>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Hank: IF YOU’RE AN
UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEE HERE AT
KROGER, BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY.
I’LL TELL YOU WHY THOSE CHANGES
ARE GOING INTO EFFECT AND IF
OTHER COMPANIES COULD FOLLOW
SUIT.
>> Devin: FIRST THE RAIN, THEN
THE WARM.
THE LOCAL4CASTERS TRACKING TWO
BIG CHANGES IN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
>> Kim: WE COMBINE WITH JAMES
AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THE
PARENTS OF THE SUSPECTED OXFORD
SCHOOL SHOOTER LED INTO THE
COURTROOM IN CHAINS.
THE PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING WAS
POSTPONED TO GIVE MORE TIME TO
REVEAL THE PILES OF EVIDENCE IN
THE CASE.
>> Devin: BOTH FACE FOUR COUNTS
OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
WE’RE USED TO SEEING IN COURT.
>> Shawn: ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
OUR CAMERAS INSIDE AND YOU COULD
CUT THE EMOTION INSIDE BETWEEN
THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH A
KNIFE.
SO MUCH EMOTION.
BOTH PARENTS HERE CHAINED AT THE
WAIST AND HANDCUFFED, EXTRA
SECURITY ALL OVER THE COURT
BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE JAMES CRUMBLEY
WHISPERING "I LOVE YOU" TO HIS
WIFE.
CHAINS AND HANDCUFFED, YOU COULD
HEAR THEM AS THEY MADE THEIR
FIRST IN-PERSON COURT
APPEARANCE.
THEN YOU COULD SEE HOW WORN OUT,
HOW STRESSED OUT THE PARENTS OF
ETHAN CRUMBLEY LOOKED, THE FIRST
PARENTS OF AN ACCUSED SCHOOL
SHOOTER TO FACE CRIMINAL
CHARGES, FOUR COUNTS EACH OF
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR
EACH LIFE TAKEN.
JAMES CRUMBLEY WHISPERING "I
LOVE YOU" TO HIS WIFE.
BOTH HELD ON A $500,000 CASH
BOND.
THEIR ATTORNEYS WILL ASK TO
LOWER THAT NEXT MONTH.
HERE’S KAREN McDONALD.
>> WE’LL ARGUE THEY SHOULD
REMAIN DETAINED AND THEY TRIED
TO FLEE AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF
THE CRIME.
>> Shawn: IT’S THE PROSECUTOR
WHO ASKED FOR AND GOT A LONG
DELAY IN THIS CASE UNTIL
FEBRUARY.
ONE, BECAUSE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF
EVIDENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE
GATHERED.
BUT, TWO, BECAUSE OF THE
EMOTIONAL TOLL.
FUNERALS WERE JUST HELD AND KIDS
NEED TO BE INTERVIEWED.
McDONALD WANTS FAMILIES TO HAVE
A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY FIRST.
>> AND WE WERE CERTAINLY NOT
GOING TO ARRANGE MEETINGS TO
PREPARE FOR LITIGATION WHILE THE
CHILDREN WERE BEING BURIED AND
THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO HEAL.
THE WHOLE COUNTY IS TRYING TO
HEAL.
SO WE NEED TIME.
>> Shawn: LOT OF NEWS BEING
MADE.
WE ASKED HER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING: A BOND
HEARING FOR THE HUSBAND AND WIFE
JANUARY 7th, THE SAME DAY SON
ETHAN WILL ALSO HAVE A PROBABLE
CAUSE HEARING.
WE ASKED THE PROSECUTOR ABOUT
POSSIBLE CHARGES FOR SCHOOL
OFFICIALS IN OXFORD, AND SHE
SAID SHE IS NOT FOCUSING ON
SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND POSSIBLE
CHARGES.
THE ARTIST’S CASE, HE IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR HOUSING
THE CRUMBLEYS.
HIS ATTORNEY SAID CELL PHONE
EVIDENCE IS STILL BEING
EXAMINED.
>> Kim: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT HITTING
BACK ABOUT THE CIVIL LAWSUIT
IT’S FACING.
>> Shawn: $100 MILLION LAWSUIT
FILED BY GEOFFREY FIEGER.
NEW ALLEGATIONS HE MADE A MAJOR
MISSTEP IN HIS LAWSUIT.
REACTION FROM GEOFFREY FIEGER,
INCLUDING A NEW REACTION FROM
HIM AND ALSO NEW ALLEGATIONS
FROM FIEGER TOWARDS KAREN
McDONALD AND EVIDENCE.
WE ASKED HER ABOUT THAT AND LOTS
MORE COMING UP ABOUT THAT AT
6:00.
>> Kim: WE’LL SEE YOU THEN.
THANK YOU.
>> Devin: THE OXFORD SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS A BOARD MEETING
LATER ON TONIGHT, THE FIRST ONE
SINCE THE SHOOTING AT THE
SCHOOL.
WE’LL UPDATE YOU ONCE WE LEARN
MORE IN A LIVE REPORT AT 6:00
P.M.
THE MEETING COMES AS THE
SUPERINTENDENT DECIDES TO
POSTPONE HIS RETIREMENT.
TIM THRONE RELEASED A LETTER SAYING...
>> Devin: NO WORD ON HOW MUCH
LONGER HE’LL BE STAYING ON.
>>> NOW TO BREAKING NEWS AS
SHOTS ARE FIRED INTO A HOME NOT
ONCE BUT TWICE, AND THERE WAS AN
UNEXPECTED GUEST INSIDE THE HOME
THE SECOND TIME THE SHOOTER CAME
BACK.
>> Kim: LOCAL 4’S MARA MACDONALD
LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE WITH WHAT
WE KNOW SO FAR.
>> Mara: WE JUST GOT BRIEFED BY
CHIEF WHITE OUT HERE ON THE
SCENE.
THIS IS ATYPICAL, LET’S PUT IT
THAT WAY.
EARLIER TODAY, YOU HAVE A MAN, A
2-YEAR-OLD, A 15-YEAR-OLD, AS
WELL AS ANOTHER ADULT IN THIS
HOME YOU SEE ON THE CORNER.
THE MAN INSIDE THIS HOUSE IS
HAVING SOME SORT OF A DOMESTIC
PROBLEM WITH A WOMAN WHO LIVES
IN OWOSSO.
SHE HAS DRIVEN DOWN TO THIS HOME
AND FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS.
LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HIT.
THE PEOPLE INSIDE CALL POLICE.
THE POLICE ARE HERE IN MINUTES.
THEY’RE INSIDE TAKING THE REPORT
AND THERE ARE MARKED SQUAD CARS
IN FRONT OF THE HOME.
THE WOMAN FROM OWOSSO, ACCORDING
TO THE CHIEF, RETURNS AGAIN,
IGNORES THE FACT THERE ARE
MARKED SQUAD CARS AND STARTS
FIRING AGAIN INTO THE HOME.
EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE TOOK
COVER INCLUDING THE OFFICERS.
THEY DID NOT RETURN FIRE.
LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HIT, BUT THE
SUPERVISORS ON THE STREET MADE
THE WOMAN INSIDE THE SILVER JEEP
DOWN THE BLOCK PULL OVER AND
THEY’VE GOT HER IN CUSTODY.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE
THAT NOBODY WAS HURT TODAY.
LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE, I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
.
>> Kim: IT’S CALLED OPERATION
HOLIDAY WRAP, A COORDINATION TO
GET CRIMINALS, DRUGS, AND GUNS
OFF THE TREAT.
TODAY, THEY REVEALED THE
RESULTS.
VICTOR WILLIAMS HAS MORE.
THIS WAS FOCUSED ON THE EAST
SIDE THIS TIME.
>> Victor: THAT’S RIGHT.
AND THIS WAS JUST A THREE-DAY
OPERATION, BUT YOU’LL BE
SURPRISED AT HOW MANY ARRESTS
WERE MADE AND JUST HOW MANY
FIREARMS AND DRUGS WERE TAKEN
OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS IN TIME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
>> WE’RE GOING TO RELENTLESSLY
PURSUE THOSE WHO VICTIMIZE OUR
COMMUNITY AND BREAK THE LAW,
THOSE WHO USE WEAPONS TO RESOLVE
DISPUTES.
WE’RE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT IT.
>> Victor: A JOINT EFFORT
CARRIED OUT BETWEEN DECEMBER 7-9
CALLED OPERATION HOLIDAY WRAP.
THE 5th, 9th, AND 11th PRECINCT,
U.S. MARSHALS AND ATF MADE 70
FELONY ARRESTS.
>> A SUSPECT WANTED FOR MURDER,
ANOTHER SUSPECT WANT FOR RAPE,
AND 5 ROBBERY SUSPECTS.
>> Victor: THEY HAVE YET TO BE
ARRAIGNED BUT POLICE RECOVERED
ABOUT 35 GRAMS OF COCAINE AND
MORE THAN 20 ILLEGAL GUNS OFF
THE STREETS.
>> EVERY ONE OF THOSE GUNS ON
THE SCREEN IS A GUN THAT WON’T
HURT A CITIZEN OF DETROIT OR ONE
OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
>> Victor: A HUGE VICTORY FOR
THE CITY AND EVERY AGENCY
INVOLVED.
>> ANY TIME YOU CAN TAKE THAT
AMOUNT OF GUNS, DRUGS, AND
VIOLENT CRIMINALS ON THE STREET,
IT FEELS GOOD.
>> Victor: AND I’M TOLD THIS IS
NOTHING NEW FOR THE MANY
AGENCIES THAT MAKE THESE MAJOR
ARRESTS ON A DAILY BASIS.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> Kim: OKAY, VICTOR, THANKS.
♪
>> Devin: NOW TO MORE BREAKING
NEWS, THIS TIME FROM LANSING
WHERE LAWMAKERS HAVE APPROVED
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
THIS LEGISLATION INCLUDES $150
MILLION FOR SCHOOLS TO SCREEN
AND TEST FOR COVID-19.
$140 MILLION FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, AIMED AT KEEPING
MICHIGANERS IN THEIR HOMES, AND
$36 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE WATER
CRISIS IN BENTON HARBOR, $10
MILLION FOR TEACHER RECRUITMENT,
TRAINING, AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE A FULL BREAKDOWN OF THE
BILL AND THE FUNDING AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> Kim: TONIGHT, PFIZER SAYS ITS
UPDATED RESULTS SHOW THE
EXPERIMENTAL COVID PILL REDUCES
THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION OR
DEATH BY 89%.
>> Devin: COULD IT BE A
GAME-CHANGER?
DR. McGEORGE HAS A LOOK AT THE
DRUG AND HOW IT’S DIFFERENT THAN
THE ONE DEVELOPED BY MERCK.
>> Dr. McGeorge: SO LET’S START
WITH MERCK’S DRUG.
IT WAS FOUND TO REDUCE THE RISKS
BY 30% IN THE DATA PRESENTED TO
THE FDA’S ADVISORY PANEL AND
ACTUALLY IT WAS ONLY NARROWLY
RECOMMENDED AFTER THE PANEL
RAISED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE
RISK OF BIRTH DEFECTS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF CREATING NEW
VARIANTS N CONTRAST, PFIZER’S
DRUG IS VERY DIFFERENT AND
APPEARS TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE, AS
WELL.
THE DRUG IS GIVEN ALONG WITH AN
OLDER HIV DRUG.
THE UPDATED RESULTS COME FROM A
STUDY WHERE THE PILLS WERE GIVEN
TO NEARLY 700 UNVACCINATED
PEOPLE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF SYMPTOM
ONSET.
5 HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND
NONE DIED.
AMONG A SIMILARLY SIZE GROUP
THAT RECEIVED A PLACEBO, 44 WERE
HOSPITALIZED AND 9 DIED.
THE DRUG WORKS BY BLOCKING THE
VIRAL PROTEIN.
AND WITHOUT IT, THE VIRUS CAN’T
MULTIPLY ITSELF.
PFIZER SAYS IT SHOULD BE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST VARIANTS
BECAUSE THAT PROCESS REMAINS THE
SAME EVEN IF THE VIRUS’S SPIKE
PROTEIN MUTATES.
ON "THE TODAY SHOW," THE CDC
DIRECTOR SAID IT WOULD NOT BE A
SUBSTITUTE FOR GETTING
VACCINATED.
>> THE FIRST THING IS NOT TO GET
IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, SO GET
VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS,
THE PFIZER PILL SHOULD MOVE
THROUGH THE FDA QUICKLY AND
ANOTHER GREAT TOOL, BUT WE NEED
TO DIAGNOSE EARLY
SO IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, GET
TESTED SO YOU CAN BE DIAGNOSED
AND HAVE THIS AVAILABLE.
>> Dr. McGeorge: AND PFIZER HAS
ASKED THE FDA TO GRANT EMERGENCY
USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DRUG
BUT HAS NOT YET SCHEDULED A
MEETING TO REVIEW IT.
THE FDA HAS NOT ACTED ON MERCK’S
DRUG JUST YET.
FRANCE REJECTED IT BECAUSE OF
THE MODEST BENEFIT AND THE
SAFETY CONCERNS.
>> Devin: FRANK, HOW MUCH IS OUR
ISSUE WITH TESTING GONNA IMPACT
THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY OF THESE
DRUGS?
>> Dr. McGeorge: WELL, YOU KNOW,
TIMING MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH
TESTING.
THE INCREDIBLE RESULTS, THAT IS,
SEEING PEOPLE WITHIN THREE DAYS
OF -- RATHER RECEIVING THE DRUG
WITHIN THREE DAYS OF SYMPTOMS
STARTING, THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
RECOGNIZE THEM EARLY, GET TESTED
IMMEDIATELY AND GET THE RESULTS
BACK RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND GET
THE DRUG WITHIN THE THREE-DAY
WINDOW.