LIVE
NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. FAMILY LIVE
NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. FAMILY FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TODAY IN GRAND RAPIDS
TO REMEMBER AND SAY THEIR FINAL
GOODBYES TO PATRICK LATOYA. HE
IS THE 26 YEAR OLD MAN FROM
GRAND RAPIDS THAT WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY A GRAND RAPIDS POLICE
OFFICER. HIS DEATH HAS LED TO
MANY CALLS FOR JUSTICE. AND
TODAY, LEOLA. WAS LAID TO REST.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THIS
AFTERNOON’S FUNERAL SERVICES, AS
MOURNERS HAVE FILED IN TO PAY
THEIR RESPECTS. PRIYA MANN JOINS
US LIVE TODAY AND PREDA IS
CERTAINLY BEEN WELL. IT’S BEEN
AN EMOTIONAL COUPLE OF WEEKS,
BUT CERTAINLY AN EMOTIONAL TIME.
FOR ESPECIALLY PATRICK LEO’S
FAMILY. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. YOU
KNOW, THERE’S BEEN TIMES HIS
PARENTS ARE SEATED AT THE FRONT
ROW, AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN
INCONSOLABLE. THE FUNERAL WAS
SENT TO BEGIN AT 11 THIS MORNING
. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE
HAS JUST BEEN A STEADY STREAM OF
MOURNERS. THAT FUNERAL SERVICE
IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY. NOW IN
GRAND RAPIDS. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS
BEEN A CASE THAT HAS GALVANIZED
ATTENTION IN A WHITE CASKET WITH
THE FLAG OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO DRAPED OVER
IT. LOVED ONES ARE GRIEVING THE
DEATH OF PATRICK LEE OIA. HIS
PARENTS ARE SEATED IN THE FRONT
ROW AS PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR
WAY PAST THE CASKET ABOUT 1500.
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
THE SERVICE AT RENAISSANCE
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN GRAND
RAPIDS. THE 26 YEAR OLD
CONGOLESE IMMIGRANT WAS SHOT TO
DEATH ON APRIL 4TH BY GRAND
RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP. THE OFFICER’S NAME
HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED HIS DEATH
AND THE VIDEO, WHICH WAS
RELEASED NINE DAYS LATER, HAS
SPARKED PROTESTS CALLING FOR
POLICE REFORM. LET’S TAKE
ANOTHER LIVE. LOOK IN GRAND
RAPIDS AT THAT CHURCH WHERE
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE JUST
GETTING UNDERWAY. FOR PATRICK
LEE OIA WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR
FROM REVEREND AL SHARPTON,
SHARPTON, AS WELL AS THE
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK HAS
PLEDGED TO HELP COVER FUNERAL
COSTS AGAIN. THAT FUNERAL WAS
SET TO BEGIN AT 11 A.M. 1500
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND.
WE DO HAVE A MINISTER WHO IS
JUST STARTED TO SPEAK. OF
COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE
GENERAL SERVICES. WE ARE
STREAMING IT LIVE ON
CLICKONDETROIT’S AND LOCAL 4
PLUS AND WE WILL HAVE CONTINUING
COVERAGE AND A LOT MORE COMING
UP TONIGHT AT FIVE O’CLOCK
REPORTING LIVE I’M PRIYA MANN
LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT, PRIYA. THANK
YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. WE’RE ALSO
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS
NOON. IT IS SAD NEWS FROM THE
NHL GUY. G LAFLEUR HAS PASSED
AWAY. HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED IT
THIS MORNING THAT HE PASSED AWAY
FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH LUNG
CANCER. HE PLAYED 14 SEASONS
WITH MONTREAL AND WON FIVE
STANLEY CUP TITLES IN THE 19
SEVENTIES. THE FLOOR WAS THE
FIRST NHL PLAYER TO SCORE 50
GOALS WITH 100 POINTS IN SIXTH
STREET SEASONS. AND AS THE
CANADIANS ALL TIME LEADING
POINTS SCORER. HE WAS 70 YEARS
OLD. WE WANT TO SWITCH GEARS AND
TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE THIS NOON
AND AT BRANDON’S FORECAST AS WE
GEAR UP FOR THE AFTERNOON AND
LOOK AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND AND A
BIG GAME FOR THE TIGERS TONIGHT,
MAYBE RHONDA, WE’RE STILL
LISTEN. I THINK THE BEST THING
IS TO SORT OF WAIT IT OUT. SEE
IF EVERYTHING SORT OF COMES TO
AS IT IS EXPECTED TO AND WE
COULD HAVE TROUBLE LATER TONIGHT
. BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S NOT TOO
SHABBY WERE MAINLY IN THE LOWER
FIFTIES AND BUT 5 10 DEGREES
COOLER THAN WE WERE NOON
YESTERDAY. REMEMBER, THE SUN
CAME OUT AND WE TOOK OFF. BUT ON
THIS EARTH DAY WE HAVE
TEMPERATURES, MIDDLE UPPER
FIFTIES AND RAIN CHANCES. AFTER
THREE AND FOUR P.M. THERE’S RAIN
TRYING TO COME AT US RIGHT NOW
SPREADING CLOUDS ARE WAY IT’S
SORT OF THAT BATTLE BETWEEN. AH,
DRY AND WET WEATHER. YOU CAN SEE
STORM TRACKER. FOUR IS BONE DRY.
AND SO AGAIN, WE’RE STILL
SEVERAL HOURS AWAY, BUT OUR RAIN
AND THUNDER CHANCES INCREASE
EVEN MORE. SO AFTER ABOUT SEVEN
P.M. SO NOT ONLY RAIN, BUT SOME
RUMBLES OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
POSSIBLE FOR THE GAME TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, MIGUEL GOING FOR HIT
3000. THIS COULD TURN INTO A
SATURDAY. DOUBLEHEADER INSTEAD.
BUT WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND
KEEP YOU POSTED. EXPECT RAIN
LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
OKAY BRANDON. THANK YOU. WE ARE
WORKING TO LEARN MORE TODAY
ABOUT A SHOOTING INVOLVING A
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER. IT ALL
UNFOLDED OVERNIGHT OUTSIDE OF
THE BP GAS STATION AT
SCHOOLCRAFT AND OUTER DRIVE.
THIS IS UN DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
POLICE SAY THAT ONE MAN IS NOW
IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT
BY DETROIT POLICE OFFICER. WE’RE
TOLD THAT THAT MAN HIT THE
OFFICER WITH HIS VEHICLE, AND
THAT IS WHEN THE OFFICER FIRED
AT THE MAN HITTING HIM IN THE
SHOULDER. THE OFFICER WHO WAS
HIT IS OKAY. THE DRIVER WHO WAS
SHOT WILL BE OK AS WELL AND IS
IN POLICE CUSTODY. TO MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE TROOPERS ARE
RECOVERING AFTER THEIR CRUISER
WAS REAR ENDED BY A SUSPECTED
DRUNK DRIVER THAT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING ON THE SOUTHFIELD
FREEWAY NEAR I 96 THE DRIVER,
IDENTIFIED AS A 38 YEAR OLD MAN
FROM OAK PARK WAS ARRESTED
DURING THE SEARCH. A GUN WAS
FOUND INSIDE OF THE CAR AS WELL
. WE’RE TOLD THAT ONE TROOPER
HAS A CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER
HAS LOWER BACK INJURIES. BOTH
HAVE BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL. REPARATIONS
ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE DEMOLITION
OF A MEDICINE HOUSEBUILDING
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT TOXIC GREEN
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION. CITY
OFFICIALS APPROVED THE SITES
DEMOLITION EARLIER THIS WEEK.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT TWO GRANTS
TOTALLING $750,000 WILL COVER
THE COST OF THE DEMOLITION SITE
FIRST GAINED ATTENTION AFTER
THAT TOXIC CONTAMINATION WAS
DISCOVERED IN DECEMBER. 19TH
RESULTING IN GREEN OOZE SEEPING
FROM THAT BUILDING INTO THE SOIL
AND RIGHT DOWN ONTO I 6 96. THE
SITE HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN BY THE
STATE SINCE 2016. RUSSIA
CONTINUES ITS PUSH TO TAKE OVER
THE EASTERN PART OF UKRAINE AND
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SENDING
MORE ECONOMIC AND MILITARY
ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE. JACKSON
IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON
THE DESPERATE BATTLE FOR CONTROL
OF EASTERN UKRAINE. UKRAINE’S
PRESIDENT IS AGAIN CALLING ON
ALLIES FOR URGENT MILITARY
SUPPLIES. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
LOOKING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND
ALSO CALLING ON CONGRESS TO DO
MORE. SATELLITE IMAGES APPEAR TO
SHOW MASS GRAVES OUTSIDE THE
BESIEGED CITY OF MARIUPOL.
VLADIMIR PUTIN DECLARED VICTORY
THEIR UKRAINIAN FORCES TRAPPED
INSIDE IS STILL PLANT SAY
OTHERWISE. WE’RE STILL FIGHTING
DESTROYED ONE THING TODAY. TWO
ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES, ONE
ARMORED PERSONAL CARRIER
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS MORE HEAVY
ARTILLERY DRONES AND OTHER
WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE ARE ON THE
WAY. HELP PREPARE UKRAINE FOR
RUSSIA’S OFFENSIVE THAT’S GOING
TO BE MORE LIMITED IN TERMS OF
GEOGRAPHY, BUT NOT IN TERMS OF
BRUTALITY. IN ADDITION TO A NEW
$800 MILLION MILITARY ASSISTANCE
PACKAGE, THE U. S IS SENDING
MORE ECONOMIC SUPPORT BANNING
RUSSIAN AFFILIATED SHIPS FROM U
. S PORTS AND FAST TRACKING SOME
UKRAINIAN REFUGEES INTO THE
UNITED STATES. THIS PROGRAM WILL
BE FAST IT WILL BE STREAMLINED.
SOME ADVOCATES FEAR THE NEW
PROGRAM WILL LIMIT ACCESS FOR
VULNERABLE GROUPS, INCLUDING
THOSE WITHOUT TIES TO THE US
THOSE WHO HAVE MEANS OR ARE
CONNECTED TO AMERICAN
INSTITUTIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE
ACCESS BUT THOSE WHO HAVE FEWER
RESOURCES THEY’RE GOING TO
STRUGGLE AS RUSSIAN FORCES GAIN
GROUND IN THE EAST. UKRAINIAN
SOLDIERS SAY MORE MILITARY AID
IS STILL NEEDED BUT AGAIN,
PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP
WEAPONS FLOWING TO UKRAINE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE’LL ASK
CONGRESS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
NEXT WEEK LAST MONTH, CONGRESS
APPROVED $13.6 BILLION IN AID
FOR UKRAINE, INCLUDING 6.5
BILLION IN MILITARY ASSISTANCE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS THAT
FUNDING HAS BEEN NEARLY
EXHAUSTED. IN WASHINGTON. I’M
BREE JACKSON BACK TO YOU.
ALRIGHT BREATHE. THANK YOU.
TODAY MARKS THE 51ST ANNIVERSARY
OF EARTH DAY. IT IS WIDELY
RECOGNIZED AS THE LARGEST
SECULAR OBSERVANCE IN THE WORLD
. EARTH DAY STARTED BACK IN 1970
BECAUSE OF GROWING CONCERN OVER
AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY LET IT
GAS. EARTH DAY IS AN ANNUAL
EVENT CELEBRATED ALL AROUND THE
WORLD MARKED BY MORE THAN A
MILLION. I SHOULD SAY A BILLION
PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. IN MORE THAN
190 COUNTRIES NOT GOING ON HERE
IN DETROIT TODAY FOR IT AS WELL
. AND HISTORY COULD BE MADE
TONIGHT IF THE TIGERS GAME CAN
GET OFF DESPITE THE RAIN IN THE
FORECAST. AND IT IS THE TIGERS
MIGUEL CABRERA THAT IS ONE HIT
AWAY FROM RECORDING 3000 CAREER
HITS. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
CABRERA WENT HIT LIST, INCLUDING
THE YANKEES, INTENTIONALLY
WALKING HIM IN HIS LAST CHANCE
AT BAT IN THE EIGHTH INNING, HE
COULD BECOME THE SEVENTH PLAYER
IN THE MLB HISTORY WITH 500 HOME
RUNS AND 3000 HITS. THE TIGERS
PLAY THE COLORADO ROCKIES
TONIGHT AT SEVEN PM, WHETHER
PERMITTING. STILL TO COME. HOW
DOES FREE GAS SOUND? WE’RE GOING
TO TELL YOU ABOUT A SPECIAL
GUEST GIVEAWAY THAT IS HAPPENING
OVER THE WEEKEND IN DETROIT WHEN
AND WHERE, JUST AHEAD. BUT FIRST
THE BATTLE OVER MASS CONTINUING
WITH SOME SUNDAY CITIES ENDING
MASS MANDATES, WHILE OTHERS
EXTENDING THEM. WE’LL HAVE A