LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND HER SON ARE
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF A
DANGEROUS DISPUTE. THEY HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH TONIGHT. THEY
SAY THE GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR
WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SIMPLY
OUT OF CONTROL. THE WOMAN AND
HER SON JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR
BUSINESS INSIDE THEIR HOME WHEN
SHOTS RANG OUT, BUT WHAT HE DID
MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
SHAWN LEY GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK
WITH BOTH OF THESE DETROITERS
SHAWN LEY JUST WANT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE SAFE, LIKE SO
MANY OTHERS. SO MANY OTHERS.
KAREN DEVIN, YOU HIT THE POINT
ON THE HEAD BECAUSE WE’RE
HEARING AND WE’RE RESPONDING TO
A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS WITH
GUNFIRE OUTSIDE INNOCENT PEOPLE
BEING CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
HERE. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ANY
ONE YEAR OLD WOMAN. SHE’S
SUFFERING FROM CANCER. HER 61
YEAR OLD SON INSIDE THE HOUSE
CARING FOR HER. BUT ON SATURDAY
NIGHT, HE HAD TO USE HIS BODY AS
A SHIELD TO PROTECT HIS OWN
MOTHER. AS GUNSHOTS OUTSIDE CAME
FLYING IN I REACHED FOR THE MORE
CONTROL AND POP, POP, POP, AND
I’M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
SOMETHING AIN’T RIGHT. ANTHONY
MCMILLAN IS 61. HE SPENT THE
WEEKEND IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER
BEING SHOT FOUR TIMES. ONE
BULLET GOING RIGHT THROUGH HIS
ARM. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT.
HE WAS SIMPLY AT HOME INSIDE HIS
HOME, HELPING HIS 81 YEAR OLD
MOTHER. GET TO BED, BUT A GUN
BATTLE OUTSIDE ON MYERS, NEAR
JOY SENT SHOTS RIGHT THROUGH THE
FRONT WINDOW OF HIS HOME, SO HE
GOT HIT THERE. AND THEN THEY
STILL SHOOTING, AND ABOUT THAT
TIME SHE HAS STAND UP AND WHEN I
PUSHED HER ON THE FLOOR IS WHEN
I GOT GRAZED RIGHT HERE AND
RIGHT IN THE LINE OF FIRE,
MCMILLAN’S MOTHER SOON AS WE GOT
READY TO GO TO BED, DESPERATELY
, HELL BROKE A LOOP SON, PUSHING
MOTHER TO THE FLOOR AND COVERING
HER BODY WITH HIS MY LIFE. GOD
KNOWS TV. AND I APPROVE. THIS
FAMILY IS SPEAKING OUT, SAYING
THE GUNFIRE ON THEIR STREET HAS
HIT A BOILING POINT, AND THEY
ARE PLEADING FOR MORE HELP FROM
DETROIT POLICE. ANTHONY’S MOTHER
HAS CANCER. HE TAKES CARE OF HER
INSIDE THEIR HOME. HE SAYS HE
NEEDS HELP WITH THE DANGER
OUTSIDE GOING THROUGH ENOUGH.
I’M REALLY GOING THROUGH TOO
MUCH, AND I DON’T NEED THIS
EXTRA GOING ON OUT HERE. BACK
YOUR LIFE. YOU’RE HURTING
ANTHONY. SAY IT. HE’S GOING
THROUGH ENOUGH TRYING TO TAKE
CARE OF HIS MOTHER. HE DOESN’T
NEED SHOTS FIRED RIGHT OUTSIDE
COMING INTO HIS HOME, ALMOST
KILLING HIM, ALMOST HITTING HIS
DEAR 81 YEAR OLD MOTHER. WE TOOK
HIS CONCERNS HIS MOTHER’S
CONCERNS RIGHT TO DETROIT POLICE
TODAY. THEY SAID YES, THEY’RE
INVESTIGATING THOSE SHOTS FIRED
. THEY WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF IT LIKELY GANG ACTIVITY NEAR
THE END OF THE BLOCK THERE,
PERHAPS THE SAME TIME THEY’RE
ALSO GOING TO BE PATROLLING
THERE MORE BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE
THIS POINT THAT IF YOU’RE HAVING
A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE YOU
LIVE, CALL YOUR PRECINCT ASKED
FOR STEPPED UP PATROLS. GIRLS IN
THE AREA. DPD SAYS THEY WILL BE
HAPPY TO DO I WE’RE LIVE
TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY LOCAL FORD
BACK TO YOU KNOW. ALRIGHT, SEAN.
A POIGNANT AND EMOTIONAL
FAREWELL TO THE ONLY MONARCH
MOST IN THE UK HAVE EVER KNOWN
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND LAID
TO REST TODAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE
, KIMBERLY GILL, AMONG THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
IN AND AROUND LONDON FOR A
HISTORIC MOMENT. LET’S GET BACK
TO HER LIVE IN LONDON KG KAREN
AND DEVIN. GOOD EVENING, THE
WORLD SAID GOODBYE TO A QUEEN AS
MILLIONS MORE STOOD ON THE
STREETS WATCHING THE CEREMONY
LIVE. IT WAS A CEREMONY STEEPED
IN TRADITION AND REMEMBERED FOR
HER LIFE OF SERVICE. LET’S TAKE
A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO FROM
EARLIER FROM THE CEREMONY TODAY
, HER TOP THE TOP OF HER COFFIN
, DRAPED IN A FLAG AND A
PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM
KING CHARLES READING, QUOTE AND
LOVING AND DEVOTED MEMORY.
THOUSANDS LINED THE STREETS AS
HER MAJESTY’S COFFIN JOURNEY
THROUGH THE HEART OF LONDON TO
HER FINAL RESTING PLACE AT
WINDSOR CASTLE, MANY PAUSING FOR
A MOMENT TO SHARE WITH US THEIR
EMOTION. LISTEN. THAT WAS THE
LUMP IN THE THROAT MOMENTS. I
THINK COFFIN CAME BY AND SO
SLOWLY AND THE FAMILY BEHIND
WON’T SEE HER ANYMORE. BUT THIS
WAS THE LAST THING THE LAST TIME
AND ALLEGIANCE TO HER MAJESTY IN
IN 1971 AS A SOLDIER, SO IT WAS
SAYING GOODBYE. TO A WONDERFUL,
BRILLIANT WOMAN WHO WILL NEVER
BE REPEATED. TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE
DIED. SHE WAS INTERVIEWING PRIME
MINISTERS. IF THAT’S NOT SERVICE
TO THE END, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT
IS. YEAH LOCAL FORWARD
PHOTOJOURNALIST TIM PAMPLIN
SPOKE WITH A GENTLEMAN FROM
CHESTERFIELD AND HE HAS THAT
STORY RIGHT NOW. WELCOME BILLY.
IT WAS CERTAINLY AN EXPERIENCE
ALONG THE MALL THIS AFTERNOON AS
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WELL
WISHERS LINED THE STREETS OF
CENTRAL LONDON. AMONGST THEM
BROTHER AND SISTER. BACK HOME IN
MICHIGAN. I GOT CHILLS AND
EVERYTHING COLLECT SLOWED DOWN
LIKE EVERYTHING. YOU JUST FELT
YOUR SENSES COME ALIVE AND FOR
ME. THE MOMENT WAS WHEN I SAW
CHARLES KING CHARLES AND THEN
PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY
AND THEIR PRINCIPAL YAMIN HERE,
HARRY WERE MY AGE. THAT FOR ME
WAS LIKE THE BIG MOMENT. THEY
CLAIMED THIS SPOT LAST EVENING
CAMPING OUT IN ST JAMES’S PARK.
THEIR EFFORTS PAID OFF WHEN THE
PROCESSION BEGAN. AND THIS
WASN’T DANNY’S FIRST TIME.
PAYING RESPECTS TO THE QUEEN.
CORRECT YES. SO THAT WAS THE
SECOND TIME SINCE I DID SEE IT
THE FIRST TIME WHEN SHE WAS
LAYING IN STATE, WHICH WE STOOD
IN LINE FOR 14 HOURS LAST NIGHT,
WE CAMPED OUT AT EIGHT. AND WE
WERE THERE ALL THE WAY UNTIL ONE
PM TODAY. I THINK MAUREEN’S
SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY. WITH
THIS. THANK YOU LIKE YOU SERVED
YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO US. PLEASE
GO REST WITH YOUR PRINCE IN HIS
ARMS AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR DOING EVERYTHING AND SERVING
US. THAT’S RIGHT. AND SO MANY
PEOPLE SHARING THE SAME
SENTIMENT AS TO WHY IT WAS SO
IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE HERE
TODAY. THAT’S GOING TO DO IT FOR
US HERE IN LONDON,
DEVIN SCILLIAN SEND IT BACK TO
YOU IN DETROIT. KIMBERLY GILL
LOCAL 4. WE ALWAYS JOKE ABOUT
HOW YOU RUN INTO DETROITERS
ANYWHERE YOU GO IN THE WORLD AND
MICHIGANDERS, AND THAT’S BEEN
THE CASE FOR YOU AND TIM THERE,
RIGHT? IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT, TIM, WE MET PEOPLE FROM
WARREN FROM BIRMINGHAM FROM
ROCHESTER HILLS. IT’S JUST
AMAZING, AND SOMETIMES JUST IN
THE CROWD, YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY
STICKS OUT DEVIN SCILLIAN COUPLE
OF TIMES. I’VE SEEN PEOPLE
WEARING THAT HAT AND I GO UP AND
I’M LIKE, ARE YOU FROM DETROIT
FROM MICHIGAN? AND SURE ENOUGH,
IT’S JUST REALLY BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE. AND THE REPORTING
HAS BEEN FABULOUS FOR BOTH YOU
AND TIM DEFINITELY APPRECIATE
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, KIM.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEW STUDY
TONIGHT SHOWING A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE QUESTIONING
WHETHER THE MONARCHY SHOULD
CONTINUE, BUT A GREAT DEAL OF
YOUTH WAS PRESENT IN THOSE LONG
LINES TO VIEW THE QUEEN’S CASKET
. NBC’S LESTER HOLT SPOKE WITH
TWO YOUNG MEN FOR WHOM THE
MONARCHY REPRESENTS BOTH HISTORY
AND HOPE. THERE’S A MONARCHY IN
YOUR VIEW, PART OF THE IDENTITY
OF THIS COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE.
OH, YEAH, 100. I MEAN, WE’VE
WE’VE HAD A MONARCHY AS LONG AS
HISTORY, YOU KNOW. AND IT’S
SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE YOU
KNOW. YOU THINK OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND PEOPLE SORT OF GO. OH, YEAH,
THE QUEEN. OR NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE
KING OR JUST THE MONARCHY. IN
GENERAL. IT’S SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE LOVE TO FEEL A PART OF
LESTER. HERE’S WHAT THESE YOUNG
MEN THINK ABOUT KING CHARLES AND
A SPECIAL EDITION OF NIGHTLY
NEWS LIVE FROM LONDON AHEAD OF 6
30, WONDERING THAT LOOKING AT
THE YOUNG FACES IN THE CROWD WAS
THAT ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH OR
WAS IT ABOUT THE MONARCHY IN
GENERAL? WILL I GUESS TIME WILL
TELL US THAT LOOK AT THAT
BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT? BLUE SKY. THE SUN WAS OUT
THERE WAS A LIGHT BREEZE. IT WAS
A NICE FAREWELL TO SUMMER. AS WE
COUNT DOWN TO THURSDAY, KIM THAT
ALMOST DOESN’T LOOK REAL RIGHT?
IT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE OR
PAINTING BECAUSE THE SKY IS JUST
CRYSTAL CLEAR BLUE. IT’S
GORGEOUS OUTSIDE, AND THESE ARE
THE DAYS THAT ARE SO FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN AS WE GET INTO THE FALL
MONTHS, SO WE ARE GOING TO
DEFINITELY ENJOY IT TONIGHT. 82
DEGREES AT CITY AIRPORT 81 AT
METRO 75 JUST DROPPED DOWN TO 75
IN PONTIAC DEWPOINTS ARE
DROPPING. IT WILL BE A NICE COOL
NIGHT FOR US HERE IN METRO
DETROIT. WE’VE GOT MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES. THE EVENING PLANNER, HOUR
BY HOUR LOOKS TO BE QUITE NICE
AND PLEASANT WILL BE 66 DEGREES
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT WE DO
HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER TO TALK
ABOUT ON WEDNESDAY. THAT’S WHEN
OUR ATTEMPTS WILL GO FROM 84
DOWN TO ABOUT 63 DEGREES IN A
VERY QUICK PERIOD OF TIME, SO WE
DO EXPECT POSSIBLY SOME
THUNDERSTORMS, AND I WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN THE
FORECAST. WELL, IT’S ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS TAUGHT IN DRIVER’S
TRAINING. YOU SEE, FLASHING
LIGHTS AND A SCHOOL BUS. YOU
STOP YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL THOSE
LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF. BUT
THAT’S THE DRIVERS ARE IGNORING
THAT AND THEN PUTTING STUDENTS
IN DANGER. KIM DEGUILIO TAKES US
TO HEAR ON TOWNSHIP TONIGHT
WHERE POLICE ARE GIVING EXTRA
ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO BLOW PAST
THE BUSSES. AT THE START OF
EVERY SCHOOL YEAR. HERE ON
TOWNSHIP. PLEASE SEE A BIG
PROBLEM WITH DRIVERS SPEEDING
PAST SCHOOL BUSSES WHEN THEY
HAVE THEIR STOPLIGHTS ON,
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR SEEMS TO BE
WORSE THAN IT’S EVER BEEN BEFORE
, AND NOW POLICE ARE CRACKING
DOWN. ANYBODY DESERVES A BREAK.
IT’S THE KIDS GETTING ON AND OFF
THE BUS, TRYING TO GO TO SCHOOL
JUST NOW ARRIVING OFFICER MARK
GRANT HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION TO
HELP KEEP THE STUDENTS OF HERE
ON SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFE AS HE’S
SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE BLOW PAST
SCHOOL BUSSES AS STUDENTS HAD TO
SCHOOL THEY SHOULD KNOW KIDS
COULD BE COMING FROM ANY
DIRECTION WHEN THOSE RED LIGHTS
TURN ON, AND THEY DON’T
NECESSARILY WAIT FOR THE BUS
DRIVER. THEIR PARENTS TO SAY, GO
AHEAD HERE ON TOWNSHIP IS A
RURAL AREA, SO IT’S DARK IN THE
MORNING AND THE SPEED LIMITS ARE
HIGH ON THESE ROADS IN SOME
AREAS AS HIGH AS 55 MILES AN
HOUR IN MANY OF THE AREA’S 45.
BUT SOME OF THE DRIVERS WERE
ESTIMATING ARE PASSING AT EVEN
HIGHER THAN 45 MPH AS OUR
STUDENTS ARE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
THE STREET CHIEF EVERETTE
ROBBINS SAYS. IT’S NOT A NEW
PROBLEM, BUT IT’S NEVER BEEN
THIS BAD BEFORE. WE ARE
AVERAGING AT LEAST TWO A DAY. UM
SOME DAYS ARE UP AS HIGH AS
FOUR. BUT IT’S EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE’VE NOT HAD A DAY SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
WHERE WE’VE HAD ZERO GOT IT.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BUS? EVEN
THIS MORNING, WE RODE ALONG WITH
OFFICER GRANT INSURE ENOUGH. WE
SAW IT HAPPEN, SAID WHEN THE
LIGHTS TURN RED, SHE WAS AFRAID
TO STOP BECAUSE THE WET PAVEMENT
I TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD PLENTY
OF TIME TO STOP. THE LIGHTS WERE
RED LONG BEFORE SHE GOT TO THE
BUS HAS THREE OPTIONS OF TICKETS
TO ISSUE FOR THIS VIOLATION.
$195 TICKET WITH THREE POINTS.
THERE’S A SCHOOL BUS, WHICH IS
THREE POINTS AND FIVE. THERE’S
CARELESS DRIVING, WHICH IS THREE
POINTS IN A FINE AND THEN IF
IT’S REALLY AGREE, GIS WE CAN GO
AS FAR AS RECKLESS DRIVING. SO
THAT’S A MISDEMEANOR IN 93 DAY,
MISDEMEANOR DRIVERS ARE PUTTING
THE CHILDREN FROM FIVE DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS IN THE HURON SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN DANGER, AND THE
INTERESTING PART IS THE PEOPLE
VIOLATING THE TRAFFIC LAWS. I
DON’T LIVE IN THE AREA 100% OF
THE TICKETS THAT WE’VE GIVEN
THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH HAS
HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS
SCHOOL YEAR ARE RESIDENTS THAT
DON’T LIVE WITHIN OUR TOWNSHIP,
AND THEY’RE DRIVING THROUGH FOR
A SHORT TIME, AND THEY’RE
PUTTING OUR KIDS IN A LOT OF
DANGER TOWNSHIP AND KIM DEGUILIO
LOCAL 4. POLICE SAY BUSSES
USUALLY KEEP THEIR FLASHING
LIGHTS ON FOR A TOTAL OF 11
SECONDS, SO IGNORING THAT SIGNAL
IS IT REALLY SAVING DRIVERS THAT
MUCH TIME ANYWAY? ALLEGED DRUNK
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER STATE
POLICE SAY HE HIT A PATROL CAR
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAPPENED IN
THE WESTBOUND LANES OF I 94
YEARS, EBRO TROOPERS WERE
INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY BELIEVED
WAS A DRUNK DRIVING INCIDENT
WHEN THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE
PATROL CAR TROOPERS SUFFERED
MINOR INJURIES. THE 33 YEAR OLD
MAN FROM CANTON WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGES ARE NOW PENDING. THE
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR HOPES
A NEW BRAIN TRUST CAN HELP
PREVENT THE NEXT MASS SHOOTING.
KAREN MCDONALD, ANNOUNCING TODAY
THE FORMATION OF THE OAKLAND
COUNTY GUN VIOLENCE COMMISSION,
WHICH SHE SAYS WILL TAKE A DATA
DRIVEN APPROACH TO COMBATING GUN
VIOLENCE. THE COMMISSION WILL
BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND NATIONAL EXPERTS TO DEVELOP
A CURRICULUM WITH A FOCUS ON
PREVENTION. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS.
THE OXFORD AND YOU’VE ALL THE
TRAGEDIES SPURRED HER TO ACT.
AFTER EVERY SHOOTING, WE ALL ASK
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? WHEN
OXFORD HAPPENED, WE WERE ALL
SHOCKED AND GRIEF STRICKEN AND
WE WERE RIGHTFULLY FOCUSED ON
THE TRAGEDY RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
AND THE PROSECUTION. WHEN YOU’VE
ALREADY HAPPENED, ALL OF US
COULD SEE THE TRAGEDY UNFOLD,
BUT WE COULDN’T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT, AND THAT’S WHEN I
DECIDED TO FORM THIS COMMISSION
SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ALL OF
THE PAST SHOOTINGS AND TRY TO
PREVENT ANOTHER AXFORD OR
ANOTHER. YOU’VE ALDI MACDONALD
SAID. ACCESS TO GUNS IS REALLY
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES, BUT