LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. VIDEO FROM INSIDE A GAS STATION
CONVENIENCE STORE CAPTURES THE
MOMENT AND ANGRY CUSTOMER SETS
THE PLACE ON FIRE. GLAD YOU’RE
WITH US TONIGHT AT SIX
FRIGHTENING MOMENTS, ESPECIALLY
FOR OUR CLERK WHO DID MANAGE TO
ESCAPE THAT FIRE WAS ALL OVER
SOMETHING A CUSTOMER BOUGHT AND
THEN DECIDED THEY DIDN’T LIKE
HOW IT SMELLED. VICTOR WILLIAMS
IS LIVE WHERE IT HAPPENED AT
FORT AND SCHAEFER NEAR I 75
VICTOR. THAT FIRE SPREAD
QUICKLY. IT DID A LOT OF DAMAGE
TO OH, YEAH, A LOT OF DAMAGE AND
WE WANTED TO TAKE YOU RIGHT UP
TO THE DOORS OVER THERE AND SHOW
YOU ALL THAT DAMAGE, BUT WE JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE STAYED
BEHIND THIS CAUTION TAPE BUT
WERE TOLD AFTER ALL THAT THIS
WAS ALL DONE BECAUSE OF A
SWISHER SWEETS. CIGAR? IT WAS A
HORRIBLE AND SCARY EXPERIENCE.
DRAMATIC SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWS, A MAN POLICE SAY IS AN
UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER TAKING HIS
COMPLAINTS TO A WHOLE ANOTHER
IRRATIONAL LEVEL. KARIM QASIM
WAS THE CLERK BEHIND THE COUNTER
ADDRESSING THE SCENT OF A
SWISHER. SWEET CAME TO ME. HE
CAME TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW HE
BOUGHT A SWISHER LEAF BEFORE.
HE’S LIKE TO ME. IT’S NOT GOOD
AND EVERYTHING AND IT HAS CLONE
ON IT. I TOLD HIM MAYBE BOSS
MAN, YOU’RE THE ONE THAT’S
WEARING COLOGNE REFUSED TO
SWITCH OUT THE ITEM. THAT’S WHEN
THE MAN CAME BACK IN WITH THE
BUCKET OF GASOLINE, DOUSING THE
STORE, SETTING IT ON FIRE, AND
HE JUST THREW IT AND LET IT ON.
THE FIRST THING I TRIED DOING IS
BRYANT GRABBING A FIRE THING?
AND I JUST TRIED TWEAKING IT
OFF. NOTHING THE FIRE WHICH IS
COMING BACK UP, I CALL 911 FOR
THE EMERGENCY MIND CAMP, AND
THEY SAVED US. THE RESTAURANT
THAT OPERATES OUT OF THE GAS
STATION IS ALSO OUT OF BUSINESS
MEETING OWNER ABDUL WELCOME IS
OUT OF A JOB. I WORK FOR THIS
BUSINESS LIKE ALMOST 10 YEARS TO
HAVE EVERYTHING IS GONE. JUST
ONLY THE BREATHING. I HAVE
THERE. EVERYTHING IS GOING AND
CASH REGISTER. JUST NOTHING.
JUST THANKFUL THAT NO ONE WAS
HURT. I WAS REALLY SCARED FOR MY
LIFE AND ALSO SCARED FROM THE
STORE, MY MIND AND MY GOING TO
DIE AND MY IS EVERYTHING GONNA
BE OKAY? WHAT’S WRONG? WHY WOULD
YOU DO SUCH A THING? WHAT WOULD
YOU DO? SUCH A THING LIKE THAT?
POLICE WERE ABLE TO ACT QUICKLY
AND TAKE THIS MAN INTO CUSTODY.
WE KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED
DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE
EARLY MORNING AND HE WAS
ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SO
WE’LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON
HIS CHARGES ONCE THEY’RE
AVAILABLE. WILLIAMS ALRIGHT,
VICTOR. THANKS MAN IS IN CUSTODY
AFTER POLICE SAY A FIVE YEAR OLD
BOY DIED AFTER ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTING HIMSELF. INVESTIGATORS
TO THE CHILD FOUND THE GUN IN
HIS BEDROOM AT A HOME ON
OAKFIELD ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
. THEY SAY TWO CHILDREN WERE IN
THE HOME AT THE TIME, AGES FIVE
AND SEVEN AND 29 YEAR OLD MAN
DESCRIBED AS THE CHILD’S UNCLE
WAS THE ADULT IN THE HOUSE. HE
IS THE ONE IN CUSTODY NOW. THE
CHIEF SHARED HIS FRUSTRATION
WITH ANOTHER CHILD LOST THE
GUNFIRE IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW,
EVERYONE THINKS IT CAN’T HAPPEN
TO THEM UNTIL IT DOES HAVE
CHILDREN. CHILDREN ARE
INQUISITIVE. THEY’RE YOUNG.
THEY’RE THEY’RE THEY’RE THEY’RE
DOING WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO
DO AS CHILDREN AND OFTEN TIMES
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
THINGS THAT THEY PLAY WITH, UM,
THEIR GUNS RIGHT THERE. PLAY
GUNS. THEY’RE THEY’RE USING
VIDEO GAMES THAT ARE SHOOTING
AND SO THEY SEE A GUN. IT’S NOT
UNREASONABLE FOR THEM TO THINK
THAT IT’S A TOY. POLICE SAY THE
CHILD’S MOTHER IS DEVASTATED BUT
COOPERATING. THEY PLAN TO TURN
THE INFORMATION OVER THE
PROSECUTOR FOR DECISION ON
CHARGES. THE FEDERAL RETRIAL OF
TWO MEN FOR PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER WENT
DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME. UNLIKE
THIS PAST SPRING, WHEN A JURY
COULD NOT REACH VERDICTS ON
EITHER DEFENDANT, THIS JURY
FOUND ADAM FOX AND BARRY CROFT
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. THOSE
INCLUDE CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP AND
CONSPIRACY TO ACQUIRE A WEAPON
OF MASS DESTRUCTION. CROFT IS
ALSO CONVICTED OF POSSESSING AN
UNREGISTERED DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE
. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE IN GRAND
RAPIDS WITH REACTION TO THE
VERDICT. AND SEAN, WE ALREADY
KNOW THAT AN APPEAL IS COMING IN
THIS MORE APPEALS. YOU’RE
EXACTLY RIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT
OVER AND YOU’RE RIGHT. THIS WAS
A NEW TRIAL, A RETRIAL, WHICH
MEANS A DIFFERENT JURY AS YOU
CAN SEE A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS, ADAM BOX
AND BARRY CROFT A JURY SAYING
THEY DID INDEED PLAN TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER AND
USE A HOMEMADE BOMB TO PULL IT
OFF. JOSHUA BLANCHARD IS THE
ATTORNEY FOR BARRY CROFT. HE
FOUGHT HARD IN COURT TRYING TO
EXPOSE FBI TACTICS THAT HE SAID
WENT OVER THE LINE. HE TELLS ME
AN APPEAL IS ON THE WAY THAT YOU
WILL SEE, OF COURSE. AND BECAUSE
THEY HAVE THE MAIN QUESTION
WOULD BE YOU WOULD BE ABOUT THE
JURY. WOULD IT BE ABOUT NOT
BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE EXACT
WITNESSES? YOU WANTED TO CALL
THEIR TON OF ISSUES? IN THIS
CASE, YOU KNOW THAT’LL BE PART
OF THE BRIEFING PROCESS, BUT
WE’VE GOT SOME STEPS TO TAKE
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT. THIS IS
THE SECOND TIME THE GOVERNMENT
HAS GONE AFTER FOX AND CROFT
LAST SPRING, A JURY DEALT THE U.
S ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN
DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN AND
EMBARRASSING LOSS WHEN THEY
FOUND TWO OF THE MEN NOT GUILTY
AND COULD NOT COME UP WITH A
VERDICT FOR FOX AND CROFT. THIS
TIME U. S ATTORNEY AND BIRD.
SAYS. THE JURY. SENDING CLEAR
MESSAGE TO AND DOMESTIC
TERRORISTS. THE VERDICT CONFIRMS
THIS PLOT WAS VERY SERIOUS, VERY
DANGEROUS. POSED A THREAT, NOT
ONLY THE GOVERNOR PERSONALLY AND
HER FAMILY BUT ALSO THE INNOCENT
BYSTANDERS AND BASIC SOCIAL
ORDER. BACK HERE LIVE! THE
GOVERNOR SAYS YOU WILL NOT LET
EXTREMISTS GET IN THE WAY OF THE
WORK. SHE IS TRYING TO DO ALL
THOSE YEARS, THE VICTIM OF CRIME
HERE IN THE MEANTIME, FOX AND
CROP THEY’RE GOING TO BE
SENTENCED. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 90
DAYS FOR A PRE SENTENCE
INVESTIGATION. KIMBERLY YOU
MENTIONED APPEALS. THEY WILL BE
FORTHCOMING AND STATE CHARGES
FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
WOLVERINE WATCHMAN STILL IN
PROGRESS. STILL NOT OVER. WE’RE
LIVE TONIGHT SHOWING LOCAL 4
BACK TO YOU ABOUT THOSE APPEALS
SHAWN LEY. ON WHAT MIGHT THEY
FOCUS? YOU KNOW, DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS RAISED THE QUESTION
WITH THE JUDGE ABOUT A
PARTICULAR JERK. WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, SAYING
THAT JUROR MAY HAVE TOLD OTHERS
HE MADE UP HIS MIND AND WANTED
TO BE ON THE JURY BEFORE BEING
SELECTED. THE JUDGE ALLOWED THAT
JUROR TO CONTINUE, SO WE’LL SEE
AN APPEAL ON THAT. MORE THAN
LIKELY. YOU SAID. IT’S NOT OVER.
OKAY, SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT SO
MUCH, AND SHORTLY AFTER THE JURY
DELIVERED THEIR VERDICT,
GOVERNOR WHITMER RELEASED THIS
STATEMENT, WHICH IT SAYS IN PART
TODAY’S VERDICTS PROVED VIOLENCE
AND THREATS HAVE NO PLACE. IN
OUR POLITICS AND WHO. WHAT WE
HAVE HAD ANOTHER SPECTACULAR
DAY. WE’RE ON A ROLL COMPLAINTS
HERE. LET’S GET OVER TO KIM
ADAMS. SEE HOW WE’RE LOOKING FOR
TONIGHT. KIM, ISN’T IT
BEAUTIFUL? WE’VE HAD
TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE
EIGHTIES WILL COOL DOWN INTO THE
SIXTIES. TONIGHT THE HUMIDITY
HAS BEEN LOW OF SUMMER IS NOT
DONE YET, THOUGH WE HAVE SOME
HEAT AND HUMIDITY HEADED OUR
WAY. BUT RIGHT NOW IN CITY
AIRPORT, IT’S 82. DEGREES 17 IN
PAINT. SET MOUNT CLEMENS AS
WELL. TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT
DAYS. WE’LL BE GOING ABOVE
NORMAL IN THAT. WAY FOR QUITE
SOME TIME. NORMAL HIGH DRAW DOWN
TO, TOO. 77 DEGREES WITH PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES AT EIGHT O’CLOCK
TONIGHT BY 10 O’CLOCK WHEN YOU
HEAD OUT TO WALK THE DOG, MOSTLY
CLEAR 73, YOU’LL NOTICE THE
HUMIDITY IS LOW THAT HUMIDITY
WILL STAY LOW THROUGH THE DAY
TOMORROW AS WELL. BUT WE DO HAVE
A CHANCE FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS
ON THURSDAY AND THE BEST WAY TO
TRACK THOSE SHOWERS OUTSIDE OF
OUR NEWSCAST IS TO DOWNLOAD THE
FOUR WEATHER APP. YOU PLUG IN
YOUR CITY. AND I’M IT GOES RIGHT
DOWN THE STREET LEVEL AND SHOWS
YOU EXACTLY WHEN THE RAIN WILL
MOVE IN AND MOVE OUT OF YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, SO DOWNLOAD THE
FOREWARN WEATHER APP TODAY.
ALRIGHT KIM WARREN POLICE
OFFICERS HEARD AFTER A MAN
BELIEVED TO BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF DRUGS SLAMMED INTO
A POLICE SUV OFFICERS WERE
RESPONDING TO REPORTS THAT
SOMEONE WAS HAVING A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY WHEN THE MAN TOOK OFF
DASH CAM VIDEO FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON SHOWS A STOLEN JEEP
SLAMMING INTO THE SUV DRIVER 31
YEAR OLD SAMUEL WILBUR. WAS
TAKEN. INTO CUSTODY IN DETROIT.
THE OFFICERS A BROKEN WRIST AND
A CONCUSSION, POLICE
COMMISSIONER BILL DWYER SAYS THE
CRASH COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. IF
YOU LOOK AT IF THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN ANOTHER OFFICER IN THE CAR
PASSENGER OFFICER IN THE CAR
WHEN THAT SUBJECT BRAND. THAT
PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, NO
QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THAT
OFFICER IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN HONEST THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN FATAL
COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WILBUR
FACES SIX FELONIES, INCLUDING
ASSAULT AND DRUG CHARGES. NEXT
COURT DATE IS SEPTEMBER 6TH.
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION IS
UNDERWAY IN MACOMB COUNTY TO
PROTECT PORTIONS OF I 94
THREATENED BY SEVERE EROSION.
THE MAIN TROUBLE SPOT IS YOUR
BECK EXTENSION DRAIN NEAR THE
FREEWAY IN ROSEVILLE, SO
CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING FIRST
ON 13 MILE BETWEEN GRATIOT AND
LITTLE MAC. AFTER THAT, CRUZ
WILL WORK ON THE PORTION ALONG
LITTLE MAC BETWEEN 13 MILE IN
MASONIC. THE EROSION IS INCHING
CLOSE TO THE WESTBOUND LANES OF
I 94 RAISING CONCERNS THAT PART
OF THE FREEWAY COULD COLLAPSE
WHEN THEY BUILT I 94 YEARS AGO,
THEY BACKFILLED IT ALL WITH SAND
. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW? IT’S
NOT REALLY GOOD EARTH. IT’S ALL
THIS SAND AND EVERY TIME THERE’S
ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY IN THAT
DRAIN. THE BANK IS JUST SHELVING
OFF ITS TWO FT. 4 FT SIX FT. 8
FT. LOST. THAT’S HAPPENING IN A
VERY RAPID TIMEFRAME. SO THIS IS
A DRAIN THAT OBVIOUSLY WE FIND A
PROBLEM. WE NEED TO FIX THIS
PROBLEM AND WE ARE DOING SO. THE
COUNTY EXPECTS CONSTRUCTION TO
LAST A FEW WEEKS. LET’S GET TO
THE NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR
THE WEAK STATE REPORTING 19,414
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN
DAYS, AVERAGING OUT TO NEARLY
2800 CASES PER DAY. THAT IS A
DECREASE FROM LAST WEEK. 135 NEW
COVID DEATHS ARE ALSO BEING
REPORTED OVER THE SAME SEVEN
DAYS. IF YOU GOT ANY OF THE FREE
AT HOME, COVID TEST FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THREE YEAR
INSURANCE COMPANIES A GOOD
CHANCE THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING ON
YOUR SHELF FOR A WHILE, HAVEN’T
MANY OF THOSE TESTS HAVE EXPIRED
OR THEY WILL EXPIRE VERY SOON.
DR FRANK MCGEORGE IS HERE TO
SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE
TESTS AND HOW TO TELL IF YOU
NEED TO TOSS THEM OUT. COMING
DOWN AND SO PRETTY MUCH.
EVERYTHING USED IN MEDICINE HAS
AN EXPIRATION DATE. NOW, IN THE
CASE OF COVID TESTS, THE PROBLEM
IS THE SHELF LIFE WAS A
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE BECAUSE,
OF COURSE, THE TESTS HAD BEEN
AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY
KNOW HOW THEY WOULD PERFORM
AFTER LET’S SAY A YEAR OR MORE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY ARE
HOLDING UP WELL, AND THAT HAS
LED THE FDA TO REVISE THE
EXPIRATION DATES. AT HOME. COVID
TESTS ARE EASY TO USE, AND THEY
GIVE RESULTS IN MINUTES, BUT
THEY DON’T LAST FOREVER. WHEN I
CHECKED MY SUPPLY OF TESTS THAT
WERE SENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
THERE WERE A WIDE RANGE OF
EXPIRATION DATES. FOR EXAMPLE,
THESE ABBOTT BUINAKSK NOW TESTS
THEY WON’T EXPIRE UNTIL FEBRUARY
OF 2023. THE EXPIRATION DATE IS
RIGHT NEXT TO THIS LITTLE
HOURGLASS SYMBOL, BUT THESE EYE
HEALTH TESTS THEY HAVE A USE BY
DATE OF JULY 20TH AND THEY ARE
ALREADY EXPIRED. ALSO, THESE
TESTS DISTRIBUTED BY ROCHE. THEY
JUST EXPIRED ON AUGUST 21ST. NOW
THAT DOESN’T MEAN I HAVE TO TOSS
THEM, THOUGH, BUT I DO NEED TO
GO TO THE FDA WEBSITE TO CHECK
THE LOT NUMBER AGAINST THE
OFFICIAL LIST OF UPDATED
EXPIRATIONS. NOW YOU CAN SEE
HERE. THE EYE HEALTH TEST IS
EASILY FOUND, AND IT SAYS THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO 12
MONTHS. SO NOW THEY EXPIRE ON
JANUARY 20TH OF NEXT YEAR. NOW
THESE OTHER TESTS DISTRIBUTED BY
ROCHE, WHERE A PROBLEM FOR ME,
THOUGH THE FDA WEBSITE DOESN’T
SHOW ANY TIME. ESTIMATE BY
ROCHE. THE ONLY WAY I COULD
FIGURE OUT WHO MADE THESE TESTS
WAS ON THE SEAL IT SAYS SD
BIOSENSOR AND HERE ON THE BACK
NEXT TO THE LITTLE FACTORY
SYMBOL IT SAYS SD BIOSENSOR. NOW
ON THE FDA LIST, THERE IS A TEST
MADE BY SD BIOSENSOR, AND IN
FACT, THE LOT NUMBERS DO MAKE
SENSE. UNFORTUNATELY AS OF NOW,
THESE TESTS ARE ONLY EXTENDED
UNTIL NOVEMBER. 21ST OF THIS
YEAR. THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
REGARDLESS OF THE EXPIRATION
DATE PRINTED ON THE BOX OR
LABEL. IN MANY CASES, THE SHELF
LIFE MAY HAVE BEEN EXTENDED BY
THE FDA. YOU JUST NEED TO CHECK
NOW, IF YOU HAVE TESTS WITH
DIFFERENT EXPIRATION DATES LIKE
I DID JUST BE SURE TO USE THE
TESTS WITH THE EXPIRATION DATES
THAT’S COMING UP SOONER. FIRST
POSTING A LINK TO THE FDA
WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK ON
THE EXPIRATIONS YOURSELF.