The ritzer family vowed to live in kindness. We will carry on to find the good every day. Their daughters killer found guilty on three of the charges he faced. He was found not guilty on a second aggravated rape charge. We cant bring her back, but we can continue to provide some sense of justice for our family. They tried to convince the jury that the then 14yearold was in the throes of a psychotic episode. Chisms mother doubled over at one point as the verdict was read. Our family enters a new phase in our lives, one that we have no choice but to again. They are trying to assuage their grief. Colleen never gave up and neither will we. We will not allow colleens death to define how she is remembered. Heather chisms conviction on the murderdegree murder charge means he does face life in prison. But he can appeal and he will be eligible for parole. Something the ritzer family is not looking forward to, heather why the chance for parole . Chism was tried as an adult but at 16 hes still le
More ahead on today in new england i cant believe its the end of november. Chris lambert has a check of the forecast for us. Doesnt feel like the end of november with temperature at 48 in the city of boston. Low 50s outside the city. Youll note the change from the 50s to the 40s throughout the day. The rain bringing in the change along the cold front beginning to see right on the doorstep in the city of boston light rain. Getting set to move on in. Steadier rain north and west of boston. Has been the case here the last hour or so. Merrimack valley; then stretching back into Southern New Hampshire. The band of rain slow to progress off to the south and east. This is sort of going to drag its feet coming on through southern new england. I expect occasional light rain. Maybe moderate rain at times north and west of boston. Occasional rain from midmorning through midafternoon. Look at the difference for new england. The numbers in the 50s now falling into the upper 40s by lunch time. We do
Well have details of all those stories, including the patriots game and so much more state ahead on today in new england. First look outside. Its an absolutely beautiful start to your weekend. The sun is shining bright and mild temperatures, Chris Lambert lambert. Who could ask for better temperatures in second week of december . Very hard to get. The record high for the day the 68 degrees. Not going to be close to the record, but near 60 this afternoon. Hey, well take. Average high is 43 degrees. 51 right now in the city of boston so shadows on the zakim bridge meaning the sun is out and shining here into the city. 43 in bedford. 34 norwood right now and fog nearly much of a problem as it was yesterday. Weve had patches of it but not dense at all and not nearly as widespread. Mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day. Any rain and sprinkle activity staying to the west of us. Tonight or brief sprinkle tomorrow but that should be about it. Otherwise, mile again this afternoon with te
Graduated high school in massachusetts and was an officer with the university of colorado, Colorado Springs police department. Abcs brandi hitt it live with this investigation. Good morning, what a horrific scene and an active, very active crime scene here this morning. You can see the Police Barricade behind me, that planned parenthood facility is just beyond that Police Vehicle and there were explosives experts that went through that facility overnight and making sure the suspect who is now in custody didnt leave anything behind. Were taking fire, hit. Five intense hours exchanging fire with this man inside the he was aiming at me and i hit the gas. First responders became targets. One by one, officers were shot and took cover. He turned around with a bloody face and said, get out of here, get out of here. More than 100 officers on scene, including the fbi. Gunfire in that room, weve got to stop this guy. His sister was caught in the building and spoke to her on the phone. There was
Bleeding in from the north and the west, and its also accompanied by a very blustery wind throughout the weekend. Overnight tonight, not abnormally cool, but still cool. Upper 30s to the upper 40s the closer you get to boston. Clouds moving in toward day break. And tomorrow, some sunshine, but also that blustery wind. Temperatures already five to even ten degrees below normal and this is not how low they go. We will take a closer look at this and get to the details in the extended forecast in just a few minutes. Now from the night team, a crash causing a mad dash. Chaos. It was just a big, gigantic mess. After a driver takes a dangerous turn. Anchor police say as soon as that car slammed through that worcester liquor store, some people nearby started looting. The night teams john coco live in worcester. Reporter this liquor store got hit in more ways than one, first when a cash came crashing right through the front door, and then again when looters chaos. It was just a big gigantic mes