More than three years have passed since Tracey Howard arrived home to find his wife shot dead on the front porch next to her yorkie, and he could scarcely describe the pain.
But he took the witness stand Tuesday as sentencing began for Austin Thompson, the 18-year-old who pleaded guilty last month in the 2022 Hedingham mass shooting, and tried.
“Austin’s actions have broken me,” he said, remembering his wife Nicole Connors and taking a long pause. “I don’t enjoy … I don’t enjoy the things I used to do.”…