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We're seeing, this mall in columbia, airports, restaurants. it can really happen just about anywhere. so, you know, clearly something as you're saying, jim cavanaugh, absolutely needs to be done. let me just tell everyone what we're watching here, and watching for. in another five minutes, it things are on time, we'll have a media briefing. it's 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 the mall in columbia, 20 miles south of baltimore, maryland. a bedroom community there of balti...

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. according to one tweet coming from the scene that mall employees and customers were hiding in a stock ...

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 you're 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 people calling our station this afternoon saying they are, the house is actually shook in that area. >> ...

We've got phil from wbal radio on the line with us. we're 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 tracks. there was a loud explosion. when that happened immediately, people began calling our newsroom ...

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 didn't 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 palczynski was a fellow who could be a lot of things. he was a very bright guy who could be very c...