IN DETROIT. LOOKING FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TONIGHT IN MACOMB COUNTY
WAS AN AMAZING PERSON. HE
AFFECTED EVERYONE THAT KNEW HIM
POSITIVELY AND HUNDREDS
GATHERING TO REMEMBER THEIR DEAR
FRIENDS. KEEGAN READ THE DAKOTA
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STAR WHO
JUST GRADUATED. THE 18 YEAR OLD
FORMER QUARTERBACK WAS INVOLVED
IN A TWO CAR CRASH LAST NIGHT.
HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES TONIGHT A HUGE TURNOUT
FROM THE DAKOTA HIGH SCHOOL
COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER HIS LIFE.
MARK MACDONALD LIVE IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP RIGHT NOW, AND MARA. HE
WAS ON HIS WAY TO PLAY
BASKETBALL WHEN THIS WRECK
HAPPENED. THAT’S RIGHT AROUND
FIVE O’CLOCK YESTERDAY, KAREN
AND I’LL TELL YOU ONE THING.
THIS IS THE CLINTON TOWNSHIP
BRANCH OF THE LIBRARY, AND IT
WAS PACKED OUT HERE TONIGHT.
I’VE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER VIGIL
WITH THIS KIND OF TURNOUT. NOT
ONLY DID EVERY SINGLE PARKING
SPOT GET TAKEN UP, THEY HAD
CARS. PARKED IN THE MEDIANS AS
WELL. YEAH. IF TONIGHT’S VIGIL
SHOWS YOU ANYTHING, IT’S THAT
KEEGAN READ WAS LOVED FOR A
MILLION IN ONE REASONS. HE WAS A
BIG DEAL BEFORE HE PLAYED
FOOTBALL AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL
AFTER HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND HE
WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE HE PLAYED
FOOTBALL. HE WAS A BIG DEAL
BECAUSE HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON
ALL AROUND. HE JUST HAD NO FEAR
IN HIM WHATSOEVER. I THINK THAT
PEOPLE REALLY SAW THAT AND THEY
BROUGHT JOY TO THEM. THAT’S WHY
SO MANY PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THEM.
MANY OF THE BOYS LIKE LORENZO
MET KEEGAN PLAYING FOOTBALL AT
DAKOTA, AND THEY’VE BEEN FRIENDS
EVER SINCE. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE IN THE CAR WITH HIM
YESTERDAY. WE’RE GOING TO GO UP
TO THAT, LIKE FITNESS OVER HERE
AND PLAY SOME PICKUP BASKETBALL.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I FELL ASLEEP.
IT’S THE ONLY REASON HE WASN’T
IN THE CAR EVEN IF I GOT HURT.
MY BEST FRIEND DIDN’T DIE ALONE.
YOU KNOW THAT WAS MY BROTHER AND
I WANT HIM TO BE ALONE. HAGEN
GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF CASS AND HALSEY
IN THE NEW CAR. HE JUST GOTTEN
DAYS BEFORE, AND CARS,
ESPECIALLY MODIFIED CARS WERE A
PASSION OF HIS. THERE’S
SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, METAL
WHEELS AND GLASS. THAT’S JUST
IT’S I DON’T KNOW. IT’S JUST
MESMERIZING COUNT KEEGAN
MESMERIZED. HE WAS IN THE METRO
MOVEMENT AUTO GROUP, AND THEY
ARE A TIGHT GROUP OF FRIENDS. SO
MANY OF THEM BROUGHT THEIR CARS
OUT TONIGHT IN TRIBUTE.
ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST
OVERNIGHT. WE’RE ALL BROKEN. I
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE’S A
PIECE MISSING FROM ALL OF US.
BACK HERE LIVE AS ONE OF
KEEGAN’S FRIENDS TOLD ME ALL
THESE PEOPLE DIDN’T COME OUT
HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE PLAYED
FOOTBALL. THEY CAME OUT HERE
BECAUSE OF THE WAY KEEGAN MADE
THEM FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES. LIVE
IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP TONIGHT. I’M
MARA MACDONALD LOCAL 4 SO YOUNG,
SO HEARTBREAKING. THANK YOU,
MARA. OTHER TOP STORY TONIGHT IS
A BIG ONE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
NOW UNDER WAY ALONG FLORIDA’S
GULF COAST AS HURRICANE IAN
CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN BY THE
HOUR AND RIGHT NOW, THE ENTIRE
STATE OF FLORIDA IS UNDER A
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TAMPA.
THEY’RE BRACING FOR WHAT COULD
BE THE FIRST DIRECT HURRICANE
HIT IN THE REGION AND MORE THAN
100 YEARS. THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR
FROM LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
OFFICIALS TAKE THIS STORM
SERIOUSLY, WITH MORE THAN 15
MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED TO SEE
AT LEAST TROPICAL STORM LIKE
CONDITIONS. I WANT EVERYONE TO
UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF
THIS SITUATION AND AGAIN DON’T
WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. WE
CAN REPLACE POSSESSIONS, BUT WE
CAN’T BRING ANY. ANYBODY BACK TO
LIFE. THE ONE THING I HEAR MOST
COMMON AFTER THESE DISASTERS IS
IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN IT WOULD BE
THIS BAD. AND SO I THINK THAT’S
MY MESSAGE TO THEM IS WE’RE
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU
THAT IT CAN BE THAT BAD. OUR
BRIAN SHERMAN JOINS US NOW WITH
THE 11 PM ADVISORY. THAT WAS
JUST RELEASED MOMENTS AGO. YEAH,
I JUST HEARD YOU WERE GETTING
SOME VERY UPDATED INFORMATION.
BRIAN YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. KARYN
AND PAM NEW INFORMATION IN THIS
EVENING AS OF THE 11 O’CLOCK
ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER IAN STRONGER
YET AGAIN. STILL A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 105 MILES AN HOUR
GUSTING TO 125 MILES AN HOUR,
MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT
ABOUT 13 MILES AN HOUR. YOU CAN
SEE THAT CENTER OF CIRCULATION
WILL START TO MOVE OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF CUBA AS WE GO INTO
THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS AND
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN INTO A
MAJOR HURRICANE OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING. I THINK OUR CLOUDS AND
RADAR HAS A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH
THE FORECAST ON THIS ONE AS WE
GO FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THE NEXT
2 TO 3 DAYS, MOVING THAT CENTER
OF CIRCULATION INTO THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO, AND BY TOMORROW
MORNING WE’RE STARTING TO SEE
THOSE OUTER BANDS AND THE KEYS
OF FLORIDA KEYS AND WORKING DOWN
IN THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND THEN
BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THOSE
FEEDER BANDS STARTING TO WORK
INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA. THEN OUR CLOUDS AND
RADAR FORECAST HAS THAT WELL
DEVELOPED I BY FRIDAY, OR I
SHOULD SAY WEDNESDAY MORNING
WORKING TOWARDS TAMPA BAY BEFORE
IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, AND THEN
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE LATEST
MODEL RUNS THIS IS ALMOST THE
WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR THE
TAMPA BAY METRO. WE’RE GOING TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THE OFFICIAL
TRACK AND OUR OWN RAIN CHANCES
THAT YOUR 41 FORECAST COMING UP
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK
YOU. BRIAN ARKHAM ADAMS WILL BE
IN TAMPA STARTING TOMORROW FOR
SPECIAL COVERAGE OF HURRICANE
IAN. HER LIVE REPORTS BEGIN ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS. SIX. COUNTY
FAMILIES IN NEED OF SOME HELP
TONIGHT FOR ALMOST A WEEK.
THEY’VE BEEN LIVING WITH A GIANT
HOLE IN THEIR SEALING OUR VICTOR
WILLIAMS IS IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE DAMAGE AND HOW THIS ALL
HAPPENED. WELL THIS IS THE ISSUE
RIGHT HERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
LARGE, GIGANTIC HOLE RIGHT HERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CEILING.
WE’RE TOLD THIS STARTED DAYS AGO
, BUT IT’S NOT WHAT YOU CAN SEE,
BUT WHAT YOU CAN SMELL THAT’S
REALLY ALSO CAUSING A PROBLEM.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, AND
NOBODY’S TREATING IT LIKE IT’S
AN EMERGENCY. SHALONDA MARTIN IS
A SINGLE MOTHER THAT ALREADY HAS
HER HANDS FULL WITH THREE KIDS.
THREE BOYS. 11 5 AND 32 OF THEM
ARE AUTISTIC. IMAGINE HER
SURPRISE WHEN HER CEILING CAME
CRASHING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE
LEAKING WATER HEATER AND HER
APARTMENT AT PARKWOOD MANOR IN
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, 11 YEAR OLD
COULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE DOING
LAUNDRY THAT WATER COMING DOWN
IN THAT ALL THAT COULD HAVE
CAUSED A FIRE. THE PROBLEMS
STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHEN
SHE NOTICED THE WATER COMING
FROM ABOVE LINCOLN WITH AN
UNDERSTATEMENT. FIRST IT WAS
COMING DOWN FROM THIS PIPE ALL
ACROSS THIS WALL SUDDENLY SAID.
AND I’M LIKE WELP WAITING FOR
THAT TO HAPPEN, AND THE WATER
WAS COMING DOWN IN THE OUTLET
AND ALL OF MY WASHING MACHINE
AND DRYER. PLUMBERS CAME DAYS
LATER TO REPLACE THE WATER
HEATER, BUT THE WHOLE STORE
REMAINS TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE.
IT’S ALSO LEADING TO A PLETHORA
OF OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE NETS,
ATTRACTED TO THE MOISTURE CAN
UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WERE
COMING FROM ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
SMELL IS SO BAD. LET’S JUST SAY
YOU’RE LUCKY YOU CAN’T SNIFF IT
OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
CAMERA, AND EVERY TIME I HAD TO
BREATHE, IT WAS MAKING ME SICK
TO MY STOMACH. AND UNFORTUNATELY
, SHALONDA DOES NOT HAVE
RENTER’S INSURANCE, BUT SHE’S
DEALING WITH OTHER LEAKS INSIDE
OF HER HOME THAT WE WERE NOT
EVEN ABLE TO SHOW YOU.
MANAGEMENT CANNOT EVEN COMMENT
AT THIS POINT IN TIME VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL FORM ALL RIGHT,
VICTOR. THANK YOU. THE MAN
ACCUSED IN THE ATTACK THAT
KILLED A LOCAL RADIO NEWS ANCHOR
IS FORMALLY CHARGED. 55 YEAR OLD
ARTHUR WILLIAMSON IS ACCUSED OF
STABBING WWJ, A NEWS ANCHOR JIM
MATTHEWS TO DEATH AND INJURING
THREE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. THE
ATTACK HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY IN
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP.
PROSECUTORS BELIEVE WILLIAMSON
IT WAS ACTUALLY A GUEST IN THE
HOME, NOT AN INTRUDER. THEY SAY
MATTHEW’S GIRLFRIEND REMAINS
HOSPITALIZED TONIGHT IN STABLE
CONDITION. THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER HAS BEEN RELEASED. THE
10 YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS
ATTACKED IS IN CRITICAL CRITICAL
CONDITION, BUT IMPROVING. AND HE
DID COME OUT OF IT A LITTLE BIT.
HE WAS SHOWING SIGNS MINISCULE
BIT OF PROGRESS, WHICH IS GREAT.
I DIDN’T THINK HE WOULD COME
THIS FAR. HE WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE
HIS AND HIS HAND AND LOOK UP AT
HER INTO HER EYES AND SEE IT
MIGHT BE A FAMILY MEMBER THERE.
WHO’S THERE? COMFORTING HIM.
WILLIAMSON FACES SEVEN FELONY
CHARGES, INCLUDING PREMEDITATED
MURDER AND UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT
. HOURS FROM NOW █DETROIT CITY
COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON
THE EXPANSION OF A CONTROVERSIAL
GUN FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM. SHOT
SPOTTER IS AN AERIAL GUN
DETECTION SYSTEM THAT PINPOINTS
THE LOCATION OF GUNSHOT ACTIVITY
IT’S USED IN OTHER MAJOR CITIES
. DETROIT POLICE ARE REQUESTING
ABOUT $7 MILLION TO EXPAND THE
TECHNOLOGY INTO ADDITIONAL
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOODS. OPPONENTS
SAY IT’S WASTEFUL SPENDING AND
AN INVASION OF PRIVACY. VUSI
POLICE SAY THE SENSORS ONLY
DETECT GUNFIRE. SO IF YOU LIVE
BY SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD
BASE IN MACOMB COUNTY, IT MIGHT
BE A LITTLE LOUD TOMORROW.
ROUTINE TRAINING EXERCISES WILL
BE CONDUCTED IN LOCATIONS AROUND
THE BASE SOUNDS MAY INCLUDE
SIRENS, LOUDSPEAKERS AND