FIRST. AND FORE HONORING A HERO IN A POWERFUL DISPLAY. DETROIT POLICE LINED THE STREETS TO PAY
RESPECT TO AN OFFICER KILLED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY. AND SO GOD, WE
THANK YOU TODAY THAT THIS MAN
SHOWS TO LAY HIS LIFE DOWN NOT
JUST FOR HIS FRIENDS BEFORE HIS
COMMUNITY AND FOR HIS CITY.
WE’RE LIVE WITH THE REMEMBRANCES
OF OFFICER LAUREN COURTS AS HIS
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE CITY.
SAY GOODBYE. AND I’M
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW HUMPHREY.
SUNSHINE HAS RETURNED AND
TEMPERATURES ARE SOARING TODAY,
BUT THEY GET EVEN HIGHER.
TOMORROW WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
AND AIR QUALITY ALERT THAT’S
BEEN EXPANDED AND YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST FIRST AND FOUR ALRIGHT
, ANDREW HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
DRONE FOUR OVERHEAD AS DRIVERS
ARE WAITING FOR HOURS TO GET A
CHANCE IS FREE GAS WILL TAKE YOU
TO THE GIVEAWAY AS ALL THESE
PEOPLE HOPE TO MAKE THE CUT.
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN HERE AT
FOUR WITH A DAY OF TRIBUTES FOR
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER LAUREN
COURTS, FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER
COURTS WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. JUST OVER
AN HOUR AGO. SKY FOUR WAS
OVERHEAD AS HIS BODY WAS BROUGHT
FROM GREATER GRACE TEMPLE TO
WOODLAND CEMETERY, HIS FINAL
RESTING PLACE. HARTMAN HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THE SERVICES AND SHE
JOINS US LIVE THIS AFTERNOON
FROM GREATER GRACE TEMPLE. AN
EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THE ENTIRE
CITY, PAULA. ABSOLUTELY A TOUGH
DAY AND, OF COURSE, PARTICULARLY
FOR HIS LOVED ONES AND FAMILY
MEMBERS. AS YOU SAID, AT THIS
MOMENT, HE’S BEEN INTERRED AT
WOODLAWN CEMETERY. IT’S ABOUT A
15 MINUTE DRIVE FROM GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE. UNLESS OF COURSE,
YOU’RE BEING ACCOMPANIED BY
ABOUT 200 OR EVEN MORE POLICE
VEHICLES. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT
MAKES IT LONGER OR SHORTER. BUT
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE LONGEST RIDES FOR HIS
FAMILY. I GOT A RESPONSE FROM AT
6 11 FROM THE BAGPIPES LEADING
THE PROCESSION FROM THE CHURCH.
THE SLOW SALUTE. THE RITUAL OF
END OF WATCH SUPPORTS, YOU ARE
CLEAR TO ASCEND TO YOUR FINAL
DESTINATION. REST EASY. YOUR
FAMILY BEHIND THE BADGE. WE’LL
TAKE IT FROM HERE. GOD BLESS YOU
THINK THAT PARENTS ARE BURYING
THEIR CHILD, A WIFE OR HUSBAND
CHILDREN? THEIR FATHER, A
COMMUNITY, A HERO WHO RAN
TOWARDS GUNFIRE INSTEAD OF AWAY
. THIS IS NOT OKAY. EVERYONE
SHOULD FEEL THIS LOSS OFFICER
LAUREN COURTS WAS EULOGIZED.
TODAY A MOMENT WAS TAKEN TO SAY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IT DIDN’T HAVE
TO END THIS WAY. DON’T KILL
PEOPLE. PEOPLE DEAL PEOPLE, BUT
PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE WITH GUNS.
AND IT MUST BE SAID TODAY. THAT
I THOUGHT AND PRAYERS HAVE TO BE
ELEVATED. BECAUSE THE DAY I FEEL
THAT WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES DO
AWAY. WITH THIS INGENUOUS
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, HIS
CHILDHOOD PHOTOS FLASHED ON THE
SCREEN AT GREATER GRACE TEMPLE
DURING THE COURSE SELECTION
SLICES OF A LIFE WELL LIVED BUT
CUT SHORT. THE LITTLE BOY. THE
HUSBAND. THE FATHER, THE SON.
FRIEND. THE POLICE OFFICER WHO
GAVE HIS LIFE PROTECTING OTHERS
. TODAY IS THE DAY TO FOCUS ON
THOSE WHO WILL MISS HIM AT THE
DINNER TABLE AND BEDTIME.
OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH. GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE, WHICH HAS SEEN FAR
TOO MANY FUNERALS OF POLICE
OFFICERS. THE SHEER SHOW OF
SUPPORT IT IS AN AWE INSPIRING
SIGHT. AS IT IS SAD. EVERY
OFFICER STANDING HERE TODAY FROM
TEXAS TO NEW YORK ACROSS THE
BORDER IN CANADA FROM EACH END
OF 6, 96 AND SOUTH OF THE BORDER
ON I 75 EACH OFFICER WHO STANDS
AT ATTENTION AND SALUTES. NO BUT
FOR THE TIME AND PLACE. THERE
COULD GO. I AND I ARE BOTH
POLICE OFFICERS, SO
UNFORTUNATELY HAD CONVERSATIONS
. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIDS AND YOU
KNOW THEY’RE. UNFORTUNATELY THIS
IS THE REALITY OF OUR PROFESSION
. TOO SAD REALITY, BUT IT’S
SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE
PREPARED FOR. AND YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE TO, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE
THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SO IT’S JUST
ALL AROUND. SAD SAID REALITY.
THAT REALLY IS A SAD REALITY AND
YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF IT WHEN
YOU SEE ALL OF THESE POLICE
OFFICERS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER
THE NATION ALSO WANTED TO JUST
KIND OF SHOW YOU THIS PROGRAM
BECAUSE WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS
WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP TO THE
MIDDLE, AND YOU SEE ALL OF THESE
FAMILY PHOTOS. THIS IS THE SUM
TOTAL. THIS IS WHAT IS LOST A
FAMILY MAN, A PERSON IN THIS
COMMUNITY. A HUMAN BEING REALLY
, REALLY TOUGH DAY FOR EVERYONE
. AND, OF COURSE, OF COURSE TO
HIS PERSONAL LOVED ONES AS WELL.
COMING UP AT FIVE. THERE’S
SOMEONE INTERESTING WHO IS
PINNING BLUE RIBBONS ON THE
LAPELS OF THE OFFICERS, A WIFE
OF A FALLEN HERO FROM SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, SHE TELLS US WHAT IT
WAS LIKE INSIDE FOR A FAMILY
GOING THROUGH THIS AND SEEING
ALL OF THIS INSPIRING SHOW OF
SUPPORT YOU BACK HERE AT FIVE.
HEARTBREAKING DAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, PAULA. WE DO
APPRECIATE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU AT
FIVE. FURTHER TAP STORY ON THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON IS GOING TO BE
GAS PRICES. THEY CONTINUE TO
TAKE A BIG CHUNK OUT OF OUR
BUDGET. SCARS ARE LINING UP IN
OAK PARK RIGHT NOW FOR A CHANCE
TO FILL IT FOR FREE. SO WHAT
YOU’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, A
LINE THAT WRAPPED AROUND THE
BLOCK NEARLY THREE HOURS BEFORE
THE GAS GIVEAWAY EVEN BEGAN
STARTED AT TWO WITH THE SOUTH
STATION AT EIGHT MILE NEAR
COOLIDGE AND ORGANIZERS PLAN TO
SPEND UP TO $20,000 VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE THIS AFTERNOON.
HEY VICTOR. HAVE THEY HIT THE
THRESHOLD YET? OH NOT YET.
THEY’RE STILL GOING VERY STRONG
. TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE CARS
LINED UP RIGHT BEHIND ME ON WEST
EIGHT MILE. THEY’RE ALL MAKING
THEIR WAY UP TO THE SHOW GAS
STATION. THAT’S RIGHT HERE WHERE
THE GIVEAWAY IS HAPPENING. WE’RE
ALSO GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIEW
FROM THE SKY FROM DRONE FOUR. I
MEAN, TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF
THOSE CARS. SO MANY PEOPLE
HAPPY. ABOUT THIS FREE GAS
THEY’RE GOING TO GET. BUT WHAT A
BLESSING. THIS IS FOR ALL OF
THESE DRIVERS, AND IT’S ALL
THANKS TO A MAN BY THE NAME OF
ADELE KIMBROUGH AND HIS
ORGANIZATION, THE PROPHETIC
WORLD GROUP. NOW, TODAY, THEY’RE
GIVING OUT A WHOPPING $20,000
COMBINED BY FILLING EACH GAS
TANK UP WITH $40 OF FREE GAS
WITH THE WAY EVERYTHING’S GOING
TODAY WITH INFLATION AND HOW
THESE GAS PRICES HAVE BEEN SKY
HIGH. IS HOPING TO BLESS THE
PEOPLE OF HIS COMMUNITY AND OF
COURSE, LIKE WE HAVE SAID MANY
TIMES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SUPER HAPPY WITH WHAT MR
KIMBROUGH IS DOING. WE SPOKE TO
TWO DRIVERS THAT WAITED FOR
HOURS, BUT SAY IT WAS ALL WORTH
IT BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS RIGHT
ON TIME. I AM SO HAPPY AND SO
BLESSED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LOOK,
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN LINE AND
I’M JUST SO GLAD I’M SO
FORTUNATE THAT I MADE IT IF IT
WAS REALLY GOOD. I WAS IN LINE
FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOURS
JUST WAITING. IT FEELS GOOD TO
FINALLY GET UP HERE AND BEGIN.
YOU KNOW, A BLESSING FROM THE
COMMUNITY, SO THEY’RE DOING SOME
GOOD WORK. NO, I’M NOT TOO GOOD
AT MATH. BUT IF MY CALCULATIONS
ARE CORRECT, THAT DOES MEAN
ABOUT A GOOD 500 DRIVERS ARE
GOING TO BE RECEIVING THIS
BLESSING. SO WHILE THE MONEY IS
LASTING, LET’S SEE IF ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE CAN INDEED GET
THEIR TANKS AT LEAST A LITTLE
FILLED UP. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL
4 A GREAT STORY TO SHARE. WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS SO MUCH
VICTOR, AND BY THE WAY FOR
ANYONE WHO DIDN’T GET FREE GAS
TODAY, PRICES ARE GOING DOWN
ACROSS THE STATE. TRIPLE A SAYS
YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY ABOUT 4 63
PER GALLON RIGHT NOW. THAT’S THE
DROP. 18 CENTS FROM THE WEEK
BEFORE. IT’S ALSO 56 CENTS LESS
THAN THIS TIME LAST MONTH.
STILL, DRIVERS CAN EXPECT TO PAY