in the viewing area the better chance you get of getting something because the storm will be farther up the coast. a look at our larger scale. a chance of showers and thunderstorms and we are starting to need that rain a little bit here and we will continue into tuesday until this storm gets on out of here. the thing is even though it gets out of here on wednesday, there is always another one right

southeast- southwest freeway. continuing into downtown by way of the baltimore-washington parkway, that is where we have a little bitf a hiccup to say the least. bw arc way southbound to enill worth avenue, that ramp will be narrowed down to one right lane only for the morning commute. they are busy repairing the guard rail. only one lane will remain open southbound on to the parkway -- off the parkway onto kenilworth avenue. light traffic volume out of oxon hill. alexandria, all lanes are open coming in from eisenhower avenue, telegraph road and route one. that's a check of yourox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are following breaking news on this wednesday morning. a police-involved shooting a few hours ago in germantown. vehic oirdz tell fox 5 that officers responded to a 911 call just before 3:00 this morning. we do know that one man was dead and a gun and knife were found next to his body. police say at least one of their officers fired the weapon although it is not clear whether that is what killed the man. we a crew on the scene and we'll hope to bring you more coming up shortly. >>> char

southeast of frederick. riding along i-70. into the baltimore area over the next, about, 45 minutes, we will probably start to see the heavy rainfall. also flashes of lightning up in the sky there. in southern anne arundel county. another shower making the way across the bay. easton about to get rainfall in the next few moments. but it looks like temperatures downtown. sitting at 75 degrees. a little bit of light shower activity making the way in. winds out of the east-southeast at nine. and humidity levels at 79 percent. so it is a very choke key air out there as we see the warm moist air build in from the south. looking at 75 down at bwi thurgood marshall airport. as far as richmond. 85 warmer south. and continue to see warm temperatures build in for the weekend. things will heat up a bit. couple of systems here. we are working in tandem. we have the strong area of low pressure that is potential. we had to watch it. to become a tropical depression earlier today. but it did not get the status. but making the way into new york state and new york

whenever we have a southeast wind off the chesapeake that puts baltimore and all the bay area's prime spot for develop the possibility of some severe weather. we have that slight risk of severe storms as we head through today. pull it back wider and the main piece of energy in the atmosphere is here and the storms extend all the way to the deep south. it will be a rough ride on the eastern third of the nation and as far as our forecast model indicates more showers and storms firing up after lunch hour taking us in through this afternoon, 5:00 p.m. and on in through this evening. and tonight. so there will be some passing heavy rain-producing storms that do have the potential of turning severe with damaging wind, hail, even as isolated tornado. high of only 82 degrees. tonight we slip back to 71. with some leftover showers and fog. tomorrow we break out a little more sun. getting up to 89. but that will increase the chance of showers and storms mainly in the afternoon, unfortunately the pattern continues and it's just a matter of watching the radar at this stage of the game throughout

southeast washington, dc home. >>> two members of the religious cult have been told by a baltimore judge they have to represent themselves at their upcoming trial for the starvation death of a toddler. queen antoine yet and trevia williams, members of a now defunct religious group accused of denying food to a 1-year-old after the boy refused to say amen after meals. >>> the alumni association from towson catholic high school has announced a lawsuit intended to keep the school open this fall. last week the archdiocese says the school would be shut down as of this fall. while protesters gathered outside the school last night. while inside, dplin strairs from 15 other -- administrators from 15 other schools met with students and parents and making offers. a baltimore county circuit judge was asked to intervene to keep the school open this year. the association also filed lawsuits against the church, leaders, they say, are responsible for shutting it down. >> they've never spoken publicly about how this was executed and i don't know what else we could have done to bring them to the table. >> archdiocese officials told studen

. 85 in baltimore. 89 in dc of the heat index feels 88 baltimore, 91 in dc that's what it feels like when you add the heat and hunidity. a southeast wind and marine air out there. cloudy skies. a thunderstorm with temperatures at 69 over night. details and the 7 day coming up. >> drug enforce. agents raid the offices of michael jackson's personal doctor. what they may have been looking for that could help officials determine how the king of pop dealer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. it's perfect. i just want to make sure it's the right decision. future...us? we got here as quick as we could. look it's the cc. you don't pay for scheduled maintenance, you get the car of your dreams... seriously us, just drive it. you're right. dealer: let's take this one. it's a time-space continuum thing. the future... >> the dea searchs the houston offices of michael jackson's doctor. doctor conrad murry has been in the spotlight since michael jackson died he was his personal physician and with him when he died they are searching for prescription drugs. rest easy kiefer sutherland will not spend time in jail for head b

southeast. strong thunderstorms that moved through parts of north carolina and southern virginia. you can see clear skies around baltimore, back towards ohio. looks like we're going to see a relatively quiet first start of the work week. a little closer zoom here, you can see the clouds breaking up over the city. partly-cloudy skies. thicker clouds to the south of us as we see showers sinking to the south. we'll continue to see that being the case through the next couple of days. looking at the future scan, how this plays out as far as staying dry. tomorrow morning's rush-hour commute looking at dry conditions. we'll see plenty of sunshine through the morning into the afternoon. nice, clear conditions at noon. rush hour coming home, dry conscience. looking into tuesday, nice clear conditionsas we continue to stay dry. no activity going on. that will continue through tuesday evening as well. our next system will start to build in probably by wednesday, giving us a slight chance for a stray shower. we've got a couple of days to stay dry. you folks out there looking at 86 degrees. plenty of sun. around the central portions

southeast. it's typical this time of year where at times in baltimore the temperature doesn't get below 80 at night morning's lows unusually cool. in fact, that 58 there at b.w.i.-marshall tied the record low. 58 degrees was the record and that was last set in 2009. we -- last set in 2001. even in parts of maryland just north and west of baltimore, york, westminster, walkersville, frederick county, green ridge in allegany county, mchenry toward garrett county, all had morning low temperatures, these are actual lows this morning, in the 40's. from pennsylvania into western maryland, parts of west central maryland into southern pennsylvania. unusually cool for this time of year. a little warmer right along the shore of the bay. that kept annapolis east and cambridge much milder. at ocean city, it looks a little more like july at 70. back into the mountains, almost chilly this morning especially by july standards. and with mainly clear skies across the region again tonight and dry air, folks, this is unusually dry. the dew point. the lower the dew point, the drier the area. this is what we typically s

baltimore, temperatures cool. 63 in pittsburgh. el paso, texas, still 97 degrees. moisture coming up out of the south. out the southeast toward the tropical atlantic, more clouds, more moisture possibility. you can see batches of rain. chance of showers and thunderstorms. nothing organized, just kind of come and go as tropical moisture blends into the flow here. cool and dry across new england. we'll have chances, i just can't tell you whether the chances will be over your back yard or not. maybe a glimmer of sunshine, but a good chance of scattered thunderstorms popping up in the afternoon. chance of showers and thunderstorms straight through sunday. a slow but steady warming trend into the middle 80's and into the upper 80's by friday and saturday, and by friday and saturday, it will feel like august again, hot and humid. >> coming up, the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing. one small step for man, one at suntrust, we help you manage your money at home. and make it easy when you're away. at suntrust, we help you manage your money at home. and where ever you go, atm fees won't follow. at suntrust, we help you manag

baltimore region. mid- to upper 70s. winds continuing out of the east to southeast. and during the day, showers developing. and that's what we're looking at right now. you can see, it's pretty quiet behind it. sun with a little humidity. that's when you can see showers. big batch of rain offshore. another big batch we talked about last night. leading to canada. we're dealing with these showers tonight. but for the most part, kind of quiet. another batch may bring us showers in the afternoon. looks like a northwest wind might dry out. tonight, then, shower. any rain can be heavy locally. sun, clouds. maybe another shower. maybe a thundershower. 86 degrees for your friday. should be a little dryer and hotter. a little warmer, maybe 90. >> whoo! >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. death threats. why t-shirts have employees at two area clothing stores working in a field. >>> i'm suzanne collins in frederick. this atm had one. when people put their card in to withdraw money, someone else was getting the cash. that's next. >>> rested in his own home. a prominent harvard professor says it was racial

southeast and the gulf coast. and scattered showers and thunderstorms also in new england. a wet 73 in boston. 83 in new york. and 83 in baltimore dollar. st. louis will hover near 90. while chicago and detroit are in the 70s. just 65 in seattle. 77 in boise. and 84 in sacramento. >>> coming up next from los angeles and new york, a clear sign of bernard madoff's wife may escape any prosecution for his multibillion-dollar scheme. >>> and the jackson children, destined for a life in the spotlight. what they can learn from other children living in the shadow of a superstar parent. that sticks to your teeth so well you can even drink water with it on. new crest whitestrips advanced seal. get a dramatically whiter smile while you do just about anything. satisfaction guaranteed. >>> stocks are lower across the board this morning. tokyo's nikkei average tumbled nearly 2.5% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower. in london, the ftse opened slightly lower. wall street starts the day with the dow at 8163, its lowest since early april, after dropping 161 points yesterday. the nasdaq fell 41 points to close at 1746. >>> a federal judge has r

baltimore. and for tonight, we're talking mostly cloudy skies. isolated storms to the south will move off to the east and southeast. overnight low 65 degrees. fairly comfortable. but the week day forecast isn't looking bad and i'll have the details and five-day when i come upstairs. >> you can get the orecast any time at myfoxdc.com and look for max hd radar on the right side of the page. you can also get your five-day forecast too. >>> last call for a washington institution. nathan's restaurant in georgetown is closing for good. the latest victim of an economy leaving empty storefronts. matt acland is live in georgetown with the latest on this story. matt. >> reporter: maureen, a lot of hugs and a few tears here at nathan's behind me. this place has been open in georgetown for 40 years and the owner told me she can't make enough money to keep the place open. here we go. a big toast for the people here at nathans. richard nixon was president in 1969 when nathan's first opened up here at one of d.c.s a busiest corners, wisconsin avenue and n. street. over the years the owners say the rents have gone up and the customers have begun to dwindle