TO ISSUED NOW FOR LIVINGSTON AND PARTS OF WASHTENAW COUNTIES. I’LL TRACK IT AND TELL YOU
EXACTLY WHEN IT WILL BE IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IN JUST MINUTES.
ALSO FIRST AT FOUR.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAN
CAREFULLY. HE IS A PERSON OF
INTEREST IN TWO ATTACKS ON WOMEN
, ONE OF THEM DEADLY. WHAT
POLICE WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS
AFTERNOON. AND A TOP FORD
EXECUTIVE BEHIND BARS ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO BURN SOME LUXURY ITEMS
AT HIS HOME. WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT
THAT’S ALL ABOUT. FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW.
>> LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN
DREW. FIRST AT FOUR. IN THE PAST
HOUR, WE’VE BEEN TRACKING A
TORNADO WARNING FOR LAPEER
COUNTY. ALSO A RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER THAT WILL LINGER IN
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. WE DID JUST GET A NEW
WARNING. SO LET’S GET RIGHT BACK
TO METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS.
>> THAT WARNING IS FOR THE
SOUTHERN PART OF LIVINGSTON
COUNTY AND ALSO WASHTENAW
COUNTY. IN EFFECT, UNTIL 5:00
TONIGHT. WE’LL GO IN A BIT
TIGHTER FOR YOU HERE. AND IT’S
MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT
30MPH. HOWELL BRIGHTON, JUST TO
THE NORTH OF THE WARNING, BUT
STILL GETTING A THUNDERSTORM. SO
IF YOU LIVE IN HOWELL OR
BRIGHTON, EVEN THOUGH IT’S
PROBABLY THUNDERING AND
LIGHTNING AND POURING DOWN RAIN
, YOU ARE NOT WITHIN THAT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM BOX. IT IS THIS
CELL RIGHT HERE MOVING TO THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 TO
40MPH. SO HERE’S WHERE IT PUTS
IT. HAMBURG AT 418. WEBSTER ALSO
418. IT WILL BE IN ANN ARBOR IN
30 MINUTES. AGAIN, THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5:00 TONIGHT. WE
MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE
SHOW, THERE WAS A TORNADO
WARNING EARLIER TODAY. THAT WAS
NORTH OF I 69 IN PARTS OF LAPEER
AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES. RADAR
INDICATED IT WAS NOT CITED. THAT
EXPIRED AT 330. AS WE WIDEN THE
VIEW STILL DRY HERE IN THE CITY
OF DETROIT. WE’VE GOT ONE LITTLE
CELL JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LAKE
ORION THAT IS NOT SEVERE, UNLIKE
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PUSHES TO THE EAST. THIS IS A
MULTI CELL EVENT, MEANING IT’S
LIKE POPCORN POP UP, SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SO CELLS HERE,
CELLS THERE, CELLS UP HERE. SO
EVEN THOUGH THERE’S NOTHING
RIGHT NOW IN WAYNE COUNTY, IT
DOESN’T MEAN SOMETHING WON’T
JUST POP UP. BUT WE ARE TRACKING
THE ONE RIGHT NOW FOR THIS BOX
RIGHT HERE. THAT’S THAT YELLOW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING BOX
FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF
LIVINGSTON COUNTY. IT DOES
INCLUDE HAMBURG, BUT DOES NOT
INCLUDE BRIGHTON AND HOWELL. IT
DOES INCLUDE WEBSTER UNADILLA.
IT IS MOVING TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST PRETTY QUICKLY AT
ABOUT 25 TO 30MPH. HIGH WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. THE TWO PRIMARY
THREATS FROM THIS CELL RIGHT
HERE. I’LL BE BACK WITH A LOOK
AT THE REST OF THE FORECAST AND
ALSO WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT SOME
OF THE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
POPPING UP IN PARTS OF SAINT
CLAIR AND SANILAC COUNTIES. BOTH
THOSE COUNTIES STILL UNDER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
UNTIL 415.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, KIM. WE DO HAVE SOME
BREAKING NEWS ON THE LEGAL
BATTLE OVER ARETHA FRANKLIN’S
HANDWRITTEN WILLS IN OAKLAND
COUNTY. JURY DECIDED BOTH
DOCUMENTS ARE VALID. THAT RULING
WOULD NORMALLY MEAN THE LATEST
DOCUMENT OVERRIDES ANY PAST
VERSIONS. IT IS A WIN FOR
FRANKLIN’S SONS, CAL FRANKLIN
AND EDWARD FRANKLIN, WHO WERE
PUSHING FOR A 2014 DOCUMENT TO
CONTROL THE ESTATE. FRANKLIN’S
FOUR SONS WILL STILL SHARE THE
ESTATE, BUT THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENCES IN HOW THINGS ARE
DISTRIBUTED. MORE ON WHAT THE
RULING MEANS ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE. ALSO, THERE’S BEEN A
DEVASTATING TWIST IN THE
INVESTIGATION OF AN ATTACK ON A
WOMAN OUTSIDE OF A TARGET IN
TROY, A PERSON OF INTEREST IN
THAT CASE IS NOW WANTED FOR
QUESTIONING IN A MURDER IN
DETROIT THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
WE DID HEAR FROM POLICE A SHORT
TIME AGO, KIMBERLY GILL JOINS US
NOW WITH A NEW PHOTO OF THE MAN.
BOTH DEPARTMENTS WANT TO
QUESTION. KIM
>> HI, KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN TROY
AND DETROIT ARE LOOKING TO TALK
TO THIS MAN. HE’S IDENTIFIED AS
31 YEAR OLD ANDREW HALL. HE’S
CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
THIS WHOLE CHAIN OF EVENTS
STARTED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. WE
FIRST TOLD YOU MONDAY ON LOCAL 4
NEWS AT SIX ABOUT THE ATTACK
OUTSIDE THE TARGET AT COOLIDGE
AND MAPLE. TROY POLICE SAY A
WOMAN WAS GOING TO HER CAR WHEN
A MAN PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE
AND THREATENED HER WITH A GUN.
WE SHOWED YOU SURVEILLANCE
PHOTOS FROM THAT INCIDENT THAT
WERE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE
THERE. BUT THIS AFTERNOON WE
RECEIVED THIS PHOTO OF ANDREW
HALL. TROY POLICE CALL HIM A
PERSON OF INTEREST IN THAT
ATTACK. DETROIT POLICE ALSO WANT
TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE MURDER
OF A WOMAN IN THE 300 BLOCK OF
WEST MCNICHOLS. INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE PHOTOS FROM BOTH SCENES
ARE A MATCH. DETROIT POLICE
SENDING A MESSAGE TO HALL AND TO
ANYONE WHO MIGHT SEE HIM.
>> MR. HALL IS WATCHING. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE HIM TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS TO TURN HIMSELF IN
. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES THAT
ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO
TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. BUT
AGAIN, HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
ARMED AND DANGEROUS IF ANYBODY
SEES HIM. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM
NOT TO APPROACH THEM HIMSELF,
BUT INSTEAD CALL 911, CALL THE
POLICE NOW, DETROIT POLICE
DIDN’T GIVE ANY DETAILS ON THE
WOMAN’S DEATH, BUT THEY BELIEVE
THE VICTIM AND HALL MET AT THE
LOCATION AND HAD SOME SORT OF
CONFRONTATION IN THEIR
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AT THIS
HOUR.
>> IT’S REALLY INTERESTING WITH
TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
LOOKING FOR THE SAME GUY. DO WE
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MOTIVE AT
THIS POINT?
>> NOT NOT SO MUCH. THE
ASSISTANT CHIEF SAYS THEY DON’T
KNOW WHAT THE MOTIVE MIGHT BE AT
THIS TIME, BUT STRESS THAT THE
MAIN GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO GET
ANDREW HALL INTO CUSTODY FOR
QUESTIONING. SO WE’LL HAVE AN
UPDATE AND WE’LL LOOK INTO HIS
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, TOO, WHEN
YOU JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE. ALL RIGHT.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU, KIM.
WELL, THE FEDERAL CASE AGAINST
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING AND
KILLING TWO YEAR OLD WINTER COLE
SMITH WILL MOVE FORWARD. RICHARD
TRICE WAS IN A FEDERAL COURTROOM
IN GRAND RAPIDS TODAY. NO
CAMERAS ALLOWED THERE. HE IS
ACCUSED OF ATTACKING WINTER’S
MOTHER AND KIDNAPING THE LITTLE
GIRL FROM HER LANSING HOME. THE
CHILD’S BODY WAS FOUND IN
DETROIT DAYS LATER. TODAY, AN
FBI AGENT TESTIFY LIED ABOUT
TEXT MESSAGES. TRICE SENT TO
FAMILY MEMBERS SAYING, QUOTE, I
LOVE YOU ALL, BUT I HAVE TO END
THIS. AND SHE’S GONE. IF
CONVICTED OF A KIDNAPING
RESULTING IN A DEATH CHARGE.
TRICE FACES A MANDATORY LIFE
SENTENCE OR COULD BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. HE, ONE
OF THE TOP EXECUTIVES AT FORD IS
BEHIND BARS FACING CHARGES AFTER
AN ALLEGED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ALTERCATION AT HIS HOME. FRANK
LOUIS VICTOR IS THE CEO OF FORD
NEXT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF NEW
BUSINESS PLATFORMS FOR THE
COMPANY. OAKLAND COUNTY
OFFICIALS SAY THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED AT HIS HOME ON JULY
8TH. HE’S ACCUSED OF TRYING TO
SET TWO LUXURY HANDBAGS ON FIRE.
LOUIS VICTOR IS CHARGED WITH
ARSON AND ASSAULT WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON. HE IS EXPECTED
BACK IN COURT JULY 18TH. WE DID
ASK FORD TO COMMENT ON THAT
STORY. LOUIS VICTOR’S STATUS
WITH THE COMPANY, FORD DID
RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING,
QUOTE, WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT HAS
BEEN REPORTED IN THE PRESS, BUT
IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO
COMMENT ON PERSONAL MATTERS.
WHEN WE LAST CHECKED, LOUIS
VICTOR REMAINS BEHIND BARS ON A
$25,000 CASH BOND. THE RACE FOR
SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW’S SEAT
IN MICHIGAN WILL FEATURE A TOUCH
OF HOLLYWOOD. ACTOR HILL HARPER
IS BEST KNOWN FOR ROLES ON CSI
NEW YORK AND THE GOOD DOCTOR.
HE’S ALSO EARNED A LAW DEGREE
FROM HARVARD AND HAS OWNED A
HOUSE IN DETROIT FOR YEARS. HILL
IS A DEMOCRAT MAKING HIS FIRST
CAMPAIGN STOPS IN DETROIT. HE IS
SHOWING VIDEOS OF HIS COMMITMENT
TO THE STATE LONG BEFORE HE
DECIDED TO RUN. HARPER ALSO
SPELLING OUT SOME OF HIS GOALS.
>> WE WILL SUPPORT BUSINESS
CREATION. WE WILL SUPPORT ACCESS
TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH
CARE. WE WILL SUPPORT IT NOT
SADDLING STUDENTS WITH CRIPPLING
LIFELONG STUDENT LOAN DEBT. IT
IS AN ABOMINATION THAT WE’RE
LIVING IN A TIME THAT STUDENT
LOAN DEBT HAS FOR THE FIRST TIME
OUTPACED THE AGGREGATE CREDIT
CARD DEBT. WE’RE ON THE.
>> HARPER IS THE SIXTH DEMOCRAT
TO ANNOUNCE HE IS RUNNING FOR
STABENOW’S SEAT AFTER SHE
DECIDED NOT TO RUN AGAIN IN.
CONGRESSWOMAN ELISSA SLOTKIN WAS
THE FIRST TO ANNOUNCE HER BID
BACK IN FEBRUARY. OTHER
CANDIDATES IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY INCLUDE FORMER DETROIT
STATE REP LESLIE LOVE, ALSO
PAMELA PUGH, WHO IS ON THE STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MAN
NASSER BEYDOUN, AND ATTORNEY
ZACH BURNS, MICHIGAN REMAINS A
MUST WIN STATE FOR BOTH PARTIES
AS THEY BATTLE FOR CONTROL IN
THE US SENATE. A LOCAL NONPROFIT
SAYS IT’S BLOWING UP. THAT IS A
QUOTE AND THEY MEAN BLOWING UP
IN A GOOD WAY. THE SAINT VINCENT
SARAH FISHER CENTER HAS MADE
NUMEROUS MOVES IN ITS NEARLY 200
YEAR HISTORY, BUT THEIR NEW
LOCATION ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE
IS REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL.
PAULA TUTMAN GOT TO EXPERIENCE
WHY?
>> SO THE REALLY COOL THING
ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS A BRAND
NEW HOUSE IN A SENSE. THANK YOU,
PHINEAS. I APPRECIATE THAT. CAN
YOU IMAGINE AN ORGANIZATION
THAT’S BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST
FOREVER, NEVER OWNING ITS OWN
PLACE? WELL, NOW THEY DO EVEN
GOT THAT BRAND NEW CAR SMELL.
AND THE FIRST THING THEY WANTED
TO DO WAS, YOU KNOW, GET THINGS
DIRTY. YOU CAN USE THIS LIKE YOU
WOULD PEN AND PAPER TODAY,
ICONIC GUESTS AT THE SAINT
VINCENT. SARAH FISHER CENTER ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE PEWABIC
POTTERY.
>> AND THEN I GIVE IT A GOOD
LITTLE SMUSH. I’M DOING LIKE A
HI AND IT’S LIKE IT’S LIKE ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR.
>> THIS IS SUMMER LEARNING CAMP
.
>> THERE’S NOTHING TO DO REALLY.
AT MY HOUSE I’M USUALLY BORED. I
WOULD LIKE BE DOING LIKE
WATCHING TV AND LIKE DOING
PLAYING WITH MY TOYS AND STUFF.
BUT NOW I’M IN HERE AND NOW I’M
PLAYING AND PAINTING, SOAKING UP
SO MUCH FUN.
>> THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
HAS PRIDED ITSELF IN HELPING
PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY, GET
EDUCATED, FEEL ACCEPTED, LIKE
MICHAELA, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT’S
LIKE WHEN SOME GROWN UPS DON’T
LISTEN.
>> IF I’M AT SCHOOL, I ASK ONE
OF MY TEACHERS WHAT THIS IS, AND
THEY BE LIKE, YOU DIDN’T KNOW
WHAT THIS WORD IS. IT’S EASY.
>> AND I WAS LIKE, NO, BUT
THAT’S NOT THE CASE HERE. I GOT
BETTER OF LEARNING AND SPELLING,
WRITING MY MATH, GETTING BETTER
FOR NEARLY 180 YEARS, THIS
ORGANIZATION HAS NEVER BEFORE
HAD A PLACE TO CALL ITS OWN.
WE’VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1844,
AND THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME
THAT WE’RE ABLE TO COME IN AND
SAY, THIS IS OUR NEW HOME.
>> AND NOW WE’RE WELCOMING
OURSELVES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND
LETTING OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT
WE’RE HERE FOR THEM.
>> WITH CITY AND STATE CONTRACTS
, A FEW SMALL GRANTS AND
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS,
EVERYTHING REMAINS FREE TO THE
PUBLIC. AND WITH ITS NEW DIGS,
IT HAS THE ABILITY TO GROW ITS
PROGRAMING. CHRISTINE SKINNER
WORKS FOR FREUDENBURG, AN
INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING AND
TECHNOLOGY CONGLOMERATE. SAINT
VINCENT. SARAH FISHER CENTER HAD
AN IMPORTANT IMPACT ON HER LIFE
AS A CHILD.
>> MY PARENTS ALWAYS TAUGHT US
TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS
EXPECTED.
>> SO SHE BROUGHT IT TO THE
ATTENTION OF HER EMPLOYERS, WHO
DOVE IN WITH MONIES FOR PROGRAMS
DOVE IN WITH MONIES FOR PROGRAMS . >> WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO BRING
FUNDS THROUGH MY COMPANY TO
PEWABIC AS WELL AS TO SARAH
FISHER, YOU KNOW, THAT’S HOW YOU
THAT’S HOW YOU MAKE CHANGES IN
THE CITY.
>> YEAH. SO I’M STILL WEARING MY
CERAMICS MAKING DUDS RIGHT HERE.
BUT THAT’S WHAT THEY NEED MORE
OF CORPORATE AND BUSINESS
SPONSORSHIPS, VOLUNTEERS. BUT
ALSO PEOPLE THINK OF GRATIOT
AVENUE. HERE’S VAN DIKE CENTERS
RIGHT HERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR
BRAND NEW DIGS. THEY’VE GOT
CHILDREN AND ADULTS LEARNING
SERVICES AS THEY WANT PEOPLE TO
JUST COME IN, WANDER IN, SAY
HELLO, SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO
OFFER, AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP
YOU, TOO, KAREN. ALL RIGHT.
>> LOVE THIS STORY. THANKS,
PAULA. APPRECIATE IT. STILL
AHEAD, FIRST AT FOUR, IT IS A
PROBLEM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN’T
SHAKE. AFTER ABOUT TEN YEARS,
YOU WON’T BELIEVE THE STORY
BEHIND THIS FLORIDA SINKHOLE
HOWELL. ALSO, BARBIE HAS COMPANY
AT THE BOX OFFICE, A BIG MOVIE
CHAIN IS SEEING AN UNUSUAL TREND
IN TICKET SALES. WE’LL EXPLAIN.
BUT FIRST, THE BIG BANK CAUGHT
DOUBLE DIPPING AND BREAKING THE
LAW. CUSTOMERS ARE IN LINE FOR
SOME COMPENSATION. WE’VE GOT
THAT STORY NEXT.