And diana perez. We begin with a teacher murdered and a student under arrest. Hundreds of people gathered for a vigil to remember colleen ritzer. Investigators found ritzer stabbed to death in the woods behind the boston area school where she taught math. Heres abcs karen travers. Reporter this grisly murder has left a Community North of boston in shock. She was a very respected, loved teacher. Reporter 14yearold philip chism is accused of fatally stabbing colleen ritzer, a beloved math teacher at Danvers High School, where chism was a student. The Danvers High School teacher did not return home from work. And was not answering her cell phone. Danvers Police Initiated a search for the teacher. And discovered blood in the second floor bathroom at Danvers High School. Reporter ritzers blood was found in a second floor bathroom late tuesday night. Her body was found later in the woods behind the school. Danvers high school is in a new building, thats equipped with 130 cameras. Law enforce
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And welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. You had a fun job yesterday. Great group of kids. Really enjoyed it. You made that mascot head look really good. I still have it in my dressing room. Good to you back. We have a lot of stories this morning. An 11yearold arrested accused of bringing a gun and 400 rounds of ammunition to his school. What was he planning . Well have more on that coming up. Let us begin on a thursday morning with our top story. A tragic murder of a popular teacher in massachusetts. The 14yearold now in police custody. Ran allen has the latest on this. Reporter good morning to you, matt. No classes here this morning although grief counselors are on hand to help the community as they try to deal with what happened here. The body of the teacher Colleen Ritzer was found on the edge of the school grounds. A freshman new to the community has been charged with her murder. Hundreds came together to remember Colleen Ritzer, a belove
Friends and family tried to understand why deputies shoot and kill a 13 year old tonight theyre talking about their gut wrenching loss. A big rig in trouble and it causes one awful ride home for thousands of commuters see how it happened. People going hog wild and 1 bay area neighborhood after pigs and make a real mess of things. Tonight we are seeing them in actions that thieu appeared a School Shooting survivor sounding off, and this isnt everything he has to say. And this man admitted all line to killing someone and a drunk driving accident. Tonight he is talking about it the punishment fits the crime perry it sat as an outbreak in Sonoma County tonight at the deputies are shot and killed a 13 year old boy. The community is holding a motion unfilled dividual and protest demanding answers as to how this could happen of the artists estate and the lopez was caring a rapid, ak 47 Assault Rifle, while walking along more land ave when he was shocked. Kron4 is just the walden is live in sa
Police have set up a tipline for anyone with information on this but again, a Police Officer has been shot. And tonight, the gunman is still on the loose. Well continue following this developing story. And of course, our complete coverage continues thou with jpt jeff long. With more on the impact on traffic conditions. As you can see, the Police Presence is massive. And theyre got both lanes of route 1 shut down. This say busy time of day. And with this being shut down, theyre having to divert traffic. Northbound traffic is being forced to turn and divert onto Whiskey Bottom road. As you can see, theres a lot of cars here. 32 a huge area cordon often with police tape. That means, given the fact that an officer was shot, theres going to be a lengthy investigation. So at this point, it could be several hours before this road is opened again. Reporting live from sky eye chopper 13, im captain jeff long. We will continue to follow the story and bring you more information as it becomes avai