LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. DANGER ON THREE WHEELS DRIVER SPEEDS
AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC STOP IN
GREEKTOWN, INJURING POLICE
OFFICERS AND EVEN TAKING DOWN A
LIGHT POLE. THE DRIVER INITIALLY
STOPPED FOR POLICE AND SEEMED TO
BE COOPERATING AND THEN CAME THE
DANGEROUS DECISION TO HIT THE
GAS. SHAWN LEY LIVE IN GREEKTOWN
TO WALK US THROUGH SOME REAL
CHAOS, SEAN ALLOW ME TO WALK YOU
THROUGH. THIS GUY WAS ON A THREE
WHEELER, A SLINGSHOT COMING DOWN
HERE ON THE SIDEWALK TOWARDS
THOSE OFFICERS. SIDEWALK RIDING
ILLEGAL, DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS
FOR PEDESTRIANS. POLICE STOPPED
HIM RIGHT HERE. HE DID HAND OVER
HIS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION.
THEN HE MADE THE DECISION TO
BOLT THIS WAY, AND SOME OFFICERS
GOT HURT. SECURITY CAMERAS IN
GREEKTOWN, CAPTURING THE
INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
THAT IS A MAN TRYING TO SPEED
AWAY ON A THREE WHEELER FROM TO
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS. HE DOES
A 3 60 IN THE STREET, DRAGGING
ONE OFFICER. INJURY BOTH
OFFICERS WHAT HAPPENED OVER
THERE, HE DECIDED, MADE THE BAD
DECISION TO NOT COMPLY. HE
ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE AND
TO DRIVE AND FLEET AS THE
OFFICERS SCREEN FOR HIM TO NOT
TO MAKE THAT DECISION. STOP I’M
HERE AT THE CORNER OF MONROE IN
BOBBY, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE
DETROIT POLICE STOPPED THE MAN
ON THE THREE WHEELER. YOU CAN
SEE PEOPLE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT
BY THAT GUY. THERE’S NOT A LOT
OF ROOM TO OPERATE HERE AT ALL,
LET ALONE BE DRIVING THAT
VEHICLE ON THE STREET. THE
SECURITY CAMERA RIGHT THERE.
CAPTURED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? THE
GUY TAKES OFF RUNS OVER THIS
TRASH CAN AND THAT’S WHEN THOSE
OFFICERS GOT HURT, DRAGGING TWO
OFFICERS. AND SUBSEQUENTLY
CRASHING INTO A LIGHT POLE. UH
THOSE THINGS ARE THAT POWERFUL.
HE KNOCKED THE LIGHT BULB DOWN.
ABSOLUTELY BUT AGAIN, THE
ACTIONS WERE OF THIS DEFENDANT.
HE MADE THE DETERMINATION OF
FLEE FROM THAT STOP. HE MADE THE
DETERMINATION THAT RESULT IN TWO
OFFICERS BEING INJURED. WHY DID
HE TAKE OFF? WE DID SOME
CHECKING ON THIS GUY. HE DIDN’T
HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OR
ANYTHING, AND HE DID HAND OVER
HIS PAPERWORK BUT STILL MADE THE
DECISION TO TAKE OFF. HE WAS
LIKELY GOING TO GET A WARNING.
MAYBE A CITATION NOW WILL BE
LIKELY BE CHARGED WITH FELONIES
FOR FLEEING AND FOR HURTING.
THOSE OFFICERS. WE ARE LIVE IN
GREEKTOWN TONIGHT. RIGHT HERE.
MONROE AND BOBBY SHAWN LEY LOCAL
SOMEWHERE BACK THERE, BEHIND THE
WORLD’S LONGEST PEPSI TRUCK.
YEAH, ALRIGHT, SHAWN LEY. MORE
NEWS TODAY. THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS
INVESTIGATING THE HORRIFIC
MURDER OF A MAN WHILE HE WAS
BROADCASTING ON FACEBOOK LIVE
FRIENDS IDENTIFIED THE MAN AS
TERRELL SMITH, KNOWN FOR HIS
LIVE STREAMS, WHICH HE CALLED
RAILS CORNER. TUESDAY SOMEONE
COMMENTING DURING THE LIVE
BROADCAST THREATENED SMITH.
MINUTES LATER, A GUNMAN DROVE UP
IN MORE THAN A DOZEN SHOTS COULD
BE HEARD ON THE STREAM. SMITH
WAS KILLED. INVESTIGATORS SAY
THE SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN CAUGHT.
THEY’RE WORKING TO ANALYZE THE
VIDEO AS THEY INVESTIGATE.
FACEBOOK HAS SINCE TAKEN THE
DISTURBING RECORDING OFF ITS
PLATFORM. THE PARENTS OF ANOTHER
SURVIVOR OF THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING HAVE FILED A
FEDERAL LAWSUIT. THE NEW FILING
TARGETS THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL
LEADERS ON BEHALF OF MATTHEW AND
MARY MO MUELLER. THERE ARE 14
YEAR OLD SON WAS SHOT IN THE
HAND AND FACE DURING THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING LAST NOVEMBER. IT’S
ALSO THE FIRST SUIT TO NAME ACME
SHOOTING GOODS IN OXFORD
TOWNSHIP AS A DEFENDANT THAT IS
THE GUN STORE WHERE ETHAN
CRUMBLEY, REPORTEDLY ACCOMPANIED
HIS FATHER, JAMES. TO BUY THE
GUN POLICE SAY WAS USED IN THE
ATTACK HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT
SAYING, IN PART THAT THEIR SON
WILL LIVE WITH THE PHYSICAL PAIN
AND TRAUMA BEING SHOT FOR THE
REST OF HIS LIFE. THAT PAIN WAS
AVOIDABLE. WE ARE BRINGING THIS
SUIT SO THAT THE FAILURES BOTH
IN THE SALE OF THIS GUN AND AT
OUR SCHOOL, WHICH ALLOWED THIS
TO HAPPEN CAN NEVER HAPPEN
AGAIN. IN THE DAYS AFTER THE
OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE,
AND WITH ABORTION, STILL LEGAL
IN MICHIGAN, CLINICS HERE HAVE
SEEN A SPIKE IN CALLS FOR
REQUESTS FOR APPOINTMENTS. IT
COMES AS PROVIDERS ARE ANXIOUSLY
WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE STATE
SUPREME COURT DESIGN DECIDES
ABOUT MICHIGAN’S 91 YEAR OLD
ABORTION BAN. GRANT HERMES JOINS
US LIVE NOW AND GRANT YOU SPOKE
WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD TODAY.
UM WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT
THIS INCREASING CAUSE THEY’RE
RECEIVING KIMBERLY. THEY SAY
THEY’RE FIELDING MANY MORE CALLS
THAN NORMAL AND TAKING IN
PATIENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WHOSE HOME STATES MAY HAVE HAD
THESE BANDS ON THE BOOKS WAITING
FOR THAT LANDMARK RULING LAST
WEEK, BUT THEY’VE ALSO BEEN
PLANNING FOR THIS SURGE, EVEN AS
MICHIGAN’S ABORTION BANS STILL
HANGS IN THE BALANCE. AH WE HAVE
SEEN A 50% INCREASE IN REQUESTS
FOR ABORTION APPOINTMENTS
COMPARED TO THE WEEKEND BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. WE
HAVE SEEN PATIENTS COMING FROM,
UH, OHIO WAS CONTENT EVEN AS FAR
AS OKLAHOMA WELL PLANNED PARENT
WHO DIDN’T HAVE ANY OFFICIAL
BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE INCREASE
IN CALLS WERE COMING FROM.
SPECIFICALLY THEY POINT TO A FEW
DIFFERENT REASONS. RESTRICTIONS
IN NEIGHBORING STATES EITHER IN
EFFECT, OR ALL BUT CERTAIN
PUSHING WOMEN TO SEEK
APPOINTMENTS IN MICHIGAN
CERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE FUTURE
OF ABORTIONS IN MICHIGAN,
PUSHING SOME TO BOOK
APPOINTMENTS SOONER THAN THEY
WERE PLANNING. AND WHAT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IS CALLING SCARE
TACTICS FROM CONSERVATIVE
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AROUND THE
STATE WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN BEGIN
PROSECUTING WOMEN AND DOCTORS,
EVEN THOUGH THE COURTS HOLD ON
THE LAW IS IN PLACE. ALL OF IT,
PUTTING A STRAIN ON CLINIC STAFF
WHO ARE WORKING TODAY WITHOUT
KNOWING IF THEY’LL BE ABLE TO
KEEP WORKING TOMORROW WE HAVE
INCREASED OUR CAPACITY BY HIRING
ADDITIONAL STAFF. UH YOU
EVALUATING SOME POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES TO TRY TO MAKE ACCESS
TO CARE AS AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE
. WE ALSO HIRED ABORTION,
PATIENT NAVIGATORS. THESE PEOPLE
ARE HELPING PATIENTS TO CONNECT
WITH RESOURCES FOR TRAVEL ANY
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT THEY
MAY QUALIFY FOR AND JUST
FIGURING OUT WHERE THEY CAN MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT. PROVIDERS ARE
ALSO CONCERNED IF THAT 1931
ABORTION BAN HERE IN MICHIGAN,
IS UPHELD THAT IT MIGHT CREATE
WHAT’S KNOWN AS AN ABORTION
DESERT. THE CLOSEST PLACE AND I
LOOK TODAY, KIMBERLY THAT YOU
CAN GET AN ABORTION IF SOMEBODY
KNEW NEEDED ONE. IN ILLINOIS.
MORE THAN FIVE HOURS AWAY AND
250 MILES AWAY, CERTAINLY NOT
CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ABORTION
SERVICES BACK TO YOU WERE ALL
WAITING FOR THE STATE SUPREME
COURT TO RULE ON THIS. SO WHAT’S
THE LATEST ON THEIR DECISION?
IT’S STILL A WAITING GAME RIGHT
NOW. LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR DID
FILE THAT MOTION ASKING FOR ORAL
ARGUMENTS TO BE HEARD
IMMEDIATELY ASKING FOR AN
IMMEDIATE RULING. SO FAR,
NOTHING FROM THE COURT. SHE
WANTS THAT BY JULY 8TH, SO WE’LL
WAIT AND SEE. THAT WE WILL.
OKAY. GRANT HERMES WOULD
APPRECIATE IT TONIGHT. A LOT OF
US WOKE UP TO SOME RAIN TODAY,
BUT THEN TURNED DRY AND SUNNY
AND NOW TEMPERATURES ON THEIR
WAY UP. LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL
SHOT, NOT A BAD DAY AT ALL.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH PAUL FOR A
LOOK AT THE WEATHER HIGH POP
TURNED OUT PRETTY NICE. I MEAN,
WE NEED THE RAIN, BUT THEN THIS
IS ALSO SUMMERTIME AND PEOPLE
ARE OUT DOING YARD WORK. I’LL
BIKING, GOLFING KIDS ARE AT CAMP
AND YOU DON’T WANT THE RAIN FOR
THAT. BUT IN ANY EVENT RIGHT
NOW, LOTS OF MASON AND BLUE SKY
OVER THE STADIUM THERE IN AN
EVER MY WIFE. THE SPARTAN LIKES
THROUGH HAVING ME REMIND YOU
THAT IT’S A GREENFIELD SO MASON
BLUE SKY AND THE GREEN FIELD
OVER THERE AT MICHIGAN STADIUM
TEMPERATURE 81 IN DETROIT 80 AND
ANN ARBOR 76. LAPIERRE 77 OVER
IN MONROE, WITH VERY LIGHT WIND
OUT THERE AND TEMPERATURES ARE
GOING TO BE FALLING THROUGH THE
SEVENTIES DURING THE EVENING
HOURS INTO THE UPPER SIXTIES. BY
MIDNIGHT TEMPERATURES. LOOK AT
THIS. WE’RE GOING TO SPIKE UP TO
90 TOMORROW, MAYBE NEAR 90 ON
FRIDAY FOR SOME OF US, BUT LOOK
AT THIS. WE’RE STAYING VERY WARM
OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. BUT
THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE
WEATHER COOPERATE FOR THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND? WE’LL TALK
ABOUT THAT PART OF THE FORECAST
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. DAYS GO
CIRCLE. TELL US ABOUT THE APP
FORGOT TO TELL YOU. WE WERE
SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
APP AND I WAS SO FOCUSED ON THAT
HOLIDAY WEEK HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
YOU WANT TO CHECK TEMPERATURES,
AND ON MONDAY YOU MIGHT NEED TO
ACTUALLY CHECK THE REAL TIME
RADAR ON THE APP. JUST GO TO THE
APP STORE SEARCH UNDER WDIV’S IT
IS RIGHT THERE, GUYS. THERE WE
GO. ALRIGHT PAUL. WELL TODAY IS
THE DAY THAT DOGS ALL OVER THE
STATE. RESENT IT’S THE START OF
A SIX DAY WINDOW IN WHICH
CONSUMER FIREWORKS CAN BE
LEGALLY SET OFF ON PERSONAL
PROPERTY IN MICHIGAN OR DOGS.
FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. WELL WE KNOW
FROM RECENT HISTORY THAT SOME
PEOPLE WILL GET HURT. SO
TONIGHT, A LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM
DOCTOR IS SHARING A WARNING
ABOUT THE SERIOUS INJURIES HE’S
SEEN CAUSED BY FIREWORKS. ER
DOCTOR FRANK MCGEORGE HERE WITH
A REALITY CHECK ON THE RISK
STOCK. WELL YOU KNOW, KIM AND
DEVIN IN OVER 30 YEARS OF
WORKING IN THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT. I’VE SEEN IT ALL
FROM SIMPLE BURNS FROM SPARKLERS
THAT WE’RE STILL HOT AFTER THEY
WERE BURNED OUT TWO FINGERS AND
HANDS, FRANKLY, BLOWN APART BY
LARGER EXPLOSIVE FIREWORKS. BUT
THE MOST COMMON ISSUE THAT I’VE
PERSONALLY SEEN IN THOSE YEARS
ARE EYE INJURIES. YEAH.
FIREWORKS DON’T SPARK THE SAME
JOY FOR EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS,
THE TYPES OF INJURIES THAT WE
SEE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
IN THAT SORT OF MONTH AROUND THE
FOURTH OF JULY ARE REALLY
RELATED TO EITHER BURNS.
SHRAPNEL INJURIES FROM
EXPLOSIONS, DIRECT EXPLOSIVE
INJURIES AND BLUNT FORCE
INJURIES FROM LARGE FLYING
OBJECTS, USUALLY MORTAR STYLE
FIREWORKS. DR BRAD DURAN IN
MICHIGAN MEDICINE HAS SEEN THE
DEVASTATING DAMAGE FIREWORKS CAN
DO. I’VE SEEN JUST ABOUT
EVERYBODY PART INJURED AS A
RESULT OF FIREWORKS. I’VE SEEN
SEVERE BURNS. I’VE SEEN PEOPLE
LOSE EYES. I’VE EVEN SEEN
FATALITIES RELATED ESPECIALLY
AGAIN TO THOSE LARGER MORTAR
STYLE FIREWORKS. STUCK TO YOUR
BRAIN CAUTIONS. MAKE SURE YOU’RE
BUYING A PRODUCT WITH
INSTRUCTIONS FROM A REPUTABLE
SUPPLIER. IF FIREWORKS ARE
WRAPPED IN BROWN PAPER BAG THAT
PROBABLY MEANS IT’S EITHER
HOMEMADE OR INTENDED FOR
PROFESSIONAL USE, AND THEY
SHOULD BE AVOIDED. HE ALSO SAYS
TO CAREFULLY PLANNED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY YOUR FIREWORKS MAY
MALFUNCTION, BUT I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT WHEN YOU’RE SETTING
OFF FIREWORKS THAT YOU ALLOW
PLENTY OF SPACE. UM SEPARATING
FROM THE FIRE, THE FIREWORKS
FROM ANY SPECTATORS AND THAT
ALSO GOES FOR SEPARATING
FIREWORKS FROM EACH OTHER AND BE
READY TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL
DUDS SAFELY. LEAVE THAT SIT FOR
AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR AND THEN
YOU SHOULD HAVE A BUCKET OF
WATER OR A GARDEN HOSE WITH YOU
THAT YOU CAN SATURATE SOAK THAT
FIREWORK COMPLETELY. NOW, SOME
OF THE MOST DEVASTATING INJURIES
ARE ACTUALLY CAUSED BY FIREWORKS
THAT DIDN’T GO OFF INITIALLY,
THEN EXPLODED AS SOMEONE REACHED
FOR THEM OR LEANED OVER THEM
TOMORROW MORNING ON LOCAL
FOREIGN NEWS CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER.
HE’S GOING TO HAVE A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE RISK THAT SPARKLERS CAN
POSE TO CHILDREN. IN THE MOST
COMMON WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE HURT
USING FIREWORKS AND FRANK, LET’S
GO BACK TO I INJURIES, WHICH YOU
MENTIONED IS YOUR NUMBER ONE
CONCERN. IT’S PROBABLY WORTH
EVERY YEAR, GOING OVER SOME
ADVICE TO PREVENT THOSE INJURIES
FROM HAPPENING. YEAH, THERE’S A
COUPLE OF THINGS YOU KNOW. FIRST
OF ALL, OBVIOUSLY JUST STAY AWAY
FROM LIT FIREWORKS, ESPECIALLY
THE ONES THAT EMIT SPARKS. IF
THE FUSE ISN’T AS LONG AS YOU
THINK, OR MAYBE IT FALLS OVER
THAT SHOWER OF SPARKS IS REALLY
JUST AN EYE INJURY WAITING TO
HAPPEN. BUT HONESTLY, ANOTHER
SUPER SIMPLE THING IS JUST TO
WEAR GLASSES. IT MAY NOT FEEL
COOL TO WEAR SAFETY GLASSES BUT
GOING BLIND. HONESTLY, THAT IS
WAY LESS COOL. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, FRANK. BOTH YOU TAKE
SOUTHBOUND TO 75 TO GET ON THE I
94 IN WAYNE COUNTY. YOU’LL SOON
NEED TO PLAN AN ALTERNATE ROUTE
STARTING NEXT MONTH. M DOT WILL
CLOSE THE SOUTH DONT 75 RAMPS TO
EAST AND WESTBOUND 9 94 CREWS
NEED TO REBUILD THE AREA WHERE
SOUTHBOUND TO 75 IS CURRENTLY
CROSSING THE WORK ZONE TO EXIT
TO I 94 IN ADDITION TO
REBUILDING THE THREE LANES AND
SHOULDERS, CREWS WILL BE
IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE IN THAT
AREA. THE CLOSURE BEGINS AT FIVE