LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. SCHOOLS WERE LOCKED DOWN AND
EVENING ACTIVITIES CANCELED. BUT
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN FRASER
? JUST OVER 24 HOURS AGO? WE’RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
STABBINGS OF THREE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS THAT LEFT ONE OF THEM
DEAD, TOPS. OUR NEWS TONIGHT AT
SIX CLASSMATES ARE DEVASTATED
OVER THE LOSS OF A STUDENT
PARENTS VERY FRUSTRATED BY WHAT
THEY SAY THEY’RE NOT BEING TOLD
ABOUT THE VIOLENT INCIDENT IN
FRASER SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN
SCOURING FOR INFORMATION ON THIS
ALL DAY. BECAUSE SO FAR SEAN
THIS DISTRICT NEITHER THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT YOUR POLICE HAVE MADE
VERY MANY OF THESE PUBLIC
DETAILS ARE DETAILS PUBLIC.
ABOUT 90. MINUTES AGO, THE
DISTRICT DID REVEAL THAT IT WAS
A STUDENT, THEY SAID, PASSED
AWAY PARENTS ABSOLUTELY
HORRIFYING, SAYING THE STUDENT
WASN’T PASSED DIDN’T PASS AWAY.
HE WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN AN
INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ACTUALLY
, INSIDE A HOME HERE, RIGHT DOWN
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE’RE ALSO
LEARNING. A TOTAL OF FOUR FRASER
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE
INVOLVED HERE. SOMETHING A FIGHT
. VICIOUS FIGHT INSIDE THAT
SPILLED OUT ONTO THE ROAD HERE
AT 14 MILE AGAIN, RIGHT BY THE
HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS, VERY
FRUSTRATED. THEY HAVE QUESTIONS
. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
COMFORT THEIR KIDS AS WELL.
THERE’S A LOT OF SPECULATION
HERE, AND THEY SAY THE LACK OF
INFORMATION IS JUST FUELING THAT
SPECULATION. AS A PARENT. ARE
YOU GETTING ENOUGH INFORMATION
FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED. I DON’T BELIEVE
SO AT ALL PARENTS FRUSTRATED BY
WHAT THEY CALL THE LACK OF
INFORMATION COMING FROM FRASER
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AFTER HORRIFYING
AFTER SCHOOL STABBING THAT
INJURED TWO FRASER HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND ENDED THE LIFE OF
THIS 14 YEAR OLD SOURCES
IDENTIFYING HIM AS A FRASER HIGH
SCHOOL FRESHMAN FOR NEARLY 24
HOURS. FRASER SCHOOLS WOULD NOT
CONFIRM THAT STUDENTS WERE
INVOLVED. PARENTS SAY THAT
HELPED FUEL FEAR AND SPECULATION
AMONG UPSET STUDENTS AT 4 30
THIS AFTERNOON. FRASER SCHOOLS
SENT OUT THIS EMAIL ALERTING
FAMILIES QUOTE WE REGRET TO
SHARE THAT IT WAS A FRASER HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT WHO PASSED AWAY A
STATEMENT FROM FRASER. POLICE
TODAY DOES NOT MENTION THAT
STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
DEADLY INCIDENT. STUDENTS IN
SHOCK ONE OF THEIR DEAR FRIENDS
WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN HERE,
THE BRIGHTEST SMILE AND HE HAD A
LOT OF FRIENDS AND A LOT OF LIKE
FRESHMAN A LOT OF FRESHMEN WERE
AT SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE LIKE
THEY WERE EMOTIONAL AND I GET
THAT SOURCES ALSO CONFIRMING TO
FRASER STUDENTS, THE 14 YEAR OLD
WHO WAS KILLED AND A 17 YEAR OLD
CAME HERE TO THIS HOME ON 14
MILE, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM
THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE TWO OTHER
14 YEAR OLD STUDENTS WERE AFTER
SCHOOL OF VICIOUS FIGHT BREAKING
OUT THREE STUDENTS STABBED TWO
SURVIVING THEIR INJURIES. I WANT
TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GONNA DO
NOW. AND NOBODY IS SAYING
ANYTHING. BACK HERE. LIVE, SPOKE
WITH MCCONKEY. ANY PROSECUTOR
SEVERAL TIMES TODAY HE’S WAITING
ON THE INVESTIGATOR’S REPORT
HERE WAITING TO SEE NOW IF
THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE HERE TO
CHARGE ANY OF THOSE SURVIVING
TEENS RIGHT NOW, WHO ARE
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE THEIR STAB
WOUNDS. ALSO, IN THE MEANTIME,
THERE IS A DOORBELL CAMERA
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE HOME WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE
EIGHT POINTS RIGHT AT THAT FRONT
DOOR ACROSS THE STREET THAT MAY
GIVE INVESTIGATORS IF THAT
DOORBELL CAMERAS WORKING A LOT
TO GO WITH IT MAY TELL EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED HERE. AT LEAST
WHAT FIRST STARTED THIS INCIDENT
BACK TO YOU. SO MUCH OF THE
STORY LEFT TO UNFOLD. ALRIGHT
TERRIBLE SITUATION. SEAN NOW
LET’S MOVE TO DOWNTOWN DETROIT
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VISIT TO
THE NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
AUTO SHOW GOT A CHANCE TO DRIVE.
SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES ALSO GOT
A CHANCE TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
OF A BRAND NEW CORVETTE WITH GM
CEO MARY BARRA, SUPERVISING.
LET’S GET BACK. OVER THE
HUNTINGTON’S PLACE WHERE
KIMBERLY GILL IS STEERING OUR
AUTO SHOW COVERAGE KG PRETTY
EXCITING DAY OVER THERE. WE HAD
TO FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND,
OF COURSE, THE SHIFT TO ELECTRIC
YEAH, OF COURSE. DEVIN. HI GOOD
EVENING TO YOU. THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED THE APPROVAL OF
FUNDING ACTUALLY FOR 35 STATES,
INCLUDING MICHIGAN TO BUILD
THEIR OWN ELECTRIC CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE. LET’S TAKE A
LISTEN. AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO
BE PART. PART OF A NETWORK OF
500,000 CHARGING STATIONS.
500,000 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
INSTALLED BY THE I B E W.
SPECIAL THANKS TO FOR THE LAST
ELECTION LOOK. LOOK, FOLKS, YOU
KNOW, THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD
TRIP IS GOING TO BE FULLY
ELECTRIFIED. WHETHER YOU’RE
DRIVING COAST TO COAST ALONG I
10. OR ON I 75 HERE IN MICHIGAN.
CHARGING STATIONS WILL BE UP AND
EASY TO FIND. HIS GAS STATIONS
ARE NOW. AND THE PRESIDENT’S
VISIT AND THE FOCUS ON ELECTRICS
LENDING A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL TO
MEDIA DAY TODAY AT THE NORTH
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
LOCAL 4 BUSINESS EDITOR ROD
MELONI IS LIVE HERE AT HUNTING
IN PLACE WITH THAT PART OF THE
STORY. HI, ROD. HI KIMBERLY. YOU
KNOW A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK
ABOUT HERE. WELL FIRST OF ALL,
THE AUTO SHOW LOOKS VERY NORMAL
BEHIND ME HERE, AND IT HAS THAT
LOOK IN CERTAIN SPOTS, BUT IT IS
DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT. AND SO
WE’RE GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE
DOING INDUSTRY DAYS, SOMETHING
THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS DURING THE
AUTO SHOW VERY TRADITIONAL, BUT
ALSO WE WERE ALL KIND OF WELL, I
DON’T KNOW IF YOU CALL ANY
CONVENIENCE, BUT WE’RE CERTAINLY
DELAYED. AS THE SECRET SERVICE
CLEARED THE FLOOR SO THAT THE
PRESIDENT COULD ACTUALLY HAVE
HIS TOUR. THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT
CHANGED EVERYONE’S LIVES HERE AT
THE SHOW. TODAY THE SECRET
SERVICE CLEARED THE SHOW FLOOR
AND YET WE STILL HAD TO GO
THROUGH MORE SECURITY. THOSE
LINES QUITE LONG, AND THE WEIGHT
SEEMED INTERMINABLE POWER TO GET
THROUGH. IT FELT LIKE 20
MINUTES, BUT I’M TOLD IT WAS 45.
THERE’S ABOUT 45 MINUTES, QUITE
A SURPRISE TO SEE THE LINE. BUT
WITH THE SECRET SERVICE NOW OUT,
WE HAVE THE SHOW BACK TO
OURSELVES. AND WHEN YOU COME,
YOU WILL SEE INSTEAD OF TWO
STORY AUTO STANDS. WE HAVE THREE
STORY RIGHT AND DRIVES THAT YOU
CAN ENJOY OVER A JEEP. IT’S
CALLED CAMP JEEP. THEY PUT THIS
UP ON OTHER SHOWS, BUT NEVER
BEFORE HERE, ONE OF THE MORE EYE
CATCHING FEATURES AS YOU RIDE
STRAIGHT UP TOWARD THE CEILING
SO CLOSE YOU CAN ALMOST TOUCH
IT. AND THEN DOWN AGAIN. JIM
MORRISON IS JEEPS BRAND CEO MAN
ONCE YOU’VE GONE UP 45 DEGREES
STRAIGHT UP, STARING AT THE
CEILING AND THEN HUNG OFF THE
SEAT BELT LIKE A MUPPET ON THE
ON THE BOTTOM END OF A HILL 45
DEGREES AND THINK. WOW, I NEED A
JEEP FOR THIS. THERE ARE ONLY A
HANDFUL OF UNVEILINGS THIS YEAR,
AND THEY’VE MOVED. INDUSTRY DAYS
TO WEDNESDAY. PEOPLE CRAWLING ON
BACKS KNEELING DOWN, GIVING WHAT
AMOUNTS TO AN AUTOMOTIVE
PHYSICAL TO ADVANCE THEIR
CAREERS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO MAKE AN ENGINEER THE TINIEST
PARTS TO THE LARGEST AND NEED TO
SEE THE COMPETITION AND THEY CAN
DO IT ALL AT ONCE. IN ONE PLACE
RIGHT HERE. I’M HERE LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT VEHICLE WHEELS.
SPECIFICALLY I’M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE NEW TRENDS. NEW
TECHNOLOGIES. DIFFERENT NEW
STYLES IS GOING ON. SO I’M JUST
HERE. COLLECTING DATA BASICALLY.
NOW IT’S A FUN THING TO WATCH
BECAUSE QUITE LITERALLY CRAWL ON
THEIR BELLIES AND COME IN ON
THEIR BACKS AND GET UNDERNEATH
THE CARS TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN
SEE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
VERY FEW SECRETS IN THIS
BUSINESS. SO YOU KNOW THERE’S
STUFF THAT THEY’RE SHOWING HERE.
THE CAR COMPANIES THAT THEY
DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE IT.
BELIEVE ME, THEY’RE COVERING IT
UP SO YOU CAN’T SEE IT LIKE THEY
DO. WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE
COMING UP. KIMBERLY BACK TO YOU.
OKAY RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND AGAIN. THE PUBLIC SHOW OPENS
ON SATURDAY, BUT THE EVENT THE
NIGHT BEFORE PROMISES TO BE MUST
SEE TV, RIGHT, DEVON. THIS TIME
NOT IN COLD WEATHER WILL HAVE
SPECIAL LIVE COVERAGE OF THE
CHARITY PREVIEW FRIDAY NIGHT.
KIMBERLY WILL BE ON BY THEN IN
LONDON TO COVER THE QUEEN’S
FUNERAL, SO I’LL BE JOINED BY
RHONDA WALKER WILL HAVE A LOT OF
SPECIAL GUESTS FOR AN HOUR OF
GLITZ, GLAMOUR AND CARS. ALL
GETTING STARTED LIVE HERE ON
LOCAL 4 AT SEVEN P.M. FRIDAY
NIGHT. INDOORS AND OUT. TODAY’S
CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY
IDEAL FOR BIG EVENTS LIKE THE
AUTO SHOW. YOU REALLY CAN’T ASK
FOR BETTER, BETTER WEATHER
SHOWING IT OFF PRETTY WELL FOR
THE THOUSANDS OF JOURNALISTS
THAT ARE IN TOWN FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD. KIM WE SURE ARE. WE
ARE AT OUR BEST WITH SUNSHINE
TODAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE
CHARITY PREVIEW FOR I’M SURE THE
FIRST TIME EVER. WE HAVE THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE’VE
EVER HAD 82 DEGREES AT FIVE
O’CLOCK IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW,
THINKING ABOUT TAKING ALONG A
JACKET OR SOMETHING TO PUT ON
OVER YOUR DRESS YOU PROBABLY
DON’T HAVE TO BECAUSE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW
SEVENTIES. EVEN AT MIDNIGHT.
IT’S A LITTLE COOLER UP TO OUR
NORTH 72 IN SANDUSKY. ONLY THE
UPPER SIXTIES IMPORT HERE ON
THEY’VE HAD SOME CLOUDS UP THERE
WITH A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
COMING THROUGH, BUT OTHERWISE
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. IT LOOKS
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING HERE IN
METRO DETROIT. COOLING DOWN TO
THE MID TO UPPER SIXTIES BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO
COOL DOWN FOR ONE DAY TOMORROW
AND BE IN THE SEVENTIES. BUT
AFTER THAT A BIG WARM UP FOR THE
WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK, I HAVE
YOUR FORECAST JUST A COUPLE
MINUTES SEVEN. TODAY A SERIAL
RAPIST IN DETROIT SENTENCED FOR
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FIVE TEENAGE
GIRLS. 43 YEAR OLD LIONEL WELLS
PLEADED GUILTY TO ALL FIVE OF
THE CASES. WHICH TOOK PLACE FROM
2007 TO 2014. IN EACH CASE, THE
SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS WERE
UPLOADED TO THE CODIS DATABASE,
BUT INVESTIGATORS NEEDED MORE
THAN REGULAR DNA TESTING. MEGAN
WOODS LIVE FROM DETROIT. MEGAN
YOU’VE GOT MORE ON WHY IT’S
TAKEN SO LONG. I MENTIONED THE
DATE OF THESE CASES WHY IT’S
TAKEN SO LONG TO GET TO THIS
POINT. YES WELL, THE WAYNE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR, KIM WORTHY
SAYS IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND
RESEARCH TO GET TO THIS POINT,
SHE SAYS. THIS IS REALLY THE
CONTINUATION OF THE WORK THAT
THAT’S BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST
WHAT 12 YEARS OR MORE THAN THAT,
WHEN IT COMES TO RAPE KITS IN
DETROIT. VERY EXCITING FOR US
BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE
THIS TERRIBLE RAPISTS OFF THE
STREET WHO JUST BRUTALIZED VERY
YOUNG WOMEN, ALL TEENAGERS AT
THE TIME WELLS VICTIMS WERE
YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN AGES, 13 TO
19. HE WOULD APPROACH THEM FROM
BEHIND WITH A GUN TO THEIR BACK
, THEN FORCED THEM TO WALK TO A
SECLUDED AREA WHERE HE WOULD
SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM WHEN
COUNTY PROSECUTOR CAN WORTHY
SAYS HIS CONVICTION IS
MONUMENTAL. IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE
DNA. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT
THESE CASES TOGETHER. UNTIL WE
ENLISTED THE HELP OF HERE A BOND
AND WE HEADED INTO A CONTACT
WITH THEM, AND IT TOOK YEARS FOR
THEM TO DEVELOP THE PROFILES AND
TO GET TO THIS POINT, SO IT IS A
VERY, VERY TEDIOUS LONG PROCESS
. IT’S ALSO AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS
, BUT THROUGH GRANTS, THEY’VE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK, AND
IT SENDS AND EVEN BIGGER MESSAGE
TO OTHER SURVIVORS OUT THERE
THAT WE ARE GOING TO WHEN WE
CAN. UM YOU KNOW, LEAVE NO STONE
UNTURNED TO TRY TO SOLVE SOME OF
THESE CASES. SHE SAYS. THIS IS
JUST THE BEGINNING. THERE ARE
OTHER RAPE CASES THAT NEED MORE
THAN JUST REGULAR DNA TESTING.
THEY WANTED TO START OUT WITH
THE MORE SERIOUS CASES, AND THIS
IS THE FIRST ONE THEY SUBMITTED.
AS FOR LIONEL WELLS, HE’S
LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 25 TO 50
YEARS IN PRISON FOR ALL FIVE OF
THOSE CASES LIVE IN DETROIT. I’M
MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT,
MEGAN. THREE MACOMB COUNTY
SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN TOMORROW TO
BE CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF A
SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT. WARREN
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS CANCELED
CLASSES TODAY AT COUSINEAU HIGH
SCHOOL COMMUNITY HIGH AND CARTER
MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND POLICE
ARRESTED A 13 YEAR OLD STUDENT
FROM CARTER WARREN CONSOLIDATED
SUPERINTENDENT ROBERT LIVERNIOS
PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT READS
IN PART, DESPITE THE FRUSTRATION
OF THE SENSELESS THREATS ARE
SCHOOL SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE
INITIATED OVERNIGHT AND WE WERE