Shooter Posed As UPS Driver To Kill School Nurse: DA | Patch PM

Today is Thursday, June 18.

Gov. Charlie Baker may on Friday announce when the second part of phase two of the state's reopening can begin. Baker on Monday suggested he would make the announcement by the end of this week.

Phase three can start as early as June 29. Unless it gets delayed, next week is the only time the second part of phase two could commence.

Part two will see the return of indoor dining and personal services such as nail salons, tattoo parlors, some personal training and and other services.

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A man accused of fatally shooting a longtime Braintree school nurse dressed as a UPS delivery driver and opened fire in front of her home, according to prosecutors.

Robert Bonang, 61, of Marshfield, was charged with murder, two counts of carrying an unlicensed firearm, possession of ammunition without an identification card, and firing a gun within 500 feet of a building. Bonang pleaded not guilty to the charges in Quincy District Court Thursday and was ordered held without bail.

Prosecutors said Bonang shot and killed Laurie Melchionda, 59, a member of the Braintree Board of Health and former school nurse in town. She also was the director of health services for Weston Public Schools. Prosecutors said Bonang was Melchionda's former neighbor.

The number of people dying in Massachusetts is approaching normal levels after spiking in April during the height of the state's coronavirus crisis.

In a briefing to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Dr. Jeremy Faust said the "excessive mortality" rate has been near normal in Suffolk County for the past three weeks. Statewide, the number was still 113 percent of normal levels for the week ending June 17, but down from the peak of 230 percent for the week ending April 27.

The town of Oxford took a major step in shutting down a local gym opened during the coronavirus shutdown. On Thursday, the town shut off water and electricity to Prime Fitness and Nutrition, according to WHDH.

Gym owner Dave Blondin opened the gym in mid-May in defiance of Baker's order that health centers remain closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Blondin appeared in Worcester Superior Court on Tuesday, where a judge granted Oxford the power to shut the facility down.

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