GET BACK TO THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS OTHER CASE THAT IS SO
CAPTIVATED SO MANY OF US.
>> YEAH. SO LET’S GET TO WHO DO
WE HAVE NOW, GUYS, BREAKING HERE
AT FIVE. THIS MAN SUSPECTED OF
KIDNAPING, TWO YEAR OLD WINTER
COLE SMITH, IS HIT WITH FEDERAL
CHARGES.
>> RASHAD TRICE, ACCORDING TO
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, STRANGLED
THE TODDLER WITH A PINK CELL
PHONE CORD. FEDS ANNOUNCING
THESE CHARGES AGAINST TRICE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND DETAILING
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED SUNDAY
NIGHT IN THE HOURS AFTER THE
TODDLER WAS ABDUCTED FROM HER
HOME IN LANSING.
>> MARK MACDONALD LIVE ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE, WHERE HER
BODY WAS ULTIMATELY FOUND. MARA,
THE FEDS SAY THE AUTOPSY IS
PENDING, BUT THEY BELIEVE SHE
WAS STRANGLED.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, KIMBERLY, WITH
THAT PINK CELL PHONE CORD. AND
HERE’S WHY. THAT PINK CORD WAS
FOUND ON WINTER HERE IN THIS
ALLEY. IT WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE
CAR THAT ROSHAD TRICE WAS
DRIVING. LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH
EVERYTHING THAT THE FEDS ARE
SAYING AT THIS HOUR. FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS DETAILING THEIR
EVIDENCE IN A THOROUGH COMPLAINT
SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THEM,
WINTER WAS SNATCHED BY TRICE
AFTER HE AND WINTER’S MOTHER,
SAMARI COLE, HAD GOTTEN INTO A
TERRIBLE FIGHT OVER MONEY.
ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, COLE
STABBED HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE AND
HE THEN STABBED AND SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HER. COLE RAN TO GET
HELP, LEAVING WINTER IN THE
APARTMENT ALONG WITH HER ONE
YEAR OLD SON. TRICE ISN’T THE
FATHER OF WINTER, BUT HE IS THE
FATHER OF COLE’S ONE YEAR OLD
SON. WHEN POLICE GOT THERE, THE
ONE YEAR OLD WAS STILL IN THERE.
BUT TRICE HAD TAKEN WINTER,
STOLEN A CAR AND WAS ON THE ROAD
WHEN THE AMBER ALERT WENT OUT.
TRICE FAMILY REACHED OUT TO HIM
ON THE PHONE. THIS TEXT EXCHANGE
WAS INCLUDED IN THE CHARGING
DOCUMENT. IT’S TRICE, HIS UNCLE
TELLING HIM HE LOVES HIM. HE CAN
HELP HIM AND BLAMING COLE FOR
EVERYTHING. AS YOU CAN SEE,
TRICE TELLS HIM HE NEEDS TO END
IT ALL. PICTURES FROM THE IMPALA
HE STOLE SHOW REMNANTS OF THE
PINK CELL PHONE CORD. THE
REMAINDER OF THAT CORD WAS FOUND
ON WINTER WHEN HER BODY WAS
FOUND IN THIS ALLEY. BACK HERE
ALIVE. WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE
A FAMILY VIGIL FOR WINTER OUT
HERE WHERE SHE WAS FOUND
EXPECTING TO HAVE THE PATERNAL
SIDE OF HER FAMILY OUT HERE. YOU
KNOW, PRIMARILY THAT’S RJ SMITH
AND HIS FAMILY WHO LIVE DOWN
HERE IN METRO DETROIT. AND
SOMETHING ELSE, KIMBERLY AND
DEVIN TO CONSIDER. THESE ARE FED
CHARGES LEVELED BY THE US
ATTORNEY IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT
OF MICHIGAN, AND THAT MAKES A
CRITICAL DIFFERENCE HERE BECAUSE
IT MEANS THAT IF TRICE IS
CONVICTED, THE DEATH PENALTY IS
ON THE TABLE FOR HIM. WE’RE LIVE
ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4. IT’S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO NOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARA. WELL, KAREN
DREW IS WORKING ON ANOTHER ANGLE
OF THIS STORY FOR MONDAY’S
NEWSCAST. HER INVESTIGATION
GIVING US AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE
MANHUNT AND THE ARREST OF RASHAD
TRICE.
>> IT’S THE VIDEO EVERYONE WILL
BE TALKING ABOUT.
>> HE JUST TRIED TO SWERVE AT
HIS CAR. ONLY ON LOCAL 4, THE
CHASE TO FIND WINTER SMITH HE’S
A WE GOT HIM AT GUNPOINT THIS IS
THE VEHICLE. WATCH FOR YOURSELF
. HOWELL. POLICE TRACKED DOWN
THE SUSPECT AND GOT A TASER.
>> TASER!
>> THE SEARCH OF THE CAR.
WHERE’S THE BABY?
>> GOT A NICE MOM EXCLUSIVE
VIDEO.
>> A LOCAL 4 INVESTIGATES ON
MONDAY AT FIVE.
>> DO THE REST OF MY LIFE AND
THREE AND LET’S BE SURE TO
MENTION HERE THE FAMILY OF
WINTER COLE SMITH HAS INVITED
THE PUBLIC TO JOIN THEM AT A
PRAYER VIGIL FOR WINTER TONIGHT.
>> THEY’RE GOING TO GATHER AT 6
P.M. SO A LITTLE JUST ABOUT AN
HOUR FROM NOW AT NODELL AND
IRWIN ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE,
RIGHT NEAR THE FIRST CHURCH OF
THE REDEEMED AT EIGHT YEAR OLD
IS RECOVERING FROM A GUNSHOT
WOUND SUFFERED WHILE HE WAS
ASLEEP IN BED.
>> IT HAPPENED IN THE
BREWSTER-DOUGLASS HOMES NEAR
I-75 IN MACK. MEGAN WOODS IS
LIVE WITH HOW THAT CHILD IS
DOING AND WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION STANDS AT THIS
POINT. MEGAN
>> KIMBERLY, DOCTORS HERE AT
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TELL THE
FAMILY THAT THAT EIGHT YEAR OLD
IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY, BUT
POLICE ARE NOW SAYING THAT THIS
IS THE 59TH CHILD SHOT IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT THIS YEAR. AND
WE STILL HAVE FIVE MONTHS LEFT
TO GO.
>> I REALLY DON’T HAVE A NAME.
>> PEOPLE SAY IT ALL THE TIME,
BUT TODAY IT’S THIS FAMILY’S
REALITY. WE ARE YOU 4:00 IN THE
MORNING.
>> YOU’RE SEEING YOUR LITTLE
COUSIN GETTING RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> AN EIGHT YEAR OLD SHOT IN THE
ARM WHILE DOING WHAT YOU EXPECT
A CHILD TO BE DOING AT 3 A.M.
SLEEP ING, A MOTHER IS AWAKENED
TO THE SOUNDS OF CRYING AND THEN
FINDS HER CHILD HAS BEEN SHOT.
DETROIT POLICE SAY TWO VEHICLES
WERE SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER. ONE
OF THOSE BULLETS ENTERED AN
APARTMENT AND HIT THE LITTLE
BOY. WE WISH PEOPLE WOULD NOT
RESORT TO GUN VIOLENCE TO SOLVE
THEIR ISSUES AS IF IT’S A MATTER
OF A NEIGHBOR COMPLAINT THAT
THEY UTILIZE. 911 BECAUSE
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN
. INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED A
RIFLE STYLE CASINGS AT THE SCENE
AND ARE STILL COLLECTING
EVIDENCE. THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS
THAT THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. DPD
DATA SHOWS AS OF TODAY, 59
CHILDREN AGES 17 AND YOUNGER
WERE SHOT IN DETROIT THIS YEAR,
SEVEN OF THEM WERE KILLED.
>> WE ARE GOING TO ACT UPON
THESE INCIDENTS AND HOPEFULLY
GET CLOSURE TO THEM. AND THAT’S
WHY WE LOOK FOR THE PARTNERSHIP
OF THE COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS IN
THE AREA, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
MAY KNOW WHETHER IT’S THE VICTIM
OR THE PERPETRATOR, THAT THEY
WOULD COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE
US THAT INFORMATION.
>> DPD IS STILL WORKING TO GET
THE MAKE AND MODELS OF THOSE
VEHICLES INVOLVED. IF YOU KNOW
SOMETHING, THEY’RE ASKING YOU TO
CALL THEM OR CALL ONE 800. SPEAK
UP. CRIME STOPPERS. YOU CAN
REMAIN ANONYMOUS. NOW, COMING UP
TONIGHT AT SIX, HEAR FROM THE
AUNT OF THAT EIGHT YEAR OLD
LITTLE BOY ABOUT THE CHILLING
CALL SHE GOT ABOUT HER NEPHEW.
THAT’S COMING UP AT 6:00.
REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT, I’M
MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4. OKAY
>> WE’LL SEE YOU AT SIX, MEGAN,
THANK YOU.
>> A FORMER WWE WRESTLER WHO
ALSO PLAYED FOOTBALL AT MICHIGAN
STATE IS NOW CHANGING HIS PLEA
ON ACCUSATIONS HE TRIED TO
STRANGLE THE DRIVER OF A MOVING
CAR CAR MOMENTS BEFORE ANOTHER
ACCIDENT THAT ENDED UP KILLING
HIS GIRLFRIEND. IT HAPPENED ON
M-59, NEAR ADAMS ROAD LAST
OCTOBER. POLICE SAY 42 YEAR OLD
KYLE RASMUSSEN, WHO WRESTLED
UNDER THE NAME CONRAD TANNER IN
WWE, WAS A PASSENGER IN A PICKUP
TRUCK DRIVEN BY A MAN FROM OTTER
LAKE. HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO YANK
THE STEERING WHEEL AWAY AND
CHOKE THE DRIVER FROM BEHIND.
THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND RAN
OFF WITH RASMUSSEN’S GIRLFRIEND,
SARAH RATLIFF HAD BEEN A
PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK, TRIED TO
RUN FROM THE CAR OR THE TRUCK,
RATHER, BUT WAS HIT BY AN SUV ON
M 59. AND LATER DIED OF THOSE
INJURIES. RASMUSSEN ORIGINALLY
PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A CHARGE
OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO DO
GREAT BODILY HARM. HE HAS NOW
CHANGED HIS PLEA TO NO CONTEST.
THAT MEANS HE ACCEPTS CONVICTION
WITHOUT ADMITTING GUILT. HIS
TRIAL WAS SET TO BEGIN THIS
MONTH, THE JUNE JOBS REPORT IS
OUT SHOWING A STRONG BUT COOLING
JOBS MARKET.
>> BUT THAT GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS
COULD LEAD TO BAD NEWS FOR
FUELING INFLATION, MEANING
ANOTHER INTEREST RATE HIKE IS
LIKELY ON THE WAY. NBC’S ALICE
BARR IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH
MORE ON WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR
YOUR CREDIT CARDS AND MORTGAGE
RATES.
>> GOOD EVENING. IT’S HARD TO
SEE HOW HIRING WORKERS CAN BE A
BAD THING FOR THE ECONOMY. BUT
WHILE TODAY’S REPORT SIGNALS THE
RED HOT JOBS MARKET MAY FINALLY
BE COOLING, IT’S NOT HAPPENING
QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR THE FEDERAL
RESERVE TASK OUT WITH REINING IN
INFLATION STRONG BUT SLOWING.
THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE FROM THE
LABOR DEPARTMENT’S JUNE JOBS
REPORT. NEW NUMBERS OUT TODAY
SHOW THE ECONOMY ADDED 209,000
JOBS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
THAT’S SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN
EXPECTED. AND MARKS THE SLOWEST
MONTH OF JOB GROWTH SINCE
DECEMBER 2020. UNEMPLOYMENT
TICKED DOWN TO 3.6. THE 3.6% IS
THE 17TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF
LESS THAN 4% UNEMPLOYMENT, WHICH
IS THE LONGEST DURATION SINCE
THE 1960S. WAGES ARE STILL
RISING WITH AVERAGE HOURLY
EARNINGS UP 4.4% FROM A YEAR AGO
. THAT MIXED PICTURE LEADING
MOST ANALYSTS TO THINK THE
FEDERAL RESERVE WILL RAISE
INTEREST RATES AGAIN THIS MONTH
TO FIGHT STUBBORNLY HIGH
INFLATION. A 90% CHANCE THAT THE
FED WILL RAISE INTEREST RATES BY
A QUARTER OF A PERCENTAGE POINT
AS THE COST OF BORROWING GOES UP
AND CONSUMERS FEEL THE PINCH
FROM CREDIT CARDS TO MORTGAGE
RATES, WALL STREET INVESTORS ARE
WARY ABOUT THE RISK FOR
RECESSION IN.
>> THERE IS SOME RISK HERE FOR
INVESTORS IN THE SENSE THAT THE
FED IS NOT SIGNALING AN END TO
INTEREST RATE HIKES. SO I WOULD
EXPECT THAT WE WILL SEE MORE
VOLATILITY IN THE STOCK MARKET.
>> TREASURY SECRETARY JANET
YELLEN TODAY FOCUSED ON THE
GLOBAL PICTURE, CRITICIZING
CHINA’S TREATMENT OF AMERICAN
COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE
CHIPS TECH, ENERGY INDUSTRY, OUR
ECONOMY, RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA
MUST WORK FOR AMERICAN
BUSINESSES AND AMERICAN WORKERS
. AS SECRETARY YELLEN BALANCING
THAT MESSAGE WITH EFFORTS TO
EASE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE
WORLD’S TWO LARGEST ECONOMY.
SHE’S ANOTHER PIECE OF THE
PICTURE THE RATE OF WORKERS
QUITTING THEIR JOBS FELL THIS
SPRING TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS,
SIGNALING THE ERA OF THE GREAT
RESIGNATION MAY BE COMING TO A
CLOSE IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR,
LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ALICE, THE WARREN
POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK TIME
TODAY TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE
JUST ARRIVING AND OTHERS WHO ARE
MOVING UP IN THE RANK.
>> THAT’S THE APPLAUSE FOR
NEARLY TWO DOZEN NEWLY PROMOTED
OR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES INCLUDE
ONE NEW LIEUTENANT, FIVE NEW
SERGEANTS, SEVEN NEW CORPORALS,
AND NINE NEW OFFICERS. THERE’S
THE COMMISSIONER, BILL DWYER, HE
SAID AFTER 60 PLUS YEARS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THIS MAY BE ONE OF
HIS LAST PROMOTION CEREMONIES,
HINTING THAT HE MIGHT MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT SOON ABOUT HIS
FUTURE. NEW AT FIVE STUDENT LOAN
SCAMS.
>> THEY ARE BACK IN A BIG WAY.
TONIGHT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT THESE HIGH TECH THIEVES ARE
DOING AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW