LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. NEW AT FIVE HE HID INSIDE WHILE HIS EX
GIRLFRIEND’S BODY WAS IN HIS CAR
WAS JUST SITTING ON THE PORCH
RIGHT THERE CAME OUT AND HEARD
TWO BIG, LOUD POPS BARRICADED
SITUATION UNFOLDS IN WESTLAND. R
KELLY MAY NEVER BE OUTSIDE
PRISON WALLS AGAIN AS HE GETS A
LONG SENTENCE FOR SEX
TRAFFICKING. ANOTHER LAWSUIT
FILED AGAINST OXFORD COMMUNITY
SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THIS TIME
SOMETHING ELSE PARENTS OF THE
VICTIMS FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST
THIS GUN STORE. WHY COMING UP,
AND IT’S A MURDER STREAMED
ONLINE FOR ALL TO SEE. AN
ARGUMENT ON FACEBOOK LIVE GOES
FROM HEATED TO DEADLY AND WE
BEGIN IN YPSILANTI, WHERE THAT
DEADLY SHOOTING CAPTURED ON
FACEBOOK LIVE HAS LEFT THE
COMMUNITY STUNNED. THE VICTIM
HAD BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A LOCAL
CELEBRITY. BECAUSE OF THOSE LIVE
FEEDS YESTERDAY THAT ALL CAME TO
AN ABRUPT AND TRAGIC AND
SHAWN LEY LIVE WITH THIS STORY
TONIGHT WITH MORE ON WHAT
ESCALATED ALL THE SEAN LET’S
TALK ABOUT THAT ESCALATION.
DE’VEON TERRELL SMITH WAS ON HIS
FACEBOOK LIVE TALKING TO THE
CAMERA. HE WAS IN A HEATED
EXCHANGE WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS
MAKING COMMENTS AS HE WAS GOING
LIVE. MINUTES LATER, SOMEONE
DROVE RIGHT UP TO HIS HOUSE IN
YPSILANTI. MORE THAN 30. SHOTS
WERE FIRED. FACEBOOK FLOODED WAS
SADNESS, HEARTACHE AND TRIBUTES
TODAY FOR THIS MAN, TERRELL
SMITH OF YPSILANTI, A LOCAL
FACEBOOK CELEBRITY. SMITH WAS
ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS BRUTALLY
HONEST FACEBOOK LIVE APPEARANCES
CALLED RAILS CORNER. TUESDAY
SMITH TOOK THE FACEBOOK LIVE FOR
ANOTHER EDITION AT FIRST
EXPRESSING HIS LOYALTY TO
YPSILANTI. BECAUSE Y’ALL MOVED
THAT Y’ALL Y’ALL BETTER THAN
HIPS AND GOT WAY BETTER THAN IF
SHE OUR PRODUCT FC, EXCHANGING
WORDS WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS
COMMENTING ON HIS FACEBOOK WIDE.
AND MAKING THREATS ON FACEBOOK.
I’M WRITING AROUND WITH 60
SHOTS. I DON’T WRITE WRONG WITH
HONEY SHOTS, BRO. THOUSANDS WERE
WATCHING AND WERE HORRIFIED BY
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. SMITH SEES A
CAR APPROACH AND SEES SOMEONE
GET OUT. OKAY WE GOT ACTION. WE
GOT ACTUALLY IN. SMITH WAS SHOT
AND KILLED. THE SHOOTING IS NOT
SEEN ON CAMERA, BUT WE WILL WARN
YOU, JUST THE SOUND OF THE GUN.
VIOLENCE IS DISTURBING ENOUGH.
WE WILL ONLY PLAY A MOMENT OF
THE 30 RAPID FIRE SHOTS. A
NEIGHBOR CAN BE HEARD
FRANTICALLY CALLING 911 SHOT THE
HORRIFYING VIDEO SEEN 37,000
TIMES BEFORE FACEBOOK WAS
ALERTED AND TOOK IT DOWN. AND
TONIGHT, FACEBOOK SAYS WHEN
AWFUL THINGS LIKE THIS OCCUR ON
FACEBOOK LIVE. THEY DO TRY TO
TAKE IT OFF FACEBOOK AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN THAT VIDEO IS
NO LONGER SEEN ON FACEBOOK, THE
PERSON FIRING THOSE SHOTS STILL
OUT THERE. TONIGHT, KIMBERLY
DE’VEON. BOY SO WHERE DOES THIS
INVESTIGATION STAND NOW, SEAN?
OKAY. SEE SUSPECT NOT IN CUSTODY
, AS AS OF YET THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS
INVESTIGATING, AND THEY ARE
WORKING WITH THAT VIDEO TO TRY
TO MAKE THE CONNECTION OF WHO
SHOT MR SMITH. WE WILL STAY ON
IT. ALL RIGHT, SEAN. WELL, IT IS
SENTENCING DAY FOR R. KELLY. THE
R AND B SINGER WAS SENTENCED
TODAY TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON. IT
FOLLOWS HIS CONVICTION LAST YEAR
ON FEDERAL RACKETEERING AND SEX
TRAFFICKING CHARGES STEMMING
FROM HIS EFFORTS OVER YEARS TO
USE HIS FAME TO ENSNARE VICTIMS
HE’S SEXUALLY ABUSED. KELLY IS
EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN TO CHICAGO,
WHERE HE FACES A FEDERAL CHILD
FEDERAL TRIAL RATHER FOR CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY. AND OBSTRUCTION
CHARGES. OUR OTHER TOP STORY AT
THIS HOUR AFTER A TENSE NIGHT,
WESTLAND POLICE ARRESTED A MAN
WHO BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A HOME
AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING. IT
HAPPENED AT THE OLD ORCHARD
MOBILE HOME PARK RIGHT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF GLENWOOD AND
WAYNE. ROADS ARE VICTOR WILLIAMS
WAS THERE TODAY AND NEIGHBORS
WERE LEFT IN SHOCK OVER WHAT
HAPPENED. WELL, NEIGHBORS SAY
THEY WOULD HEAR THIS COUPLE
ARGUING FROM TIME TO TIME BUT
HAD NO IDEA THAT SOMETHING LIKE
THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE RIGHT IN
THIS VERY TRAILER BOYFRIEND SHOT
HER. SHE WAS JUST LAYING AND
PLAYING IN THE CAR. THEY WERE
HERE BARRICADED GUNMAN SITUATION
COMES TO A PEACEFUL END AFTER 41
YEAR OLD TABATHA CORNWALL WAS
ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY HER EX
BOYFRIEND AS SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE
ON GLENWOOD ROAD. BILL NEVILLE
IS THE MANAGER AT THE OLD
ORCHARD MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE
THE STANDOFF TOOK PLACE ON MY ON
MY DOG WAS THE POLICE STATE THAT
THERE WAS A SHOOTING AND WALKED
ME ON MY APARTMENT. CERTAINLY
INTO THE ROAD. YOU KNOW WHY NOT
SUV PARKED IN THE ROAD? I SAID,
DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? AND I
SAID, WELL, SHE LIVES IN THAT
TRAILER. THERE WAS ALMOST TOO
MUCH FOR TABITHA’S MOTHER, DIANE
TO BEAR MY DAUGHTER. MY BABY
GIRL WAS CHECKED OVER. WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT SHE WOULD GIVE ANYBODY
A SHIRT OFF HER BACK. SHE WOULD
DO ANYTHING SHE COULD FOR
ANYBODY. JOSHUA CLARK SAW THE
MAN RUNNING BACK INSIDE AFTER
ALLEGEDLY FIRING THE FATAL SHOTS
THAT KILLED TABATHA. I WAS JUST
SITTING ON THE PORCH RIGHT THERE
CAME OUT AND HEARD TWO BIG LOUD
POPS. THE GUY RUNNING ACROSS THE
STREET RUN DOWN THE ALLEY HERE,
HE SAYS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS A BIG
SURPRISE TO EVERYONE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. INCLUDING HIS WIFE
, GABRIELLE, WHO’S THE ACCUSED
SHOOTER’S COWORKER. IT’S REALLY
CRAZY BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU KNOW
SOMEBODY. MY HUSBAND WOKE UP IN
THE MORNING AND WOKE ME UP AND
SAID THAT WE HAD SNIPERS OUTSIDE
OF ALL OF OUR BEDROOM WINDOWS
AND IT WAS JUST A LOT OF CHAOS.
THINK I GOT TWO HOURS OF SLEEP,
BUT I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR THE
FAMILY. SO PERSON OF THE FAMILY.
AND I’M TOLD THAT TABITHA LEAVES
BEHIND TWO DAUGHTERS AND THEIR
MID TWENTIES, SO THIS IS JUST
HORRIBLE FOR THEM AS WELL AS FAR
AS THE SHOOTER. ONCE AGAIN, HE
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT
INCIDENT. WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED
ON HIS POTENTIAL CHARGES. VICTOR
WILLIAMS, HORRIBLE INDEED. OKAY
VICTOR. THANK YOU. WELL, THERE’S
A NEW LAWSUIT FILED IN THE
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTING AND THIS
ONE IS DIFFERENT ALL BECAUSE OF
WHO’S INVOLVED IN IT. THE
PARENTS OF A STUDENT WHO WAS
SHOT SUING THE DISTRICT AND THE
GUN SHOP THAT SOLD THE GUN
GRANT HERMES LIVE TONIGHT AND
YOU WENT TO THE GUN SHOP TODAY,
GRANT. EVAN KIMBERLY, WE DID GO
TO THE GROUND TRAP. TODAY YOU’LL
SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY TO US
HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. NOW BY
OUR COUNT. THIS IS THE SEVENTH
LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THE
DISTRICT BUT THE FIRST ONE FILED
AGAINST THE GUN SHOP. THEY’RE
MAKING SEVERAL ALLEGATIONS HERE
. THESE PARENTS OF ONE OF THE
VICTIMS, BUT AT ISSUE HERE
REALLY IS. DID THE GUN SHOP KNOW
THAT JAMES CRUMBLEY WAS BUYING
THAT GUN TO GIVE TO HIS SON WHO
WAS NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE
IT. INSIDE THE NEWEST LAWSUIT,
MATTHEW AND MARY MUELLER, WHOSE
SON WAS SHOT IN THE HAND AND
FACE WHILE TRYING TO SHIELD
HIMSELF FROM GUNFIRE, SUING THE
OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
, ALLEGING THE DISTRICT IGNORED
CLEAR SIGNALS OF IMPENDING GUN
VIOLENCE FROM THE ACCUSED
SHOOTER. THEIR ARGUMENTS SIMILAR
TO OTHER SUITS ALREADY IN COURT
, BUT THIS LAWSUIT ALSO NAMES
THE GUN SHOP WHERE JAMES
CRUMBLEY, PURCHASED THE GUN THE
SHOOTER IS ACCUSED OF USING TO
TAKE FOUR LIVES AND INJURED MORE
THAN A DOZEN OTHERS. THE
MUELLERS, ALONG WITH THE BRADY
CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE,
ARE ACCUSING ACME SHOOTING GOODS
OF ENGAGING IN A STRAW PURCHASE.
WHEN SOMEONE BUYS A GUN WITH THE
INTENT TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO
LEGALLY CANNOT HAVE WON THE
LAWSUIT STATING EXPLICITLY ACME
NEGLIGENTLY AND OR UNLAWFULLY
SUPPLIED THE MINERS SHOOTER
DESPITE ACTUAL AND OR
CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE TO THE
FATHER WAS ENGAGING IN AN
ILLICIT STRAW PURCHASE. IN A
STATEMENT TODAY, THE PARENTS
SAYING WHILE WE LIVE WITH THE
HORROR OF THAT DAY FOREVER HE
WILL LIVE WITH THE PHYSICAL PAIN
AND TRAUMA OF BEING SHOT FOR THE
REST OF HIS LIFE. THAT PAIN WAS
AVOIDABLE. TRIED TALKING TO THE
OWNER OF ACNE TODAY, BUT WE WERE
IMMEDIATELY TOLD TO LEAVE YOU
DOING BUT NO COMMENT. IF YOU
LEAVE A COMMENT NOTHING ABOUT
THE LAWSUIT. OKAY, WE’LL LEAVE.
THANK YOU. FILLING ME WE DID
REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT FOR
COMMENT, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO
GET ONE BACK. THE MILLERS ARE
MAKING ALLEGATIONS OF NEGLIGENCE
, NEGLIGENT ENTRUSTMENT AND
PUBLIC NUISANCE AGAINST THE ACT
BEGUN SUPPLY STORE THERE THEY
ARE DEVIN SCILLIAN ASKING FOR A
JURY TRI IN THIS CASE. BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, GRANT. JUSTICE
STEPHEN BREYER WILL OFFICIALLY
RETIRED FROM THE U. S SUPREME
COURT TOMORROW AND A LETTER TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY, BREYER
WROTE HE WILL OFFICIALLY RETIRE
AT NOON TOMORROW. THE 83 YEAR
OLD JUSTICE APPOINTED IN 1994
ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT BACK IN
JANUARY. BRIAR, ONE OF THREE
LIBERAL JUSTICES ON THE COURT,
IS SET TO BE REPLACED BY JUDGE
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON SHE WAS
CONFIRMED AS THE NEXT ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT BY THE SENATE IN
APRIL. JACKSON WILL BE SWORN IN
SOON AFTER BREYER OFFICIALLY
STEPS DOWN. NOW TO FALL OUT FROM
THE BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY IN THE
JANUARY 6TH HEARING OF YESTERDAY
AS WE TOOK A LOOK AT LIVE
PICTURES NOW FROM THE U. S.
CAPITOL FORMER TRUMP STAFFERS
ARE BACKING UP CASSIDY
HUTCHINSON’S CLAIMS. MEANTIME
OTHERS DISPUTE THE STORY OF THE
PRESIDENT LUNGING AT A SECRET
SERVICE AGENT BRIDGE. JACKSON
WITH MORE FROM WASHINGTON, BRI
JANUARY. 6TH COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HOPE HEARING THAT STUNNING
TESTIMONY FROM A FORMER WHITE
HOUSE AIDE ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO
TESTIFY. BUT WE ARE ALSO HEARING
DENIALS AND PUSH BACK AGAINST
SOME OF THAT WITNESS’S
STATEMENT. I REMEMBER AFTER AN
EXPLOSIVE DAY OF TESTIMONY FROM
CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, A FORMER
WHITE HOUSE AIDE WHO LAID OUT
CHAOTIC SCENES OF AN ANGRY AND
VIOLENT PRESIDENT TRUMP ON
JANUARY 6TH. THERE IS A STRONG
REACTION FROM LAWMAKERS WHO WERE
INSIDE THE CAPITOL THAT DAY.
YESTERDAY’S TESTIMONY WAS
ANOTHER GUT PUNCH. UM TO EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF US WHO WAS ON THAT
BALCONY FACEDOWN ONE TIME BOSS,
REPUBLICAN WHIP STEVE SCALISE
DOWNPLAYED THE HEARING AS A
PARTISAN WITCH HUNT ONE MORE DAY
OF SALACIOUS HEADLINES. AND
ALREADY TODAY WE’RE SEEING
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SAYING
THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. WHAT WAS
TESTIFIED TO IN COMMITTEE
YESTERDAY DIDN’T EVEN HAPPEN.
SECRET SERVICE IS DISPUTING.
HUTCHINSON’S TESTIMONY. THAT
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAME
PHYSICAL WITH AN AGENT AND TRIED
TO GRAB THE WHEEL OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL SUV. AFTER HIS
JANUARY 6TH SPEECH, THE AGENT
AND DRIVER OFFERING TO TESTIFY
UNDER OATH IF NEEDED, THE
PRESIDENT SAID SOMETHING TO THE
EFFECT OF I’M THE ACTING
PRESIDENT TAKE ME UP TO THE
CAPITAL NOW, BUT EVEN SOME
FORMER TRUMP LOYALIST FOUND HER
TESTIMONY DAMAGING TO HIS
CREDIBILITY WHEN SHE TESTIFIED
THAT HE KNEW THAT THERE WERE
GUNS ON PROPERTY, AND HE’S STILL
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO DOWN TO
THE CAPITAL. THAT’S CERTAINLY
CHANGES MY MIND. THE JANUARY 6TH
PANEL IS NOW URGING OTHERS TO
TESTIFY. REPUBLICAN LIZ CHENEY
GOING ON TWITTER TO SINGLE OUT
FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL
BOLOGNA COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO
ISSUING THIS WARNING. THE
COMMITTEE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY
FORM OF WITNESS TAMPERING OR
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND
WE’LL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS
SUPPORTERS EFFORTS. TO BLOCK THE
PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER TODAY
IS SPOKESPERSON FOR MARK MEADOWS
IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST
HUTCHINSON’S TESTIMONY THAT HE
WAS SEEKING A PRESIDENTIAL
PARDON, SAYING MEADOWS NEVER
SOUGHT THE PARDON AND NEVER
PLANNED TO IN WASHINGTON HOMBRE
JACKSON FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS. IT’LL
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK HERE NOW AND