a... rash of robberies... in... fells point...///. the... latest victim... tells... fox 45.... she ... was... held at gunpoint.../ just... feet... from her ...front door...///. ellen... shapiro... says... she... asked... a... friend... to walk her home ... that night.../ and... not even... áthatá... kept... the criminals away. 15:32:06 said something along the lines like yeah this is baltimore this is what's about to happen give me you wallet and pulled out a gun and put it to my head :37 :37 in... the past month, ... there... have... been... more than... a... dozen robberies... in... fells point.../. police ... invesigate... a deadly overnight shooting... in... southwest baltimore. baltimore.police... were... called to... poplar grove.... near... winchester street... around... 3 am....//they... found... a man... lying... in a doorway, ... suffering from... gunshot wounds..../ he... was taken ...to shock trauma ... where he,... died... a short time... later..../ no... word... on suspects... or motive. that... deadly shooting... on... poplar grove .../ was... just... the... álatestá homicide... in... baltimore..../ in... a city... that sees ... áhundredsá... of murders ... every year.../ how... many... are actually... solved? janice park... tells us... one... former... baltimore city detective.../ says... not enough. janice? stephen tabeling is an expert at deciphering scenes like this one...he says each homicide tells a story...but when it comes to how many have been solved this year...he says the figure is too low. tabeling spent 25 years with the city police department...5 years at a homicide supervisor. in early 2000...he was tapped by the governor to evaluate the city's homicide department. he says even though the murder rate is slightly lower than last year...the number of murders that were solved in 2012...31 %...is not enough. "a very low figure...how many convicted these cases havent' been tried yet" 3 coming up on fox45 news at ten...you'll hear from angela holland on what she thinks about the city's clearance rate...this is video from where her son was killed back in february in north baltimore. janice park fox45 news at 5. 3 city... police... identify... johnathan blankenship... as... the man... they shot and killed... at... his home... in... north baltimore.../. it... happened... around... 4-30... tuesday afternoon... in... north weldon place...// polcie... were... called there... for what átheyá... say... was... a... "family dispute"...// .inside... one officer... called for help.../ another ... fired... after seeing a knife... near the suspect. (guglielmi) "the officer who was being attacked did summons the other officer to assist him. that other officer fired at least one round to the suspect and he died as a result of those injuries."(mr. spearman) "i think that there could have been worked out or talked about. i don't think that you have to in, being a police and because you sitting there with a gun and whatever, that your first alternative is to kill somebody. i just don't think that's right." right."the officers... were... not hurt....// records ... show... blankenship... has a criminal record.../ including convictions... for rape... and... assault. a... baltimore... police officer... is... honored for... "compassionate service"../ after ... saving... a dog ... and... adopting him... days later. later.officer... daniel... waz- kev- itz.../ was... patroling... south baltimore.../ back in he... got a n... call... of a ... vicious dog....//he ... arrived ...to find kids... throwing bottles ... at... 'bo',.../ a... pit bull.../. the... officer... called 'bo'... over... / took... him... to... "barcs"... animal shelter, ...// and... kept... checking in on him../.the ... two... are now... inseparable. officer daniel waskiewicz, baltimore city pd: "just like people, you can't judge them by outside. you actually have to meet them and get to know them. that's how you really tell what kind of dog he is, like that."breed or anything that."waskiewicz...was a cadet at the time of the call.he just graduated ..from the police academy last week. new tonight.../ it's official .../// a... group ...from... caesars entertainment.../ won... the license... to build ...a... slots casino... in baltimore. the... maryland lottery... made ...the decision today.../. the... casino... near... m&t... bank stadium... will have ...37-hundred... slot machines.../ and... should... be ready.. in two years. in... howard county.../ there's... a... summer camp ...with a unique twist...//. twist...//.(robert dancing)"oh... yeah...i got the moves" ácamp inclusioná... special needs.... childrenn..//it's... completely run ...by... high school ... and... college students....// the... camp's... designed to be fun,.../ and... gives... campers ...the opportunit.y... to... 'fit in'...// (dallas wiles: counselor)"we dance we do acting and charades.. once they open up you get to see alot of the students true colors they start to shine. and i really have seen progress alot " " 'camp inclusion'... ps... now... in it's... third year.../// the... program's... held at... glen--elg... high school... how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. report. mapmdot- 695 wilkensmdot- 95 at 395mapmap 3 a... week... from... tomorrow.../ the... ravens... play... their... pre-season... opener.../ for now,... it's... just... more ...of the training camp... grind... grind... morgan adsit... is... streaming live... in... owings mills.../ with... that story... 3 3 3 3 (morgan adlib)sot rrll cue "may surprise us all" 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 surprise us all"sot roll cue "may (morgan adlib)(morgan adlib) 3 3 3 36-41 "it's terrible policy. it's terrible business."i just think you have to be careful when you're dealing with the pu" public..."it's chick- fil- a appreciation day... and there are some who do not appreciate that.the controversy... coming up. and it's one of the most anticipated phones... and now we may have a release date for the new i- phone.that date... is ahead. 3 --adblib weather tz-- president ... barack obama... puts... more pressure ... on iran.../ by... trying to make sure ...the country ... doesn't... have the means... to make... nuclear weapons....//today,... the... white house announced... new... u-s sanctions.../ targeting... iran's... oil industry,.../ banks... in... iraq and china... that... ácouldá... be... helping iran.../ world-wide...// "with regards to iran, we will not allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon period, we will not allow them to develop a nuclear weapon. we will exert all options in the effort to insure that that does not happen." happen."the... sanctions... came with a warning,.../ that... tehran... faces... "growing consequences" ... for... refusing to... answer ... questions.../ about its... nuclear program. the... navy... stops... the rumors.../ a... u-f-o... wasn't... cruising down ... i--270... last mon. month.it's... the... x- 40.... 7--- b...//an... experimental plane... and... the latest... unmanned ...military aircraft.../.it's... operated by computers....//the... aircraft... returns to base../ if... it... loses contact ...with... air traffic... control...//and ... the... navy... wants to prove... the... new plane ... is... a... true investment. 1:12-1:18"each and everyone of us are taxpayers, so it's not somebody else's money, it's our resources together." together."the... 800--million dollar plane... can... takeoff and land... on... aircraft carriers../..which... no drone... can do. it's.... "chick-fil-a"... appreciation day... / this... afternoon.... / nearly ... 600- thousand people ... pledged... to... turn out ...in support ... of the ...company's... public stance ...against... same-sex marriage....//but... that... solidarity... is... sparking a backlash ... of dissent...//.elizabeth... corridan... breaks down ...both sides... of... the... cont. controversy. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 here's our question of the day. day.are you gging to change how often you go to chick-fil- a based on the beliefs of the company's president? go... to... fox- baltimore dot com .../ tell us... what you think.../. sound... off... thru... facebook.../. send... us... a tweet.. at foxbaltimore.../. text... your answer to ...45-203..../ enter... fox45a for yes.. / fox45b for no. children... and... chalk drawings ... are... often... a... summer sight....///but ... for... one... virginia mother.../ her... daughter's... creativity... means ... a... court conviction... and sentence. sentence.susan... morten-sen... has... to do... á50á hours... community service.../ for... letting her... 4- year-old daughter... use... chalk... to draw on rocks... at... belle isle park... in... richmond virginia...//.you-tube... video shows ...the incident... last march.../ when ... officer... stacy rogers ... gave... mortensen ... a... ticket... for the ... drawings...///.here's... what... rogers... said... at the time. "the next time i catch you, i'm just going to kick you of out the parks, and you can't come back to any city park. so you don't want that, ok." ok."mortensen ... is... now banned ...from all ...city parks... / at... least until... her... community service... is done...//. 3 check out the hole in the nose to this plane.what caused it and why officials are not too concerned. 3 --adblib weather tz-- a... plane... has.. .a... rare collision this week.../ with a bird.../. look... at... these pictures... of the nose ... of... the... boeing 7-37....//this... huge hole ...was left by... one bird...//. the... united... flight... hit... a bird... while descending... into... denver international airport.../ from... dallas.../// 1:01-1:09 "it's very rare but it's not as much of a concern or tragedy as what the general public might think that it is." is."the... plane... landed... safely....//the... national transportation safety board... is investigating..../ no... one... was hurt.../ but... we hear ... the bird... has a headache..../ the sun ... was out...// but... for the most part... nothing but clouds ... and... some rain... here and there.chief meteorologist vytas reid... when. news breaks, access the latest information right on your cell phone./ download the fox45 mobile news app for your droid or i-phone../ it has headlines traffic and weather conditions.. / all at your fingertips.../ go to foxbaltimore dot com .../ and look for "mobile" on the screen. 3 5:32:37-32:42"farmers are a lot more tech savy than most people think. you know they're learning all kinds of things and the tech stuff really helps us out." out." why... one... maryland farm ...is going... high tech.../ and... why ...its customers ... are... being asked... to foot... the... 30- thousand dollar bill. the... 30- thousand dollar bill. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by her, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my name is naphtali bryant and i am a phoenix. enroll in the program that's right for you at phoenix.edu/maryland we've... heard... of the dreaded ... "freshman 15".../ the ... 15-- pounds... freshman... college students ... gain... in their... first year......//. here... are... some tips... to... keep... students on track..../ first,... watch... the áliquidá... calories...//.beverages... don't... satisfy hunger... like food.../// eat... regular meals,.../ don't skip breakfast.../// and... remember... to... make time... for... regular exercise. micro-soft... is... working... on a project... that could ...allow people ...to be ... in... two places ...at once. engineers... at... microsoft... are... working... on... what átheyá... call... a... "virtual boss"...//. the... robot ...would be able... to watch... over the office.../ while... the árealá... manager's... on vacation.../.the... prototype ...can áonlyá... be... in... the... conference room.../. 31-54"we're actually going to call bruce who is sitting not far. he literally has two &pcameras here, where he has a camera which shows him the full 180 degree field of view and he has another camera that is for example looking right now at me, so that if he wants to focus on the board to get the details, or if he wants to focus on the person who is speaking, he can do that also. this is one of a kind right now" now." future veesions ... would... include motorized wheels.../ so... a... manager ...could.. wander the halls. apple fans... // announcement yet... / but... there's speculation... the... i-phone 5... will be unveiled... by... september 12th..../new... and... improved features ...will reportedly include ... a ... larger screen... / a... smaller... connector... / and... will... make... it easier... for shoppers ... to... make payments ... thru.. their phones. a... new tool... for twitter users...///.instead... of... just using... the "hashtag".../ you... can... now use ...a... "cashtag.".../.users... can... follow stocks... by... putting a dollar sign... in... front of the stock's... ticker symbol.../.then... you... just... click on... stock symbols.../ to... see... what the ... "twitterverse"... says... about your favorite stocks. and... a... tech savvy... baltimore county farm.../ wants ... to... turn it's harvest ... into.. .a... smartphone app. app.joan... and... drew norman ... of... "one straw farm"... in... white hall... launched a campaiin... on... kickstarter... / a... website... that asks... for donations ... to... help their smartphone app idea ... come to life...///. the... couple says ...their new... app... would allow clients... to know ... what kind of... produce ... they'll... get... on the farm,.../ and... when 5:32:05-5:32:21"it'll be better because it's not written on a piece of paper in my husband's pocket that ssmetimes gets in the house 4 or 5 days later. this would log it automatically into the computer through the app. the second part that would really help me is thatr my customers would know what they were getting and therefore be happier because they would then plan what they were doing." doing."the normans... say... it'll... take... 30- thousand dollars... to... being their... dream... to fruition. 3 a rash of muggings in fells point has citizens concerned. we speak with a victim... mugged just outside her doorway. 3 --adblib weather tz-- [ male announcer ]motional. not everyone can understand it. the worry. the endless collection calls. we know what it's like... to be in your shoes. we're the providers of careone debt relief services. bernie dancel, who created careone, has been in your shoes. he once had his own battle with debt, which motivated him to start what is now the nation's largest brand of debt relief services. so call right now to speak to someone who understands -- and get your free customized plan. our certified personal finance counselors have helped over 5 million people just like you. it's not a loan. it's not bankruptcy. it's debt consolidation with a payment you can afford. and we stand by our service with a 6-month money back guarantee, so there's no risk to you. we've been there. and we can help. call us right now for your free customized plan. or, visit us online. careone. we know what it's like to be in your shoes. or, visit us online. a... fells point... woman ... robbed... at gunpoint... just steps... from her ... front door..../ door..../ crime and justice... reporter ...joy lepola... says... it... appears ...this is... a trend.. in the area. according to the website spotcrime... in just over the past month .... there have been 13 robberies here in fells point alone. i talked with the latest victim.... just a few hours ago. ((vo)) ellen shapiro... had been warned to be careful. so early friday morning after getting off from work.... she asked a friend to walk her home here in fells point. as she was taking out her keys to her... two men approached. shapiro says with a gun to her head she was ordered to hand over her wallet. ((wipe-sot))(tight) áá20:28 right here is from the barrell they were poking me in the forehead my he