>> a halloween party that turned deadly. the reason the howard county executive is getting involved in the case. >> happy, jolly, playful little boy. >> the death of a toddler. why police are calling it murder. >> and a firefighter's protest. threason they hit the streets tonight. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. tonight police zero in on the owners of a howard county house where gun fire erupted at a halloween party last weekend. >> two arrests made in connection with the shooting that left one man dead and another paralyzed. tonight kathleen cairns talks with the mother of the young man that is paralyzed. >> this is a photo of nathaniel quick and his mom in better days before, nathaniel was shot at the halloween party in columbia. >> we know he is paralyzed. from above the waist down. >> his mom doesn't want to show her face on camera. but tells us the bullet is still lodged near her son's aorta. remains in shock trauma. >> for him to walk again, it would be a miracle. >> when gun fire broke out at the party, 22-year-old aaron bryce was killed. police have charged 22-year-old devon dixon with murder. and 21-year-old dean schroyer as an accessory for driving the getaway car. neighbors want the homeowners held accountable for renting out the mansion for the party. >> there should be laws against people renting properties out for parties that they themselves do not control. >> we're looking at every available law on our books today, to find a way to go after the owners of the house. >> county officials are looking into possible violations. to zoning, health and fire codes on. and anything else. >> they are charging admission? was there amusement tax? far fetched as it might sound, we want to go after every angle possible. >> nathaniel credits he two strangers with saving his life during the chaos. >> this man, risked his life, and dragged my son, back to where his wife or his girlfriend were against the floor. and they stayed with nathaniel. he wants them to know he is so thankful. he feels they saved his. >> in howard county. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> the accused shooter devon dixon appeared for a bail review from jail today. dixon told the judge he would not need a public defender that he plans to get his own attorney. no family or friend showed up in court on his behalf. >> we have breaking news in northeast baltimore tonight. police say a man was shot and killed while sitting inside of a car. it happened about 9:30 in the 2400 block of pickering drive. no word on temperature suspects or arrest. >> newspaper reporter from the uk covering crime right here in baltimore does not have to wait too long. 15 minutes, after arriving in town sunday. mark hughes covered a shooting on north milton and east baltimore. writes for the independent london newspaper. hughes is covering baltimore crimes because hbo the wire filmed in baltimore is popular in england. >> you do see very nice regions, you know, similar to every city. every city has bad areas. unfortunately the bad areas of baltimore were turned into a, you know, huge rating television show syndicated across the globe. and that's everyone's impression of baltimore. >> hughes requested a one-on-one interview with mayor sheila dixon, and police commissioner fred bealefield. so far, no luck. >> baltimore city police are investigating a string of rapes. five of the most recent happening over halloween weekend. police say there has been eight attacks that date back to, at least, october 20 when a man entered a home in the 1700 block of barclay street. he hid behind a crib then tied up and gaged a man. and sexually assaulted his girlfriend in front of him. five days later, another similar break in, in the 300 block of east lafayette. two blocks away from the barclay home. crimes have neighbors on edge. >> it was very disturbing. make me want to be aware of my surroundings. never know who is watching. >> police are calling those attacks isolated incidents. but believe the attacks at two bus stops over the weekend could be related. >> howard county police arrest more than a dozen people during an undercover prostitution sting. the latest sting resulted in 13 men being arrested and charged with solicitation of prostitution. it happened in jessup. officers conducted the operation saturday on halloween. the 13 suspects range in age from 21 to 56. they are all from either maryland or virginia. >> and essex man behind bars tonight accused of killing his girlfriend's 15 month old baby. karen parks joins us live from baltimore county police headquarters with the latest. karen? >> well, jennifer, 21-year-old brian savage is accused of killing for month old cameron justin williams. but jennifer, it is the story that he told that sealed fate. cameron's mother, patience peeton left for work 2:30 sunday afternoon. she left her son at home, in the 1400 block of has had wick drive in essex, in savage's care. a convicted felon he called 911 sunday night 9:30 saying cameron was not breathing. and later told police he and cameron was rough housing and rolled on top of the child while sleeping and the police did not buy it. and we spoke with the son's father. >> the autopsy turned up some pretty difficult symptoms. internal injuries, lung, spleen, liver, significant bruising and cuts. this child had been very badly abused. >> to see my son laying there, with his eyes open. and blood coming out of his nose breathless. >> tonight, savage is being charged with murder. he is being held at the baltimore county detention center. bail was denied. >> reporting live here at baltimore county police headquarters. karen parks fox 45 news "late edition". >> a pasadena man is serving 18 months behind bars for shaking his one month old daughter to death. the judge suspended the rest of a six year sentence for 3-year-old john wear rick and added five years probation. >> judge rules twins brothers that set fire to a pit bull in southwest baltimore will be tried as adults. traverse and germane both 17, charged with dousing the dog on on fire with gasoline. happened in may and phoenix was put down. >> 18-year-old man pleads guilty to unvoluntary manslaughter in the death of a grandmother. sentenced to a residential program in the juvenile justice system until she is 21. handy accused of contains the heart attack that killed her grandmother last year. two got in a fight that apparently caused the heart attack. >> the coast guard continues to search for a missing kayaker in anne arundel county. rescue teams were called about 4:30 this afternoon, when an empty kayak was spotted near the mouth of oyster creek north of the thomas point lighthouse. a paddle and life vest floating nearby. a boater reported seeing a man inside the kayak earlier today near the bay bridge. >> another developer offers a new site for slots. cordish company said the plan to break the deadlock over the proposed anne arundel mills slots parlor. buying 50 acres near the airport. site is part of a proposed arrow trop police. a development that could include housing and entertainment. >> well absolutely beautiful day today. guess what? things are changing, a lot. temperatures dropping as we speak. >> very cold out there as we speak. chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with the sky watch forecast. warming up for the end of the week? >> look i recommend that you get ear muffs out and -- >> that bad? >> night time temperatures and seeing them getting colder moving further into the fall season. chilly night ahead. as we see the temperatures moving in from canada. drops off the temperatures quite a bit. in fact, see the temperatures, especially outlying areas, down to the mid 30s. so bundle up and stay warm. future scan. tonight. temperatures down into the mid 30s. especially outlying areas around the baltimore city. and even baltimore city itself could get into the upper 30s, lower 40s. nonetheless, frost is possible. and national weather service issued frost advisory across central maryland. west of us in washington county. out toward allegany. freeze warnings in place. so overnight tonight, clear skies. and frost in the morning. 39 degrees. bundle up the kids at the bus stop. moms and dads. do not forget that. sunshine warms us to 51 in the afternoon. cool temperatures. and rain to talk about in the forecast. tell you about that coming up in a bit. >> thank you, vytas. >> as they look for ways to pay for health care reform. members of congress are considering a tax on sugary soft drinks. lawmakers see it as a win/win. more money for health care. and they think it might help change america's addiction to sugar. the tax of a penny an ounce would add 12 to 20 cents on the average soda. and it is our question of the day. should the government impose a tax on soft drinks? at last check, 18 percent say yes. 82 percent say no. allen on facebook writes. no, the government has no right to tell me what to eat or drink, or to impose taxes and then to change our habits. >> you can respond to the question of the day. by going to our website foxbaltimore.com. and also sound off through facebook. send us a tweet @foxbaltimore. text your answer to 45203. enter fox 45 a for yes. and fox 45 b for no. >> more than 530 commercial crabbers sold their licenses back to the state of maryland. the department of natural resources said the state plans to freeze permits of nearly 2000 so-called inactive crabbers. it is to protect the crab population, in the chesapeake. officials offering $2000 a piece to retire permits permanently. >> still ahead on the news at 10:00. three college softball players disappear. tonight, where their bodies were finally found. >> i never would think that anyone would do anything like this. >> at least, four more bodies are discovered in the house of a convicted rapist in state of ohio. police are now asking, could there be more? >> going on since july 1st. and it appears that things are going to get worse. >> firefighters want citizens to know the nearest firehouse might not be open when they need it. 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>> warmer in the weekend. but tonight temperatures are dropping. because of the cold air, frost developing overnight as the colder air comes down out of canada. look what's going on downtown. 47 degrees, hd skycam, inner harbour shows clear skies, variable winds at five. and because of the clear skies, we have a frost advisory in place across central maryland until 8:00 tomorrow. looking at the frost advisory that we will have to continue to deal with through central maryland and freeze warnings west of that. out in the mountains. so chilly temperatures. we have a coastal flood watch also. with a small craft advisory out there with winds out of the northwest. through the morning hours. bigger picture here. temperature wise across the region. looking at the temperatures, only in the 30s back to the northwest. 46 in harrisburg. looking at 51 in downtown baltimore. but the outlying areas will drop relatively quickly as we continue to see the cold air moving in from the northwest. and we see clear skies over the area. that is a recipe for frost developing into the mid-morning hours. state winds dying down from 10 to 12 miles per hour. down to about 5 miles per hour out of the northwest. and so the cool air will continue to dump in from the northwest. from canada. but the clear skies mixed in we will see the potential for the frost like i said for tomorrow morning. so dress the kids warmly moms and dads at the bus stop, because it will be chilly. future scan shows clear skies through the overnight to tomorrow morning. into the afternoon, but then by the late evening we will see the potential for scattered showers popping up. late wednesday night to thursday morning. and then that will probably linger into the rush hour. so the ground will be wet out there. and then mostly cloudy skies through thursday. then we start to clear up into the weekend. so looks like a decent forecast down the road. tomorrow, clear skies. 54 degrees. cool temperatures, with a northerly wind at five to 10. and remember we will see the clouds gather later and evening. the rain holding off to late overnight hours. and looking at the five-day forecast. after we deal with the morning frost. looking at the showers wednesday night to thursday morning. temperatures around 58 degrees. and clouds breaking probably later in the day. we will get friday, more sunshine. plenty of sunshine. 55 degrees. 58 saturday. plenty of sunshine. sunday looks like the best day of the weekend. with temperatures in the mid 60s. and with plenty of sunshine. back to you guys. the ravens will be out for revenge when they battle the bengals sunday. details coming up in sports. >> massive playing ) announcer: this season you can make your home look like a picture in a magazine, with the limited-edition "better homes and gardens" holiday collection. now at walmart. discover the latest line of "better homes and gardens" furnishings all at walmart's unbeatable prices. a new look costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. a new look costs less at walmart. >> a massive fountain of water shot out of a broken watermain in vannize california monday morning. get this. the water gushed more than 50 feet in the air. for an hour. before crews were able to shut it off. >> an elephant at the milwaukee county zoo is oak after stuck in the mote. ruth fell into the mote monday afternoon and handler set up make-shift steps to allow the animal to walk out on her own. she was unhurt in the fall. >> authorities say a wisconsin woman called 911 to report a drunken driver last month. herself. >> okay. are you behind them? >> no, i am them. >> you am them? >> yes, i am them. >> okay so you want to call and report that you are driving drunk? >> yes. >> the dispatcher asked the woman to pull over and turn on her flashers. she did. she was cited for misdemeanor, drunken driving and scheduled to make her first court appearance next month. >> patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". >> this was the regular tuesday off for the ravens that begin to put in "the game plan" for the bengals tomorrow. and goes without saying that this is a crucial game. the bengals are one of the more unlikely success stories in the nfl this season. they shocked the ravens here in baltimore october 11. and then went on to beat the steelers as well. the currently tied with pittsburg on top of the afc north. a win sunday could help to solidify cincinnati's position. ravens win could put them back in the race. so suffice to say, there is a lot on the line this sunday. >> well this game matters. there is no doubt about it. this game matters. so it matters a lot for us. you know they can probably survive a loss. we can survive a loss too. but it will make more interesting if we can win. >> get one win. that's all. three game win withing streak or winning streak, lets just get the next game. that's the mindset that we have taken thus far. and continue to take. >> college basketball. the terps tipped off the 2009 season tonight. with a exhibition game against indiana university of pennsylvania. and gary williams had to like what he saw at the comcast center as the terps rolled to victory. first half. maryland up by seven. tucker leads the break. feeds buoy for the fast break layup. terps on a 12-0 run and lead by nine. later in the first. mosley out of st. francis drives baseline. found freshman pageant for the layup. his first two points in a maryland uniform. terps are up by seven. next maryland possession. buoy pulls up on the break. and misses the jumper and pageant flies in. freshman slams home the rebound and gave the terps a nine-point lead. late first half. maryland pulls away. vasquez hits the floater. terps up by 15 at that point. they beat up iup in the exhibition opener. >> remember to vote for the subway high school game of the week. this week's four choices for friday november 6 are. digital harbor vs. dunbar, in football. that will be played at poly. hereford at perry hall, in football. river hill at centennial, in football. boys' latin at st. paul's, in football. log onto foxbaltimore.com and cast your vote. >> we will announce the winner of the game of the week contest on thursday night back to you. >> looking hi! hey...i need a new cell phone. well right now you can get verizon wireless plus fios tv, internet and phone wow... it really is beautiful isn't it? 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what? unbelievable. >> can you believe it? trade off with the cold. >> that's true. that does it for the "late edition". i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert have a great night. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning olay professional pro-x. this is a guarantee you're guaranteed to love.