s. >> IT WAS A MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT TAUGHTING A WOMAN, THAT WOMAN
SURVIVED THE ATTACK.
IT.
>> HAPPENED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO
BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE REVEALING
DETAILS OF THIS ELABORATE PLOT
TO HAVE HER KILLED.
VICTOR WILLIAMS WITH HOW THE
SCHEME PLAYED OUT.
>>> THIS IS WHERE THE ACCUSED
SHOOTER SAT PARKED IN HIS CAR
FOR OVER SIX HOURS WAITING FOR
THIS WOMAN TO WALK OUT OF HER
APARTMENT RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
WITH EIGHT SHOTS BEING FIRED,
BUT NOW WE’RE STARTING TO AT
LEAST FIND OUT WHY HAVE THE DOG
IS GOING CRAZY THE MOM IS GOING
CRAZY.
>> THE VIDEO IS STILL ABSOLUTELY
HARD TO WATCH.
>> THE MOST CRIMES YOU WOULD SEE
OR HERE IS SOMEONE GETTING A
TICKET.
>> THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS ANDRE SIMMS FROM
GRAND RAPIDS IN A
MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT.
SIMMS AGREED TO KILL A WOMAN FOR
$10,000.
>>> IT IS NOT OKAY FOR ANYONE TO
DO THAT.
THERE IS NO EXECUTE FOR ANYONE
TO DO SUCH A THING.
>>> POLICE SAYS SIMMS FOLLOWED
EVERY INSTRUCTION, OPENING FIRE
ON THE WOMAN AS SHE EXITED HER
HOME, HITTING HER THREE TIMES.
>> IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THAT
SITUATION, SIMMS MET THE MAN WHO
HIRED HIM FOUR MILES AWAY.
THAT IS WHERE THEY LEFT THE
TRUCK USED IN THE MURDER ATTEMPT
SINCE THE WOMAN WASN’T
SUCCESSFULLY KILLED HI WOULD
ONLY RECEIVE $2500.
BUT ONLY RECEIVE $300 SINCE THE
ATTEMPT WAS ALL OVER THE MONEY.
>>> NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS WORTH
ANYONE’S LIFE, EVEN IF IT IS A
MILLION DOLLAR HE LOST HIS LIFE,
HE’S GOING TO GO TO PRISON.
THANK GOD SHE DIDN’T LOSE HER
LIFE.
>>> NO SURPRISE THE VICTIM AND
HER FAMILY DECIDED TO MOVE OUT
OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SHORTLY
AFTER THAT SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.
MR. SIMMS ON THE OTHER HAND IN
THE MEANTIME IS GOING TO BE
FACING CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY AND
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> VICTOR, THANKS.
>> THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER BROUGHT
OUT MASSIVE CROWDS DOWNTOWN
TONIGHT AND NOT JUST FOR
ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS
THOSE CROWDS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
EVEN AS THINGS COOL DOWN.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
AND AS OUR MARA McDONALD
REPORTS, GOOD LUCK FINDING A
HOTEL ROOM DOWNTOWN THIS
WEEKEND.
>> IT IS A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN
GREEN BEER BRINGING ALL THESE
PEOPLE OUT TONIGHT.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
>> AROUND A LARGE CROWD AND I’VE
BEEN NERVOUS BUT WE’RE OUTSIDE
AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
>> IT IS SO MUCH FUN OUT HERE.
>> DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
>> BARS ARE OVERFLOWING, SURE,
BUT SO ARE HOTELS 69 OF THE
TIMES.
>>> OUT OF TOWNERS HAVE
DESCENDED ON DETROIT.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C.
>>> CINCINNATI, OHIO.
>> THE NCAA DIVISION 1 WRESTLING
CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE GOING ON ALL
WEEKEND THIS IS GREAT TO SEE,
WE’VE BEEN WALKING AROUND
ENJOYING THE PEOPLE, THERE IS
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT GOING ON SO
I’VE SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
UNIVERSITIES WITH VIRGINIA TAKE,
OHIO STATE, PENN STATE, THAT IS
GOOD TO SEE.
>>> THEY’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> IT IS REALLY BUSY DOWN HERE.
IT IS A NICE VIBE.
>>> AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE WALKING
THROUGH GREEK TOWN, PHOTOGRAPHER
ERIC WAS THE MOST POPULAR
PERSON.
I’M SURE THERE WERE A LOT OF
INDECENT PROPOSALS.
>> WELL, OVER IN WEATHER LAB
WITH PAUL IN THE 60s.
TODAY WASEEN BETTER.
>> WE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL
TODAY.
WE CAME WITHIN 3 DEGREES OF
RECORD HIGH YOU WERE IN
BASICALLY THE 50s ALL DAY,
BARELY HIT 60s BUT ALL THE
REST OF US GOT INTO THE LOW
70s.
OUR RECORD HIGH IS 75 DEGREES
TODAY SET IN 1975.
EIGHT INCHES SET IN 1973.
IT CAN GO IN EITHER WAY, A VERY
WARM DAY ACROSS THE AREA,
TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED
CONSIDERABLY SINCE THEN.
COLD FRONT COMING DOWN ACROSS
THE AREA WELT HAVE SMATTERING OF
40s, BUT MID TO UPPER 50sAND
GOING TO DROP RATHER QUICKLY AS
THE COOLER AIR CONTINUES ON IN.
PLAN FOR A CHILLY ONE IN THE
MORNING, LOW 40s.
MOSTLY CLOUDY, MAYBE A SPOTTY
SHOWER OR TWO AND IN THE
AFTERNOON, CLOUDY SKIES AND
AGAIN MAYBE A SPOTTY SHOWER, BUT
WE HAVE MORE RAIN THAN THAT
COMING IN.
IT HAS BEEN COMING IN BATCHES.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> TONIGHT CREWS ARE TRYING TO
RESCUE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
AFTER A RUSSIAN AIR STRIKE HITS
A THEATER IN UKRAINE.
>> MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE WERE
SHELTERED INSIDE THE BUILDING
WHEN IT WAS BOMBED.
OFFICIALS SAY 130 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN RESCUED SO FAR.
THE U.S. IS WORKING TO DELIVER
EXTRA $800 MILLION IN MILITARY
AID TO UKRAINE AND DOCUMENTING
POTENTIAL WAR CRIMES COMMITTED
BY RUSSIA.
ALSO TODAY A MAN FROM MINNESOTA
WAS KILLED WHEN RUSSIAN TROOPS
OPENED FIRE ON CIVILIANS.
>> WE DON’T KNOW WHERE MY
BROTHER’S BODY IS.
SO THAT KIND OF CLOSURE THE
FAMILY WON’T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING
TO SPEAK WITH CHINA’S PRESIDENT.
>> A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER
LEADING OFFICERS ON A 30-MINUTE
CHASE THROUGH MULTIPLE CITIES.
IT STARTED THIS AFTERNOON ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE ON HOUSTON
AND ENDED RIGHT NEAR THE MIDDLE
OF I696 NEAR WARREN.
YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OFFICERS
SWARMING AROUND THE CAR.
A FIREARM WAS RECOVERED FROM
THAT CAR.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE
ARREST ARE UNCLEAR.
POLICE SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR
A PERSON WANTED FOR ASSAULT WITH
ACCIDENT INTENT TO MURDER.
>>> APPEARS LAST MONTH’S FIRE IN
OAKWOOD COUNTRY CLUB WAS
ACCIDENTAL.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NEWLY
RECOVERED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWING WORKERS USING A PROPANE
TORCH ON AN OUTDOOR PATIO.
DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE
WINTERIZING AND SEALING THE AREA
ONE SEEN SPRAYING WATER INTO THE
AREA WITH A HOSE INIS THIS WHERE
YOU THINK THE FIRE STARTED?
IT.
>> APPEARS THAT WAY BUT WE NEED
TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT
NOTHING ELSE WAS INVOLVED.
IF THERE WERE ANY CONTRIBUTORY
FACTORS WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN.
>> FIRE CAUSED $80 MILLION IN
DAMAGES.
THE DAMAGE INVESTIGATION COULD
TAKE UP A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
>>> GIVE AGENT TESTIFYING TODAY
IN THE TRIAL OF THEOUR FOUR MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITT MER.
THE AGENT TOLD THE COURT PLANNED
TO GRAB THE GOVERNOR AT HER
COTTAGE AND TAKE HER OUT ON A
BOAT, DROP THE MOTOR AND LEAVE
HER STRANDED.
PROSECUTORS SAY ONE DIFFERENT
BROUGHT HIS 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
TO A MEET-UP.
HE’S HEARD TELLING THE GIRL HE’S
MAKING EXPLOSIVES.
THE UNDERCOVER AGENT WILL BE
BACK ON THE STAND.
>> DESPITE PROSECUTORS ASKING A
JUDGE TO GIVE STATE REP YOUEL
JONES JAIL OR PRISON TIME, THE
JUDGE DECIDED THE CONTROVERSIAL
LAWMAKERS IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
AND SENTENCED HIM INSTEAD TO
PROBATION.
>> I DIDN’T HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE
GOING FORWARD EARLIER THIS MONTH
HE PLEAD GUILTY.
>> I THINK JUDGE HILT THE NAIL
ON THE HEAD, BRAIN IS STILL
DEVELOPING AND.
>> JONES WILL GET CREDIT FOR 61
DAYS SERVEED AND MUST SERVE 100