BEFORE NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING IN HIGHLAND PARK
RIGHT NOW OR AN EMPLOYEE HAS
BEEN SHOT AND KILLED AT A PLANT
. IT STARTED AS A FIGHT AT FOUR
CIA. IT’S AN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER
. THE HIGHLAND PARK PLANT IS
LOCATED ON OAKLAND. THIS IS
OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. THAT’S
NOT FAR FROM THE DAVIDSON AND I
75 THERE. YOU SEE IT ON THE MAP
. ROD MELONI JUST ARRIVED THERE
ON THE SCENE AND ROD, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WELL
RHONDA WALKER WE DO KNOW IS THAT
THE HIGHLAND PARK POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS HERE AT THE FOREST
TO PLANT A REPRESENTED PLAN, AND
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING AND
LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR CAR
RIGHT HERE. AND SO THEY HAVE
BEEN GOING IN. THEY’VE GOT
MARKERS OUT. THIS VEHICLE IS
FAIRLY BATTERED. AND IT MAKES
YOU WONDER IF PERHAPS SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT HAVE STARTED IN THE
PARKING LOT MOVED INSIDE THE
BUILDING HERE. THE PLANT ITSELF
IS NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW. WE’RE
SEEING A LOT OF THE WORKERS WHO
ARE INSIDE OR USUALLY INSIDE THE
PLANT ARE NOW OUTSIDE. SORT OF
LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. WE
HAVE A STATEMENT FROM FAURECIA.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
AND THEY SAID THAT WE HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED THAT THE TEAM MEMBER
INJURED IN THE ALTERCATION
EARLIER TODAY DID NOT SURVIVE
OUR EMPLOYEES. HEALTH AND SAFETY
REMAINS OUR TOP PRIORITY. YOU
LYING IS ON SITE THAT IS A HUMAN
RESOURCES COMPANY THAT THEY USE
HERE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU AND
THIS IS ADDRESSED TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK WITH THEM.
THEY SAY THAT THE SITE IS SECURE
, AND IT REMAINS UNDER EMERGENCY
SAFETY PROTOCOLS. SO AS AGAIN
YOU CAN SEE HERE LIVE THAT THE
HIGHLAND PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS HERE AND DOING ITS
INVESTIGATION. LOOKING AT THE
CAR, AT LEAST OF ONE PERSON WERE
UNCERTAIN WHETHER THAT IS A
VICTIM OR A SHOOTER. WE’RE STILL
LOOKING TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT
THAT. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE HERE
IS INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND
WE’RE CERTAINLY LOOKING TO SPEAK
WITH HIM TO GET MORE CLARITY. ON
PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
BUT AGAIN, IT’S REPRESENTED
PLANT. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO THEM
, AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM
FAURECIA SO FAR, SO WE’RE
LOOKING TO PIECE TOGETHER MORE
DETAILS AS SOON AS WE HAVE THEM
WILL PASS THEM ALONG. REPORTING
LIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK ROD MELONI
LOCAL 4. MEANWHILE FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE LEARNING THAT THEIR
LOVED ONE WAS KILLED TODAY, AND
THAT IS CERTAINLY VERY SAD NEWS.
ALRIGHT ROD. THANK YOU ALSO
BREAKING THIS NOON. WE HAVE SAD
NEWS TO REPORT ABOUT STEPHEN
KNOWN AS TWITCH BOSS. HE’S THE
LONGTIME DJ ON THE ELLEN SHOW
HE’S DIED. A REPRESENTATIVE SAYS
THAT HE DIED BY SUICIDE, BUT DID
NOT SHARE ANYMORE DETAILS. HE
BEGAN HIS TV CAREER ON THE SHOW
. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AND
THEN JOINED THE ELLEN SHOW IN
2014. HE BECAME AN EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER ON THE SHOW IN 2020. HE
WAS JUST 40 YEARS OLD AND LEAVES
BEHIND A WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN
. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY IF YOU
OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN CRISIS
. THERE IS A NUMBER TO CALL IT’S
988 TO REACH THE SUICIDE CRISIS
. LIFELINE LOOK. SWITCHING GEARS
HERE THIS NOON. WE DO WANT TO
GET YOUR FOREWARN. WEATHER
FORECAST WITH EXACT TRACK FOUR D
RADAR MONITORING RAIN AND SNOW
HEADED TO METRO DETROIT IN THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. LET’S TAKE A
LOOK HERE LIVE AT MOUNT CLEMENS,
WHERE IT’S QUIET FOR NOW,
BRANDON, BUT SOMETHING’S HEADED
OUR WAY. HOW SOON WILL IT GET
HERE LATER TONIGHT? REALLY? I
MEAN, WE CAN’T RULE OUT A COUPLE
OF FLAKES OR DRIPS THROUGH THE
LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BUT
LOOKING AT EXACT TRACK FOUR D
RADAR, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE
RAIN IS SELF. A LOT OF THE SNOW
IS NORTH AND WEST, BUT I DO
ANTICIPATE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE MUCH THAT WE
WILL SEE A LOT OF THIS AREA
FILLING IN WITH RAIN AND THEN
MOVING OUR DIRECTION MORE SO
LATER TONIGHT, SO IT IS CLOUDY
IT IS COOL. BUT IT IS A DRY
WE’VE GOT LOW THIRTIES IN LAPEER
, BUT UPPER THIRTIES DETROIT.
IT’S 38 IN ANN ARBOR AND MONROE
, THE EAST WIND IS WHIPPING OUT
THERE PRETTY GOOD, SO WE STILL
HAVE TWENTIES TO LOW THIRTIES
FOR WIND CHILLS IF YOU ARE
HEADING OUT FOR A LITTLE HOLIDAY
SHOPPING, WHATEVER YOU HAVE
GOING ON ON THIS WEDNESDAY,
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO HOVER
IN THE UPPER THIRTIES. NEAR 40
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM ON OUR
DOORSTEP, BUT COMING UP WE WILL
LOOK AT THE LIMITED RAIN SNOW
CHANCES TODAY. THE MAJORITY OF
THE MOISTURE COMING IN LATER
TONIGHT AND THE TRICKY TRAVEL
TOMORROW. IN THE MEANTIME, WE’VE
GOT YOU COVERED ON THE FOUR WORN
WEATHER APP BEST IN THE BIZ, AND
IT’S FREE. JUST SEARCH WDIV’S
EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM RADAR
TO A FULL DISCUSSION AND
ANTICIPATION OF THIS STORM,
RHONDA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
BRANDON, GET YOU UPDATED ON A
DEADLY PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE HERE
IN DETROIT. WE NOW KNOW THAT A
MAN FROM VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP WAS
KILLED ON I 94 AT HAGGERTY LAST
NIGHT. POLICE SAY THAT HIS BODY
WAS HIT MULTIPLE TIMES BY CARS
AND WESTBOUND LANES ON THE
FREEWAY LAST NIGHT. WE DON’T
KNOW YET WHY THE MAN WAS ON THE
FREEWAY OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THE CRASHES. IT
LOOKS LIKE A SHOOTING ON AN
OAKLAND COUNTY FREEWAY WAS ALL
OVER SOMEONE CHANGING LANES.
STATE POLICE SAY THAT THE DRIVER
OF A RAM PICKUP TRUCK ABRUPTLY
CHANGED LANES IN FRONT OF AN
EQUINOX ALONG I 6 96 AND
FARMINGTON UNROLLED LAST NIGHT.
THEY SAY THAT THAT’S WHEN
WITNESSES SAY THEY HEARD
GUNSHOTS. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS
NOT HIT, BUT HIS CAR WAS DAMAGED
. POLICE FOUND A SHELL CASING ON
THE FREEWAY AND INTERVIEWED BOTH
DRIVERS. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE. THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING ITS
CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING
PROGRAM THAT COMES AFTER TWO
DEADLY SHOOTINGS INVOLVING
POLICE OFFICERS AND PEOPLE IN A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. VICTOR
WILLIAMS JOINS US NOW FROM
OUTSIDE OF HUNTINGTON’S PLACE
WHERE WE ARE WAITING TO GET
ADDITIONAL DETAILS. YEAH GUYS,
WE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM
THIS CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM
EXPANSION PRESS CONFERENCE.
STARTING YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE
A LOT MORE PRESENCE FROM THIS
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM,
ESPECIALLY THIS RIGHT HERE.
THAT’S GOING TO BE ON THE
VEHICLES, THESE DECALS, LETTING
YOU KNOW THAT THESE OFFICERS OR
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THEY’RE
GOING TO BE TRYING TO HELP. NOW
WE DO KNOW THAT THE NAMES OF KEY
ASIA MILLER AND PORTER BURKE’S
MAYBE FAMILIAR. THAT’S BECAUSE
THESE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE
KILLED AT THE HANDS OF DPD WHEN
THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO HELP,
BUT WE KNOW THE DEPARTMENT WANTS
TO TAKE LESS LETHAL MEASURES,
AND THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOAM BULLETS AND DIFFERENT WAYS
. THEY CAN TRY TO PREVENT A
TRAGEDY. BUT WE’LL HAVE MORE ON
THIS STORY AT FIVE P.M. TONIGHT.
FOR NOW, WE ARE REPORTING AT
HUNTING CAN PLACE VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT VICTOR
. THANK YOU. EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL STAR AMANI
BASE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED ON
YOUNG GUN CHARGE THIS AFTERNOON
BASE WAS ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER
AFTER POLICE FOUND A GUN DURING
A TRAFFIC STOP. BUT HE TOOK A
PLEA DEAL ALLOWING HIS FELONY
GUN CHARGE TO BE DISMISSED IN
EXCHANGE FOR A MISDEMEANOR
CHARGE. BATES WILL AVOID JAIL
TIME HE WAS ORIGINALLY SUSPENDED
FROM THE BASKETBALL TEAM BUT HAS
SINCE BEEN REINSTATED. THE
FEDERAL RATE IS EXPECTED TO
RAISE INTEREST RATES AGAIN IN
JUST A FEW HOURS. THE HIKE IS
EXPECTED TO BE LOWER THAN
ORIGINALLY PREDICTED AS NEW
NUMBERS SUGGESTED INFLATION IS
COOLING DOWN A BIT, A REPORT
RELEASED YESTERDAY SHOWS
INFLATION DOWN TO 7.1% FOOD AND
GAS PRICES ARE BOTH DOWN AS
WELL. YES IT’S ENCOURAGING THAT
THE NUMBERS ARE GOING
DIRECTIONALLY DOWN, BUT WE’RE
STILL VERY FAR FROM WHERE WE
NEED TO BE. AFTER FOUR STRAIGHT
THREE QUARTER POINT INTEREST
RATE HIKES. THE FEDERAL RESERVE
IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A HALF
POINT. INCREASE AND LESS THAN
TWO HOURS GOVERNOR WHITMER WILL
SIGN AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE AND
ABORTION. SHE WANTS STATE
DEPARTMENTS TO GET PREPARED FOR
PROPOSAL THREE TO TAKE EFFECT ON
CHRISTMAS EVE. THE PROPOSAL PUTS
THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION OF
MICHIGAN’S CONSTITUTION AND ITS
PAST IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION