FIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. AND WE BEGIN HERE AT FIVE IN GRAND
RAPIDS, WHERE THE POLICE OFFICER
CHARGED WITH FATALLY SHOOTING
PATRICK LEO, YOU FACES A JUDGE
FOR THE FIRST TIME. A JUDGE SET
BOND FOR CHRISTOPHER SURE, AT
$100,000 CASH OR SURETY AS HE
WAS FORMALLY CHARGED ON ONE
COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER,
AND IF HE DOES POST THAT BOND,
HE’S GOING TO FOLLOW SOME VERY
STRICT RULES. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
TONIGHT, SEAN SHORT HEADER. LOT
OF SUPPORTERS IN THAT COURTROOM.
AND WE’LL SHOW YOU KIMBERLY. THE
COURTROOM WAS PACKED WITH
SUPPORTERS FOR SURE WEARING BACK
THE BLUE T SHIRTS AND T SHIRTS
THAT READ HASHTAG STAND WITH
SURE. LET’S TAKE YOU THERE. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR SURE. NO LONGER IN
A GRAND RAPIDS POLICE UNIFORM,
OFFICER CHRISTOPHER SURE, WARREN
ORANGE JUMPSUIT IN A SURGICAL
MASK AS HE MADE HIS INITIAL
COURT APPEARANCE SHORTAGE,
CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE
MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF
PATRICK LEO. YOU UNDERSTAND THE
CHARGE AND THE MAXIMUM PENALTY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARGE. YES
MA’AM. IT HAPPENED DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP. APRIL 4TH OLYA GOT
OUT OF HIS CAR, THEN RAN, THEN
THE TWO STRUGGLING FOR MORE THAN
TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE OFFICER
GOT ON TOP OF LEO OIA. DREW HIS
WEAPON AND SHOT HIM IN THE BACK
OF HIS HEAD IN ANNOUNCING THE
CHARGES THURSDAY, THE KENT
COUNTY PROSECUTOR EXPLAINED WHAT
THE CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE
MURDER IS THE ELEMENTS OF
SECONDARY MURDERER RELATIVELY
SIMPLE. FIRST THERE WAS A DEATH
A DEATH DONE BY THE DEFENDANT.
AND THEN, WHEN THE KILLING
OCCURRED, THE DEFENDANT HAD ONE
OF THESE THREE STATES OF MIND
AND INTENT TO KILL AND INTEND TO
DO GREAT BODILY HARM OR THE
INTENT TO DO AN ACT THAT THE
NATURAL TENDENCY OF THAT ACT
WOULD BE TO CAUSE DEATH OR GREAT
BODILY HARM. REFERRING TO SURE
IS OFFICER SURE. IN COURT TODAY
SHARES DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUED
THAT HE SHOULD BE RELEASED ON
BOND. INDICATING SURES DEFENSE
FOR SHOOTING LIOTTA DEFENSE
SUBMITS THAT OFFICER SURE AND
THIS CHARGE WAS JUSTIFIED. HIS
USE OF FORCE. IN THIS EPISODE IS
NOT GUILTY. OF THIS CRIME SURE
WAS GIVEN A $100,000 CASH,
SURETY BOND. MEANTIME THE
COURTROOM WAS PACKED WITH FAMILY
AND SUPPORTERS OF THE OFFICER.
BACK HERE LIVE THE JUDGE GIVING
THOSE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF
SURES BOND. HE’S NOT TO HAVE ANY
FIREARMS IF HE MAKES BOND
TONIGHT. NO DRUGS UNDERGO
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT AND
NOT ENGAGE IN ANY ASSAULT OF
BEHAVIOR. KIMBERLY JASON. OKAY
WELL, SEAN, WHAT WENT INTO THE
JUDGE’S DECISION TO GIVE HIM A
BOND IN HE DID TALK A LOT ABOUT
THAT AND MORE. MOST IMPORTANTLY,
HE SAID, THAT SURE WHEN HE
LEARNED OF THE CHARGES
SURRENDERED RIGHT AWAY, OKAY.
MORE TO COME, JOHN. WE
APPRECIATE IT. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE. WE’RE
GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE
MAN CHARGED WITH FATALLY
SHOOTING AN 11 YEAR OLD ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. 21 YEAR OLD
WILLIAM DICKERSON FACES SECOND
DEGREE MURDER AND A SLEW OF
OTHER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF
SINI, A PEW LET’S GET TO MEGAN
WOODS, WHO HAS THE NEW
INFORMATION IN THIS CASE, MEGHAN
YEAH. A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION
WAS REVEALED IN COURT THIS
AFTERNOON, INCLUDING DICKERSON’S
CRIMINAL HISTORY. THEY SAY THAT
HE WAS ON PROBATION FOR A
WEAPONS CHARGE WHEN THIS
SHOOTING HAPPENED, TAKE A LOOK.
HE’S IN A HOUSE LOADED WITH
FIREARMS WHILE ON PROBATION FOR
CCW, AND THEN HE KILLS AN 11
YEAR OLD GIRL AND IS CHARGED
WITH MURDER ALLEGEDLY NO MATTER
WHAT THE PROSECUTOR SAYS. MY
CLIENT IS STILL PRESUMED
INNOCENT. THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY AND WILLIAM DICKERSON’S
ATTORNEY WENT BACK AND FORTH ON
WHAT HAPPENED, THE MOMENTS
LEADING UP TO INSOMNIA. PEW WAS
SHOT AND KILLED. MR DICKERSON
GOES INTO HIS BACKYARD ALONG
WITH THIS FEMALE JUVENILE. AND
THEY FIRE OFF ROUNDS. AH TOWARD
THAT WOULDN’T AFFECT THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY EXPLAINS
THAT THE PEW HOME IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THAT FENCE RIGHT
THROUGH THE FENCE. A COUPLE OF
THEM, INCLUDING THE FATAL ONE.
IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE FENCE
STRAIGHT AND INTO THE BACK OF
THE HOUSE THROUGH A WINDOW.
WE’RE MISS PUGH IS STRUCK AND
SHE DIES. DICKERSON’S ATTORNEY
ARGUES THERE’S STILL NO PROOF IT
WAS HIS CLIENT WHO KILLED THIS
11 YEAR OLD GIRL. THERE WERE NO
PEOPLE IN THE BACKYARD, SO NO
ONE AT THIS TIME KNOWS EXACTLY
WHO FIRED THE WEAPON. ULTIMATELY
THE JUDGE DECIDED DICKERSON
WOULD STAY IN JAIL DOES FIND
THAT MR DICKERSON IS A DANGER TO
THE COMMUNITY TO SOCIETY.
DICKERSON IS ALSO FACING A
CARELESS DISCHARGE AND FOUR
COUNTS OF FELONY FIREARM CHARGES
. THE JUVENILE WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY
IN THE BACKYARD WITH HIM
SHOOTING THEY ARE AWAITING
CHARGES LIVE IN DETROIT. I’M
MEGAN WOODS, FOUR LOCAL ALRIGHT
, MEGAN. LET’S GET TO THE
WEATHER. NOW AS WE GO INTO THE
WEEKEND AND STOP ME IF THAT
LOOKS FAMILIAR ON RADAR LINE OF
STORMS COMING ACROSS THERE ON
STORM TRACKER FOUR AND IT REALLY
WAS A GORGEOUS START TO THE DAY
WITH BUT NOW OBVIOUSLY, WE GET A
LITTLE MORE TO DEAL WITH SOME
STORMS POPPING UP OUT THERE.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH BRETT
COLLAR, TRACKING MULTIPLE RAIN
CHANCES TO FOR THE WEEKEND.
BRETT EACH DAY FEATURES THE
CHANCE. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID
EACH DAY, A GOOD DEAL OF DRY
TIME. AS WELL. WE’LL GET INTO
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT IN
THE MEANTIME, WE STILL HAVE SOME
DECENT RAIN. FALLING IN SOME
SPOTS WILL ZOOM INTO THE COURT
HERE ON AREA AND YOU CAN SEE
SOME HEAVY RAIN FALLING ALL THIS
MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. SO FOR
THOSE OF YOU IMPORT HERE, AND
YOU SHOULD START TO DRY OUT HERE
SHORTLY BACK OUT TO THE WEST IN
THE HOWELL AREA, LIVINGSTON
COUNTY EVEN SOME LIGHTNING AND
SOME THUNDER OUT THAT WAY AS
WELL OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO AREAS
, AND ONE MORE SHOWER DOWN NEAR
SELENE. MOST EVERYBODY DRYING
OUT, IF NOT JUST SEEING SOME
LIGHT RAIN AT THIS HOUR THROUGH
THE EVENING, THE SPOTTY SHOWERS
WILL BE COMING TO AN END. GIVING
WAY TO WHAT SHOULD BE A QUIET
NIGHT TONIGHT. BUT WE DO HAVE
SOME MORE ACTIVE WEATHER FOR
PARTS OF THE WEEKEND WITH SOME
RAIN AND SOME DRY TIME AND THEN
THE HEAT IS ON NEXT WEEK. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT HOW HIGH THE HUMIDITY
HOW HIGH THE HEAT GETS. RATHER
COMING UP IN JUST ABOUT BRETT.
HE’S BEEN BOOTED OFF THE PRIMARY
BALLOT. BUT FORMER DETROIT
POLICE CHIEF JAMES CRAIG SAYS
THAT’S NOT GOING TO KEEP HIM
FROM RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. CRAIG
SAYS HE NOW PLANS TO RUN AS A
WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
IN THE AUGUST PRIMARY. ROD
MELONI LIVE TONIGHT, ROD. YOU
SPOKE TO CRAIG A SHORT TIME AGO.
WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? WELL HE
HAD A LOT TO SAY. IN THE LAST 45
MINUTES. WE TALKED TO HIM ON THE
PHONE. HE SAID LOOK, HE WAS
LEADING THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
POLLS AT TIMES, PERHAPS LEADING
THE GOVERNOR IN THE POLLS, HE
SAID HIS MESSAGE WAS RESONATING,
AND HE BELIEVES THAT THAT’S WHAT
MADE HIM A TARGET. AND ALL OF
THIS, AND THIS IS QUOTING HIM.
NOW HE ALSO SAYS THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE APPROACHED HIM IN
THE LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS, SAYING,
DO NOT GIVE UP AND SO HE SAYS HE
WON’T AND THEY WANTED TO FIGHT.
YOU STAY IN IT. RIGHT HAND, BUT
IT’S GOING TO REQUIRE TO DO IT
SO IT’S NOT ABOUT ME AS A
CANDIDATE. UH, IT’S MORE ABOUT
PEOPLE. CHIEF CRAIG SAYS HE’S
WORKING WITH A SCALE DOWN STAFF
. NOW THEY HAVE MUCH TO LEARN
ABOUT HOW TO WIN A WRITE IN
CAMPAIGN, BUT HE BELIEVES THAT
IF MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN CAN DO IT,
HE HAS A SHOT LEFT TO SAY THAT
IT STOPPED CHALLENGING. IT’S A
BIG DEAL. WELL, I THINK IT’S A
REALLY, REALLY HIGH MOUNTAIN
DECLINE. LOCAL 4 POLITICAL
ANALYST RICHARD CHUBA OF THE
GLENGARRY GROUP SAYS IT’S MORE
THAN A HEAVY LIFT. HE BELIEVES
THE MATH WORKS HEAVILY AGAINST
CRAIG IN THAT ONE MILLION
REPUBLICANS VOTED IN THE 2018
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY
, AND WITH FIVE CANDIDATES
ALREADY ON THE BALLOT. HE WOULD
BE THE SIXTH RUNNING AS A WRITE
IN YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO NEED
YOU KNOW, I’D SAY 200 TO 250,000
NAMES TO BE COMPETITIVE HERE.
GOOD LUCK. IN THE MEANTIME,
CRAIG’S CAMPAIGN MAY STILL HAVE
TROUBLE IN FRONT OF THEM FROM A
FORMER CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT. JOHN
YOB, TWEETED THIS TODAY. THE
CHIEF KNOWS HIS CURRENT TEAM
HIRED THE ALLEGED FORGERS LONG
AFTER I LEFT, WE ARE SENDING
CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS. TO
HOLD VARIOUS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR DEFAMATION ASSOCIATED WITH
BEING VICTIMIZED BY THIS ALLEGED
FORGERY RING LAWSUITS LIKELY
FOLLOW. I ASKED THE CHIEF ABOUT
THAT ABOUT JOHN YOB, AND HE TOLD
ME THAT ALL HE DID WAS ASK SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT WAS THAT
SOME OF THE SIGNATURE FORGERS
THE ALLEGED FORGERS THAT WORKED
FOR HIS CAMPAIGN ALSO WORKED FOR
PERRY JOHNSON’S, HE SAID HE
INSINUATED NOTHING AND HE DOES
HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK. THOSE
QUESTIONS, SO WE’LL HAVE TO SEE
WHERE THAT ALL WINDS UP IN THE
DAYS TO COME REPORTING LIVE WILL
BE WATCHING CLOSELY, ROD. THANK
YOU. TODAY, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS ENDING
THE REQUIREMENT FOR AIR
TRAVELERS TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR
COVID BEFORE ENTERING THE
COUNTRY. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS
SAY THE TESTING RULES WILL BE
LIFTED AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. THE
CITY, SAYS SAYS THE RESTRICTION
IS NO LONGER NECESSARY BASED ON
SCIENCE AND DATA AND WILL
REASSESS ITS DECISION IN 90
DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE CDC. THE
TESTING MEASURE HAS BEEN IN
EFFECT SINCE JANUARY OF 2021. TO
WASHINGTON NOW AND THE AFTERMATH
OF DAY ONE OF THE JANUARY 6TH
HEARINGS DURING A 90 MINUTE
PRIMETIME PROCEEDING, THE
COMMITTEE LAID OUT WHAT WE WILL
LEARN ABOUT EVENTS LEADING UP TO
DURING AND FOLLOWING THE ATTACK
ON THE CAPITAL. SUSAN MCGINNIS
ON CAPITOL HILL FOR US WITH
REACTION, INCLUDING WHAT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TO SAY ABOUT
THIS. LAST NIGHT’S HEARING IS
BEING DESCRIBED BY MANY AS
POWERFUL AND COMPELLING, AND THE
COMMITTEE SAYS THERE’S MUCH MORE
TO COME. IN DRAMATIC FASHION.
THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE BEGAN
REVEALING THE RESULTS OF ITS 10
MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO THE
CAPITAL INSURRECTION THROUGH
NEVER BEFORE SEEN VIDEO 300
PROUD BOYS. THEY’RE MARCHING
EASTBOUND AND NEVER BEFORE HER
TESTIMONY WAS SLIPPING IN
PEOPLE’S BLOOD, THE COMMITTEE
MAKING ITS CASE THAT DONALD
TRUMP ENGAGED IN A SOPHISTICATED
EFFORT TO OVERTURN JOE BIDEN’S
WIN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S
INTENTION WAS TO REMAIN
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
DESPITE THE LAWFUL OUTCOME OF
THE 2020 ELECTION. AMONG
REVELATIONS OF DECEMBER 2020
WHITE HOUSE MEETING WITH TRUMP
ATTORNEY RUDY GIULIANI AND
OTHERS, THE GROUP DISCUSSED A
NUMBER OF DRAMATIC STEPS,
INCLUDING HAVING THE MILITARY
SEES VOTING MACHINES AND
POTENTIALLY RERUN ELECTIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY REACTING
TO HIS OWN DAUGHTER’S ADMISSION
THAT FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
BILL BARR WAS CORRECT THAT THERE
WAS NO WIDESPREAD ELECTION FRAUD
. TOLD THE PRESIDENT WAS BOTH SO
I. ACCEPTED WHAT HE SAID WAS
SAYING TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
SAYING IVANKA WAS NOT INVOLVED
IN THE ELECTION RESULTS AND HAD
LONG SINCE CHECKED OUT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN. WEIGHING IN
TODAY, IT’S ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY
ITSELF. YOU HAVE TO PROTECT OUR
DEMOCRACY. TESTIFYING AN
UPCOMING HEARINGS GEORGIA
SECRETARY OF STATE WHO WILL TALK
ABOUT BEING PRESSURED BY TRUMP
TO FIND VOTES AND OVERTURN HIS
STATE’S ELECTION RESULTS. WHAT
YOU’VE SEEN SO FAR AS SHOCKING
AS IT IS, IS JUST A FRACTION OF
THE EVIDENCE THAT WE’VE
ASSEMBLED THE COMMITTEE
PROMISING. LAST NIGHT’S
REVELATIONS ARE ONLY THE
BEGINNING. THE COMMITTEE SAYS ON
MONDAY, IT WILL FOCUS ON DONALD
TRUMP’S EFFORT TO SPREAD FALSE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTION
IN WASHINGTON. SUSAN MCGINNIS
LOCAL 4, AND WHAT YOU MAY NOT
HAVE NOTICED DURING LAST NIGHT’S
HEARING IS JUST HOW PROMINENT A
ROLE PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN
PLAYED. WE’LL HAVE THAT PART OF
THE STORY COMING UP ON LOCAL 4
NEWS AT SIX AND WE’RE OFF AND
RUNNING HERE ON A FRIDAY EDITION
OF THE FIVE. LET’S CHECK IN WITH
PAULA TUTMAN. THE ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCES A $66 MILLION SAFETY
AND SECURITY PACKAGE FOR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. WE’RE GOING TO BREAK
DOWN EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
MORE THAN 700 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT LAKES
BUSIEST SHIPPING LANES FORCED TO
SHUT DOWN WHAT HAPPENED THAT HAD
THE COAST GUARD SCRAMBLING AND
HERE’S HANK. GET READY BECAUSE
THE NUMBERS THEY ARE CLIMBING
GAS PRICES ARE GOING TO TAKE A
BIG JUMP VERY SOON. AND WE HAVE
THE INSIDER INFORMATION TO LET
YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH WE’RE ALL