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4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. A LIVE
4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING. 19 CHILDREN KILLED ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY. SHE LIVES IN
THEIR MOM AND DAD. HE ALWAYS
BRUSHED YOUR TEETH. SHE DIDN’T
SHE WAS CREATIVE. SHE MADE
THINGS FOR US. YOU NEVER GOT IN
TROUBLE IN SCHOOL LIKE I JUST
WANT TO KNOW WHAT SHE DID. TO BE
A BIG DUDE. YOUNG INNOCENT LIVES
ENDED BY AN 18 YEAR OLD GUNMAN
WITH JUST TWO DAYS LEFT IN THE
SCHOOL YEAR TONIGHT,
INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW REVEALING
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE ATTACK
THE SHOOTER. BARRICADED HIMSELF
IN A CLASSROOM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR
BEFORE POLICE FORCIBLY ENTERED,
KILLING HIM. ALL OF THE VICTIMS
, INCLUDING THE TWO TEACHERS
WERE FOUND IN THAT SAME FOURTH
GRADE CLASSROOM. PRESIDENT BIDEN
ANNOUNCING HE WILL BE TRAVELING
TO YOU. YOU’VE ALL DAY IN THE
NEXT COMING COUPLE OF DAYS TO
MEET WITH THE FAMILIES THERE
THAT TRIP COMING WHILE THE
FAMILIES OF 19 CHILDREN AND TWO
TEACHERS ARE NOW PLANNING
FUNERALS A COMMUNITY HEARTBROKEN
RESIDENTS IN YUVAL, D TEXAS,
MOURNING THE LOSS OF 19 CHILDREN
AND TWO TEACHERS SHOT AND KILLED
IT, ROB ELEMENTARY ON TUESDAY.
THIS IS THE RUBIO FAMILY, THEIR
10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, LEXI. WAS
ONE OF THE CHILDREN KILLED
ENOUGH. THIS IS ENOUGH. NO ONE
ELSE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THIS.
WE NEVER NEEDED TO GO THROUGH
THIS, BUT WE ARE. THESE ARE THE
FACES OF JUST SOME OF THE LIVES
CUT SO SHORT. FOURTH GRADE
TEACHER, EVA MORALES. EMERY, JOE
GARZA. JOSE FLORES JR GARCIA.
AND JAVIER LOPEZ, ALL OF THEM
JUST 10 YEARS OLD. ALL TEXANS
MUST COME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT
THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY THIS HORRIFIC
TRAGEDY. WHAT THEY NEED NOW,
MORE THAN EVER. IS OUR LOVE
CHILLING NEW DETAILS EMERGING
ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE.
POLICE SAY HE SHOT HIS
GRANDMOTHER BEFORE GOING TO THE
SCHOOL AND OPENING FIRE ON 1/4
GRADE CLASS. OFFICIALS SAY HE
PURCHASED TWO ASSAULT STYLE
RIFLES. FOR HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY ON
MARCH 18TH. HE PURCHASED 375
ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION AS THE
COMMUNITY GRAPPLES WITH THIS
HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. POLITICIANS
ARE DEMANDING ACTION TO CURB GUN
VIOLENCE. PRAYERS DON’T CUT IT.
MOMENTS OF SILENCE. DON’T CUT IT
ANYMORE. WE’LL HAVE ANY NEW
OVERNIGHT DEVELOPMENTS. FIRST
THING IN THE MORNING STARTING AT
4:30 A.M, AND THEN IT’S SEVEN ON
LOCAL 4 PLUS MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERT WILL JOIN US WITH ADVICE
ON HOW TO PROCESS ALL OF THIS
AND FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD
AT 7 30. FORMER DETROIT POLICE
CHIEF HIKE MCKINNON LIVE FROM
SAN ANTONIO, WHERE HE’S GOING TO
BE SPEAKING ABOUT SURVIVING. IN
SUCH A VIOLENT SOCIETY. THAT’S
ALL NEW TOMORROW MORNING. ALL
RIGHT. WELL, WE’VE GOT SOME WET
WEATHER MOVING IN OVERNIGHT.
LET’S TURN THINGS OVER TO PAUL,
WHO’S TRACKING THOSE SHOWERS.
PAUL FOLKS GETTING READY TO GO
TO BED AND YOU’RE KIND OF
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT’S COMING OUR
WAY, AND I JUST WANT TO SETTLE
YOU DOWN RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE
GOING TO BE NO SEVERE WEATHER
WARNINGS OR NO SEVERE WEATHER
OVERNIGHT. YOU CAN SEE WE’RE
PRETTY QUIET. RIGHT NOW. THERE’S
A BATCH OF SHOWERS. ONE
LIGHTNING STRIKE HERE BACK TO
THE WEST, BUT IT’S DOWN TO THE
SOUTH, WHERE WEATHER IS COMING
FROM. THIS STUFF HERE IS MOVING
DUE NORTH AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP,
SO IT’S ALREADY JUST ABOUT AT
THE STATE LINE, SO THIS STUFF
HERE IS GOING TO BE MAKING A
MOVE RIGHT ON INTO THE AIR.
LOOKS LIKE ALL OF US ARE GOING
TO GET WET NOTICE. THERE ARE
SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES DOWN
HERE, BUT THIS IS AGAIN NOT
SEVERE STUFF, AND IT’S NOT GOING
TO BE SEVERE WHEN IT GETS HERE.
SO MOVING THROUGH THE NIGHT
AHEAD OF THIS WARM FRONT. WE
HAVE SOME SHOWERS, BUT IT’S
BEHIND THE WARM FOR THAT. WE GET
SOME OF THESE. MAYBE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CALL THEM
THEY’LL PROBABLY STILL BE SOME
LIGHTNING IN THE AREA, BUT ALL
STARTS WANING BY THE TIME WE
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, START
HEADING OFF TO WORK WHERE IT’S
JUST GOING TO BE SPOTTY SHOWERS
AT THAT POINT, SO WORK OR
SCHOOL, THE KIDS AT THE BUS
STOP. THERE WILL BE SOME SPOTTY
SHOWERS AROUND BUT VERY MILD MID
SIXTIES FOR THE MORNING BUS
STOPS 78 FOR THE AFTERNOON BUS
STOP A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS OR
STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE
DRY THAN WET DURING THE DAY, BUT
TOMORROW EVENING, THINGS GO
RAMPANT. BACK UP AGAIN. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT IN YOUR HOLIDAY
IN JUST FEW MINUTES. ALRIGHT
PAUL 11 GARDEN CITY POLICE JUST
RELEASING NEW PHOTOS OF TWO
VEHICLES INVOLVED IN A DEADLY
ROAD RAGE CRASH ARE LOOKING FOR
A BLACK OR NAVY JEEP CHEROKEE
WITH DARK TINTED WINDOWS AND
WHITE DODGE CHARGER. WELL THE
BLACK ROOF INTENDED WINDOWS IN
CONNECTION TO THE MAY 19TH
CRASH. PEOPLE IN THE TWO CARS
WERE SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER AT
MIDDLE BELT AND MAPLEWOOD
SHOOTING THEM CAUSED A VIOLENT
CRASH THAT KILLED AN INNOCENT
WOMAN. ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION
, CONTACT GARDEN CITY POLICE.
THERE WILL BE LAYOFFS. THAT’S
THE WORD FROM THE BIRMINGHAM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TONIGHT AS THE
DISTRICT TRIES TO BALANCE A $14
MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL. MARK
MACDONALD LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM
TONIGHT. TOMORROW THOSE AFFECTED
ARE BEING BROUGHT IN FOR
MEETINGS THIS WEEK. DEVIN THAT’S
RIGHT. AND WHAT THE DISTRICT IS
NOT DOING RIGHT NOW IS SAYING
EXACTLY HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS
ARE BEING LAID OFF AT THIS POINT
JUST THAT THESE THE MEETINGS AND
THE LAYOFFS ARE IN PROCESS. LET
ME SHOW YOU BLAME BAD BUDGET
ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSISTENTLY
DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR THE
MESS. THE DISTRICT IS IN A MESS
WHERE IT’S ALREADY OVERCHARGED
TAXPAYERS FOR THE LAST TWO
SCHOOL YEARS TO THE TUNE OF $3.6
MILLION AND HAS A TOTAL DEFICIT.
OF 14 MILLION TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT DISTRICT IS GOVERNING TOUGH
DECISIONS RIGHT NOW, THE
DISTRICT HAS UP UNTIL THIS
POINT, NOT WANTED TO SAY STAFF
WERE ON THE LINE. BUT AT LAST
NIGHT’S BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETING ADMITTED PLAY OFFICER IN
PROCESS. I WISH THAT OUR
DISTRICT WOULD NOT IN THIS
POSITION. UM BUT WE’RE WE ARE
HERE AND THAT TIME WHERE WE DO
HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
WITH STAFFING. THE DISTRICT IS
NOT GIVING OUT NUMBERS YET. FOR
ITS PART, THE TEACHERS UNION, IN
A STATEMENT TONIGHT, SAYS. SINCE
THE DISTRICT IS STILL ACTIVELY
INFORMING TEACHERS ABOUT THEIR
FUTURE EMPLOYMENT STATUS. I DO
NOT FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE TO
COMMENT ON SPECIFIC DETAILS
RELATED TO THE MEETINGS TAKING
PLACE THIS WEEK, NEITHER THE
EVALUATION FORMAT OR THE LAYOFF
AND RECALL PROCESS ARE LEGALLY
SUBJECT TO UNION NEGOTIATIONS
WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. BACK HERE
ALIVE. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS
THOSE LAYOFF MEETINGS ARE
ONGOING THIS WEEK AFTER THOSE
ARE OVER, PARENTS IN THE
BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT
SHOULD BE EXPECTING AN EMAIL TO
BE SENT HOME DETAILING. EXACTLY
WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AND WHAT
THE SITUATION IS. WE’RE LIVE IN
BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 DUDES. ALL
RIGHT, MARA. RIGHT NOW. A MARY
GROVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS IN
CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING A
WEAPON TO SCHOOL VIDEO HERE
SHOWS THE STUDENT POOL WHAT
APPEARS TO BE A GUN AND POINTED
AT SOMEBODY NEARBY. FORTUNATELY,
NOBODY WAS HURT. CBP’S CD,
THOUGH, SAYS THEY FIRST SAW THIS
VIDEO AFTER SCHOOL YESTERDAY
WHEN A PARENT BROUGHT THIS
SOCIAL MEDIA POST TO THEIR
ATTENTION. PARENTS AND STUDENTS
SAY THEY’RE ALARMED BY THE
INCIDENT. LIKE I DON’T I DON’T
WANT TO BE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
I DON’T WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN
NONE OF THAT. I DON’T WANT TO
GET A NO DRAMA. DID YOU HEAR
ABOUT THIS? AND HE TOLD ME HE
SAID, MA. YES, I HEARD ABOUT IT.
SO AS I DROPPED HIM OFF TO
SCHOOL THIS MORNING. I SAW THE
POLICE OFFICERS UP THERE. THEY
WERE SEARCHING EVERYBODY THAT
CAME INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAYS THE STUDENT WILL LIKELY
FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. THEY ALSO
TELL US IF HE ENDS UP BACK IN
SCHOOL WILL LIKELY BE PLACED IN
AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
CITY OF ROMULUS IS LOOKING TO
BRING NEW LIFE TO ITS HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN. LIKE MANY OTHER
COMMUNITIES, THE PANDEMIC HIT
BUSINESSES HARD, FORCING SOME TO
CLOSE THEIR DOORS FOR GOOD.
PAMELA OSBORNE SPOKE WITH THE
MAYOR TONIGHT ABOUT HIS VISION
FOR THE CITY AND PAM. HE ALSO
ADDRESSED HOW THE CITY IS MOVING
TO HELP FUTURE BUSINESS OWNERS
AS WELL. YES SO IF YOU’VE DRIVEN
DOWN THIS STRETCH OF GODDARD
ROAD, YOU MAY NOTICE MORE THAN
ONE STOREFRONT IS EMPTY HERE
WHILE THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY THEY’RE LOOKING TO
CHANGE ALL OF THAT THEY’RE
PURCHASING SOME OF THESE VACANT
PROPERTIES, FIXING THEM UP AND
THEN RENTING THEM OUT TO
BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS WHO
WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER. SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT
YOU HAVE A VISION FOR THIS IS
THIS IS IT. THIS IS WELCOME TO
DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
RAIMUND ROBERT MCCRAE. IT SEES
OPPORTUNITY WHERE OTHERS SEE
VACANCIES CITY. MAIN INVESTMENT
YOU KNOW ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO
THREE INVESTMENT IN NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE BRICK PAPERS,
ROADWORK CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
SLOWED SOME BUSINESSES TO A STOP
. THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, MANY
OTHERS SHUTTERED. NOW BUSINESS
OWNERS LIKE CAROL AND VINCENT
LUIS ARE PREPARING TO OPEN UP
AGAIN. WE WERE GOING TO DETROIT.
TO GET LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, GOOD
FOOD AND DRINKS. THIS FORMERLY
BLIGHTED BUILDING BOUGHT AND
RENOVATED BY THE LEWISES WILL
BECOME WHAT THEY THEMSELVES WERE
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EAT,
DRINK AND ENJOY LIVE MUSIC AT
THEIR UPSCALE WAREHOUSE IN
LOUNGE. WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN,
EVERY STOREFRONT OUT HERE WAS
FILLED JUST A FEW MINUTES DOWN
THE ROAD. WE MET ART HERBERT AT
THE ARTISAN RESERVE INC. ONE OF
HIS FAVORITE CRAFT BREWERIES
THROUGH YOUR ONE ECONOMIC
DOWNTOWN. TURN AFTER ANOTHER
BUSINESSES JUST STARTED GOING
AWAY THE POSSIBILITIES, AND SO
DOES BRIAN BUSH. BRIAN WILLIS IS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND THE TOWN’S
GREAT THE COMMUNITY. GREAT THE
PEOPLE ARE GREAT MENTOR, RICHARD
KASABA WERE ABLE TO TURN THEIR
PASSION FOR BREWING INTO A BRICK
AND MORTAR BUSINESS BY LEASING
THE SPACE FROM THE CITY. WHEN HE
LOOKS OUTSIDE, HE SEES ENDLESS
POSSIBILITIES IS THE LIMIT
LEADERS ARE HOPING TO BRING MORE
INCUBATOR BUSINESSES LIKE
ARTISTS IN RESERVE TO TOWN. AND
THEY’RE FINDING FEDERAL DOLLARS
TO HELP BRING LIFE AND PEOPLE
BACK. ANYBODY HAS A GREAT IDEA
AND A VIABLE BUSINESS SOLUTION
THAT WORKS AND IT WILL PULL
PEOPLE INTO OUR DOWNTOWN. THAT’S
WHO WE’RE LOOKING TO PULL IN.
AND AGAIN USING SOME GRANT MONEY
TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS LATER
THIS SUMMER. THEY’RE GOING TO BE
HOSTING A JOB FAIR FOR SOME OF
THESE INCUBATOR BUSINESSES. SO
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, SOMETHING
THAT YOU’RE INTERESTED IN
GETTING STARTED, YOU CAN
CERTAINLY TAKE THAT THERE. AND
PITCH IT TO THE CITY AND SEE
WHAT THEY LIKE. WE’VE BEEN
TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
DOWN HERE TODAY. A LOT OF THEM
LIKE TO SAY THEY ARE SAY THEY’D
LIKE TO SEE A RESTAURANT. MAYBE
SOME PLACE TO SHOP, SO PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE WILL LET
YOU KNOW JUST AS SOON AS THEY
ANNOUNCE A DATE FOR THAT
REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN
ROMULUS AND PAMELA OSBORNE LOCAL
4 NICE. ALL RIGHT, PAMELA.
TOMORROW IS GONNA BE A BIG DAY
FOR BOTH THE JAMES CRAIG AND
PERRY JOHNSON GUBERNATORIAL
CAMPAIGNS. EARLIER THIS WEEK,
THE STATE BUREAU OF ELECTIONS
FOUND THEY WERE INELIGIBLE FOR
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT
DID NOT HAVING ENOUGH VALID
NOMINATING SIGNATURES. THREE
OTHER GOP GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES WERE ALSO
DISQUALIFIED. TOMORROW THE BOARD
OF STATE CANVASSERS WILL BE
MEETING AND WILL DECIDE WHETHER
TO ACCEPT THE BUREAU’S