THAT BREAKING NEWS. THE FEDS HAVE MADE THEIR MOVE, JUST ANNOUNCING CHARGES IN THE
KIDNAPING AND DEATH OF TWO YEAR
OLD WINNER COLE SMITH. AND WE
NOW KNOW HOW THE TODDLER WAS
KILLED. LET’S START THINGS OFF
HERE ON FIRST AT FOUR WITH MARA
MACDONALD LIVE ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE, WHERE WINDSOR’S BODY WAS
FOUND IN AN ALLEY ON WEDNESDAY.
WITH THE LATEST MARA.
>> HI, DEVIN. WE’RE WAITING
THROUGH THAT COMPLAINT AS WE
SPEAK. BUT YOU’RE RIGHT, FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS ARE MAKING IT CLEAR
THEY BELIEVE THAT WINTER WAS
STRANGLED TO DEATH WITH A PINK
CELL PHONE CORD. THEY ARE ALSO
CHARGING RASHAD PRICE WITH
KIDNAPING AND WITH DEATH
RESULTING FROM KIDNAPING. AND WE
NOW HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT
THE FEDS THINK HAPPENED INSIDE
THAT LANSING APARTMENT ON SUNDAY
WHEN WINTER WAS SNATCHED.
ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS, TRICE WAS UP THERE
IN A BITTER FIGHT WITH WINTERS
MOTHER OVER MONEY, AND IT GOT
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL,
MEANING SHE STABBED HIM IN
SELF-DEFENSE. HE THEN STABBED
AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER WHEN
SHE RAN TO GET HELP, SHE CAME
BACK AND SHE FOUND WINTER HAD
BEEN SNATCHED. BUT SHE ALSO
FOUND HER ONE YEAR OLD SON WHO
SHE SHARES WITH TRICE STILL IN
THE APARTMENT. REMEMBER, RASHAD
TRICE IS NOT BUT WINTERS FATHER
THAT COMPLAINT GOES ON TO DETAIL
EXACTLY WHAT THE FEDS THINK
HAPPENED BETWEEN HIM STEALING A
CAR IN LANSING AND ENDING UP IN
SAINT CLAIR SHORES. THERE ARE
PICTURES. THERE ARE TEXT
MESSAGES. AND I’LL BE BACK HERE
AT FIVE WITH ALL OF IT. JUST AS
A HEADS UP TO EVERYBODY. I MEAN
, THIS IS UPSETTING AS IT IS,
THIS FEDERAL COMPLAINT ISN’T
GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING ANY
BETTER. LET’S JUST LEAVE IT AT
THAT. WE’RE LIVE ON DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE. I’M MARA MACDONALD,
LOCAL 4.
>> SO RIGHT, MARA? NOTHING THAT
IS DEVELOPED IN THIS STORY HAS
MADE IT ANY EASIER TO TAKE,
THAT’S FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL BE BACK WITH MARA COMING
UP WITH MORE AT FIVE OTHER NEWS
AT THIS HOUR. DETROIT POLICE
HAVE OFFERED AN UPDATE ON THE
SHOOTING OF AN EIGHT YEAR OLD
BOY, BUT STILL NO ARRESTS. THE
SHOOTING WOKE UP A FAMILY ON
ELLIOTT STREET NEAR MCGEORGE ARE
A PEACEFUL SUMMER NIGHT, TURNING
TRAUMATIC. LISTEN TO THE SHOTS.
IT’S CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO. THAT’S MORE THAN A
COUPLE. POLICE TELL US THERE ARE
REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED BETWEEN
THE PEOPLE IN TWO DIFFERENT CARS
IN THE BREWSTER PROJECTS. AT
LEAST ONE OF THE BULLETS FLEW
INTO A HOME HITTING THE EIGHT
YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS SHOT WHILE
HE WAS SLEEPING. POLICE ARE
REMINDING EVERYONE GUNS ARE NOT
THE ANSWER TO THE CHILD’S AUNT
DESCRIBED THOSE HORRIBLE
MOMENTS.
>> I HEARD THE GUNSHOTS THEY
WERE RIDING THROUGH HERE WERE
SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER. IT WAS
TWO CARS. AND MY NEPHEW WAS
SLEEPING IN HIS BED AND HE WAS
SHOT IN HIS ARM. WE WISH PEOPLE
WOULD NOT RESORT TO GUN VIOLENCE
TO SOLVE THEIR ISSUES.
>> IF IT’S A MATTER OF A
NEIGHBOR COMPLAINT THAT THEY
UTILIZE. 911, LET US COME OUT TO
HELP THEM RESOLVE THOSE
PARTICULAR ISSUES.
>> AS YOU HEARD SHOT IN THE ARM.
THE CHILD IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN
STABLE CONDITION. NO
DESCRIPTION, THOUGH, YET OF
THESE CARS. POLICE ARE LOOKING
FOR MORE VIDEO FROM SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS IN THE AREA. ANY RING
DOOR CAMERAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN THE HOPES OF GETTING MORE
EVIDENCE. NOW A LOCAL 4 UPDATE
CITY OF ANN ARBOR HAS BECOME THE
FIRST IN THE STATE TO PASS A
DRIVING EQUALITY ORDINANCE. NEW
MEASURE LIMITS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT’S ABILITY TO PULL
DRIVERS OVER FOR MINOR OFFENSES
, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE A BROKEN
TAILLIGHT, A CRACKED WINDSHIELD
OR AN EXPIRED LICENSE TAB.
SUPPORTERS SAY THE GOAL IS TO
REDUCE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN
TRAFFIC STOPS AND PREVENT CITY
CITATIONS THAT COULD ESCALATE
CITATIONS. FINES FOR MINOR
VIOLATIONS WILL STILL BE ISSUED
VIA MAIL OR PLACED ON PARKED
CARS BY POLICE. THE ORDINANCE
SHOULD TAKE EFFECT IN A DAY OR
TWO AFTER IT IS OFFICIALLY
PUBLISHED. ALL RIGHT. HEADING
INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A PRETTY
PLEASANT FIRST FORECAST, IN FACT
, OUR FRIDAY NIGHT LOOKING
REALLY GOOD. WE SENT RON
HILLIARD ON THE ROAD TO SPEND
SOME TIME IN PLYMOUTH. DO WE
HAVE RON OR IS OUR OUR RIGHT OUR
LIVE SIGNAL IS WORKING AND THERE
HE IS. RON, HOW ARE YOU ON A
NICE DAY OUTSIDE THAT WE’VE HAD
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE. WELL,
IT’S STILL HOT OUT HERE, BUT IT
IS LESS HUMID THAN HOW IT HAS
BEEN. WE’RE OUT HERE IN
PLYMOUTH, VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE THE
ARTWORK. SO WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL
ARTWORK FROM THE SKY WITH
BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS, SUNSHINE AND
OF COURSE, ALL THE ART THAT IS
AROUND ME NOW, IF YOU ARE COMING
OUT HERE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE WEARING THE
SUNSCREEN, MAKING SURE YOU’RE
PROTECTING THAT SKIN FROM THE UV
RADIATION. BUT I WANT TO SHOW
YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING. WE DON’T
HAVE MUCH HAPPENING WHEN IT
COMES TO ANY RAIN ANYWHERE NEAR
US. THAT WILL BE CHANGING ON
SATURDAY. THIS IS WHAT WE’RE
SEEING WITH THE CURRENT
TEMPERATURES. IT IS 79 AT METRO
AIRPORT, 77 CITY AIRPORT, 78IN
LAPEER, 75IN PORT HURON. LOOK AT
THAT, 80 RIGHT NOW IN ADRIAN AND
THE VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING
THAT THERE IS A FEW CLOUDS OUT
THERE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND SOME
PARTS OF THE REGION. BUT WE ARE
NOT SEEING ANY RAIN ACROSS THE
AREA. SO TONIGHT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT IT.
SIX 41ST PITCH FOR THE TORONTO
BLUE JAYS VERSUS THE TIGERS.
IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE UPPER
70S AROUND THE START OF THE GAME
. AND THEN EVENTUALLY AROUND
9:00, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE
TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN TO
THE LOWER 70S. IT’S GOING TO BE
COOL, COMFORTABLE OUT THERE. AND
AGAIN, DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE RAIN. YOU JUST GOT TO WORRY
ABOUT THE SUNSHINE AND LATHER
UP. SO COMING UP, WE’RE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, OF
COURSE, WITH YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST AND ALSO KNOW A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
OUT HERE WITH PLYMOUTH. ARE IN
THE PARK. WE ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING TO SOME OF THE ARTISTS
OUT HERE ON WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH
A SPECIAL EVENT AND A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE OUT HERE,
DEVIN.
>> GREAT. PERFECT DAY FOR IT.
ALL RIGHT, RON, BACK TO YOU
SOON. NOW THE STORY OF A FAMILY
THAT SUFFERED A DEVASTATING LOSS
BUT STILL FOUND A WAY TO PAY IT
FORWARD. THEY DID IT THROUGH
ORGAN DONATION, THE DEATH OF
THEIR SON HAS NOW LED TO
MIRACLES FOR SEVERAL OTHER
FAMILIES. FAMILY ACTUALLY
REACHED OUT TO OUR PAULA TUTMAN
TO SHARE THEIR STORY, HOPING TO
INSPIRE OTHERS TO FOLLOW SUIT
PAULA.
>> DEVIN, I LOVE THAT YOU SAID
THAT MIRACLES IS ABSOLUTELY THE
RIGHT WORD. THE FAMILY
ORIGINALLY GOT TRANSPORTED TO
PORT HURON, A MCLAREN, I SHOULD
SAY MCLAREN PORT HURON. ASHTON
HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO
CHILDREN’S. THE FAMILY JUST
WANTS TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE
THEY SAID THAT STAFF WAS SO
AMAZING, SO EMPATHETIC AND MANY
OF THEM WERE EVEN VERY EMOTIONAL
DURING ASHTON’S HONOR WALK AS
TEN YEAR OLD ASHTON WHITFIELD’S
GURNEY LED THE HONOR WALK TO
HARVEST HIS ORGANS, THIS CLOUD
FORMATION APPEARED ABOVE THE
HOSPITAL. HIS AUNT SNAPPED A
PICTURE AND HANDED IT TO HER
SISTER. AS SHE SAID, A FINAL
GOODBYE TO HER PRECIOUS LITTLE
BOY. AND IN THAT MOMENT, THERE
WAS NO DOUBT FOR HIS PARENTS,
THEY HAD MADE THE RIGHT DECISION
TO DONATE HIS ORGANS.
>> YOU CAN’T PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS. YOU CAN’T
YOU CAN’T PREPARE YOURSELF FOR
MOMENTS LIKE THIS. TUESDAY, JUNE
27TH.
>> ASHLEY AND HER FOUR CHILDREN
GOT STUCK IN CONSTRUCTION ON
I-94 NEAR FRED MOORE HIGHWAY.
>> I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK IN
MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAY, WHY
IS HE NOT SLOWING DOWN?
>> OR THE DRIVER WHO PLOWED INTO
ASHLEY’S CAR WAS KILLED. SHE AND
THREE OF HER CHILDREN WERE BADLY
INJURED. BUT TEN YEAR OLD
ASHTON’S INJURIES WERE
INCREDIBLY SEVERE, BLEEDING
PROFUSELY OUT OF HIS MOUTH. FOUR
DAYS LATER, DOCTORS TOLD ASHLEY
AND HER HUSBAND, MILTON, THERE
WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO
SAVE ASHTON.
>> HE WANTED SO BADLY TO BE A
MARINE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE
THE BEST WAY TO FULFILL HIS
DREAM OF SAVING LIVES.
>> AND ASHTON’S CASE, HE WAS
ABLE TO DONATE HEART VALVES, HIS
LIVER AND KIDNEYS. IN ADDITION
TO THAT, THAT THROUGH TISSUE
DONATION AN YOU CAN HEAL UP TO
75 TO AS MANY AS 125 DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
>> IT DID GIVE A LOT OF PEACE
JUST BECAUSE AS HE’S ABLE TO
SAVE LIVES LIKE HE WANTED TO,
IT’S STILL HARD IN COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
>> IT’S PARTICULARLY POIGNANT
BECAUSE OUT OF THOSE 2400 ON THE
WAITING LIST, A DISPROPORTIONATE
AMOUNT ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
IT’S GENDER, ETHNICITY, WAGE
RATE, ANTIGENS, ALL OF THESE
THINGS THAT BLOOD TYPE. THERE
ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO
INTO MAKING A GREAT MATCH.
>> THERE IS A SMALL CORNER OF
ASHLEY IN MILTON’S HEARTS THAT
ACHE JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS.
>> HE CAME HOME WITH STRAIGHT
A’S. HE MADE CAPTAIN OF THE
SAFETY PATROL, WHICH IS VERY
PROUD OF ANYTHING THAT HE PUT
HIS MIND TO. HE WOULD STUDY IT
AND HE WOULD PRACTICE IT. AND HE
WOULD JUST KEEP KEEP TRYING
UNTIL HE ACHIEVED IT. HE WAS
ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP SOMEBODY
.
>> YEAH. AND HE DID. HE HELPED A
LOT OF PEOPLE. I WANT TO GO BACK
TO THAT ETHNICITY PIECE. IT IS
KEY BECAUSE AS MANY MATCHES AS
YOU HAVE AS POSSIBLE, THE MORE
LIKELY YOU ARE TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL DONATION. AND SO IF
MORE MINORITIES ACTUALLY WERE
DONORS, MORE MINORITIES WOULD
ACTUALLY GET THAT KIND OF HELP.
BY THE WAY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO
REACH OUT, SHOW SOME LOVE OR
SUPPORT TO THIS FAMILY. THE PORT
HURON CHAPTER OF THE NAACP IS
TAKING COMMUNICATIONS FOR THEM.
AND I JUST GOT EMOTIONAL JUST
NOW. BACK TO YOU.
>> DEB, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO,
ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO’VE HAD
THIS EXPERIENCE OF TRYING TO
OVERCOME HEARTBREAK BY FINDING A