the conflict. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama has said he hopes diplomacy not military force will solve the crisis but they said military tactics may have to be explored. >> 5 people were shot and killed inside a spa in georgia overnight. police believe one of the dead shot the other four then killed himself in norcross, just northeast of atlanta. so far there is no motive. the detectives are promising to realize more information later today. >> more fall out from a deadly mine explosion in west virginia. now the mine superintendent is facing charges. federal investigators say the man was part of a conspiracy to conceal safety hazards at the upper big branch mine. back in 2010 a huge explosion killed 29 men. the mine's former security chief was later convicted of lying to investigators and trying to destroy documents. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence him to the maximum 10 years in prison. >> in washington, d.c., the president sang in public again. this time belting out some blues. ♪ [ music ] >> baby don't you want to go? >> same old place. >> sweet

him alive but the extremist promised he would die fighting. tina kraus, wjz, eyewitness news. >> several police officers were injured in the gunfight. >> we have breaking news from baltimore county to tell you about. several arrests have been made following a fight and stabbings in a townhouse community in owings mills, wjz and sky chopper 13 over the scene tuesday afternoon, two people stabbed there. police now say five men are in custody, all charged with attempted first degree murder and assault. wjz will have much more today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a new development in the allegations the anne arundel county executive spied on political enemies, the police chief wants maryland state police to investigate whether his officers broke the law by accessing a criminal database on john leopold's behalf. wjz continues to investigate. mike hellgren is live with the latest. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is the letter and state police denied the chief's request, saying the state prosecutor is already working on a similar investigation. anne arundel county's p

has the president once again praising american troops, here is tina kraus with the latest. >> reporter: the same u.s. naive seal team that killed osama bin laden carried out the raid, they rescued them. both were working for a danish aid group. members of seal team 6 parachuted in during the middle of the night and surprised the pirates. officials confirmed they killed 9. the hostages were not harmed and no casualties among the special forces. president obama congratulated defense secretarily on panetta before his state of the union address tuesday night. >> good job tonight. >> but the president made no mention of the raid in the speech. afterward he called buchanan's father to report his daughter was free. intelligence reports indicated buchanan's health was deteriorating and may have added urgency to the mission. >> we followed as we always do the advice of the special operators when they should move. this was daring as your man pointed out, these guys are absolutely mind-blowingly effective. >> they kidnapped them in october. they are both on the way to be reunited wit