SAYS NEAR MAC AND JOHN ARE AROUND 4:00 THIS MORNING. WHAT HAPPENED HAS BEEN A PEACEFUL
SLEEP THAT TURNED INTO A
TRAUMATIZE CAUSING EVENT. OUR
MEGAN WOODS IS THERE WITH WHERE
THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW. AND
FIRST AND FOREMOST, HOW IS THIS
CHILD DOING?
>> THE GOOD NEWS, RHONDA, IS
THAT CHILD IS IN STABLE
CONDITION IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT
OF COURSE, THIS IS A FRUSTRATING
SITUATION FOR POLICE AS WELL AS
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE TO MAKE
SENSE OF. NOW, IN THE VIDEO, WE
ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, YOU CAN
HEAR THE SHOTS FIRING OFF, BUT
THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE PEOPLE
RUNNING IN A PANIC. TAKE A LOOK
. POLICE BELIEVE THAT TWO
VEHICLES WERE SHOOTING AT EACH
OTHER AROUND 415 THIS MORNING
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MACK
AVENUE AND I 75, ONE OF THOSE
FLYING BULLETS ENTERED THE
LITTLE BOY’S BEDROOM AND STRUCK
HIM WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING.
>> SO UNFORTUNATE THAT WE SEE
PEOPLE HANDLING ARGUMENTS OR
DISPUTES IN A MANNER IN WHICH
GUN VIOLENCE IS A PART OF THAT.
AND AN UNFORTUNATE VICTIM THAT
IS NOT RELATED TO THE INCIDENT
ENDS UP BEING SHOT. YOU KNOW, WE
JUST HATE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN IN
THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.
>> THAT EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY IS
DOING BETTER. HE’S IN STABLE
CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL.
POLICE ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON THIS SHOOTING TO
CALL THEM. REPORTING LIVE IN
DETROIT. I’M MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL
4. THANK GOODNESS INDEED THAT
CHILD TO BE OKAY.
>> MEGAN, THANK YOU. THE FAMILY
OF WINTER SMITH IS HOLDING A
VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE YOUNG
GIRL’S LIFE. WINTER WAS ABDUCTED
IN LANSING ON SUNDAY. HER BODY
WAS FOUND ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
IN DETROIT. HER MOTHER’S EX
BOYFRIEND, RASHAD TRICE, IS
SUSPECTED IN THE KIDNAPING OF
THE TWO YEAR OLD. HE WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY ON MONDAY AFTER A
CHASE AND CRASH WITH POLICE IN
SAINT CLAIR SHORES TODAY, WE
LEARNED THAT HE WAS MOVED FROM
THE HOSPITAL TO A JAIL CELL.
HE’S CURRENTLY FACING CHARGES
FROM ATTACKING WINTER’S MOTHER.
TODAY’S MEMORIAL FOR WINTER IS
HAPPENING IN DETROIT, NEAR FIRST
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER. IT’S
LOCATED ON VAN DIKE AND NODAL AT
6 P.M. AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
TO COME AND SURROUND THIS FAMILY
WITH YOUR SUPPORT. A BODY IS
FOUND IN A BAG IN THE MIDDLE OF
A NEIGHBORHOOD ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE SKY FOUR OVER THE SCENE ON
MAIDEN STREET NEAR CONNOR AND
I-94. FOR RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE
SAYING WHAT HAPPENED OR HOW THIS
PERSON DIED. WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE INVESTIGATION. A FORMER WWE
WRESTLER AND MICHIGAN STATE
FOOTBALL PLAYER HAS PLEADED NO
CONTEST AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO STRANGLE THE DRIVER OF
A MOVING CAR. 42 YEAR OLD KYLE
RASMUSSEN WAS ARRESTED LAST
OCTOBER AFTER ATTEMPTING TO YANK
THE STEERING WHEEL OF A MAN FROM
OUTER LAKE AND TRYING TO
STRANGLE HIM. HE WAS ARRESTED IN
ROCHESTER HILLS AND CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO DO GREAT
BODILY HARM. RASMUSSEN
ORIGINALLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO
THE CHARGE, BUT NOW IS PLEADING
NO CONTEST. OVER TO FRENCHTOWN
TOWNSHIP, WHERE POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A
DUNHAM’S ON TELEGRAPH AROUND 615
YESTERDAY. THIS HAPPENED
YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN A MAN
WENT TO PURCHASE AN ITEM AND AS
THE CASHIER OPENED THE DRAWER,
HE DREW A WEAPON. THE MAN THEN
GRABBED AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND RAN OFF ON FOOT.
POLICE SAY THAT HE IS AROUND
FIVE FOOT NINE INCHES TALL. WAS
LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK HAT.
GRAY PANTS AND DARK PANTS.
POLICE SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE
INFORMATION TO CALL THE STATION.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS CRACKING
DOWN ON SHORT TERM HEALTH
INSURANCE PLANS. HIS
ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING A
RULE THAT WOULD LIMIT THE
DURATION OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL
PLAN TO THREE MONTHS WITH THE
OPTION OF A ONE MONTH EXTENSION
. THIS PROPOSAL IS PART OF A
SERIES OF ACTIONS AIMED AT
LOWERING HEALTH CARE COSTS.
SHORT TERM PLANS DO NOT HAVE TO
ADHERE TO OBAMACARE. CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS, AND CAN
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. AS WE’RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY SUMMER
TRAVEL SEASON. BUT SOME PEOPLE
ARE GOING NOWHERE FAST BECAUSE
OF PASSPORT DELAYS, AS THERE HAD
BEEN A RECORD NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS. APPARENTLY DURING
THE WINTER. THE STATE DEPARTMENT
WAS RECEIVING MORE THAN 500,000
APPLICATIONS A WEEK. TRAVEL
EXPERT KATHY BANKS SAYS THERE
ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THE
UPTICK IN PASSPORT APPLICATIONS
.
>> NOW YOU’VE GOT A BIG WAVE OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVEN’T TRAVELED AND
ARE DYING TO TRAVEL AND BE THEIR
PASSPORTS MAY BE EXPIRED AND
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO GET THEM
RENEWED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
WHOLE COVID MELTDOWN. HAVE A
BOARDING PASS.
>> THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOW SAYS
IT DOESN’T EXPECT TO GET
PASSPORT PROCESSING TIMES DOWN
TO PRE-COVID LEVELS UNTIL AT
LEAST THE END OF THE YEAR. RICK
RECORD HEAT CONTINUING ACROSS
THE GLOBE ON THURSDAY. THE
AVERAGE WORLD TEMPERATURE
CLIMBED TO 63.01°F, MARKING THE
FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY OF RECORD
HIGHS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO
PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE US
CENTERS. THE NATIONAL CENTERS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION.
BEFORE THIS WEEK, THE HOTTEST
DAY ON RECORD WAS SET BACK IN
AUGUST OF 2016. BUT A SENIOR
SCIENTIST AT THE WOODWELL
CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER SAYS
THIS IS PROBABLY THE WARMEST THE
PLANET HAS BEEN IN AT LEAST
100,000 YEARS. WHAT DOES ALL
THAT MEAN, ASHLEY? WELL CRAZY
ENOUGH, THIS WAS A BELOW AVERAGE
JUNE FOR US HERE IN DETROIT,
THOUGH NOT THE CASE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE WORLD.
>> AND WE’VE DIPPED JUST BELOW
AVERAGE TODAY. BUT, BOY, ARE WE
TRACKING LESS HUMIDITY, MORE
COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS ARE A
BEAUTIFUL WAY TO ROUND OUT THE
WORKWEEK AND KICK START THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER WE DO HAVE SOME
SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS
RETURNING TO THE FORECAST ON
SATURDAY. SO WE WILL HAVE SOME
MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATE ACTION
THAT WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH
FOR YOUR WEEKEND PLANS. AND THEN
WE START TO WARM BACK UP INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK AFTER TAKING A
LITTLE DIP IN THESE TEMPERATURES
TOMORROW. BUT CLOUDS AND RADAR
FORECAST SHOWING MAINLY CLEAR
SKIES OVER LOWER MICHIGAN. JUST
REALLY A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE.
THAT’S KIND OF SITUATED JUST
OVER THE GREAT LAKES. BUT MY
EYES ARE ON THIS SYSTEM RIGHT
HERE THAT’S PUSHING THROUGH DES
MOINES AS WE WILL HAVE THOSE
RAIN CHANCES PUSHING EASTWARD,
TAKING US INTO TOMORROW. LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE MOUNT CLEMENS,
WHERE WE HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
. WE’RE SITTING AT 75 IN
DETROIT. SAME IN HOWELL, 72 IN
PORT HURON AND 74 IN MONROE. SO
THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON WILL
LIKELY WARM UP INTO THE LOW 80S,
WHERE WE TOP OUT STILL UNDER
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. BEAUTIFUL
EVENING TO HEAD TO COMERICA PARK
TO TAKE IN SOME BASEBALL AND
HOPEFULLY A TIGERS WIN IF YOU
ARE HEADING OUT TO COMERICA PARK
WELL OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE OUR
4WARN WEATHER APP WITH YOU ON
THE GO OR WHEREVER YOU’RE GOING
THIS WEEKEND. YOU CERTAINLY WILL
WANT RADAR IN THE PALM OF YOUR
HANDS BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN AND
OUT OF SOME SHOWERS, WHICH WE’RE
GOING TO TIME OUT FOR YOU IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU. ASHLEY AND WITH
THE SUMMER IN FULL SWING,
OFFICIALS HAVE A FEW WARNINGS
WHILE YOU’RE OUT BOATING. ONE OF
THOSE BEING A DEADLY TREND
COMING FROM TIKTOK THAT HAS LEFT
FOUR PEOPLE DEAD IN ALABAMA. THE
HANK. HEY RHONDA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. WE ARE
HERE IN REDFORD AT MARCOS COZY
CAFE RIGHT ON PLYMOUTH ROAD.
WE’VE GOT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST
CROWDS YET. THANKS TO THE GOOD
PEOPLE OF REDFORD, PEOPLE
SHARING THEIR CONSUMER STORIES,
THEIR IDEAS FOR CHANNEL FOUR.
AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I’M GOING TO SHARE MUCH MORE