two storms merging together. now that storm system is ramping up offshore. it s going to send a huge wall of snow into new england. we ll have much more on the storm, straight ahead. well, this storm may not dump a ton of snow on our area, hopefully but people in cecil and harford counties are going to get the worst of it. what does it like like right now, christian? reporter: the worst of it is just rain right now. you can see the roads are really wet. the rain just starting kicking up here. fortunately, as you heard wyatt mention, the temperature has stayed above freezing. so we re not dealing with any freezing rain or sleet or ice on the roads, at least not at this hour. however, state highway crews are out in force, ready to hit those roads if this indeed does turn into a winter storm event or something where they need to put some salt down. again, that has not been the case yet, but those crews are at the ready. we re not too far from i-95 here in the abington
noticed smoke coming from that house and they called 911. shortly thereafter, firefighters arrived and they discovered the first floor fully engulfed in flames. the fire was climbing into the second floor. they gained entry, performed a rapid attack on the fire. some of the fire extended up to the second level. it was all extinguished. other firefighters went into the basement to assess fire conditions in the basement, when they found an unconscious woman. she had expired. exactly what caused her death, we don t know at this point. reporter: at this point, of course, the victim has not been identified. we are told by neighbors here in the surrounding area that a woman and her daughter live in that home. their just moved in about four months ago. and there s also some suspicion, questions starting to be raised. they say each day the daughter left the house in a white mustang. that white mustang was spotted in the alleyway behind this home just a short while, maybe 20 minut
before police will provide a briefing. baltimore city police confirming a trainee was shot and hurt during an exercise in owings mills. we ll stay on this situation at shock trauma and bring you the latest as soon as that press conference happens. two university of maryland students are dead and third is in the hospital in what police are calling a murder suicide. a dwrad student shot his roommate, killing one and turned the gun on himself. rosie? reporter: a sad day for the entire college park community. a student, who by all accounts, was simply brilliant, tried to kill his roommate. a brilliant mind with a troubled heart. 22-year-old da von maurice greene used that to plot out a murder. two of greene s roommates noticed a fire. they walked toward the home to get some water to put out these fires. as they did, one of the students noticed the suspect rinto his w. that student then began to run away from the home. as he did, he heard gunshots. one roommate ran. the
from frederick to mt. airy. as you come out broad are, you see the changeover line around hunt valley maryland, crossing north of glen el. we have seen snow and some ice coming down around towson and up through harford county. that s going to be the story re. air temps have been above freezing all day. they re dropping to the north and west. we re 40 in baltimore. it s having no success sticking, for will it. by the time the core of the system gets here, the system is going to be on its way out of here. we re projecting light, slushy accumulations as we seat mix change toward midnight. there could be icy spots daybreak tomorrow. that s a concern. we ll have much more and the one behind it, minutes away. we re tracking the storm. log on to abc2 news.com/down load. now to the breaking news that we first told you about yesterday on good morning maryland. the survivor in the murder-suicide at the university of maryland is recovering tonight. 22-year-old neal oa was shot in th
misconduct trial. reporter: a big shift in the trial of anne arundel county executive john leopold. mr. leopold, do you feel you have a better chance here with a trial by judge? a surprise turn has leopold and his two defense attorneys opted for a trial by judge, not jury. this follow as lengthy process where over 300 people filled out questionnaires and about 100 perspective jurors were interviewed in person. i have no knowledge of anything. reporter: leopold is accused of misusing his executive security. the indictment alleges officers lied lookout while he had section in a vehicle and while he stole campaign signs and that all of it was done on county time with county tax dollars. i don t think so. i think this would be a better understood trial than having the jurors there. reporter: he doesn t think a trial heard by a judge would weaken the outcome. leopold is charged with one count of fraud for misusing county dollars. judge dennis sweeney will determine his f