&p 3 3 3 3 3 3 gun fire rings out in baltimore.several people arr shot... in several different incidents.megan gilliland is live with more on one of the most violent weekeeds we've good morninn patrice,this map here says it all...from east baltimooe, to west baltimore...these are just some of theemore serious shootings we saw in baltimore this weekend.and this morning many victiis, still fighting to recover... one of hem, a baltimore city police officer.this was the scene of thattshooting on harford road... after shots rang ouu... jjst before 8 &po'clock friday night.police say a suspect... on a bikk... shot at detectives... who then fired back. tte officer was shot in the neck, but is expected to be o-k.the suspect was also shot. he'sslisted in critical condition at johns hopkins hospital. neiihbors who live in this east baltimore neighborhood say, sadly, they're getting used to this violence. 3 i just heard the gunshots ann first thing i did was try and butt the young kids now they don't have no respect for nobody for no elders police responded to two more shootings friday night.one on past hoffman street, where two men were shot. another... on ooem venue, whhre two 18 year old men were shot..nd it doesn't end there, early saturday morning... a 21-year-old wassshot and killed on mcmmchen street.two others were alss hurt in that gunfire. last night the violence nly continues... with three more shootings... in north west baltimore that police now say are all reeated.this was the a man wws shot in the head and - chest.moments later, two peeple were found shot on reisterstown road and coldspring..nd shortly after that another person was shot on loyola northway. thh list of shootings is far larger than the six we've highlighted this morning.those were the most serious out this violent weekend.police are 11:30 ttis morning to update t us on the investigations... and maybe give us more details nnmes.stay with us for more.d - megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. police release surveillancc video....showing the aatermath happened on a d-c metro train line last december. december.you can see the masked gunmen robbing passengers' of their wallets, ipods and cell phones before taking off..hey even sucker punch a guy... as they're leaving the station.at fiist... metro said the crimes werennt as bad as people were describing ... but the tape shows otherwise.. "it's very scary that we don't have the protection on the train and it's very cary that people pick ttat opportune time toodo things on the train when they see no one's there watching." it all happeneddon a trainn between the minnesota avvnue and stadiim-armory stations. 3 a baltimore woman who moved to her boyfriend is being called a personnof interest in her disappearance. graduuted from overlea high school. shees been living in florida and working as a police recruit at a police academy in saint peeersburg. she was last ssen march 12th byya friend who met her for lunch pt a restaurant in clearwater. tte next day when the friend e kelly's safety ... because of possible domestic violence between her 3 it always seemed like he put her in this trance and manipulated her minn, you know he was controlling her." her." "i know thatthe knows what happened and the fact that at this piont he's gone missing as well that just tells me he's trying to run from himself" himself." police caught up with perry in new york but so far he is not cooperating. 3 the death toll in japan in the wake of the deadly earthquake and tsunami ... is expectee to exceed 18- thousand.the overall number of bodies collected so far stands at 86-hundred, while 13- hundred people are listed as missing workers are now being evacuated from a japanese nuclear plant... after gray ssoke was seen rising from one pf its reactors. reactors.for the past several days... workers have been battling to cool reactors... after the 9-point-0 quake left behiid massive damage. they're hoping to bring the radiatioo-leeking plant under control. meanwhile... a llcrosse team from tokyo travels all the way to maryland... to play at johns hopkiis.they say it's a unique honor... they didn't miss. (nats in huddle @ 19:36) 19:36)lacrosse is a growing sport in japan... where players aree't uued to facing tough aaerican teams.in fact there are only four high entire country. after the 9-point-- uake and tsunami hit japan... the disaster threatened to detour their americcn tour. 04:00 "we felt it. it was a very big earttquuke."04:05 pand ww had after shocks. many aftershocks. and ww had trouble getting food gas. you know, the shortage." shortage."some of the american pllyers say they'd love to go to japan and play the tokyo team on their turf next. chaperones say they're just thankful the players got a back home. boeing's newest 7-47 lifts off... for the very first time. the massive jetliner is á6 stories highá... nd more than officials say sales of the plane are starting to pick up... with more than 30 ordered so far.at leass two begin flying the new 7-47's next year. one of baltimore's most famiiiar sites is on its way back home. the coostellation is leeving dry weees of repairs. repairs. joel d. smith is live there now as it's happening ,,, to explain why the historic ship's makeover is far from complete. good morning joel d. gooo mooning patrice, (ad lib) 3 coming up in our hometown hotspot... a night of gambling... all for a good cause.plls... how you can win 10-thoussnd dollars cash. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. 3 ((break 1)) 3 my "me time" is when i thought i parked on level 2. or maybe 8? my "me time" is when there's a 10% chance of rain! 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((joel live teass))you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning.. 3-break 4)) blue diamond almonds! more bold flavor! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. the high price of the war on drugs. how much its costtng taxpayers. on fox 45 news at 5:30 3 3 aaviolent weekenn leaves ccty residents questioning law enforcement.while police defend their patrolling... several victims are fighting for heir lives this morning. megan gilliland is live with the latest on he violence... including a triple shooting overnight. good morning patrice,this map here says it all...from east baltimore, tt westt baltimore... to north west baltimore...these are just some of the more serious shootings we saw in baltimore this weekend.and this morning many victims, till fighting to reccver... one oo them, a baltimoreecity scene offthat shooting on e harforddroad....after shots rang out....just before 8 o'clock friday night.police say a suspect... on a bike... shot at detectives... who then fired back. the officer was shot in the neck, but is expected to be o-k.the suspect was also shot. he's listed in critical condition at johns hopkins hospital. neighbors who live in this east baltimore neighborhood say, it's not getting any better, thee're now questioning enforcement. "i don't know which cop it was personally... attitude" "they've nottaround here whenn we need them.""we're not riding aroond herr silly-nilly... safe." safe." police responded to two more shootings fridaa night.one on east hoffman street, wherr two men were shot. another... on orrm avenue, where two 18 year old en were shot.and it doesn't end here, early saturday morning... a 21-year-old was shot and killed on mcmechen treet.two gunfire. were also hurt in that last night the violence only continues... with a riple shoooing in north west baltimorr.this was the scene on pimlico roaa... where a man was hot in the ead and chest. moments later, two people were found shot n reisterstown road and coldspring.and shortly after that another person was shot on loyola northway.police are telling us that these three shootingg are all related. police are expected to give a brieffng at 11:30 this mooning to update us on this violent weekend, one oo the worst we've seen in awhile.stay with us for mooe.megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 a fur year old is ead after shooting himself in the face with a gun he found at hooe. family and friends, who are dealing with the tragic loss ... are also coming to the defense of the child's mooher ... saying she isn't to blame. it happened around 10:30 yesserday mmrning.police pesponded to a call about a shhoting at a home on he corner of fernhill avenue. when officers arrived ... they found four-year-old tyeshawn shot in the face. the boy was - rushed to sinai hospital... and then transferred to johns hopkins... where he died. family embers say the mother ... kristen townsend ... say the gun must belong to d -3 someone lse. courtney 00:28 i think she wasn't around when this hhppened. yeah, she probably &pwas in the house but not in the same room. because krissy a reallgood mother. she real good with her children 37 58805 we're still looking into the circumstances around this shooting 08 but we always want upmost cautioo if you have a firearm in the house. 13 always keep it unloaded. always keep it an area that is unaccessible to children 19 19 police did recover the gun from the scene. no word iffany charges will &pthe woman once believed to be murdeeing her coworker at a - yogg shop.. is due in ccurt tod. today.briitany norwood is accused of killinn jayna &pmurray, her coworker at the lu-lu lemon store in bethesda. police sayyshe tried to cover up the murder.... and made up a story, about two masked men. they say norwood beat, and stabbed murray. hugoosays: "to realize the terror it put this community through...this lle...this fabricated tory...we weeeeout people...people spent time and "it was day...she was totally it?...actuully she was sweet to us...normal...it'' taborda says: "i'm just disgusted at how the whole thing turned out..." 3out- the documents also say norwood days... when she was finally confronted with information that witnesses heard a loud argument about 10:30 thht night bbtween tww women... she said murray, startee it. murray was buried over the weekend in texas. 3 shocking new video is being releaaed... from the moments a tsunami slammmd the coast of ja. japan.the person behind this video... says he could see the choice but to keep driving... as the water completely engulfs his ccr.the driver says the water rrached more than 6 feet highh.. before he managed to evvntually escape. a dramatic rescue off the coast of ssnta barbara... as a family of four is pulled to safety. this video is taken from a camera... attached to the helmet of aa family became sttanded... .the after their sailbbat broke free from its mooring.two on board... including a 66 month-old baby.luckily... evvryone is now doing o-k. a ship that's more thaa 150 years old will prove it's ssa- worthy once gain this morning. the constellation is leaving dry dock for a rrturn to the inner &pharbor. joel d. smith is live at sparrows point where itts all happening right now. good morning joel d. &pgood morning patrice, (ad li) coming up... reeseewitherspoon finds herself in the middde of a love triingle... after lifee takes some unexpected turns. turns.reese witherrpoon, owen wilson, how dd you knowwnats nntsa look at the off-beat witherspoon owen wilson... and paul rudd. here's a live look of 295 at route 322.. a bit bbsy but not significant delays here.however this is trouble a llttle farther south on the corridor.i'll fill you in on the details and tel you the best option for he alternnte route.you're all local.. all morning. 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((break 8)) blue diamond almonds! more bold flavor! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. today is monday march 21st woodbridge ellm in baltimore county is closed due to a power outage. -3 3 map fiber map 3 &pgun fire rings out in baltimore.several people are shot... in severalldifferent incidents... includiig a triple shooting overnight. megan gilliland is liveewith more on one offthe most violent weekends we've seen in a while. good mooning patrice,this map here says it aal...from east baltimore, to west baltimmre... to north west baltimore...these are just some of the more serious shootings we saw n balttmore this weekend.and this mooning many victims, still fighting to recover... one of them, a baltimore city police officer.this was the scene of that shooting on harford road... after shots rang out... ust before 8 say a suspect... on a bike... shot in the neck, but is was expected to be o-k.the suspect pas also shot. he's liited in critical condition at johhs hopkins hospital. east baltimore neighborhood say, sadly, they're getting used to this violence. i just heard the gunshoos and first thing i did was try and find out where my nephew was ut butt the young kids now they don't have no respect or nobody for no eldees police responded to two ore shootings friday nighh.one on east hoffman street, where two men were shot. another... on orem avenue, where two 18 year old men were shot.and itt doesn't end there, early saturday morning... a 21-year-old was shot and killed on mcmechen street.two others werr also hurt in that gunfire. last night the violence onll continues... with a triple shooting in north west baltimore.this was the scene on pimlico road... where a man was shot in the head and chest. moments later, two people were foonn shot on reisterstown rrad and coldspring.and person was shot on loyola - northway.police are telling us phat these three shootings are all related. the list of shootings is far larger than the one's we've highlighted his morning.those were the most serious out thiss violent weekend.police are expected o give a briefing at 11:30 this morning to update us on the investigationss.. and maybe give us more ddeails on the victims conditions and names.stay with us for more. megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. the woman once believed to be a victim... now accuued of murdering her coworker at a yoga shop.. ii due in court tod. accused of killing jayna murray, her coworrer at the lu-lu lemon store in bethesdd. police say she ttied to cover up the murder.... and made up a story, about two masked men. they say norwood beat, and stabbed murraa. hugo says: "to realize the terror it put this community through...this lie...this fabricated story...we were out looking for the wrong people...people spent time and energy...and the fear that everybody hadd"nguyen says: "it was so amazing that day...she waa totally normal...can you believe it?...actually she was sweet to us...normal...it'' amazing." tabbrda says: "i'm just disgusted at how the whole thing turned out..." out..."the documentss also say norwood changed her confronted with information that witnesses heard a loud argument about 10:30 that night betweee two women... she said murray, started it. murray was buried over the weekeed in ttxas. 3 the death toll in japan ii the wakk of the deadly earttquake and tsunami ... is thousand.the overall number of bodies colllcted so far stands hundred people are listed ass missinn one of baltimore's most familiar sites is on its way back home. the constellation is leaving dry dock this morning after 7 weeks of repairs. repairs. joel d. smith is live there now as it's happening ,,, to explain wwy the histooic ship's makeover good morniig joel d. - good morning patrice, (ad lib) coming up... place your bets!we're taking you to a placc, where you can gamble for a great cause! cause! you're watching local.. all morning. all ((break 1)) 3 the stakes are high!and you can bet it'll be a good weekend."monte carlo on the peninsula" benefits the baltimore.roger mecca is live with the details on thiss morning'sshometown hotspot. --this is a night of casino games...where do the proceeds go?--what kinds of games will there be?--the highlight of the evening is &pthe drawing of a raffle winne for 10 thousand dollars dollars monte carlo on the peninsuua is at the knightt of columbus hall on hull street saturddy from 8pm to 11pm.for more information, log on to fox balttmore dot com slash morning. 3 3 map fiber map 50 at 97 map 195 map ilkens still ahead.. before you strap in your child, listen up..know the new guidelines put out this mornin. morning. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning.. ((break 2)) 3 new this morning...happy birthhay... to twitter!fivv years ago today... the first tweet ever... was posted to the microblogging website. since it's launch... twitter hhs grown to more than 175 million users... posting roughly a billion tweets every week. last week alone... twitter says it set a record of 6-thousand-9399tweets per second... immediately after the 9-point-0 earthquake struck japan. new recommendations from the american academy of pediatrics may chaage theeway parents buckle up their kids.the guidelines advise parents to keep their toddlers in rear- facing car seats until they are two years old.it also recommends that children ride in a booster seaa until they have reached 4-feet, 9- inches tall.... and are between the ages of 8 and 2.tteea-a-p says ánoá child under the age of 13 should be alloweddto ride in the front seat offany car. a day after an international coalition launched an air campaign in libba, he libyan military called for an immediate cease- fire. the united states took a supportinggrole in this weekend's aii campaign... which was aimed at putting moammar gadhafi in line with a united nations-mandated no-fly zone. samantha hayes joins us live prommwashington with more.saman? samantha? 3 - the libya regime called for a cease fire yesterday.. does that meann miiitary operations coull soon be over? still to cooe.. a convicted serial rapist and murderer.. will spend the rest of his life in prrson.the emotional testimony from his surviving victim.. that helped put him away. away.and.. it's ppuring in sparrowsspoint.what can you expect on your ride to work? steve tracks tteestorm down to you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morniig. ((break 3)) 3 a baltimore man is sentenced to 6 consecutive life terms for the rape and murder of two women and thh attempted murder of another. in court .... william brown hearddfrom his survivinn victim ... emotional testimony from a woman who was life disfigured and scarred for life by his attack. al forman withh investigative voice joins us this morning with a look at what happennd in court. -disguuting and emotional caae ... these women were prositutes .... so peoole dismissed their stories of attacks riginally when they said thhre was a man out there -one of his victims was just 15-his mothhr testified that he was a ddcent man-surviving victim testified 3 3to read more about this story..go to fox baltimore dot com... and click on investigative voice. 3 coming up.. gas is up...again!the latest prices you can expect to pay &pat the pump! you're watching fox 45 morning newss. all the gh price of the war on drugs. how much its costtng taxpayers. on fox 45 news at 5:30 we download about four free songs a month. i play online poker two nights a week. my fiancee shops online about an hour a day. we're exposing ourselves to web viruses that could obliterate our finances and leave our future together a bleak and tortured existence. [ laughs nervously ] i got it covered. we switched to kaspersky. no matter who you are, we've got you covered. kaspersky, the most advanced internet security software. 3 woodbridge elem in baltimore county is closed due to a power outage. &p3 map fiber map wilkens 3 a violent weekend leaves city residents questioning law enforcement.while police defend their patrolling... several victtms are fighting for their lives this morninn. megan gilllland is live ith the latest on theeviolence... including a triple shooting overnight. good morning patrice,this map here saas it all...from east baltimore, to west baltimore... to north west baltimore...these are just some of the more serious shootings we saw in baltimore many victims, still fighting to recover... police officer.this was the y scene of that shooting n harford road... after shots rang out... just before 8 o'clock friday night.police say a suspect... n a bike... shot at detectives... who then fired back. the officer was shoo in the neck, but is was also shot. he's llsted in crittcal coodition at johns hopkins hospital. neighbors who live in this east baltimore neighborhood say, ittssnot getting any better, they're now questiining enforcement. "i don't know which cop it was "they've not around here when we need them.""we're noo riding around here silly-nilly... safe." safe." police responded to two more shootings friday night.one on east hoffmmn street, where two men were shot. another... on orem avenue, where two 18 year old men were shot.and it doesn't end there,,early saturday morning... a 21-year-old was shot and killed on mcmechen street.two others were also hurt in that gunfire. last night the violence only continues... with a triple shooting in north west baltimore.thisswas the scene was shot innthe head and chest. momentt later, two people were found shot on reisterstown road and coldspring.and shortly after that another person was shot on loyola nnrthway.police are telling us ttat these three shootings are all related. police areeexpected to give a to update us on this violent g weekend, onn of the worst we've seen in awwile.stayywith us for more.megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 a four year old is dead after shooting himself in the face with a gun he found at home. family and friends, who are dealing with coming to the defense of the child's mother ... saying she isn't to blame. it happened around 10:30 yesterday morning.police responded to a call about a shooting at a home on the corner of fernhill avenue. when officers arrived ... they found four-year-old tyeshawn townsend inside... he had been shot in the face. the boy was rushed to sinai hospittl... and then transferred to johns hopkins... where he died. family members say the mother ... kristen townsend ... doesn't live at the home and someone else. courtney 00:28 i think she wasn't around wwen this haappned. yeah, she probably was ii the house buu not in the same room. because krissy a real good mother. she real good with her children 37 58:05 we're still looking into the circumstances arounddthis shooting 08 but we always want to remind ppl to taae the upmost caution if you have a firearm in the house. 13 always keep it unloaded. always keep it an area that is unaccessibleeto children 19 19 police did recover the gun from the scene. no word if any charges will bb filed. police release surveillance video... showing the aftermath of a robbery spree that &phappenee on a d-c metro train liie last december. december..ou can see the masked gunmen robbing passengers' of their wallets, ipods and cell phones before taking off.they even sucker punch a guy... as they're leaving the station.at first... metro said the crimes weren't as bad as people were describing ... but the tape shows otherwise. "it's very scary that we don't have the proteetion on the train and it's very scary that people picc that opportune time to do things on the train when they see no one's there watching." it all happened on a train between the minnesota avenue and stadium-armory stations. 3 a baltimore woman who moved to florida is missing. now her boyfriend is being called a person of interest in her disappearance. 34-year-old kelly rothwell graduated from overlea high school. she's been living in florida and working as a police recruit at a police academy in saint petersburg. she as last seen march 12th by a friend who met her foo lunch at a restaurant in clearwwter. police went to her home the next day when the friend cclled, concerned about kelly's safety ... because of possible dommstic violence between her and boyfriend, david perry. 3 "it always seemed like he put her in this trance and manipulated her mind, you know her."s controlling her.""- "i know that he knows wwat happened and the fact that at this piont he's gooe missing as well that just tells me he's trying to run from himself" himself.. police caught up with perry in new york but so far he is not cooperating. 3 shocking new video is beingg released... from the moments a japan.theeperson behind hiss video... says he could see the pall of water... but had no choice but to keep driving... as the water completely engulfs his car..he driver says the water reached more managed to eventually escape. sad news for your bank account-- prices at the pump are likely going to get worse before they get bettee. oil prices jumped more than two following escalating iolence in libya. over the past two weeks-- the average price per gallln of gas has increased another seven cents -- &preaching a level more than 75 cents higher than they were a year ago. tte average price for a gallon is 3 dollars andd 57 cents. a ship that's more than 150 years old will prove it's sea- worthy once again this morning. the constellation is leaving dry dock for a return to the inner harbor. joel d. smith is live at sparrows point where t's all happening right now. good morning joel d. good morning pptrice, (ad lib) &p still to come.. social networking used to help others.. others... it's really the áyouá..help your neighbors.ers neighbors. rain iismaking for a mess out on the roads and that means a difficult ride or the morning commute.here's a llve look of 695 at roote 40... cars are bunchinn up on both loops of &pthe beltway.i'll show you wha you'll find on 95 coming up in the traffic edge report. you're watching ox 44 blue diamond almonds! mo bold flavor! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. including the 2011 jetta. awesome. plus it's an iihs top safety pick. even better. but they're going fast. so, i guess this is where you tell me i got to hurry or it's gone right? yep. going going gone. get it? it's funny. 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shooting 08 but we always want to remind ppl to take the upmost caution if you have a firearm in the house. 13 always eep it an area that is unaccessible to children 19 thee un from the scene. be filed. shots fired fireda tense scene unfolds in wisconsin... after authorities receive a higg-risk phone call. moments after entering a home... authorities come wooan... and quickly get into a vehicle.but during t all another hurt.the shooting .. an apparent suicide... following a several-hourrlong standoff. 3 shocking new video is being tsunami slammed the coast of ja. &pjapan.the person behind this video... says hh ould see the wall of water... but had no choice but to keeppdriving... as the water completely engulfs his car.the driver says it reachhd more than 6 feet high... before he managed to eventually escape. the death toll n japan in the wake of the deadly earthquake and tsunami ... is expected to exceed 18-- thousand.the overall number of bbdies collected so far stands at 86-hundred, while 13- hundred people are listed s missing one of baltimore's most familiarrsites is on its way back home. he constellation is leaving dry dock this morning after 7 weeks of repairs. repairs. oelld. smith is live there now as it's happening ,,, to explain why the historic ship's makeover good morning joel d. 3good morning patrice, (ad lib) 3 coming up in our hometown hotsp. hotspot...a night of drinking, dancing and gamblingg.. all for a good cause. cause.plus... we'll tell you pollarr cash.in 10--housand - 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