. >> we first told you about the missing money trail of hal katz. joce sterman broke the story and is here with a katz business partner who is feeling the pain. >> reporter: back in june gordy bunch bought half the stock at one of katz' company. he said he spent a million bucks and had no idea the insurance provider was unstable. he called katz the maryland madoff. >> hi. i'm hal katz. >> reporter: katz, nonfor these outrageous commercial -- known for these outrageous commercials is at the center of an investigation. he is 50% owner of an insurance provider. that's interstate. he said he had no idea katz' company was broke we he bought it. the shorn's administration found fraud, too, discovering $800,000 that should have gone between two of katz' companies but never moved. the company hasn't been paid premiums from the katz' agency for 2012. they've been essentially taken over as part of a state agreement and are operating legitimately. if you want to know more about his operation, just go to the investigator section on our website abc 2news.com. >>

hal katz wouldn't talk to us. his representative said quote, we want our polyholders to know this has never affected our policy holders in any way. we're going to continue following the story and have more at 6. >>> thousands of you may have coverage connected to katz agency, so what you should do now. let's run a less of the phone numbers f it's through maryland auto fund call 1-800-445-1117. if interstate has your coverage and questions 410-358-1905. questions in gem at 1-800-492-6116. you can go to our website and go right to the investigator seas session. >>> a 17-year-old student brought a beebee gun to owings mills high school. others noticed it. they alerted adults. >> what happened after that is what we hope what would happen. students did exactly what we wanted them to do, which is they reported this promptly to the school administrators. >> school officials locked down the school and called police. they were able to identify the students and find the gun. the 17-year-old will be charged as a juvenile. >>