IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT BY HIS SIX YEAR OLD SIBLING. HAPPENED ON TENNESSEE
STREET NEAR JEFFERSON ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE.
>> TIM PAMPLIN IS ON THE SCENE
WITH THE NIGHT CAM. TIM
>> THE SHOOTING OCCURRING HERE
ON TENNESSEE AT FLOYD JEFFERSON,
CONNER AREA, EAST SIDE OF
DETROIT. SIX YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY
FINDS A HANDGUN AND SHOOTS HIS
LITTLE ONE YEAR OLD BROTHER NOT
ONCE, BUT TWICE. IT’S A BABY,
BABY.
>> IT’S ONE YEAR OLD BABY IS IN
HIS BOUNCY. ANOTHER FAMILY IS
THE STORY WE’RE GETTING. THE
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION IS THAT
ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER, A YOUNG
CHILD, GETS A HOLD OF A GUN AND
SHOOTS HIS SIBLING.
>> A YOUNG CHILD’S BICYCLE
OUTSIDE THE HOME. AS CHIEF WHITE
MAKES HIS WAY TO THE SCENE HERE
ON TENNESSEE AT FREUD, DOWN NEAR
JEFFERSON AND CONNER. OFF IN THE
DISTANCE, YOU SEE AN OFFICER IN
THAT PATROL CAR PROCESSING THE
WEAPON, A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN
. THE SIX YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY
USED TO SHOOT HIS ONE YEAR OLD
BROTHER. POLICE TELL US THE
FATHER WAS IN THE YARD DOING
SOME YARD WORK WHEN HE HEARD TWO
GUNSHOTS COMING FROM INSIDE THE
HOME. HE GOES INSIDE, SEE SEES
THE SIX YEAR OLD HOLDING THE
PISTOL.
>> JUST THIS, THIS, THIS. WE
HEAR FAR TOO OFTEN TALKING ABOUT
SECURING OUR WEAPONS. THERE ARE
GUN LOCKS. THERE ARE GUN SAFES.
THERE ARE THE HIGHEST SHELF YOU
CAN FIND IN YOUR HOUSE. PUT THE
GUN UP AS HIGH AS YOU POSSIBLY
CAN. SO BACK OUT HERE, EVIDENCE
TECHNICIANS ARE ON THE SCENE AS
OUR CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATORS
FROM THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THEY’RE GOING TO BE HANDLING
THIS SITUATION. THE ONE YEAR OLD
LITTLE BOY WAS PRIVATELY
CONVEYED TO A HOSPITAL IN GROSSE
POINTE. LATER SENT DOWN TO
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS
NOW. I’M BEING TOLD PARENTS ARE
COOPERATING WITH THIS
INVESTIGATION. THAT IS THE SCENE
ON THE EAST SIDE WITH THE NIGHT
CAM. TIM PAMPLIN, LOCAL 4. JUST
AWFUL.
>> OKAY, TIM. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY AT 11. THOSE FLUFFY
COTTONWOOD SEEDS YOU SEE
FLOATING THROUGH THE AIR PROVE
DIFFICULT FOR THE ANN ARBOR FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
>> IN SPOTS, THEY LOOK LIKE
SNOW. PRACTICALLY. THE SEEDS
MADE A HOUSE FIRE GO FROM BAD TO
WORSE. JACQUELINE FRANCIS THERE
LIVE WITH WHAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS SAYING ABOUT A
MOST UNUSUAL CASE. JACQUELINE
DEVIN UNUSUAL IS RIGHT.
>> THEY SAY THEY’VE NEVER REALLY
SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT.
THIS HOUSE BEHIND ME CAUGHT FIRE
LAST WEEK AND WHILE THEY STILL
DON’T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE,
THEY DO KNOW WHY IT SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS WHAT’S LEFT OF AN ANN
ARBOR HOME THAT WENT UP IN
FLAMES LAST WEEK. A HEAVY FIRE
SHOWING FROM THE ROOF AND THE
FRONT ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
>> FIRE CREWS WERE QUICK TO
RESPOND. ENGINE FOUR CREW DID A
FANTASTIC JOB. THEY DID A QUICK
HIT ON THE FIRE AS THEY WENT IN
TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS INSIDE.
>> OUTSIDE, THE FIRE WAS
SPREADING. THEN WE REALIZED THAT
THERE WERE FIRES IN THE BACKYARD
AND WE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT
WAS REALLY SPREADING. NEXT DOOR,
THE NEIGHBOR’S TOYS WENT UP IN
FLAMES.
>> IT MOVED THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN DIFFERENT
AREAS.
>> AND TWO DOORS DOWN THE
BACKYARD CAUGHT FIRE AND SO DID
THE FRONT BUSH.
>> ONCE WE GOT THE FIRE OUT, WE
KIND OF INVESTIGATED, STARTED
LOOKING, RESEARCHED A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
>> IT TURNS OUT COTTON OR THE
SEEDS FROM COTTONWOOD TREES WAS
TO BLAME.
>> 27 YEARS ON THE JOB, I’VE
NEVER SEEN A COTTON. THE AMOUNT
THAT WAS ON FIRE KIND OF
OVERWHELMING AT ONE POINT TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING
THIS FIRE THE WAY THAT THEY
SPREAD THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF COTTON IN
THE AREA AND THE DRY SPELL WE’RE
HAVING FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT
COULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT
WORSE. THE WIND PICKED UP. YOU
MIGHT SEE A NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM
. THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE
FIRE TRUCKS THAN JUST THE ONES
WE HAD THERE. NO ONE WAS HOME
WHEN THE FIRE HAPPENED.
>> THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. THERE
WERE SOME NEIGHBORS AROUND AND A
FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY JUMPED INTO
ACTION AND HELPED PUT OUT THOSE
FIRE SPOTS USING GARDEN HOSES.
REPORTING LIVE IN ANN ARBOR,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS, LOCAL 4.
>> IT’S REALLY UNREAL. ALL
RIGHT, JACQUELINE. WELL, ALL DAY
TODAY, WILDFIRE SMOKE HAS BEEN
SMOTHERING SKIES IN PARTS OF THE
US.
>> TAKING A LOOK AT THIS TIME
LAPSE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 11 TODAY, THE
SMOKE ROLLS INTO MANHATTAN AND
THEN FROM THERE, WATCH AS IT
BECOMES THICKER, CHANGING
GRAYISH SKIES TO ORANGE. EXPERTS
SAY THE AIR IS CONSIDERED VERY
UNHEALTHY FOR BREATHING. IN FACT
, IT RANKS AS HAZARDOUS AS OF
TONIGHT. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX
THERE IS 325. THANKS TO THE
WILDFIRES IN CANADA. THE THICK
HAZE THAT STARTED ROLLING INTO
METRO DETROIT YESTERDAY IS
MOVING THROUGH OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY, IMPACTING THE AIR
WE BREATHE OVER HERE NOW WITH
THE WEATHER POD WITH KIM.
>> THANKFULLY NOT AS BAD HERE,
BUT WE DO HAVE AN AIR QUALITY
ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. AND
THAT IS GOING TO RUN THROUGH AT
LEAST TOMORROW. IT IS.
>> AND WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WAS
THIS AQI, WHICH WE’RE NOT REALLY
THAT FAMILIAR WITH HERE, BUT
IT’S THE AIR QUALITY INDEX RIGHT
NOW AS OF 11:00, DETROIT RANKS
EIGHTH IN THE WORLD FOR THE
WORST AIR QUALITY. THAT INCLUDES
POLLUTION. YOU CAN SEE THE MAP
HERE. WE’VE CERTAINLY SEEN
CONDITIONS GET WORSE SINCE 6:00
TONIGHT, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY
WORSE THAN IT IS HERE ON THE
EAST COAST. BUT AS WE ZOOM IN
FOR YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE LEGEND
AT THE TOP GOES FROM GOOD ALL
THE WAY UP TO HAZARDOUS AND THE
SCALE NUMBER WISE, YOU KEEP
PROBABLY HEARING THESE NUMBERS
THROWN AROUND 350, 150, ANYTHING
OVER 100 IS CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY
FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE. OVER 150
IS UNHEALTHY FOR EVERYONE. WE
ARE CURRENTLY AT 154 HERE IN
DETROIT. AT ONE POINT THIS
AFTERNOON, NEW YORK WAS OVER
400. SO THAT JUST TELLS YOU HOW
SERIOUS IT IS. IT’S HAZARDOUS ON
THE EAST COAST FOR US, UNHEALTHY
NOT JUST IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA, BUT
ANYONE IN. SO THAT AIR QUALITY
ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.
REPLACE YOUR FURNACE FILTERS
THAT WILL HELP ALSO CLOSE YOUR
WINDOWS. I KNOW IT’S TEMPTING
WHEN IT’S 70 DEGREES AND
BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE, BUT KEEP
THOSE WINDOWS CLOSED. AND ALSO
INVEST IN AN AIR PURIFIER. I’LL
HAVE MORE ON WHEN WE’LL SEE AN
END TO THIS AIR QUALITY. RAIN IS
GOING TO HELP AND IT IS IN THE
FORECAST.
>> OKAY, KIM, THANK YOU. NEW AT
11, THREE MEN ARE FORMALLY
CHARGED TODAY FOR MURDERING A
WELL KNOWN JEWELER LAST YEAR.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST JUNE
OUTSIDE OF HUTCH’S JEWELRY ON
GREENFIELD, NORTH OF EIGHT MILE
IN OAK PARK. PROSPECT SHOOTERS
SAY THE THREE MEN PLOTTED TO
KILL DANIEL HUTCHINSON, WHO WAS
THE OWNER OF HUTCH’S JEWELRY, SO
THEY COULD SEIZE THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN HIS TRUST ACCOUNTS.
ONE OF THOSE MEN SHOT AND KILLED
HUTCHINSON WHILE SITTING IN HIS
CAR OUTSIDE THE SHOP. THE MEN
ARE CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE
MURDER AND COULD FACE UP TO LIFE
IN PRISON. A PRETRIAL IS SET FOR
JUNE 28TH. A SCARY CHAIN OF
EVENTS LEADS TO A LOCKDOWN AT
EAST POINT HIGH SCHOOL TODAY.
>> POLICE SAY A STUDENT REPORTED
SEEING AN INSTAGRAM VIDEO OF A
STUDENT WITH A GUN INSIDE A
SCHOOL BATHROOM. POLICE SEARCHED
THE BUILDING. THEY FOUND NO
WEAPON. THEY BELIEVE THE THREAT
WAS NOT CREDIBLE. BUT DURING THE
SEARCH OF THE SCHOOL, THE EAST
POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED
TWO BOMB THREATS, ONE AT THE
SCHOOL, ANOTHER AT A BANK. THEY
ARE WORKING TO SEE WHETHER IT’S
ALL CONNECTED. HAPPENING
TOMORROW, CHARGES ARE EXPECTED
IN A DEADLY GAS STATION SHOOTING
IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT.
>> THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED MONDAY
MORNING AT THE MOBIL STATION ON
VERNOR. POLICE SAY THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN THE WORKER AND THE
CUSTOMER OVER AN APPARENT THEFT
. THE CUSTOMER LEFT BUT TRIED TO
COME BACK AND THAT’S WHEN POLICE
SAY THE WORKER FIRED A GUN. THE
25 YEAR OLD CUSTOMER DIED.
POLICE SHUT DOWN THAT GAS
STATION FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A
PROPER LICENSE.
>> MICHIGAN IS THE 26TH STATE
NOW TO ADOPT A HANDS FREE LAW
AIMED AT PREVENTING DISTRACTED
DRIVING. THE LAW BARS PEOPLE
FROM USING PHONES WITHOUT HANDS
FREE TECHNOLOGY WHILE THEY’RE
DRIVING. FINES WILL START AT
$100 FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND
THEN $250 FOR SUBSEQUENT
OFFENSES. THOSE FINES WOULD
DOUBLE IF THE VIOLATION SHOULD
HAPPEN DURING A CRASH LAW TAKES
EFFECT JUNE 30TH. SO YOU’VE GOT
A FEW WEEKS TO GET PREPARED.
DRIVERS CAN EXPECT A STRONG
ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN AROUND THE
JULY 4TH HOLIDAY THIS SUMMER.
STATES WITH HANDS FREE LAWS HAVE
SEEN DISTRACTED DRIVING
ACCIDENTS DECREASE BY AS MUCH AS
20. CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S STUDENT
LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM IS DEAD
IN THE WATER.
>> PRESIDENT VETOED A BILL THAT
PASSED BY BOTH CHAMBERS OF
CONGRESS THAT SOUGHT TO SQUASH
IT. THE VETO IS A SIGNAL, ONE AS
IT IMPACTS 40 MILLION PEOPLE
GIVING STUDENT LOAN FORGIVEN
THIS UP TO $10,000 FOR PEOPLE
MAKING LESS THAN 125,020
THOUSAND. IN FORGIVENESS TO PELL
GRANTS RECEIVED. ZIENTS THE FATE
OF THE PROGRAM NOW HEADS TO THE
SUPREME COURT, THOUGHT, WELL,
HOW BIG IS THE BUZZ FOR THE
TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT THIS
WEEKEND? WELL, WE’RE AT THE
POINT WHERE THERE ARE RULES FOR
WHEN THE MERCHANDISE TRUCK OPENS
TOMORROW MORNING.
>> MARA MCDONALD IS AT FORD
FIELD TONIGHT. AND THE FIRST
CAMP OUT THERE OVERNIGHT. MARA.
DEVIN WHICH MEANS YOU AND
KIMBERLY CANNOT COME AND BRING
YOUR SLEEPING BAGS AND CAMP OUT
FOR THE MERCH TRUCK.
>> AND IF YOU THINK I KNOW, IT’S
SHOCKING, BUT TO PUT IT MILDLY,
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL
TOMORROW. BUT IF YOU THINK THIS
IS BIG, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE
LOAD IN TODAY FOR THIS SHOW. IT
WAS A WHOLE THING GOING BIG. RED
TRUCKS. I’M THINKING THAT’S NOT
A COINCIDENCE. RINGING FORD
FIELD FOR THE MASSIVE LOAD AND
WE COUNTED A DOZEN SEMIS, PLUS
THE MERCH TRUCK READYING FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF THE SWIFTIES AND
SPEAKING OF THAT MERCH TRUCK,
IT’S A DESTINY IN ITSELF. MOMS
AND DAUGHTERS STOPPING BY
TONIGHT FOR A PHOTO OP.
>> THE FACT THAT WE’RE LOOKING
AT A MERCHANDISE TRUCK RIGHT NOW
AT 931 ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
THERE, IT’S MIND BLOWING.
ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING. IF YOU
WANT TO CHOKE, GET ON STUBHUB
AND SEE WHAT THE FEW REMAINING
TICKETS ARE GOING FOR.
>> THE LOW PRICE OF LIKE 958, UP
TO MORE THAN $18,000. BACK HERE
LIVE BY THE WAY, THAT $958
TICKET, THAT’S IN THE REAR OF
THE STAGE. SO LIKELY YOUR VIEW
IS GOING TO BE, LET’S JUST SAY,
OBSTRUCTED. NOW HERE’S THE DEAL
WITH THIS MERCH TRUCK. YOU CAN
START GETTING IN LINE AT 8 A.M.
TOMORROW. THEY’RE NOT SELLING,
THOUGH, UNTIL 10 A.M. SO THEY’RE
EXPECTING HORDES OF PEOPLE DOWN
HERE. AND IF YOU ARE COMING DOWN
TO THE SHOW EITHER FRIDAY OR
SATURDAY, IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER
TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM, WE HAVE A
WHOLE LIST OF EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW, WHETHER IT’S
PARENTAL DROP OFF SPOTS OR
RIDESHARE SPOTS OR EVEN WHAT
YOUR PARKING OPTIONS ARE. I WILL
TELL YOU, 13, 13 YEAR OLD ME
WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE COME TO
THIS SHOW. BUT TO BE FAIR, WE
HAVE SWIFTIES IN OUR NEWSROOM
WHO ARE A LITTLE OLDER THAN 13.
WE’LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
WE’RE LIVE AT FORD FIELD TONIGHT
. I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> THEY’RE FEELING VERY SEEN AT
THE MOMENT. WHERE CAN I CAMP OUT
THEN? TO CAMP OUT RIGHT AT 8:00.
SO THAT WAY, WHERE CAN I WAIT IT
OUT UNTIL EIGHT?
>> MAD NESS, I THINK. BEDLAM I
DON’T THINK YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
A CAMP OUT OPTION.
>> DEVIN. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT
1980S AND YOU’RE NOT SLEEPING
OUT FOR U2 TICKETS. THAT ERA,
IT’S OVER. I THINK I COULD NO
STONES BECAUSE THE STATION WE’RE
JUST, YOU KNOW, WE’RE WHAT, HALF
A MILE FROM I CAN JUST STAY IN
THE IN THE GARAGE HERE TONIGHT.
>> GET OVER THERE QUICKLY.