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Department. but first, lets listen in to our affiliate in baltimore, wbal. >> a small group of agitateors turned that protest violent and you saw remarkable restraint from our officers. remarkable restraint. this afternoon, a group of outrageous criminals attacked our officers. right now, we have seven officers that have serious injuries. including broken bones, and one officer who is unconscious. we will do whatever is appropriate to protect the safety of our police officers and ensure the safe...

You have heard reports about and that you have seen throughout the day, the last couple of hours? >> yes, it is precisely the sweet spot of young people that were involved in this from the very moment it began. according to wbal the local station. but what we just saw was a small group of young men who are walking toward this. they know whats happening. they want to see whats going on. not saying they want to get involved, but its for a young kid. i want to see whats happening. if i was that age...

Recognizable pastors, i think the young people have their own leaders who theyre looking to and have a whole new process for how theyre going to lead the protests moving forward. youve got young people from ferguson and other parts of the country that are now here. what the danger -- dangerous thing to be careful of is who are the out-of-town agitators that in many cases want to see violence take place, verse white house are just angry young people from baltimore that are acting out of a great d...

Figure out what happened inside that police van? how did this take place? >> what were doing now is not just focused on the police van. were focussing on the entire episode. what i want to know is from the moment the officer started work everything they did, i want to know from the beginning when they had contact, every step that took place. before the van, as we entered the van, what took place, during interim he was driven what took place when the officers realized he needed paramedics. were n...

Determine the cause and manner of death in the death of freddieifreddie gray. that will be a crucial part. its not going to be quick. death in custody cases, those autopsies can take up to 90 days to complete. not only do they look at the injury, they have to look at his medical history and look at the rest of the case. what do witnesses say, police officers say if theyve given statements. we are not going to get a quick answer, most likely not a quick answer, on cause and manner of death. again...

Were seeing, this mall in columbia, airports, restaurants. it can really happen just about anywhere. so, you know, clearly something as youre saying, jim cavanaugh, absolutely needs to be done. let me just tell everyone what were watching here, and watching for. in another five minutes, it things are on time, well have a media briefing. its going to happen near the sears there at the columbia mall. reiterating this location, and also these aerials being provided with our thanks by wbal. this is ...

About 11:156 they received a 911 call that an active shooter was on the second floor of the mall. also this being reported by our affiliate wbal. they do say from the local scanner reports they were able to determine that authorities were requesting multiple mass casualty units to that mall. the mall just 45 minutes or so outside of washington d.c. there have been a lot of images that have been put on twitter as well as the howard could bety em -- county ems and fire on their twitter account. ac...

Very close to the city line. do we know the area in and of itself, more of a commercial area? or residential? >> reporter: it is more of an industrial area. there are houses in the area. it is a mix of both. on the chopper shot that youre seeing from our sister station, wbal tv, you can see a portion of one of the warehouses that is right near where this happen. the whole side of the building was literally blown off. and on the other side, that is where all the homes are. a number of those peopl...

Weve got phil from wbal radio on the line with us. were seeing now the smoke and the fire that is still happening. explain what we understand happened for this train to derail? >> reporter: apparently 35 to 45 minutes ago a train went off the tracks. an area known as the 7500 block of lake drive in the rosedale section of baltimore county. that is right on the baltimore city/county line on the southeast part of the city. it appears at this point that there are eight to 12 train cars off the trac...

Emerge into full public view. wbal reporter jane miller covered the story from the beginning. >> this is a guy whose pattern was crystal clear. court younger women, get in a relationship with them, try to control them, and then assault them and attack them and stalk them when it didnt go his way. clear pattern. classic domestic violence pattern. >> dr. james mcghee is a forensic psychiatrist at the sheppard pratt hospital in baltimore. he would play a pivotal role as the drama played out. >> joe...