FIRS
CONFUSION AND A SLOW RESPONSE. FIRS
CONFUSION AND A SLOW RESPONSE. TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMITS MISTAKES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE
TO THAT TRAGIC SCHOOL, SHOOTING
THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, I’M
SITTING NOW. IT WAS ANOTHER
RIGHT DECISION WAS THE LONG
DECISION VERY YOU’LL HEAR WHY
POLICE DIDN’T GET INSIDE A
CLASSROOM SOONER. AND HERE’S
ANDREW. AND KAREN. WE’RE LOOKING
AT A FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS
SOME SUNSHINE BUT ALSO SOME
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOW
LONG WILL THEY STICK AROUND? AND
WHAT ABOUT TEMPERATURES? HOTTER
HOLIDAY IS AHEAD AS WE HEAD TO A
MEMORIAL DAY FORECAST FIRST AT
FOUR. AND ANDREW OF VACANT PLOT
OF LAND IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT IS
GETTING A $2 MILLION
TRANSFORMATION. WHAT’S PLANNED
FOR THIS AREA AND WHO’S BEHIND
IT WILL GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK.
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
KAREN DREW FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN
ADD MORE FRUSTRATION AND REGRET
TO THE DEVASTATING GRIEF RUNNING
THROUGH A SMALL TEXAS TOWN AFTER
A SCHOOL SHOOTING WELL, TODAY, A
LAW OFFICER FACING REALLY TOUGH
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APPROXIMATE
45 MINUTES. IT TOOK FOR POLICE
TO TAKE DOWN THAT GUNMAN LISTEN.
MEMBERS GOT GAS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF HINDSIGHT, WHERE I’M SITTING
NOW. COURSE IT WAS ANOTHER RIGHT
DECISION WAS THE WRONG DECISION.
THERE’S NO NO EXCUSE FOR THAT.
BUT AGAIN I WASN’T THERE, BUT
I’M JUST TELLING YOU FROM WHAT
WE KNOW. WE BELIEVE THERE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN AN ENTRY THAT AS SOON
AS YOU CAN. SO MUCH ANGER AND
FRUSTRATION. LET’S GET KIMBERLY
GAIL FOR THE EXPLANATION AND HOW
THIS HAPPENED. KIM SISTER
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAD
THE TASK OF TRYING TO EXPLAIN
WHY OFFICERS DIDN’T GO INTO THAT
CLASSROOM WHERE 19 STUDENTS AND
TWO TEACHERS WERE KILLED MORE
QUICKLY. HIS ANSWER COMES DOWN
TO A TACTICAL DECISION MADE IT A
VERY CHAOTIC SCENE. DECISION WAS
MADE THAT THIS IS A BARRICADED
SUBJECT. SITUATION THERE WAS
TIME TO RETRIEVE THE KEYS AND
WAIT FOR A TACTICAL TEAM WITH
THE EQUIPMENT. TO GO AHEAD AND
BREACH THE DOOR BEFORE AND TAKE
ON THE SUBJECT. AT THAT POINT,
THE DECISION THAT WAS THE
THOUGHT COLONEL STEVEN MCGRAW
THERE SAYS DEALING WITH THE
BARRICADED GUNMAN IS VERY
DIFFERENT THAN DEALING WITH AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER. HE SAYS. THERE
WAS A HUGE BARRAGE OF GUNFIRE
RIGHT AFTER THE GUNMAN GOT INTO
THE SCHOOL, THE LEAD OFFICER
DIDN’T KNOW STUDENTS WERE STILL
ALIVE IN THE LOCKED CLASSROOM
AND THE GUNMAN WAS SHOOTING AT
THE 19 OFFICERS OUTSIDE THE
DOOR. A DECISION WAS MADE TO
WAIT FOR MORE EQUIPMENT AND
TACTICAL SUPPORT. SADLY 911
CALLS WERE STILL COMING FROM THE
VICTIM’S THOSE CHILDREN TRAPPED
WITH THAT SHOOTER. BUT
RESPONDING OFFICERS DID NOT HAVE
THAT INFORMATION, THEY SAY. AT
ONE POINT, THE COLONEL DID GET
EMOTIONAL ABOUT HOW THIS ALL
PLAYED OUT. LISTEN. TAKING OFF
TO UPHOLD THE LAW AND PROTECT
PEOPLE ANYTIME SOMETHING TRAGIC
LIKE THAT. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY
IT HAPPENED, AND IF WE CAN DO
BETTER NEXT TIME WE ALSO LEARNED
TODAY VIDEO SHOWS A TEACHER ROB
ELEMENTARY HAD PROPPED OPEN THE
DOOR WHERE THE GUNMEN ENTERED
THE SCHOOL. THIS NEWS CONFERENCE
WAS MUCH LONGER THAN YESTERDAY’S
, AND WE’RE STILL GOING THROUGH
THE MANY, MANY DETAILS ON THE
TIMELINE THAT THEY TOLD US
ABOUT. WE’LL BRING YOU THE
SPECIFICS. AND THE FIRST
REACTIONS TO ALL OF THIS ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE FOR NOW,
KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU
KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KIM. A FEW
100 MILES AWAY. PROTESTERS
TARGETING THE NRA CONVENTION IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS, MANY OF THOSE
PEOPLE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE
GROUP’S STANCE ON GUN CONTROL,
AND THEY’RE OFFENDED. THE
CONVENTION HAS OPENED JUST DAYS
AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING. TEXAS
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT DIDN’T
CANCEL HIS PLANNED APPEARANCE
WILL DELIVER A TAPED MESSAGE.
MEANTIME FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ ARE
STILL AMONG THE FEATURED GUESTS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BRIGHT
ORANGE FLAMES. WHAT A SCENE THEY
LIT UP THE NIGHT SKY OVER A
RESTAURANT IN MIDTOWN DETROIT,
AND IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS
AND YEARS. SO MANY MEMORIES
THERE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC
JAM AND SNUG. MANY PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WALK WOKE UP TO
THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS. THE SMELL
OF SMOKE. IT WAS ABOUT TWO A.M.
THE RESTAURANT WAS DESTROYED.
FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO STOP THE
FLAMES FROM SPREADING TO OTHER
BUILDINGS. TRAFFIC SNUG HAS BEEN
IN BUSINESS SINCE THE 1965
UTTERLY TERRIBLE. THE RESTAURANT
HAS BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR
FOREVER. IT’S WAS HERE BEFORE
ANY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GOT
BUILT UP. IT’S A CLASSIC. PEOPLE
LOVE TO COME HERE. IT’S JUST
IT’S REALLY A SHAME. REALLY IS A
SHAME. THE OWNERS DIDN’T WANT TO
TALK ON CAMERA VERY, VERY UPSET
THAT ARE CONSIDERING HOW TO MOVE
FORWARD. NO ONE WAS HURT BECAUSE
OF THE FIRE IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION THIS AFTERNOON.
WELL TODAY, THE CITY OF DEARBORN
HELD AN EMERGENCY BABY FORMULA
DISTRIBUTION EVENT, HELPING
PARENTS AND THEIR BABIES
OVERCOME THE NATIONAL FORMULA
SHORTAGE. HUNDREDS OF CARS LINED
UP OUTSIDE THE FORD COMMUNITY
AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
FAMILIES LOOKING TO GET THEIR
HANDS. ON MORE FORMULA
VOLUNTEERS SPENT THE DAY HANDING
OUT THE PRODUCT UNTIL TWO
O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS A
BIG EFFORT TO ROUND UP THE
FORMULA. STARTED CALLING MOM AND
POP SHOPS STARTED CALLING
COSTCO’S TARGETS TOOK A STOCK OF
WHO HAS WHAT IN EACH AREA. WE
CALL THE INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS
AND CANADA INTERNATIONAL FDA.
WE’RE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THE
GIVEAWAY AND WE’RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
IN LINE WAITING DURING OUR LOCAL
4 NEWSCAST AT FIVE. WELL AS WE
HEAD INTO THE MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND. WE’RE KEEPING OUR EYE
ON THE RADAR. AND, OF COURSE,
THE ROADS FOR YOU, DEPENDING ON
WHERE YOU ARE, YOU MIGHT SEE
SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OR EVEN
STORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE NORTHBOUND
75 JUST SOUTH OF DAVIS BERG, AND
WE’VE SEEN QUITE A FEW CARS
HEADED NORTH FOR THE WEEKEND.
LET’S HEAD ON OVER TO
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW HUMPHREY
FOR THE FIRST FORECAST. HOW DOES
OUR FRIDAY NIGHT? LOOK KAREN, WE
ARE SEEING SOME OF THOSE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS POP
UP AS WE SPEAK. YOU CAN SEE SOME
STORM ACTIVITY HERE IN PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN MACOMB COUNTY. YOU
CAN SEE THAT ANYWHERE FROM
BECOME TOWNSHIP ITSELF A LITTLE
BIT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST AS WELL. HERE’S SOME OF THE
HEAVIEST RAIN YOU CAN SEE THAT
HERE IN THE AREAS OF RED AND
THESE ARE SLOW MOVING STORM, SO
THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING IS
THERE ALSO SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING POSSIBLE TO WITH HUGE
AMOUNTS OF RAIN HERE IN RED
FALLING IN ONE PLACE FOR VERY
LONG TIME, INCLUDING RAY
TOWNSHIP, ALSO AROUND ARMADA AND
JUST THE WEST OF RICHMOND,
RICHMOND. YOU’RE EXPERIENCING
SOME LIGHT RAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT
IT WILL PICK UP THE PACE VERY
SHORTLY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 15
MINUTES. CLOUDS ARE BUILDING
OVER DOWNTOWN DETROIT, NOT A
DROP OF RAIN RIGHT HERE IN THE
CITY ITSELF, BUT WE’LL STILL SEE
THE CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
OR TWO WHETHER YOU’RE TRAVELING
OR NOT 77 DEGREES RIGHT NOW,
EXPECT SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AS
WE GET CLOSER TO 67 O’CLOCK IN
MAY IMPACT TONIGHT’S BASEBALL
GAME OVER AMERICA PARK. WE’LL
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AND YOU
COMPLETE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
FORECAST AND WE’RE TEMPERATURES
GO. COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. ANDREW FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP LOSES ANOTHER LEGAL
BATTLE AS HE TRIES TO STOP A
CIVIL INVESTIGATION INTO HIS
BUSINESS PRACTICES. TODAY A
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSED TRUMP’S
LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK
ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT HE SHOULD
JAMES NOW THE RULING SAYS THAT
THE CASE LAW BARS FEDERAL JUDGES
FROM INTERFERING IN STATE LEVEL
INVESTIGATIONS. TRUMP’S ATTORNEY
SAYS THERE’S NO DOUBT THEY WILL
APPEAL THE DECISION. WORLD
HEALTH EXPERTS ARE TRACKING THE
VERY LATEST OUTBREAK OF
MONKEYPOX. THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION REPORTS NEARLY 200
CASES IN 20 COUNTRIES RIGHT NOW,
IT SAYS IT BELIEVES THE OUTBREAK
IS QUOTE CONTAINABLE. AND IT’S
PROPOSING A JOINT STOCKPILE OF
VACCINES AND DRUGS, SO SUPPLIES
COULD BE SHARED EQUITABLY
WORLDWIDE HERE IN THE US, THE
CDC HAS IDENTIFIED NINE CASES IN
SEVEN STATES. SO FAR. MICHIGAN
IS NOT AMONG THEM. IT’S STILL A
MYSTERY WHY THE DISEASE IS
SPREADING. BUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAYS THERE’S NO
EVIDENCE GENETIC CHANGES IN THE
VIRUS ARE RESPONSIBLE. SO
TONIGHT AT FIVE WE’RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM THE CDC, BUT THE
EFFORTS TO CONTAIN CASES HERE IN
THE US ALRIGHT, LET’S FOCUS ON
THE SUCCESS STORY. IT’S GOING ON
IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, A SCHOOL
PROPERTY THAT WAS ABANDONED IS
GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO AN
URBAN PARADISE THAT WILL BENEFIT
FAMILIES FROM THREE DIFFERENT
CITIES. PRIYA MANN WAS ON HAND
TODAY FOR THE CELEBRATION TELLS
US ABOUT THE PROJECT. IN
SOUTHWEST DETROIT PRIYA HEY,
KAREN. OH, I LOVE THAT URBAN
PARADISE. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
THIS IS. PICTURE GARDENS,
VEGETABLE GARDENS AND CHILDREN’S
PLAYGROUND. EVEN AN AREA
DESIGNATED FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE
ALZHEIMER’S. THIS WILL BE THE
FUTURE HOME TO EAT IN PARK, AND
IT IS ABOUT TO UNDERGO A MASSIVE
TRANSFORMATION. YES THIS
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS
DECADES IN THE MAKING FROM THE
BEGINNING WHEN I FIRST
ENVISIONED THIS GOES BACK 30
YEARS AND TO BE HERE TODAY AT
THIS MOMENT, CITING DR ALEX
HILL’S VISION, AND LEONARD SMITH
, DR SMITH’S VISION, AND IF I
CAN GIVE ONE SECOND TO TWO
MINUTES TO HELP IT’S OUT OF THE
KINDNESS OF MY HEART BECAUSE I
SHARE THE VISION FOLKS WHO LIVE
NEAR THE BORDER OF DETROIT
COURSE IN RIVER ROUGE, SAY THIS
IS AN AREA THAT’S LONG BEEN
FORGOTTEN TO 17 IS THE LAST ON
THE LIST FOR EVERYTHING AND TO
SEE THIS COME TO PARISIAN IS YES
, INCREDIBLE. FIRST MAJOR
INVESTMENT OVER 68 YEARS. AND
IT’S BEEN COMMUNITY LED, THE
VACANT PLOT OF LAND WILL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO EDEN PARK. HAVE
YOUR FAITH. YOU HAVE YOUR VISION
AND LOVE FOR COMMUNITY. AND THIS
IS WHY WE’RE HERE TODAY WITH A
GREEN SPACE TO COMBAT POLLUTION
AND A PLAYGROUND COMMUNITY HOUSE
AND AMPHITHEATER IN THE WORKS
ALL OF THIS EFFORT FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION. WHAT IS YOUR HOPE
FOR GAME? YOU KNOW THAT HE WOULD
GROW UP TO UNDERSTAND THE
COMMUNITIES NOT JUST ON THE
VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE GROWING UP
THAT HE HAS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
HAVEN TO BE IN THE FORMER SITE
OF MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY AND
SOUTHWEST DETROIT WILL BE
GETTING A $2 MILLION MAKEOVER,
THE DRY CITY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SAYS THE
GOAL IS SECURING ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND THE VISION FOR THE
AREA WAS SHAPED BY THE PEOPLE.
WHO LIVE HERE WITH LIFEBLOOD OF
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF
DETROIT. AND WE WANT THE CITY TO
KNOW THAT WE’RE INVESTING IN
OURSELVES AND WE WANT THE CITY
TO INVEST IN US. YEAH THIS IS
CERTAINLY A SUCCESS STORY AND
REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT HERE. THIS
PROJECT EXPECTED TO WRAP UP IN
2024, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF WHAT’S HAPPENING OVER
THE WEEKEND. BIG PLANS HERE FOR
THE LONG WEEKEND, BOTH ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THERE WILL
BE A FESTIVAL AND CARNIVAL
RUNNING FROM 10 TO 6. AND THEN
ON MONDAY, THERE WILL BE A
MEMORIAL DAY SALUTE, AND THAT’S
HAPPENING. AT 11 AM HERE AT EDEN
PARK, REPORTING LIVE IN
SOUTHWEST DETROIT AND PRIYA MANN
FREE OF THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT
NEIGHBORHOOD STORY. I JUST LOVE
IT. IT’S GOING TO REALLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE LIVING IN