THE FAMILY OF WYNTER SMITH IS THANKING THE COMMUNITY AND CALLING FOR CHANGE IN THE WAKE
OF HER MURDER.
>> NOW, AT NOON, THEIR MESSAGE
TO LAWMAKERS HOW WINTERS LIFE IS
BEING CELEBRATED AND WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION STANDS RIGHT NOW.
THE SEARCH FOR WINTER STARTED
SUNDAY AFTER LANSING POLICE SAID
HER MOTHER’S EX-BOYFRIEND,
RASHAD TRICE, TOOK HER FROM
THEIR HOME AFTER AN ATTACK ON
HER MOTHER WHEN POLICE TOOK HIM
INTO CUSTODY MONDAY MORNING.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WINTER AND
POLICE SAY HE REFUSED TO TELL
THEM WHERE SHE WAS. HE WAS
PREVIOUSLY ARRAIGNED ON SEVERAL
CHARGES BEFORE THE LITTLE GIRL’S
BODY WAS FOUND. LET’S BRING IN
VICTOR WILLIAMS THIS AFTERNOON
WITH WHEN CHARGES COULD BE
AMENDED OR ADDED HERE. VICTOR
YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT
INFORMATION TO COME IN AT ANY
MOMENT. BUT ALL OF THIS WAS JUST
SO HEARTBREAKING FOLLOWING ALL
OF THIS FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL
NOW. WE KNOW THAT WINTER’S BODY,
UNFORTUNATE. SHE WAS FOUND LAST
NIGHT OVER ON THE EAST SIDE IN
AN OVERGROWN, THROWN ALLEY BY A
HOME, AN OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO
FIND HER WHILE SEARCHING IN A
GRID PATTERN AND DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE ROUTE THAT WERE SHOT.
TRICE WAS ALLEGEDLY BELIEVED TO
HAVE TAKEN ON THE NIGHT THAT
WINTER WAS ABDUCTED. FORMER
ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF WITH THE
DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT, STEVE
DOLAN, SAYS THAT THE WHOLE
SITUATION IS SO SAD, BUT AT
LEAST THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO
FIND WINTER’S BODY WITHOUT ANY
COOPERATION FROM THE SUSPECT,
THAT HE HAD A PLAN.
>> AND HE WAS HE WAS DESPERATE
TO GET AWAY. BUT THE FBI AND
DETROIT AND LANSING AND EVERYONE
WAS INVOLVED. THEY DID A GREAT
JOB. AND THEN THEY FIGURED OUT
WHERE HE’D BEEN. THEY’RE AT A
SPOT FOR LONGER THAN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES. AND THEY DID A GRID
SEARCH AND THEY FOUND HER,
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT THE WAY THEY
WANTED TO. IT WAS, THAT’S GREAT
POLICE WORK. UNFORTUNATELY IT
PROBABLY STARTED TOO LATE
BECAUSE HE’D ALREADY DUMPED THE
LITTLE GIRL. AND THAT’S THAT’S
HEARTBREAKING.
>> AND THE FAMILY OF WINTER COLE
SMITH SENT US THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT, WHICH READS, QUOTE,
WE ARE HEARTBROKEN OVER THE LOSS
OF OUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER,
GRANDDAUGHTER, COUSINS, NIECE
AND BIG SISTER. WINTER COLE
SMITH. WINTER’S BRIEF BUT BRIGHT
LIFE WAS TAKEN FROM HER
UNNECESSARILY. AND WE WILL
GRIEVE HER DEATH FOREVER. WE
WISH TO THANK THE FBI ALL ON
FORESMAN, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND
THE DOCK ELLIS FOUNDATION FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE S COMPASSION
AND PROFESSIONALISM AND
REMEMBERING WINTER. WE BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS NECESSARY TO HELP
MAKE SURE THAT THIS KIND OF
TRAGEDY NEVER AGAIN TOUCHES ANY
OTHER FAMILY ANYWHERE. WE ASK
THAT THE STATE LEGISLATOR AND
GOVERNOR WHITMER TO CONSIDER
LEGISLATION THAT FURTHER ENSURES
THAT MULTIPLE VIOLENT OFFENDERS
REMAIN IN JAIL OR PRISON AS THEY
ARE TRAGICALLY A THREAT TO ALL
OF US. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT A
VIGIL IS PLANNED FOR WINTER THIS
UPCOMING FRIDAY AT 6 P.M. BUT
ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS JUST
SO HEARTBREAKING. VICTOR
WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> YEAH, AND TRICE, WHO WAS OUT
OF JAIL, OBVIOUSLY. WE’LL WAIT
AND SEE IF MORE CHARGES ARE
BROUGHT TODAY. ALL RIGHT,
VICTOR, WE APPRECIATE IT. NOW
LET’S MOVE TO YPSILANTI
TOWNSHIP, WHERE A BARRICADE HAD
GUNMAN SITUATION IS EVOLVING AT
NOON HERE, SKY FOUR OVER THE
ASPEN CHASE APARTMENTS THIS
MORNING WHERE A 27 YEAR OLD MAN
IS SUSPECTED OF STABBING ANOTHER
MAN AND THEN RUNNING OFF TO
ANOTHER APARTMENT. MEGAN WOODS
IS ON THE GROUND GATHERING MORE
INFORMATION AND SHE HAS THE
LATEST. MEGAN THAT’S RIGHT,
JASON.
>> A LOT TO UNPACK HERE. BUT
WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS ONE
MAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER MAN IS
BARRICADED INSIDE A FRIEND’S
APARTMENT AND WASHTENAW COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A STAGED
RIGHT HERE AS THEY ARE WORKING
TO GET A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION
FROM ALL OF THIS. NOW, LET’S
TAKE A VIEW, A LOOK FROM SKY
FOUR AGAIN. NOW THAT APARTMENT
BUILDING THAT MAN IS INSIDE HAS
BEEN EVACUATED. AND ALONG WITH
SURROUNDING BUILDINGS,
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL SORTING
THROUGH DETAILS, BUT BELIEVE
THERE WAS SOME SORT OF
ALTERCATION IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND
THAT’S WHERE THE DEADLY STABBING
HAPPENED. AND TAKE A LISTEN AS
THE INVESTIGATION WENT ON, WE
IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL SUSPECT
AND WENT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH
THAT SUSPECT.
>> AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY
BARRICADED HIMSELF IN AN
APARTMENT, NOT HIS APARTMENT,
BUT A FRIEND’S APARTMENT.
ORIGINALLY THAT FRIEND WAS ALSO
IN THAT APARTMENT. HAPPY TO
REPORT THAT HE’S BEEN SAFELY
EVACUATED OUT OF THERE. SO RIGHT
NOW, WE JUST HAVE OUR SUSPECT
WHO IS CONFIRMED TO BE ARMED
WITH A WEAPON, WITH A FIREARM.
AND HE IS STILL IN THAT
APARTMENT AT THIS MOMENT.
>> THERE’S WASHTENAW COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THERE’S A
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE BOMB
SQUAD. SO MANY DIFFERENT
AGENCIES OUT HERE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE IS A PEACEFUL
RESOLUTION. NOW, IF YOU LIVE IN
THIS ASPEN APARTMENT COMPLEX
HERE ON INTERNATIONAL DRIVE,
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT YOU CAN
STILL GET TO YOUR APARTMENT
BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT’S JUST THOSE
SURROUNDING BUILDINGS THAT WERE
EVACUATED. WE’LL BE OUT HERE ALL
DAY UNTIL THEY GET THAT
RESOLUTION. PORT HURON REPORTING
LIVE IN YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, I’M
MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, MEGAN, WE’LL SEE
YOU EITHER FIRST AT FOUR OR AT
5:00. FIRE CREWS IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP FIGHTING THE SAME FIRE
TWICE OVERNIGHT, CREWS WORKED TO
PUT OUT THE FIRE THAT RIPPED
THROUGH AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON
DENTON ROAD AFTER IT CAUGHT FIRE
LAST NIGHT. THERE’S A GOOD LOOK
AT THE DAMAGE RIGHT THERE.
>> IT’S A PRETTY FAST MOVING
FIRE BECAUSE IT WAS ALONG THE
ROOF LINE, GOT THROUGH THE
FIREWALL AND JUST CONTINUED ON.
SO IT BURNT THE ROOF OFF THE
THIRD FLOOR.
>> NOW, AFTER IT WAS UNDER
CONTROL, IT REKINDLED MORE THAN
AN HOUR LATER, FORCING CREWS
BACK OUT THIS MORNING, THE SAME
COMPLEX SAW A FIRE BACK IN
MARCH. THE CHIEF SAYS THE
BUILDING IS A TOTAL LOSS AND
INVESTIGATE IS PLAN TO FIND THE
CAUSE OF IT LATER THIS WEEK. DID
POLICE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A
SUSPECT IN A DEADLY HIT AND RUN
IN? INVESTIGATORS SAY A 41 YEAR
OLD MAN WAS HIT AND KILLED WHILE
CROSSING MICHIGAN AVENUE. THIS
WAS AROUND 1130 SATURDAY NIGHT,
SERVED SILENCE VIDEO SHOWING A
DARK COLORED DODGE CHARGER. YOU
SEE IT THERE, PAUSED IN THE
VIDEO HERE. WE FROZE THE VIDEO
THERE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS, RECOGNIZE THE CAR.
HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL CRIME
STOPPERS AT ONE 800. SPEAK UP.
CONSUMERS ENERGY IS PROPOSING AN
UNDERGROUND POWER LINE PROGRAM
TO HELP MAKE THE GRID STRONGER.
THIS COMES AMID GROWING
FRUSTRATION OVER OUTAGES AMONG
CUSTOMERS. CONSUMER SAYS BURYING
POWER LINES CAN PROTECT AGAINST
LIGHTNING FALLING TREES, ICE.
THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON
CIRCUITS ON SEVERAL COUNTIES IN
SEVERAL COUNTIES ACROSS THE
STATE THAT SUFFER FROM FREQUENT
AND LONG POWER OUTAGES. THE
COMPANY HAS PLANNED 55. $4
BILLION IN INVESTMENT IN NEW
TECHNOLOGY REPAIRS AND
MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES. LAST
MONTH WAS THE HOTTEST JUNE EVER
RECORDED, ACCORDING TO THE
EUROPEAN UNION’S COPERNICUS
CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICE. NINE OF
THE TEN HOTTEST JUNES HAVE BEEN
OVER THE LAST DECADE. OCEAN
TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO NO HOTTER
THAN OTHER YEARS. THIS COMES AS
THE PLANET RECORDED ITS HOTTEST
DAY EVER ON MONDAY. THEN AGAIN
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WHICH
WERE TIED. AND MORE RECORDS ARE
LIKELY TO BE BROKEN THIS YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE WARMING IMPACT OF
EL NINO. GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO
HAND IT OFF TO ASHLEY AS WE SEE,
WE GET READY FOR ANOTHER STRETCH
OF HOT DAYS, OR AT LEAST WE’RE
IN THIS STRETCH. ASHLEY AND
WE’RE WAITING FOR SOME RELIEF TO
ARRIVE. YEAH, AND THE COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH TODAY WILL
DEFINITELY BRING US SOME RELIEF
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY.
>> BUT IF YOU WERE WITH US ON
OUR MORNING SHOW TODAY, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT NEW CLIMATE DATA
COMING IN FOR THE CITY OF
DETROIT IN WHICH WE ARE NOW
AVERAGING SINCE 1970. EVERY
YEAR, TEN MORE DAYS OF EXTRA 85
DEGREE DAYS OR HOTTER. SO OUR
CLIMATE HERE GETTING A LITTLE
BIT WARMER AS WELL, NOT JUST FOR
THE MONTH OF JUNE. EXACT TRACK
FOUR D SHOWING THAT WE HAVE AN
ACTIVE RADAR. NOW, THIS ISN’T
THE WORST RADAR THAT WE HAVE
SEEN, BUT SOME INCONVENIENT
SHOWERS OUT THERE. SO LET’S TAKE
YOU AROUND TOWN TO SHOW YOU WHAT
YOU WILL ENCOUNTER AT THIS LUNCH
HOUR AS WE LOOK WEST OF I TO 75.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE WEST
OF METRO AIRPORT. WE HAVE A
MODERATE SHOWER JUST SOUTH OF
CANTON AND SOME LIGHT SHOWERS
CLIPPING JUST THE SOUTHEASTERN
EDGE OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. AS WE
TRAVEL A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH
FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF
OAKLAND COUNTY BY LAKE ORION,
OXFORD, AND THEN INTO MACOMB.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A POCKET
OF SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS RIGHT IN
TO THE HEART OF MACOMB. SO WE’RE
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME ON
AND OFF SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON IN FACT, WE COULD HAVE
A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS A
LITTLE BIT LATER THIS EVENING.
WE SIT IN THE 70S, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF MONROE, AT 82
DEGREES, CLOUDY SKIES AND
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY,
WE WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOW 80S,
A LITTLE MORE SEASONAL TODAY
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY’S 90. BUT
WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN HOUR
BY HOUR LOOK AT THOSE EVENING
STORMS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
YOU CAN TAKE RADAR WITH YOU ON
THE GO AND EVEN TIME OUT, THOSE
SHOWERS WITH YOU IF YOU ARE NOT
BY YOUR TV SET WHERE YOU CAN