WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT
BREAKING NEWS FROM GRAND RAPIDS . THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. IT IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH GRAND RAPIDS
POLICE RELEASED SEVERAL ANGLES
OF A DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING THAT
SPARKED PROTESTS EARLIER IN THE
WEEK. VIDEOS SHOW A LENGTHY
STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE OFFICER AND
26 YEAR OLD PATRICK LATOYA
BEFORE THE OFFICER PULLED THE
TRIGGER. SHOOTING HIM IN THE
HEAD RIGHT NOW, THAT OFFICER IS
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AS STATE
POLICE STEP IN TO INVESTIGATE.
GET TO SHAWN LEY LIVE IN GRAND
RAPIDS WERE A NEWS CONFERENCE
WRAPPED UP JUST IN THIS LAST
HOUR, SEAN. LIKE COMING OUT OF
THAT NEWS CONFERENCE. WE’RE
GONNA GET RIGHT TO. WE’VE ALSO
BEEN HERE TODAY INVESTIGATING
THE SHOOTING DEATH AND WE WANT
TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PLAYERS
INVOLVED WITH A PERSON SHOT
PATRICK LEOLA. HE HAD TWO
DAUGHTERS. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE
CAME TO MICHIGAN WITH HIS FAMILY
ESCAPING VIOLENCE IN HIS HOME
COUNTRY. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHY HE
RAN OFF OR TRIED TO RUN FROM
THIS TRAFFIC. STOP MORE ABOUT
THE POLICE OFFICER. WE’VE
LEARNED HE’S NOT A ROOKIE, BUT A
SEVEN YEAR VETERAN OF GRAND
RAPIDS POLICE, AND IT’S UNCLEAR
WHY HE DECIDED OR FELT THE NEED
TO USE DEADLY FORCE CAUGHT ON
CAMERA. TAKE A LOOK. STAY IN THE
CAR. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE
BODY CAMERA OF A SEVEN YEAR
VETERAN OF THE GRAND RAPIDS
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE OFFICER
JOINING THE FORCE IN 2015 THE
PERSON HE STOPPED FOR THE WRONG
PLATE ON A VEHICLE THAT IS 26
YEAR OLD PATRICK LEONOVA, WHO
GETS OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND
REFUSES TO FOLLOW THE COMMANDS
OF THE OFFICER TRIES TO RUN. AND
THAT BEGINS A TWO MINUTE
STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE OFFICER AND
LEOLA. THE OFFICER FIRES HIS
TASER TWO TIMES BOTH TIMES
STRIKING THE GROUND APPARENTLY
HAD HIS HANDS ON THE OFFICERS
TASER AND APPARENTLY WOULDN’T
LET GO OF IT. DURING THE
STRUGGLE, THE CHIEF SAYS THE
OFFICER’S BODY CAMERA IS TURNED
OFF DUE TO THE PRESSURE BETWEEN
THE OFFICER’S BODY CAMERA AND
SLOWLY OVER. THE CHIEF TELLS ME,
THE OFFICER DID NOT TURN THE
CAMERA OFF HIMSELF. THE
PASSENGER WITH LEOLA TAKING THIS
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS THE
MOMENT THE OFFICER IS ON TOP OF
LEOLA, THEN FIRING ONE. FATAL
SHOT INTO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD
CHIEF, ERIC WINDREM, IS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT VETERAN. HE’S ALSO
AN ATTORNEY. HE WILL NOT COMMENT
ON THE SHOOTING. MSP IS
INVESTIGATING, BUT HE SAYS IT’S
A TRAGEDY. BUT I’LL TELL YOU THE
BAD IS THAT IT’S AN ABSOLUTE
TRAGEDY. IT’S HEARTBREAKING.
IT’S BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME
INTERNALLY FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, BUT THE GOOD IS IT’S
PROMPTED A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS
AND A LOT OF CONNECTIONS, WHICH
I PLAN TO MAKE DOWN THE ROAD AS
I STAYED HERE LONGER, BUT IT’S
FORCED THE ISSUE EVEN EARLY, SO
I’D LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE IS
SOME POSITIVE. A LOT MORE TO
COME OUT OF THIS NEWS CONFERENCE
THAT JUST WRAPPED UP HERE AT
CITY HALL IN GRAND RAPIDS, I WAS
ABLE TO ASK THE CHIEF ABOUT THE
SITUATION WHERE THE OFFICER
FINDING THE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF
LEOLA. DRAWING HIS WEAPON AND
THEN FIRING IT AGAIN. THE CHIEF
SAYS IT’S UNDER INVESTIGATION
FROM MSP, HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO
BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
BUT HE SAYS, LOOK, THE
DEPARTMENT POLICY ON LETHAL
FORCES WHEN YOUR LIFE IS IN
IMMEDIATE DANGER. THAT IS WHAT
IS UNDER. THAT’S THE QUESTION
UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY RIGHT NOW
, A LOT MORE REACTION FROM CITY
LEADERS AND FROM GRAND RAPIDS
COMING UP AT SIX O’CLOCK, IN
FACT, YOU CAN SEE HOW QUIET IT
IS HERE. WE’VE BEEN AROUND TOWN
ALL DAY. SOME PEOPLE WORKING
DOWNTOWN HAVE GONE HOME EARLY.
SOME SHOPS HAVE CLOSED EARLY,
THINKING THAT THERE COULD BE
SOME PROTESTS LATER THIS EVENING
IN GRAND RAPIDS TONIGHT,
SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4 BACK, TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT BODY CAMERA
BECAUSE YOU ASKED THE CHIEF
ABOUT THAT, TOO. INTERESTING
BECAUSE THE CHIEF MEDICAL CLEAR
HE WAS RELEASING ALL OF THE
VIDEO FROM THIS INCIDENT AND
PART OF THE VIDEO. BIG PART IS
THE BODY CAMERA THAT THE OFFICER
WAS WEARING, AND THEN IT SHUTS
OFF MIDWAY THROUGH THE STRUGGLE
. HE SAYS. HIS OFFICER DIDN’T
SHUT IT OFF, HE SAYS. YOU HAVE
TO HAVE THREE SECONDS OF
PRESSURE TO SHUT THIS DEVICE
OFF, HE SAYS THE PRESSURE
BETWEEN HIM THE CAMERA AND LEOLA
THAT SHUT OFF THE BODY CAMERA,
SO HE’S MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE
OFFICER HIMSELF DIDN’T TURN IT
OFF. ALRIGHT. SEAN GOVERNOR
WHITMER RELEASED A STATEMENT
TODAY FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF
THIS VIDEO TO PART QUOTE
PATRICK’S FATHER ASKED ME TO
CONVEY HIS HOPE THAT ANY
DEMONSTRATIONS AND HIS SONS
REMAIN PEACEFUL. AND AS GOVERNOR
, I SHARE THIS VIEW WE MUST COME
TOGETHER. AND BUILD A FUTURE
WHERE BLACK MICHIGANDERS ARE
AFFORDED EQUAL RIGHTS, DIGNITY
AND SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
IN QUOTE OUR COVERAGE OF THE
SHOOTING IN GRAND RAPIDS
CONTINUES ON CLICKONDETROIT’S
.COM AND THERE WILL CONTINUOUSLY
BUT BE UPDATING OUR COVERAGE
WITH EVERYTHING FROM TODAY. AND
AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN, YOU
CAN FIND THE LINK RIGHT THERE.
ON THE TOP STORIES SECTION.
POINT LET’S TURN TO THE WEATHER
NOW BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A
THREAT OF STORMS HEADED INTO
TONIGHT. LET’S GET OVER TO PAUL
GROSS TRACKING RAIN MOVING
THROUGH NOW AND WHAT’S COMING
LATER, PAULIE, RIGHT? AND RIGHT
NOW, THIS IS JUST GENERAL GARDEN
VARIETY RAIN. NO BIG DEAL HERE.
THIS IS JUST GENERAL LIGHT RAIN.
NO LIGHTNING IN THE AREA. LET’S
ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY
WERE SEEING ACTUALLY THE BACK
EDGE OF SOME OF THIS STUFF.
COMING IN. YOU CAN SEE HERE
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
YOU’VE HAD THE DRY AIR. COME IN.
NOW IT’S A LITTLE SCATTERED
PATCHES OF SPRINKLES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. AND AS WE HEAD TO THE
NORTH HERE, YOU CAN EVEN SEE
LIVINGSTON COUNTY HERE. WE’RE
STARTING TO DRY OUT A BIT. BUT
AGAIN, THE RAIN IS MOSTLY TO THE
EAST. AND SO WE’RE JUST GOING TO
KIND OF KEEP THIS TILT IT JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU CAN SEE
THAT WE HAVE STILL THIS AREA OF
RAIN HERE THAT WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO WATCH THROUGH THE AREA.
NOW THE STORMS WERE A BIT OF A
BREAK EARLY EVENING. BUT THEN
THE STORMS COME IN LATER
BETWEEN, LIKE 11 AND TWO AND
RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
WIND THREAT IS THE BEST
THREATENED THAT’S ONLY MEDIUM AT
BEST BECAUSE THESE STORMS ARE
COMING THROUGH DURING THE
COOLEST PART OF THE DAY, IT’S
LESS STABLE. SO THAT’S A PIECE
OF GOOD NEWS. WE CAN TRY AND
KEEP THESE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
BUT THERE IS AT LEAST THE
CHANCE. THE HAIL, FLOODING AND
TORNADO THREATS ARE VERY, VERY
LOW THIS EVENING. WE’LL BE BACK
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AND WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE
AND THEN ALSO, THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TOMORROW,
GUYS. WELL, THANK YOU ARE THE
TOP STORY HERE AT FIVE. AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT IN
SOUTHGATE IS UNDER ARREST
TONIGHT FOR SHOOTING ANOTHER
STUDENT WITH A BB GUN AT RECESS.
THIS HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON AT
SHELTERS ELEMENTARY ON FORD LINE
STREET, RIGHT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF NORTH LINE
INDICTS TOLEDO. AND MEGAN WOODS
IS THERE RIGHT NOW, WITH MORE ON
HOW BAD THIS CHILD’S INJURIES
ARE. MEGAN YES, SO THE INJURIES
POLICE SAY ARE JUST VERY MINOR.
JUST ONE VERY MINOR INJURY AND
WHEN WE SPOKE TO PARENTS AND
NEIGHBORS ARE IN DISBELIEF THAT
THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN STUDENTS
ARE JUST SO YOUNG POLICE TELL US
THAT THE STUDENT WHO ALLEGEDLY
BROUGHT THIS BB GUN TO SCHOOL
AND SHOT ANOTHER CHILD. WAS ONLY
11 YEARS OLD. UM I WAS SHOCKED.
I WAS IN COMPLETE SHOCK. THAT’S
A SCARY SITUATION. SOUTHGATE
POLICE SAY AN 11 YEAR OLD
ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT A BB GUN TO
THIS SOUTHGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AND SHOT ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE
BACK DURING RECESS. PEOPLE
LIVING NEARBY WERE STUNNED TO
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. THERE
WAS FIVE POLICE CARS PULLED UP
IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, AND I
HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
PARENTS GOT THIS EMAIL FROM
SHELTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S
PRINCIPAL EXPLAINING WHAT
HAPPENED. SOME PARENTS TOOK
ACTION IMMEDIATELY HAVING
IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH
THEIR CHILD. LET HER KNOW. LIKE
WHAT DO YOU DO IN CASE IF IT WAS
SOMETHING REAL OR DO YOU CALL
MOM OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WHILE
THE STUDENT SHOTS INJURY IS
MINOR AND THE 11 YEAR OLD WHO
ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT THE BB GUN TO
SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED. PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS SAY IT’S STILL A
SCARY SITUATION. MY
GRANDDAUGHTER DOESN’T KNOW WHAT
HAVE YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A REGULAR BB GUN? I
MEAN, A REGULAR GUN AND A BB
GUN. SO YOU KNOW, THAT’S THAT’S
A FEAR BECAUSE I’M NOT WITH HER
ALL THE TIME. UM AND I KNOW SHE
DOESN’T KNOW. OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT. SHE DOESN’T KNOW
WHAT TO DO, SO IT’S DEFINITELY
ALARMING. I DID SPEAK TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT, SHE SAYS. A
STUDENT SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE FOR
THEM. SHE ALSO SAYS FROM HER
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS CHILD
WHO BROUGHT THE BB GUN TO SCHOOL
DIDN’T BRING IT. PLANNING TO
HURT ANOTHER STUDENT, AND THAT
THEY WERE JUST PLAYING DURING
RECESS. BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE NO
TOLERANCE FOR WEAPONS BACK TO
YOU. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS 11
YEAR OLD NOW? WELL POLICE TELL
US IT’S UP TO THE PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE. ARE THEY GOING TO PURSUE
CHARGES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
TELLS ME THIS WILL GO THROUGH
THEIR DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. DARK
MEGAN. THEY GOT HIM. LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. NEW YORK POLICE
ARRESTED THE SUSPECT WANTED FOR
OPENING FIRE ON THE SUBWAY
SHOOTING 10 PEOPLE. FRANK JAMES
WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN
THE CITY’S EAST VILLAGE. CRISP
ALONE IS IN NEW YORK TONIGHT AS
WE LEARN NEW INFORMATION INTO
THE SHOOTING AND THE ARREST IN
NEW YORK. THE NEWS AND ANXIOUS
CITY HAD BEEN WAITING TO HEAR
MOMENTS AGO, FRANK ROBERT JAMES
WAS STOPPED ON THE STREET AND
ARRESTED BY MEMBERS OF THE NEW
YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEW
YORK CITY POLICE SAY THEY
ARRESTED 62 YEAR OLD FRANK JAMES
IN MANHATTAN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN JUST
MOMENTS AFTER POLICE TOOK JAMES
INTO CUSTODY. A TIP TO THE
CITY’S CRIME STOPPERS HOTLINE
DIRECTED POLICE TO HIS LOCATION
IN THE EAST VILLAGE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HAS
BEEN TRANSPORTED TO AN NYPD
FACILITY. WILL BE CHARGED WITH
COMMITTING YESTERDAY’S APPALLING
CRIME IN BROOKLYN TUESDAY
MORNING SHOOTING POLICE FIRST
CALLED FRANK JAMES, A PERSON OF
INTEREST IN THIS VIDEO SHORT
THEY COMBED THROUGH BIGOTED
TIRADES HE HAD POSTED ON YOUTUBE
. BUT AFTER EXAMINING CLUES LEFT
BEHIND AT THE BROOKLYN CRIME
SCENE, INCLUDING THE KEY TO A
RENTED VAN, A NINE MILLIMETER
HANDGUN AND A BAG OF FIREWORKS,
THEY CONCLUDED JAMES WAS THERE
LONE SUSPECT THE ATTACK HAPPENED
ON THE NORTH END TRAIN TUESDAY
AS IT PULLED INTO BROOKLYN’S
36TH STREET STATION. WITNESSES
SAY A MAN SET OFF TO SMOKE BOMBS
AND THEN OPENED FIRE SORT OF
TERROR THAT I HAVEN’T SEEN
BEFORE. SINCE 9 11.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUNMAN
FIRED 33 SHOTS BEFORE HIS WEAPON
APPARENTLY JAMMED. WE HOPE THIS
ARREST BRING SOME SOLACE TO THE
VICTIMS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK 10. PEOPLE WERE
SHOT, BUT ALL ARE EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE. CHRIS PALLONE FOUR
LOCAL IN ALL 33 SHOTS WERE FIRED