sal perrone was convicted of murdering three shopkeepers in brooklyn and today their family members faced him in a courtroom. cbs 2's steve langford has the story. >> reporter: 67-year-old sal perrone entering court to face sentencing and hear from the families of the three brooklyn shop owners he is convicted of shooting and killing in 2012. >> may this animal rot and suffer in jail for the rest of behind the bars alone. >> reporter: but perrone guilty of three counts of murdering three men [ all foreign names ] in separate killings has plenty to say, too, whether the victims' families like it or not. >> my sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. from there. perrone not only denied he killed the three men but claiming in mind-numbing detail how he says he didn't get a fair trial. >> absolutely no one appeared in this courtroom for my defense at the trial. >> reporter: all this dodging and rambling from the man convicted of destroying their families is too much to take. >> every friday night we have dinner in the basement. >> you're a liar. >> liar! >> reporter: in short ord

receive a copy of this -- >> you are going to die the most painful death. >> reporter: 67-year-old sal perron is from staten island. in court today the judge said if new york had a death penalty, perron would be a perfect candidate. we're live outside court in downtown brooklyn. i'm stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> stacey, thank you. >>> we now know tonight what killed bobbi kristina brown, houston and bobby brown. the 22-year-old died after her face was immersed in water along with drug intoxication, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in her system as well as medications used forrization or answering -- for sedation or anxiety. brown was found unresponsive in her bathtub january last year and would have turned 23 years old today. >>> the cdc is looking for better ways to tackle the zika virus. the agency will hold a one day action plan is i he mitt on the topic april -- summit on the topic april 1st. there has been no evidence so far of transmission of the virus through mosquitoes in the continental u.s., but experts are preparing for infected mosquitoes to possibly reach the states a

sal perrone was sentenced 25 years for each man he shot and killed execution style in 2012. the family members gave emotional impact statements today. the judge even had harsh words for perrone. >> what did he do to you? my father treated you with love and respect. we all did. everybody in the store did. >> nobody is going to care about you. you're going to rot in jail. >> everyone knows what i'm going to give you because that's what you deserve, the maximum sentence the law allows. >> in the years leading up to the trial there have been hearings whether perrone nicknamed son of sal was competent to stand trial. >>> a registered sex offender on a new york subway at union investigators say the 35-year- old man followed the woman onto the train and exposed himself and kept following her after she got off the train. mckelvin was eventually arrested at the 23rd street station. >>> police handing out flyers today on subway stations urging riders to say something if they see something, this in the wake of slashings and two disturbing arrests yesterday, a 31-year- old man arrested

. >>> happening tomorrow, the sentencing for sal perrone in the execution style murders of three shopkeepers. the 67-year-old staten island man was found guilty. the victims' family members are expected to make statements before sentencing. he faces 75 years to life behind bars. >>> charges drop from five teenagers in brooklyn erroneously convicted of raping a young woman. she recanted her story. she claimed she was attacked by playground in brownsville with her father. the woman later admitted to having consensual sex with her father. >>> a 250-pound man gun followed elizabeth gioino to her home. he pushed his way in and put his hands around her neck. she said she pleaded for mercy but he did not relent. >> i said please, leave me alone. >> after he robbed her he then robbed a neighbor. police say he's suspected of attacking a 71-year-old woman nearby three weeks ago. >>> new jersey transit preparing a contingency plan tonight in case rail workers go on strike. there will be five park and ride locations set up across the state where commuters can get on buses in to new york. no new jersey t

maximum sentence three consecutive sentences of 25 years to life, so that's 75 years to life for sal perrone, the so-called son of sal, a serial killer, sentenced today in brooklyn. we are live in downtown brooklyn, i'm stacy sayinger, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> a lot of understandable anger in that courtroom. thank you, stacy. >>> for the third time in the last two months a series of threats have been phoned into schools in northern new jersey. investigators are now checking schools in englewood, paramus, teaneck, cliffside park, mauwaw and modelneck, fort lee and/oradell. you can see them all on the map there. in some cases student haves been evacuated from the schools. in other cases the schools are in lockdown mode. similar threats were phoned into these districts earlier this year. story to tell you about, and it is another twist in the o.j. simpson saga. abc news has confirmed los angeles police are conducting tests on a knife found on o.j. simpson's old property. at this point it's unclear when exactly the knife was found, but the "los angeles times" is reporting that it was turned