Police say the first robbery occurred in front of Tydings Hall; the second, in front of Tawes Hall, the third outside Queen Anne’s Hall.

Police say they are unsure whether the same person was involved in these robberies.

In the first incident, police say the suspect was wearing a black mask, black clothing and white shoes and implied that they had a weapon. The suspect in the second incident was reported to be wearing a black mask and black clothing, and was armed with a black handgun.

Police say in the third robbery, the suspect showed a weapon.

Campus police are warning people to stay from these areas while authorities investigate and search for the suspect or suspects.

Our officers searched the area but did not locate the suspect. No further info at this time. Pls monitor social media for any updates.

— UMD Police Dept. (@UMPD)

“I got the alerts on my phone and of course I was scared and nervous,” said Hannah Phillips, an employee on campus. “This stuff doesn’t happen often.”

“It’s scary,” said Ryan Hearty, a student taking a summer course. “I guess it’s something that every college campus has to watch out for. I’ll probably just be a little more aware.”

������Ƶapp’s Liz Anderson contributed to this report.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been changed to reflect that there were three reported robberies. Police had previously reported four robberies.

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The staged plane crash will happen in the area of Freeway Airport. Fire officials say it is very likely that commuters on nearby U.S. 50 and other local roadways will be able to see the smoke and hear the pyrotechnics.

Fire and EMS crews will be on scene as a precaution.

County fire officials say they anticipate a higher volume of 911 calls in relation to the production. Those in the neighboring area are still advised to call 911 if they feel there is an emergency unrelated to the production.

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Philip Brian Hemmig, 85, was last seen around 4 p.m. Friday in Gaithersburg.

Hemming is described as a 6-foot man with white hair and hazel eyes, and weighing around 145 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a plaid shirt and black pants.

Hemming drives a red 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander with Maryland plates. His tag number is 7CJ6865.

Anyone who sees Hemming is asked to call Gaithersburg police at 301-279-8000, or call 911.

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According to police, the incident occurred in the 3500 block of Clay Place NE last month.

The woman, identified as 42-year-old Larona Steele, lured the three children into her home by offering them ice cream and popcorn. Police say once inside, she locked the door and directed the victims to perform sexual acts on her.

Police believe Steele targeted children under the notion of selling them candy from her home. Police also believe there may be additional victims.

Authorities have not released the ages of the victims, only identifying them as juveniles.

Steele was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree child sexual abuse.

Anyone who has had past inappropriate encounters with the suspect or has information that would assist in the investigation is asked to contact police at 202-727-9099.

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Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thompson tells ������Ƶapp it happened a little after 8 p.m. at the mouth of the Magothy River near the Baltimore Harbor Light.

Police say witnesses told them that the man was jumping boat wakes when he was thrown from the jet ski. Those witnesses also told police that they found him face down and unresponsive when they started performing CPR on the man and called 911.

The victim was flown to Shock Trauma with life-threatening injuries.

Below is a map with the approximate location of the accident:

������Ƶapp’s Liz Anderson contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON — Many who were watching PBS’s broadcast of “A Capitol Fourth” noticed something was a little “off” when they aired footage of the fireworks show in the nation’s capital showing clear skies.

The rain took its toll on Fourth of July fireworks plans around the nation’s capital , but the National Mall fireworks show still went on as scheduled.

Clouds made for poor visibility for those watching the fireworks show in the District, which caused some confusion for viewers at home when PBS showed clear skies for the show during its live broadcast.

did just use stock footage of fireworks from the past couple of years here in DC for their live broadcast?

— Chris Lavigne (@clavigne29)

— Michelle Basch (@mbasch������Ƶapp)

Because of the cloudy DC weather, It looks like PBS used stock footage of clear night fireworks — jonwarner (@jonwarner������Ƶapp)

Many users on Twitter, some using the hashtag, pointed out other errors like the missing scaffolding from the U.S. Capitol dome.

I think you live in another Washington DC… Mine has low hanging clouds and i can’t see much fireworks… — Grumpee Mike (@grumpee_mike)

I know it’s cloudy, but it’s a travesty not showing the real DC fireworks — Jody (@roaminrn)

Happy , America! Sincerely, (your stock fireworks footage news outlet). — Chauna (@chauna_eliz)

Happy courtesy of — Michael Jaffe (@mjaffeumd)

Old fireworks footage on when the clouds vanish, and so does the Capitol scaffolding. — Carl Bliss (@ckbliss)

Totally faked fireworks. No scaffolding on Capitol & not cloud in the sky. Much different here in — Andrew Roszak (@AndyRoszak)

PBS responded with the following tweet:

We showed a combination of the best fireworks from this year and previous years. It was the patriotic thing to do.

— A Capitol Fourth (@July4thPBS)

PBS backed off the patriotism angle a few hours later:

— A Capitol Fourth (@July4thPBS)

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Annapolis Fire Department Captain Richard Svoboda says firefighters responded to the State House for a reported fire around 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Upon arrival, crews observed that the sprinkler system was activated after the building was struck by lightning.

No smoke or fire was found. Svoboda says the water mist appeared to many bystanders as smoke coming from the building.

There were no reported injuries.

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Once car overturned on the shoulder of the interstate.

Both occupants of the vehicle were extricated and flown to Shock Trauma, officials said.

The crash shut down all lanes on I-95 southbound for about an hour.

������Ƶapp’s Keara Dowd contributed to this report.

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Police say 24-year-old Lawrence Sylvester Rogers Jr., of Capitol Heights, has been charged with fatally shooting 50-year-old Carlina Renee Gray, 55-year-old Jan Marie Parks and 60-year-old Allen Rowlett.

A fourth and fifth victim were also shot. One remains in critical condition and the other suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Officers were called to the 3100 block of Orleans Avenue around 9:35 p.m. .

Upon arrival, police found five people shot inside a home. .

Detectives say they established Rogers as the suspect through investigation and numerous tips from the community. He was arrested Wednesday night in D.C.

Rogers is charged with three counts of first- and second-degree murder. He remains in custody while awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County.

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Prince George’s County police responded to a hospital around 7:30 p.m. Friday for three shooting victims who had transported themselves to the hospital.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the victims were shot in the intersection of 54th Avenue and Macbeth Street.

Two of the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The third victim, 20-year-old Jeremiah Marlon Dingle, died of his injuries on Wednesday.

Preliminarily, detectives do not believe this was a random crime. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.

Detectives are working to identify a motive and the suspect(s) involved.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 301-772-4925. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), text “PGPD plus your message” to CRIMES (274637) on your cellphone or submit a tip online.

Below is a map showing the location of where the triple shooting is believed to have taken place:

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Anne Arundel County police responded to the Knights Inn on Laurel Fort Meade Road around 3 p.m. Saturday and found the 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the upper body.

He was taken to Shock Trauma where he is listed in critical, but stable condition.

According to police, witnesses reported seeing two men approach the teen. After what appeared to be a brief conversation, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot the victim.

The suspects are only described as black males. Police say they were captured on video surveillance at a McDonald’s restaurant just prior to the shooting (shown below):

Police are urging anyone with information to come forward by calling detectives at 410-222-4731. If people with information wish to remain anonymous they can also contact the county tip line at 410-222-4700 or Metro Crime Stoppers.

Below is a map with the location of the shooting:

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Police say they were called to the 3100 block of Orleans Avenue around 9:35 p.m. for a shooting.

Upon arrival, police found five people shot inside a home.

Two women and one man died of their injuries, police told ������Ƶapp’s television news partner .

Two others were taken to a hospital. One of is in critical condition, and another is in stable condition.

Preliminarily, police say this does not appear to be random.

Officers are searching for the suspect(s) involved.

Below is a map with the location of the shooting:

Stay with ������Ƶapp.com for updates on this developing story.

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Matt Elliott, a NWS meteorologist, tells ������Ƶapp that the “high-end EF0” tornado touched down at 1:29 p.m. and lifted at 1:48 p.m.

“Anything more than 10 minutes, especially for around here, is a fairly long time for a tornado to last,” Elliott said.

In those nearly 20 minutes, the tornado traveled 12.75 miles, traveling across the western and central portions of the county.

“Most of our tornadoes here are quick spinups, so it is rare for it to have a somewhat long track in terms of 10 miles or so,” Elliott said. “It’s not something that happens very often.”

The tornado had winds of up to 80 mph with a path width of 500 yards.

According to the NWS, the initial touchdown occurred near the intersection of Old Annapolis Road and St. Michaels Road, just southwest of Lisbon. Properties there sustained tree damage with multiple trees snapped, uprooted and topped in multiple directions. A large garage had its doors bowed by the wind and small objects were lifted, the NWS says.

The tornado continued toward the southeast, passing through the areas of Glenwood and Glenelg, before lifting just before Ellicott City in the vicinity of Manor Lane and Carroll Mill Road.

Elliott says the tornado caused mainly tree damage and very little structural damage.

The Howard County Public School System says in a statement that there will be no summer school at Howard High School on Wednesday due to a power outage. Classes at Oakland Mills High School and the Applications and Research Lab will open on time.

Seven other county school buildings — Glenelg High School, Marriotts Ridge High School, West Friendship Elementary School, Manor Woods Elementary School, Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School, Swansfield Elementary School and Rockburn Elementary School — were also without power, the school system says, and camps at locations without power were canceled.

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Montgomery County Police say there were two incidents on New Mark Esplanade in Rockville:

• On Sept. 21, 2015 between 4:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m., in the 800 block of New Mark Esplanade, police say the suspect followed a female resident along the sidewalk and exposed himself.

• On May 26, 2016 between 4:45 p.m. and 5:13 p.m., in the 100 block of New Mark Esplanade, the suspect sat on a lake side wall and exposed himself while watching a group of young girls.

Police say the same suspect was also seen in the 9000 block of Shady Grove Court in Derwood:

• On March 30, 2016 at approximately 4 p.m., the suspect was loitering and sitting on a curb with his hands in his pants.

• On March 31, 2016 at approximately 1 p.m., police say the suspect was seen loitering and sitting on a curb with his hands in his pants.

• On April 1, 2016 at approximately 12:30 p.m., the suspect was again seen loitering and sitting on a curb with his hands in his pants.

The suspect is described as a black male in his early-to-mid 20s. Police say he was seen wearing a gray T-shirt and black shorts in every incident. In the incidents this year, he was seen carrying a gray, drawstring backpack.

Anyone who recognizes this suspect or who has information about these incidents is asked to call police at 240-773-5770 or 240-314-8938. For those who wish to remain anonymous, Crime Solvers of Montgomery County is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for any information that leads to the arrest of the suspect. Tipsters can call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).

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Hiep Van Le, 67, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder.

Fairfax County police say an argument began between Le and his son-in-law, 45-year-old Dang Ngo, and escalated when his daughter, 40-year-old Sophia Le, became involved.

Hiep Van Le then allegedly pulled out a gun and started shooting.

Ngo was struck and killed outside the home, and police say Sophia Le was injured inside the home.

Reports of the shooting Wednesday triggered a heavy police response — patrol officers, SWAT, police dogs and a police helicopter — to the 3400 block of Beverly Drive at around 1:30 p.m.

Police then found Sophia Le injured inside the home. She was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital, but later died from her injuries.

Hiep Van Le was also found inside the home and taken into custody. Two young girls and a teenaged boy were home at the time. Police say they were not injured.

Police say Hiep Van Le and the victims all lived at the home.

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