All three then left the house and in the front of the home, the suspect began firing. He shot one of the men and as the second man was running away from the scene, he shot that roommate as well. One of the roommates was pronounced dead at the hospital. That second roommate is expected to survive, although he was injured. As for the gunman himself, again, a university of maryland student as well. He then went to the rear of the housa cording to police and took his own life. We have two dead here in this incident. A murdersuicide involving three university of maryland students. No word on whether these are undergraduate students, graduate students. No word on identities of who was involved and the circumstances leading up to all of this. But, again, it started with a fire lit by one of the roommates in a basement. There was a confrontation as the other roommates were fleeing the house, thats when the shots rang out and two are now dead. Reporting live in college park, megan mcgrath, news
Murder suicide at the university of maryland campus. All three of university of maryland campus. Megan mcgrath is live. Reporter it happened at this house behind me on 36th avenue. This is a rental like many of the homes on this block. The tenants, three university of maryland students. One of his two students turned on his two roommates shooting them before killing himself. A bullet hole through the rear window. The window of this suv shot out. And evidence of the fire that started it all. Police release the photo of the damage. Three university of maryland students live on the home in on 36th avenue. Early this morning, Police Say One of the students lit a small fire in the basement. His two roommates also students at maryland confronted him. When they ran out the front door, shots rang out. Jeff and george heard the gunfire from his house. All i heard was about six or seven shots going pop, pop, pop. Then about 15 minutes later i heard the cops. We just heard what sounded like firec
Investigation in a residential neighborhood. Near the university of maryland campus. Not sure about the details of exactly what happened here. Now, earlier there was an alert that went out for suspects in a tan van. Were being told that that is not accurate. There was confusion with information. That they are not looking for a tan Honda Odyssey any longer. But, again, awaiting more information. Awaiting that briefing and of course, well bring you the latest as soon as we get it. Megan mcgrath, news 4. Aaron, eun, back to you. Well wait for those answers. Thank you. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Meteorologist tom kierein here now with your forecast. Tom . Good morning. Overnight the winds shifted to the northwest. The sky has mostly cleared out now. We have some mild temperatures for this time of the morning for a february morning, well take it. Right now down into the mid40s in Prince Georges County. Much of montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, also the mid40s. In the Distr
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There were 400 enemy soldiers. And we had 52 great americans. Didnt seem fair to them. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. When the news got out today, catholics all over the world were asking whether they had heard correctly. Something that just doesnt happen just did a pope resigned. Pope benedict xvi, 85 years old and frail, told a meeting of cardinals today he no longer has the physical and mental strength to carry out his responsibilities. On february 28, he will become the first phone step down since the 15th century, leaving the church in search of a new leader. We have a team of correspondents covering this historic day and the future of the Catholic Church beginning with allen pizzey in vatican city. Reporter the surprise announcement was delivered to a gathering of cardinals in latin. Citing his age, Pope Benedict said to do his work both strength of mind and body are necessary and that his have deteriorated to the