john coco, 7news. >>> police releasing more details made in a 1990 case that went cold. investigators hospital been able to find a killer until january when a dna sample matched up with a sample given by an inmate in boston. detectives say they reinterviewed witnesses and reviewed the aging case file until they had enough evidence to charge the man with the crime. >> i have never been more proud of my mother than i am right now. as i sit here ultimately fighting for her life. >> tearful testimony from family members just before a south boston man is sentenced for stabbing and killing a 67-year-old woman. timothy coska will spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty on all charges last week. jennifer egan has the latest. >> reporter: it has been more than three years of pain for barbara quinn's family. >> i still pick up the phone every day to call her. >> reporter: the 67-year-old was killed in april of 2012. prosecutors say coska stabbed coin and stole lottery tickets and bought heroin with the money from cashing them in. >> i have never been more pro

john coco live with more on what happened. john? >> we're told this parking officer was just checking cars right here along the street right in the hillside area when he was attacked. >> all of a sudden they jumped from behind without notice. he had no idea they were coming. they beat him up good. one witness told 7 new a parking officer taken to the hospital wednesday after he was beaten up by two men around 9:30. >> they didn't specifically say he was targeted. but unfortunately it's a tough job to do. daniel mahoney said they were checking car when the pair attacked him. >>> it doesn't sit with me simply because you don't know who it is. so far there's be no update on the victim's condition and police are yet to release descriptions. >> he was told by investigators this happened here before. >> this actually happened quite often when he wouldn't get into more detail. >>> we're working to get more details on this story. of course when we do, we'll let you know. john coco, 7news "today in new england." police are investigating a st

mcdonald's in ankeny is still in the hospital recovering from serious injuries. 34-year-old gabriel john coco of des moines is charged with two counts of willful injury. he's suspected of shooting 18-year-old justin phongsavanh and 18-year-old nickolas culver. culver was released from the hospital this afternoon. it happened at about last night 10:30 at the mcdonald's on southwest state street. ankeny police say coco and the two teens were having an argument about behavior in the restaurant when the shooting occurred. coco left the scene before turning himself in 30 minutes later. police say the teens did not >> it's really close to home kinda makes me feel kinda unsafe , that a shooting happens right here in my neighborhood. laura: none of the people involved were mcdonald's employees. todd: houston more than foot of , rain in several places. kenneth craig reports from the area where floodwaters are beginning to recede but residents are being urged to use caution. kenneth: a brick facade and the roof of a home were no match for powerful winds from a store -- from a storm that tore through sa

live in worcester, john coco, 7 news, night team. >> and patricia with the worst of the team and parts of texas are still feeling the aftermath. heavy rainfall wreaking havoc as the state braces for flooding. and there crashing into the coast and the race to escape for thousands of tourists and including the local man who says he did whatever it took to make it home safely. when lance houston was planning his vacation to paradise he had no idea this is what he would see. >> from beautiful sun, ocean waves and tropical surroundings to complete pandemonium. >> coastal areas hit hard with heavy rain and winds of up to 165 mph. he' s back instead united states but still recovering from the scary situation. >> we got a phone call from the front desk saying you have a half hour to pack all your belongings. you' re being evacked right now. >> got on the bus from porta vallattera and he said emotions from fear to anxiety to the sense of calm. >> being from boston you learn to deal with to help me. >> and then not everyone is as lucky as lance. s the shelter. and they turn us away. and they wer

we're live, john coco, 7 news >>> also on 7, the swat team on a scene of a possible domestic dispute. police say the suspect barricaded him inside home. there's no word on whether anyone was hurt. gas leak. it happened on magnus avenue this morning. a contractor ruptured a gas line. the leak is now fixed >>> parents demanding answers after a 7-year-old was hand cuffed. he was put in hand cuffs to prevent him from hitting other children. the boy was not released for several hours because the officer did not have a key. the boy's mother said the punishment was extreme. >>woman: i was told when he walked in if my son didn't sit down he's going to get hand cuffed. >> police say the officer will now be undergoing more training on how to interact with children. >>> wild weather with texas after people are cleaning up after severe weather hit the area this morning. in this trailer park, possible tornado flipped campers upside down. strong storms flooded roads and neighborhoods. there are no reports of any injuries at this time >>> that run away military blimp is on the move again tonight. th

john coco in court today and we're learning what led to the stabbing. >> anchor: he held that knife . >> reporter: friends and family of mason raymond in tears listening as a prosecutor described how the 17-year-old was stabbed in the chest in jamaica plain outside the jack jackson square t station. penetrated his heart and unfortunately mr. raymond expired at about 4:30 early this morning. >>> we're told this all started as a fight between raymond and another teen and was kept hidden behind a door in court . >>> initially just fists with appear to be punching . >>> according to prosecutors the 16-year-old suspect upped the ante . >>> it was a fist only no weapons fight before he introduced the knife. >>> ed entire fit was caught on video. that video was used to track the suspect to his home in dorchester where he was arrested early friday morning. while with police, the prosecution says he confessed to everything. >>> he admitted bing in there. he admitted to having the knife on him. he admitted to having a problem with the victim. >>> the suspect's attorney says his client is a stud

the night team's 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 mess. >> a car with five people inside seen here on store surveillance of kirsch liquors on man street in worcester around 1:00 a.m. friday. >> it's a little more than a burglary. it's a toyota avalon sitting inside my store. >> reporter: despite a waterfall of shattered glass covering the car, everyone managed to get out with only one passenger slightly hurt. police say it all began as a two-car crash that sent one driver barreling into the building. >> i have seen the store many disarray when he was remodeling, but nothing like this. >> now police are looking for looting. bike. he was having a hell of a time riding the big and holding all the cigarettes he was carrying. >> reporter: kirsch was thankful the store was closed the only serious issue, >> i've been in business for 45 i've seen a lot. i've seen more than most people have seen in a lifetime, an

john coco is live in manchester, new hampshire to explain tonight. >> last night wasn't the first time investigators came by this apartment searching for sue hutchinson. but it was last night they finally found her here. sue hutchinson had missing for three weeks. but it's likely she never went anywhere. inside her home the entire time. murdered. stuffed in a crawl space behind a false wall in a closet. i shoep didn't die in pain. i hope it went quick for her and she it didn't suffer. darlene worked with hutchinson she a came by to leave candle roses manchester apartment where 57-year-old was found sunday night. >> she was a wonderful person. and i just want to let her know that i hope that she can rest in peace. hutchinson's family called police to search the home after smelling something strange inside that evening. little did they know it was her decomposing body hidden crawl spaces, sometimes they are well concealed. concealed. this one apparently was fairly well concealed. investigators believe hutchinson was killed by her 36-year-old roommate steven andrade who then off. probably

let's go to john coco with more. >>> imagine waking up and finding this guy in your driveway. i don't know. i don't know. maybe 300 pounds. he's big. this guy is big. >>> kims son spotted this black bear relaxing in their yard in grotton. when he said there's a bear in the driveway i thought he was kidding. this was no joke. >>> i just walked over and looked. and immediately grabbed the dog, put him in a room. got my camera and took some pictures. >>> she also set up trail camera. turns tout bears have been coming by often. >> her home has a lot of land the ordinary. recently we had the most. i haven't seen many, many in the past 15 years that we've lived out here. now we have the outdoor camera we are catching more. they had to take down their bird feeders because of them. of course this bear wasn't exactly hiding under the cover of darkness. which makes her a little bit nervous having two kids. >>> the bears showing up they are all ours of the day. morning early afternoon and then at night. >>> she might start making her children wear bear whistles just to be safe. they need

let's go to john coco live in medford for us. attack here in the hillside area of medford. a parking officer was taken to the hospital last night after he was allegedly attacked by two men here in medford. one man who lives in the area says it happened around 9:30. officers have not released descriptions of the suspects and there's no update on the victim's condition. the man says police told him the parking officer was checking cars when the pair attacked him. this is not the first time this has happened. >> it's, you know, nerve-wracking. it doesn't sit with me simply because you don't know who it is. there's no description so it's not like you can look out for a tall gentleman or large gentleman or certain description that in most cases there would be a sketch or something. >> reporter: we're gathering more details on this story. of course when we get those we'll bring them to you. live in medford, john cuoco, "7 news today in new england." >> jadiann: the top g.o.p. candidates battle it out. >> we have people out of works. isis and al-qaeda attacking us and we're talkin

. >> roland learns from andrea's father, john collier and her stepmother, caroline coco that andrea wasosed with mental illness three years ago. >> in may of 2005, andrea called us because she was sad and she was confused. we took andrea to see a psychiatrist where major depression and psychosis was diagnosed. >> as her disease progressed, she became less focused on things and couldn't concentrate. she would lose track of purpose, what she was doing. >> andrea was experiencing postpartum depression. >> after delivering her fourth child she had severe postpartum depression with major psychosis. she had 17 hospitalizations in 2 1/2 years. >> dr. spitz will research the case further and wait for toxicology tests to come back before he determines the cause of death and signs andrea bean's death certificate. >> right now it is a bit of waiting mode. and i think that's important for people to realize that we often don't get answers in the course of an hour, or at the time of the autopsy. there are many things that go on to having a complete death investigation. all right. let's do this last o