LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. SAYING GOODBYE. FUNERAL SERVICES
UNDERWAY TOWARDS POLICE OFFICER
LAUREN COURTS WE’RE LOOKING AT
NEW VIDEO FROM SKY FOR OVER
GREATER GRACE TEMPLE WHERE THE
FUNERAL IS BEING HELD HERE IN
DETROIT. COURSE AS YOU KNOW, WAS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE WAS ON
THE FORCE FOR FIVE YEARS AND
WORKED IN THE SECOND PRECINCT
SPECIAL OPERATIONS CEASE FIRE
UNIT. LET’S SEND THINGS OUT TO
LOCAL FORCE. PAULA TUTMAN. SHE
JOINS US LIVE NOW AT GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE AND PAUL. I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE THE SOMBER MOOD
THERE. YEAH IT REALLY IS. AND I
KNOW THAT SKY FORGAVE YOU A
PRETTY DECENT SHOP. I WANTED TO
BRING YOU TO GROUND LEVEL JUST
SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE AWE
INSPIRING SIGHT. SO THIS IS EAST
ON SEVEN MILE AS FAR AS THE EYE
CAN SEE, AND THE VEHICLES THE
POLICE VEHICLES FROM ACROSS THE
NATION ALSO GO FAR FAR WEST
SEVERAL DIFFERENT BLOCKS AND YOU
CAN FEEL THE WEIGHT. YOU CAN
FEEL THE WEIGHT OF SUPPORT. BUT
EVEN IN BEING HERE, YOU CAN ALSO
FEEL THE SHEER HEARTBREAK.
FREEZE TODAY IS A DAY TO THINK
ABOUT THE FAMILY OF OFFICER
LAUREN COURTS. WHAT THEY’RE
SEEING WHAT THEY’RE FEELING
ANOTHER WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES
WOULD LIKELY MANY MORE TO COME.
BUT TODAY, THE SMALL BAND AID ON
THE GAPING WOUND IS THE OCEAN OF
SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
ACROSS MICHIGAN, CANADA AS FAR
SOUTH AS TEXAS AS FAR NORTH AS
NEW YORK. CHIEF ALVIN BARON CAME
FROM THIS DEPARTMENT TO LEAD
SOUTHFIELD TODAY HE RETURNS TO
PAY RESPECTS THIS SCENARIO
PLAYERS THAT ALL TOO OFTEN AND
SAD DAY FOR ME, CERTAINLY FOR MY
DEPARTMENT. FOR THE CITY. AND SO
YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO REFLECT
ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
OFFICER COURTS HAD TO THIS
COMMUNITY TO THIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IN GENERAL, THE SEA OF BLUE
STANDS AT ATTENTION TO GREET THE
FAMILY. FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
IN THEIR PLACE BEFORE THEY SAY
THEY SEE IT. THEY NOTICED
THROUGH THE NUMBNESS THEY ARE
AWARE. WHO WAS A HERO, HE PAID
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE,
RESPONDING TO A CALL OF A PERSON
WITH A GUN. WHO DOES THAT? AND
SO POLICE OFFICERS DAY IN AND
DAY OUT, PAID THAT SACRIFICE.
HAVE THAT COURAGE TO RESPOND TO
THESE RUNS TO KEEP OUR
COMMUNITIES SAFE. THE LEAD UP TO
THE FUNERAL STEEPED IN RESPECT,
THE TIME HONORED AND DEEPLY
WEATHERED RITUALS MOSTLY
HAPPENED AFTERWARDS WHERE A WIFE
AND HER CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILY WILL MAKE AN
EXCRUCIATINGLY LONG RIDE TO
WOODLAND CEMETERY LESS THAN 15
MILES FROM GREATER GRACE TEMPLE
, BUT WILL LIKELY BE THE LONGEST
JOURNEY OF THEIR LIVES. THE NEXT
OF MANY. SO IT’S A VERY SAD DAY
, BUT IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
HERE IN UNISON. POLICE
DEPARTMENTS FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE HERE TO LET THE
FAMILY OF OFFICE, OF COURSE,
KNEW THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT HE DID FOR THE TRIP. POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT THE FAMILY. YOU KNOW,
EVERYONE WAS TALKING TO AN
OFFICER WAS STAYING OUTSIDE.
HE’S JUST GETTING OFF OF A 40
HOUR DAY. I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT THAT. A 40 HOUR DAY. HE
WASN’T INSIDE, HE SAID, BECAUSE
HE WASN’T IN UNIFORM. I ASKED IF
YOU WANTED TO WATCH THE SERVICE.
FROM OUR TRUCK. HE WANTED TO BE
HERE BUT SAID HE COULDN’T HE’S
ALREADY SEEN TOO MANY OF THESE.
THAT’S A SENSE OF WHAT IT IS
LIKE HERE ON THE GROUND TODAY,
EVERY RIDE OUR HEARTS ARE JUST
BROKEN FOR THIS FAMILY FOR THE
DEPARTMENT AND TO SEE THE SHOW
OF SUPPORT FROM ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. PAULA AS YOU MENTIONED
, THIS HAS HAPPENED FAR TOO
OFTEN, AND IT DOES NOT GET ANY
EASIER. PAULA THANK YOU FOR THAT
REPORT. AND OF COURSE WE ARE
LIVE STREAMING. THE FUNERAL
SERVICES ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AND
LOCAL 4 PLUS CLICKONDETROIT’S
COM AS WELL. LET’S TURN OUR
ATTENTION NOW TO THE FORECAST AS
WE GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE
THROUGH OUR SKY CAM ACROSS THE
RIVER THERE. WINDSOR SKY KIM
SHOWING THIS BEAUTIFUL SKYLINE
OF DETROIT. WE DERIVE JUST
BRANDON ROUX HAS A LOOK AT WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT IN BRANDON IS
GOING TO BE A HOT ONE. TODAY IT
IS IN THE HEAT WILL CAUSE SOME
ISSUES FOR US THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. TODAY IT’S AN AIR QUALITY
ALERT, BREATHING. KIND OF A
CLASSIC SUMMER DAY FOR MANY OF
YOU, BUT ANYBODY WITH ASTHMA,
HEART CONDITIONS, DIFFICULTY
BREATHING WITH SOME SOMEWHAT
STAGNANT AIR, MIXING WITH SUN
AND HEAT THAT CREATES THAT
DANGEROUS OZONE. CHEMICAL
REACTION IS A TOUGH ONE. AND SO
WE DON’T WANT TO TAKE IT FOR
GRANTED. WE HAVE TEMPS, MAINLY
IN THE LOWER EIGHTIES. STILL 79
PORT HURON, 79 ARBOR, BUT IT’S
80 HOWELL 80. SPORT HERE ON 83
CITY AIRPORT, OFFICIALLY 81 AT
METRO AND THE HEAT INDEX, OR
HEAT INDICES ARE A COUPLE 23
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE AIR
TEMPS. SO WE’RE HEADING TO 86
THIS AFTERNOON FEELING LIKE 90
IN THIS OZONE ACTION DAY, AND
THE HEAT KEEPS COMING. WE’VE GOT
DETAILS ON THAT COMING UP.
ALRIGHT BRENNAN. THANK YOU.
LET’S TALK GAS PRICES. NOW THEY
CONTINUE TO DROP A BIT OF GOOD
NEWS HERE. HERE IS WHERE
MICHIGAN STANDS RIGHT NOW. AS
FAR AS PRICES GO PER GALLON IS
REPORTING. THE AVERAGE PRICE IS
4 62 PER GALLON HERE IN
MICHIGAN. AND THEN IN METRO
DETROIT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AT 4
65 A GALLON, BUT THAT WAS 22
CENTS LESS THAN THIS TIME LAST
WEEK. IN OTHER WORDS THIS
AFTERNOON. THREE PEOPLE ARE
KILLED. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE HURT
AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT
THE GREENWOOD PARK MALL RIGHT
NEAR INDIANAPOLIS. POLICE SAY AN
ARMED BYSTANDER SHOT AND KILLED
THE GUNMAN ON SUNDAY. MAGGIE
VESPA HAS THIS REPORT.
INVESTIGATORS THIS MORNING ARE
SEARCHING FOR A MOTIVE BEHIND
AMERICA’S LATEST MASS SHOOTING
THIS ONE IN INDIANA. THEY SAY IT
LEFT FOUR PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING
THE SHOOTER AND AT LEAST TWO
WOUNDED, INCLUDING A 12 YEAR OLD
GIRL, WHO WERE TOLD HAS MINOR
INJURIES. THIS ONE HAPPENED IN
GREENWOOD, INDIANA. IT’S JUST
OUTSIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS
SPECIFICALLY AT GREENWOOD PARK
MALL. AUTHORITIES SAY THE
SHOOTER OPENED FIRE INSIDE THE
MALL FOOD COURT WITH A LONG
RIFLE, AND THEY SAY SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. WHAT SETS
THIS ONE APART, AUTHORITIES SAY
IS THAT THE CARNAGE WAS CURBED
BY A GOOD SAMARITAN 22 YEAR OLD
UNNAMED MAN WHO AUTHORITIES SAY
HAD A HANDGUN ON HIM LEGALLY
CONFRONTED THE SHOOTER AND THEY
SAY SHOT AND KILLED HIM.
AUTHORITIES ARE NOT RELEASING
THE NAME OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
AT THIS POINT, THEY’RE ALSO NOT
RELEASING THE NAMES. OF THE
VICTIMS OR THE NAME OF THE
SHOOTER FOR THAT MATTER, BUT
POLICE DID CALL THAT GOOD
SAMARITAN QUOTE THE HERO OF THE
DAY, AND THE MAYOR OF GREENWOOD
RELEASED A STATEMENT THANKING
THE GOOD SAMARITANS SAYING THIS
PERSON SAVED LIVES. OF COURSE,
THIS MASS SHOOTING COMES IN A
STRING OF MASS SHOOTINGS THIS
SUMMER, INCLUDING IN CITIES LIKE
BUFFALO. YOU’VE ALDI AND
HIGHLAND PARK. ACCORDING TO THE
GUN VIOLENCE COALITION. THERE
HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 349 MASS
SHOOTINGS IN THE US THIS YEAR.
BACK TO YOU. AND THAT WAS MAGGIE
VESPA REPORTING. THANK YOU,
MAGGIE FOR THAT REPORT, THERE’S
A NEW REPORT THAT’S UNVEILING
NEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT DEADLY
MASS SHOOTING IN A TEXAS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS
WRITTEN BY AN INVESTIGATIVE
COMMITTEE FROM THE TEXAS HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND BRUCE
JACKSON HAS THIS CLOSER LOOK.
THE 77 PAGE. REPORT DETAILS
FAILURE AFTER FAILURE BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT CRITICIZING THEIR
INACTION AS 19 STUDENTS AND TWO
TEACHERS WERE KILLED. THE
SCATHING REPORT FINDS SYSTEMIC
FAILURES BY AGENCIES RESPONDING
TO THE MASS SHOOTING AT ROB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SAYING THEY
FAILED TO PRIORITIZE SAVING THE
LIVES OF INNOCENT VICTIMS OVER
THEIR OWN SAFETY. SEVERAL
OFFICERS IN THE HALLWAY OR IN
THAT BUILDING, KNEW OR SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS DYING IN
THAT CLASSROOM. THE
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE FOUND
376 LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE ON THE
SCENE, MOST FROM STATE AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES. FIVE OR YOU’VE
ALREADY SCHOOL POLICE OFFICERS,
VIDEO SHOWS, SOME OF THEM
RETREATING. AS THE LONE GUNMAN
OPEN FIRED. HE’S SITTING IN MY
ROOM. AND THEY RUN BACK THIS
WAY. I COULDN’T RUN. WHY SHOULD
THEY RUN OFFICERS STOOD IN THE
HALLWAY FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.
ONE OF MY STUDENTS. JUST HAD A
GUNSHOT TO THE STOMACH AND. THAT
IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING
CARE OF EARLIER HE WOULD HAVE
MADE IT. THE REPORT ALSO POINTS
OUT FAILURES TO INTERVENE
DESPITE EARLY WARNING SIGNS A
YEAR BEFORE THE MASSACRE, THE
GUNMAN WAS KNOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS AS SCHOOL SHOOTER
BECAUSE OF THE THREATS TO OTHER
USERS. I MEAN, HAVING STUFF LIKE
THIS COMING OUT AND BITS AND
PIECES IT’S ONLY GONNA MAKE.
IT’S GONNA ONLY GONNA MAKE
THINGS MORE FRUSTRATING. I THINK
THERE IS FRUSTRATION OVER THE
RESPONSE GROWS, SO OUR CALLS FOR
ACTION THAT’S WHAT’S MISSING
FROM THE REPORT IS WHAT IS THE
NEXT ACTION ABOUT HOLDING PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE? THE REPORT
PROVIDING THE MOST COMPLETE
ACCOUNT SO FAR OF ONE OF THE
WORST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN U. S
HISTORY. YOU’VE ALWAYS ACTING
CHIEF OF POLICE HAS BEEN PLACED
ON LEAVE AS THE CITY
INVESTIGATES HIS RESPONSE AS
WELL AS THAT OF HIS OFFICERS AND
WASHINGTON. I’M BREE JACKSON
BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. BREE. STEVE BANNON’S TRIAL
BEGINS TODAY. HE ONCE SERVED AS
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S
CHIEF STRATEGIST AND TAKE A
LOOK. THIS IS NEW VIDEO OF HIM
WALKING TO COURT THIS MORNING,
HE’S ON TRIAL FOR DEFYING A
SUBPOENA FROM THE HOUSE SELECT
COMMITTEE THAT’S INVESTIGATING
THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE U.
S. CAPITOL. BANNON WAS INDICTED
IN NOVEMBER ON TWO COUNTS OF
CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS AFTER HE
FAILED TO APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OR PROVIDE
REQUESTED DOCUMENTS IN THE