>>> kids, don't know what to think. >> panic parents in east baltimore. why swat teams storm an elementary school. >>> soccer coach accused of trying to solicit sex from a girl. how police caught him. >>> he will be well missed. he really will. >> saying goodbye to steve mcnair. massive crowd expected at tonight's memorial service. >>> he's in charge of thousands of pounds of rolling steel. what this metro driver was doing i hope steady of watching the rails. >>> hello. >> 200 students evacuated from summer school in east baltimore after police chase a suspect into the building. >> no one was hurt but the intense policeman hunt has paid off. police just caught the suspect. kathleen joins us from outside the elementary in meddle school with the latest tonight. kathleen. >>reporter: the suspect was captured right inside this school. sources tell us the suspect was hiding under a sink in a cabinet on the second floor. it brings an end to the seven hour man hunt. the ordeal began this morning when police stopped the man wanted on a warrant. it triggered a police chase and the man ra

can find the hidden gems of baltimore. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. city bar is hit by county police. it is an investigation stretching from baltimore county, to fell's point. >> and tonight, we have learned federal agents are involved too. keith daniels live at the bar in fell's point with the story you are seeing i first on fox. keith? >> jennifer, live outside of cheerleaders, business and residential neighbors say it is a nuisance they want to see the place closed. permanently. but tonight, police investigation has shut it down. >> the cheerleaders sports bar in the 700 block of south broadway. it has been called a troubled place, slapped with about $5000 in fines. from the city's liquor board, for a variety of violations since may of last year. >> including three counts of underage drinking on three separate occasions. fire safety code violations. failure to keep employee records available as well. >> someone attacked a young woman at the bar last spring. this is th

. >>> they're committed to making baltimore safer. >> he commends the work of city cops shot on the job. tonight we learn more about the suspect's criminal past. >>> a community fights back against violence. how family and friends of the well-known man gunned down are hoping to bring about change. >>> thieves break into thieve churches in baltimore county. what they got away with. >>> it was a great weekend to be outdoors. how the week ahead is shaping up, including when the next chance is for storms in my skywatch forecast. >>> live in high-definition from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> good evening. i'm jennifer gilbert. we begin with breaking news out of south baltimore. firefighters on the scene of a fire at baltimore and cary streets. there are several people being treated at the scene, including a firefighter. we will have more information as soon as it becomes available. we're just getting video in just now of the scene. that is the scene of this fire taking place in south baltimore. we have word tonight that people have been critically injured in this fi

, thanks. >>> now to that breaking news involving baltimore mayor sheila dixon. tonight she is facing two new indictments. terry is in the newsroom in the breaking news center with details. >> reporter: call it a case of deja vu. new indictments for the mayor, one day after a city council woman and prominent businessman are indicted. mayor dixon just released a statement telling us, as i have for my entire career as a public servant, he will continue to focus on the needs of the people of baltimore. my commitment to the city has never wavered, and is as strong as ever. the new indictments accuse the mayor of failing to report gifts from her one-time boyfriend and businessman ronald lipscomb on financial disclosure forms. those gifts included a $2,000 gift certificate at a furrier, travel and lodging in new york, and plane tickets to chicago. the indictment details thousands of dollars lipscomb reportedly gave the mayor. money the prosecutor says she failed to report as required by law. some of these charges were dismissed by a judge earlier this year, but it now appears the state is r

>>> mysterious death. two teenage boys are found on the light rail tracks in baltimore county and now both are dead. tonight the investigation and why their family suspects foul play. >>> hello, i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about tonight. >>> two baltimore county families are waiting for answers just hours after the second of two teens dies after they're found lying on a set of light rail tracks. eyewitness news is live. kelly mcpherson talked to the sister of one of the boys. >> reporter: the family tells me a he key piece of evidence is missing in this story. the bike the boys were riding on when they left the house on sunday. the facts in the deaths of two teens on the light rail don't add up for many people. >> i feel like there was foul play and someone just dropped them off back there. >> reporter: and now the family of the two boys tells wjz they want answers. 17-year-old kyle and connor lived together like stepbrothers in lutherville. the family tells us the boys left the house together sunday afternoon on their bikes. a few hours later, their bodies wer

. >> the baltimore ravens organization, steve, send their love and prayers to you. >> remembering steve steve mcna. the baltimore connection. >> a coach accused. how people track down a man charged with soliciting sex with an underage girl. >> i want my child. >> panicked parents. what led to a massive police search inside of a school. >> most of the time people do a doubletake. >> life without clothing. hear from the people at a crownsville nudist colony. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. a city and fans bid farewell to an nfl star tonight in nashville. >> also a baltimore presence at the memorial for former tennessee titan and raven steve mcnair. we are live with the story tonight. keith. >> steve mcnair spent about two years playing with the ravens here. he led the team to the playoffs one of the years. and tonight, fans are remembering the player, and the man. >> it is a day to say goodbye to the former tennessee titans and ravens' quarterback. steve mcnair. >> ♪ . >>

. this morning we start with baltimore city federal lawsuit against wells fargo. a u.s. circuit court judge denied wells fargo's motion to dismiss the case. baltimore city is accusing the mortgage giant of unfairly targeting minority borrowers setting them up with loans they say were destined to fail. the just cited new affidavits submitted by the city from former wells fargo employees as being sufficient proof to proceed with this case. the next court date is now scheduled for july 20th. we'll keep you posted. >>> it's a bittersweet day for the people at the john steadman station in baltimore in downtown baltimore. the engine left the station for the last time this morning. the move was made after mayor sheila dixon called for budget cuts from nearly every city agency. she believes shutting down truck 2 saves money as well as jobs. >>> another casualty of the ailing economy. this time a school. a towson high school is closing its doors. now students and faculty at towson catholic are scrambling to find a new school or new jobs. a spokesman for the archdiocese says it simply couldn't

>>> here are the top stories we're working on for you. one of baltimore's oldest fire companies shuts down. we're live with more on this budget-cutting casualty. >>> a recordbreaking surgery led by a local hospital. we've got the details just ahead. >>> also this morning, you don't want to take a dip in the bay after hearing the results of this new report. all those stories and more coming up but in the meantime good morning and thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. i'm megan pringle. jamie is off. we're going to send it to justin who has a look at maryland's most powerful doppler radar. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's 6:31. taking a look outside, we have a fantastic weather morning. mostly clear sky, cool temperatures, now running down into the low 60s. it appears as if clouds are trying to build in, just as i said it was clear. we see the full moon set just over the western horizon. now looking at 62 degrees now, light wind out of the northwest. do i believe there will be some clouds that filter in throughout the day but maryland's most powerful dop

degrees in baltimore. 80 in ocean city. there's some summer stuff for you we have not seen in a while. showers and storms on the lower eastern shore by the logo blocking it but it's still coming down. a few showers coming into the mountains. so in between, we may develop showers late morning. i had to adjust this 12-hour forecast. we're near 70 and we have a chance of showers running through early afternoon. the sun pops out later today with temperatures soaring to about 89. that is the upper limit of our two-degree guarantee. if the sun comes out sooner it's a possibility that committee could be aiming into the -- we could be aiming into the 90s. we'll try to keep it at 89 for those that don't like the heat and humidity. >>> 5:3. let's go to the maps. >> 50 eastbound at baydale drive, that right lane has been closed, two lanes get by from the earlier disabled boat crash there. traffic flowing freely here at this time. and the beltway, pretty clean at this hour, however there's construction going on in the fort mchenry tunnel that has one tube blocked in each direction. shouldn'

said the councilman is innocent. a maximum penalty is a year in jail. >> police have baltimore city's east side in a tight grip of the investigation gets under way. the department has redeployed dozens of officers to an area after an eruption of violence sunday night. live with the details. >> no arrests have been made in the massive shootout sunday, but police dulles they have an idea who they are looking for, and the goal is to stop the cycle before more violence occurs. these are the officers you can see, foot patrol officers, part of the police presence on the east side, but more than half of those deployed our undercover. >> 18 people shot and one day is unacceptable. we're going to be working hard to really make this authority. -- a priority. >> 12 of 18 people were shot. investigators searching for a lone gunman who started firing, hitting a man police call the initial target, stephen black while we did blackwell. >> we know there were witnesses that know who shot with -- the snow who shot him. >> police say reshuffling resources made this possible, but help is on the wa

accounts from drivers on 70, and the weather at the time of the crash. >>> tonight baltimore police are investigating an attempted rape. the baltimore sun reports it happened saturday morning in front of the baltimore convention center. according to the sun, the woman was walking in the 300 block of sharp street near pratt around 6:30 a.m. when she was approached by a man who grabbed her from behind and began choking her. she says the man pulled her underwear off, and then called for someone to pick them up. she didn't see anyone else, but the suspect took off when another vehicle approached. >>> the d.c. police department is investigating a sergeant who says he filed an inaccurate report about his visit to benita jacks' home. jacks is on trial for allegedly killing her four daughters. u.s. marshals found the four girls when they evicted her from her home in january of 2008. in a report, the sergeant said he had not seen jacks' oldest daughter, but in a follow-up report he said he thought he had seen the girl and her sisters. the officer now admits his earlier accounts were inaccurate.

her condition no longer be released. in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> as davis sits in jail, a prayer vigil is about to begin for the young victim. abc 2 news christian schaffer joins us live from south pulaski street where she was shot last week. chris? >> reporter: yeah, marybeth. the main point of this villagele is to simply pray for that little girl, raven wyatt, and for their family. take a look around there is quite a crowd that is gathering here in the 300 block of south pulaski street, which has been blocked off now by baltimore city police. a number of interested observers and organizations are here. state delegate melvin stoopes is here. the frank connelly is here. we're expecting a number of city and possibly police officials to be here as well. we're also i'm told by organizers, they were hoping that family members of raven wyatt might be able to make it here. as of five minutes ago, they had not gotten confirmation that the family members would be able to be here. there is no confirmation that they're going to be here. but again, the point of this vigil is

into baltimore county. some light showers have already started here in the baltimore area. but as you see, very heavy thunderstorm activity is out to the west. let me click on our lightning tracker, and show you in the past 45 minutes, 470 lightning strikes out of this particular system as it makes its way on towards us. the heavy lightning will be into the baltimore region in about 20 to 25 minutes. more showers are on tap for tomorrow. will they be as heavy as what we're going to see tonight? the answer coming up in just a couple minutes. >> thanks, norm. >>> the other big story we're covering tonight, a couple of crooks. an alleged husband and wife burglary team is behind bars. police have linked the couple to as many as 14 burglaries since october of 2008, and we're told there may be others. delia goncalves talked to one of the victims tonight. she joins us now to tell us how the pair operated. >> reporter: terry, police tell us the wife would stake out the neighborhood, serve as lookout while her husband broke into the homes. for victims like the eltons, the arrest is good ne

released about the deaths of two teens found along the light rail flax lutherville, baltimore county. mta police says there a video showing the teens being hit by a train, but as kai jackson reports, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: the afternoon of july 5 changed two baltimore county families forever. the bodies of kyle wankmiller and connor peterson were discovered. >> we discovered a videotape that was on the front end of our train. >> reporter: questions about how the friends died have been answered. the mta says surveillance video from a train show the teens were walking north on southbound tracks when they were hit from behind by a train. >> we found out that in fact the individuals were struck by one of our light rail trains as they were walking inside the tracks. >> reporter: the mta says their surveillance video has determined that the teenagers were walking north on southbound tracks. and probably weren't expecting a northbound train on those tracks. under normal circumstances, it probably would not have been. >> you have to understand there was a sequ

thundershower this afternoon. that chance of a thundershower basically north of baltimore with the cold front slipping through the region. 87 is our two-degree guarantee. that 87 is actually a normal mark for this date but will be the warmest day of the week because we'll cool back as soon as tomorrow and thursday, and friday. more on that coming up. >>> 6:00. here's kim with the roads. >> thank you. we've got a fantastic start to the morning's rush hour. no problems to let you know about or accidents in the area. 83 southbound is running smoothly from the pennsylvania state line down through to about the beltway, jfx is clean from northern parkway to the city. no incidents on the beltway, east side between whitemarsh and loch raven, west side good between greenspring and down past wilkens avenue. quick look at 95 southbound at whitemarsh. as you make your way down to the 695/895 split. no incidents to let you know about at this time. a little bit of increased volume but things running smoothly. back to you. >>> the curtain is slowly rising on michael jackson's final show. an enormous c

follow this is week fatal accident involving a light rail train. john live in north baltimore with the latest on the story tonight. john? >>reporter: it is still not known whether operator of that train was actually using the cell phone at the time but the mta has adopted a new zero tolerance policy for anyone that is caught using the cell phone. now videotape from a security camera on the light rail train shows that 2 teenagers were struck from hyped by a northbound train. but the operator did not know his train had struck the teen teens. it wasn't until 15 minutes later that someone on another train discovered the 2 injured teens lying on the tracks. up until now mta policy gave supervisors discretion on how drivers could be disciplined if they are found using the cell phone while operating a train or bus. today governor o'malley announce the a change in policy. >> we have had a policy that allows to us fire operators for doing that but we thought especially in light of the recent tragedy and the public attention to that we took advantage of the opportunity to join with the washi

think you can dance"". >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. search is on for two men in the violent attack on two women in downtown baltimore. happened after day break, in what is usually a busy intersection. keith daniels live downtown tonight near the scene with the latest on the attack. >> live at map and pratt street. it can be a busy corner with cars coming and going. and tourists pass this way too. and two men bold enough to try to sexually assault a woman here. >> katy hughes takes a daily walk in downtown baltimore. she lives in the area. she is out, usually in the early morning hours, before work. alone. but now. >> i guess i will bring the dogs with me. >> old habits will change. someone tried to rape a woman where katy walks. police say it happened at pratt and sharp street. near the convention center. and several hotels, at what is usually a busy intersection. but it was early saturday morning, at about 6:15. not as many people were around. >> i mean, it is very uns

a baltimore county police officer and a firefighter jumped into the water attempting to locate the man who was submerged. they were unable to locate him at which time they called for additional units, dive units from the baltimore county fire department and also the police department. now, after a very short time, rescue workers, divers were able to locate the body of the man. they brought it to the surface. he had been in the water for a little over 40 minutes when they attempted to resuscitate him, last we knew he was transpored to bayview hospital in cardiac arrest. the family here, of course, there was a small party going on in the rear yard off of bare creek where the man jumped into the water. the family members we were told went to bayview. baltimore crisis intervention team officers assisted with the family and right now it is not very much going on here but at this point we do not have any word on whether the man has died at the hospital. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you very much, captain mike reporting live. >>> now to the other big story that we are following tonigh

three-time pro bowler. he played with 13 years with the final two in baltimore. in 2003, mcnair went 13-3 before losing in the first round of the playoffs money mcnair's body was found by a long time friend questioned by a national police and released. just recently, the nashville media spoke to the police department. here's what they had to say. >> the nation of the bodies of the crime scene showed that steve mcnair was shot multiple times. his female friend suffered one gunshot wound to the head it appears. >> reporter: the ravens gm said "what we admired most was his competitive expert. he is one of the best players in the nfl over the last 20 years." we'll hear the latest of what mcnair planned to do after retirement in his own words coming up later in sports. >>> while many ravens come to terms with the loss of steve mcnair, many fans are derve stayeded. cheryl? >> reporter: sherrie, the mood dampened the mood for ravens fans out celebrating the fourth of july. many hearing about the death of steve mcnair first from us. here's how they hope he'll be remembered. >> it's really just

headed back home. none of them had to be taken to the hospital during their stay here in baltimore. but the state health department plans to contact all the local health departments where the workers are from to let them know exactly what happened and about the flu cases that came down here in baltimore. >> stay tuned. katie talks with the u.s. health and human services secretary on the spread of h1n1 virus and the plans for who should be vaccinated first. >>> days after a fatal accident involving a street sweeper the identities have been released. vic carter has the latest. >> three women were killed in the tragic accident. it happened before 5:00 a.m. monday at the intersection of honeygo boulevard and whitemarsh build boulevard. the driver, 37-year-old lori ann cardwell and her passengers, 62-year-old helen cardwell and 19-year-old katarina ann morrison were all killed. the 32-year-old driver of the street sweeper escaped with minor injuries. >> the victims were on their way home from a trip to kentucky. the cause of the crash is still being investigated. >>> baltimore city mayo

. >>> and now the a story you'll only see on abc 2 news. baltimore city police were busy overnight handling four shootings, one of them deadly. just before 1:00 this morning, a man was shot several times. it happened on eastland avenue and southwest baltimore. the victim was taken to a local hospital where he died. police don't have a suspect or even a motive in this case. >>> an 18-year-old is recovering at shock trauma after being shot in howard county. it happened shortly before 1 this afternoon on green mountain circle in columbia. police say 18-year-old walter richardson was visiting the residence. they believe the suspect entered the apartment complex through an unlocked backdoor and fired at richardson and then fled. he has an injury to his leg. he is expected to be okay. but police are still trying to figure out whether the victim and the suspect knew each other. >>> in anne arundel county, police found marijuana inside a jiffy lube in severn. police found the drugs during a search and seizure warrant yesterday. the business in the 2600 block of annapolis road. police arres

baltimore area. the company has had a history of carbon monoxide-related problems. last month, repeated co leaks at the cove village apartments in essex led to major changes. we also learned just last month, there was a carbon monoxide incident at another apartment in dutch village. after sunday's scare, sawyer was quick to respond, replacing the old water heater and installing a brand-new stove and carbon monoxide alarm. >> i'm just happy that everything is okay. >> reporter: in northeast baltimore, linda so, abc 2 news. >> and the carbon monoxide leak in howard county sent three people to the hospital. it happened on twin rivers road in columbia shortly before 5:00 this morning. the family ran out of the house as soon as the co detectors sounded and called 911. three people were taken to howard county general for evaluation. everybody is expected to be okay. no word yet on the source of that leak. >>> baltimore county police are investigating a carjacking, authorities say an employee at a chik-fil-a on in white marsh taking a bag of money to the bank shortly before 10:00 thi

rolled the jumbo screen out was for president obama's inauguration. today's viewing in baltimore didn't cost the city a fortune, unlike the service in l.a. tonight that city has set up a website to allow michael jackson fans to help los angeles actually pay for the service. it was launched today and is linked to a pay pal account where fans can make a tax deductible credit card contribution. the mayor's office is estimating the service will cost up to $4 million. coming up on abc 2 news at 5:30, we will head back live to the staples center in los angeles to learn more on how that massive memorial service took over the town. and remember you always count on abc2news.com for constant updates on the investigation into the death of michael jackson. >>> now we have some breaking news out of baltimore county. the archdiocese of baltimore decided late today that it will close towson catholic high school this fall. a spokesperson for the archdiocese says the school was nearly a half million dollars over budget and saw an unprecedented drop in enrollment. four other schools are also being

appearance is scheduled for this thursday. >>> baltimore county police have a person in custody this morning in connection with a sunday morning stabbing that happened in middle river. it happened around 2:30 in the morning on bonfire restaurant. police haven't released the name of the victim or suspect in the case. >>> a man in custody. police say he bought guns and marijuana and brought them to the arundel mills mall. security contacted police when the man was seen spray painting his own car in the parking lot. police say when they questioned him he said "i should just kill everyone." police found the drugs and gun in his backpack along with a loaded shot gun in the trunk. the suspect identified as timothy barnes from virginia. being held on $3 50,000 bond. >>> it's been a year since a government scientist killed himself while investigated for the deadly anthrax mailings in 2001. now the justice department is on the verge of closing this case. you may remember this story. bruce ivins used to work as a microbiologist in fort detrick in fredrick county. killed himself as the fbi clos

, maybe two, struck the two baltimore county teens, killing them. abc 2 news brian kuebler as the details and reaction from the boys' family. >> reporter: gary peterson lost more than a son and a soon to be step-son. he lost his best friend. >> what goes through your mind? i lost two boys. i have nothing to say. nothing. >> reporter: peterson still has so many questions. connor peterson and kyle wankmiller were found lying on the light rail tracks sunday afternoon, both critically wounded. both boys would later die. >> it's not fair. not fair. take two of my boys. in 24 hours, i hope they find the problem. >> reporter: mta says it is starting to get an idea. based on video surveillance, officials now say both teens were struck while walking the center of the trucks, but that the conductor didn't see them and kept going. mta says that part of the rails are dark, and the teens were wearing black. according to its preliminary investigation, mta say the boys laid there while a second train ran over them. it was that train that stopped, and the crew discovered the bodies. >> at least t

. >>> 16-year-old is dead tonight after being shot over the weekend in east baltimore. police say jerrad reed was shot at ken wood avenue and east madison street last night. another 16-year-old was also shot. he survived. no arrests have been made. >>> still no word on what caused a deadly fire in west baltimore. started around 9 last night at home on kerry street and house was supposed to be vacant but people were inside. one person pulled from the home was rushed to the hospital where he died. 4 other people were also hurt. >>> hot water heaters being blamed for carbon monoxide leak that sent 9 people to the hospital. it happened yesterday at northeast baltimore apartment in the 6900 block of mclane boulevard. 7 kids and 2 adults living in the home were also sent to the hospital to be checked out. they are all expected to be okay. >>> more criticism tonight surrounding maryland department of juvenile services. did the system fail the teen now accused of shooting a five year old girl? or did the department do everything within its power to help. joy live downtown tonight with the latest

. the video baltimore county police hope will help to catch the killer. >> assault charges dropped. the city employees that are off the hook tonight. >> you do not edit. >> rededicating a baltimore landmark. the new edition to the billy haliday statue. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. karen is off. we begin with breaking news in baltimore county. firefighters called to a massive blaze in essex. flames broke out around 9:00 in a warehouse in the 1000 block of hinge man avenue. three alarmer. there are propane tanks on the property. >> the building is pretty much totaled. most of the building has collapsed, and few exterior walls standing. no reports of any injuries to any civilians or firefighters. >> a two story complex next door also sustained damage. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> police now say they are looking for two suspects in the fatal shooting of a man inside of a liquor store in baltimore county. police are hoping surveillance video will help in the investigation. offic

examiner in baltimore to determine the manner and cause of death right now. >> reporter: abc 2 news. >> and neighbors tell us that since the discovery, the family has moved out of that apartment. >>> in the meantime, a judge denied a defense request to delay the trial of a washington woman accused of killing her four daughters and living with their bodies. the judge is called bonita jacks' trial long overdue. so it started today. the bodies were found in january of 2008 while she was being evicted. jacks is going before a judge, not a jury. >>> tonight police in anne arundel county are investigating a body found flowing in a marina in deal. they found the body of 62-year- old david alan cany floating in the marina on herring bay road just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. cany lived on one of the boats at the marina. an autopsy is being done to determine the cause of death. >>> baltimore city police are looking into a suspicious death in hampden. they say a man's body was found on the porch of a vacant house on falls road just about four blocks from the 56 just afternoon yesterday. >>

baltimore county where the man dives into the water off a pier, but never resurfaces. eye witness is live. kelly? >> reporter: denise, everyone here says something went terribly wrong when a group of people went swimming but it's still unclear what that was that happened. you can see from sky eye chopper 13 that emergency responders were here just before 4:00 jumping into the water to try to find a 22 year old man. the search lasted for about a half hour, they did pull the man out who friends call rick. we spoke to people here at the house where rick would stay and they explained to us what happened as they went swimming. >> the kids were going to race and see who got to the other side of the creek fast enough, and we all got, we all started getting across and then we looked back and rick said "help" and we all tried to swim towards him and amber said, i'll get him, you go call 911. >> amber was holding him, and she couldn't hold him anymore and he got from me to you and he went down. >> he was foaming at the mouth and that's why i thought maybe he had a seizure or something and b

weather. here's what we're working on for you today. a rash of vandalism in one northwest baltimore neighborhood. >> dozens of baltimore county families ordered $150 million because of water contamination face a new challenge. >>> and a witness in her own defense. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor back on the hot seat today. we have the confirmation hearings just ahead. that and more but first weather. >>> chilly this morning. officially from the top of the hour, 59 degrees. the official order 57. so we're close. we had clouds roll in overnight. the clouds have now broken up, the sun trying to pop over at least by the treetops. saint stephens school in kingsville down to 54. we had clearer skies north and east of baltimore, that is why on the northeast corner in baltimore county, eastern baltimore county we're looking at 54 degrees compared to the official 59 at the airport and about 69 downtown baltimore. there's that cloud line we were dealing with overnight just trying to break up in the last couple of hours of we got the spread of mid-50s to mid-60s. again that record set 10

, a total of 22,000 cars were bought in the program. >>> a terrible collision in northwest baltimore, two hours ago in pimlico road in northwest baltimore. two cars collided. emergency crews had to rescue two people. no word on conditions or what caused the accident. >>> one indictment dismissed. sheila dixon is reindicted on perjury charges. mike hellgren was with the mayor today. >> reporter: wjz was with the mayor, who stuck with her public schedule after being indicted on nine criminal counts. there are more details. she denies them all and won't back down. >> if she beats these charges, she's politically alive. if she goes down, her career is over. >> my kids are sick, i'm going continue to come out and work. that's what i do. >> reporter: eyewitness news takes you through the charge, beginning with perjury. that the mayor lied. the prosecutor contends she got throws of dallas from her ex- boyfriend, ron lipscomb and did not report one dime. he pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation last month. the indictment lays out lavish trips they took together. the prosecutor claim

much. >>> tonight, we know the name of a young man who drowned swimming off a baltimore county pier. we are live in the eyewitness news room. denise koch with more on the tragedy. >>> the victim has been identified as 19-year-old cedric hart. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. >>> baltimore county police say hart was swimming across chink creek. and that's near bear creek in dundalk, when he had a seizure. hart was pronounced dead at bay view hopkins center. >>> an autopsy is planned in the coming days. >>> there are more questions than answers tonight about the two 17-year-olds found dead in the light rail track. weijia jiang has more on the investigation. weijia? >>> today, family members said they believe someone or something other than a train killed these teenagers. and police say they don't have enough information to confirm or deny that. >>> the whole thing doesn't make sense. >> reporter: it's a story that only has one certainty. the devastating ending. >> it's a terrible tragedy for the family. >> reporter: two 17-year-olds, conner peterson and kyle wankmiller lost their

, how two teens on the track were killed. >>> turn those planned speed cameras off. is baltimore actually revving up for a grand prix of its own? >>> good morning. it is wednesday, july 8th. i'm patrice harris. a nice start to the morning so far. let see if it l stay that way all day. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look at forecast, good morning, steve. >>> good morning, patrice, very comfortable today. low humidity, we like that a lot of sunshine. >> absolutely. >> like that. >> yes. >> temperatures in the low 80s. >> you're betting 1,000 today. >> looking good. >> yeah. >> we are feeling comfortable air out there this morning. it's cool to the north and west of us. that is what the direction of the flow will be. take a look at temperatures around the area, 70 degrees in baltimore, 58 in pittsburgh, and 53 a lot of the air coming from the direction northwest. it will be a cooler than average day. nevertheless, with all the sunshine, the temperatures should climb to the low 80s. cooler than average, average being 87 for this time of year. no showers because that activi

about his future with the ravens. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> good evening, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. one man is dead tonight after gun fire rings out behind a house in northeast baltimore. >> that led to a standoff with police. cops thought they had the suspect trapped in a house near the shooting. but he is on the loose. >> keith daniels live tonight with more on the story. keith? >> well, jennifer, that's right. the suspect is on the run. police are not releasing any details about the man. but tonight we do know he is wanted for murder. >> at first, someone heard gunshots. several bullets fired in the rear of the 2900 block of the alameda. right behind frazier's grandmother's home. >> i need to go back to west baltimore. this is too much. >> it happened at about 3:30 in broad daylight monday. baltimore city police moved in. neighbors stepped out. to get a look. caught by surprise. >> scary to me. very scary. >> police found the body of this man. >> 45. >> lying in the alley, shot multiple times. the v

" at 9:00. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm jamie costello. we're going to talk about east baltimore. it's right there. you know what? i remember as a kid going up on orleans street. gordon's fishhouse. the slogan was the fish you eat today slept last night in the chesapeake bay. >> it's very cute. >> it's long gone but there's an army of volunteers that will be moving into east baltimore tomorrow. we'll tell you why. it's going to be an incredible project here. chris shea is going to be here to tell us about east baltimore. >> excellent. >>> also ahead today, shea from wegman's is here. she always comes in and makes amazing things. there's a centerpiece you can do that is truly most of the time easy. she'll show us tropical flowers, as well as making a delicious shake. >>> back to work. tell me about that. >> ok. ever since the economy sort of went south we've been seeing these job fairs which is thousands of people lined up. the question is, that would be really discouraging so how do you make yourself stand out? what do you need to do to make people remember you? jan fersmith is going t

-- those programs now. >> reporter: the governor says he is in touch with baltimore city police as the investigation into the fight continues. the community around south pulaski has stood together over the past week, speaking out against the violence taking over the neighborhood. including raven's aunt. >> what are we as parents supposed to do? kids can't walk the street. they can't go to school. you know? she was just a little girl. and if we can't take careuf of our-- care of our babies now, what's going to happen to our future? >> reporter: there wasne response why lamont davis was on the streets. the governor expressed concerns about the number of juvenile facilities. >> it's false to think that the reason that juveniles are on the street is because we have close facilities. >> we had plans to add more facilities. albeit, not of the giant size of the 1950s, but smaller, 48- bed facilities. >> reporter: little raven is still in the hospital. but her family has requested that the hospital no longer give updates on her condition. kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the 17-ye

call 311. we're live in north baltimore, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >>> yet another carbon monoxide leak at the covillage town homes in essex. baltimore county fire crews were called there around 5 today after a carbon monoxide detector went off. they did find low levels of co, but luckily no one was sickened. bge crews also responded to try and help neighbors resolve the it is is weighs. >>> tonight there is a new movement to try and drastically reduce the property tax rate in baltimore. people who live in the city paid by far the highest property tax rate of any jurisdiction in the state. and some say they're getting tired of waiting for tax relief. christian schaffer joins us with that story. chris? >> reporter: yeah, terry. baltimore county has the second highest tax rate in maryland. 1.1 cents per $100 of assessed value. next door in baltimore city, the rate is 2.26 per $100, more than double the county and triple what some counties collect. a new group is getting organized to try and change that the owner of a $200,000 home in baltimore city pay morse than $4,500 a year in pro

in baltimore. several people attending a conference are sick. gigi has more on what is being done. >> reporter: there were 220 workers in one building from all across the country to attend a two-week seminar. some spent the week in their hotel sick with the h1n1 virus flu. 200 workers in town for a seminary, 11 people contract the h1n1 virus. three more patients are suspected cases. the city's health department says all of the patients are in the downtown building. >> they put a dispenser on the wall to sanitize your hands. >> reporter: it asked the patients to stay in their hotel rooms and away from other workers. >> this is everywhere. >> reporter: the doctor with the city's health department says medical investigators can't determine which worker contracted the flu first. >> the point of the matter is that flu is all around us and decreasing in amount now. folks could have brought it into the state and gotten it from each other. >> that means washing hands and covering coughs are crucial to keep the number of h1n1 virus cases down. >> i don't want to be too close to people. you

in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. topping the "late edition" tonight baltimore county coach charged with soliciting sex from a minor. >> karen parks standing by live at baltimore county police headquarters with the latest on the story tonight. karen? >> well, jeff, police say 32-year-old charles fridel attempted to solis sex from a 14-year-old and all started with a text found by her parents. now detectives say they were contacted july 6 from the victim's parents about inappropriate text messaging being sent from 32-year-old charles fridel to their 14-year-old daughter that is the sister of one of the players on the team fridel coaches. police say he requested explicit pictures from the girl and asked to meet her for sex. undercover detectives assume the girl's identified and continued to have conversations with fridel. set up a meeting and that's when he was arrested. he is charged with sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography. >> this is a soccer coach that parents entrust

of the week. 72 degrees in baltimore and easton at this time. 79, very tropical feel in ocean city. and we'll get up to 79 by lunchtime. 82 this afternoon is our two-degree guarantee. and about a 60% chance of showers and storms and some of them could be locally heavy rain producers at any point throughout the day. so rain jacket, umbrella, hope you've have it all week because today is the day most of us will need it. >>> 6:30. the roads are currently dry in baltimore by the way. here's kim. >> we don't have a lot going on at the major roads. a couple of incidents still working in the counties, route 152 at singer road. that crash remains on scene. that traffic light is out there also. expect to see police on scene guiding traffic there. northbound 95 at caton avenue. getting reports of debris in the road and southwestern boulevard at washington boulevard in halethorpe. that accident remains on the scene there. as we check the tunnels, we don't have a lot going on at either the harbor tunnel or fort mchenry tunnel. that is flowing smoothly. as we check around the beltway from the t

approaching the accident. over to you. >> and restore this morning, baltimore city councilman helen holton finds herself back in the region under the microscope as they investigate city hall. >> she has been indicted once again. our reporter has more. . >> helen holton along with a bakery developer -- developer giant and bakery owner. there was a $12,000.500 payment that was made to holton in exchange for a -- $12,500 payment that was made to open in exchange for a survey. they allegedly agreed to pay for the service. the payment should have gone to hold its finance entity so that it would have been properly reported. >> it appears that ronald lipscomb has giving them additional information on the records. >> that was a political expert who says this time around, prosecutors may have a better case. the mayor's office is not commenting. we will have more on this story coming up later. wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. a baltimore county councilman is on probation this morning after pleading guilty to misappropriating campaign funds. oliver admitted to writing checks but told a judge the

nights in baltimore? >>> new details about michael jackson's death and now the investigation is really focusing in on his doctor. >>> and of all places, raleigh-durham, north carolina, seven men under arrest for plotting to export terrorism. those stories and more just ahead. thank you for joining us. >>> let's look at the weather with justin berk. good morning. >> good morning. straight up 6:00. we've got ourselves a very warm setup. in fact a little muggy this morning. i want to take you back to stevenson where we have a little fog. and we had a shower last night roll through carroll and northern baltimore county. and there may be fog in those spots that got that overnight rain bath. we got 70 degrees now in stevenson. also in cockeysville and churchville. 73 parkville. on the bottom side of the beltway, 73 glen burnie. we're clear now on maryland's most powerful doppler radar but a partly sunny sky will give way to just an isolated storm this afternoon. 89 is going to come with some sticky humidity and it's going to feel warmer than that but we'll actually increase our chance of rai

joke. the archbishop of baltimore called the decision to close towson catholic painful but necessary there is a school fair going on here tonight at 7:00 for students to show them some of the other options they have around the archdiocese. and the archbishop has said if students choose another school, they'll be able to pay the same tuition a that they paid here. the protest is also timed to coincide with the school fair. live in towson, christian schaffer, abc 2 news. >>> a very lucky boy is recovering after being buried alive on the beach in ocean city. it happened when he was digging in the sand with some other children near 37th street. they dug two holes and were digging a connecting tunnel when the sand tunnel collapsed. these pictures were taken by the ocean city beach patrol as they rushed to rescue the child. the upper half of his body was buried and the boy was not breathing when he was pulled free. but beach rescuers were able to revive the boy. he was awake, alert and apparently complaining of sand in his eyes when he was taken to the hospital in berlin. the boy

seen police searching baltimore's inner harbor this afternoon. they were looking for a body. a person is reportedly missing after a boat party on the canton waterfront last night. but other partygoers aren't certain if the person fell in the water or left to go somewhere else. the person's name has not been released, and no body has been found. >>> now the latest on a bizarre in anne arundel county where police are still trying to figure out why the body of an elderly woman was placed in a freezer for weeks. it happened at the country club apartments located in the 7400 block of furnace branch road in glen burnie. police tell abc 2 news that 83- year-old doris lee cooke died several weeks ago, and her body was placed in a freezer by relatives living with her. detectives also say that cooke suffered from various medical conditions, and had been bed ridden for years. neighbors tell us the elderly woman lived with her two daughters, one who was mentally challenged and the other who was her caretaker. >> pretty creepy. it's pretty scary, actually. it's kind of something you don't expect t

definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. >> speed cameras in baltimore city are one step closer to becoming reality. >> despite the debate plan to install 40 cameras around baltimore city cleared a road block at the council meeting. melinda roeder was there. and joins us live from north baltimore with the latest tonight. melinda? >> now, under state law the speed cameras could only be installed within a half mile of road construction areas and school zones, like this one. where some say speeding is a big problem. but even those areas combined, account for about 80 percent of the city. and some council members say that's going too far. still, the speed camera bill passed a second reader tonight. meaning one more vote away from becoming a done deal. enforcement could begin as as soon as october. if you are caught speeding on tape, you get a ticket in the mail, the fine is $40. some see it as a money maker for the city. and others say it is all about safety. >> the goal is not to use this as a fun

mississippi drew more than 5,000, family members, friends, fans and teammates including baltimore raven ray lewis. >> and meeting steve mcnair through competition, i became a friend. i find myself in awe when i speak about a man like steve mcnair. i find myself in awe and honor being here to speak where it all started from. >> reporter: police determined mcnair was shot to death in his sleep by the 4th of july with a woman he was having an affair with sahel kazemi. her family held a small service in florida. >> when they drop the casket, it was pretty tough. >> kazemi and mcnair dated for six months and frequently vacations. not mentioned in the funeral including memories from his mother, wife and son, brothers and nieces and nephews. >> steve was like a hero to me. you know, heros are not supposed to die. >> reporter: very emotional for many like current titans quarterback vince young. the casket escorted by nine police officers to the hometown of mount olive, mississippi for a private burial ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> and steve mcnair was 36 years old. leaves behind a wife and four sons. >>> in

nursery road station in the 6800 block of baltimore and annapolis boulevard. now according to police, four women assaulted the teen and stole her purse. the suspect then ran toward belle grove road. if you have any information about this crime, you're asked to call metro crimestoppers. at 1-866-7-lock-up. >>> two firefighters were hurt battling a fire this morning in east baltimore. the row house fires started around 7:20 in the 200 block of st. matthews street. the fire burned through the roof of the building. one firefighter suffered burns on his neck. another was hurt when he fell, hurt his elbow. both are just minor injuries. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> with a $700 million hole in the state budget looming over maryland, the governor has announced the first round of state cuts. more than 280 million in cuts will go to the birthday of public works tomorrow. but as roosevelt leftwich tells us tonight, there are no major layoffs planned for state workers, at least for now. >> there are many things that we are going to have to do. >> you can describe it as

degrees at 6:00 p.m. with a mix of sun and clouds. at baltimore at the inner harbor it's 58 degrees. obviously that is not as cool as in the outlying areas. in the suburbs could be in the low 60s, and the 50s, too. you see the 50s in pittsburgh, 56 and 57 respectively. we will get the winds to shift from the northeast to the southeast. that will begin to change things as far as temperatures, but that won't happen to any great degree until we get into the weekend saturday and sunday of the meanwhile no problems at the airports due to weather concerns. what about the roadways? let's check in with candace dold who has the traffic edge. candace, how are you this morning. >> reporter: thanks steve. i'm doing okay. people outside are not going to be so cool this morning. there's a lot going on at the 6:00 hour. we will start at linthicum. that blocks the ramp to inner loop 695. on the beltway there's more trouble. in fact some big time trouble. a crash involving a tractor trailer on the outer loop lanes at wilkens avenue. it blocks two lanes there. and as a result we have delays from fred

. >> we basically been neglected in south east baltimore. >> plan to help the homeless causes community outrage tonight. why so many neighbors are upset. >>> health care coverage for all. who is being targeted to pay for it? >> device that promises to save you money on your electric bill. when it may be installed in your home. >>> warm start to the work week and going to get hotter. when we hit 90 degrees in the sky watch forecast. >>> hello. >> breaking news out of northeast baltimore tonight. police have cordoneed off a neighborhood as they search for suspects in a dead leshooting. keith live near 30 and alameda with the very latest. what is going on there, keith. >>reporter: jennifer that's right. we are live at the alameda and 30th street. police have blocked off the area. cruisers are scrambling in the street and the police helicopter is buzzing in the air. they have got this neighborhood on lock down. now the shooting happened at about 3:30 today in the rear of the between00 block of the alameda. police found a man there believed to be in his late teens or early 20's sho

comment. again, he's just not sure where those cuts are going to come from. live in baltimore city, i'm jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> the state has an $800 million rainy day fund. >>> in other economic news, there is good news coming out of baltimore, the metro area, regarding the housing market. denise is in the newsroom with more. denise? >>> for the first time in years, they have seen an increase in home sales. residents sold more than 2300 homes last month. that's a 2% increase. decreasing home prices and the first-time federal tax credit may be the reason. >>> only time will tell if the sale's turnaround is temporary. >>> getting back to be business. general motors is out of bankruptcy and promising a leaner, greener company. >> reporter: loyal gm customers aren't hard to find in michigan. >> we all need tol support gm. what is gm? gm is america. >> reporter: ceo fritz henderson introduced the new gm as a company with priorities. >> the old gm received a lot of criticism. new gm says it will concentrate on the more fuel efficient models. more than 9,000 sold in june. a