>>> WE BEGIN ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE WELCOME A TRAGEDY UNFOLDING
IN LAPEER COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE
A MOBILE HOME FIRE HAS LEFT FOUR
PEOPLE DEAD, AND NEW SINCE 4:00
P.M., NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HEARD A
LOUD BOOM AND THEN SAW THE
FLAMES A SHORT TIME LATER.
>> IT HAPPENED ABOUT 5:00 THIS
MORNING AT VICTORIA MEADOWS
MOBILE HOME PARK.
AT MILL ROAD AND MAIN STREET.
VICTOR WILLIAMS THERE LIVE THIS
EVENING.
VICTOR, NEIGHBORS ARE DEVASTATED
OVER THIS.
>> DEVASTATED IN DEED, KAREN.
AND DEVIN.
THEY SAY ALL IT TOOK WAS 10
MINUTES FOR THIS MOBILE HOME TO
GO UP INTO FLAMES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, INVESTIGATORS
ARE HERE RIGHT NOW, ALL WORKING
TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO BEGIN WITH.
>> IT WAS ENGULFED.
IT WAS UNREAL.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS LIVING IN
VICTORIA MEADOW MOBILE HOME
COMMUNITY ARE HEART BROKEN AT
THE LOSS OF FOUR PEOPLE IN A
HOUSE FIRE MONDAY MORNING.
>> I GOT HOME AND CRIED.
>> Reporter: VIEWERS SENT US
CELL PHONE VIDEO OF THE MOBILE
HOME WHEN IT WAS FULLY ENGULFED,
FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE FLAMES
BROKE OUT AROUND 5:00 IN THE
MORNING.
SOME EVEN RECALL HEARING WHAT
SOUNDED LIKE A SMALL EXPLOSION
RIGHT BEFORE.
>> IT WAS A BOOM.
IT WASN’T VERY LOUD SO I DIDN’T
THINK IT WAS NEAR THE HOUSE.
>> IT SOUNDED LIKE A ROLL OF
THUNDER, AND MY HUSBAND SAID HE
COULD FEEL IT IN THE FLOOR OF
THE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS SAY THE
FOUR INSIDE WERE AN ELDERLY
WOMAN, HER GRANDDAUGHTER WHO WAS
TAKING CARE OF HER AND THE
GRANDDAUGHTER’S TWO TEENS WHO
WERE ALSO HOME AT THE TIME.
>> IT WAS SEOUL WILL’S
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN THAT WERE
THERE, AND THEY PASSED ALSO.
>> 15, 16 OR 17, THE BOY WAS, I
DON’T KNOW.
CONSUMER ENERGY HAS BEEN GOING
DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE SURE THERE
ARE NO GAS LEAKS AND STATE
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON SCENE SINCE THE FLAMES WENT
OUT.
IN THE MEANTIME, A CLOSE-KNIT
COMMUNITY MUST HEAL TOGETHER AS
CREWS WORK TO DETERMINE A CAUSE.
>> HE’S TAKING THEM.
>> THEIR ARMS AROUND HIM.
YES.
>> AND THE FLAMES WERE SO
INTENSE THAT SEVERAL HOMES
NEARBY WERE DAMAGED, AS YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT OVER HERE FROM JUST
THE HEAT ALONE.
SO JUST A STAGE SITUATION ALL
AROUND.
REPORTING IN DRYDEN TOWNSHIP,
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> SO HORRIBLY SAD.
THANK YOU, VICTOR.
>>> NEW AT 5:00 A WOMAN HAS DIED
FROM HER INJURIES AFTER POLICE
SAY SHE WAS RUN DOWN BY A
DRIVERS LAST NIGHT.
>> THIS HAPPENED ON MANNING
STREET NOT TOO FAR FROM SEVEN
MILE AND HAYES.
SHAUN, YOU -- SHAWN, YOU’VE GOT
AN UPDATE FROM POLICE THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> POLICE AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF
A MARS ROVER SIX RIPPED FROM HER
FAMILY.
DETROIT POLICE JUST PUT OUT
VIDEO OF A PERSON OF INTEREST
DRIVING THE CAR THAT RAN DOWN
THIS MOTHER.
WE’VE GOT THE VIDEO FOR YOU HERE
AND AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM IN
JUST A MOMENT.
A MOTHER OF SIX INTENTIONALLY
RUN DOWN.
I SPOKE TO HER HEARTBROKEN
DAUGHTER.
THE MOTIVE BEHIND IT IS TRULY
STUNNING.
>> ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT I HAD,
MY MOM WAS THE ONLY THING AND
NOW SHE GO.
>> Reporter: THAT’S THE VOICE OF
KATORIA, THE HEART BROKEN
DAUGHTER OF 40-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY
WATSON VANCE, A DEVOTED MOTHER
OF SIX.
SICKING VIDEO LAST NIGHT SHOWS
HOW TIFFANY WAS RIPPED FROM HER
FAMILY, A DRIVER HE’S INTENT ON
DESTRUCTION, USING HER CAR AS A
WEAPON, AND WHEN TIFFANY’S
6-YEAR-OLD SON BRANDON APPEARS
IN HARM’S WAY, TIFFANY GETS HIM
OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN SHE IS
RUN OVER.
DETROIT POLICE JAMES WHITE IS
STUNNED BY THIS ACT OF
INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE.
>> I’VE WATCHED IT PROBABLY 10
TIMES AND EACH TIME I WATCH IT,
I FEEL LIKE I COULD CONTROL --
TELL HER TO MOVE, BUT IT’S JUST
A STRAIGHT HIT.
>> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, AND IT’S
VERY SAD.
>> Reporter: HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, A GROUP OF
YOUNG PEOPLE WERE HAVING A
BITTER ARGUMENT TO SETTLE THE
SCORE, THE WOMAN AT THE WHEEL OF
THE CARLOADED THE KIDS WHO WERE
ARGUING INTO HER CAR AND SHE,
THE ADULT, DROVE KIDS LIKE THIS
AND RAN DOWN TIFFANY WATSON
VANCE.
>> THEY SAID IT WAS SOMEBODY
THAT WAS DRIVING, THE CAR WAS
FULL OF KIDS AND SHE WAS THE
ONLY OLDER WOMAN IN THE CAR.
>> DETROIT POLICE ARE SCRAMBLING
TO FIND THE DRIVER WHO TOOK THIS
BEAUTIFUL SOUL FROM HER FAMILY.
>> EVERYBODY LOVED HER COOKING,
HER SMILE.
>> POLICE MOMENTS AGO RELEASING
THIS VIDEO OF THE PERSON OF
INTEREST THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR
RIGHT NOW.
>> ALSO JUST INTO LOCAL 4,
DETROIT POLICE GIVING US THIS
PHOTO THAT THE GRAY NISSAN MORE
RAWN OH USED IN THIS RUNDOWN. A 2020 GRAY NISSAN MORE RAWN OH,
A 2020 GRAY NISSAN MORE RAWN OH,
TAG FBY246, A MINNESOTA TAG.
THE.
>> POLICE HAVE VIDEO AND LIKELY
A NAME HERE, THEY’RE 6:00 ASKING
THE PERSON TO TURN THEMSELVES
AND.
>> THE FAMILY WAS ROCKED AGAIN BY ANOTHER TRAGEDY RECENTLY JUST
BY ANOTHER TRAGEDY RECENTLY JUST
A FEW DAYS AGO.
ED.
>> DIAMOND SHELTON IT’S A NAME
STANDS OUT BECAUSE ON FRIDAY SHE
WENT TO THE DETROIT RIVER THAT TRIED TO SAVE HER COUSIN WHO
TRIED TO SAVE HER COUSIN WHO
SLIPPED AND DROWNED.
>> SO MUCH ON ONE FAMILY, ALL
RIGHT, SHAWN.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
DETAILS, THE INVESTIGATION
THERE.
MEANWHILE, LET’S DO A QUICK
CHECK OF THE WEATHER BECAUSE YOU
CANNOT BATE THESE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS, BUT, OF COURSE, JUST A
LITTLE TASTE.
>> YEAH, NOW IT’S CHILLY, IT’S
MICHIGAN.
>> RIGHT, MOST OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN, THOUGH, AS WE SWITCH
GEARS ARE ON THE MADE SIDE.
MANY TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE
50s, EVEN 60s AT THIS HOUR.
THE CHILLIER SPOTS FAR TO OUR
NORTH, BUT STILL HERE IN
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, SANDUSKY
ALWAYS GOT YOU COVERED WITH 41
DEGREES.
46 IN PORT HERON.
BUT NOT TOO FAR AWAY A 10-DEGREE
DIFFERENCE TO THE UPSIDE.
56 MILDER DEGREES OVER IN
MOUNT CLEMENS AND IT’S 62 IN ANN
ARBOR.
AND OVER IN METRO AIRPORT IT’S
IN THE LOW 60s.
61 AT THIS HOUR, UNDER MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES.
WE’RE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE
SUNSHINE, MAKE DOWN HERE TO
EARTH.
PORTLAND IS IN TOWN COMING TO
DOWNTOWN DETROIT TO TAKE ON OUR
PISS PISTONS.
WE’LL LOOK AT DRY CONDITIONS
WITH TEMPS FALLING FROM THE
50s TO THE 40s AFTER THE
GAME.
AND MORE ON SEVERE WEATHER
AWARENESS WEEK.
IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE NOW IN
MICHIGAN.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>> HISTORY MADE IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE TODAY, THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE’S HOLDING
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR CET
TANGY JACKSON.
KETANGI JACKSON-BROWN.
>> I HAVE BEEN A JUDGE FOR
NEARLY A DECADE NOW AND I TAKE
THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND MY DUTY
TO BE INDEPENDENT VERY
SERIOUSLY.
I DECIDE CASES FROM A NEUTRAL
POSTURE.
I EVALUATE THE FACTS AND I
INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAW TO
THE FACTS OF THE CASE BEFORE ME
WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR.
>> IF CONFIRMED, SHE WOULD FILL
THE SEAT, OF COURSE, OF RETIRING
JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER.
>> I DO.
>> AS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR
JUDGE KETANGI JACKSON-BROWN GET
UNDERWAY, SENATORS ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACKNOWLEDGE
THE MOMENT.
>> THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
IT’S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
THE SENATE IS POISED RIGHT NOW
TO BREAK ANOTHER BARRIER.
>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE FOR
THE FIRST TIME CONSIDERING THE
APPOINTMENT OF A BLACK WOMAN TO
THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT.
IF DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS
REMAIN UNITED, THIS HE COULD
CONFIRM JACKSON WITHOUT ANY
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.
IT’S THE FOURTH TIME JUDGE
JACKSON HAS GONE BEFORE THE
SENATE FOR CONFIRMATION.
>> LAWYERS ON THE RIGHT AND THE
LEFT, WHO APPEARED BEFORE HER IN
COURT HAVE CALLED HER JUDEIOUS
AND EVEN HANDED.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ON THE
COMMITTEE INDICATED THEY WILL
PROBE JACKSON’S TIME AS A PUBLIC
DEFENDER AND TRY TO PAINT HER
SOFT ON CRIME.
>> BY SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT
YOU’VE TAKEN AND ARGUMENTS
YOU’VE MADE, REPRESENTING PEOPLE
WHO HAVE COMMITTED TERRORIST
ACTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER DANGEROUS CRIMINALS.
>> WELL, I’M NOT INTERESTED IN
TRAPPING MS. JACKSON OR PLAY
GOTCHA, I’M INTERESTED IN HER
ANSWERS.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYS REPUBLICANS ARE DISTORTING
JACKSON’S RECORD.
>> WE’VE HEARD CLAIMS THAT YOU
WERE, QUOTE, SOFT ON CRIME.
THESE BASELESS CHARGES ARE
UNFAIR.
>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE WILL
HOLD TWO DAVIS QUESTIONING
STARTING TUESDAY.
A FULL SENATE VOTE IS EXPECTED
BY MID-APRIL.
>> NOW, TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE,
THE U.N. SAYS 925 CIVILIANS HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THAT COUNTRY.
THIS COMES AFTER AT LEAST EIGHT
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN SHELLINGS
ON A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND
SHOPPING CENTER IN KYIV.
THE AUTOMATED RADIATION
MONITORING SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING
IN CHERNOBYL AND THAT IS
CREATING FEAR.
UKRAINIAN’S PRESIDENT HAS
ACCUSED RUSH YAF WAR CRIMES.
EARLIER TODAY RUSSIA’S DEMAND
WAS IGNORED TO GIVE UP THE CITY
AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
WHAT THE KREMLIN IS SAYING TO
TRY TO JUSTIFY THEIR INVASION.
>> THEY’RE TRYING TO JUSTIFY IT
BY FALSELY CLAIMING THAT THEY’RE
TRYING TO STOP GENOCIDE, ABUSING
THE TERM THAT WE CREATED FOR THE
GREATEST ATROCITIES AND
DISRESPECTING EVERY VICTIM OF
THIS HEINOUS CRIME.
>> Reporter: TODAY PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS HOLDING TALKS REGARDING
THE WAR AND TRAVELS TO BRUSSELS
LATER THIS WEEK AND THEN TO
POLAND.
>>> THE TRIAL OF GOVERNOR
WHITMER KIDNAPPING ENTERED ITS
THIRD WEEK TODAY.
>> DAN JOINED THE WOLVERINE
WATCHMEN IN MARCH OF 2020 BUT
TALKED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
BECAUSE HE WAS ALARMED WHEN THE
GROUP DISCUSSED KILLING POLICE.
HE TOLD JURORS HE TRIED TO
DE-ESCALATE THE TALK OF VIOLENCE
BY SUGGESTING THEY FIRE A BULLET
INTO THE GOVERNOR’S COTTAGE
INSTEAD OF KIDNAPPING AND
KILLING HER.
THE TRIAL CONTINUES TOMORROW.
>>> NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
NEW NUMBERS FROM OVER THE
WEEKEND.
THE STATE REPORTING 1423 NEW
CASES OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS.
SO THE AVERAGE 470 CASES A DAY,
8 MORE DEATHS ALSO BEING
REPORTED OVER THE SAME TIME.
>> AND THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE,
THINGS ARE HOLDING STEADY OVER
THE PAST THREE MONDAY.
BACK ON MARCH 7th, WE WERE