BUT CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE IN SANILAC COUNTY IN THE THUMB. THOSE STORMS TOOK A WHILE TO
PASS THROUGH. THEY HAVE MOVED ON
. THAT’S GOOD. AS YOU COME TO US
TONIGHT AT 11, I’M DEVIN
SCILLIAN.
>> I’M KIMBERLY GILL. THE
AFTERMATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDES
DAMAGE OR EVEN SOME INJURIES.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS IN
LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP WHERE
MULTIPLE TORNADOES MAY HAVE
TOUCHED DOWN. IT WAS A CAMPING
WEEKEND CUT SHORT FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE.
>> AROUND 330 THIS AFTERNOON,
THE STORM ROLLED IN AND AT THIS
CAMPER, THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE
INSIDE FOR ADULTS AND ONE CHILD.
CAN YOU IMAGINE? ALL OF THESE
TREES COME RUSHING DOWN. AND IF
YOU TAKE A LOOK INSIDE, YOU’LL
SEE THE WIRING COMING DOWN OVER
THE KITCHEN AREA. WE ACTUALLY
GOT TO TALK TO SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE AS THIS
ALL HAPPENED. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING AND
THEN NOT EVEN 10S LATER AS WE
THOUGHT. WE NEED TO GET OUT OF
HERE. THAT THAT TREE CAME DOWN
AND JUST JUST ABSOLUTE CHAOS.
>> THESE WERE TWO OF THE FIVE
PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAMPER.
LUCKILY NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY
HURT AS THEY MADE A MAD DASH TO
THE CAMPGROUND SHELTER AREA. AS
FOR THE NOISE IT MADE AS THE
TREES CAME CRASHING DOWN, JUST A
BIG BOOM AND POWER CUT WATERS
COMING IN AND JUST FOR ABOUT A
MINUTE THERE, WE WERE JUST IN
COMPLETE ARE LIKE, WHAT JUST
HAPPENED? IT WASN’T THE CAMPING
WEEKEND. ANYONE HAD IN MIND AT
LEXINGTON PARK IN SANILAC
COUNTY. DAVE FREDERICK IS ONE OF
THE EMPLOYEES HERE AND WE HAD
GONE A LOT TO LOT TO TELL THE
CAMPERS TO TAKE COVER AND IT WAS
WITHIN SECONDS THAT IT GOT
REALLY BAD AND THERE WAS TREES
FALLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND
WIND AND HAIL AND ALL THE STUFF
THAT NORMALLY COMES WITH THE
TORNADO. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL COME OUT THIS
WEEKEND TO DETERMINE IF IT
REALLY WAS A TORNADO. BUT
WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS ENOUGH
TO SEND CAMPERS PACKING.
>> THANKFULLY, ALL FIVE OF US
WERE OKAY AND THEY THEY LEFT TO
GO HOME AND RECUPERATE. AND
WE’RE ON OUR WAY HOME TO
RECUPERATE HERE AT SITE 42.
>> THE CAMPERS, LIKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE, THEY LEFT, BUT BEFORE
THEY COULD PACK UP AND GO, THEY
LITERALLY HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF
THEIR CAMPER WITH A CHAINSAW
BECAUSE OF ALL THESE TREES THAT
FELL AROUND THEM. REPORTING IN
LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS, LOCAL 4 ALL RIGHT.
>> WELL, THANKS VERY MUCH,
JACQUELINE. IT’S STILL STINKS.
THAT IS THE WORD FROM NEIGHBORS
SURROUNDING STELLANTIS JEFFERSON
NORTH ASSEMBLY AND MACK AVENUE
COMPLEX.
>> MARA MCDONALD IS AT THE PLANT
TONIGHT WHERE ODOR COMPLAINTS
HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR THE LAST
TWO YEARS. AND NOW DETROIT’S
CITY COUNCIL IS PUSHING FOR MORE
ACTION. DEVIN KIMBERLY,
NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ALONG THE
PERIMETER OF THIS PLANT TELL ME
IT’S NOT THAT THE ODOR IS A
DAILY THING, BUT THEY SAY IT IS
A WEEKLY THING.
>> AND DESPITE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THINGS THAT STELLANTIS HAS DONE
TO TRY AND ABATE IT, IT’S JUST
STILL HERE, STILL ANTIS HAS PUT
MILLIONS ACTUALLY MAKE THAT MORE
THAN A BILLION INTO ITS MACK
AVENUE ASSEMBLY COMPLEX,
INCLUDING THE JEFFERSON NORTH
PLANT. BUT FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS, THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE
PLANT’S PERIMETER HAVE
COMPLAINED OF THE PAINT FUMES.
EGLE IS GIVEN THE COMPLEX HALF A
DOZEN VIOLATIONS OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE ODOR.
>> QUITE HONESTLY, OUR RESIDENTS
HAVE BEEN WAITING ENTIRELY TOO
LONG FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE
ADDRESSED.
>> STELLANTIS HAS PUT IN
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO COMBAT
THE SMELL, BUT COUNCIL WOMAN
JOHNSON’S OFFICE STILL GETS
BOMBARDED WITH COMPLAINTS. SO
MUCH SO, SHE SAYS, EITHER THE
SMELL GOES OR STELLANTIS SHOULD
PAY FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR SOME
OF THE HOMES HERE ON BENITO. I
MEAN, WOULD YOU EVER REALLY WANT
TO SELL THIS HOUSE?
>> NO, I WOULDN’T WANT TO SELL
THE HOUSE. NOT AT ALL. LIKE I
SAID, IT’S BEEN IN THEIR FAMILY
FOR GENERATIONS. IT’S. IT’S HERE
TO STAY. WE LOVE THE HOME.
>> OR FOR FAMILIES LIKE AARON’S
PAY TO UPGRADE THE HOME’S HVAC.
JOHNSON SAYS THE STATUS QUO.
IT’S JUST NOT WORKING.
>> WE WERE EXPECTING THAT THE
SECOND THAT WAS INSTALLED WAS
GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
COMPLETELY, AND THAT HASN’T
HAPPENED. SO IT’S TIME FOR SOME
ACTION NOW.
>> THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS DONE
ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING
EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT SHOWED
THAT THERE WAS NO AIR QUALITY
PROBLEM OUT HERE. ALL OF THAT
SAID, THE CITY HAS DONE FURTHER
TESTING IN BOTH MAY AND JUNE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS WAITING TO
SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT. WE’RE
ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> MARA, THANK YOU. WELL, IT’S
BEEN A THEME OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS WHEN WE’RE NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS JUST YET.
>> WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED UP IN
SANILAC COUNTY. LET’S GET RIGHT
OVER TO KIM ADAMS FOR A LOOK AT
THE STORM THREAT THAT NOW IS
POSSIBLE FOR THE WEEKEND.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. WELL, RIGHT
NOW, ON EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR,
IT’S QUIET. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
IS RAIN. IT’S NOT. THIS IS
ACTUALLY JUST CLUTTER AROUND THE
RADAR SITE. BUT AN HOUR AGO, WE
HAD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVE
THROUGH ADRIAN. AND NOW WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
DEVELOPMENT DOWN IN THIS CORNER
OF ADRIAN RIGHT HERE. BUT IT IS
NOT SEVERE. IT’S JUST GOT IT
DOESN’T EVEN REALLY HAVE
LIGHTNING IN IT. I’VE GOT
LIGHTNING DETECTOR ON. IT’S JUST
TO THE SOUTH OF BLISSFIELD. SO
WE’RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
THUNDERSTORM AND THE REST OF
METRO DETROIT, AS I SAID, IS
NICE AND QUIET AND SHOULD STAY
THAT WAY OVERNIGHT. BUT I’LL
KEEP AN EYE ON THESE CELLS
DEVELONG IN LENAWEE BECAUSE
THEY COULD MOVE OVER INTO
MONROE, BUT NOT SEVERE, JUST FOR
YOUR GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORM
WITH A LITTLE THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING TO MORROW WE GO BACK
UNDER A MARGINAL RISK. THAT’S
WHAT WE WERE AT TODAY. IT’S THE
LOWEST ON THE THREAT LEVEL, BUT
IT’S STILL A THREAT. THIS TIME
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE LIVINGSTON,
OAKLAND OR MACOMB COUNTIES. NOW
THEY’LL STILL BE THUNDERSTORMS
THERE. BUT AS FAR AS THE SEVERE
WEATHER GOES, IT LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL FOR THE MOST PART BE SOUTH
OF I 94 WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER
60MPH. THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE
HAIL, LOCALIZED FLOODING AND
TIMING OF IT. ROUND ONE IS IN
THE MORNING, ROUND TWO WOULD BE
IN THE EVENING. THE TIMELINE IN
THE MORNING, THOUGH, LOOKS LIKE
JUST HEAVY RAIN AND THEN A BREAK
AND THEN AFTER 4:00, THAT’S WHEN
WE’LL SEE SOME OF THOSE
THUNDERSTORMS START TO FIRE UP.
NOW WE’RE GETTING THESE POP UP
STORMS THAT COME OUT OF NOWHERE
VERY QUICKLY. SO YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE
4WARN WEATHER APP HANDY ANYWHERE
YOU GO. IT DOESN’T JUST HAVE TO
BE IN YOUR CITY IF YOU’RE
TRAVELING, IF YOU’RE GOING
SOMEWHERE, IT’LL FOLLOW RIGHT
ALONG WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW
IF THERE’S ANY KIND OF WEATHER,
INCLUDING LIGHTNING IN YOUR
AREA.
>> HI, KIM. MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER
LINCOLN PARK POLICE SHOT A MAN
OVERNIGHT.
>> DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED ARE
LIMITED. WE DO KNOW THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF ALTERCATION BETWEEN
A SUSPECT AND OFFICERS IN THE
1500 BLOCK OF MARION. HE TRIED
TO DRIVE AWAY AND WAS CAPTURED
NEAR I-75, IN SCHAEFER IN
DETROIT. EIGHT WITNESSES WHO
DIDN’T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED
COULD TELL US WHAT THEY SAW.
>> HE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF THE
CAR. THEY WERE CONTINUOUSLY AT
ASKED HIM TO PLEASE GET OUT OF
THE CAR. WE JUST WANT TO TALK.
THEY WERE LIKE HEAD TO HEAD.
OKAY. AGAIN WHEN THE POLICE
OFFICERS GOT OUT, ASKED HIM,
PLEASE GET OUT OF THE CAR. LET’S
JUST TALK ABOUT THIS. AND HE
KEPT REVVING THE ENGINE COME UP
AND WAS GOING AFTER THE OFFICER
LIKE HE WAS GOING TO RUN HIM
OVER AND THAT’S WHEN THE OFFICER
STARTED SHOOTING.
>> THE SUSPECT IS HOSPITALIZED,
BUT EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
>> NOW A LOCAL 4 UPDATE, A
WARREN POLICE OFFICER CAUGHT ON
VIDEO ASSAULTING AN INMATE
RELEASED TODAY ON BOND. MATTHEW
RODRIGUEZ IS CHARGED WITH A
FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CRIME,
ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING THE MAN
WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION. TODAY A
JUDGE BARRED RODRIGUEZ FROM
WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
CORPORATE SECURITY AS HE AWAITS
HIS TRIAL.
>> A MASSIVE HAUL OF ILLEGAL
DRUGS IS OFF THE STREETS
TONIGHT, THANKS TO THE WARREN
POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATOR
SEIZED 35,000 METH AMPHETAMINE
PILLS FROM A HOME IN ROSEVILLE.
THE 23 YEAR OLD ALLEGED DRUG
DEALER IS A CONVICTED FELON AND
CURRENTLY ON PROBATION FOR
VARIOUS DRUG CRIMES. DURING A
SEARCH OF THE MAN’S HOME SPECIAL
AGENTS ALSO FOUND SMALL AMOUNTS
OF COCAINE AND HEROIN. A PILL
PRESS AND FOUR GUNS. FORMAL
CHARGES STILL NEED TO BE FILED
TO HAMTRAMCK.
>> COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
REMOVED FROM THEIR POSTS FOR
RAISING A PRIDE FLAG ON A CITY
FLAGPOLE. HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION CHAIRMAN RUSS GORDON
AND COMMISSION MEMBER CATHY
STACKPOOL WERE DISMISSED BY THE
COUNCIL EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY
WERE REMOVED AFTER RAISING THE
FLAG DURING A PROTEST SUNDAY
ALONG JOSEPH CAMPO. THE PRIDE
FLAG IS ONE OF SEVERAL FLAGS
BANNED FROM FLYING ON CITY
PROPERTY.
>> THE UAW HAS KICKED OFF
CONTRACT TALKS WITH ANOTHER OF
THE DETROIT THREE AUTOMAKERS
TALKS WITH FORD BEGAN THIS
MORNING AS TALKS ALSO CONTINUE
WITH STELLANTIS, WHICH STARTED
THURSDAY. NEW UAW PRESIDENT SEAN
FEIN IS PROMISING A MORE
AGGRESSIVE STYLE AND LOOKING TO
RECOVER PREVIOUS UNION
CONCESSIONS. AUTOMAKER HEIRS
WANT TO CONTROL COSTS AS THEY
MOVE TOWARD AN EMISSIONS FREE
FUTURE. THE UNION WILL BEGIN
TALKS WITH GENERAL MOTORS
TUESDAY. WELL, IT WAS A SPECIAL
NIGHT HONORING ORGAN DONORS AND
RECIPIENTS AT JIMMY JOHN’S FIELD
GAME WAS DEDICATED TO LIVING
DONOR AWARENESS.
>> MORE THAN 40 LIVING ORGAN
DONORS AND THEIR RECIPIENTS WERE
HONORED AS HOMETOWN HEROES.
>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, THEY
ALWAYS SAY IT’S A SELFLESS THING
WHEN YOU GIVE AWAY YOUR KIDNEY,
NOT ME.
>> I’M SELFISH. I WANTED HIM
AROUND SO I GAVE UP MY KIDNEY TO
KEEP HIM AROUND WITH ME.
>> THAT’S ADORABLE.
>> GREAT WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
>> THE EVENT WAS PUT ON BY HENRY
FORD HEALTH TRANSPLANT AND
LIVING LIVER FOUNDATION. GREAT