BREAKING NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, DC. IN A HISTORIC MOVE, THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUST
VOTED TO STRIP SPEAKER KEVIN
MCCARTHY OF HIS GAVEL AFTER HE
FAILED TO STAVE OFF A REBELLION
FROM THE RIGHT WING OF HIS
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> SO THE FINAL VOTE WAS 2 TO
16 IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AND
210 AGAINST THE MOTION. EIGHT
REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH ALL
DEMOCRATS IN REMOVING MCCARTHY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN US
HISTORY THAT HOUSE LAWMAKERS
HAVE VOTED AND THEIR LEADER OUT
. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING
UP LATER IN THE NEWSCAST.
>> NOW LET’S GET TO THE
BREAKING NEWS FROM HERE AT
HOME. LIVE PICTURES FROM SKY4
RIGHT NOW OVER SOUTH GATE CREWS
RESPONDING TO A MAJOR FIRE.
THIS IS HAPPENING AT A SENIORS
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
>> THIS THIS IS AT THE MEADOWS
OF SOUTH GATE. IT’S ON ALLEN
ROAD. NOT TOO FAR FROM THE
INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA
.
>> LET’S GET RIGHT OUT TO MARA
MACDONALD, WHO JUST ARRIVED ON
THE SCENE HERE WITHIN THE LAST
30 MINUTES OR SO. IT’S A
MASSIVE FIRE. MARA, WHAT CAN
YOU TELL US?
>> DEVIN, THIS IS BAD. LET’S
JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW. NUMBER ONE, TAKE A LOOK
BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE
FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND POLICE
DEPARTMENTS AND EMS ARE ALL IN
THE MIDDLE OF ACTIVE
EVACUATIONS AT THIS POINT. I
JUST TALKED TO SOMEBODY FROM
SOUTH GATE PD. I ASKED, YOU
KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE
WAY OF INJURIES? WHAT DO WE
HAVE IN THE WAY OF FATALITIES,
IF THERE ARE ANY? THEY SAID AT
THIS POINT, THERE’S JUST NO WAY
TO TELL BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING
TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF HERE. AND
TRY AND DETERMINE WHO IS
ACCOUNTED FOR AND WHO IS NOT
ACCOUNTED FOR. TAKE A LOOK AT
THE VIDEO FROM SKY FOUR RIGHT
NOW. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
THE TOTALITY OF HOW SERIOUS
THIS IS. THIS STARTED OUT IN
ONE BUILDING. THE BUILDING
FURTHEST TO MY LEFT. BUT IT
RAPIDLY SPREAD THROUGH TWO OF
THE BUILDINGS WHICH I MEAN, IN
TALKING TO SOME OF THE
RESIDENTS OUT HERE, THEY THINK
THAT THEY HAVE LOST ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING. THERE IS A THIRD
BUILDING HERE AT SOUTH GATE
MEADOWS. SO FAR, IT IS
UNTOUCHED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS UP ON ITS LADDER. IT’S
POURING WATER ON THAT BUILDING
AS WELL AS THE SECOND BUILDING,
TRYING TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
THAT FIRE. BUT CLEARLY, ALL OF
THIS IS BEING HAMPERED BY THE
FACT THAT YOU’RE DEALING WITH
SENIORS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE
SERIOUS MOBILITY ISSUES. SO
YOU’VE SEEN FIREFIGHTERS, EMS,
POLICE TRYING TO HUSTLE OLDER
PEOPLE OUT OF HERE, YOU KNOW,
WHO CAN’T WALK. IT SLOWS DOWN
THE PROCESS. IT’S ONE OF THE
REASONS THEY REALLY HAVE NO
IDEA ABOUT INJURIES AT THIS
POINT. I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF
THE RESIDENTS WHO GOT OUT, WHO
WAS IN THERE WHEN THIS WHOLE
THING WENT DOWN, AND SHE
EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS
ESSENTIALLY PANDEMONIUM. TAKE A
LISTEN. TO ELEVATE THIS DOWN,
THE PEOPLE ARE THE FIREMAN’S
CAME IN THERE AND TOOK THE
PEOPLE US, THE DISABLED DOWN
THE STAIRS.
>> IT WAS GOOD DID GOOD.
>> DID THEY HAVE SMOKE ALARMS
GOING OFF IN THERE?
>> OH, YES, YES. PLENTY.
PLENTY. DID
>> DID EVERYBODY THINK IT WAS A
DRILL OR DID THEY? NO, NO.
>> WE KNEW IT WAS A FIRE. WE
KNEW IT WAS A FIRE. WHEN YOU
GOT OUT HERE, WHAT DID YOU SEE?
OH, IT WAS BURNING. IT WAS
BURNING. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY,
IMMEDIATELY BURNED. YEAH. WE
WALKED FROM THE BACK.
>> BACK HERE ALIVE. I WANT YOU
TO TAKE A WALK WITH ME. SO YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE
PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME? THEY SAY
THAT THIS FIRE STARTED IN THAT
BUILDING FURTHEST TO THE LEFT.
YOU SEE HOW FAR IT SPREAD
THROUGH TWO OF THE BUILDINGS AS
FAR AS WHAT CAUSED IT, WE’VE
GOT NOTHING OFFICIAL OUT OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE
BEEN TOLD THAT IT WAS ANOTHER
RESIDENT WHO WAS HAVING AN
ISSUE PUTTING OUT A CIGARET
THAT LIKELY CAUSED THIS WHOLE
THING. BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE’RE
WAITING ON OFFICIAL
CONFIRMATION FROM THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. I ASKED THE SOUTH
GATE PD WHEN I WAS HAD A BRIEF
MOMENT WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE RUNNING AROUND OUT HERE. I
SAID DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW
MANY AGENCIES ARE OUT HERE?
THEY SAID, TOO MANY TO COUNT. I
SAID, ANY IDEA ON THE ALARMS
AND THE FIRE? THEY SAID, WE
THINK THIS WAS CALLED OUT AS A
SEVEN ALARM FIRE. OKAY. WE’RE
LIVE IN SOUTH GATE RIGHT NOW.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> IT’S INCREDIBLE PICTURES.
AGAIN THIS MAJOR FIRE AT A
SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX IN
SOUTH GATE. MARA, WE’LL CHECK
BACK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
THIS NEWSCAST FOR MORE UPDATES
. BREAKING RIGHT NOW, AN EIGHT
YEAR OLD CHILD SHOT IN THE HEAD
ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
>> HE’S IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL
CONDITION, IS IN SURGERY AT AN
AREA HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
>> POLICE GOT THE CALL TO THE
HOME ON SNOWDEN STREET RIGHT
ABOUT NOON. BUT THEY SAY THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED 30 MINUTES
BEFORE ANYONE CALLED 911. CHIEF
WHITE, AS YOU SAW THERE, HAS A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE WHEN
THAT SHOT WAS FIRED.
>> WE BRING IN VICTOR WILLIAMS,
WHO’S LIVE AT THE SCENE. THAT
HOUSE WAS APPARENTLY ON POLICE
RADAR. VICTOR
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. DEVIN
AND KIMBERLY. AND THEY’RE
TRYING THEIR BEST TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF WHAT EXACTLY TOOK
PLACE. JUST MOMENTS AGO, WE DID
SEE THEM PULLING GUNS OUTSIDE
OF THIS HOME. WE DO KNOW THAT
THERE ARE EVIDENCE BAGS STILL
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT. LAST
WE’VE BEEN TOLD, THEY HAVE NOT
FOUND THE WEAPON THAT WAS USED.
BUT STILL, THIS IS JUST SUCH A
TRAGIC SITUATION. THAT’S
PLAYING OUT RIGHT HERE IN THIS
VERY COMMUNITY. WE IT SAID IT
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW,
AND THESE PARENTS NEED TO GET
MORE CONTROL OF THEIR
HOUSEHOLD. IT’S ANOTHER CASE OF
A SAD SITUATION ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE WITH YET ANOTHER
CHILD, THIS TIME AN EIGHT YEAR
OLD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY AN
UNSECURED WEAPON WHILE HE
WASN’T IN SCHOOL.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHERE HE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL AND
THIS WOULDN’T HAVE NEVER
HAPPENED. IT ALL HAPPENED
AROUND NOON ON SNOWDEN STREET.
>> DOZENS OF OFFICERS ON SCENE
, EVEN A K-9 OFFICER LOOKING
FOR THE WEAPON. AND CHIEF JAMES
WHITE, WHO IS FED UP WITH THE
FACT THAT THIS CONTINUES TO
HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> IT DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
WE DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER
YOUNG CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY
SHOT, AND WE SHOULD BE SICK AND
APPALLED BY IT AND JUST
ABSOLUTELY TIRED OF IT.
>> IN THIS CASE, IT’S FOUR
CHILDREN IN THE HOME BETWEEN
THE AGES OF ONE AND EIGHT,
WHILE FOUR ADULTS WERE ALSO
INSIDE SLEEPING WHEN THE SHOT
WAS FIRED. FOR SOME REASON, NO
ONE CALLED 911 FOR 30 WHOLE
MINUTES.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE WOULD
BE URGENTLY EITHER TAKING THE
CHILD TO THE HOSPITAL OR
CALLING 911. THERE’S THREE
CARS, TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY, ONE
IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, ALL SEEM
TO COME BACK TO THAT HOME. SO
WE’RE VERY CONCERNED WHY NO
ADULT TOOK THE CHILD TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES HAVE BEEN
HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, MOST
RECENTLY, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO,
NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY SAID
THEY’VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES,
YOU KNOW, AND NOTHING HAS
HAPPENED YET.
>> SO THAT’S A PROBLEM ITSELF.
IF AND YOU GUYS CAN’T SEE IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> BUT WE DID JUST SEE SOME
OFFICERS PULLING OUT WHAT
APPEARS TO BE TWO ASSAULT
RIFLES OUTSIDE OF THAT HOME,
ADDITIONAL WEAPONS AND THEN
PUTTING IT INSIDE OF THAT VAN.
WE DID HEAR CHIEF JAMES WHITE
SAY THAT THE PERSON THAT THEY
HAVE ID’D AT THIS HOME HAS SOME
TYPE OF HISTORY OF USING
ILLEGAL GUNS. SO THEY ARE, LIKE
WE SAID BEFORE, TRYING TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. BUT ONCE
AGAIN, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
ARE WITH THAT EIGHT YEAR OLD.
WE ARE TOLD THAT HE IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. AND
UNFORTUNATELY IS GOING TO HAVE
TO HAVE EMERGENCY SURGERY. SO
JUST LIKE WE SAID, JUST ANOTHER
HORRIBLE SITUATION PLAYING OUT
ON THE WEST SIDE. THAT DIDN’T
HAVE TO HAPPEN AT ALL. VICTOR
WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4 JUST
DREADFUL.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, YET
ANOTHER BIG STORY BREAKING
TONIGHT, THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT MAKES A HISTORIC RULING.
>> JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY
ARE GOING TO STAND TRIAL FOR
THEIR ALLEGED ROLES IN THE
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTING. IT
MAKES THEM THE FIRST PARENTS TO
FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION IN
CONNECTION TO WHAT THEIR CHILD
DID. JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS LIVE
ON THIS STORY. JACQUELINE, THEY
FOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME TO GET
THESE CHARGES THROWN OUT. AND
THIS IS THE OUTCOME WE HEAR
TODAY. THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THE CRUMBLEYS HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES
THROWN OUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME
NOW. THEY FIRST WENT TO THE
APPELLATE COURT, WHICH DID NOT
RULE IN THEIR FAVOR. THEN TO
THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT, WHO
JUST CAME OUT TODAY SAYING THEY
WILL NOT TAKE ON THE CASE. LONG
STORY SHORT, THE CRUMBLEYS ARE
HEADED FOR TRIAL WHILE THE
PARENTS OF THE OXFORD SCHOOL
SHOOTER ARE HEADED TO TRIAL.
JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ARE
CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN
CONNECTION WITH THE NOVEMBER
2021 SCHOOL SHOOTING. THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT SHUTTING
DOWN THEIR LAST DITCH EFFORT TO
HAVE THE CHARGES THROWN OUT.
LEGAL EXPERT NEIL ROCKIND SAYS
THE DECISION IS NOT A TESTAMENT
TO THE COUPLE’S GUILT OR
INNOCENCE.
>> THE SUPREME COURT IS REALLY
SAYING RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO WEIGH IN
ANYMORE. THE APPEALS COURT IN
MICHIGAN IS NOW GOING TO GOING
TO GOING TO STEP OUT OF THIS
AND IT’S NOW GOING TO LET A
JURY DECIDE THIS CASE. HE SAYS
A JURY COULD FIND THE COUPLE
NOT GUILTY AND IT’D BE THE END
OF THE CASE.
>> THIS IS A TWO NOVEL OF A
THEORY.
>> IT’S TOO UNUSUAL OR IF THE
PARENTS ARE FOUND GUILTY, THEY
COULD APPEAL THAT VERDICT TO
THE COURT OF APPEALS AND THE
SUPREME COURT.
>> IF THOSE CONVICTIONS WERE TO
WITHSTAND THE APPEAL PROCESS.
LEGAL EXPERTS SAY PRECEDENT
WILL BE SET, MAKING THEM THE
FIRST PARENTS IN AMERICA
CONVICTED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING
PERPETRATED BY THEIR CHILD.
>> THAT SENDS AN INCREDIBLE
PRECEDENT THAT PUTS EVERY
PARENT ON NOTICE. ANY ANYWHERE,
PARTICULARLY IN MICHIGAN. BUT
IT BEGINS TO THIS IS A SORT OF
CASE THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE USED
IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY OTHER
PROSECUTORS AND OTHER COURTS TO
SAY, LOOK, THEY DID IT IN
MICHIGAN. THEY PROSECUTED
PARENTS BASED ON A THEORY OF
GROSS NEGLIGENCE IN MICHIGAN,
AND THEY CONVICTED THE PARENTS
CASE. AND IF THEY HAVE FACTS
THAT ARE SIMILAR, THOSE CITE TO
THAT CASE. NOW THE BIG
QUESTION, WHEN WILL THIS TRIAL
BE?
>> OUR LEGAL EXPERTS ARE
GUESSING IT COULD BE AS SOON AS
JANUARY. BUT OF COURSE, WE ARE
WAITING STILL TO HEAR FROM THE
COURT ON THE OFFICIAL DATE THAT
WILL BE. REPORTING LIVE IN
DETROIT, JACQUELINE FRANCIS,
LOCAL 4.
>> JACQUELINE, THANK YOU. WELL,
THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ANY
INJURIES, BUT IT LEFT A WHOLE
LOT OF DAMAGE TO CLEAN UP. AND
TODAY, NEIGHBORS ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE DID JUST THAT. AFTER
YESTERDAY’S NATURAL GAS
EXPLOSION BLEW A HOME TO
PIECES. WILL JONES IS LIVE ON
6-6 STREET FOR US. WILL,
NEIGHBORS HAD CALLED D.T.E.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
>> YEAH. KIMBERLY STILL A LOT
OF FRUSTRATION IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORS BELIEVE
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
THIS AREA REMAINS BLOCKED OFF.
STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE
TO CLEAN THIS UP. CITY
OFFICIALS ARE HOPING THIS GETS
CLEANED UP AND UNDER TWO WEEKS.
DEBRIS REMAINS SCATTERED ABOUT
AT SUSSEX AND FLORENCE ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. FOLLOWING
THIS HOME EXPLOSION MONDAY
AFTERNOON. BUT CITY CREWS HAVE
MADE PROGRESS CLEARING SOME OF
THE DEBRIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE
WORST EXPLOSIONS THAT WE’VE
SEEN.
>> WE’VE NEVER I’VE NEVER SEEN
AN EXPLOSION WHERE DEBRIS HAS
WAS SHOT ACROSS THE STREET AND
OVER THE HOUSE, ACROSS THE
STREET.
>> THOSE AT SURROUNDING HOMES
THAT WERE DAMAGED TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
>> I SEE A CRACK IN MY LIVING
ROOM AND I THE WINDOWS ON ALL
THE WINDOWS ON THE FRONT WERE
BLOWN OUT.
>> NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HAD
SMELLED GAS FOR DAYS BEFORE
THIS EXPLOSION AND CONTACTED
D.T.E. SAYING THE INCIDENT WAS
A RESULT OF AT LEAST ONE OPEN
FUEL LINE ON RESIDENT OWNED
EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE HOME. SO
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM
HAPPENING AT YOUR HOME? DTE
TELLING LOCAL 4 ALL NATURAL GAS
APPLIANCES SHOULD BE INSTALLED
BY A PROFESSIONAL AND
CONNECTIONS CHECKED REGULARLY
FOR SAFETY. IF YOU SMELL OR
SUSPECT A GAS LEAK, LEAVE THE
AREA. CALL 911. THEN YOUR
NATURAL GAS PROVIDER ALSO MAKES
SURE YOUR NATURAL GAS METER IS
FREE OF ANY DEBRIS, INCLUDING
SNOW. SO IT’S ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE
FOR PERIODIC SAFETY INSPECTIONS
AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
>> I JUST THANK GOD THAT NONE
OF THE NEIGHBORS SERIOUSLY GOT
HURT.
>> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKED
BACK OVER THEIR CALL LOGS FOR
THE PAST 30 DAYS, AND CITY
OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE NO 911
CALLS REGARDING SUSPECTED GAS
LEAKS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT IF
YOU SMELL GAS, THINK THERE IS A
GAS LEAK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU SHOULD CALL 911. WE ARE
LIVE ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.