CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A HIT AND RUN CRASH THAT KILLED A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL IN WALLED LAKE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US HERE AT
SIX. I’M KIMBERLY GIL. GOOD
EVENING. I’M KAREN DREW IN FOR
DEVIN’S KILLIAN. POLICE SAY THE
15 YEAR OLD DRIVER WAS FLEEING
FROM OFFICERS WHEN HE BLEW
THROUGH THE LIGHT A PONTIAC
TRAIL IN WEST MAPLE, CAUSING A
DEADLY CRASH THAT KILLED PIPER
CARRUTHERS. IN THE PASSENGER
SEAT 19 YEAR OLD GAVIN KASAB,
BOTH TEAMS NOW FACING FELONY
FLEEING AND ELUDING CHARGES,
MEGAN WOODS IS LIVE WITH THE
LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION
TONIGHT AND HOW THE VICTIM’S
FAMILY IS REACTING. MEGAN. KAREN
WE REACHED OUT TO PIPER’S FAMILY
. HER MOTHER AND SISTER WERE
BADLY HURT. THEY DIDN’T WANT TO
GO ON CAMERA, BUT THE FATHER
SAYS THAT THEY’RE JUST TAKING
TIME REALLY, TO ABSORB WHAT ALL
IS GOING ON. WHAT’S HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW? WE DID SPEAK TO THE
SHERIFF WHO SAYS THAT IT TOOK
TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THIS CASE,
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING RIGHT
NOW IS ACCOUNTABILITY. IT WAS
SUCH AN EASILY PREVENTABLE
TRAGEDY. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS
STOP. COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE
BOUCHARD DESCRIBES THIS SCENE AS
HORRIFIC, FOREVER ALTERING LIVES
THEY RAN AND, YOU KNOW, I TRIED
TO GET AWAY AND TRIED TO NOT BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR
ACTIONS. AND SO AND SO MANY
LEVELS THEY LAYERED UPON LAYER
WRONGDOING, AND NOW THEY ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. THE DRIVER, A 15
YEAR OLD FROM WEST BLOOMFIELD
WAS ARRESTED TODAY ON MULTIPLE
CHARGES. HIS NAME IS BEING
WITHHELD BECAUSE HE’S A JUVENILE
. THE PASSENGER IS 19 YEAR OLD
GAVIN ANTHONY KASAB. HE IS
FACING THE SAME FLEEING CHARGES
AS THE DRIVER, SHERIFF BOUCHARD
SAYS IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO
FIND THEM, BUT IS PROUD OF HIS
TEAM FOR DOING SO. WE HAD TO
THROUGH EVIDENCE. PUT THEM AT
THE SCENE AND PUT THEM IN THE
CORRECT POSITIONS IN THE CAR
THAT THEY WERE AT THE TIME OF
THE CRASH, SO THAT’S IMPORTANT.
AND IT’S LAYERED. YOU KNOW, WE
EVEN DID D N A ANALYSIS AS IT
RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
AND THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE
JUST STUNNED THAT GAVIN WAS ABLE
TO EVEN RECEIVE A BOND BUT THEN
BOUND BANDED OUT. YOU KNOW,
INVESTIGATORS ARE SAYING THAT HE
HAD HIS PHONE OUTSIDE OF THAT
PASSENGER WINDOW AND WAS
RECORDING OF VIDEO. AND IN THAT
VIDEO, YOU SEE THAT HE’S
SUGGESTING THAT 15 YEAR OLD FLEA
SO AGAIN, IT’S A CONCERN OF THE
FAMILY MOVING FORWARD, BUT RIGHT
NOW. THEY ARE BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. HE IS GOING TO BE
BACK IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH
BACK TO YOU, MEGAN, CONSIDERING
THAT THIS WAS A 15 YEAR OLD
DRIVING DID HE EVEN HAVE A
LEARNER’S PERMIT? NO HE THAT’S
THE SAD PART ABOUT IT THAT HE
DIDN’T HAVE A DRIVER’S LICENSE
AND HE DIDN’T HAVE A LEARNER’S
PERMIT SO MUCH TO THIS CASE.
ALRIGHT MEGAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, THERE ARE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A DIFFERENT
HIT AND RUN INVOLVING A CHILD.
POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WHO
INJURED A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL IN
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP LAST MONTH
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE’RE TOLD.
IT’S A 28 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NEW
HAVEN, AND HE IS COOPERATING
WITH POLICE. THE GIRL WAS HIT
LAST MONTH WHILE CROSSING THE
STREET NEAR 23 MILE AND CRASH
IT. HER INJURIES ARE SERIOUS,
BUT POLICE SAY SHE IS EXPECTED
TO BE OKAY. CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. COURT RULING
IS HANDED DOWN, PAVING THE WAY
FOR FAMILIES OF THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS TO SUE
SOME SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS. YOU
MAY REMEMBER BACK IN MARCH IN
OAKLAND COUNTY JUDGE DISMISSED
ALL OXFORD EMPLOYEES FROM CIVIL
LAWSUITS, CITING GOVERNMENTAL
IMMUNITY. BUT TODAY, A FEDERAL
JUDGE RULED THE OXFORD SCHOOL
DISTRICT, THE FORMER DEAN OF
STUDENTS, AND A COUNSELOR, CAN
ALL BE SUED OVER THE DEADLY
SHOOTINGS. THE JUDGE FOUND THOSE
EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAT
ENDED WITH THE SHOOTING. ALL
OTHER OXFORD SCHOOL OFFICIALS
WERE DISMISSED, INCLUDING TWO
FORMER SUPERINTENDENTS OF FORMER
PRINCIPAL AND THREE TEACHERS.
SEVERAL LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN
FILED, CLAIMING THE DISTRICT DID
NOT PROTECT THE STUDENTS.
EDITORI FAMILY WILL BE SPENDING
MOTHER’S DAY MOURNING THE LOSS
BUT ALSO CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF
A WOMAN KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE
THIS MORNING ONLY IS LIVE WITH
MORE ON WHO DELORES TAKERS WAS
AND HOW SHE HAS BEEN REMEMBERED,
SEAN. BEAUTIFUL 79 YEAR OLD
SPENT SOME TIME WITH DELORES
DECORS FAMILY TODAY AND THEY’RE
REALLY REMARKABLE FOCUSING ON
THE GOOD TIMES THEY’VE HAD WITH
HER NOT SO MUCH FOCUSING ON THIS
MORNING’S TRAGEDY. SHE WAS
FUNNY, UM. SHE LOVED FAMILY, UM
NO. SHE CARED ABOUT PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW. ON MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND,
THE UNTHINKABLE FOR MELVIN
DECORS IS 79 YEAR OLD MOTHER,
DELORES DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF
HER HOME HERE ON ALGONQUIN ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE JUST AFTER
FIVE THIS MORNING. HE KNOWS THAT
HIS MOM WAS ON THE PHONE
REPORTING THE FIRE TO HER
SECURITY COMPANY, BUT DOESN’T
KNOW WHY SHE COULD NOT GET OUT
OF HER HOME IN TIME. DECORS
RUSHED TO HIS MOTHER’S HOME. IT
WAS ALREADY TOO LATE. HE SAYS.
IT APPEARS HIS MOTHER WAS MOVING
TOWARDS THE FIRE THAT HE SAYS
LOOKS LIKE STARTED AND WHAT HE’S
CALLING A UTILITY ROOM INSTEAD
OF MOVING TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR
. THIS SON SAYS DOLORES TAKERS
LOVED HER NATIVE JAMAICA LOVED
COOKING JAMAICAN FOOD FOR FAMILY
. MELVIN AND HIS WIFE, DINA, ARE
CHOOSING TO REMEMBER ALL OF THE
GOOD AND NOT FOCUSED ON LOSING
HER TODAY. IT’S THE KIND OF
THING WHERE YOU DEAL WITH THE
MEMORIES, RIGHT? I MEAN, MOM IS,
UM, A MOM’S LOVE. GOES BEYOND
AND FOREVER, SO IT’S NOT THE
KIND OF THING THAT, UM YOU KNOW
IT’S ALL SADNESS BECAUSE WE
DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS TO HOLD ONTO. GOOD THINGS
TO HOLD ON TO A MOTHER’S LOVE.
IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON SAD
SCENE OUT THERE, BUT GOOD
PERSPECTIVE FROM THIS FAMILY.
MEANTIME WE SAW DETROIT FIRE OUT
THERE. OF COURSE, CHECK WITH
THEM CARRYING THE FIRE REMAINS
UNDER INVESTIGATION. STILL NO
CAUSE AT THIS TIME WE’RE LIVE
TONIGHT SHOW ONLY LOCAL FOR
THINKING ABOUT THAT FAMILY
TONIGHT FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, SEAN FOR FRIENDS,
FAMILY MEMBERS AND LEADERS ARE
REACTING TO THE DEATH OF OAKLAND
COUNTY’S TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL
DOCTOR, CALANDRA GREEN WAS THE
HEALTH OFFICER FOR OAKLAND
COUNTY YESTERDAY, GREEN AND HER
HUSBAND WERE FOUND SHOT TO
DEATH. AND THEY’RE PONTIAC HOME
AND WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING A
MURDER SUICIDE. TODAY WE SPOKE
WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW CALANDRA AS
A PILLAR OF HER COMMUNITY. I WAS
JUST CALLING DR CALANDRA AND
JUST REMINDED. WE’RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO WOMEN’S DAY. AND THAT
BEAUTIFUL SMILE WITH LIGHT UP,
YOU KNOW, COME ON HER FACE AND
SHE’S I’M EXCITED TO THE FACT
THAT SHE WAS MURDERED, FRANKLY,
LEAVES ME REALLY ANGRY ON TOP OF
THE GRIEF AND THE SADNESS AND
THE SHOCK THAT I FEEL I AM JUST
REALLY ANGRY. A MOTIVE IN THAT
SHOOTING REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION. WILL THE JUDGES
MAKING SURE A SUSPECTED DRUG
DEALER STAYS BEHIND BARS AFTER
HIS ARREST? BY WARREN POLICE
BOND FOR DEONTAY CARSON IS SET
AT $1 MILLION, AND THAT’S
BECAUSE THE MACOMB COUNTY
PROSECUTOR SAYS CARSON SOLD
FENTANYL AND OTHER DRUGS AS
SEVERAL PLACES IN WAR AND HE WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER SELLING
TWO UNDERCOVER OFFICERS.
CARSON’S RESIDENTS. POLICE SAY
THEY FOUND ALL OF THIS. A FULL
KILOGRAM OF FENTANYL 200 G OF
COCAINE. A SAWED OFF SHOTGUN IS
STOLEN ASSAULT RIFLE, THREE
OTHER GUNS AND EQUIPMENT FOR
MAKING FALSE IDEAS. CARSON PLED
NOT GUILTY TODAY TO THREE FELONY
DRUG CHARGES AND THREE FELONY
GUN CHARGES. ALRIGHT THE BATTLE
OVER A CAR REPAIR THAT DRAGGED
ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR, HIS
FINALLY WRAPPED UP THANKS TO
HELP ME HANK, A LOCAL ELDERLY
COUPLE STUCK WITHOUT A CAR AS
THEY WAITED FOR THE REPAIR. NOW
THE WORK IS FINALLY WRAPPING UP.
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER IS LIVE HANK. MANY
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
SERVICE DELAYS THIS TYPE OF
THING, BUT THIS ONE REALLY STOOD
OUT. YEAH IT COULD. REALLY I
MEAN, WE GET IT RIGHT NOW
THERE’S STILL A LOT OF
DEALERSHIPS THAT ARE STILL
DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC RELATED
ISSUES GETTING PARTS AND STOCK
RIGHT. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE
THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO
MUCH. TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS THE
CAR 2014 DODGE DART THAT WAS
MISSING A KEY PART FOR ALMOST A
YEAR. TODAY THE VEHICLE NOT ONLY
READY TO ROLL, BUT BETTER THAN
IT WAS WHEN IT ROLLED IN. WE’RE
BIG HELP, BUT SERIOUSLY, I DON’T
THINK IF YOU GUYS WORD INVOLVED
IN THIS AND PROBABLY STILL BE
CALLING THEM ASKING THEM. HEY
WHEN IS THE PART COMING IN THE
DODGE WAS FIRST BROUGHT INTO THE
SUBURBAN DEALERSHIP IN
FARMINGTON HILLS. LAST JUNE, THE
CAR NEEDED A NEW SHIFTER AND
SOME OTHER UPGRADES. BUT THE
SEARCH FOR PARTS UNSUCCESSFUL SO
THE VEHICLE SAT HERE ON THE LOT
FOR MONTHS, DIANE AND HER
HUSBAND PAY BIG MONEY FOR RENTAL
CAR AND AS IT’S DRAGGED ON, AND
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS TO A
VEHICLE. THEY ACTUALLY BOUGHT A
CAR WAITING FOR THIS ONE TO BE
FIXED, CALL AND CALL CALL NEVER
GET AND HE RESPONDS BACK. YOU
CAN IMAGINE HOW FRUSTRATING THIS
PROCESS WAS FOR THIS FAMILY. SO
I STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS,
AND I SPOKE WITH THE NEW MANAGER
SUBURBAN. HOURS AFTER WE SPOKE
HE LOCATED APART ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. HE HAD THAT SHIFT
OVERNIGHT FARMINGTON HILLS THE
REPAIR WAS MADE AND THAT IS NOT
ALL THE BREAKS AND PADS UPGRADED
SINCE THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING
THERE SO LONG AND STILL LANTUS
STUFFED UP, COVERING SOME OF THE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEIGHT
AND THE REPAIR. AFTER YOU GUYS
HAD LEFT, I HAD THE DEALER
CALLED THE PEOPLE FROM STILL
LANTUS. AND I THOUGHT, WOW, IT’S
REALLY MOVING NOW. HEY WE LOVE
TO HELP WHEN WE CAN A BIG THANK
YOU TO THE TEAM AT SUBURBAN AND
FARMINGTON HILLS FOR GETTING
THIS GOING SO QUICKLY. YOU KNOW
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS WHEN YOU
HAVE TO WORK TO STAY ON TOP OF
IT, STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE
DEALER WITH THE REPAIR SHOP AS
MUCH AS YOU CAN ALSO CONSIDER
THE IDEA OF A USED PART THAT IN
MANY CASES WILL HELP JUMP YOU UP
THE LINE AND GET THAT REPAIR
DONE ONCE AND FOR ALL. WE’RE
LIVE HERE TONIGHT. HANK
WINCHESTER. HELP ME. HANK
FINALLY GOT IT WORKED OUT, HANK,
WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. IT
WAS A GORGEOUS DAY OUT THERE AND
WE’VE GOT A PRETTY NICE WEEKEND
ON TAP. NOT TOO BAD. LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM ADAMS. WE HAVE JUST
A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN STILL
ON EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR, SO I
WANT TO DO SOME STREET LEVEL
MAPPING. IN CASE YOU DO HAVE
SOME OUTDOOR PLANS. YOU’LL JUST
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND
HAMTRAMCK. WE’RE GETTING LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN RIGHT NOW. ALSO
IN PARTS OF FERNDALE STILL DRY,
THOUGH, IN THE CITY OF DETROIT,
THEY’RE JUST GETTING READY. WHAT
TIME IS IT? 10 AFTER SIX.
THEY’RE JUST GETTING READY TO DO
PINK OUT AT THE PARK FOR THE
TIGERS GAME. THERE COULD BE A
SPRINKLE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UM
THERE’LL BE NO HEAVY RAIN OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WOULD THAT
WOULD DELAY THE GAME? GROSSE
POINTE WOODS AND THE FARMS BOTH
DRY ALSO ROOSEVELT AND FRASER,
BUT AS WE GO TO THE WEST SIDE,
WE’RE STILL SEEING SOME
SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN IN
FARMINGTON HILLS AND ALSO
NORTHVILLE AND LIVONIA. ANY RAIN
THAT WE GET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
SHOULD BE DONE BY THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS TOMORROW. THERE
COULD JUST BE A BRIEF SPRINKLE
AT EIGHT A.M. BUT BY THE TIME WE
GET TO THE AFTERNOON NICE AND
DRY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
TO UPPER SIXTIES. YOU CAN ALWAYS
GO TO THE FOREWARN WEATHER APP
TO TIME OUT, HOUR BY HOUR, THE
CHANCES FOR RAIN WE GET EACH AND
EVERY DAY JUST GO TO THE DOUBLE
ANY ANY APP YOUR FAVORITE APP