TOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. FIGHTER PILOT SCRAMBLES TO LAKE HURON SHOOTING
DOWN YET ANOTHER FLYING OBJECT
IN THE NAME OF US SECURITY
TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING SOME
ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT IT COULD BE,
AND WHAT IT LIKELY IS NOT GOOD
TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR LOCAL 4
NEWS AT FIVE. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN
KIMBERLY GILL. PEOPLE ARE
SHARING ALL SORTS OF THEORIES
ABOUT THIS. THE FOURTH OBJECT
SHOT DOWN BY THE US AND LESS
THAN 10 DAYS THIS TIME OVER LAKE
HURON. MAYBE ANOTHER DAY OR TWO
BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT
IS. BUT US OFFICIALS DO CONFIRM
THE OBJECT BROUGHT DOWN SUNDAY
OVER LAKE HURON IS THE SAME
OBJECT SPOTTED OVER MONTANA. ON
SATURDAY, WATCHING FLIGHT PATHS
OF THE U. S COAST GUARD TODAY,
AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THE
ACTIVITY OF ONE OF THEIR SEARCH
PLANES OVER LAKE HURON, MOSTLY
ON THE CANADIAN SIDE, AND HERE’S
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BACK AND
FORTH SEARCH PATTERN OVER THE
CHOPPY WATERS. THE LAKE LET’S
GET TO VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE WITH
THE LATEST FROM US OFFICIALS,
INCLUDING CONGRESSWOMAN ELISSA
SLOTKIN, VICTOR. DEVON AND
KIMBERLY INVESTIGATORS ARE
LOOKING FOR AS MANY ANSWERS AS
THEY CAN FIND. BUT NOW THE WHITE
HOUSE IS CHARMING IN THE OBJECT
OVER LAKE HURON. NOW LIES IN
WHAT IS PROBABLY VERY DEEP WATER
. WHITE HOUSE SECURITY
SPOKESPERSON JOHN KIRBY BREAKING
THE SILENCE ON THE INVESTIGATION
AND TO SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECTS BEING SHOT DOWN
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW
DAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YET
BEEN ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY ASSESS
WHAT THESE MOST RECENT OBJECTS
ARE. WE ACTED OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO PROTECT
THE SECURITY. OUR SECURITY, OUR
INTEREST AND FLIGHT SAFETY. THE
DEBRIS LEFT OVER FROM THE OBJECT
SHOT DOWN OVER LAKE HURON IS
CURRENTLY BEING EXTRACTED AND
EXAMINED, BUT SO FAR DIFFERS
FROM THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON
THAT WAS SHOT DOWN ON FEBRUARY
THE FOURTH. THE RECENT OBJECTS
WERE FLYING BETWEEN 20 AND
40,000. FT VERSUS 60,000. ON TOP
OF THAT THESE OBJECTS WERE NOT
BEING MANEUVERED. THEY DID NOT
APPEAR TO HAVE ANY SELF
PROPULSION. SO THE. LIKELY
HYPOTHESIS IS THAT THEY WERE
BEING MOVED BY THE PREVAILING
WINDS. AS FAR AS THE CHINESE
BALLOON. THE US ISN’T THE FIRST
COUNTRY IT’S BELIEVED TO HAVE
SPIED ON. WE KNOW THAT THESE PRC
SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS HAVE
CROSSED OVER DOZENS OF COUNTRIES
ON MULTIPLE CONTINENTS AROUND
THE WORLD. INCLUDING SOME OF OUR
CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS. IT
WAS ALSO REVEALED THAT FLYING
OBJECTS HAVE BEEN ROAMING U. S
AIRSPACE SINCE THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION WAS AN OFFICE
MAJOR ISSUE FOR SENATOR GARY
PETERS. WE NOW KNOW THAT THERE
WERE OTHER OBJECTS IN THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION THAT
CAME ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT
WEREN’T SHUT DOWN. THERE’S NO
QUESTION I’M VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT EITHER WAY,
REPRESENTATIVE ELISSA SLOTKIN
SAYS. IT’S JUST A VERY DIFFERENT
TIME. WE ARE ON HIGH ALERT FOR
EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING AND THAT
WE ARE JUST IN A DIFFERENT ERA
RIGHT NOW WHERE WE’RE WATCHING
OUR SKIES. MUCH MORE CLOSELY.
AND COMING UP AT SIX PM
REPRESENTATIVE SLOTKIN IS GOING
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
CONSPIRACY THEORIES OR ALSO
GOING TO BE HEARING FROM
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VICTOR
WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR.
WE’LL SEE AT SIX. DOG OWNER
TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE
CITY OF DETROIT AND A POLICE
OFFICER WHO SHE SAYS SHOT AND
KILLED HER DOG WHILE CHASING
SOMEONE ELSE ACROSS HER PROPERTY
. SHAWN LEY WITH MORE ON THIS
FEDERAL LAWSUIT, SEAN. KIMBERLY
GOOD EVENING TO YOU. WE WERE
THERE IN NOTICED. IT’S REALLY
STOOD OUT. THERE WAS A BUNCH OF
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ON THE
CURB ON TIFFANY, LINDSAY STREET
AND TIFFANY LINDSAY WAS STANDING
ON HER FRONT LAWN. SHE WANTED TO
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED. HER DOG
JACK HAD BEEN SHOT, SHE SAYS BY
DETROIT POLICE. THEY DIDN’T TELL
HER. THEY PUT HIS BODY IN A
TRASH CAN NEXT DOOR AND NOW SHE
TOLD US SHE WAS GOING TO SUE
THEN, AND SHE HAS FOLLOWED
THROUGH ON THAT PROMISE TONIGHT.
I’M GOING TO BE THEIR WORST
NIGHTMARE. IT WAS SEPTEMBER 6TH
OF LAST YEAR, TIFFANY LINDSEY
TOLD US SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE
CITY OF DETROIT’S WORST
NIGHTMARE. AND NOW SHE IS FILED
A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
CITY AND THE DETROIT POLICE
OFFICER. HERE’S WHY WE WERE
THERE ON GLASTONBURY, OFF OF
EIGHT MILE WATCHING POLICE
ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF LINDSAY’S
HOME. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON. LINDSAY SHOWED US
EARLIER, POLICE WERE CHASING
PEOPLE FROM AN INCIDENT UP THE
STREET OFFICERS WENT INTO
LINDSAY’S BACKYARD. I
ENCOUNTERED HER DOG JACK SHOT
HIM DIDN’T TELL HER AND DUMPED
HIS BODY IN A TRASH CAN NEXT
DOOR. HEARTBROKEN LINDSAY WAS
LIVID. BUT YOU WERE TRYING TO
HIDE IT. YOU WERE TRYING TO HIDE
IT ABOUT THAT. THAT’S DETROIT,
FEDERAL LAWSUIT SAYS. POLICE
SAID NO WARRANT NO REASON TO
ENTER HER FENCED IN YARD,
VIOLATING HER CIVIL RIGHTS ON MY
DOOR AND SAY NOTHING, YOU KNOW
THAT WAS MY PROTECTOR. THAT WAS
MY BEST FRIEND. HE WAS AN
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG. BACK HERE
LIVE NOW THE CITY OF DETROIT. WE
CHECKED WITH THEM AND POLICE.
THEY’RE BOTH SAYING TONIGHT
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON
PENDING LITIGATION. NOW THIS
FEDERAL LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED.
BUT KIMBERLY TIFFANY TELLS ME
SHE WAS NEVER GIVEN AN ANSWER
WHY JACK WAS SHOT BY THOSE
OFFICERS AND WHY AN OFFICER
PLACED HIS REMAINS IN THE TRASH
CAN UP THE STREET BACK TO YOU.
PLACING IT IN THE TRASH CAN IS
JUST WHAT GETS ME TOO. ALRIGHT
SEAN. WE KNOW THERE’S MORE TO
COME AND YOU’LL STAY ON TOP OF
IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE TRIAL
OF FORMER MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL STAR KEITH
APPLING WAS SET FOR THIS MORNING
. INSTEAD APPLING PLEADED GUILTY
TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER THAT
CHARGE STEMMING FROM THE 2021
SHOOTING DEATH OF 66 YEAR OLD
CLYDE EDMONDS IN DETROIT.
PROSECUTORS SAY AN ARGUMENT OVER
A STOLEN GUN PRECEDED THAT
SHOOTING ALSO FACED SEVERAL
WEAPONS CHARGES. THOSE THOUGH,
WERE DISMISSED AS PART OF THE
PLEA DEAL. THE SENTENCING IS NOW
SET FOR MARCH. 3RD DETROIT
POLICE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S
HELP AS THEY INVESTIGATED A
STRING OF ATTACKS AGAINST
RIDESHARE DRIVERS. THERE HAVE
BEEN THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS
ALONG DAVIDSON STREET TO NEAR
DEXTER AVENUE. ONE YEAR LINWOOD
AVENUE, PRIYA MANN LIVE WITH HOW
POLICE AND RIDESHARE DRIVERS ARE
DEALING WITH THIS PRIYA IN TWO
OF THESE INCIDENTS OF VEHICLES
WERE STOLEN, BUT THE GREATER
CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF
THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST OUT
THERE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOBS.
THAT’S WHERE HE CAME. THAT’S
WHAT EVERYONE’S WORRIED ABOUT.
AND DETROIT POLICE SAY WHAT’S
EQUALLY DISTURBING. HERE IS HOW
THESE CARJACKERS ARE TRYING TO
STRANGLE THE DRIVERS. THEY’RE
USING THINGS THEY FIND IN THE
VEHICLE, WHETHER IT’S A CHARGER
OR EVEN THE DRIVER’S SEAT BELT.
NOW THE VICTIMS HERE RANGE IN
AGE FROM ABOUT 30 TO THEIR MID
FIFTIES. IN SOME CASES, THEY CAN
FIGHT THESE PEOPLE OFF. IN OTHER
CASES, THEIR VEHICLES WERE
STOLEN. ALL OF THIS HAS
RIDESHARE DRIVERS CONCERNED.
MORE CAUTIOUS TODAY THAN I’VE
EVER BEEN. BERNARD MOHAMMED HAS
BEEN WORKING AS A RIDESHARE
DRIVER FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS.
THE DETROIT MAN SAYS HE’S NOW
SCREENING PASSENGERS AND
AVOIDING NIGHTTIME PICKUPS
BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE, AND YOU
HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY GAUGE
THEM, YOU KNOW VISUALLY TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU
KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE THE
RIDE BECAUSE I HAVE I HAVE
CHILDREN. AND YOU KNOW I HAVE TO
BE HERE FOR THEM. DETROIT POLICE
BELIEVE THESE LATEST CARJACKINGS
ARE LINKED DESCRIPTION,
BASICALLY 3 TO 4 YOUNG MALES AND
A FEMALE EACH TIME AND THEN THE
METHOD CELL PHONE CHARGER. THE
COURT OF THAT MAYBE A SHEET BELT
BUT WRAPPED AROUND THE DRIVER’S
NECK FROM BEHIND, SO THERE’S
SOME STRANGULATION. AND ONE TIME
A WEAPON WAS PRESENTED. THE
FIRST CAR JACKING HAPPENED
AROUND 2 30 IN THE MORNING ON
FEBRUARY 4TH NEAR DEXTER AND
DAVISON. NOT FAR FROM THERE ON
FEBRUARY, 10TH, A RIDESHARE
DRIVER WAS ATTACKED AROUND 11 30
AT NIGHT NEAR LINWOOD AND
DAVISON. THE THIRD ASSAULT
HAPPENED AROUND TWO IN THE
MORNING. ON FEBRUARY 13TH AGAIN
NEAR DEXTER AND DAVISON. JUST
PUTTING EVERYBODY DANGER. AND
IT’S THAT COMMUNITY. WE DO HAVE
VERY GOOD LEADS ON THESE
INDIVIDUALS. I EXPECT THEM TO BE
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY SHORTLY.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS
PERSON OF INTEREST.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ATTEMPTED
TO USE ONE OF THE VICTIM’S
CREDIT CARDS SHORTLY AFTER THE
CARJACKING AWFUL. IT’S AWFUL,
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE
TO LOSE THEIR LIFE. TRYING TO
MAKE IT EARNING FOR THE SELF IN
THEIR FAMILY. AND HE IS, OF
COURSE, TALKING ABOUT THAT
HORRIFIC SHOOTING OF A LIFT
DRIVER IN PONTIAC. A SUSPECT WAS
CHARGED IN THAT CASE. WE’RE HERE
AT LINWOOD AND DAVISON, ONE OF
THE INCIDENTS IN AREAS WHERE
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. IN TWO
OF THESE CASES, THE CARS WERE
STOLEN, BUT POLICE RECOVER THEM
WITHIN 12 HOURS. ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION HERE IS ASKED TO
CALL DPD. OR CRIMESTOPPERS, THAT
NUMBER OF COURSE, 1 800 SPEAK UP
REPORTING LIVE. I’M PRIYA MANN
BEFORE SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING
AND WE’LL SPEAK UP REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. MICHIGAN ALWAYS
LOOKING TO KEEP ITS AUTOMOTIVE
HERITAGE AND TODAY, FORD
ANNOUNCED ITS DECISION TO BUILD
THE NEXT GENERATION ELECTRIC
VEHICLE BATTERY PLANT JUST
OUTSIDE LANSING. IT WILL USE A
MASSIVE PARCEL OF LAND IN
MARTIAL NEXT TO THE KALAMAZOO
RIVER. IT COMES TO MICHIGAN
AFTER THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND
ITS GOVERNOR SAID IT DIDN’T WANT
TO COMPETE FOR THE PLANT. ROD
MELONI LIVE IN ROMULUS. TONIGHT
WITH THE LATEST ROD. DE’VEON.
IT’S A 940 ACRES OR SO FOR THE
SIZE OF THIS PLANT, GOVERNOR
YOUNG QIN SAID THAT HE HE DIDN’T
WANT THE PLAN FOR A COUPLE OF
REASONS. ONE HE DIDN’T WANT TO
OFFER INCENTIVES TO WE DIDN’T
LIKE THE FACT THAT IT WAS A
CHINESE SUPPLIER AND ALL OF THIS
BILL FORD SAID HE WAS ROOTING
FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ALONG,
BUT HE SAID MICHIGAN HAD TO
COMPETE FOR IT. AND THEY DID, IN
FACT, WIN. THE BLUE OVAL BATTERY
PARK IN MARSHALL IS $3.5 BILLION
OF FORD INVESTMENT, ROUGHLY A
THIRD OF THE MONEY THAT FORD
ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR FOR ITS
SOUTHERN BATTERY PARK IN
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN WILL ALSO PONY
UP JUST UNDER A QUARTER OF A
BILLION DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES
HERE. THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS
PLANT IS THAT ITS EMPLOYEES WILL
BUILD LF P OR LITHIUM IRON
PHOSPHATE BATTERIES ARE MUCH
LESS EXPENSIVE OPTION.
MANUFACTURING THESE NEW
BATTERIES IN AMERICA. WILL HELP
US BUILD MORE EVS FASTER. AND
WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THEM MORE
AFFORDABLE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
GOVERNOR WHITMER WENT ON A TOUR
OF THE ROMULUS FACILITY WHERE
FORD ENGINEERS EXPLAINED THEIR
TECHNOLOGY AND HOW THEY CONTINUE
TRYING TO MAKE BATTERIES MORE
EFFICIENT AND EVEN LESS
EXPENSIVE. I CAN TELL YOU IF AH!
IN COMPETITION WITH A LOT OF
OTHER PLACES. WE WON, BUT IT WAS
NEVER IT WAS NEVER QUESTIONED
WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO BE
THE MEMBERS OF THE BIG DEAL FOR
MICHIGAN. AS FOR THE CHINESE
SUPPLIER, C A. T L FORD
PRESIDENT AND CEO JIM FARLEY
SAID. TESLA USES THAT COMPANY
AND ANY CRITICISM, PARTICULARLY
FROM VIRGINIA’S GOVERNOR IS
MISPLACED. THIS IS COMPLETELY
WHOLLY OWNED. FORWARD OPERATION
. WE RUN THE PLANT. THAT’S HOW
IT’LL WORK. IT’S VERY SIMPLE. WE
DON’T EXPECT ANY SCRUTINY AND
ALL BECAUSE IT’S A FORD PLANS.
IT’S OUR IT’S OUR WHOLLY OWNED,
CONSIDERATE. SO IN ORDER FOR
FORD TO QUALIFY FOR A LOT OF THE
OTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR THIS, THEY HAVE TO
GET THE COST DOWN. SO THAT’S
PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY’RE
WORKING SO HARD ON THIS BATTERY,
THE NEW KIND OF BATTERY ALSO,
THEY’RE GOING TO START CHURNING
OUT THOSE BATTERIES IN 2026
REPORTING LIVE AND ROMULUS ROD
MELONI LOCAL 4. WHAT A GORGEOUS
VIEW WARY AFTERNOON. I CAN’T
EVEN BELIEVE IT CHECKED. IT
ACTUALLY IS FEBRUARY THE 13TH. I
JUST LOOKED AGAIN TO MAKE SURE
THIS IS REALLY NICE. DON’T THINK
I HAVEN’T DOUBLE TRIPLE
QUADRUPLE CHECKED IT MYSELF. 51
IN DETROIT. WE MADE IT INTO THE
LOW FIFTIES TODAY WITH THE HELP
OF A LOT OF SUNSHINE. A GREAT
START TO THE WORK WEEK MID
FORTIES RIGHT NOW IN PONTIAC 47
OVER IN MOUNT CLEMENS. NOW IT IS
COOLER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY BY
ABOUT SEVEN DEGREES IN PONTIAC,
A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN MOUNT
CLEMENS BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES
AND FIVE DEGREES. OLDER TODAY
THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY IN ANN
ARBOR. BUT BOY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
DAY AND THIS EVENING THE SUN
SETS AT 603 STILL GAINING THAT
DAYLIGHT AS WE EDGE CLOSER TO
SPRING BY EIGHT O’CLOCK TONIGHT
WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. 41 WILL
DROP DOWN INTO THE LOW THIRTIES
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. I’LL HAVE A