many streets around johns hopkins are closed down. what we do know is a shooting happened sometime between 11:15 and 11:30 in the nelson building, which is the thoracic building. apparently it happened on the eighth flue -- floor. we don't know how many times the doctor was hurt. he or she is in critical condition and in surgery right now. don, jessica, back to you. >> any word if the shooter has been injured. >> reporter: according to reports, the suspect has been caught. that seems to indicate he has not maybe been injured, but it's not clear at this moment. i'm trying to catch up with one of the police officers. it's even hard for us reporters to get record and police aren't even letting recorders to get more information to you. >> back to using the pronoun he while talking about the shooter. >> we don't know the sex of the victim or the suspect. that's something we have to figure out. >> we'll go to run. he's live with more on the shooting. ron, what can you tell us? >> jessica we have new information from our media partner the ba

a triple shooting out at johns hopkins hospital. a gunman shoots a hopkins doctor then kills his mother before caking his own life. that dr. is dr. david cohen and is now expected to recover. andrea fujii has an update for us. andrea? >> reporter: good afternoon, mary. safety was one of the main concerns on everyone who was in lockdown. the many buildings on the johns hopkins campus. let's look at what it looked like earlier today. police weren't giving these people much information but did assure us a situation was contained to the eighth floor of the nelson building. after the virginia tech shooting, johns hopkins apparently beefed up security and added 400 police officers. they and all of the baltimore city officers received text messages about what was going on. >> the first means that we communicate is with an emergency text message. that went out before i got to my building and to the hospital. that text message went out over the hopkins cell phone. we follow that up with e-mails and everything else, but all staff members are

the center of hopkins at a standstill. roads blocked, buildings shut down and everyone evacuating or locked in place. >> doctors are not safe, nobody's safe. >> reporter: thousands take to the streets. everyone here has the same question. >> there's not a lot of answers. we don't really know what's going on. we're confused. we're nervous and we're concerned. >> reporter: no one can get back to their jobs both in the operation of the hospital and the running of the labs. everyone seems to be calling home. >> i can't get on that side of the sidewalk at least. that side they blocked off up there. >> yeah. there's no way in at the moment. >> reporter: some are out here who were inside. >> it's like all hell broke loose. there had to be 100, 150 baltimore police, baltimore homicide, s.w.a.t., and then eight u.s. marshals, everybody. >> reporter: others found out where to go just by looking at their phones. >> hopkins broadcasts e-mail that goes out to all of the hopkins employees. >> reporter: we showed many streets blocked and

. >> johns hopkins hospital, a crime scene. a doctor is shoo. theesuspect is dead. >> we they had them on the other side. >> what the shoot heard seconds beffre he opened fire. and why identifying him waa so difficult. >> a pot smoking 2-year-old. and the close family memmer accused f providing the joint. different story for the weekend. when things will clear up in the sky watch forecast. >> held captive in an apartment for a year. how police finally dissovered the crime, and the scam that the kidnappers pulled for months. >> live in high efinition, from wbff tv innbaltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> a deadly security breach at one of the world's leading hospitals. >> shooter incident. stay in your office. >> the man brings a gun into johns hopkins. >> right now, they say hat he is locked in one of the rooms. >> i cannot imagine how they are feeling right noo. -> tonight a minute by minute breakdown of what happened. the chaos it caused. drill. >> and the questions about safety it raises tonight. >> hello, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am j

gunfire inside the johns hopkins building sent people scrambling. the doctor was shot by 50-year- old paul warren pardus. the doctor was trying to explain to pardus his mother's medical condition when pardus became emotionally distraught and shot the doctor. >> was last seen running. >>> the run -- running into the room. >> police s.w.a.t. teams moved in, while trying to allow business to resume. police tried to contact pardus to get him surround but they soon realized he had already shot his mother in the head and took his own life. >> we are treating this case as a -- as a murder sue side and the shooting of this doctor preceding this discovery. >> police say they are treating the eighth floor of that nelson building as a crime seen. the rest of the hospital is open for business as usual. things are slowly returning to normal here at johns hopkins hospital where the security officials say where they will be conducting an intense review. we are live at johns hopkins downtown, derek valcourt. >> thank you. >> our complete coverage continues with jes

we start with joy sse is live outsiie of johns hopkins tonight. joy. >>reporter: jennifer at this point police are still conducting a criminal investigation into tte events that unfolded here at johns hopkins hospitaa earlier eighth floor of the nelson building. hospital immediately went that lock down. technical team moved in. police now say the gunman became iratt after learning his mother was paralyzed following surggry earlier this week. >> mr. r: but she worried about her friends on 88 >> i can't immanuel how they are feeling right now. hopefully they have evacuated the unit. >>repooter: with blocks barricaded by police a routine blood delivery is wheeled in a side entrance. >> whether he to wait in the office just wait until the police told them that it was okay to come out that door. >>reporter: finally there's word. >> i think it is about done. >>reporter: tonight while the hospital gets back to the normal routine, sooe hospital úorkers tell us they hopee% adminissrators will now consider metal detector aa evvry entrance. live in east baltimor

gunman ttat opened fire at hopkins thursday. %-witness accounts to determine exactly what happened inside of police commissioner fred bealefield said this investigation does not end at room 873, where dr. david cchen was shot. a family member of the gunman saii paul pardus brought his mother to johns hopkins hospital in hopes of her health improving. could to get her well. because she had back problems, so he ttok her back and forth to johns hopkins hospital. to get her help. >> it really does come down to a

start within the walls of hopkins. chaos and confusion on the sprawling john hopkins campus in east baltimore. a shooting thursday morning at the prestigious medical institution disrupted operations. >> i work at the hospital, we got a message around 11:00 that we had to go in our officer, shut and lock the door, stay away from windows. >> actually i was about to leave. as i was leaving they told us get back. and they secured us in the lobby for about half an hour. >> reporter: thousands work at john hopkins. news from police that a distraught man shot and killed his ailing mother, shot and wounded a doctor and shot and killed himself was disruptive. >> when do you think you're going to call it a day? >> right now. >> we're going back home. >> i don't think they're going to get everything done soon, and i'll just reschedule. >> reporter: everyone john hopkins is not immune from the violence that sees and heals on a daily basis. >> it's just scary and sad. and i just don't know what to think. >> reporter: hopkins securi

he remains in stable condition here at hopkins. it was a kai ottic scene as thing -- chaotic scene as things broke out shortly after 11:00 yesterday. the sprawling medical campus was put on lookdown after police say 50-year-old paul pardus pulled out a gun and shot the doctor in the stomach. he became distraught after being briefed on his mother's condition. he believed doctors failed her, and that's what prompted had imto shoot the doctor. he then shot his mother in the head and turned the gun on himself. it caught a lot of people at the hospital offguard. >> it's scary knowing that someone's on the outside on a rampage with a gun in a hospital. that's where we're supposed to be protected. >> reporter: metal detectors may have kept pardus from bringing that gun into the hospital. there are more than 80 entrances on the campus and have a metal detector at every entrance would be nearly impossible. still, they will review security procedures. linda so, abc 2 news. >> remember to stay with abc 2 news and abc2news.com for the latest d

this is johns hopkins hospital. yes, the world renowned johns hopkins hospital. baltimore police are on the scene of a shooting inside the hospital in east baltimore. we understand the shooting took place or at least police received a call at about 11:12 p.m., a little more than a half hour ago of a shooting at the hospital. this is on north wolf street, and the shooting victim is reportedly in critical care right now. we understand that the shooter is actually hiding inside of a patient's room on the eighth floor of the hospital, unclear whether the gunman is related to the patient. we understand that the hospital has been -- has been -- evacuated. that makes all of the sense in the world, obviously, and that information is coming from the associated press. let's recap the situation. we have a shooting inside of johns hopkins hospital. that's east baltimore. we understand the hospital has been evacuated. that's a pretty large campus, too, so that's a sizable evacuation. but again, the shooter is being, is inside of a patient's room on the eighth floor. unclear w

johns hopkins is in baltimore. one of the state's largest private employers ranked as one of the best hospitals in the country. we are expecting a news conference in minute but first we go to the scene where our reporter is. >>reporter: let me have the photographer pan the street. you can see the mayor and the police commissioner and others coming, about do come down and give the press conference. we will hang on here as i tell you the latest. a source tells fox the wounded dorktd is a spinal doctor here at jobs hopkins and the suspect now is deadly and was upset about a surgery done to his mother that left her paralyzed. we were told the suspect was dead but this turned into a murder-suicide and police confirm that the suspect shot the family member in the room, we assume the mother, but that is in the confirmed. we hope to get it confirmed. and then he shot himself. the doctor was shot in the stomach and this is an excellent hospital here and he will likely get the best care. he is expected to survive, a male, in

this was our community and this was hopkins. linda so is live with what happened yesterday. >> reporter: the doctor who was shot is expected to survive. last night, he came out of surgery and is in stable condition. it was a chaotic scene with the whole thing unfolding around 11:00 on thursday. the sprawling medical campus was put on lockdown after police say paul pardus shot the doctor. he became distraught after being briefed on his mother's condition. he believed the doctors failed her and prompted him to shoot the doctor. he then ran into his mother's room, shot her in the head then turned the gun on himself. >> my brother finally contacted her and she said, have i to go, hung the phone up abruptly. but at least we know if she answered the phone she's okay. >> reporter: a metal detector may have kept pardus from bringing that gun into the hospital but there are more than 80 entrances on this campus. it's nearly impossible to have a metal detector at each entrance. still, officials will review the security procedures. linda s

johns hopkins is a very proud baltimore institution. our largest private employer, and arguably the best medical institution on the planet. we must protect these assets. >> we are told dr. cohen underwent surgery for his injuries and is expected to survive. we'll have a live update on the story coming up tonight at 5 of 30. -- at 5:30. >> some women in the advanced stages of breast cancer may soon lose one of the drugs in their arsenal against the disease. eric edwards has the details. >> once put on the fda fast- track, a drug called avasstin is in danger of losing it standing. >> women have not lived longer with the drug, and that is the major concern. >> it can come with side effects, pain, blood clots, and a small risk of heart disease. it comes with a hefty price tag of $8,000 a month. insurers may no longer cover the cost of the drug for women to do benefit. oncologist say it comes down to what is most cost-effective for most patients. >> the biggest problem is that neither the drug company or the community of oncologist has figur

here's the statement from johns hopkins hospital. as a precaution, the johns hopkins hospital has temporarily restricted access to the main hospital building following a shooting incident within the hospital. the hospital says the shooter's been subdued the police are saying, no, he's not. he's not subdued and he's not in custody. the victim is in a faculty -- or the victim is a faculty physician who is currently being treated at hopkins. privacy and confidentiality policies prohibit us from giving further details at this time. baltimore police security officers have asked employees, visitors, patients and caregivers to stay in rooms or offices until further notice. again, that's the statement from the hospital. but baltimore police tell the associated press that they have not arrested the shooter. that the shooter is not in custody at this point, clint. >> yeah, and this is what makes it challenging. when these situations break you have multiple sources of information. some people are right at the scene. some are not. in, in fact, b

on the north side of hopkins. numerous officers swarmed the facility as the facility sat on lockdown. roosevelt leftwich is outside with a look at what happened. rosy. >> it's been a hectic and dangerous day here on the campus of johns hopkins hospital. here is what we know. a doctor has been wounded, one man is dead along with his mother after what police say was a terrible situation, take a look at some of this video we shot earlier, very chaotic, hectic after what happened here on the 8th floor of the nelson building, this started around a little after 11:00th morning when police say a man was talking to a doctor about his mother's condition. that man has been identified as 50-year-old paul war recollection partif of arlington, virginia. after partis received some bad news about his mother, that's what set him off, here is what happened next. this is how it went down. >> mr. davis was receiving some news about the care and the condition of his mother. just outside the doorway to that room when he became emotion

teams converged on the nelson building 8th floor here at hopkins. students huddled in small groups as they all wondered if they were going to be safe. it was a terrible and scary 45 minutes for hospital employees. a woman who gave her name as michelle said that when the word spread through her area that everyone just locked the doors and began to pray. >> we did see a lot of police cars, a lot of swat cars, secured guards running around frantic. kind of chaotic, nobody knowing what was going on, appeal priced what the situation was, then eventually they started blocking doors, telling people they couldn't get in, couldn't get out, and as it got crazy. >> reporter: 53-year-old paul warren revis was told by a doctor his mother was paralyzed. they then say he pulled a small caliber hand bun from his belt and shot a doctor in the stomach. he barricaded inside the room. >> inside the room we were able to see that mr. davis was down on the floor suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and that his mother was also unresponsive in her bed. >> reporter: the

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he completed his his residency and feellwship at john hopkins. ú%en the shooting happennd, hopkins was put on lockdown and the barricade caused chaos for hours. some people forced to stay outside oo police lines. others found themselves trapped inside of ttat building. mosttoo people we talked to wer3 ú%ll of frustratiin and worry. >> this is awful. they have to secure the area, why don't they have a major hospital like this where eeerybody from around the world comes. >>> at the early stages of the incident, police said that theú gunmmn's name was warren day da, they later leaaneddthat was an aliass his real name, paul warren pardusshad a wanted gun permit in the state. neighbors telllus that pardusú lived with his mother and loved ú%r and appeared to be her sole caretaker. news f he shooting sent shock3 wavee through the virginia neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbors say home. it was clear that the son was devoted to is elderly mother hospital. >> it was like a 24-hour job for him. when ou saw him, it was a visit. he rarrly stayyd in the home. the hospital was is home. >> reporter

the deadly shooting at johns hopkins hospital. jennifer franciotti joins us live with more. >> that gunman has been identified as paul pardus from virginia. he pulled out a gun and shot a doctor. the doctor has been identified as dr. david cohen. we will have an update on his condition. police responded with a variety of emergency teams. pardus was barricaded in a room for more than two hours. police are calling this a murder-suicides. the big question has to do with security. how was somebody able to enter with a gun? there are some 80 entrances and exits to the hospital. it is not feasible to put it metal detectors. there are about 80,000 businesses to the hospital a week. many security discussions will be going on today. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- what changes, if any, do you think need to be done to johns hopkins security? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of our webs

gunman ttat opened fire at hopkins thursday. %-witness accounts to determine exactly what happened inside of police commissioner fred bealefield said this investigation does not end at room 873, where dr. david cchen was shot. a family member of the gunman saii paul pardus brought his mother to johns hopkins hospital in hopes of her health improving. could to get her well. because she had back problems, so he ttok her back and forth to johns hopkins hospital. to get her help. >> it really does come down to a questiin of his grief and the care of his mother. that really seems to be the central point of why this occurred. >> police say thhy are checking out a couple of addresses where pardus may have been sttying here in the city of baltimore. >> more news tonight about the shooter. he lived in his mother's home in alexandrra virginia. neighbors along kenmore street said they rarely saw the mother or son outside. but say it was clear hat the son was devottd to helping his they say he never discussed the difficulties. >> he was onl

jennifer wrote, prayers' to everyone at and around johns hopkins. taro, there are innocent people in there. this kind of stuff is senseless. >> in our commitment 2010 report, former governor bob ehrlich said campaign has released its second television ad. the campaign says the new ad focuses on the former governors tend your vision for the state -- 10-year vision for the state. a busy day at the city's board of elections. workers were counting absentee ballots. >> there is still not a clear winner for the race for city state's attorney. jayne miller is live at city board of elections with the details. >> let's get to the new numbers and where they stand tonight in this race. as a result of the absentee count today, challenger gregg bernstein, 31,187 votes, pat jessamy, 29,008 had 24 votes. between 9824 votes. there are 1700 provisional ballots have to be examined. election experts say at this point the outcome is not likely to change at all. there is still no hint of concession from the incumbent, patricia jessamy. there were enough lawyers in the r

s hopkins orthopedic johns hopkins hospital ill not release any more information. >> the gunman is described by neighbors as a very devoted son3 kathleen cairns has much more now tonight on the man that is blamed for thursday's tragedy. >> people that newt accused3 gunman truggle to comprehend how a man with so much love for his mother, could do such a hhteful act. >> residents in this arlington community say they rarely saw pardus or his motter jean of their home. but many say the sonnwas devoted to his elderly mother, who was facing serious health problems. >> he was the only one there or her. 24 hour job for him. when you saw him, she was with he rarely stayed in the house. the hoopital was the home.ú >> neighbors ay they are trying to comprehend why this quiet man, shot the hopkin's doctor, then turned the gun on his mother. and then himself. >> the lady had been in there, and she was nice. once in awhile he was outtheree ii you ask her a question, she talked nice to had you..3 buttlike i said, i am really upsst and shooked bout it. >> nd he was always kept to hisself. you know, like a

they came all the way from virginia to hopkins. her other son can only make sense of this saying that his brother could not bear to see his mother suffer. sherrie? >> reporter: good morning, megan. paul pardus' brother alvin says the family is saddened and distraught by the turn of events. alvin gibson says he spoke to pardus on sunday after their mother underwent surgery. now, he says gibson was very upset and told him the surgery did not turn out the way the doctors told him it would. gibson says his brother was very fond of their mother. she suffered from back problems and their operation was not successful, news that was devastating to pardus. >> it was really, really close. he would do anything he could do to get her well because she had back problems. so he took her back and forth to johns hopkins hospital to get her help. and he just wanted to stay with her and to be with her as best as he could. >> johns hopkins security says their security plan worked as designed to keep the staff and the patients safe. reporting live in e

still, they will review security procedures here at hopkins. live in baltimore, linda so, abc 2 news. >> take a look at this animation. authorities say the standoff began just after 11:00 yesterday outside of room 873 of the spinal surgery wing. dr. david cohen was updating 49-year-old paul pardus on his mother's operation. authorities say he became distraught and reacted. he drew a semi automatic handgun and shot the doctor once in the abdomen at close range. neighbors of the suspect say he was a loving son. paul pardus helped take care of his mother in this home in arlington, virginia where they are from. >> he was always there for her. if she had to go in an ambulance or anything, he rode with her. he never left her side. i told her when i seen him walking her out that she had a great son. you don't find too many sons like that. >> reporter: his 84-year-old mother was identified as jean davis. the family of jean davis wanted to make sure she got the best care in the world so they made sure she came to hopkins. her other son only made sense o

and hopkins, there are no metal 80tectors at any of the late entrances and exits. next to put a magnetometer at each of 80 doris, and the required force that would be needed to staff the magnetometers, is not realistic. >> because of the shootings, hopkins security officials promised to take a second look at it security procedures. as for why the shooting happened, it is believed that paul pardus was emotionally distraught and overwhelmed by his mother's condition. >> with more than 30,000 employees, johns hopkins medicine is among the state's largest employers, certainly the largest private employer in baltimore city. many of the employees were evacuated, and once they learned of the news, it came as quite a shock. >> to see a lot of police cars, security guards just running around frantic, it was kind of chaotic, nobody knowing what was going on. eventually, they started walking horse, telling people they could not get in or out -- a started blocking doors. >> i would never expect this, because this hospital is well secured and protected. it is just crazy and rid

for several hours today at johns hopkins in baltimore. >> kind of really chaotic. nobody knows what's going on, as far as what the situation was. >> reporter: but now, word was coming out that a doctor had been shot. >> can you tell us about what kind of doctor he is? >> oh, excellent doctor. very humorous and a nice fella. >> reporter: yet the gunman was still in there. >> it's scary, just knowing that someone is on the outside, on a rampage. >> scary and, like totally unexpect unexpected. you come to the hospital for help and find out somebody is in there shooting, like, it totally puts you, make you think, what is really going on? >> reporter: and then, police began releasing details about what had transpired in there, involved a man named paul pardus. >> during the course of the situation with the doctor mr. davis removed a small semiautomatic handgun from his waist area, waistband area and fired a single gunshot that struck the doctor in the lower chest, upper abdomen. >> reporter: the doctor, david cohen, a surgeon, survived and is now in stable condition aft

johns hopkins remains in a locked down the situation. earlier, they issued a statement that all faculty, staff, visitors and patients remain in their room. a swat team is here. they have cordoned off an entire block. we have not independently confirmed whether or not the suspect has been subdued. we are waiting for word. we're not sure how soon that might come. >> thank you, david collins, if joining us live as he gathers information. we spoke to an employee there. he told us that they did received a text message from hospital officials about the shooting. they also received the location of the shooting. they were made aware of those details, nothing more than that. they were told to evacuate. that is what they did. we know that one block radius has been cordoned off. we take live pictures. this is a flip situation. we do not reach a fluid situation. we do not have a conclusion. we do not have a conclusion.

john hopkins is a very proud baltimore institution. our largest private employer and the best medical institution on the planet. we must protect protect these assets. a unified incident command was established. all appropriate law enforcement, city agencies and john hopkins officials worked together to respond. again, immediately to this incident. again, the importance of john hopkins university, the whole community cannot be overstated. the safety and security of john hopkins residents was paramount through this whole incident. i would like to thank the men and women of the baltimore police department as well as other city agencies for the swift response. i would also like to thank our fire department, office of emergency management, baltimore county s.w.a.t., the state department of emergency management, and i would also like to thank our federal partners. the fbi participated and commented how well we worked with them and how well our team worked together. i would like to thank them as well. now let's turn it to the kpligs commissio

live at johns hopkins hospital in east baltimore. where a gunmannopened fire, and swat teems were called in. >> t happened late this morning, in the nelson uilding. complex. it ended with a doctor shot. the gunmmn's mother dead. and the gunman killing himself. >> jeff, we do know that doctor %-shot in the stomach. cohen. and was rushed into emerrency surgery. the good news tonight, he is expected to survive his injuries. cohen is a faculty orthopedic surgeon, did his residency in spinal reconstructive surgery at johns hopkins. now we don't know exactly how this dootor was involved in the but what we do know is that he was out of the hospital room today, talking with paul pardus. telling aul pardus about the condition of his mother, and apparently, according to hospital staff, talking about his mother being paralyzed. and, again, it was after that troubling news that this all started. around 11:11 this morning on the eighth floor of the nelson building here. paul pardus shot dr. cohen and barricaded himself in the mother's hospital ro

johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. so again, a lot of breaking situations right now. a lot of things going on. and we're working hard to kind of find out some of these things happening inside the hospital. we have heard also additional reports that perhaps it was a surgeon that was shot and the surgeon is in critical condition. but again, a ton of reports flood going our newsroom. as we hear more, we'll bring you more details. jon: early reports indicate the gunman has barricaded himself in a room at the hospital. again, we're on top of it the best we can. the details are coming in a little bit slowly, as you can imagine in a situation like this. they have to be very, very careful, police do, in trying to figure out exactly what's going on. we're on it from our national desk and we'll try to bring you the latest information. jenna: real quick, the associated press, quoting the police department, in baltimore, saying that the -- there is a hostage, that the gunman is holed up in a room there at the hospital. so we'll br

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johns hopkins bayview medical center 21 of us are swimming mostly physicians but not entirely. three of our children swimming along with one of my grand sons and some colleagues and friends, physicians, scientists and other colleagues, so it's a great team. >> reporter: dr. burton i have to ask you as a swimmer and man who has treated so many people with cancer for decades what does it mean to have the swim in baltimore. >> it's very important. cancer research is so precious and these kind of fundraisers help the scientists create new knowledge where they couldn't go through a grant. it allows them to think out of the box. so for me swimming for my many colleagues and friends two of my very close friends and physician colleagues are struggling today with nonoperable noncurable cancer, and really dedicating it to them and the many patients that we've taken care of over these many years. so, we're in it with our hearts. >> reporter: dr. burton we'll all have our heart in the swim come sunday morning. >> we'll be out there. >> reporter: dr. burton has been training in bay. >> grea

john hopkins was under lockdown for quite sometime. several areas of the building were evacuated and coming up in our next half-hour we'll hear from pardus' half brother who talks about coping with the death of his half brother and now the death of his mother. >> the brother of gunman paul pardus spoke to us about what may have driven his brother to open fire inside johns hopkins hospital. he lives in arlington. his mother was from virginia, which is where we found another son of hers. >> he clutches on old photo of his mother tonight, walking around the family farm in recommendington, virginia, he is surrounded by memories. >> i lost my mom and my brother. >> he said his mother had been suffering for the last couple of years due to chronic back pain. his brother was always there to help. >> he tried to be with her and to do as much as he could. >> paul pardus often had his mother with him in his arlington home and neighbors say he was clearly a devoted son. >> he was very close to his mother. >> despite his work, neighbors say he woul

johns hopkins hospital. it is just a world renowned hospital. year after year after year it is voted one of the top hospitals if not the top hospital in the country every single year. this is a complex that has about 1,000 beds. 982 to be precise, to treat people. but right now, we don't know why this suspect did what he did at this hospital. what he is alleged to have done, which is shoot a doctor. there have been back and forth, all kinds of different reports about what possibly this suspect was up to. why he was upset. we are going to stay away from any of those reports until we get more concrete information. the police are telling us right now in fact that they believe they have this man contained, this shooter contained at this point and that would be the good news. helping me out is going to be pat brown, a criminal profiler joining me now on the phone. pat, we appreciate you hopping on here with us. the police came out a short time ago and said, we don't know what this suspect wants, what this suspect was after. we don't know the motive f

johns hopkins. >> aaron gilchrist live on the scene in baltimore. johns hopkins. thank you, aaron. >>> three men are dead today after their suv collided with an ambulance in prince george's county. the accident happened around midnight on marlboro pike and district heights. news4's megan mcgrath has the details about this deadly collision. >> reporter: the side have t ambulance is ripped wide open. an indication of how violent the collision was. fortunately paramedics had not yet picked up their patient. >> the right-hand side of the ambulance is totally obliterated. the patient compartment area that whole wall is remov and exposed to the exterior. >> reporter: it happened around midnight. investigators stay ambulance had just left the station on an emergencycall. lights and sirens were activated. as the ambulance traveled west on marlboro pike,hey could see headlights headed straight toward them. investigators say the suv was barreling down the wrong side of the road. >> inial indications were driv

this all unfolded at the johns hopkins top to walk -- hospital in baltimore. we are live with the team coverage. we spoke with a local patient who calls the doctor a hero. we are live in baltimore to break down the investigation. >> we know tonight that the gunman used a different name when he signed hint here at the hospital early this morning. hours later, he was a wanted man. he quickly moved in and the entire eighth floor of the nelson building was evacuated. a big portion of the world famous medical center was on locked down until the standoff ended. it ended on the gunman's terms. >> the doctor collapsed outside the doorway. >> a terrifying situation -- and >> it has now turned into a mysterious murder-suicides situation. we know the mother was suffering from back pain. police say during a conversation with the doctor, he was overcome with emotion. >> my boss told me what happened. there was a man running around with the gun. >> he became so distraught that he pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot the doctor. he barricaded himself in the room wher

what changes do you think need to be done to johns hopkins security? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> police are on the lookout for three suspects accused of sexually assaulting a woman in anne arundel county. this happened on saturday morning. this was an odenton. the victim was dragged into the woods and sexually assaulted. if you have any information on this case, you are urged to call anne arundel county police. >> two people are waking up behind bars after being accused of holding a woman against her will. germaine smith-bey and kimberly stacy king are charged with attempted murder. it was reported that two picked up a woman in baltimore city. we're told she was coherent. she was driven to gmc. but she slipped into a coma. >> on september 9, the victim awoke from the coma and was able to talk to police investigators. she said that for the past year, she had been held captive in an apartment in reisterstown and that she had been beaten over that time by the suspects in this case. >> police say the suspects kept the woman locked in

stay with wjz for more on the shooting at johns hopkins. wjz-13 is always on, for updates on the investigation and the doctor's condition, go to wjz.com. >>> after 15 years, baltimore city will soon have a new state's attorney. yesterday, jessamy conceded to bernstein. >> reporter: the nominee takes a bow. >> we began this campaign a little more than two months ago almost everyone said we didn't have a chance. >> reporter: the incumbent bows out. >> i called bernstein and i advised him i was conceding and i pledged my support for a smooth transition. >> reporter: jessamy said she has a pleasant conversation with bernstein, but it's a concession speech with a condition. her team is still going to monitor the orderly condition of the process after the ballot counts. during both of which bernstein has maintained a thousand plus victory. >> we've attracted a broad base of support across the city, people of all ages, races and economic roots were ready for a change. >> i'm not one to dwell in the past. i'm one for moving forward and i think it's

standoff here in baltimore at johns hopkins hospital is over. the gunman, paul warren curtis of arlington, virginia and his mother are both dead. the wounded doctor is still in the operating room but expected to survive. reporting live from baltimore, andrea mccarran, 9 news now, back to you. >> andrea, what have you learned about security at the hospital? >> reporter: well that's an interesting question. hospital administrators, after the virginia tech shooting, say they felt compelled to look into security here. we're going to take a look at that at 6:00 because it applies to most hospitals in our area. no magnetometers, we'll take a look at what is in place and what has been considered and what is realistic here at johns hopkins for a hospital that has more than 80,000 visitors a week. also coming up at 6:00, we'll talk to a man who first learned his sister, who is working in the hospital, was in this chaos by her facebook posting later -- again that's coming up tonight at 6:00. >> andrea, thank you so much. >>> a district heights man

hopkins began to use text messaging to all essential personnel. that worked today. also thousands of wrist bands were given out to visitors, as for metal detectors, however. >> i aaso heard the questiin about magnatometers, only one or two institutions, that i am aware of, hospitals, that have them,,and they are not on the eastcoast. >> he misspoke ever so slightly but he as not far off. in fact, two eastcoast hospitals told fox 45 news tonight, they grady memorial hospital in atlanta, georgia, and the hospital at the university of3 pennsslvania in philadelphia. the day.here is our question of should hospitals have metal ú%tectors at the entrances? so far 48 percent say yee. 52 percent say no. one viewer writes, thess doctors don't know what kind of people aae walkiig into these hospitals, so it could happen again f they don't get etal detectors. but bill writes. i should not haae to deal with metal detectors to enter a hospital because there are a few crazy people out there. >> new tonight now. involved in last week's string of robberies in college park. turner ja

. >> gunman opens fire inside johns hopkins hospital. news hh received that might have convinced him to open fire. >> patricia gives up the fight for the state attorney office. >> i called ray bernstein and i advised him that i was conceding. >>reporter: news that convinced her to concede the race and what she will do when she eeves office. >> beautiful and dry weekend sky watch forecast. >> policc pe beattng caught on -útape. what happened just before this scene and the major changes coming to the police force. police force. >> live in high >> hello. about votes still being counted but long time state attorney is conceding defeat in the close race with attorney bernstein.% >> patricia has been top prooecutor now for 15 years. john standing by live downtown to tell uu about a new era. john? >>reporter: as late as yesterday attorneyy for pat were aising questions about the whole process and whether all tte votesshad been counted. this afternoon she held a news conference to declare this race is officially over. joined by her house and co

lewws was taken to hopkins but died short time later. police this time.spect or a motive at >>> how are the roads lookingg% tonight. lauren cook here now with the report. >> thank you jenniier. we are dealing withhseveral accidents in baltimore city. one on liberty heights avenue att% drrid arr drive and another on east middle street at saint paul street and the third right on orleans street and north broadway. expect heavyy% congestion traveling on the jfx p to falls road. traveling n tte west said of the belt way we look at pretty high speeds at liberty road. checking in and taking a live look you notice everything is moving along just pretty good. we are lacking at 433miles ppr hour along theeouter loop lanes. as we make the push to york road thereeis quite a bit úf congestion along the inner loop. see some relieffas you make the push to parkville. we have 2 accidents in howard county watch out for. both are going to be in columbia. one sorry. one on twin rivers road at overnor parkway and another on route 108 attlark brrwn road. now

first, we'll go to andrea, live outside of johns hopkins. good morning, andrea. >> reporter: the doctor is in stable condition and expected to be okay. relatives said he just told the suspect his mother may never walk again. a frenzied few hours. >> they locked everything down. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams raced to the seen. cohen just delivered bad news to pardus and his mother about his mother's condition. he became distraught and pulled out a handgun and shot the doctor. >> last seen running into the room, brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother who was confined to the bed. >> reporter: the doctor was rushed into surgery with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. the police evacuated the floor and scrambled to subdue the gunman. chaos ensued. >> i work in the hospital and we got a message at 11:00 saying he wad to go in the offices and shut and lock the door. >> as i was leaving, they said, get back. then, they secured us for half an hour. >> reporter: at 1:30, the police found pardus and his mother shot dead. to workers it's a so

. >>> people are still talking about the shooting inside johns hopkins hospital last week. we have an updrat on the doctor's conditions and we're hearing from one of his patients. andrea fujii is live outside the hospital. >> reporter: the doctor's condition has steadily improved sense he was shot on thursday here at johns hopkins. his condition has been upgraded from fair to good. >> 911. we need 911. there's a shooting on nelson eight. >> there's a shooting on the eighth floor. >> reporter: a triple shooting at the hands of the man upset with his mother's surgery. before paul pardus shot his mother and himself, he shot dr. david cohen. >> he was my knight in shining armor. that's why i was devastated to hear. >> reporter: his former patients, including susan revello said colen is an excellent doctor. revello was injured in a car accident adjust want -- >> i just want him back on his feet. >> reporter: a complete review of security protocols are already underway. >> i think they deserve a lot of praise. >> reporter: rog winegold is the founder of the falseston group which

this all played out on national tv inside the renowned johns hopkins hospital. mike, good morning to you. >> good morning, alison. we have definitely seen an increased police presence. security guards milling about. doctors and hospital staff are returning to work today. some had left the building with yesterday's chaos. it was a frightening experience. >> the doctor collapsed just outside the door way. >> after three hours over the terrifying tactical situation, the incident became an investigation into a mysterious murder/suicide. >> my wife was in there. >> doctors were informing paul pardus that his mother would likely never walk again. >> it seems the gunman could not handle the news. >> it is scary. >> police say the 50-year-old man became so distraught and pulled out a semiautomatic shotgun and shot the doctor in the stomach and then barricaded himself in the hospital room with his mother. >> we had all of the stairwells coughed. >> the team found pardus on the ground and his mother in bed both shot in the head. >> she said oh, we don't really know what's

>>> the aftermath, police search for answer pes after a man opens fire inside johns hopkins hospital. >> what sparked the violence? i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. here is what people are talking about. the unanswered questions following the frightening shooting and lock downed at the world renowned john hopkins hospital. why did the man open fire. wjz stays on the story with complete coverage. mike hellgren stays on the story. >> reporter: good afternoon. the response here a little more than 24 hours ago was massive it was quick, doctor who was shot is still being treated for his injuries. he is expected to survive. hopkins had a series of employee meetings starting at 10:00 to talk about the firsthand response to the tragedy and give those employees an opportunity for counseling after these traumatic events. the sprawling hospital campus was back to normal after a terrifying lock down yesterday that was anything but. paul warren distraught over his mother's prognosis shot her doctor and kill her and himself. >> i was up on the 8th floor. i hear a bang. then i saw a either e

developments in the hunt johns hopkins hospital shooting. the 911 call has been released. we are still going through the tapes. we will have more from them tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. meanwhile, there are new questions about whether the shooting at johns hopkins could have been prevented. the focus tonight -- security at a hospital. brad bell has been following the latest developments. what is the latest? >> we talked to the police commissioner today. he says he has been going around with his staff about whether or not it could have been prevented. he says he just does not know. he also revealed that even though the ordeal lasted quite a while, the shooting was over in an instant. he believes the gunman shot the doctor, ran right back into his mother's hospital room, anshot his mother, then himself. a debate is ranging -- raging about whether or not yesterday's shootings could have been prevented. >> he set out to do something. nothing could have stopped him. >> they need to tighten it up. i think they should get metal detectors. >> john