THREE AND CENTER IN SAINT CLAIR COUNTY. IT NOW HAS OWNERS PULLING THEIR HORSES FROM THEIR
STABLE. THE OWNERS OF THE
EQUESTRIAN CENTER ARE CHARGED
WITH CHILD AND CHILD
EXPLOITATION. GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT 11.
I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN.
>> I’M KIMBERLY GILL. SMITHS
CREEK EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS HOST
TO A NUMBER OF CHILDREN’S
PROGRAMS AND PARTIES. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS IS GETTING COMMUNITY
REACTION TONIGHT. EVER SINCE THE
NEWS BROKE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
COMING IN WITH TRAILERS AND
PULLING THEIR HORSES OUT OF
HERE.
>> THE TWO OWNERS OF THE
EQUESTRIAN FACILITY ARE BEHIND
BARS, ACCUSED OF PRODUCING CHILD
AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN
. IT’S NOT YOUR USUAL DAY AT
SMITH’S CREEK EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
>> ONE OF TWO STOP BY. I KNOW A
COUPLE OF GIRLS THAT GOT THEIR
HORSES OUT TODAY AND IT’S JUST
KIND OF CRAZY. JUST CRAZY. THE
TWO MEN WHO RUN THE FACILITY ARE
FACING CHILD AND EXPLOITATION
CHARGES.
>> TODD SAVAGE, AGE 47, AND HIS
HUSBAND, AUSTIN SAVAGE, AGED 29,
WERE CHARGED FRIDAY. IT COMES
AFTER A TIPSTER WENT TO
AUTHORITIES SAYING HE RECEIVED
CHILD FROM ONE OF THE MEN. COURT
DOCUMENTS SAY THE MEN USED THE
APP TELEGRAM TO SEND THE
EXPLICIT CONTENT. THE MEN ARE
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
AN EIGHT AND 12 YEAR OLD OVER
THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR. THE
DETAILS OF THE ASSAULTS ARE TOO
GRAPHIC TO SAY ON TV.
INVESTIGATORS SAY MANY OF THE
ACTS WERE FILMED AND SENT TO
OTHERS. AS KEVIN LINK, WHO RUNS
A COMMUNITY FACEBOOK PAGE, SAYS,
RUMORS HAD SURFACED IN THE PAST,
BUT NOTHING CAME OF IT. YEARS
AGO, THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS MADE
ABOUT STUFF OF THIS NATURE AND
THE PEOPLE THAT LEVIED THE
ALLEGATIONS WERE BASICALLY
OSTRACIZED AND TOLD THAT THEY
WERE LIARS AND THEY WERE KICKED
OUT OF THIS BARN. THE BARN IS
KNOWN TO HOST KIDS CAMPS AND
PARTIES. COMMUNITY MEMBERS TELL
US THE OWNERS WERE HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL FOUR-H
PROGRAM. THEY GOT LIKE 80 HORSES
OR 50 HORSES OUT HERE.
>> THAT’S A LOT OF HORSES. AND,
YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S A LOT OF
KIDS. SO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS
CHARGES THEY’RE FACING THAT HAS
A MINIMUM SENTENCE OF 30 YEARS
OR 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.
>> REPORTING LIVE, I’M
JACQUELINE FRANCIS. LOCAL 4.
>> OKAY, JACQUELINE, THANK YOU.
>> NEW AT 11, A SHOOTOUT ON THE
STREETS OF LIVONIA. AND AS YOU
CAN TELL, IT WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED
THIS AFTERNOON ON A RESIDENTIAL
STREET THAT HAS JUST FLABBERGAST
TO THE NEIGHBORS THERE. MARA
MCDONALD LIVE AT LIVONIA POLICE
HEADQUARTERS. ROUNDS AND ROUNDS
OF GUNFIRE HERE. MARA EASILY
MORE THAN A DOZEN.
>> DEVIN AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THIS HAPPENING SMACK DAB IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY. LIVONIA PD
THEY GOT OUT THERE FAST. BUT
YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THE VIDEO THAT
NEIGHBORS TOOK. LET ME SHOW YOU
BEFORE FOR THIS NEIGHBOR TURNED
HIS PHONE TO RECORD. HE’D
ALREADY HEARD THREE GUNSHOTS.
LISTEN CLOSELY. THEN ANOTHER
SHOT. IT’S ALL COMING FROM
ACROSS THE STREET. YOU SEE THAT
WHITE PICKUP TRUCK TRYING TO
BACK OUT? THERE’S A BLACK VW
RIGHT BEHIND IT, TRYING TO DO
THE SAME. NOW WATCH AS THE REAL
SHOOTING STARTS. YOU SEE THE ONE
MAN RUNNING AND SHOOTING.
NEIGHBORS SAY HE LIVES IN THE
HOME. HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IN
GREEN IS ALSO OUT WITH HIS
WEAPON, RAISED AS THE WHITE
TRUCK AND BLACK VW ATTEMPT TO
RUN. NEIGHBORS CAPTURING THE
MOMENT. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WHO
SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE TRIED TO
RUN AND FELL OUT OF THIS JEEP.
NEIGHBORS TELL US LIVONIA POLICE
WERE ON THE SCENE IN 90S AND
SPENT HOURS IN THE HOME WHERE
THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN CAME RUNNING
OUT OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE. THE
INITIAL STORY BEING TOLD IS THE
PEOPLE IN THE WHITE TRUCK AND
BLACK VW CAME TO THE HOME AS
PART OF AN ONGOING CHILD CUSTODY
DISPUTE. THE CHILD’S FATHER
LIVES IN THE HOME. THE MOTHER
AND HER FRIENDS WERE IN THE
VEHICLES WHICH ARRIVED AT THE
HOUSE. NEIGHBOR OTHERS, LIKE
CARLY MCMILLAN, CAME HOME JUST
AFTER THE SHOOTING, STOPPED.
>> AS WE WERE COMING HOME, WE
SAW A ONE OF THE TRUCKS AT THE
TOOLBOX ON THE CORNER,
SURROUNDED BY COPS. AND WE
THOUGHT, OKAY, MAYBE THAT WAS
WHAT IT WAS HAPPEN. AND THEN
WHEN WE CAME DOWN THE STREET, WE
SAW MORE, I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE
LIKE A HALF DOZEN COP CARS, K-9
UNITS, AND THEN JUST A WHOLE
BUNCH OF POLICE ACTIVITY AT A
LOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
>> ANOTHER NEIGHBOR FILLED HER
IN.
>> MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR. SHE
WAS, YOU KNOW, HAD TOLD ME THAT
THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT OUT. AND IT
KIND OF SEEMED VERY SURREAL
BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY NICE
NEIGHBORHOOD BACK BACK HERE
LIVE, LIVONIA POLICE TELLING US
TONIGHT THAT THEY HAVE GOT
MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN CUSTODY, THAT
THERE WILL BE CHARGES FILED
HERE.
>> EVERYBODY WHO TRIED TO TAKE
OFF RUNNING FROM THIS THING, THE
LIVONIA PD, THEY CAUGHT UP WITH
THEM. AND WHEN YOU SEE HOW MANY
SHOTS WERE FIRED THERE AND IT’S
AMAZING THAT NOBODY ENDED UP IN
THE HOSPITAL. WE’RE LIVE IN
LIVONIA TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> SO. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MARA.
WELL, LET’S GET A LOOK AT THE
WEATHER NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND. FOREWARN WEATHER TEAM
TRACKING CHANCES FOR SEVERE
WEATHER COMING. THAT’S RIGHT.
KIM ADAMS JOINS US WITH A LOOK
AT THE TIMETABLE FOR WHEN THINGS
COULD GET NASTY.
>> WELL, WE GET THROUGH A GOOD
PART OF THE DAY TOMORROW, IF NOT
ALL DAY DRY. IT IS SUNDAY THAT
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
PUT US UNDER A MARGINAL RISK TO
EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU CAN
SEE AT THE TOP THE SCALE GOES
FROM MARGINAL. ALL THE WAY UP TO
SEVERE WEATHER. WE’RE EXPECTING
IS SOUTH OF I 94 TO BE A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARMS LATER IN THE
DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. WE’VE GOT WIND
AND HAIL AS THE TWO PRIMARY
THREATS, WHICH IS WHAT WE SAW
LAST THURSDAY. FLOODING IS A
POSSIBILITY AS WELL, AND THEN A
LOW CHANCE FOR TORNADOES. BUT IT
WOULD BE WIND AND HAIL. AND THIS
IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF
METRO DETROIT, AS YOU CAN SEE,
WHAT’S SHADED IN GREEN IS SOUTH
OF I 94. NORTH OF THAT,
INCLUDING LIVINGSTON, OAKLAND
AND MACOMB COUNTIES IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THAT STORM THREAT.
LET’S TALK ABOUT RAIN CHANCES
OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS BECAUSE
WE DO NEED THE RAIN, ISOLATED
SHOWER POSSIBLE TOMORROW KEYWORD
THERE ISOLATED DON’T CANCEL YOUR
OUTDOOR PLANS FOR TOMORROW.
THEY’LL BE PLENTY OF DRY TIME
SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND TUESDAY
ARE THE DAYS THAT WE EXPECT
WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAIN. AND I
WILL TIME OUT THAT SHOWER FOR
YOU HOUR BY HOUR FOR SUNDAY.
COMING UP IN THE FORECAST. ALL
RIGHT. NOW TO AN UPDATE TO
BREAKING NEWS WE BROUGHT YOU AT
FIVE.
>> I-75 IS BACK OPEN AFTER IT
WAS SHUT DOWN FROM A CAR CRASH
AND TANKER TRUCK FIRE. BOTH
DIRECTIONS WERE SHUT DOWN AT MAC
DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE AFTER
A THREE CAR CRASH CAUSED THE CAB
OF A TANKER TO CATCH FIRE.
POLICE SAY A 27 YEAR OLD WAS
DRIVING NORTHBOUND WHEN HE LOST
CONTROL AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF
THAT SEMI, CAUSING THE AT FAULT
DRIVER TO FLIP ONTO ITS SIDE. A
TOTAL OF SEVEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE
HOSPITAL TONIGHT.
>> THREE OF THEM JUST HAVE MINOR
INJURIES. THE AT FAULT DRIVER
WAS CITED FOR CARELESS DRIVING
AND NO INSURANCE. POLICE ARE
STILL INVESTIGATING.
>> A STUNNING SCENE ALSO IN
DETROIT. A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL HURT
AFTER BEING HIT BY A STRAY
BULLET. THAT HAPPENED ABOUT 150
THIS AFTERNOON ON WABASH STREET
NEAR PURITAN AND LINWOOD ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. POLICE SAY
SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS OUTSIDE A
HOME. THE VICTIM WAS INSIDE WHEN
SHE WAS HIT. SHE IS IN SERIOUS
CONDITION IN THE HOSPITAL
TONIGHT. INVESTIGATORS STILL
LOOKING FOR THE SHOOTER.
>> PROSECUTORS SHARE NEW DETAILS
ON THE BEHAVIOR. THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTER HAS BEEN HAVING
IN JAIL. THEY TOLD THE JUDGE,
ETHAN ETHAN CRUMBLEY HAS BEEN
EXHIBITING DISTURBING BEHAVIOR
INSIDE THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL.
IT CAME DURING A MONTHLY HEARING
TO DECIDE IF THE 17 YEAR OLD
WILL STAY IN ADULT JAIL WHILE
WAITING TO BE SENTENCED AT LOCAL
4. PULLED A MEMORANDUM ON THE
MATTER, BUT IT DIDN’T LIST ANY
SPECIFIC MIX. RIGHT NOW, IT
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE ISSUE WILL
HAVE ANY IMPACT ON HIS CURRENT
STANDING. PROSECUTORS SAY
RESTRICTION IS ON HEALTH RELATED
INFORMATION. PREVENT THEM FROM
COMMENTING ANY FURTHER.
>> A MAN IS CHARGED AFTER POLICE
SAY HE STARTED A FIRE INSIDE A
DETROIT GAS STATION AND INJURING
A CLERK IN THE PROCESS HAPPENED
TUESDAY AT THE SUNOCO NEAR SEVEN
MILE AND EVERGREEN. PROSECUTORS
SAY SECURITY VIDEO SHOWS AND
HERE YOU’RE SEEING IT, JULIAN
MILLER DUMPING A GARBAGE CAN OF
GASOLINE AND LIGHTING IT ON FIRE
WITH A BLOWTORCH. MILLER WAS
ARRESTED THAT SAME DAY. THE
CLERK WAS HURT, BUT IT’S
EXPECTED HE’S GOING TO SURVIVE.
IT MILLER IS NOW CHARGED WITH A
NUMBER OF FELONIES.
>> THE STATE HOUSE PASSES A BILL
AIMED AT MAKING CONSTRUCTION
ZONES SAFER. THE BILL THAT WOULD
ALLOW STATE DEPARTMENTS TO
INSTALL CAMERAS IN CONSTRUCTION
ZONES. THE CAMERAS COULD
AUTOMATICALLY TRACK AND TICKET
ANYONE GOING TEN MILES PER HOUR
OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. DRIVERS
WOULD FIRST GET A WRITTEN
WARNING, A $150 TICKET FOR THE
SECOND OFFENSE AND $300 FOR THE
THIRD TIME WITHIN THREE YEARS.
THE LEGISLATION NOW HEADS TO THE
STATE SENATE. THE NEXT TIME YOU
VISIT HART PLAZA, YOU CAN STOP
BY THE STATUE OF DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR.
>> STATUE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ICON UNVEILED JUST TODAY
PORTRAYING DR. KING DELIVERING
HIS FAMOUS I HAVE A DREAM
SPEECH. PART OF THAT ICONIC
SPEECH WAS READ TODAY BY A CASS
TECH SOPHOMORE WHO WAS AMONG THE
MANY IN HART PLAZA TO WATCH. THE
BIG MOMENT BEFORE THE FAMOUS
SPEECH MADE ITS WAY INTO OUR
NATION’S CAPITOL. IT WAS READ
DURING DETROIT’S WALK OF
FREEDOM. REALLY GREAT DAY AT THE
STATUE UNVEILING MICHIGAN,
SECRETARY OF STATE JOCELYN
BENSON SPOKE ABOUT AN ISSUE
IMPORTANT TO DR. KING, AND THAT
WAS VOTING RIGHTS. BENSON SAYS
THE NEWLY INTRODUCED MICHIGAN
VOTING RIGHTS ACT WOULD GO A
LONG WAY TOWARD ENSURING
EVERYONE GETS TO TAKE PART IN
OUR ELECTIONS.
>> IT’S A LAW THAT WILL
REPLICATE THE FEDERAL
PROTECTIONS AND FORMERLY BAN
VOTER SUPPRESSION IN THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN AND ENSURE CITIZENS
HAVE A TOOL TO PROTECT AGAINST
INTIMIDATION AND SUPPRESSION AND
OTHER TACTICS THAT HAVE BEEN
LEVIED FAR TOO OFTEN FOR FAR TOO
LONG. AND TODAY IS ABOUT BOTH
HONORING OUR PAST AND THINKING
ABOUT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO IN
THE FUTURE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
VOTING RIGHTS HAVE BEEN
DETERIORATING.
>> SUPPORTERS OF THE ACT HOPE IT
WILL BE PASSED BY THE END OF
THIS YEAR. PEOPLE WILL HAVE A
CHANCE TO WEIGH IN THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER AS A SERIES OF FIELD