FIVE NOW. MAYOR DUGGAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO STEP IN AND STEP UP PATROLS. BUT HE NEEDS MORE THAN
THAT. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO NEED
HELP. FROM THE PARENTS OF THIS
COMMUNITY IN THE WAKE OF A
VIOLENT WEEKEND. DOWNTOWN
CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY. GOOD TO
HAVE YOU WITH US HERE FOR LOCAL
4 NEWS AT FIVE. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL AT
A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, MAYOR
DUGGAN AND CHIEF WHITE ANNOUNCED
SEVERAL CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO
THE SHOOTINGS AND OTHER VIOLENCE
DOWNTOWN. DPD IS INCREASING
STAFFING TO MIDSUMMER LEVELS
THAT PUTS MORE OFFICERS ON THE
STREET IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
THIS COMES AFTER FIVE SHOOTINGS
IN GREEKTOWN. THE MAYOR ALSO
CALLED ON PARENTS TO HELP KEEP
MINORS OFF THE STREET, AND THAT
INCLUDES FOLLOWING THE CITY’S 10
O’CLOCK P M CURFEW. WILL JONES
IS WORKING ON THAT PART OF THE
STORY FOR US TONIGHT? WILL
OFFICERS MADE ARRESTS FOR CURFEW
VIOLATIONS THIS PAST WEEKEND?
KIMBERLY AND DEVIN. POLICE SAY
OVER THE WEEKEND THEY DETAINED
12 MINERS FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS
, AND THEY CITED TWO PARENTS
WITH PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
TICKETS. THE CURFEW HAS BEEN ON
THE BOOKS FOR SOME TIME, BUT
POLICE WANT PARENTS AND YOUNG
PEOPLE TO KNOW THERE ARE
ENFORCING IT. THE CITY OF
DETROIT, PUTTING PARENTS ON
NOTICE ABOUT THE CITYWIDE CURFEW
. THIS IS FOLLOWING A SPATE OF
VIOLENCE OVER THE WEEKEND
DOWNTOWN. I’M VERY FOCUSED ON
MAKING SURE THAT THAT PARENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY TICKET IS ISSUED
TO THE PARENTS, BECAUSE THAT I
THINK IS WHERE THE MESSAGE NEEDS
TO BE SENT. THEY HAVE A PROFOUND
RESPONSIBILITY TO ASSIST US AND
AIDING AND KEEPING THEIR KIDS
SAFE. PLEASE SENDING OUT A
REMINDER ABOUT THE CURFEW OVER
THE WEEKEND AFTER A SHOOTING
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT
RANDOLPH AND MONROE IN GREEKTOWN
THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND
THREE OTHERS HURT. IT WAS THE
FIRST OF MANY SHOOTINGS
DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING THE KILLING
OF A GREEK TOWN SECURITY GUARD.
BUT POLICE SAY NONE OF THE
SUSPECTS IN ANY OF THE DOWNTOWN
SHOOTINGS INVOLVED MINORS. STILL
POLICE WANT TO PUT A STOP TO THE
CROWDS OF UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH
OUT PAST CURFEW. THEY’RE SUBJECT
TO BEING ACCOSTED. THEY’RE
SUBJECT TO FINDING THEMSELVES IN
PROBLEMS AS WELL, WHEN YOU DON’T
HAVE THAT THAT ADULT OVERSIGHT,
THE CURFEW IS NOT JUST FOR
DOWNTOWN. IT’S IN EFFECT ACROSS
THE CITY. FOR THOSE 15 YEARS AND
UNDER. IT’S 10 PM FOR 16 AND 17
YEAR OLDS. THE CURFEW IS 11 P.M.
THEY USED TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL
BACK IN THE DAY. WHERE IS NINE
O’CLOCK? WHERE IS YOUR KID AT?
WE NEED TO START ASKING THAT
QUESTION THOSE WHO WORK WITH
YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY
PARENTS CAN’T DO IT ALONE. THERE
NEEDS TO BE MORE OPTIONS FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF
TROUBLE AND AWAY FROM DANGER.
FIRST, WE’VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. THAT
THERE ARE THAT THERE ARE NOT
ENOUGH ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE TO POSITIVELY INVOLVED IN
IT ISN’T SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES
CAN DO ALONE. THAT’S WHY WE
THINK OUR WORK IS SO IMPORTANT.
THE WHOLE GOAL WITH CURFEW
ENFORCEMENT, POLICE SAY IS NOT
TO PUNISH MINERS THERE WERE
FOCUSES ON PARENTS PARENTS COULD
FACE UP TO A $500 FUND FOR A
CURFEW VIOLATION. WE’RE LIVE IN
GREEKTOWN WILL JONES LOCAL 4
STORY WILL THANK YOU. THE MAN
CHARGED WITH MURDERING AND ANN
ARBOR COMMUNITY LEADER GOES
BEFORE A JUDGE. MCCAIN IS
ACCUSED OF KILLING JUDE WALTON
AND HER HOME LAST WEEK. POLICE
SAY MCCAIN BROKE IN THROUGH THE
BACK DOOR, STRANGLED WALTON AND
TRIED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER.
MCCAIN IS CHARGED WITH MURDER,
HOME INVASION AND CRIMINAL
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND IS BEING HELD
WITHOUT BOND COMING UP ON THE
NEWS AT SIX HELP POLICE WERE
ABLE TO TIE MCCAIN TO THIS CRIME
. HE SAYS HE FEELS LIKE THE U. S
GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED HIM.
THAT’S WHAT PAUL WHEELAN
REPORTEDLY SAID DURING A PHONE
CALL. WITH HIS PARENTS THIS
WEEKEND. IT COMES MONTHS AFTER
THE HIGH PROFILE PRISONER SWAP
THAT BROUGHT BASKETBALL STAR
BRITNEY GRINER HOME, BUT HE
STILL SITS IN RUSSIA AND IN
LIMBO. SHAWN LEY LIVE WITH MORE
ON THIS STORY, AND SEAN HE
SOUNDS DEFEATED. DEVON AND IN BY
YOUR OWN COUNTRY, DEFINITE SHIFT
IN TONE FROM PAUL WHEELAN AS HE
SITS AND REMAINS INSIDE THAT
RUSSIAN PRISON. WE WANT TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT WHY THAT SHIFT IN
TONE IS COMING FROM MR WHEELAN.
NOW AT THIS POINT, AFTER SO MANY
YEARS IN PRISON BY SPEAKING
TODAY WITH HIS BROTHER, DAVID.
PAUL SPOKE TO OUR PARENTS, AND
HE USED THE WORD ABANDONED AND I
THINK THAT HIS COMPOSURE HIS
HOPE IS ABILITY TO KEEP A
POSITIVE MENTAL STATE DAY TO DAY
AND A RUSSIAN LABOR CAMPUS A
LITTLE BIT RATTLED THE FACT THAT
AN AMERICAN HAS BEEN DETAINED
AGAIN BY THE KREMLIN CHARGED
WITH ESPIONAGE AGAIN, JUST LIKE
WHAT HAPPENED IN HIS CASE. MAKES
HIM WONDER WHETHER THE U. S
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE ABLE
TO BRING PAUL HOME. DAVID
WHEELAN IS PAUL WHELAN’S
BROTHER, PAUL, NOW SPENDING 1570
DAYS BEING HELD IN A RUSSIAN
PRISON, ACCUSED BY THE RUSSIANS
OF ESPIONAGE AFTER SEEING THE US
FREE OTHER AMERICAN CITIZENS
FROM RUSSIAN PRISONS AND NOW
ANOTHER AMERICAN, HAS BEEN
DETAINED IN RUSSIA OVER THE
WEEKEND. DAVID WHELAN SAYS HIS
BROTHER EXPRESSED A LOSS OF
RESOLVE AND EVEN HOPE THAT HE
WILL BE FREED. DAVID WHELAN SAYS
HIS BROTHERS CHANGE IN RESOLVE
WAS CLEAR. IT WAS THE I THINK IT
WAS THE ARREST OF ANOTHER
AMERICAN. IT WAS THE REPETITION
NOW OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH
BRITTNEY GRINER. WHAT HAPPENED
WITH TREVOR REID? THIS IS THE
THIRD TIME THAT AN AMERICAN HAS
BEEN DETAINED IN RUSSIA AND THE
LAST TWO TIMES THE OTHER
AMERICANS WENT HOME, AND PAUL
DIDN’T AND SO I THINK HE’S
REALLY UH, FRAGILE IS NOT REALLY
THE RIGHT WORD, BUT I THINK HIS
RESOLVE, AS YOU SAY, IS
UNCERTAIN. UNCERTAIN INDEED, NOW
, DAVID WILLIAMS SAYS THE U. S
GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD THE FAMILY
HERE THEY’VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT
OFFER TO THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
TO FREE PAUL WHEELING. BUT
DEVIN, AS YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN
NO MOVEMENT ON HIS CASE AT ALL.
WHAT ABOUT WHAT ARE WE HEARING
NOW ABOUT? THERE’S BEEN TALK
OCCASIONALLY ABOUT US SANCTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA JUST ABOUT THIS
CASE. DAVID WHELAN DID SPEAK
ABOUT THAT, SAYING THEY’VE BEEN
TOLD THAT THE US GOVERNMENT
WANTS TO BRING SANCTIONS AND
PRESSURE TO THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT. NOT JUST A FREE PAUL
WHEELING BUT AS A DETERRENT,
ALSO FOR ARRESTING AMERICANS
THERE, BUT AGAIN, HE WANTS TO
SEE THAT APPLIED AGGRESSIVELY.
HE DOESN’T SEE IT HAPPENING JUST
YET ON A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT
IS STAMPED ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE AND RUNS TO SCHOOL FOR
HELP. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS
US THE TEAM WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL. THE STABBING HAPPENED
NEAR DURFEE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE
SCHOOL, NOT FAR FROM THE LODGE
IN THE DAVIDSON. WE DON’T KNOW
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
THE STABBING OR IF ANYONE WAS
ARRESTED, RAPIDLY SPREADING
FUNGUS IS POSING A SERIOUS
HEALTH RISK TO PEOPLE IN LONG
TERM CARE FACILITIES AND
HOSPITALS. IN FACT, IN RECENT
WEEKS IT HAS INFECTED AND KILLED
SOME OF THE NATION’S MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE. CASES ARE
POPPING UP RIGHT HERE IN METRO
DETROIT. VICTOR WILLIAMS JOINS
US WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW
THIS FUNGUS IS SPREAD. WHAT’S
BEING DONE TO STOP IT, VICTOR
YEAH. KIMBERLY AND DEVIN. YOU
KNOW, THE CDC IS SAYING THAT
THIS IS A GLOBAL THREAT AND ALSO
A DOCTOR RIGHT HERE AT THE DMC
IS SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING.
WE HAVE UP TO 1 92 200 CASES IN
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. JUST LIKE
THE REST OF THE NATION. YOU
KNOW, WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH
THIS NEW CHALLENGES AND EMERGING
PATHOGENS, CORPORATE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR FOR HOSPITAL
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
PREVENTION AT THE DMC. DR TINA
CHOPRA SAYS THE FUNGUS CANDIDA
PARIS SHOULD BE TAKEN VERY
SERIOUSLY. IT IS TRANSMITTED
THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS
TRANSMITTED THROUGH, UH, UNCLEAN
HANDS, YOU KNOW, AND FROM PERSON
TO PERSON FROM HEALTHCARE
WORKERS TO OTHERS. THE FUNGAL
INFECTION ATTACKS WOUNDS. EARS
ALONG WITH THE BLOODSTREAM AND
IS PRIMARILY KNOWN TO VICTIMIZE
THE ELDERLY AND NURSING HOMES,
HOSPITALS OR HOSPICE CARE.
THAT’S WHY IT’S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT, UM WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES
IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. WE
HAVE MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR
SENIORS IN NURSING HOMES, AND
WHEN I SAY RESOURCES, MORE
INFECTION CONTROL PERSON. NO. UM
MORE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION
AROUND INFECTION PREVENTION AND
LAST, BUT NOT THE LEAST, PRIVATE
ROOMS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FUNGUS
SEEMS TO BE SPREADING AT AN
ALARMING RATE AND APPEARS TO BE
DRUG RESISTANT, AT LEAST AT THIS
TIME, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU
ARE, LABS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
EVEN PICK UP ON THE FUNGUS,
WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE
DEADLY. IT IS WORRISOME BECAUSE
IT CARRIES A VERY HIGH MORTALITY
. MORTALITY IF YOU CAN IF YOU
GET INFECTED WITH YOUR WRIST,
AMORTALITY N B AS HIGH AS 50.
NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE
DMC HAS TO TECHNOLOGY AND
EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO SPOT
THAT FUNGUS. BUT BEFORE IT EVEN
GETS TO THAT WASHING YOUR HANDS
IS THE EASIEST WAY TO SLOW DOWN
THAT SPREAD VICTOR WILLIAMS
BEFORE. OKAY, VICTOR. THANK YOU.
OKAY CHILLY HERE RIGHT AFTER OUR
SUMMER LIKE WEEK, BUT HERE’S
YOUR REMINDER THAT IT CAN ALWAYS
BE WORSE. THIS IS LIVE PICTURES
FROM IRONWOOD IN THE U. P PARTS
OF THAT AREA EXPECTED TO SEE AS
MUCH AS SIX INCHES OF SNOW OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS BACK HERE WE
HAVE MANAGED TO GO FROM THE
EIGHTIES TO THE THIRTIES. IN
WHAT FELT LIKE THE BLINK OF AN
EYE LIKE THAT. EXACTLY LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM ADAMS. AND LOOK AT
WHAT’S HEADED OUR WAY LATER
TONIGHT. HI, KIM HYE TALENTED,
AREN’T WE? WHICH IS TRICKY, AND
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’VE NOTICED,
BUT THEY STILL HAVE THEIR
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN THE WREATH,
RIGHT? I MEAN, WHY BOTHER TAKING
IT DOWN? REALLY IT’S JUST THIS
IS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT MORE
LIKE CHRISTMAS THAN IT IS SPRING
AND SUMMER. WE’VE GOT SOME SNOW
HERE OUT IN HOWELL AND LANSING
GETTING SOME LIGHT SNOW AT THIS
HOUR. IT’S RAINING IN
PORT HURON. THEY DID POSTPONE
THE TIGERS GAME UNTIL TOMORROW,
AND AS WE ZOOM IN ON AMERICA
PARK. THIS IS THE REASON WHY
THERE’S STILL SOME MODERATE RAIN
AT THE BALLPARK, INCLUDING
DOWNTOWN DETROIT AND ALSO RIGHT
ALONG JEFFERSON AVENUE. AS WE GO
UP TO THE GROSS POINTS, IT’S
LIGHT RAIN THEIR LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN SPRINKLES IN
ROOSEVELT AND FRASER AND ALSO IN
MOUNT CLEMENS, NOW OVER TO
OAKLAND COUNTY, WHERE WE’RE
STILL GETTING JUST SOME SPRITZES
HERE AND THERE IN BEVERLY HILLS,
SOUTHFIELD AND OAK PARK STARTED
TO DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT IN
BEVERLY HILLS AND ALSO IN
BIRMINGHAM. SO WE’RE GONNA GET
THIS LIGHT SNOW RAIN MIX EVEN A
LITTLE SLEET IN HERE FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT THEN