WITH CONCERNS ABOUT SEVERE STORMS THAT COULD BE COMING FOR TOMORROW. PARTS OF METRO
DETROIT AT AN ENHANCED RISK, A
LEVEL THREE OUT OF FIVE. AND
THAT IS SOMETHING WE NORMALLY
DON’T SEE.
>> RIGHT NOW, THE HAZE HAS
RETURNED TO LIVE PICTURES FROM
OUR WINDSOR SKY CAM. ALL OF
METRO DETROIT UNDER AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT TODAY AMID THIS
SWELTERING HEAT. ONE THING IS
FOR SURE, KIM ADAMS AS A WHOLE
LOT TO GO THROUGH WHEN IT COMES
TO WHAT WE COULD SEE OVER THE
NEXT 36 HOURS HERE.
>> FOREWARN WEATHER ALERT SET
FOR TOMORROW ALREADY. KIM
>> YEAH, BECAUSE WE’RE WE’RE
VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS SEVERE
WEATHER AND SO IS THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER, WHO HAS
RAISED OUR THREAT LEVEL TO A
LEVEL THREE. THAT’S AN ENHANCED
RISK. SO THE SCALE GOES FROM
MARGINAL UP TO HIGH. IT’S A
FIVE LEVEL SCALE AND WE’RE NOW
UPGRADE TO A LEVEL THREE MAIN
THREAT, HIGH WINDS, ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAIL AND A LOWER
RISK, BUT STILL A RISK FOR
FLOODING. AND YOU CAN’T RULE
OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO THAT’S
FOR TOMORROW. NOW FOR TONIGHT,
OUR IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS THAT
AIR QUALITY ALERT. YOU’VE
PROBABLY NOTICED SOME HAZE IN
THE AIR. THIS IS FOR SENSITIVE
GROUPS. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE
ASTHMA OR RESPIRATORY ISSUES.
BUT IF YOU GO JUST OUT TO THE
WEST WEST OF LANSING, IT’S
UNHEALTHY FOR ALL. BUT RIGHT
NOW HERE IN METRO DETROIT, WE
ARE STILL RIGHT AT THAT.
UNHEALTHY FOR SOME, AGAIN,
SENIOR CITIZENS, THOSE WITH
RESPIRATORY ISSUES. THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE ON THAT SCALE.
NOW, IF YOU’RE HEADED TO THE
TIGERS GAME AND YOU DO HAVE
THOSE RESPIRATORY ISSUES,
YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
FEELING IT AT THE GAME TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE, IT’S GOING TO BE A
BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AT THE
BALLPARK. A LITTLE HUMID TEMPS
IN THE 80S DROPPING DOWN TO THE
70S BY 9:00. I’M GOING TO TIME
OUT THE STORMS FOR TOMORROW IN
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
>> OKAY, KIM, OUR OTHER TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE. TWO
CHILDREN ARE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION RIGHT NOW AFTER BEING
RESCUED FROM A BURNING HOME
EARLY THIS MORNING IN PONTIAC.
>> FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS AN
INFANT HAD TO BE DROPPED FROM A
SECOND FLOOR WINDOW TO A FAMILY
MEMBER TO GET TO SAFETY.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LIVE ON THIS
STORY. AND YOU’VE BEEN TALKING,
JACQUELINE, WITH NEIGHBORS WHO
SAW THIS AS IT UNFOLDED.
>> YEAH, DEVON AND KIMBERLY,
FIRST, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
SECOND STORY WINDOW BURNT TO
THE CRISP. THIS IS THE WINDOW
WHERE THE PREGNANT MOTHER
JUMPED FROM JUST MOMENTS AFTER
TOSSING HER BABY OUT. THE SAME
WINDOW INTO THE DADS ARMS. AND
IF THAT WERE NOT TRAUMATIC
ENOUGH, IF YOU WALK AROUND THIS
CORNER WITH ME, YOU’LL LOOK
INSIDE THIS NOW BOARDED UP
WINDOW INSIDE THAT ROOM, TWO
MORE CHILDREN WERE SLEEPING AS
THAT FIRE RAGED ON.
>> SHE WAS SCREAMING, MY
BABIES, MY BABY, SOMEBODY GET
MY BABIES.
>> IT’S THE CRY FOR HELP THAT
SENT GLADYS TURNER CALLING 911.
THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND
MIDNIGHT AT CORNERSTONE
TOWNHOMES IN PONTIAC. THIS
NEIGHBOR WITNESSING A DRAMATIC
RESCUE BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS EVEN
ARRIVED ON SCENE. A PREGNANT
MOTHER TOSSING HER INFANT OUT
THE WINDOW AND INTO THE ARMS OF
HER HUSBAND BEFORE JUMPING
HERSELF.
>> SHE COULDN’T GET OUT OF HER
BEDROOM, SO SHE THREW THE BABY
OUT THE WINDOW AND THE DAD
CAUGHT THE BABY AND SET THE
BABY RIGHT THERE ON THE GROUND
BECAUSE ALL THAT STUFF WASN’T
THERE. SET THE BABY ON THE
GROUND AND THEN KEPT TELLING
THE MOM, JUMP, JUMP. AND SHE
SAID, I CAN’T. I CAN’T. I’M
SCARED. I’M SCARED. HE SAID,
COME ON, JUMP, YOU KNOW? AND
SHE FINALLY JUMPED OUT THE
WINDOW AND HE CAUGHT HER.
>> BUT THE TERROR HAD ONLY
BEGUN AS THEIR TWO YOUNG KIDS
WERE SLEEPING IN THE NEXT ROOM,
TRAPPED BY THE FLAMES AS THE
DAD DOING EVERYTHING HE COULD
TO WAKE THEM, KEPT THROWING
THINGS UP TO THE WINDOW AND IT
WOULDN’T BREAK IF HE THREW A
BICYCLE.
>> HE WAS THAT STRONG. HE THREW
A BICYCLE UP THERE AND BROKE
THE WINDOW.
>> FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SCENE
WITHIN FOUR MINUTES OF GETTING
THE CALL AND THEIR RESPONSE IS
NOTHING SHORT OF HEROIC. WE DO
WHAT’S CALLED RISK GALACTUS TO
SAVE A LOT, RISK A LITTLE, TO
SAVE A LITTLE, KNOWING THAT
THERE’S TWO CHILDREN IN THE
HOME, THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE
GOING TO RISK EVERYTHING THEY
CAN POSSIBLY DO TO SAVE THOSE
CHILDREN.
>> AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB
MAKING ENTRY.
>> BOTH OF THOSE CHILDREN WERE
PULLED OUT OF THE HOME BY
FIREFIGHTER POWERS. THEY WERE
TAKEN TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL,
WHERE THEY ARE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. THIS ENTIRE
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE
FIRST RESPONDERS, ARE ALL
PRAYING FOR THOSE KIDS TO PULL
THROUGH. REPORTING LIVE IN
PONTIAC, JACQUELINE FRANCIS,
LOCAL 4.
>> DAD CAN’T EVEN FOCUS ON WHAT
HE DID THERE TO TRY AND HELP
HIS FAMILY IF THEY’RE BOTH
STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
WE’LL KEEP FOLLOWING THIS
STORY. ALL RIGHT, JACQUELINE.
WOW. ALL RIGHT. NOW TO NEW
INFORMATION TONIGHT IN A
SHOOTING IN INKSTER.
>> YEAH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR NOON LIVE SHOT. POLICE
SWARMED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
TOOK A MAN IN FOR QUESTIONING.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE ON THIS STORY
FOR US TONIGHT. SHAWN NEIGHBORS
ARE STUNNED OVER WHAT HAPPENED
AND THEY WERE ON THEIR FIRST
CUP OF COFFEE THIS MORNING ON
THE PORCH, BEAUTIFUL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THEY WERE SHOCKED WHEN THEY
SAW A SHOOTING RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THEM IN THE STREET. POLICE
INVESTIGATE AND THEY CLEARED
THE SCENE AND THEN POLICE
RUSHED RIGHT BACK HOURS LATER
TO TAKE ONE PERSON INTO CUSTODY
. THIS MAN IS DESCRIBED AS
EXACTLY HOW A WITNESS DESCRIBED
THIS. AS WE CATCH OUR BREATH,
ONLY LOCAL 4 CAMERAS ARE THERE
IN INKSTER AT NOON TODAY TO
CAPTURE THIS INKSTER POLICE AND
WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
SWARMING INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
ON PATTERSON AT SHADOW LAWN.
POLICE FINDING AND DETAINING A
MAN THEY WANT TO TALK TO
SHOOTING. THAT HAPPENED JUST
AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE AT
930 THIS MORNING. THIS IS A
QUIET AREA AND GUNSHOTS NOT
ONLY RANG OUT, BUT SHOOK UP
NEIGHBORS. I WAS TOTALLY
DEVASTATED.
>> I WAS STILL I’M STILL
SHAKEN.
>> THIS WOMAN, LIKE SO MANY
TELL US, SHE HEARD SO MANY
SHOTS, LOOKED OUT AND SAW TWO
MEN RUNNING AWAY AND SAW A MAN
IN THE STREET. HE HAD BEEN SHOT
IN THE FACE AND WAS RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL. IN INKSTER,
POLICE AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
WENT SEARCHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TO TRY TO LOCATE THE GUNMAN.
AND RIGHT AT NOON TODAY, THIS
POLICE AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
CAME RUSHING BACK AND TOOK A
MAN INTO CUSTODY FOR
QUESTIONING. WHAT’S UNCLEAR IF
POLICE FOUND EVERYONE INVOLVED
IN THE SHOOTING AND WHAT LED UP
TO GUN VIOLENCE RIGHT HERE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
>> BUT I SURE HOPE THEY CATCH
HIM. AND I SURE HOPE THE GUY
THE WAY IT LOOKED, I DON’T
THINK THE GUY MADE IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT PERSON SHOT
IN THE FACE AND IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE STREET, RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL. I ASKED INKSTER
POLICE IF HE SURVIVED OR NOT.
RIGHT NOW, THEY SIMPLY DO NOT
KNOW HIS CONDITION. WE SAW TWO
PEOPLE NOW BEING TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY, BUT JUST FOR
QUESTIONING. WE’RE WAITING FOR
AN UPDATE NOW, ASKING POLICE IF
THEY’VE BEEN ARRESTED OR IF
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4, BACK TO
YOU.
>> OKAY. KEEP US POSTED, SHAWN.
THANK YOU. IN MORE NEWS
TONIGHT, WE EXPOSE THE ISSUE
LAST WEEK, BROKEN DOWN DETROIT
FIRE SQUAD TRUCKS. AND JUST
TODAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
>> AND THIS TIME THEY WERE ON
THEIR WAY TO A MEDICAL RUN. WE
BRING IN OUR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER KAREN DREW, WHO JUST
GOT A TIP ON THIS. KAREN.
>> YEAH, DEVIN AND KIM, MY
SOURCES WITHIN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT ARE FUMING OVER THIS
AND THEY’RE ASKING WHAT WILL IT
TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
VEHICLES ARE UP AND RUNNING?
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW.
IT’S A BROKEN DOWN SQUAD. IT
WAS EARLIER TODAY ON THE 7300
BLOCK OF NORTHFIELD. A FIRE
UNION OFFICIALS TELL ME THIS
WAS THE RESERVE ENGINE THEY
GAVE SQUAD FOR SINCE THE
ORIGINAL ONE WAS OUT OF
SERVICE. IT BROKE DOWN AND
NEEDED TO GET TOWED. NOW, I
WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS. HERE’S
HOW THE CALL CAME IN. UNABLE TO
MAKE SCENE, PULLED OVER WITH
RIG ISSUES AND ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT, A CALLER SAID A PERSON
WAS LYING DOWN. THEY ARE NOT
MOVING AT ALL. REMEMBER, THIS
IS A MEDICAL CALL AND OUR
EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE BREAKING
DOWN. REMEMBER LAST WEEK I
SHOWED YOU TIRES FALLING OFF,
MOVING DETROIT FIRE TRUCKS. I
SHOWED UP OVER THERE AT THAT
ENGINE HALL SHOWING THAT THE
SQUADS WERE TOO SMALL TO CARRY
THE NEEDED RESCUE EQUIPMENT.
NOW, I DID REACH OUT TO THE
CITY. THEY SENT A STATEMENT. IT
READS IN PART, THE ENGINE THAT
SQUAD FOUR WAS USING ON A
TEMPORARY BASIS EXPERIENCED AN
OPERATIONAL ISSUE THAT RESULTED
IN THE DRIVER DRIVING IT BACK
TO ITS COMPANY HOUSE AS A
PRECAUTION. IT WAS LATER TOWED
TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS WITHIN
AN HOUR OR SO, SQUAD FOUR WAS
PROVIDED ANOTHER ENGINE AS A
REPLACEMENT. SO THERE WAS AN
HOUR THERE WITHOUT ONE. YOU CAN
READ THE FULL STATEMENT ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. AS WE SAID,
WE’RE FOLLOWING THE STORY AND
OBVIOUSLY WE’VE GOT SOME
FRUSTRATED FIREFIGHTERS IN OUR
CITY. BACK TO YOU.
>> NO DOUBT. ALL RIGHT, KAREN,
WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK
AT SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO OF A
WILD SHOOTOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
A NEIGHBORHOOD ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE. HAPPENED NEAR WEST
MCNICHOLS AND THE LODGE. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE ON THIS STORY
WITH MORE ON WHAT POLICE ARE
SAYING ABOUT IT SO FAR. VICTOR
>> YEAH, DEVIN. WELL, THREE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN
CONNECTION TO THIS SHOOTING. IT
WAS A WILD ONE. WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT 36 SHOTS FIRED AND NOT A
SINGLE PERSON HURT. IT WAS
PRETTY WILD THAT IT HAPPENED
LIKE IT DID A GUNFIGHT CAPTURED
ON CAMERA OBTAINED BY METRO
DETROIT NEWS SHOWS HOW PURITAN
AND MANOR BECAME A WAR ZONE FOR
SEVERAL SECONDS.
>> THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF
GUNFIRE BETWEEN THREE CITIZENS
THAT WERE WALKING AND A VEHICLE
THAT WAS PASSING. THEY
EXCHANGED GUNFIRE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE STREET.
>> CAPTAIN PHILIP RODRIGUEZ
WITH DPD SAYS IT’S BELIEVED A
VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE
PEOPLE IN THE CAR AND THREE
PEOPLE WALKING IS WHAT LED TO
THE SHOOTING. EITHER WAY, IT
SEEMS LIKE NO ONE HAD ANY
CONCERN ABOUT HITTING INNOCENT
PEOPLE NEARBY THAT DISPLAY TO
MYSELF, WATCHING THE VIDEO
CARELESSNESS FOR THE COMMUNITY
ITSELF, THERE’S NO GENERAL CARE
FOR OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE.
AFTER INVESTING, STATING IT
WASN’T HARD FOR POLICE TO FIND
THE MEN WHO WERE SHOOTING ON
FOOT, THEY RECOVERED WEAPONS
AND AMMUNITION FROM THEIR HOMES
AND TURNS OUT ALL THREE WERE
JUVENILES.
>> THE HOMEOWNER ACTUALLY GAVE
US CONSENT. WE WENT INSIDE AND
RECOVERED TWO HANDGUNS AND
NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
>> THANKFULLY, OUT OF ALL 36
ROUNDS THAT WERE FIRED,
ALTHOUGH SEVERAL HOMES WERE
HIT, NO ONE WAS HURT.
>> IT’S OUT OF HERE, YOU KNOW,
LITTLE BABIES GETTING SHOT, YOU
KNOW, GRANDMOTHERS GETTING SHOT
FOR NO REASON, HAVE NOTHING TO
DO WITH NOTHING. SO IT’S ALWAYS
A GOOD THING. NOBODY GOT HURT.
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THAT FOUR DOOR TAN SEDAN.
>> AND WHOEVER WAS INSIDE.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR. LET’S
SWITCH GEARS NOW. BERNIE IS
HERE TRACKING SOME BIG NEWS OUT
OF ANN ARBOR TODAY.
>> IT INVOLVES WOLVERINES HEAD
COACH JIM HARBAUGH AND IT ISN’T
GOOD NEWS.
>> NEWS IS NOT GOOD FOR JIM
HARBAUGH. AND APPARENTLY THE
PROBLEMS ARE OF HIS OWN DOING.
MICHIGAN AND THE NCAA ARE IN
TALKS OVER HARBAUGH AND HIS
REFUSAL TO ADMIT HE LIED TO
NCAA INVESTIGATORS OVER
RECRUITING VIOLATIONS. THE
TALKS ARE TO DECIDE HOW HE’LL
BE DISCIPLINED. THE WORD IS
HE’LL MISS THE FIRST FOUR GAMES
OF THIS COMING SEASON. WE’VE
GOT HIGHLIGHTS OF HARBAUGH, WHO
HAS TAKEN MICHIGAN TO THE
PLAYOFFS THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE FREE PRESS REPORTS HE WOULD
NOT KNOWINGLY ADMIT HE MISLED
INVESTIGATORS. AND THAT’S WHAT
YOUR LEVEL ONE VIOLATION IS ALL
ABOUT. HE DOES ADMIT TO LEVEL
TWO VIOLATION ACTIONS WHICH
STEMMED FROM THE RECRUITING
PERIOD DURING THE COVID 19 DEAD
PERIOD WHEN RECRUITING WAS NOT
ALLOWED. NO DISCIPLINE HAS BEEN
DECIDED BECAUSE THE TALKS
INITIAL ONLY ENDED BACK IN
JANUARY AND JUST CAME BACK A
SHORT TIME AGO AGAIN. HARBAUGH
WOULDN’T ADMIT HE DECEIVED THE
NCAA. BY THE WAY, MICHIGAN’S
FIRST FOUR GAMES EAST CAROLINA,
UNLV, BOWLING GREEN AND
RUTGERS.
>> SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
>> I’M GOING TO COACH.
>> IT’S KIND OF CUPCAKE CITY
THERE.
>> BUT YOU DON’T WANT THAT KIND
OF DISRUPTION, NO QUESTION.
WHAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG
SEASON FOR THE TEAM?
>> ALL OF IT’S BAD. NOTHING’S
NOTHING.
>> AND ALSO MICHIGAN, FOR YEARS
BEFORE ALWAYS WAS CLEAN, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> NOT NOT SO MUCH.
>> YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT,
BERNIE. OFF AND RUNNING ON A
BUSY TUESDAY.
>> LET’S CHECK IN WITH HANK.
>> TAKE A LOOK. THEY’RE BACK.
ILLEGAL DUMPERS NOW TARGETING
THIS WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.
TONIGHT, YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM THOSE IN THIS COMMUNITY
AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
HELP TRACK THEM DOWN. WE’RE
LIVE TONIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. HANK ALSO HAS A
STRIKE BEEN AVERTED? MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT IN THE
PUSH TO KEEP UPS DELIVERY
DRIVERS ON THE JOB, DOC.
>> HEART HEALTH CONCERNS
TONIGHT FOR BRONNY JAMES, SON
OF NBA STAR LEBRON JAMES.
>> WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS
CARDIAC ARREST AND THE
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THAT CAN
TRIGGER THIS LIFE THREATENING
EMERGENCY EVEN IN TOP YOUNG