now it s complete coverage. it s wjz, maryland s news station. fatal love triangle, a city police officer accused of killing a city firefighter at his girl friend s. now all three are dead. good evening. i m linh bui. an investigation is now underway into a suspected murder suicide in anne arundel county. police say the suspect is a baltimore city police officer hired in september of 2009 to the eastern district. wjz is live. rochelle ritchie reports on this murderous love triangle. reporter: this is certainly a disturbing story of love gone wrong. the family of the firefight shot and killed released a statement firefighter shot and killed released a statement moments ago saying he died a hero trying to protect his girl friend. 27-year-old baltimore city firefighter andrew scott hoffman is dead after being shot at his home in glen burnie police say by baltimore city police officer christopher robinson. we were quickly able to determine through our evidence and investi
headquarters. good morning, mike. reporter: good morning, don. police respond. they find that three people are dead. two from associated agencies in the city. the street fills up in front of the home of baltimore city fireman andrew hoffman where he and his girlfriend marie hartman were gunned down just after 1:00 sunday morning. they re never going to forget you. they re watching down on every single one of us. reporter: hartman, the mother of a 6-year-old boy had recently started dating hoffman. last night the families metaphor the first time under the most unthinkable circumstances. we re just trying to get through the terrible ordeal. reporter: police hearsay that baltimore city police officer robinson is the ex boyfriend of hartman and he shot the couple inside the home before shooting himself. hartman s sister heard the murders. police say that the younger sister actually any idea a closet during the shooting and had to jump out a window to he is candidate inc
president obama steered clear of the controversy, as he helped swear in his new fbi director. but the white house is saying u.s. intelligence gathering is under review. the president clearly feels strongly about making sure that we are not just collecting information because we can but because we should. reporter: besides being embarrassing, spying on allies could have economic consequences, as washington works to negotiate a major trade deal with the european union. reporter: former state department analyst james louis said the u.s. won t stop the program because in a post-9/11 world, the information is too valuable. this makes us safer. less surveillance means more successful attacks. reporter: the white house hopes to complete its surveillance review by the end. year. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. some u.s. lawmakers are defending spying practices. they argued places like france are safer because of the nsa s surveillance. three families tonight a
old, leaves behind a devastated family. we want to know why, why this happened. reporter: hoffman has been hailed a hero, awarded the chief thomas medal of courage in 2010 for rescuing a man from a fire on gillman street. and this year, recognized by wjz, helping to save this 3- year-old boy who had wandered away from home. friends say the third generation firefighter was heroic, even in his 90 final minutes. the night he was killed, he did all he could to protect his girlfriend and her sister, who survived the terrible ordeal. and i think without andy s help, that would not have been possible. reporter: wjz was there, as his uncle collected some items from andrew s home, needed for funeral arrangements. his father released a written statement, on behalf of his family, saying our hearts are absolutely broken over the loss of our son, brother, grandson and uncle. it s hard to imagine going forward without him. but we know andy died a hero. that is the way he lived his
penn state payout. the university agrees to $60 million in damages for the victims that former football coach jerry sandusky. tonight the number of victims doubles as sandusky maintains he s innocent. hello, everybody. penn state will pay tens of millions of dollars to two dozen young men who say they were molested as boys by assistant football coach jerry sandusky. wjz is live. meghan mccorkell has more and what s next for the university. meghan? reporter: dennis, penn state will pay $57.7 million to 26 men who claim they were abused as children by jerry sandusky. penn state university agrees to a multimillion dollar settlement with more than two dozen men who say they were victims of jerry sandusky. in june, the former assistant football coach was convicted of sexually abusing ten victims on school property. in an interview with 60 minute sports, prosecutors admit there are many more. there are dozens more. yeah. dozens. dozens more. yep. reporter: att