LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FOR LOCAL GRANDMOTHER COMES
FORWARD AND BREAKS HER SILENCE
AFTER HER GRANDSON IS ABUSED,
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IF THEY
WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH
WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING
TO DO. I FEEL MY PERSONAL
OPINION THAT CHASE WOULD BE
ALIVE TODAY. STORY THAT GRABBED
NATIONAL HEADLINES AT THE TIME.
A LOCAL MOTHER CHARGED WITH
MURDER AFTER POLICE FIND HER
SON’S BODY IN A FREEZER NEW
TONIGHT, ANOTHER FAMILY COMES
FORWARD, SAYING THEIR CHILD WAS
ALSO ABUSED BY THAT MOTHER ARE
YOUR DAY, FRANCE THAT HAPPENED
WHEN HE VISITED HER HOME, AND
AUTHORITIES MADE SOME HUGE
MISTAKES IN HANDLING THEIR CASE.
LET’S BRING IN LOCAL 4
INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW. BECAUSE
SHE HAS THE EXCLUSIVE KAREN AND
DEVIN. THIS IS ALL ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY. WHY WASN’T MORE
DONE TONIGHT? WE TRACKED DOWN
ANOTHER VICTIM OF YOUR DAY.
FRANCE. POLICE AND PROSECUTORS
AND FAMILY CONFIRMED THIS CHILD
WAS ABUSED BY THE DETROIT MOTHER
BACK IN 2018 WHEN HE WAS JUST
TWO YEARS OLD. AND WAS VISITING
FRANCIS HOME. THE REASON WHY
THIS STORY IS SO IMPORTANT IS IF
AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE HANDLED
THAT CASE THE RIGHT WAY. THERE’S
A CHANCE FRANCIS SON CHASE WOULD
NOT BE DEAD. HE WAS BEAT UP
PRETTY BAD, LIKE BLACK EYES,
WOUNDS ALL ON HIS PRIVATE AREA,
AND HE WAS HURTING. THAT’S HOW
PATRICIA DAVIS REMEMBERS WHAT
HER GRANDSON LOOKED LIKE WHEN
SHE PICKED HIM UP BACK IN 2018
AFTER HE SPENT SOME TIME AT THE
HOME OF A SATURDAY FRANCE SHE
SAYS HE WAS SOAKED IN URINE HAD
PICKED THEM UP TO PUT THEM IN
HER MOM’S TOOK THE WASHING. BUT
WHEN I WENT TO PICK HIM UP, HE
STARTS SCREAMING AND CRYING LIKE
YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU. GASPING FOR
AIR. THE BOY WAS BROUGHT TO THE
HOSPITAL SOURCES TELLING ME
CBP’S AS WELL AS DETROIT POLICE
WERE INVOLVED IN THE CASE
EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN COURT. I
REMEMBER THE LAWYERS STATING TO
US THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LOSE
HER CHILDREN. AND THAT SHE WILL
BEGIN LOCKED UP. FOR HER CRIMES
. WE’VE LEARNED FRANCE WAS
CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE CHILD
ABUSE LATER REDUCED TO FOURTH
DEGREE CHILD ABUSE AND ONLY
SERVED TWO YEARS PROBATION. HER
CHILDREN WERE RETURNED TO HER
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IF THEY
WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH
WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING
TO DO. I FEEL MY PERSONAL
OPINION THAT LOOK, CHASE WOULD
BE ALIVE TODAY. I BLAME THEM
BECAUSE THEY HAD THEM.
MANIPULATIVE ACTIVE SERVICES
BECAUSE THE JUDGE IS GOING TO
REACT OFF THE NOTE. NO I DID
REACH OUT TO THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. AND HOW
COULD THIS MOTHER ONLY GET TWO
YEARS PROBATION? I WAS TOLD IN
THE STATEMENT. FRANCE HAD NO
PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY. NO CPS
HISTORY PRIOR TO 2018. NOW THE
OFFER MADE AT THE TIME ALSO TOOK
INTO ACCOUNT THE SEVERITY OF THE
INJURIES TO THE CHILD AND THAT
FRANCE WOULD HAVE NO FURTHER
CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM. I
POSTED THE FULL STATEMENT FROM
THE WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE ON CLICK ON. MEANTIME,
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. KIM
AND DEVON. THAT’S THE QUESTION
WHAT IS GOING ON? I DID ASK THE
DEPARTMENT TODAY. I GOT A
FAMILIAR RESPONSE. THEY CAN’T
DISCUSS SPECIFICS OF CPS CASES.
I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS
INFURIATES THAT’S A PROBLEM
BECAUSE CBP’S OFTEN USED, YOU
KNOW, WE CAN’T DISCUSS THIS
BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE SAFETY
OF A CHILD THAT YOU HEAR THAT
TIME. I RESPECT THE CHILD’S
PRIVACY. WE DON’T NECESSARILY
SAY ARE SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO
SHARE SOMEONE’S NAME, BUT
THERE’S SO MUCH MORE THEY CAN DO
TO BE TRANSPARENT. THEY CAN TALK
ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THEY VISIT
THE HOME. WHAT WAS THE REACTION?
WHAT WAS THE FOLLOW UP? WHAT
ABOUT THESE AGENTS? ARE THEY
BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE? I MEAN,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THESE
YEARS I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MORE
CBS COMPLAINTS. TO OUR NEWSROOM
THAN EVER AND TWO OF THEM ARE
CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAD. AND THIS
IS THE KIND OF LIKE WE CAN’T
SPEAK ABOUT IT. DO NOT WORRY.
I’M ON IT. I’M NOT. THAT’S NOT A
GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER. OKAY.
THANKS, KAREN. WELL, THE DEATH
TOLL GROWS IN THE JULY 4TH
PARADE SHOOTING IN HIGHLAND PARK
, ILLINOIS. POLICE CONFIRM 1/7
VICTIM HAS DIED MORE THAN 30
PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN THE
ATTACK. THE SUSPECT REMAINS IN
CUSTODY AND HAS BEEN TALKING
WITH INVESTIGATORS. POLICE STILL
BELIEVE HE ACTED ALONE AND FIRED
RANDOMLY INTO THE CROWD. POLICE
SAY THE GUNMAN FIRED MORE THAN
70 ROUNDS WITH AN AR 15 STYLE
GUN. WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE
HEROIC ACTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE OUT
CELEBRATING YESTERDAY WHEN THEY
INSTINCTIVELY JUMPED INTO ACTION
TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
WOUNDED. NICK MONACELLI LIVE
FROM HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS
TONIGHT WITH MORE THAN WHAT THEY
HAD TO SAY, NICK. HAVE A GOOD
EVENING TO YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE
THE SCENE BEHIND ME. STILL VERY
ACTIVE. THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING
HAPPENED WITH THE SHOOTER
PERCHED ON TOP OF THAT ROOF,
WHERE THE VICTIM WAS WENT
RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES, BUT WE
CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THOSE HEROES
THAT JUMPED INTO ACTION AND
TALKING ABOUT THE VICTIMS WE NOW
KNOW FROM THE CITY THAT THEY
RANGE IN AGE FROM 35 YEARS OLD
ALL THE WAY UP TO 88 YEARS OLD,
BUT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE IF IT
WEREN’T FOR ALL THESE STRANGERS
JUMPING IN AND DOING ANYTHING
THEY COULD THINK OF TO TRY TO
SAVE THEIR LIVES. HERRING
EXPERIENCE THAT HE NEVER HOPE
THAT ANYONE HAS TO GO THROUGH
THEIR SMOOTHIE SHOP ON CENTRAL
AVENUE IN HIGHLAND PARK ISN’T A
MASSIVE STORE BUT DURING A MASS
SHOOTING IT WILL HOLD ALL THE
LIVES THAT NEED SAVING MATT AND
LINDSAY MELTZER WILL WORKING
INDEPENDENCE DAY MORNING WAITING
FOR THE PARADE TO MARCH BY
SUDDENLY SAW THE HIGH SCHOOL
BAND RUNNING AND SOMEONE YELLED
SHOOTER, AND THEN WE JUST NO.
WE’RE SHOVELING IN AS MANY
PEOPLE AS WE COULD TAKE
SHOVELING ALL THOSE PEOPLE INTO
THEIR BASEMENT INTO SAFETY.
THERE ARE TONS OF KIDS OR
PREGNANT WOMEN IN OUR BASEMENT.
SO MANY PEOPLE DOWN THERE, YOU
KNOW, ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO DO
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. HMM YEAH,
THAT SCHOOL TEACHER. BUT THE
KIDS. PLAYING GAMES, OK? HMM
YEAH. YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN,
IN THE MOMENT, EVIDENCE OF THOSE
MOMENTS STILL LAY IN THE MIDDLE
OF CENTRAL AVENUE. INVESTIGATORS
LOCAL AND FEDERAL SPENT HOURS
HERE TODAY TRYING TO GET A
CLEARER PICTURE OF HOW THIS
UNFOLDED WHILE DETAILS OF THE
VICTIMS SLOWLY EMERGED. FOR
INSTANCE, ONE IS A GRANDFATHER,
ANOTHER PRESCHOOL TEACHER.
DOCTOR WENDY BINSTOCK RUSH RAN
INTO THE STREET TO HELP FIVE
VICTIMS ALREADY PASSED. SHE
FOUND THE ONE STILL ALIVE. ONCE
WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, WE
WORKED FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 20 OR
30 MINUTES, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE
DID NOT SURVIVE. SO BACK OUT
HERE LIVE. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF
THOSE CHAIRS. STROLLERS COFFEE
CUPS, STILL OVERTURNED AS PEOPLE
JUST GOT UP AND STARTED RUNNING
AS FAST AS THEY CAN. AWAY FROM
THOSE BULLETS WERE RAINING DOWN
ON THEM FROM THE ROOFTOP. WHICH
IS JUST OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER
THERE. WE’VE LEARNED SOME NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL
CHARGES. SO THE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR IS ABOUT TO HOLD A
PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT 10
MINUTES FROM NOW TO UPDATE THE
STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND
TO ANNOUNCE CHARGES AGAINST THE
SUSPECTED GUNMAN. THAT MEANS
THAT THAT GUNMAN WILL BE IN
COURT TOMORROW, FACING A JUDGE
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. WE LIVE
HERE IN HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS,
NICK MONACELLI LOCAL 4 ALL RIGHT
. HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE ABLE TO
UPDATE THOSE CHARGES IN THAT
SITUATION BEFORE THE STATE’S
CAST THIS OUT. ALL RIGHT, NICK.
TIME NOW TO GET A FIRST CHECK OF
OUR WEATHER IS THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY HAVE MARCHED BACK IN.
IT’S DEFINITELY OUT THERE. LET’S
GET OVER TO ANDREW. NOW, WITH A
LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
TONIGHT, AND THAT INCLUDES THE
CHANCE OF RAIN. ANDREW THAT’S
RIGHT. KIMBERLY AND DEVIN. THAT
CHANCE OCCURS LATER ON TONIGHT,
CLOSER TO 9 10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT,
AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY STILL WITH US EVEN
AT THIS LATE HOUR IN THE DAY, 90
OVER CITY AIRPORT NOW LOOK AT
THESE TEMPERATURES. 85 IN MOUNT
CLEMENS 88 IN MONROE, BUT IT’S
NOT ONLY ABOUT HOW HOT IT IS
ABOUT HOW HOT IT FEELS THAT CAN
REALLY SNEAK UP ON YOU. WHEN YOU
FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY, 88 TURNS
INTO 97. 96 IS WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE OVER IN ADRIAN, SO THESE
HEAT INDICES AS MUCH AS 5 TO 9
EVEN CLOSE TO 10 DEGREES HIGHER
THAN WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE. IT
FEELS LIKE 91, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
MOUNT CLEMENS, EVEN THOUGH THE
TEMPERATURE IS 85 SO CONTINUE MY
MONITOR YOUR ACTIVITY OUTDOORS
LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITY, EVEN
AS THE SUN SETS DRINK PLENTY OF
WATER, NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
SHOWER ACTIVITY. NOW YOU CAN SEE
SOME OFF TO OUR WEST
THUNDERSTORMS OUT IN WISCONSIN.
BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MICHIGAN. A FEW SHOWERS
THAT ARE STARTING TO FORM HERE
OUT TOWARD COLD WATER AREAS,
GENERALLY SOUTH OF DETROIT,
MAINLY SOUTH OF I 94 INCLUDING
LENOVO AND MONROE. COUNTIES MAY
SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THIS
EVENING IS OVER, AND
TEMPERATURES REMAIN ON THE VERY
WARM SIDE EIGHTIES. ALL THE WAY
THROUGH 10 PM WE’LL TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARD.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND YOUR SEVEN
DAY FORECAST COMING UP. RIGHT
HANDER. OUR WEEKLY LOOK NOW AT
THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION HERE
IN MICHIGAN NUMBERS ARE TRENDING
DOWN. STATE REPORTING 13,102 NEW
CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS,
NEARLY 1900 CASES PER DAY. WE
HAVE ALSO LOST ANOTHER 64 LIVES
TO THE VIRUS. THIS WEEK’S CASE
COUNT, THOUGH DOWN MORE THAN
1000 CASES FROM THE PREVIOUS
WEEK. DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES
WHITE PROVIDING AN UPDATE AFTER
ANOTHER VIOLENT WEEKEND ACROSS
THE CITY. TAKE A LOOK AT VIDEO
FROM ONE OF THE SCENES SATURDAY
NIGHT, A DOORDASH DELIVERY
DRIVER WAS SHOT AND KILLED
INSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN
THE AREA OF BAGLEY AND ROSA
PARKS. FREEMAN JOINS US LIVE
PRIYA, THE CHIEF SAYS THERE’S
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE SENSELESS
VIOLENCE. YEAH, THAT’S WHY I
CAME. YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF SAYS,
DESPITE A 15% REDUCTION IN
HOMICIDES, HE IS OUTRAGED BY THE
GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. AND HERE IN DETROIT
, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE
MURDER OF THAT DOORDASH DRIVER.
HOURS AFTER THAT, KILLING A 19
YEAR OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. WE’RE GOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO
VICTIMIZE OUR COMMUNITY THOSE
WHO ARE PULLING TRIGGERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
AND TAKEN BEFORE DETROIT POLICE
NEED YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING THESE
PEOPLE AFTER A 19 YEAR OLD WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. POLICE SAY THE MAN IN
THE MIDDLE IS CONSIDERED ARMED
AND DANGEROUS. DOUBLY. GUNS WERE
PULLED AND ONE PERSON FIRED
SHOTS INTO THE CROWD, STRIKING
AND FATALLY WOUNDING AH ONCE OUR
VICTIM AND IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT ANOTHER PERSON WAS SHOT IN
THE ANKLE, POLICE ARE LOOKING
FOR THIS GRADE 2020 CHEAP GRAND
CHEROKEE HOURS BEFORE THAT
MURDER ON SATURDAY EVENING, A
DOORDASH DRIVER IN COURT TOWN
WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THREE
PEOPLE INSIDE A VEHICLE WHEN
THEY SAW MEN IN A BLACK SKI MASK
STARTING STARTING TOWARDS THEM.
AH AND THEN STARTED SHOOTING A
SADLY, HE WAS FATALLY SHOT LAST
WEEK, THIS VIDEO OF A MAN
SHOOTING INTO A HOME ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WENT VIRAL.
THAT MAN WAS ARRESTED, CHIEF
WHITE SAYS. WE ALL PLAY A ROLE
IN ENDING GUN VIOLENCE. BUT
WE’RE TIRED OF THIS SENSELESS
VIOLENCE. WE’RE TIRED OF IT, AND
YOU KNOW, AS I TALKED ABOUT IT’S
HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY. WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED AT
THE PARADE. WE SAW IT HAPPEN IN
PHILLY. IT’S JUST SENSELESS GUN
VIOLENCE AROUND THE COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW, AND WE’VE GOT TO GET
A HANDLE ON IT. WE’VE GOT TO GET
GET THESE STREETS UNDER CONTROL
IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND BACK TO
THE SHOOTING OF THAT 19 YEAR OLD
. THAT HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. DETROIT POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR THIS GREAT 2020 JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE WITH MICHIGAN
LICENSE PLATE E. M K 8273.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED
TO CALL DETROIT POLICE REPORTING
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN. I’M
PRIYA MANN BEFORE. OKAY, GREAT.
THANKS. A LANDSCAPER IS IN THE
HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER BEING HIT
AND PINNED AGAINST THE HOME BY A
CAR HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON
HILTON STREET NEAR 10 MILE IN
SOUTHFIELD. POLICE SAID THE MAN
WAS WORKING FOR JASMINE
LANDSCAPING WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A
WOMAN UPSET OVER NOT RECEIVING A
QUOTE. VICTOR WILLIAMS JOINS US
WITH MORE QUITE THE WILD SCENE
HERE IN SOUTHFIELD. WE’RE TOLD
THE DRIVER OF THAT SEDAN DECIDED
TO DRIVE UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK
INTO THE BACK OF THIS HOME.
RIGHT HERE. TAKE A LOOK AT
FOOTAGE FROM DRONE FOUR. SHOWING
THE TRACK MARKS IN THE BACKYARD
, LEADING TO THIS NOW TAKING
PLACE THE LANDSCAPE FOR BEING
PINNED BETWEEN HER VEHICLE AND
THE BREAK OF THIS HOME RIGHT
HERE, LOOK CLOSELY, AND YOU CAN
SEE THE DENT FROM THAT IMPACT.
QUITE THE SCARY SITUATION
PLAYING OUT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
THEY WERE SCARED. HE SAID. HE
WAS SCARED, AND I TOLD THEM I’M
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED
HERE TONIGHT OF 32 YEAR OLD
LANDSCAPE WORKER IS LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE. AFTER BEING INTENTIONALLY
RUN OVER AND PINNED TO THE BRICK
WALL OF A HOME NEARBY DOWN WITH
THE CAR WENT UP. THE DRIVEWAY
RAN AFTER HIM LIKE WITH THE CAR
AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE HOUSE
AND CAR. WE’RE NOT SURE WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCES LED TO THE 50 YEAR
OLD WOMAN FROM DEARBORN HEIGHTS
, FLOORING IT AND RUNNING OVER
THE MAN BUT THREE WORKERS FROM
THE JASMINE LANDSCAPING BUSINESS
IN ST CLAIR SHORES WHERE WEED
WHACKING WHEN THIS VOLVO STARTED
SPEEDING TOWARDS THEM WITH THE
ANGRY DRIVER BEHIND THE WHEEL. I
DON’T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING,
BUT SHE WAS YELLING AT HIM. HE
SAID. SHE WAS CUSSING AT HIM AND
TELLING HIM THAT YOU GUYS DIDN’T
WANT TO CUT MY LAWN BECAUSE I
WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN. AND THEN
SHE WENT AFTER THE OTHER GUY
THAT WAS CUTTING. APPARENTLY THE
WOMAN INSIDE STARTED CALLING
THEM IN RACES, BUT SHE WASN’T
SATISFIED AFTER THE WORKER WAS
TRAPPED, EITHER CRAWLED OUT AND
STARTED. SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR
AND STARTED PULLING HIS HAIR.
AND THEN THE COPS CAME AND
PULLED HER DRAGGED HER OFF. EVEN
HAD A FEW CURSE WORDS FOR THE
OFFICERS AS SHE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. SOUTHFIELD DEPUTY CHIEF
AARON HUGELY SAYS IT’S A SET OF
EVENTS THAT THEY DON’T EVEN
FULLY UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES. WE
DON’T KNOW WHY IT APPEARS TO BE
UNPROVOKED, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY
DELIVERED AN INTENTIONAL HE’S
BEEN TAKING THE VICTIMS WERE
TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IS
LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AND
THAT LANDSCAPE IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE A FRACTURED PELVIS WITH THE
IMPACT OF THAT CAR HITTING THE
SIDE OF THE HOME. IT’S A MIRACLE
THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY OTHER
INJURIES. FOR NOW. WE ARE
REPORTING LIVE IN SOUTHFIELD,