making his way to another floor. in the video, you see him hiding behind a wall, before running towards people in the background. >> two of the fbi responders were teams with the metropolitan police officer. when the three were fired upon by the shooter. >> reporter: the shooting lasted more than an hour before alex sis shot and killed. this is the gun fbi agents say alexis used in the shooting with several handwritten etchings, saying, quote, better off this way, quote, understand to the torment ," and quote, not what y' all say. a backpack with the weapon was in the rest room. >> reporter: evidence collected as of today shows signs of a delusional man. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency, or e.l.f., electromagnetic waves. >> reporter: officials say alexis acted alone and had a valid pass to gain entry into the building. >> hooferl able to obtain a firearm two days before he carried out an attack that was designed to kill as many civilians as possible. search warrants are looking for this. fbi officials say he acted alone and did not target anyone in particular. rochelle ritchie, wjz eyewitness news. >> fbi officials say alexis was prepared to die and accepted the fate of his consequences. a collapsed trench in frederick county. >> well, mary, it was a race against time to free the worker trapped in a trench. he was up to his neck in mud and water. after a waterpipe broke. crews focused on this. crews tried to shore up the hole to get him out. after three long hours, the man was finally free. >> the man's condition and name are not yet being released. three people are dead and an intense investigation after a car flees from police. tonight the man's daughter speaks to police derek is there with more on why she blames police. >> she believes that police were chasing suspects and she says if police hadn't been chasing those suspects, here -- her father wouldn't be in critical condition, and the other three victims would be alive today. >> reporter: the fiery crash at york road and northern parkway happened as davel johnson and brown fled from police, trying to pull them over as the honda seen here on its side, sped through the busy intersection, slammed into this white jeep, driven by andrew baker, the only person to survive. >> my father is still in the hospital, still fighting for his life right now. >> reporter: angela baker said her dad remains in critical condition. his passenger, 46-year-old angel chiwango was trapped inside the car. firefighters seen here, pulling her body from the wreckage were unable to save her. >> my father is in the hospital. three people gone, lost their lives just because of the police. and i'm blaming the police. ain't nobody else i can blame but the police. because if they weren't chasing the person, it wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: so far, the officers only said they were following the men in the honda because of suspected criminal activity. both have long records. police have refused to say if lights and sirens were on or if they were following the restrictive vehicle purvut policy. wjz asked commissioner bats about the incident. but he walked away without commenting. >> it is a tragedy. but we are investigating. >> i think police need to be charged with this with three murders and attempted murder. that's what i think. store just moments ago, police announced that some of their commanders would be providing the media with an update on their investigation. that is expected to happen at 6:00. we're live, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> baker said her family is considering taking legal action against police. shutdown showdown. the democratic-led september is attempting to shut down president obama's new healthcare law. before the senate could move forward, though, one senator had to wrap up a marathon speech. >> reporter: high noon brought an end to a surreal 21-hour show in the senate. after delivering a rambling all- flit speech, railing against president obama's healthcare law. >> obama care isn't working. >> reporter: and sometimes making random pop culture references. >> i want to point out just a few words of wisdom from duck dinaforty. >> reporter: texas republican tea party member ted cruz, finally surrendered the stage. >> for lack of better way to describe this, this has been a big waste of time. >> this was all about elevating the debate in the public and giving the american people a chance to speak. >> reporter: after cruz wrapped up his speech, the senate voted unanimously to begin debate on a republican bill that cuts off funding for the president's affordable healthcare act, known as obama care. democrats plan to remove that provision from a budget bill sent to the senate last week. >> reporter: now, both sides have just days to agree on a new spending plan to avoid a partial government shutdown that looms after october 1st. >> reporter: that's the same day a major part of the president's healthcare law kicks in. starting october 1st, americans will be able to shop for coverage, through national and state administered insurance exchanges. since president obama signed the affordable care act into law 2 1/2 years ago, republicans have voted 42 times to derail it. in washington, tara mergener, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: a new government report shows americans will pay an average of $328 a month for a mid-tier insurance plan, when health exchanges open next week for enrollment. >> reporter: a beautiful autumn afternoon now. let's take a live look outside. you couldn't ask for nicer weather. and we're hearing it's going to stick around for a while. bob is in the first warning weather center, updating temperatures. >> you could ask for it, but you're not going to get anything better than it. so don't ask for it. i just love this weather. don't you just love being when it's like this. humidity is so low. humidity down to 48%. last hour, it was 48 degrees. this is really dry air. 75 everywhere in central maryland. 64 in oakland. and 69 in ocean city. southwest of us, there are a couple of clouds, yeah, and sprinkle activity, across portions of west virginia, virginia. but it's running into this brick wall of dry air. it's never going to get here. just a few of those clouds rolling through the area. and tomorrow, once again, high pressure to the north continues to funnel in dry, pleasant conditions. a lot of sunshine. looks like we'll continue this pattern into early next week. maybe a sprinkle on saturday, sunday night, or monday morning. mary. >> okay, bob. thank you. well, the ravens are back on the practice field, getting ready for a road trip to western new york. wjz is live at the ravens training complex in owicks -- owings mills. sports director mark viviano with preparation on a little controversy, involving a former player. mark. >> yeah, mary. just a little bit for sure. before the ravens take on the buffalo bills, they're taking on one of their formee -- former teammates. ravens reacting to comments from ray lewis, who has voiced the opinion that this year's ravens team lacks veteran leadership. >> reporter: thank you, baltimore. i love you. >> reporter: ray lewis was inducted into the ravens' ring of honor this past sunday. then on monday, he ruffled some ravens feathers when commenting on espn. about an early-morning incident involving ravens' player jacoby jones. >> but we had talked about what was going on off the field. that's the most important place where leadership steps up. and that's what i think of you when you think of the baltimore ranks and the transition they went through. they are missing leadership now. >> reporter: before they hit the practice field wednesday afternoon, some ravens players reacted to ray lewis's comments, regarding leadership. >> reporter: ray knows better than that. ithings happen. you know. i think we're usually a pretty good team with stuff like that. if you look around the league, there's probably a lot of leadership problems. so -- yeah. like i said. ray knows better. >> we all know that the media can word play and misconstrue things. but you know, we text ray this morning. it's one guy's opinion. >> obviously ray, he was a huge, huge vocal leader and stuff like that. and you know, very, you know, enthusiastic and stuff like that. and we all loved him and miss him. but it's going to be a different type of leadership, obviously. nobody is going to be able to just jump into ray lewis's role. and be exactly the same. but i mean, we all have a lot of good leaders on this team. >> reporter: other strong reactions to ray lewis's opinion. torrey smith, who said that what ray lewis said was a joke and an overreaction. on the field now, more importantly, the ravens got to see ray rice back in action. he was a limited participant in today's practice. rice says he plans to play on sunday. we'll have more from owings mills, coming up next hour. back to you for now. >> all right, mark. thank you. and a reminder, the ravens take the show on the road with the matchup against the buffalo bills in new york. see the game this sunday, at 1:00, only on wjz 13. then make sure to stay tuned for a special post game coverage. join me, mark, marty, and jessica, and former raven wally williams. we'll bring you highlights, reaction and analysis. a full football sunday, here on wjz. and still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00, a school bus and car collide in southern maryland. several children are hurt. we'll tell you how it happened. riding for charity gets dangerous. for an annapolis cyclist. i'm christie ileto, with more on how jacob landis is recovering from a hit-and-run crash. i'm mike schuh at the humador in cockeysville. how this cigar store is going to help a family raise money. don't miss the beautiful first warning forecast with bob. ,,,,,,,, we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for 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[ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. and everybody wins. yoplait. it is so good. mostly sunny, 75 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. riding for charity takes a dangerous turn for an annapolis cyclist. wjz is live. christie ileto explains how jacob landis is recovering from a hit-and-run accident while on the last leg of his tour. >> reporter: i spoke to jacob earlier today. he is still recover and says this accident is not going to stop him from getting back on his bike to raise money. >> reporter: jacob landis started his charity ride across country like this. but ended his final leg in florida, bruised and bandaged at the finish line. >> when i woke up, pretty much couldn't really remember anything that happened. >> reporter: landis, still in florida, said he can't ride his bike for two weeks while folks are looking for the semi they say hit him with the side mirror, leaving him with a confusion, -- concussion, multipleul cuts to the face and his arm in a sling. >> it was a shock that it happened. he had only 170 miefl miles left to go. it was like, why did it have to happen now. >> reporter: he started raise know ing money for-- raising money for those who needed cochlear implants but couldn't afford them. >> i'm thankful it happened at the end rather than the middle or very beginning. we were able to raise a lot of money and awareness. >> reporter: receiving a cochlear implant when he was 10, landis has raised $140,000 this summer. and has more pouring in from his 11,000-mile across country. while landis may be sidelined. >> he's not going to stop biking. he's not one to stay still. >> i have been biking for three years. i can't let somebody take that from me. just because something like that happens doesn't mean it's gone forever. >> meaning he'll keep pedestrianalling and raising -- pedaling and raising money for those who can't help themselves. >> he's already planning another bike ride for charity for next summer. >> christie, thank you. it has raised a lot of money. studies show every year, 12,000 babies are born in the u.s. with hearing loss. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. we still have a lot of traffic out there. especially along northbound 95. it's slow from 32 to 100 on the southwest side. then traffic slows from moravia road. slowing from greenspring avenue to harford road. traffic only creeping along at 25 miles an hour. west side inner loop, slow there as well from 95 past liberty road. give yourself at least 20 minutes to get through. seeing difficulty to marriottsville road. a couple of new accidents to tell you about. north fulton avenue. and east northern parkway at harford road. let's now take a live look. as you can see, still a lot of volume on the beltway around 70. this traffic report is brought to you by papa john's. attention, ravens fans. every monday is ravens day. call or click to find out about the monday toppings special. back to you. well, he gave his life, protecting the citizens of maryland. now, the family of slain s.w.a.t. officer jason schneider need your help. mike schuh reports on large fundraising effort about to begin. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine the raid on this catonsville house, ending any worse. [ singing ] ♪ god of our fathers >> reporter: jason schneider died. his wife and kids left to carry o. his department fills the pews to overflowing. 800 inside. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: outside, more than 1,000 from all over. here in tribute to his family, officer schneider and the mission of law enforcement. and now, that unbreakable bond is being at a department store. >> really, a lot of them support us. >> cindy is the co-owner of the humador. sunday, 500 people are expected to come here to smoke, buy a cigar, watch the game, eat and drink. >> this family, the owners of this business, have generously opened it up to have a fundraiser for jason's family. what he was doing was going out to get the bad guys. >> reporter: this is a cigar store. but we asked them not to run the air purifier so you could see the smoke. but they stress, come to the fundraiser. you don't have to leave smelling like a cigar. >> it's not about the cigars. it's about the family. we'll have tents outside. most of the food will be outside. and if people do smoke and want to come inside, the whole building is open to everybody. >> the f.o.p. hopes to raise $10,000. in cockeysville, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> and that event on sunday is across from antique row in cockeysville. begins at 11:00 a.m. beautiful weather. looks like it's going to continue for the rest of this month. only a few days left. 75 now. east/southeast winds at 8. humidity is way down. dew points only 42 degrees. barometer holding steady. 29.89 inches. come back and take a look at the end of the week into the weekend after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,, beautiful sunset. there is high clouds down south of us in virginia. they get a little lower. and light sprinkle activity west of richmond. we're not going to see that. but there are clouds going to be with us for the next couple of hours. and they'll move out of here. tomorrow, sunshine returns and more pleasant conditions. right now, we're looking at 75 degrees here. 75 in d.c. and easton. and 69 at both ends of the state. oakland and ocean city oddly enough. right now, low to mid-70s. just wonderful, dry conditions. very, very pleasant once again this afternoon. right now, we have a light southeast wind at 8. early into next week, right on the beaches, winds could get up to 20, 25 miles an hour. they expect to see an area of low pressure way offshore. that combined could create onshore flow on the coast. that will be late sunday and monday if you're heading out to the beach. cloudy, shower activity continues to get as much as 2 to 3 inches of rain today. northwest of there, you still see light sprinkle activity. light rain over kentucky. and portions of the carolinas. that's moving to our region. this big dome of high pressure over portions of the great lakes is -- keep funneling in this dry air. so even though we have few clouds, no precip is ever going to reach us tonight. norover the next few days so just remains high and dry. rains just disappearing. you like this of weather. there will be a weak front monday sunday and monday. maybe a few clouds. but looks like there is even far out. very light at 5 knots. overnight tonight, it will clear out, after high clouds move through. 54. could be patchy fog. tomorrow, really a do you mean of degrees warmer than today. which make its slightly above normal. any morning fog. and it will be light and patchy, will turn off. and sunshine, back up to 78. really pleasant and dry once again. so comfortable weather will condition. >> it is hard to come to work on these days. >> a little dry. got a little fall cold. >> you issue -- are still trying it. >> maryland did it. >> i may not see either of them tomorrow, i think. >> i should be here. still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00. no signs, no yell, no cursing. if you don't follow new rules at anne arundel county council meetings, you'll get kicked out. i'm linh bui, that story next on wjz eyewitness news. construction at a casino downtown, kicks into high gear. i'm monique grioagy -- griego, coming up what will soon be the new horse shoe casino. a drastic drop in the number of rape cases in baltimore. i'm gigi barnett. what does the report say? coming up, we'll tell you. and here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5:29. 79 degrees and mostly sunny. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. no yelling being no cursing, no signs. all of this, now banned at anne arundel county meetings. and many are upset over the rules. linh bui explains the reasons and reaction to it. >> reporter: the anne arundel county council, they're cracking down on public outburst the, passing this resolution, that details what you can is and -- can and cannot do during meetings. >> reporter: a frustrated father, forced to leave a town hall, with baltimore county school officials. outbursts like this incident are now banned. councilmembers just passed a resolution, banning visual demonstrations inside chambers. also, profane remarks. >> the chairman can remove anyone who does not abide by these. >> reporter: councilmember john grasso said it was apparently sparked by a few outbursts. >> you have to take what the people have to say. and you can't suddenly start telling them, look, i don't like the way you're dressed and the way you're talking to me. it's called freedom of expression. >> reaction to the counties was mixed. >> i think it's bogus. it's anarchy. it's not right. >> i think that's probably the right thing to do. and there's a tactful way of delivering any message. >> i can't possibly imagine how that would violate anybody's first amendment rights. >> reporter: councilman grasso says they have to follow the rules that they want to be heard. >> reporter: speakers must also sign up before the meetings, and they must provide their names, addresses and any organizations they represent. reporting live, linh bui, wjz eyewitness news. >> linh, thank you. the five councilmembers voted for the resolution. two voted against it. >> reporter: an suv hits a maryland school bus, sending 35 children to the hospital. vic is in the newsroom with more on this. >> reporter: it happened in waldorf, around 8:30 this morning. the bus was traveling on davis road, carrying north point high school students. four were taken to the hospital by ambulance. five were transported on a medical bus. the 26 remaining students were taken on another school bus to the hospital as a precaution. the driver of the suv, a 47- year-old woman, was flown from the scene by medivac. mary, back to you. >> vic, thank you. the cause of the crash remains under investigation tonight. encouraging new numbers released tonight, from a city task force, designed to reduce the number of sexual assaults in baltimore. gigi barnett explains, it took a three-year effort to drop the number of unfounded rape cases. >> reporter: back in 2010, the number of unfounded rape cases in baltimore outpaced every other city in the nation. baltimore jumped into action. revamped its sexual response team, also called sart, and vowed to fully investigate every claim. >> we need and must do everything in our power to ensure victims of sexual assault feel safe reporting incidents to police. >> reporter: fast track, three years later. and the district says the task force made the right changes. the most crucial? officers dismissed the practice of dismissing assault and sexual rape cases on the scene. >> s >> s that -- that was a big problem. >> reporter: the forcible rapes is down from last year. unfounded rape cases dropped from 31% to 2%. >> for a lot of victims, they just didn't feel that people believed them, that people cared about what happened to them. >> reporter: gayle reed runs the victim's advocacy of turnaround, a crisis center. she said the next step now is getting more community groups involved and dropping the numbers even more. >> we need to hear back. look. what are we missing? what are we not doing? what do we need to improve? >> and a officer said, another thing that helped is a bimonthly review of what came across her desk. kai, back to you. >> gigi, thank you. the task force plans to expand and fully staff its child abuse unit, which handled nearly 1,000 cases last year. sheriff's deputies are searching for two dangerous armed gunmen in harford county, just five hours ago, two masked men, with handguns, robbed the sovereign bank on rock spring road in forest hill. witnesses say the suspects demanded money, and the tellers turned over an undisclosed amount. the suspects then ran away, as you see there. if you have any information on crime, the harford sheriff's office wants to hear from you. construction casino, downtown russell street. and you now you can see the beginning of what is soon to be baltimore city's first casino. today, monique griego got a behind the scenes look at this $490 million project. >> reporter: construction here at the horse shoe casino has been going on for a month. but in the -- six months. but in the last six weeks, things ever are moving into high gear with cranes working overtime. >> reporter: it started as a dirt lot downtown. but in just six months, construction crews have turned the empty space between russell and warner streets into the beginning of the $440 million horse shoe casino. >> i think people can see the reality coming. with all the talk that has gone on and the renderings that have gone out, you can see the real look of the casino starting to develop. >> today, the project manager for caesar's gave wjz a tour of the project progress. >> just past the elevator trunk, you open into the casino floor. >> reporter: the steel beams are up, as well as much of the concrete for what will be a two- story casino, with a 122,000 square-foot gaming floor. >> 100 table games, 2500 slot machines. a 25-table poker room. >> reporter: but the casino is really just the hub of what caesars says will be the entertainment district. crews are already working on the skywalk, which will cross over warner street to one of the casino's main entrances. in all, the project is providing 2,000 construction jobs and once open, 1700 permanent jobs. >> that's just continued money coming into the city, or continued jobs that are available. >> reporter: the project manager says so far, they haven't hit any major snags and the project is on schedule. so so this project should open in 2014. monique griego, wjz eyewitness news. >> once open, horse shoe will be the second largest casino in maryland. time now for a quick look at the stories you'll see in the baltimore sun. park advocates are upset about bge's plans to build a natural gas pipeline through a heavily forested section of gwen falls and lincoln park. how helping australian brad improve his accuracy. now that they're out of the play-off picture, the orioles will be showcasing young players who might be an important part of their future. for all of these stories and a whole lot more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. care, concern, and quick action. tonight, a baltimore county recycling crew is honored for saving a couple from their burning home. county executive ken kamenetz recognized the crew for waking them up and getting them and their burning dog out of the home. >> i went banging on the windows, screamed as loud as we could, and ran around front because we weren't getting no response. >> if it wasn't for you, i wouldn't be here. me or mazy would be here. thank you so much. forever. [ applause ] >> wow. nice story. the county executive produced bruce wood with a special heroes pen for their action that morning. >> and their route was supposed to go a different way. but they might not have been there. >> you don't even want to think about that. and you are glad it ended like it did. >> exactly. >> they were meant to be there. >> he said to patty miller, you were supposed to still be with us. that type of thing. great things still to do. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. deadly siege is over in kenya. now, authorities are still piecing together how it ended and how many people were killed in the conflict. seeing your child on fire and then screaming help me is definitely pretty terrifying. terrifying to say the least. this mother recounts the horrifying moment her son caught fire. how she says it happened. i'm bob turk. the first warning weather center. will this beautiful weather last? i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, beautiful evening. not quite as chilly as last night. staying in the low 50s most places. tomorrow morning, sunshine. maybe a little patchy fog in a couple of spots. 54, 71 by noon. and mid- to upper 70s, some spots, by 3:00, 4:00, before it begins to cool down again. the next five days, same ole, same ole, just really nice conditions. mid-70s, nighttime lows. mid and upper 50s. looks like it stays dry, well into next week. mary? >> thank you. with the deadly mall siege, finally over in kenya, militants are now blaming government troops for many of the deaths. kenyan authorities say it is all lies. alfonzo van marsh has the latest for wjz. >> kenyan authorities are denying claims they used chemical weapons to end the attack at a shopping mall that killed more than 70 people. in a twitter message, reportedly from alshabab militants, they accuse them of demolishing part of the mall. a government spokesman blamed militants for setting the fire that caused the floors to collapse. new images from the siege at westgate show a policeman, coaxing a mother and her child from hiding just after the attack started. there are also reports that as a helicopter hovered overhead, militants started executing hostages and tossing their bodies off the roof. some survivors say the gunman let muslims lead. sa said said he begged for his life. >> i just told them, i've been injured, letiy -- let me go. and they did. >> reporter: kenyan officials say 10 are in custody and five died in the assault. a kenyan official says it is too soon to confirm the attackers' nationalityity, hinting there may still be some buried inside. >> american forensic teams are helping investigators search through the burned-out rubble for evidence. a deadly shooting sparks an intense manhunt and lockdowns on new york's long island. police say a disgruntled vendor opened fire at a light fixture company in garden city, then fled. one person died at the scene. another was taken to the hospital. the roosevelt field mall and area schools were put on lockdown. investigators say it appears the motive is work-related. a massive earthquake in pakistan kills hundreds and is so powerful, it creates a new island in the arabian sea. rescuers are sifting through the rubble trying to find survivors. the quake completely flattened the village of odalabady. walls caved in. 327 people are confirmed dead. thousands more are hurt and now homeless. a tearful start to closing arguments in the michael jackson wrongful death case. the cause, images of jackson himself, shown in court. the trial has gone on now for five months with emotional testimony from jackson's mother and children. casey wians reports. >> reporter: this is -- >> this is it. >> reporter: michael jackson was so intoxicated and disoriented before the press conference, announcing his comeback tour, that a concert promotion executive had to slap him and put him in the shower just to get him to the podium. brian pannish told that story during his closing argument in a wrl wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter aeg live. to show that the promoter should have known better than to hire dr. conrad murray and keep jackson performing at all costs. >> michael jackson had abused prescription medications during times of pain, anxiety, and stress. but aeg thought when they brought dr. murray in to assume responsibility for taking that risk, but they chose to run the risk, to make a huge profit. and they lost. and they are responsible. >> reporter: spectators in the court teared up when pannish played a video, highlighting michael jackson's career. part of an effort to show that the king of pop could have earned more than $1 billion had he lived, damages he said should go to jackson's survivorless. first, jurors must decide if murray was an employee of aeg, despite the fact that neither jackson or aeg signed his contract. pannish displayed an e-mail exchange between two aeg executives. >> we want to remind him that it's aeg, not mj, who is paying his salary. >> reporter: and as we heard during aeg's closing arguments, they plan to bring up jackson's long history of prescription drug abuse. and they argue he was responsible for his own death. three trains collide in texas, derailing 30 cars and injuring up to four people. it was rear-ended on an eastbound train. a few seconds later, a westbound train hit the wreckage. four people were transported to the hospital. two are reportedly in critical condition. the cause is under investigation. a predawn blaze destroys several buildings along georgetown, south carolina's historic waterfront. fire officials say flames broke out in one building, and quickly spread, sending black plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. a total of eight buildings are now destroyed. two others suffered smoke and water damage. the cause is under investigation. in tonight's wjz healthwatch, eh cigarettes are -- e-cigarettes are billed as a safer alternative to tobacco, unless they explode in your face. injuries have pushed attorneys general in 40 states, include maryland, to call on the fda to regulate them. pamela brown reports. >> reporter: he was screaming and saying, mom, get me. get me. >> reporter: it's an image of her 3-year-old son conner, kenzie barlow will never forget. >> seeing your child on fire and them screaming "help me" is definitely pretty terrifying. >> reporter: the culprit, according to barlow, her e- cigarette. she said she was charging it in her car, when suddenly -- >> i'm on fire! >> reporter: big bang and kind of a flash ask there's smoke everywhere. and i heard conner screaming in the back seat. >> reporter: conner suffered first-and second-degree burns but is expected to make a full recovery. still, experts say the incident is troubling. >> because cat strophic failure of the device. fortunately, only minor burns, but painful burns. >> reporter: and it's not the first of its kind. this woman in georgia said her e-cigarette exploded inside her home while this was charging am. >> it shook the house up. i screamed. >> reporter: cnn obtained three additional safety complaints from the fda since 2009, related to e-cigarette explosions. >> you look at the preponderance and the percentages. and with the electronic cigarette, with three that i'm aware of, over almost a billion charges, if you go a year, year and a half. i don't think the numbers begat the worry at all. >> reporter: an official with the fda says a proposal could come as soon as october. >> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for these stories and more coming up. denise is standing by with the preview. a number of unanswered questions. three people killed in a fiery crash in northeast baltimore. did it start with a police pursuit? live reaction at 6:00. home invasion and murder. the charges against these four people and what happened, inside a cecil county apartment. check in for these stories and all the breaking news, coming up all new at 6:00. but now, back to mary. denise, thank you. a software ceo has a close encounter with a black bear in california. >> hey, bear! >> that is not what you're supposed to do. kevin burton was hiking alone, through kings canyon, when he came across the bear. fortunately, burton has had at least a dozen encounters with bear. he knew what to do. he announced himself and made himself appear larger than he really s. the black bear became intimidated and backed off. all right. let me clarify here. i thought you were supposed to be scary to the bear. i know you're supposed to announce yourself. i didn't know you were supposed to greet him, like, hi, bear. that's what threw me off. >> and grizzlies, you don't want to do that. >> but i thought you should still make noise. but not like, hey, bear. >> another option is reading the paper from the safety of your living room. >> exactly. seeing the story on the tv. on the news at night. . >> absolutely. still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00. a new fighter jet is being added to the fleet. it is nicknamed the fighting falcon and requires no pilot. coming up, we get a look at the unmanned f16. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the f16 is one of the premiere fighter jets. but there's never been a fighting falcon, quite like this one. david martin has the story for wjz. >> radio tech. >> reporter: a pilot runs through his preflight checks on an f16 fighter, then climbs out. the canopy comes down. and the f16 takes off without it. it happened last week, at tindle air force base in florida. and although unmanned aircraft are everywhere these days, it still makes you do a doubletake. the f16 is being flown by remote control from a ground station and is able to perform all the maneuvers it could if a pilot were in the cockpit. climb to 40,000 feet, fly faster than the speed of sound and turn so sharply, the g forces could make you back out. no, this is not a faster, more agil killer drone. it's a master, more accurate target. the air force has been doing this for decades am but the current model target, a remote version of the f4, just doesn't have the moves of a modern fighter aircraft. now, pilots will starl -- start going up against the leaner, meaner f16 in dog fights. and occasionally even shoot one down. which is only sort of okay with boeing test pilot, jason clements. >> i love the f16 and brag about it a lot. and now, to get something ready to take often on its own. so somebody else can shoot it down, makes it a little bittersweet in my eyes. >> reporter: so far, boeing has modified six f16s to serve as targets. but more will be brought out of retirement to give their lives for the country. >> well, there are drones. then there's that. like that is amazing. >> it's unbelievable. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. >> a fiery crash killing three people. a new investigation into whether this was all caused by a police pursuit. i'm derek valcourt, with details coming up on ,,,,,,,,,,, coming up now on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. prefatal crash. did a police pursuit start this deadly accident that killed three people? the question facing the commissioner. new details are released into the navy yard shooting that left 12 people dead. i'm rochelle ritchie. what the gunman knowledge believes was controlling him. that story is next. joe flacco fires back at ray lewis. i'm mark viviano in owings mills. the ravens respond to their former teammate. when eyewitness news continues. how much longer can this delightful weather last? stirk around for the day's forecast. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. question. a traffic stop ends with a fiery crash. and three people dead. >> tonight, what police reveal about the investigation. hello, everybody. i'm denise koch. >> here's what people are talking about tonight. >> we now know the identities of the three people killed in ray violent crash in northeast baltimore, during a police pursuit. tonight, the daughter of a only survivor, speaks exclusively with wjz. we're live at city police headquarters. derek valcourt has more on the investigation and more on why she blames police for the crash. >> she believes police were

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