Reeling from tornadoes and that weather system may not be over yet. And three people are dead after a courthouse shooting in delaware. An eyewitness describes running for his life coming up. We start off with the surprising resignation of Pope Benedict xvi. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Its the announcement that stunned virtually everyone. The pope will step down the end of this month. Fox 5s will thomas is in the newsroom with the reason behind the move and how the church plans to fill one of the most prestigeous jobs in the world. The reason, the pop says hes physically and mental the pope says hes physically and mentally not up to it. Cardinal joe George Ratzinger with the cardinal George Ratzinger and by all counts Pope Benedict actually a shy man who loves reading and writing books more than greeting crowds. He has come to the conclusion that he doesnt have the physical energy any longer to discharge his duties as pope. Cardinal wuerl says that admission from the pope is more evidence the father is a him man. At 85 years old a humble man. At 85 years old Pope Benedict 16th says he no has the strength to lead and no one including the archbishop saw this coming, the first time its happened in nearly 600 years. It came as an enormous surprise. Pope benedicts decision to step down sets the stage for a conclave in march to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church. In recent months benedict has been showing signs of age and often seemed tired. Local catholics know this wasnt an easy decision, but theyre looking ahead. Theres any number of possibilities of where the church might go. The church is more than just in the United States and so because of that the needs of the church on any given moment in time call for different personalities and different gifts. I really appreciate our pope. Im not sure why hes declined in health. I just know it seems very odd how its gone rapidly downhill just in the last several months. In order to lead a Universal Church you simply need to have a certain amount of energy and ability and so i think its very courageous on his part. President obama released a statement saying, michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009 and i have appreciated our Work Together over these last four years. The popes resignation becomes effective at 8 p. M. February the 28th. At that point the process of electing a new pope begins. A conclave of 118 cardinals will gather together to make that decision. A new pope could be in place by Easter Sunday to lead a church with more than 1 billion members worldwide. Pope benedict will live out the rest of his life in a monastery within the vatican. Critics say the Catholic Church has seen brighter days. Coming up on the news edge at 11 00 well look at some of those loose ends left at the end of this popes tenure. We are following breaking news tonight out of chicago. Two men are now charged with first degree murder in the death of hadiya pendleton. The 15yearold was killed days after performing at president obamas inaugural parade with her High School Marching band. First Lady Michelle obama attended the teenagers funeral this past weekend in chicago. Police have not yet identified the suspects. Three people are dead after shots rang out at a delaware courthouse today. State attorney general beau biden says the shooting was not random but the result of a custody dispute. Foxs Steve Centanni has more. They started yelling get down, get back, put us in a tight hallway. We were in there for half an hour, Something Like that. Reporter three people dead including the gunman after a shooting in the New Castle County courthouse in wilmington, delaware. A lone gunman walked into the lobby area of the county courthouse and opened fire. Two civilian females were killed in that shooting. Two Capital Police officers were shot in the exchange of gunfight. Reporter two officers were taken to a local hospital saved by their bulletproof vests. The chaos began just after 8 a. M. In the public area of the courthouse before a metal detector checkpoint. Witnesses recall the sounds and tension of the firefight. Im okay now. I dont know that people got shot or whatever because i heard two shots as soon as i walked in. Thats when i reacted and turned around and just ran out of the building. Reporter officials are connecting this shooting with a long standing custody dispute. The case is believed to include the kidnapping of three children taken to Central America in a motor home several years ago, but police have yet to confirm those details. Police have also not said if the shooter was killed by Court Officers or a selfinflicted gunshot wound. This was not a random act of violence. Preliminarily this was the result of a custody dispute that has lasted in our cot system for several court system for several years. Its an ongoing investigation. Reporter the shooters identity has not been released. At one point today we believed it was one member of the family. At another time we thought it was someone else. Well have to wait for the final coroners report. Now to Prince Georges County where police are searching for a murder suspect wanted for killing an elderly woman in capitol heights. 71yearold Geraldine Macintyre was found dead in her home on chapel oaks drive saturday. Police went door to door in the neighborhood handing out crime solvers flyers with information hoping it leads to an arrest. A 14yearold boy accused of killing his 7monthold sister has been transferred to a juvenile Detention Center ordered held without bond. The 8th grader is charged as daunt, but that could change later this month an day, but that could change later this month at a hearing. Fox 5s paul wagner has the latest. Reporter inside this apartment on lockwood drive in Silver Spring the mother of the baby found her unconscious early friday morning and called 911. In District Court in rockville today prosecutors told the judge the baby was asphyxiated and the wounds on the body were post mortem bug bites. In the charging document there were statements made to the police during interrogation that he indicated to them that he did, in fact, strike the child. Thats in the charging documents. However, the injuries observed on the body were thought by the police initially to be indicative of that beating. It turns out now and as officers of the court we told the court that we have learned from the medical examiner that these were not injuries. They were bug bite that occurred after the child died bites that occurred after the child died. Reporter after smothering the child the 14yearold who was also caring for a 3year old female left the 7monthold in a car seat inside the apartment. According to the process that is in place in the state of maryland, a full study will be made and returned back to the court and then the determination as to where this matter is tried, in adult or juvenile court, will be made in open court after that study is, in fact, completed. Reporter although the teen was represented by an attorney in court, there were no friends or family in attendance. The defense attorney also told the court the 14yearold was not only responsible for taking care of his 7monthold sister, but a 3yearold female as well while his mother worked the overnight shift and when she returned in morning, he would go to school. The attorney also noted this is the First Contact this young man has had with the police. In the fox 5 newsroom, im paul wagner. Virginia authorities tonight are trying to track down the man who stole 10,000 worth of merchandise from a target store. Look at this surveillance photo. Police think he hid inside the woodbridge store, then began stealing items after the store closed. He used tools from the store to break into locked cabinets. He got away with a number of items including several ipads. A developing story, the man hunt for christopher dorner, Law Enforcement officials looking for the former lapd cop who allegedly killed three people, injured two others last week. Investigators say theyve received several tips after announcing a 1 million reward for information leading to arrest. Foxs William Lajeunesse has more. Reporter the manhunt continues for christopher dorner, the excop wanted for three homicides. The Los Angeles Police department is now combing through hundreds of leads. I can tell you that we are following up on over 600 clues that have come in from the public. Some of these are related to specific locations or sightings of dorner. Reporter numerous false sightings have stretched department ranks thin. A 1 million reward has been offered from private donations, local governments and civic organizations for information leading to his capture. This is not about capturing a fleeing suspect. This is about preventing a future crime, likely a murder. Reporter police now calling the former l. A. Police officer a domestic terrorist while concentrating the search in the Big Bear Mountain resort area. Until weve looked in every nook and cranny in that area and theyre satisfied that dorner is not in that area theres no information there, we will continue to search there as well as elsewhere. Reporter dorner has vowed revenge against several former colleagues adding to the severity of this manhunt. It is my sincere desire to bring mr. Dorner to justice, to bring him to court, to capture him alive. That is absolutely what i want and it would be my preference that if hes watching this, that he surrender so that we can end this nightmare. Reporter while the pursuit for dorner continues the Riverside CaliforniaPolice Officer he allegedly murdered will be laid to rest on wednesday. In los angeles William Lajeunesse, fox news. Robert griffin, iii has been laying low since the redskins season ended, but he couldnt hide from a group of teenage girls, how they blew his cover at a Birthday Party still ahead tonight. Mississippi residents are cleaning up after a devastating tornado, why that same system could continue causing problems. Plus. Stand by. Fire. Fire. Fire. And there is no room for error when youre firing weapons like these. Were heading to the front lines at Quantico Marine base still ahead tonight. Stay with us, fox 5 news at 10 00 just getting started. 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Our weather team tracking the Severe Weather outbreak. Lets start with sue palka with the latest from the south. Quite a contrast from the 3 feet of snow in the northeast to the destruction you would typically see in the late spring or even late fall. That tornado that ravaged hattiesburg, mississippi, was an ef3 and may have been an ef4 briefly. That is highly destructive. The good news is there was a pretty good amount of warning and people had about 30 minutes to get somewhere safe. They got a lot of pictures and the destruction is unbelievable. It destroyed or damaged 300 homes and at least 60 people injured but no take tattles. That was partly because of the fatalities. That was partly because of the great. Warning and the greatly damaged university of southern mississippi was pretty empty and it was a sunday. Many businesses were closed. Still this is not what you expect in winter. It is pretty unusual to be seeing Severe Weather during the month of february and we actually just had another outbreak of tornadoes during the month of january. So were starting a little bit early. We sure are. These storms are mighty powerful. Something thats changed is the Southern Branch of the jet stream is getting much more active just in the last week or so and thats what happened at hattiesburg, close to the gulf of mexico, can grab a lot of moisture. Were showing you this because we may get a couple systems from the south this week. The first one would be wednesday afternoon into the evening. It may be rain that changes to snow. Then we have Something Else to watch for the weekend. It was that Southern Branch of the jet stream that brought the big noreaster friday and saturday night up the coast. That was the first time wed seen that all year. Gary mcgrady is standing by to tell us about what happened up there and how theyre still trying to recover from that. Thats right, sue. Today it was really the first day that those folks up in new england could even start trying to get out from under that huge snowfall they got over the weekend. Right now 18 death ofs have been blamed on the nor deaths have been blamed on the noreaster that came through friday and saturday. Here is more with foxs rick leventhal. Reporter the wicked winter storm leaving tens of thousands without power, most in massachusetts, utility crews working through miserable conditions to restore it. By early monday less than 150,000 customers were in the dark down from 650,000 across eight states at the peak of the storm. In massachusetts, the hardest hit state, Officials Say some of the outages might linger until tuesday forcing some residents into shelters. This would be my second night and ill probably have another one because the power is still not on. Reporter new yorks long island still digging out, the storm bringing some of the highest accumulations ever recorded. This is insane. This is an insane amount of snow. Ive never seen anything like this. Reporter flights resumed at major airports which had closed during the storm and driving bans were lifted. In new york more than 2 feet of snow shut down a 27mile stretch of the long island expressway. Some drivers left their stranded cars on the frozen roadway. It reopened monday morning in time for the commute. New yorks regional trains also got back on track for the workweek. Some Public Schools in boston, providence and long island canceled classes monday with some state and local governments telling nonessential workers to take the day off. Connecticut also buried in white, a snowfall of historic proportions. The likes of which our state has never seen or not seen since the 1880s. Reporter now a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow falling on hampden, connecticut, which was socked with 40 inches of snow over the weekend. There are concerns roofs may collapse and motorists are warned to stay off the road until theyre cleared. Hampden got more than 40 inches of snow, so, of course, more than 3 feet and it wont melt any time soon. Any time Severe Weather hits you can track it with the free fox 5 weather app. Just search d. C. Weather in the app store. If you drive around d. C. , youre bound to see construction from time to time. The district going flue a building boom. Find out what that through a building boom, find out what that means for the job market coming up. Plus on the news edge at 11 00 is social media making you less social, the downfall of being a nation so plugged in. [ male announcer ] so theres lots of people out there who arent happy with their internet. [ spokesman ] hi, are you lindsay . Yes. Did you say, my internets so slow its like a car with no gas . Yes. [ male announcer ] well lindsay, youre about to get verizon fios quantum, americas fastest, most reliable internet. 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Reporter mayor gray and the media toured one of the largest projects underway, the Marriott Marquis hotel taking shape nextdoor to the convention center. The city said we need more ballrooms, more meeting rooms, all these things to be competitive. Reporter the developer plans to deliver, 1,200