he then barricaded himself on the eight floor of the nelson building. police said the suspect is now subdued. we don't know if the suspect was wounded or shot or taken into custody. we also don't know if the doctor who was shot has survived or is the only victim. weir while -- while drive together scene, multiple roads have been closed. the building has been vawctd -- evacuated. >> i missed some of it while wrow -- you were talking. do you know the condition of the doctor? >> reporter: no. we don't know how many times he was shot or what the motive was. >> all right. do you know if the hospital is letting people back in. >> reporter: i would assume they are not letting them back. as we're driving around the building people are on president streets in confusion. people are detouring us all around the building. we can't even get close, so i don't believe there's any movement back in the police. we just learned that the suspect was subdued, so i doubt anyone will be allowed back in, not for awhile at least. >> we just got word that the building is not bein

called the nelson building. listening on the police scanner, what we could pick up is that he may have been in there with a relative. we don't know why he had a gun or why he shot the doctor. but that's the information we have at the moment. >> we also had been hearing that the immediate text that went through was that there was a shooter incident, people should stay in their offices or rooms, lock their doors, until there is an all-clear announced, to stay away from windows, to wait for instructions. did they give an instruction to evacuate? did they begin the evacuation process in the hospital? >> from what i understand part of the building was evacuated and part of it was on lockdown. there's a wide area around the hospital where they've pushed people back. people are pushed many streets away to get away from the scene and there are s.w.a.t. teams here and helicopters are circling. >> and have you been able to learn anything more that we got from the baltimore spokesperson for johns hopkins saying that the sh

thousands of people in the building inside the nelson building were told to stay puton take a look at what was happening earlier today. people were not given much information about what was going on, but police assured us that everyone was safe. after the virginia tech shooting, johns hopkins beefed up their security with 400 police officers and all were receiving alerts via text message of what was going on that there was a shooter in the nelson building. officials think that their plan worked well. >> 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 followed that up with e- mails. all staff members are encouraged ruin teenly -- routinely, new hires are encouraged to sign up for the emergency text messages. >> reporter: now, this whole situation was wrapped up in about two and a half hours. they say this all went well and timely. they say as we were questioning them about security, they say there are not metal detectors in all buildings. thou

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 baltimore fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> thank you kathleen. we are learning more about the shooter including his real name karen parks joins us live with more on the confusion and not the shooter identificat

correspondence done off an area where a gunman in the nelson building, which was just down this road here, where the gunman was in the nelson building, they are not sure what was going on, they were not sure whether he was holding hostages or what was going on. here is a chaotic scene. here is how it all went down. this all started just after is 1:00th mornings, 50-year-old warren davis was talking to a doctor on the eighth floor about his mother's condition. the news was bad. his #( you can find constant updates on our web site at abc2news.com. >>> now we here at abc 2 want you to know that tonight's scheduled episode of "grey's anatomy" is the season finale from season 6. the story is very similar to what happened at johns hopkins hospital today so we can certainly understand if you don't want to watch it. wyatt? >> all right kelly. get you right into the weather out there. we do have some developing storms across the area, especially north and east of baltimore, kent county on the eastern shore. let's get a look at that. maryland's most powerful radar tracking that cluster of sto

paul pardus of arlington, virginia barricaded himself in the room on the eighth floor of the nelson building then shot and killed his mother then himself. for the latest information on the johns hopkins hospital shooting, stay with wjz. we'll have all of the latest updates and for more on the conditions of the doctor as it becomes available it is all online at wjz.com. >>> lawyers for the man accused in the for the hood massacre are dealt a couple of setbacks. den nice joins us with details on what a military judge ruled today. >> reporter: next month's hearing for hassan will be open to the public. his lawyers asked for it to be closed in order to limit pretrial publicity. testimony is expected from all 32 people wounded in last november's attack on the military base. the 40-year-old army psychiatrist is charged with 13 counsels of premeditated murder. hassan is paralyzed from the chest down after being shot by two for the hood police officers. kai? >> denise, thank you. >>> a request by the legal team to exclude the reports from the october 12th hearing was denied. >>> a relief well could

. >> 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 jessica kartalija who spoke to a witness who was feet away when the doctor was shot. >> reporter: that witness has asked that we do not show his face or use his name. just after 11 this morning, this witness was meeting with a doctor. then this. >> i was up on the eighth floor, and i hear a bang. then i saw a -- either a nurse or a resident female come running around the corner saying he shot the doctor, shot the doctor. so i went down, probably about 10 yards and made a left and there the doctor was on the floor in the hallway. >> reporter: the witness who asked that we not use his name said they searched frantically for a gurney. >> they brought the crash cart over. there

it is a sprawling campus with more than 40 billings, but the nelson building became a crime scene today. >> we have learned that the doctor, who was shot in the upper abdomen, is in stable condition. the hopkins medical campus is getting back to some normalcy to night after a day the hospital will never forget. at one of the best hospitals in the world, one of the worst things happen. >> there were snipers out in front. we were all locked down. >> a host of police, fire, and swat team member swarmed johns hopkins hospital around 11:00 thursday morning. a man police initially a identified as warren davis was discussing his mother's medical condition with her doctor on the eighth four of the nelson building. for some reason, davis gets upset, pulls out a gun and shoots the doctor, later identified as david cohen. >> the doctor collapsed just outside the doorway of the room. mr. davis was last seen running into the room, brandishing a handgun in the direction of his mother, who was confined to the dead. >> we later learned warren davis is an alias. the gunman's real name is paul pardus. of

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

teams from baltimore county and city surround add couple floors on the eighth floor of the nelson building out here at hopkins campus, and what they did then was once they were able to get in they found that both davis and his mother were dead inside the room, what they consider police are saying right now, preliminary fairly is a murder suicide. we'll have a lot more on this including the commotion it caused here on this campus for this hospital. as you mentioned earlier, joce, this is one of the largest and most prestigious hospitals in the country. for a long time here most of the major roads going into this hospital were closed. things are open right now. the hospital is open. but for a long time here it was pretty serious for a lot of the employees and stuff. we'll have that along with the latest from this story coming up at the top of the hour. reporting live, roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >> thanks. as you mentioned our coverage is just beginning this evening here on abc 2 news on that shooting inside hopkins. coming up on the news at 6:00 you're going to explore the security in p

for more than two hours, pardus was barricaded in a room with his mother in the nelson building. at one point, parts of the hospital were evaluated. police learned something had happened inside the room. they went in to find pardus and his mother were dead from single gunshot wounds to the head. >> at this point we're treating this case as a murder-suicides. >> as for dr. cohen, spent much of the day in surgery for a gunshot wound. we do not have an update on his condition. the big question right now, how could a government get inside the hospital? we will have more answers for that coming up later. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what changes, if any, do you think need to be done to johns hopkins security? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> an amazing story or a man and woman are accused of holding a woman captive for nearly a year. germaine smith-bey and kimberly stacy king are charged with attempted murder and assault. authorities s

that issggod news considering the nelson building is behind me. thissis how close you could get because of he barricade and all of the action here yesterday. this happened yesterday around 11:00. let's take you through it right now. that's when a doctor was talking to paul warren pardus about his mother, 84 years old jean davis. apparently a recent surgery didn't go very well. that upset pardus. waistband and shot the doctor in the abdomen area.3 inno his mother's room, ande ran barricaded himself for a long time. the hospital was put on lockddwn. fbi agents were here and the s.w.a.t. team were in here. they werr on the grounn and n tte air tryinggto secure the back inside, pardus never left that room. it was quiet for 2 1/2 hours. around 2:00 p.m., police did confirm that pardus shot and himself. for the co-workkrs of the doctor shot, this whole situation just unreal. >> my area is well secured, so i sat for an hour. >> what that's you were running through your heat at that point3 >> he could actually try to get in. i was actually kinddof scared.

of the >> on the eighth floor of hopkins nelson building where police are focusing their attentiin. >> everybody is scared. the patients are scared. nobody knows what is going on. >> workers begin to call in text message friends and colleagues out on the street. police update the media. >> there is a loose gunman on a3 can completely contained.ichhis >> the gunman became irate after learning about hii mother's condition following surgery. >> he alleged that the doctor paralyzed his mother. >> during the course of the conversation, with the doctor, removed a small semiautomatic handgun, from his waist, and that struck the doccor, in the lower chest, uuper abdomen. >> the doctor collapsed. as the gunman barricades himself room. >> all you can o is hope for the best. >> hourr later police determine the gunmaa is dead. and so is his mother. >> we never heard the shots. >> what starts as a shooting ends as a murder-suicide. >> it was chaotic.ú a lot of pooice officers running inside. fire trucks, police cars, swat car coming into the main obby. blockiig the door and everything. >> famous

. >> the entire eighth floor of the nelson building was evacuated and portions of the massive hospital were put on lockdown. >> it was a very horrible experience because i did not know if he was going to take a child or anything. >> based on initial assessment, the wounds do appear to be survivable wounds. >> a tactical situation has turned into a murder-suicides. investigators at the hospital, everything has reopened. but like most hospitals in the country, there are no metal detectors. officials say they will look into that, but when you have 80,000 visitors a week and 80 different entrances, they say it is "very unrealistic." >> a construction worker was shocked and burned after a bucket hit a hairline -- a power line. the victim went to a -- an area hospital in critical condition. and for the first time, we are hearing the complete story of two people taken hostage at the discovery location at the silver spring headquarters. >> maureen, they have prayed and search for a way out and in the end, they escaped with an amazing story of survival. boys with little emotion, chris wood and

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 where his ill mother was confined to a bed. >> we had all these stairwells covered. >> after three hours, they made themselves into the room and found parties on the grounds. >> he wonders why there -- >> there might be a great idea to consider something like this. >> he was headed inside. he was forced back downstairs for hours, separated from his family. >> i called her on the phone. >> the

it was a chaotic scene on the eighth floor of the nelson building. the sprawling medical building was put on lockdown after paul pardus pulled out a gun and shot dr. david in the symptom mick. he believed doctors had failed his mother and prompted him to shoot the doctor. pardus then ran into his mother's room, shot her in the head and turned the gun on himself. news of the shooting had people with relatives who work here at hopkins scrambling to get to the scene. >> my brother finally contacted her and at least we know that she answered the phone and is okay. >> a metal detector might have kept pardus from bringing the gun into hopkins. officials know there are more than 80 entrances and to have a detector at every door is near impossible. they will review security procedures in hopkins. linda so, abc 2 news. >> the scene that played outside of johns hopkins hospital and inside the hospital yesterday morning is a scene that we have seen numerous times in and around u.s. hospitals every single year. this is from knoxville where a man with a history m

building of the hospital. at about 1:30 p.m. our swat team was able to determine that 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. the team made entry into the room. with the assistance of onseen medical personnel determined that both mr. davis and miss davis were, indeed, deceased. at this point we are treating this case as a murder-suicide. obviously, the shooting of the doctor preceding this discovery. we have moved from a tactical situation to now a crime scene situation and management. in terms of emergency equipment and response, we are actively demobilizing the tactical side of the operation and concentrating our effort now in determining the full extent of mr. davis' background and any other history we can determine associated with the case. i will turn it over now to the fire department for a brief description of their response, as well. >>reporter: was the mother paralyzed? >> i

. >> a tragic scene in east baltimore when a man opened fire inside the nelson building at johns hopkins hospital. the man, paul pardus, pulled a gun on a doctor after becoming upset. after shooting in injury the doctor, we're told he locked himself in his mother's room. swat teams from the city of baltimore county were called to the scene. authorities learned pardus had shot and killed his mother as well as himself. the doctor has been identified as dr. david cohen and he is expected to be ok. 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? >> keep e-mailing those responses to watercooler@wbaltv.com. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website. >> here is a look ahead -- >> we will have the latest on the jobs bill from washington. >> strong storms rolled through new york city causing quite a bit of damage. >> some villagers in thailand are putting monkeys to work. we will explain. >> mostly sunny

david cohen was shot on the eighth floor of the nelson building by paul pardus who barricaded himself inside his mother's hospital room, shot her, then took his life. 911 calls made during the incident were released on friday. >> 911! we need 911. a shooting on nelson eight. >> okay. >> 9! >> calm down. has anybody been shot? >> i don't know. i work for physical therapy. we heard gunshots. >> wow. police tell us the department and hospital officials are investigating mr. pardus' history and working to determine if crucial details may have been overlooked. we have posted the 911 calls in their entirety on our web site, wbaltv.com. hurricane igor is on track for bermuda, creating high winds and rough surf. to get ready, locals are gathering supplies and boarding up homes while vacationers are trying to leave before the storm hits some time on sunday. igor's forecasted path forced royal caribbean to change the destination for enchantment of the seas that departs from baltimore. it is now heading to the bahamas. b.p.'s blown-out well in the gulf of mexico could be hours away from being pe

it's in the nelson building, on a floor in the nelson building, which we're not going to give out yet. the hospital is operating as close to normal as possible. the emergency room is open. the doctor is going to be okay. i think that was already reported. he has non-life threatening injuries. he's in the best place he could ever be. he's going to be okay. we have no information on anyone in danger, any hostages. every 30 minutes, we want to make sure we get you guys information that we have, so 30 minutes from you, we'll update you with more. >> what can you tell us about the individual? >> i don't have a background on him. i know he's african-american mail in his 30s. i don't have an identity, background. i don't know his relationship to the doctor. >> his mother, we're hearing -- >> we have those, that's it's a family member, that he's in the room with a family member. floors that are affected are sealed off. correct. we're not going to get into specifics for tactical reasons. >> how many floors -- >> we're not going to get into that. there's tvs all over the building. the situation

building locked down. >> at about 1:30 p.m. our s.w.a.t team was able to determine that 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: there are no metal detectors on the campus. all people are asked for identification and given a wrist band. hospital officials say they're reassessing their security but preliminarily they say the warning system worked well. at 3:00 this afternoon we were told by police the doctor was still in the operating room. we don't have an update on his condition but we're told he will survive. he's being identified as dr. david cohen. an orthopaedic surgeon and a staff member here at the hospital. the security is being reassessed according to hospital officials but anybody who comes on to this campus has to show identification and get a wrist band before he can enter. >> paul wagner in east baltimore. >>> two families are mourning after an ambulance crash in prince george'

. >> reporte it happened on the eighth flar of the nelson building. there are several hundred unarmed guards at the campus. >> there should be a scanner and security guards at all doors. >> reporter: i baltimore, darcy spencer, news 4 today. >>> 4:31 is our time. >> it came in overnight. the skies have begun to clear out. starting off friday morning with a partly cloudy sky. we'll take every drop we can have with the drought we have ongoing. arlington, fairfax, montgomery, mid-60s. 60s to 70s on the eastern shore. out of the mountains of west virginia, temperatures there are near 60. over the last 12 hours, the bulk of the heavier rain fell north of washington in pennsylvania. they hadevere weather. new york city, they're getting that there. long island, heavy downpours and strong winds. for, we'll have some sunine. afternoon highs into the low 80s. and increasing sunshine by late afterno. great weather for all the games. partly cloudy sunday, mid-80s. good wther for the skins game sunday afternoon. how is our traffic, ashley? >> well, od morning. we

members for baltimore county who provided additional security in the nelson building of the hospital. at about 1:30 p.m. our s.w.a.t. team was able to determine that 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. the tactical team made entry into the room, and with the assistance of on-scene medical personnel determined that both mr. davis and miss davis were indeed deceased. at this point we are treating this case as a murder/suicide, and obviously, the shooting of the doctor preceding this discovery. we've moved from a tactical situation to now a crime seam situation and management that we're in. in terms of emergency equipment and response, we are actively demobilizing the tactical side of this operation and concentrating our efforts now in determining the full extent of mr. davis' background and any other history we can determine associated with the case. i'm going to turn it over now to the fire department for a brief description of their response as well. >>

it all unfolded yesterday morning shortly after 11:00 on the eighth floor of the nelson building. the sprawling medical campus was put on lockdown after 50- year-old paul pardus pulled out a gun and shot the doctor. he became distraught after being briefed on his mother's condition. he believed doctors fail her and that prompted him to shoot the doctor. he then ran into his mother's room, shot her in the head and turned the gun on himself. the violent ordeal caught a lot of people at the hospital off guard. >> it is scary knowing someone's on the outside on a rampage with a gun in a hospital where we're supposed to be protected. >> reporter: a metal detector may have kept pardus from bringing the gun inside the hospital but there are more than 80 entrances on this sprawling campus and to have a metal detector at each entrance would be nearly impossible. 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

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 room. hospital was immediately put on swat teams and fbi agents wasted no time to get into position,,on the ground and in the air. so i sat for an hour.cured. >> what thoughts were running through your head at that point? >> like he could tty to get in. i was actually kind of scared. >> everybody issscared. -he atieets were scaredd nobody knows what is going on. >> now, arouud 1:30. happened iiside of the hospital room. they found paul pardus shot in the head. he was dead on the floor. and they aaso foond his mother, with gunshot wound to her head. she was also deceased. they are calling this a %-hospital.ide inside of the they continue to investigate that. along with the investigation into the shooting of that doctor. the gunman involved in this including his real name, because there was a lot of confusion shed light on that.s here now to >> today was a day of chaos and confusion. police nitially said he and later learned that was

it was a chaotic scene as it unfolded on the eighth floor of the nelson building. police say 50-year-old paul pardus pulled out a gun and shot the doctor in the stomach. he became distraught as he was being briefed on his mother's condition. he believed the doctors had failed his mother and shot the doctor, shot his mother in the head then turned the gun on himself. it caught a lot of people offguard. >> it's scary knowing someone is on the outside on a rampage with a gun in the hospital where we are supposed to be protected. >> reporter: a metal detector might have prevented him from bringing that gun into the building but there are more than 80 entrances on the sprawling campus and to have a detector at every door is near impossible, still they will review security procedures. linda so, abc 2 news. >> the scene that played out inside johns hopkins yesterday morning is a scene that's played out across the united states. just this year alone, take a look at this video. this is from a shooting last april in knoxville where a man with a history of mental problems gun

building. there are several hundred unarmed guards at the hopkins campus. some say secury needs to be boosted. >> i think in every entranceway there should be a scanner and all security -- security guards at every door. >> it is frightening. i would never expectÑi this. this hospital is well secured and protected and it's crazy and ridiculous for sothing like this to happen. >> dr. cohen did undergo surgery today. again, he is expected to recover, johns hopkins hospital officials say they are reviewing security procedures. reporting live from baltimore, da dorothy spencer, news 4. >>> our coverage continues in arlingt arlington, where neighbors are questied tonight. jack benson outside the house he shared th his ailing mother. >> reporter: this was the last person they would expect to do something like this according to neighbors. by night fall, arlingn, virginia, police officers were talking to neighbors on south kenmoore street, where the john hopkins gunman, 54-year-old john partis harland,

building. police say he was registered to carry a gun by the state of virginia and legally bought this type of very small handgun a couple of years ago, small enough to easily conceal if police say that was his intent. >> i don't know, we don't know yet if it was in his daily routine coming and visiting his mother that he always had that gun. was this an anomaly in his behavior, while police try to answer that question they investigate security practices. they intrude security officers with baltimore city police officers a partnership that commissioners said worked flawlessly on thursday allowing for the hurried but organized response. >> initial response to this the communications between the bpd and hopkins in particular hopkins security i'm going to bet on parallel. >> reporter: while both the hospital and police are proud of the reaction, prevention remains at issue as many are asking how he into the facility with the gun in the first place. there are 80 entrances serving 80,000 a week. met

. >> of the calls are from by their patients or employees and the eighth floor of the nelson building. >> there is a shooting on ben nelson 8. >> come down. has anyone been shot? >> we heard gunshots. >> it is another inside locked at what went on -- and inside looked at what happened during the frantic moments where please stand by -- paul pardus shot a doctor. >> john f. burner iii -- 4 fred bealefeld is looking at the investigation. >> was the communication that we missed? these are things we will examine through our investigation. >> on the johns hopkins campus, students and staff say things seem back to normal and some teachers talked about the shooting, and used as a teaching tool. >> it is not just clinically talking to a parents, the to your patients, but in terms of security, and how can we protect ourselves and maintain integrity. >> city police are investigating a family fight between and aunts and her niece that was so brutal that have left one of them dead. officers were called last night. detectives say the injuries to the arms were so bad she was taken to the hospital,

he barricaded himself in his mother's hospital room in the nelson building. at 1:30, he was found shot dead. and man held metal detectors are used to screen the patients. officials had no reason to believe he posed danger. >>> and we still don't know who will be the ball more city state -- baltimore city state's attorney. and the >>> stay with wjz-13, maryland's news ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] mcdonald's new chicken flatbreads. all out awesome combinations of juicy, grilled chicken topped with roasted garlic aioli and a natural four-cheese blend. mcdonald's chicken flatbreads. the simple joy of new discoveries. ♪ >>> welcome back to "the early show" on a friday morning. i'm erica hill with harry smith. did you notice as soon as the camera went live -- >> it started to rain. >> it did. but you can't dampen our parade. >> not at all, you wouldn't domp sdaen our enthusiasm this this morning. >> we have rather enthusiastic folks on the progrlaza. just ahead this morning, you probably worry about certain things when you go to the gym, right, wor

team swarmed the 8th floor of the nelson building yesterday, visitors and workers watched in worry. >> it's like totally unexpected. you come to the hospital to get seen. find out somebody is in there shooting. and totally puts you -- makes me think, like what is really going on? >> reporter: now, more than 24 hours after police say paul warren hardish got himself inside her room and committed murder-suicide. the hospital security is in question. how well did officers respond? and can they prevent it from happening again? >> i would give more time for how the whole thing proceeded. there were some missteps. none of them cost anyone -- hazarded anyone's safety. >> reporter: city police commissioner fred bealefeld said he knew at all times where the suspect was in the building, thanks to lightning fast communication. between his officers. but as for those metal detectors some may want now, bealefeld says it's not likely, considering those they say every day. >> they aren't equipped with x- ray vision. >> i kind of think it happened anywhere. >> reporter: it has. at least seven other med

it was on the #th floor of the nelson hospital building. >> i was standing right there when the man went down. >> where? >> on nelson 8. >> reporter: tonight doctors expect a full recovery and the patients are relieve. >> i can't imagine what my lower back would be like without dr. cohen's intervention. >> reporter: for years this woman suffered from years of back pain, from a degenerative disk, then a car accident. the pain didn't go away until she met dr. cohen. >> he changed my life completely. >> he was my knight in shining armor. that is why i was so devastated to hear of the horror that happened to him. >> reporter: within minutes she learned another patient's son shot cohen, she possessioned messages on her facebook -- posted messages on her facebook page, asking for prayer. for her his recovery is good new. >> he brought me back to my feet, so i would like the same for him. >> reporter: billion are determining if there were -- police are determining if there are any miss signals. >>> on anthony avenue flames spread from the basement to the first floor of a home. everyone in the h

building locked down. >> at about 1:30 p.m., our s.w.a.t team was able to determine that 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: johns hopkins officials says the police response left them breathless. the warnings performed flawlessly. preliminarily, they believe davis is from remington, virginia, they identified the mother as jean davis. fox news and the baltimore sun are reporting that the doctor's name is david cohen, an orthopaedic surgeon and staff doctor here at hospital. there is some questions about security here at hopkins. there are no metal detectors here but officials who know about the security here say that anyone who comes to visit or even comes on to the campus is asked to show identification and has to wear a wrist band. at this point they are reassessing their security here at hopkins campus. laura. >> paul, give us the condition of the doctor and do you know what news he delivered that led to the shooting or what he told the g

. >> reporter: officers from baltimore city and seral other agencies surrounded the nelson building of the prestigious johns hopkins university hospital just before noon this morning. he barricade himself in with his mother. >> i heard some people who were there and they ran off the floor. basically, he was upset about his mother being paralyzed by the doctor. and that's why he did what he did. >> reporter: during the course of the quofrgs th doctor, mr. avis removed a small semiautomatic handgun from his waistarea, waist band area. andired a single gunshot. >> reporter: the hospital evacuated several floors and locked down its nearly 000 employees. police say right after shooting the doctor, he ducked into his mother as room. between that time when we saw s.w.a.t. members leaving, police heard no gunshots and never established contact with him. >> inside the room, we were able to see that mr. davis was down on the floor suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. >> reporter: policeelieve he shot his mother in the head and then killed himself. a tragic ending to what hospital workers ca

happened in the nelson building, the maine medical tower there. >> the unthinkable happened inside one of the most unlikely places, johns hopkins hospital. we are learning more about the suspect, the victims, what happened, and why. witnesses said

davis darted into his mother's room on the eighth floor of the nelson building. that's where witness accnts end. at the same time, johns hopkins bean messaging hospital staff to lo themselves down. >> i was in my work area. may boss came in and he told me stay put. there is a guy running around with a gun. >> reporter: a stream of s.w.a.t. officers emerging at 1:30 was the first indication of a resolution. officers determined david had sho his motr and himself in the head. >> inside the room we were able to see that mr. davis was down on the floor suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. >> reporter: we're told that no baltimore city police officers or officersrom other agencies ever fired their weapon during this incent today. the doctor who was shot in the per chest, or lower chest, rather, we were told was in surgery this afternoon. he is expected to survive. the wounds he sustained hear today we also asked the authorities whether there were any metal detectors at the entrances to the hospita. we're told there were 80 entrances to the facility and none have t

building. they locked themselves in not knowing where the gunman would be. >> it's scary not knowing where the person is with a gun on a rampage in a hospital where we are supposed to be protected. >> my brother finally contacted her and she said i have to go and hung up abruptly. at least we know if she answered the phone she was okay. >> reporter: it was after securing the area and sending in s.w.a.t. teams that paul pardus had already shot himself and his mother inside her hospital room. before that, police say pardus shot dr. david cohen who about h. been informing him about his mother's condition. initially police thought his name was warren davis. >> mr. davis removed a small semi automatic handgun from his waist area, waistband area and fired a single gunshot that struck the doctor in the lower chest/upper abdomen. >> reporter: a metal detector might have kept that handgun out of the hospital. hopkins officials pointed out there are more than 80 entrances to the buildings on the medical

. >> reporter: inside the building tell us this incident happened in the nelson building on floor eight, although we have not confirmed that yet. the doctor in this situation is in critical condition and the suspect is still on the loose. has not been caught. s.w.a.t. team is on the scene there. they are trying to deal with this suspect who we're told has been barricaded into a specific area of the hospital. the hospital on lockdown right now as they deal with this very serious crisis situation. we're joined by rob, a former baltimore city police spokesman. rob, talk about how they're dealing with this in crisis perspective at this moment. >> it's important for everyone to understand right now there's still a lot of unknown facts and certainly don't want to speak on behalf of the department, hopkins at this point, but we're dealing with a very severe condition of instability and danger. the first thing that must be done is to secure the scene and make sure that safety is paramount for everyone involved and so again, i think from a -- needs to understand and be a little bit patient and t

they have been building a team. it was not a don nelson tea allm summer and there was a feeling a run the bay area. and certainly guys in that locker room or not ready for don nelson to come back and coach this team. the feeling is that that era is over and have to go into our new direction. the new ownership is certainly aware of that. it was only a matter of timing. this is a bit odd. let me tell you with rest of the nba teams their coaches have been hobbled for the last weeks. planning their seasons,-hobbled, for this to be made at this point? - huddles and that the best test to to get his full 6 w3million? >> i do not have to even guess on that i do not have any direct knowledge but i guarantee! he would get every single dime that he is coming to him. there will be no by out with don nelson. he will leave with nothing on the table. he could be lying in the middle of the practice floor! >> and honest business is business and you do not think that they even got down a little bit and here is leave please leave your

this particular event taking place at nelson 8 which is one of the buildings that houses the thoracic center there. police shut down a number of roads. the hospital was evacuated. we don't know yet whether they are allowing people to go back inside the hospital or what happened to patients and staff in the hospital, a lot of them would be difficult to remove from the hospital especially those who are receiving serious medical care and treatment. a lot of reports coming in, we are working on confirming them all. the ap saying that the gunman, jenna has been subdued. hopefully this is a situation that is beginning to unwind and things will soon get back to normal at john hopkins. jenna: we are also confirming that it was indeed a doctor that was shot inside the hospital. no word on the condition. we'll continue to keep everybody updated. thank you very much to rick and we'll bring you more as we hear it. jenna: hi, everybody i'm jenna lee. thanks for starting off a new hour with us with breaking news. jon: we'll stay on top of the hospital situation and also covering partisan politics s

happened inside one of the most unlikeliest of places, the main building of johns hopkins hospital. >> city police were not the only ones. >> i saw homeland security. >> we got a text message saying there was a shooter on nelson a.. we all looked out the windows and the whole area was blocked off by cops and the swat teams were coming in. >> 50-year-old paul were partis was being briefed on the condition of his mother. authorities say he became distraught, overwhelmed by what he had learned. >> he removed a small, semi- automatic handgun from his waistband area and fired a single gunshot that struck the doctor in the lower chest, upper abdomen. >> the victim is identified as dr. david cohen, an orthopedic surgeon. he suffered non life- threatening injuries. two hours later, the suspect barricaded in the same room with his mom, a member of the police tactical unit sought davis line on the floor and the team entered 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. >> sadl

so we're going to continue to build as much support behind our position as we can. >> reporter: on the senate side, nebraska democrat, ben nelson, never afraid suggested he might break ranks with upper income. >> do you feel so strong you'd join the republican in a filibuster. >> i don't think it would come to that. >> reporter: do you feel that strongly about it. >> i feel strongly about it, but i don't think we'll have to come to a filibuster to get it done. >> reporter: do i get an answer? >> i don't think there's an answer when there's not an effort out there to throw a filibuster. who wants to invite one. >> reporter: meantime, two senate republicans, george voinovich of iowa lemeiux of ohio, handing the president, sets aside 30 million in taxpayer funds for community banks to lend small businesses, a measure the g.o.p. had been filibustering since july. >> every week that we've waited to pass this bill has been another tough week for small businesses throughout our country. >> reporter: finally, on a procedural vote, senate democrats rejected a measure that president obama has id

they hope to build on that for the chiefs. >> you get overconfident. >> next week warriors assistant chief is expected to replace don nelson but yesterday there was no talk of basketball, ricky williams met with victims of the san bruno fire. he notion what they were going through. he lost his home in 1995 back in indiana when a fire destroyed his neighborhood. >> yesterday, got pride tiffany put on a clinic. they teamed up to work with kids from the local american scores chapter. it's an after school program that use soccer to help kids. as for the title game, mike shumann has a preview. >> and it's in! >> gold pride were regular season champions with a 15-3 record and got a two week bye. >> it's been a great season. we're really excited and get a bye. we'll rest up and get ready for the big game. >> i think it's definitely an advantage that we get good recovery. >> how do you go from worst to first in one year? >> we really have put in the hard work all season long, but it's a combination of different styles of play and different types of personalities. having that variety is a win

if there's a pinhole leak how long would it take to build up? that depends on the circumstances it is a leak that the gas it has to me was some oxygen and meet with an ignition source and we've had some accidents were pipe ruptured and the material inside the pipe weatherbee-as a liquid never ignited. it depends on a number of factors. jorge what will be looking for the pipes will be doing a detailed examination in the middle lab in order to help us determine the mechanism of the failure. if we want to know for example where is it related to fatigue which could happen because of the pipe changing pressure from time to time which could cause the to expand and contract. it could lead to fatigue or was it because of corrosion or was it because of impact to with excavation we know that's a common cause a pipeline to failure. that's when his excavation and something hits the pipe and physically damages that. that's what will be doing in the lab. one more question please the question is should residents and other cities with this pipeline the concerne

. >> what i said before, it's a building block. a step in the right direction. can't get overconfident. >> next week warriors insist keith smart is expected to replace don nelson as head coach. but yesterday no talk of baseball as smart and reggie williams met with victims of the san bruno fire. smart knows firsthand what they're going through. 1995 he lost a home in indiana when a fire destroyed his entire neighborhood. taking on philadelphia for the professional soccer league championship. tiffany millbrent put on a clinic at reading elementary in san francisco. chicago defender natalie spillgear teamed up to work with kids from the local american scores chapter. american scores is an afterschool program that uses soccer to help students in urban communities. mike shumann has this preview. >> players four, sent in! left side! and it's in! >> the f. c. gold pride were regular season champions with a 16-3-5 record and got it before hosting the championship game. >> it's been a great season. we're glad we can host. can rest up and get ready for the big game. >> i

>>reporter: next week warrior assistant smart is expected to replace nelson as team new head coach. but tonight there was no talk of basketball as smart and former williams met with victims of the san bruno fire. smart knows firsthand what they are going through. in 1995 he lost his home in indiana when a fire destroyed his entire neighborhood. this sunday in hayward fry takes on philadelphia for the women professional soccer league championship. today if tiffany put on a clinic at redding elementary school in san francisco. natalee teamed one to work with kids and american scores is after school program that uses soccer to empower students in your ban community. title game, mick has the preview. >> then players forward. sent in. lacking for 2. left side. and it is in. christine. gold pride. >>reporter: they were regular season champion with a record and as a result got a two week by before hosting the championship game. >> it has been a great season. we are just really excited we get to host a by to rest up a little bit and just get ready for the big game. >> i think it is good. de

. >> like i said before this is a building block. a step in the right direction. captain get overconfident. >> next week warriors stint keith smart is expected to replace don nelson as the team's head coach. no talk of basketball as reggie williams met with victims of the san bruno fire. smart knows firsthand what they're going through. in 1995, he lost his home in indiana when a fire destroyed his entire neighborhood. tomorrow in hayward, gold pride takes on philadelphia for the women's professional soccer league championship. yesterday tiffany millbrandt put on a clinic at an elementary school in san francisco. natalie teamed up to work with kids from the local american scores chapter. it's an afterschool program that uses soccer to help students in urban communities. mike shumann has this preview. >> and players forward. in! looking for two! left side and it's in! >> the f. c. gold pride were regular season champions with a 16-3-5 record and as a result got a two-week vibe before hosting the championship game. >> it's been a great season and we're really excite