Reporter kendra black says she was getting ready for dinner tuesday night with her family inside their home when they found themselves dodging bullets. Outside i heard all the gunshots going off. About 14 to 20 shots were fired. Reporter video shows several casings littering the street near the intersection of ohio and mariposa. Youre supposed to be waking up on Christmas Morning, opening your present, be being around peoples love buff hes in the hospital. Reporter the situation could have been much worse for kendra black had the other bullets penetrated the wall. Reporter one of the bullets struck the side of the house right here. It didnt pep trait. Another built went through the top window frame of the home, tramped through the house and came out on the other side and very close toem people standing inside of the house. Two inches, yeah. Reporter they are in the army reserve and train forward war on foreign soil. They didnt expect to have to use that training inside their own home.
Fingernails to do her part so he could never harm another family again. Reporter prosecutors say in april of 2012 kostka was looking for a quick heroin fix when he broke into coynes south boston home and was discovered by her looking through jewelry boxes thats when he stabbed her repeatedly as she tried to fight back. I know that if you just asked her she would have helped you. She did that for everybody. Reporter the case focus through attention on the opiate epidemic gripping the south Boston Neighborhood and beyond. The District Attorney says kostkas desperation remains a frightening prospect. Im very worried interest the fact that there will be more timothy kostkas out there who have one single goal in mind is to steal other peoples money break into their homes. Reporter as for the lottery tickets he stole prosecutors say he got 152 to buy more heroin. Barbara coynes family says life in prison is not enough reporting live from south boston Beth Germano Wbz news. Beth thank you. Br
Naked photos of himself to a 17 yearold student. Now here is what he looks like. Hes 21 years old. He will be 22 years old tomorrow , and he is charged with seconding two batches of naked photos to the student. The first last year when he was a substitute teacher. August. He allegedly sent these 10 photos via facebook messenger. He was friends with the students on facebook. They had apparently known each other from church a few verse back. Parents received this text message today alerting them to the situation. The School Resource officer had heard are you importance and contacted Police Yesterday and they investigated yesterday as well. Students and parents we spoke to are understandably concerned. They are young, they are kind of close in age and im sure they are attracted to our children. Yeah i would say that is a concern. He shouldnt work here. Reporter the school there is a Community Meeting for parents and Police Officers and the School District coming up on october 20th. He tur
Fingernails to do her part so he could never harm another family again. Reporter as kostka stared stone faced coynes family gave heart written ofing victim impact statements wanting to remember the 67yearold retired nurse who had battled cancer as a loving mother and grandmother not a murder victim. Her blood is running alive and thriving in my veins not sustained on a window curtain or stored in a cold dark room. The anger and trauma of what i have experienced will never go away. Reporter prosecutors say kostka a heroin addict was looking for a quick fix when he broke into coynes home where she caught him rifling through jewelry boxes. She was repeatedly stabbed and over powered in an attempt to fight back. I know that if you had just asked her she would have helped you. She did that for everybody. Reporter instead prosecutors say he left and cashed in her winning Lottery Ticket for 152 the rage and pain what this monster did to my family i allow it to strengthen me. Reporter barbara
Eyeopener. Frank good morning. Its saturday, october 10. Im frank holland. Antoinette im Antoinette Antonio. Good to have you with us. A rough start to the Holiday Weekend in central massachusetts. Powerful winds taking down trees in the town of monson. In some places, there was so much debris that roads had to be blocked off. This is the same town devastated by a tornado back in 2011. Looks like most of that weather has moved out of area. Thats right. The cold front that brought us the rain and the heavy winds pushing well to the south. High pressure building in. You notice around High Pressure the winds go clockwise so we do developed. Persistent out there. Youre going to feel them when you step outside the door first thing this morning. Clouds. Still have a little bit around the cape and the islands but beginning to finally clear things out. We should see full sunshine once we get to the afternoon. Starting out this morning, 50 degrees in boston. 42 degrees in worcester. 43 in keene