JUST WANTED TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE. ONE FAMILY STORY OF PERSEVERANCE AND PRO ACTIVITY.
LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH
THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
BREAKING NEWS ISN’T LENIN. WAKE
COUNTY NEWS SEARCH IS UNDERWAY
RIGHT NOW FOR A WOMAN WHO’S BEEN
MISSING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE SAY A
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS FORCE IS
EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANTS RIGHT
NOW. THE SEARCH FOR D WARNER
STARTED WAY BACK IN APRIL OF
2021. THAT’S WHEN SHE WAS LAST
SEEN AT HER HOME. AND MUNGER
ROAD IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. NOW
HER CELLPHONE WENT DEAD. POLICE
ARE NO ACTIVITY ON HER CREDIT
CARDS. HER HUSBAND HAS SAID SHE
LEFT TO START A NEW LIFE.
WARNER’S FAMILY DOESN’T BUY THAT
SUGGESTION. WE JUST SPOKE TO HER
BROTHER MOMENTS AGO ABOUT
TODAY’S SEARCH. IT WAS A BIT OF
A SURPRISE OF THE MAGNITUDE THAT
TOOK PLACE HERE. WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE I CAN’T GIVE YOU ACCOUNT,
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN DIFFERENT SITES. SEARCHING.
NO WE DO HAVE A CREW IN LINE
AWAY. COUNTY WILL HAVE SOME NEW
INFORMATION FOR YOU WHEN YOU
JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE
ON THIS MYSTERY NOW THE HOUSE
EXPLOSION OVER IN INKSTER. THIS
IS SOME OF THE AFTERMATH AFTER
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO BEAT
DOWN THOSE FLAMES. WE DID LEARN
A DTE CREW WAS ACTUALLY ON THE
SCENE AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP.
YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENED OVER ON
PENN STREET IN INKSTER, AND THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST OFF SOUTH
BEACH DAILY ROAD BETWEEN THE
INKSTER AND TELEGRAPH PAM
OSBORNE IS LIVE ON THE SCENE
RIGHT NOW, AND WE HEAR THERE ARE
INJURIES. YEAH, THE MAN WHO WAS
INSIDE OF HIS HOME AT THE TIME
OF THE EXPLOSION. HE SUFFERED
SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BURNS
AND THIS IS ALL THAT’S LEFT OF
HIS HOME. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS
A COMPLETE LOSS. WE SPOKE TO AN
EYEWITNESS TO ALL OF THIS. A MAN
WHO SAYS HE WAS RIDING HIS
BICYCLE DOWN PENN STREET AT THE
TIME OF THAT EXPLOSION WHEN I
FIRST SEEN HIM HE WAS ON FIRE
TOWER. GOT MY PHONE OUT THERE
RECORDING. HE WAS OUT. THIS IS
THAT VIDEO THAT JOHN AGNEW WAS
REFERRING TO. HE AND SEVERAL
OTHER WITNESSES TELL US DTE WAS
IN THE AREA, DOING SOME WORK AT
THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HE
DESCRIBED WATCHING CREWS USING
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT OUT
THE FLAMES THAT WERE ON THAT
HOMEOWNER. INVESTIGATORS HAVE
BEEN ON THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL
HOURS WORKING TO DETERMINE A
CAUSE OF THAT BLAST. BUT INKSTER
FIRE CHIEF CHUCK HUBBARD SAYS
THERE’S ONE THING THAT IS CLEAR
AT THIS HOUR. AND THAT IS THIS
WAS AN OBVIOUS EXPLOSION.
NEIGHBORS LIVING NEARBY HAVE
THEIR OWN CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY. CLOSE TO HOME.
IT’S TOO COLD TO HELP. ADITI
SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT THEY WERE
DOING SOME ROUTINE CONSTRUCTION
WORK IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF
THE BLAST. THEY SAY THAT A
COUPLE OF THEIR WORKERS ACTUALLY
WERE EVALUATED HERE ON THE SCENE
. ONE OF THEM TREATED OR SOUGHT
TREATMENT. I SHOULD SAY FOR A
MINOR INJURY SAFETY IS THEIR TOP
PRIORITY IS WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
HERE TONIGHT, AGAIN, AS YOU CAN
SEE THAT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT
CAUSED ALL OF THIS. CONTINUES
REPORTING LIVE IN INKSTER AND
PAMELA OSBORNE LOCAL 4 A STORY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. PAM C AT
FIVE IN THIS LOCAL 4 UPDATE
THERE IS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE
MURDER OF A DETROIT NEUROSURGEON
. THAT PERSON OF INTEREST HAS
BEEN RELEASED. THE DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
SHOOTING OF DR DEVIN HOVER
CONTINUES. HE WAS FOUND SHOT TO
DEATH IN HIS HOME IN THE BOSTON
EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD NINE DAYS
AGO. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
DON’T BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS A
RANDOM ACT. THEY HOPE THE PERSON
OF INTEREST MIGHT HAVE
INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST
. BUT AFTER A REVIEW BY
PROSECUTORS, THAT PERSON IS NO
LONGER IN CUSTODY. ONCE POPULAR
DETROIT BUSINESSES FACING A
CLOSURE AND SOME NEW CLAIMS OF
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THE
DOUBLE SHOT OF BAD NEWS JUST HIT
FOUNDERS BREWING COMPANY IN THE
PAST 24 HOURS. NOW WE DID TELL
YOU, THE DETROIT TAPROOM IS
CLOSING PERMANENTLY LAST NIGHT
AT 11. WELL, TODAY, WE LEARNED A
FORMER EMPLOYEE IS SUING THE
BREWERY, ALLEGING THE WORK
ENVIRONMENT WAS RACIALLY
HOSTILE. YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS
ALL FOLLOWS A TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN
THREE YEARS AGO AFTER ANOTHER
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT.
SPRINGTIME TRADITION BLOOMING
OVER DETROIT’S EASTERN MARKET.
DOESN’T THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY? IT
WAS A BIT CHILLY THIS MORNING
WITH THE FLOWERS ARE BACK. YOU
PROBABLY KNOW VENDORS FROM ALL
OVER THE MIDWEST BRING THEIR
BLOOMS ON SATURDAYS DURING
FLOWER SEASON, BUT THERE ARE
ALSO FIVE TUESDAY. MARCUS AND
THAT STARTS TODAY RUNS THROUGH
THE MONTH OF MAY. WE ARE TOLD
THEY HAVE SMALLER CROWDS AND
EASIER PARKING. THE TUESDAY
MARKET RUNS FROM NINE AM TO
THREE PM OVER IN SHED FIVE AND
SIX. MAKES ME HAPPY TALKING
ABOUT FLOWERS, BUT IT’S PROBABLY
NOT A GOOD WEEK TO PLANT THEM
RIGHT. IT’S STILL UNSEASONABLY
COLD RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING AT TONIGHT, FORWARD
METEOROLOGISTS GIVEN AND STARTS
LOOKING AHEAD IN OUR FIRST
FORECAST. I KNOW THOSE FLOWERS.
IT’S SO TEMPTING, ESPECIALLY
ONCE YOU BUY THEM TO GET THEM IN
THE GROUND. BUT IT’S STILL A
LITTLE BIT TOO SOON. MOST OF YOU
THAT ARE GARDENERS ALREADY KNOW
THE RULE OF THUMB. DON’T PLANET
BEFORE MOTHER’S DAY, AND
CERTAINLY THIS YEAR THAT’S GOING
TO HOLD TRUE AS WE HAVE ANOTHER
COLD NIGHT TONIGHT. AND WE’VE
GOT THAT RAIN OUT. THERE’S JUST
BEEN A DAMP AND CHILLY DAY WITH
RAIN OFF AND ON. IT IS RAINING
RIGHT NOW IN RICHMOND, NEW HAVEN
CHESTERFIELD MOUNT CLEMENS DOWN
I 94 TO THE GROSS POINTS.
HAMTRAMCK DETROIT DEARBORN, ALL
GETTING RAIN AT THIS HOUR. IF
YOU SPRINKLES OVER IN LIVONIA,
AND THEN WE GO A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER TO THE WEST, AND IT IS
RAINING IN WIXOM, MILFORD AND
ALSO OUT IN BRIGHTON, BUT IT’S
JUST STARTED TO DRY OUT IN
HOWELL. SO TEMPERATURES. IT’S
WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SIXTIES
. THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE
SHOULD BE. FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR. IT IS JUST UNSEASONABLY
COLD 41 IN PONTIAC AND MOUNT
CLEMENS 44 AT METRO AIRPORT.
WELL THIS EVENING TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL DOWN THROUGH THE LOW
FORTIES AND THEN EVENTUALLY INTO
THE UPPER THIRTIES, BUT THE
SHOWERS WILL BE COMING TO AN END
TONIGHT. AND THEN I THINK YOU’RE
GOING TO REALLY LIKE THIS FUTURE
FORECAST. WE’VE GOT A LOT OF
SUNSHINE AND WARMER AIR ON THE
WAY. I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
FORECAST. ALRIGHT THANKS AGAIN.
THERE’S STILL NO SIGN OF THE
SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT LEFT
FIVE PEOPLE DEAD NEAR HOUSTON,
TEXAS. THE MASSIVE SEARCH WAS
ONE OF OUR BIG STORIES YESTERDAY
. FRANCISCO OROPESA HAS BEEN ON
THE RUN SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT.
POLICE SAY NEIGHBORS ASKED HIM
TO STOP SHOOTING HIS GUN IN HIS
YARD. AND AS THEY TRIED TO GET A
BABY TO GO TO SLEEP, AND THAT IS
WHEN THEY SAY HE CAME OVER AND
STARTED SHOOTING. HUNDREDS OF
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING AND
THERE IS AN $80,000 REWARD FOR
THE CAPTURE OF THE SUSPECT HAS
BEEN LABELED ARMED AND
DANGEROUS. UNITED STATES COULD
CRASH INTO ITS DEBT CEILING
SOONER THAN EXPECTED, BUT TOP
LEADERS HAVE AGREED TO A BIG
MEETING NEXT WEEK. REPUBLICAN
HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY
SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND OTHER LEADERS.
TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN
NOW WARNS THE GOVERNMENT COULD
START DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBTS AS
SOON AS JUNE. 1ST THE REPUBLICAN
CONTROLLED HOUSE PASSED A BILL
TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT. BUT IT
INCLUDES SPENDING CUTS ATTACKING
SOME OF THE PRESIDENT’S
PRIORITIES AND IS UNLIKELY TO
PASS THE SENATE. THAT BIG
MEETING IS SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY,
MAY 9TH AT THE WHITE HOUSE. AND
SHELBY TOWNSHIP TODAY AND EVERY
DAY THERE IS A SENSE OF
OVERWHELMING GRIEF THAT LIVE
SIDE BY SIDE WITH INCREDIBLE
GRATEFULNESS. FOR ONE FAMILY.
THOSE DUELING EMOTIONS HAVE BEEN
IN PLACE SINCE THE DEATH OF A
BELOVED CHILD STOLEN TOO SOON
BECAUSE OF CANCER. AS PAULA
TUTMAN SHOWS US THERE IS A
RESILIENCE THAT COMES FROM HOW
THIS FAMILY CHOSE TO SURVIVE. 13
HAD NEVER BEEN A GOOD NUMBER FOR
THE TOWNSEND FAMILY OF SHELBY
TOWNSHIP IN 2013. JUSTIN WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE
FORM OF BRAIN CANCER SURVIVAL
RATE IS VERY, VERY, VERY LOW. HE
PASSED AWAY AT AGE 13. IT’S
STILL HURTS. AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS. THAT HE’S NOT HERE WITH
US. HE SHOULD BE HERE WITH US.
HE’S HERE AND ALL THE PICTURES.
HE’S HERE IN SPIRIT, BUT THE
FAMILY MADE A CHOICE TO CHANGE
THAT NUMBER 13 AND WHAT IT MEANT
TO THEM AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN
TO OTHERS AFTER DOING VOLUNTEER
WORK FOR NUMEROUS CAUSES THAT
SUPPORTED PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND
HEMATOLOGY LAST YEAR, THE
TOWNSEND’S CREATED THEIR OWN
NONPROFIT. 13 FOREVER, INCLUDING
THE ST JUDE $50,000, BUT $25,000
WE JUST DONATED TO CHECK ROYAL
OAK, BEAUMONT, RONALD MCDONALD
HOUSE AND DETROIT CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL. WE’VE BEEN GIVING, UH
BAGS TO THE CHILDREN FOR THE
LITTLE LESSER KNOWN HOLIDAYS
THAT MAYBE THEY WANNA CELEBRATE
AT HOME, BUT THEY GET TO
CELEBRATE AT SCHOOL, AND THEY’RE
NOT AT SCHOOL THERE IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR VALENTINE’S DAY OR
AT THE HOSPITAL FOR, UM ST
PATRICK’S DAY. THE DEATH OF
JUSTINE ALSO CREATED A FORK IN
THE ROAD FOR HIS OLDER SISTER,
JACKIE, WHO SAW THE DIFFERENCE
CHILD LIFE PROGRAMS AT VARIOUS
HOSPITALS MAKE IN THE LIVES OF
SUFFERING FAMILIES. AND TODAY
SHE IS A CHILD LIFE
PROFESSIONAL. AT A LOCAL
HOSPITAL. I FIND THAT BECAUSE I
HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE THAT MAYBE
NOT. EVERYBODY HAS BEING A
FAMILY AND BEING A SIBLING OF A
PATIENT. I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING
. UM AND AN EMPATHY THAT MAYBE
DOESN’T ALWAYS COME NATURALLY TO
PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE. WE WERE SCREWED
OVER, BUT WE’RE BLESSED LOSING
HIM. WE WERE SCREWED OVER, BUT
WE’RE BLESSED. WE’VE GOT JACKIE
AND WHAT SHE’S DOING FOR KIDS
AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS, IS JUST
IT. DOES MY HEART WONDERS TO SEE
THE SMILE ON KIDS THAT WE RAISE
MONEY FOR, OR THE HOSPITALS THAT
NEEDED OR THE RONALD MCDONALD
HOUSE? IT’S ALL JUST, YOU KNOW,
IT REALLY DOES WARM OUR HEART
LIKE WE ARE GIVING BACK AND WE
ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. REALLY
ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. NOW 13
FOREVER IS A FIVE OH ONE C THREE
NONPROFIT BECAUSE THEY’RE BASED
IN MICHIGAN. THEY REALLY ARE
FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING LOCAL
HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY. I SHOULD
SAY PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND
HEMATOLOGY PROGRAMS BY THE WAY,
THEIR MISSION IS REALLY
IMPROVING THE OUTCOMES OF VERY,
VERY SICK CHILDREN. KAREN, THEY
GAVE ME THIS TODAY. THEY GAVE ME
THIS AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT MAY
IS ACTUALLY NATIONAL BRAIN
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. WE’RE
GONNA PUT A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE
SO YOU CAN FIND THEM. SUPPORT
THEM. FIND OUT WHAT THEY’RE