>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 STARTS
NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS
ALERT.
>>> ANN PARSONS HAS PASSED
AWAY.
SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND
C.E.O. OF THE DETROIT
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR MORE
THAN 17 YEARS FROM JULY OF
2004 TO DECEMBER 20th OF
2021.
PARSONS BATTLED CANCER AND
IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND
IF DAUGHTER.
PLANS TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE
AND LEGACY ARE FOURTH
COMING.
ANN PARSONS WAS JUST 64
YEARS OLD.
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HER
FAMILY THIS NOON.
>>> WE HAVE OTHER BREAKING
NEWS THIS NOON AS WELL.
THE F.D.A. IS AUTHORIZED
ANOTHER COVID-19 BOOSTER
SHOT FOR PEOPLE AGED 50 AND
OLDER.
IT COMES AS THE C.D.C. SAYS
THAT THE OMICRON VARIANT
BA-2 IS NOW THE DOMINANT
STRAIN OF COVID-19 IN THE
UNITED STATES.
THE AGENCY’S DECISION WILL
ALLOW A FOURTH DOSE OF
PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINES
TO PEOPLE AT LEAST FOUR
MONTHS AFTER THEIR PREVIOUS
BOOSTER DOSE.
UNTIL NOW, THE F.D.A.
CLEARED FOUR DOSES ONLY FOR
PEOPLE 12 AND OLDER WHO HAVE
SEVERELY WEAKENED IMMUNE
SYSTEMS.
THE F.D.A. RULED WITHOUT
INPUT FROM ITS INDEPENDENT
ADVISORY.
>>> AND NEW THIS MORNING --
I SHOULD SAY THIS NOON, WE
HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON THE
MURDER OF A 73-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN.
POLICE HAVE CHARGED HER
23-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON WITH
THE CRIME.
LET’S SEND THIS OVER TO
PRIYA MANN WITH MORE ON THIS
DISTURBING STORY.
PRIYA?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW,
RHONDA, POLICE BECAME
SUSPICIOUS ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY.
THE SUSPECT FIRST IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS A FAMILY FRIEND
THEN HE SAID HE WAS THE
ADOPTED GRANDSON AND FINALLY
CAME CLEAN SAYING THE VICTIM
WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER.
WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION HE
WAS ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY TAKE
A LOOK.
23-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY MACK IS
CHARGED WITH OPEN MURDER AND
FELONY FIREARM.
POLICE FOUND THE WEAPON THEY
SAY WAS USED IN THE MURDER
HIDDEN UNDER A COUCH
CUSHION.
73-YEAR-OLD MARGARET MACK
HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE
TIMES.
POLICE FOUND HER LIFELESS
BODY IN A BEDROOM.
SHE HAD FOUR SONS AND MANY
GRANDCHILDREN.
SOME OF THEM WOULD STAY WITH
HER FROM TIME TO TIME,
INCLUDING THIS CHILD.
HE CALLED POLICE LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT TO THE LEGACY
PLACE APARTMENTS IN
SOUTHFIELD POLICE BECAME
SUSPICIOUS AFTER HE GAVE
THEM CONFLICTING
INFORMATION.
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
SHORTLY AFTER AND ARRAIGNED
YESTERDAY.
POLICE SAY THERE HAS BEEN A
TROUBLING INCREASE OF SENIOR
ABUSE CASES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE VICTIM’S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
WAS VERY EMOTIONAL THIS
MORNING.
>> OUR WHOLE FAMILY DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND IT’S LIKE A
NIGHTMARE AND THEY DON’T
UNDERSTAND.
WE DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS
MENTAL ISSUES.
WE DON’T KNOW IF SOMETHING
TOOK OVER HIM BECAUSE THEY
NEVER ARGUED AND SHE LOVED
HIM DEARLY.
>> IT IS SUCH A TROUBLING
AND SAD CASE.
DESWAND HAD RECENTLY MOVED
BACK IN WITH HIS
GRANDMOTHER.
THE WEAPON USED WAS REPORTED
STOLEN FROM FARMINGTON HILLS
IN 2018.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5:00,
WE’LL HEAR MUCH MORE FROM
THE FAMILY AND THE LATEST
FROM THE INVESTIGATION.
PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
>> PRIYA, THANK YOU.
>>> ALSO MAKING HEADLINES
TESTIMONY IS BACK UNDERWAY
IN THE TRIAL OF THE FOUR MEN
CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE
CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE OF
THEIR CASE.
LET’S GET OUT TO SHAWN LEY
HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
FOR US EACH DAY WITH MORE ON
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE
COURTROOM SO FAR AS THE
TRIAL RESUMES FOR THE DAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, RHONDA,
EXTREMELY INTERESTING
MORNING RIGHT OFF THE BAT IN
THE WHITMER KIDNAPPING CASE.
PROSECUTORS MOVING ONTO THE
NEXT PHASE AS THEY CONTINUE
TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST
THESE FOUR DEFENDANTS BY
PULLING OUT WEAPONS THAT
WERE PULLED FROM ONE OF THE
HOMES OF ONE OF THE
DEFENDANTS, HOWEVER, DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS JUST HAD A CHANCE
TO QUESTION THOSE TACTICS BY
POINTING OUT THAT ALL THE
WEAPONS AND DIFFERENT WEAPON
STYLES PULLED OUT WERE ALL
LEGAL.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS MORNING FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS SHOWED THE JURY
EVIDENCE THEY SAY WAS
RECOVERED FROM THE DELAWARE
HOME OF BARRY CROFT.
CROFT IS ONE OF THE MEN
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER AND IS CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE MAIN RINGLEADERS
OF THAT ALLEGED PLOT.
CROFT GOT ON THE F.B.I.’S
RADAR BY BEING VERY FOCAL
ABOUT ATTACKING POLITICIANS
ON HIS PERSONAL Facebook
PAGE.
PROSECUTORS DETAILED SOME OF
THE WEAPON RELATED ITEMS
SUCH AS SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER,
GUNPOWDER THAT GUNT GIVE OFF
AS MUCH SMOKE AS REGULAR
GUNPOWDER.
EXPLODING TARGETS WERE FOUND,
TARGETS THAT PRODUCE A SMALL
EXPLOSION WHEN HIT BY A
GUNSHOT.
THEY ALSO FOUND A SHOTGUN
OUTFITTED WITH WHAT ARE
CALLED CHOKE TUBES THAT ARE
USED TO CONCENTRATE A
SHOTGUN BLAST.
ALSO FOUND IN CROFT’S HOME A
FIREARM LASER, FLASHLIGHTS
THEY SAY USED FOR FIREARMS,
AND FIVE ZIPLOC BAGS OF
AMMUNITION.
BACK HERE LIVE THIS IS DAY
12 OF THIS TRIAL.
WE’RE LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE’RE
GETTING THE THOUGHTS OF OUR
LOCAL 4 LEGAL ANALYST WHO
WILL BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING
THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
PAST 12 DAYS FOR US STARTING
AT 5:00 TONIGHT.
THEN RHONDA AT 6:00,
PROSECUTORS JUST REVEALED
THREE PUBLIC Facebook POSTS
MADE BY ONE OF THESE
DEFENDANTS THAT TRULY BEGAN
THE PROCESS OF THE F.B.I.
STARTING THIS ENTIRE
INVESTIGATION.
WE’LL SHARE THOSE Facebook
POSTS WITH YOU STARTING AT
6:00 TONIGHT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, SHAWN, THANK
YOU.
WE’LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
COVERAGE LATE ARE TODAY.
>>> FOR NOW, WE’LL TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THE WAR IN
UKRAINE.
THE COMMANDER OF U.S.
EUROPEAN COMMAND SAID THAT
THERE "COULD BE."
AN INTELLIGENCE GAP IN THE
U.S. INTELLIGENCE GATHERED
THAT CAUSED THE U.S. TO
OVERESTIMATE RUSSIA’S
ABILITY TO AND UNDERESTIMATE
UKRAINE’S DEFENSE CAPABILITY
IN THE CURRENT UKRAINE
CRISIS.
MEANTIME, IN A FRESH ROUND
OF PEACE TALKS RUSSIA SAID
THAT IT WILL REDUCE COMBAT
OPERATIONS AROUND THE
CAPITAL KYIV AND THE
NORTHERN CITY CITY OF
CHERNIHIV.
THE UKRAINE PRESIDENT IS
WILLING TO DISCUSS THE
NEUTRALITY TO END THE WAR.
>>> AND HERE IS WHAT
MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE
ALYSSA SLOTKIN HAS TO SAY
ABOUT RUSSIA’S PROMISE.
>> IT’S POSITIVE BUT WHEN
YOU’RE DEALING WITH THE
RUSSIANS IT’S, YOU KNOW IT’S
TRUST BUT VERIFY.
THE NUMBER OF TIMES JUST IN
THE RECENT WEEKS THAT
THEY’VE AGREED TO SOMETHING
LIKE A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR
WITH THE UKRAINIANS THEN
GONE AHEAD AND BOMBED IT WE
NEED TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP
AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING
IT.
SO IT’S A POSITIVE STEP BUT
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO IT
IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE
ANYTHING.
>> WE WANT TO SEND IT OUT
NOW TO RICHARD ENGLE FOR
MORE ON THESE FRESH ROUNDS
OF PEACE TALKS.
>> Reporter: RUSSIAN AND
UKRAINIAN DELEGATIONS MET
FOR THE FIRST DIRECT PEACE
TALKS IN TWO WEEKS.
THEY MET IN THE CITY OF
ISTANBUL AND THE MOOD WAS
COLD THERE WAS NO OPENING
HANDSHAKE.
UKRAINE’S FOREIGN MINISTER
SAYS THAT ALL THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING IS A
CEASE-FIRE THAT HIS
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
NEGOTIATE ON TERRITORY, WILL
NOT SURRENDER ANY UKRAINIAN
LAND TO RUSSIA.
THE UKRAINIANS ARE FEELING
MUCH MORE CONFIDENT GOING
INTO THESE TALKS BECAUSE
THEY’VE HAD RECENT SUCCESSES
ON THE BATTLEFIELD PUSHING
RUSSIAN FORCES OUT OF
SEVERAL KEY AREAS AROUND THE
CAPITAL KYIV.
BUT RUSSIA IS CONTINUING TO
BOMB UKRAINIAN TOWNS AND
CITIES, APPARENTLY
INDISCRIMINATELY HERE IN
KHARKIV THE MAYOR SAID
AROUND 1500 BUILDINGS IN
THIS CITY ALONE HAVE BEEN
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
HE IS NOW OPERATING
SOMETIMES FROM AN
UNDERGROUND BUNKER.
BUT THE CITY IS STILL IN
UKRAINIAN HANDS.
THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT GETTING
ANY CLOSER FROM WHERE THEY
WERE SEVERAL DAYS AGO.
SO UKRAINIAN FORCES HAVE
DRIVEN THE RUSSIANS TO A
STANDOFF AND THEY’RE HOPING
NOW TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT
STANDOFF AND ACHIEVE A
CEASE-FIRE.
RICHARD ENGLE, NBC NEWS,
KHARKIV.
>> THANK YOU, RICHARD.
BE SURE TO KEEP IT RIGHT
HERE WITH LOCAL 4 NEWS AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
WE WILL HAVE CONTINUING
COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN
UKRAINE ANY TIME ANY NEW
INFORMATION COMES INTEREST
OUR NEWSROOM.
WE WILL UPDATE IT THERE
ON-LINE.
>>> TURNING OUR ATTENTION
NOW TO THE FORECAST AND WHAT
IS HEADED OUR WAY.
RIGHT NOW BLUE SKY IT
DOESN’T LOOK TOO BRAD,
BRANDON IT’S JUST REALLY --
TOO BAD, BRANDON, IT’S JUST
REALLY COLD.
>> STILL HAVE UPPER 20s
NORTH.
LOW MIDDLE 30s ELSEWHERE AND
THAT’S FIVE TO 10 DEGREES
WARMER THAN WE WERE AT NOON
YESTERDAY.
COMING UP, WE’LL TALK ABOUT
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
STARTS AT MIDNIGHT TRICKY
TRAVEL AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL CHECK
BACK THIS WITH YOU AFTER THE
BREAK.
>>> STILL TO COME, IT’S A
TROUBLING TREND AMONG THE
NATION’S YOUTH.
WHY RATES OF PREDIABETES ARE