AT 11 BREAKING NEWS. A SHOTS ARE FIRED AT POLICE ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WILL TELL YOU WHAT
BROUGHT THEM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WHAT HAPPENED AS THE
OFFICERS FIRED BACK. BUT FIRST
ALSO BREAKING NEWS ON EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR AT THIS HOUR.
WE’RE FOLLOWING THE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, SOME SPOTS
REPORTING HAIL THE SIZE OF PING
PONG BALLS. WE’RE TRACKING IT
ALL FOR YOU. AS YOU SEE A VERY
BUSY RADAR SCREEN HERE AT 11 TO
HAVE YOU WITH US. SOME
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL AS
YOU SAID, IT’S BEEN A BUSY NIGHT
SINCE SIX O’CLOCK FOREWARNED
WEATHER TEAM HAS BEEN TRACKING
THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS, AND
IT’S NOT OVER JUST YET. START
THINGS OFF HERE WITH
METEOROLOGIST BRYAN SCHUERMAN
WITH WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW, BRIAN AND KIMBERLY GOOD
FRIDAY EVENING, EVERYONE STILL
TRACK KING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON EXACT TRACK. 40
TONIGHT FROM HOWELL OVER TOWARD
WATERFORD, THEN DOWN TOWARD
WARREN AND JUST AROUND THE METRO
GETTING A BREAK RIGHT NOW FROM
ANN ARBOR, WORKING DOWN IN THE
MONROE COUNTY SAVE A FEW SHOWERS
AND THEN A FEW ISOLATED STORMS.
TO THE NORTH OF ADRIAN, THIS IS
ROUND ONE. WE’VE GOT ROUND TO ON
THE WAY AS WE GO PAST MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING TOWER CAM OVER DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. A VERY RAINY EVENING AS
YOU’RE HEADING OUTSIDE, MOST
EVERYONE STILL HOVERING INTO THE
LOW TO MID FIFTIES. 54 RIGHT
NOW. HERE IN DETROIT, 55 OVER
AND HOW 53 WORKING IN A PONTIAC
AND 58 RIGHT NOW, AS YOU WORK
INTO ADRIAN, THAT FRONTAL
BOUNDARY CLOSING IN TORNADO
WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT
TONIGHT. INDIANA DOWN THROUGH
KENTUCKY INTO TENNESSEE AND
WORKING INTO THE GULF STATES.
THIS FRONT PULLS THROUGH
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING, SO WE WILL
HOLD ON TO THE THREAT FOR SOME
ISOLATED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
60 MILES AN HOUR TONIGHT AS WELL
AS SOME ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.
WE’VE ALREADY HAD ONE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING. TONIGHT
FOR LEN AWAY COUNTY AND THEN
ALSO HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST
EVERYONE HAS SEEN THAT EARLIER
THIS EVENING. SO FOR TOMORROW
ONCE THAT FRONT PAWS THROUGH
FIFTIES EARLY AND THEN
TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING THE
MAJORITY OF THE DAY, WE’RE INTO
THE THIRTIES BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, MUCH MORE ON WHAT YOU
CAN EXPECT IN YOUR COMPLETE FULL
FORECAST. COMING UP IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES. ALSO DOWNLOAD THAT
4WARN WEATHER APP. IF WE
CONTINUE TO GET ALERTS TONIGHT,
YOUR PHONE WILL GO OFF. YOU CAN
FIND IT IN YOUR FAVORITE APPS
STORE. JUST SEARCH WDIV’S OKAY,
BRIAN. THANK YOU IN SOME STATES
ARE GETTING HIT EVEN HARDER BY
SEVERE WEATHER. TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD THAT RIPPED
THROUGH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
THERE REPORTS OF AT LEAST ONE
DEAD AND AT LEAST TWO DOZEN
INJURED. ANOTHER TORNADO HIT THE
TOWN OF WHY IN IN THE EASTERN
PART OF THE STATE. YOU CAN SEE
THE DAMAGE HERE, HOME SPLINTERED
AND TREES TOSSED AROUND. IT’S
ALL PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT
SWIPING PARTS OF OUR STATE.
BRIAN WILL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE
IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. ALL RIGHT
NOW THE BREAKING NEWS WE’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
TONIGHT. SOME SCARY MOMENTS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR PURITAN
AND SAN JUAN DURING A SHOOTOUT
BETWEEN A SUSPECT AND POLICE
OFFICERS WERE ALSO CALLED IN THE
AREA ARE ORIGINALLY CALLED IN
THE AREA FOR SOME KIND OF
DISTURBANCE. AND THEN THINGS GOT
DANGEROUS PRETTY QUICKLY.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LIVE AT DPD
HEADQUARTERS WITH THE LATEST
JACQUELINE. AS YOU SAID IT ALL
STARTED WHEN POLICE GOT A REPORT
OF A DISTURBANCE. IT WAS A MAN
WITH A WEAPON. ONCE OFFICERS GOT
THERE, THEY FOUND HIM. MOMENTS
LATER, SHOTS WERE FIRED. JUST
BEFORE EIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT, A
REPORT CAME IN OF A PERSON WITH
THE WEAPON. ONCE ON SCENE.
OFFICERS CAME ACROSS THE SUSPECT
. THAT’S WHEN THE SUSPECT PULLED
THE WEAPON FROM HIS WAISTBAND.
AND FIRED REPEATED ROUNDS INTO
THE AT THE OFFICERS THAT HIT THE
SCALP. OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE
AND THE SUSPECT FLED. POLICE
CHASED THE MAN DOWN AN ALLEY,
WHERE MORE GUNFIRE WAS EXCHANGED
SHORTLY AFTER OFFICERS LOCATED
THE SUSPECT HIDING IN A NEARBY
HOUSE. SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT
WOUND. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL. NO OFFICERS WERE HIT
ONLY THEIR VEHICLE. AS FOR WHO
THE SUSPECT IS AND HIS
BACKGROUND PRELIMINARILY HE HAS
14 TRAFFIC WARRANTS THAT WE HAVE
NO OTHER REAL IDEA. ASSISTANT
CHIEF CHARLES FITZGERALD
PRAISING HIS TEAM’S RESPONSE.
HIS OFFICERS DAY IN AND DAY OUT
OR JUST THE BRAVEST IN THE
COUNTRY. THEY ENGAGED IN THAT
THEY WERE BEING FIRED UPON. THEY
KEPT THEIR COOL. THEY DID
EVERYTHING THEY WERE TRAINED TO
DO. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO
SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL. HE IS
LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION
REPORTING LIVE FROM DETROIT
POLICE HEADQUARTERS. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4 QUITE A NIGHT,
JACQUELINE, WE ARE ALSO TRACKING
TONIGHT EFFORTS TO FIND TWO
SEXUAL PREDATORS IN THE METRO
DETROIT AREA WITH THIS CASE FROM
YPSILANTI, WHERE POLICE RELEASED
A SKETCH OF A MAN WANTED FOR
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD.
HERE’S WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO HELP THE VICTIM SAYS A MAN
LOOKING LIKE THIS HAS A TATTOO
OF A CROSS ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM
AND WORDING THAT REFERENCES GOD
. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
, CALL SOLENNI POLICE SEARCH
CONTINUES FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN 80 YEAR
OLD WOMAN ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
. COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
GOING DOOR TO DOOR FOR DAYS NOW
SEARCHING FOR HER ATTACKER, BUT
AS OF TONIGHT, STILL NO. ONE IN
CUSTODY. THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAYS THE
AREA’S MOSTLY MADE UP OF SENIOR
CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN ON EDGE SINCE IT HAPPENED.
IS THE SEARCH GOES ON. THEY ARE
RELIEVED TO KNOW POLICE ARE
TAKING IT SO SERIOUSLY. THE
POLICE ENSURED US THAT THEY ARE
IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT THEIR
PRESENCE IS MORE THAN WE WILL
EVER KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE
UNDERCOVER. AND HE ASSURED US
THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE UNTIL
THIS PREDATOR IS CAUGHT. ANYONE
WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ATTACKER SHOULD CALL DETROIT
POLICE PEOPLE ARE HURT TONIGHT
AFTER A VIOLENT CRASH IN
PONTIAC. OH MY GOD. THAT WAS THE
MOMENT TWO CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF
A DRAG RACE SLAM RIGHT INTO A
DODGE CHALLENGER HAPPENED JUST
BEFORE 10 LAST NIGHT IN THE
INTERSECTION OF SOUTH BOULEVARD
AND CENTERPOINT PARKWAY AND
PONTIAC. POLICE SAY TWO CARS
WERE RACING WHEN THEY CHASED
INTO THE CHALLENGER DOING DONUTS
, INJECTING A 24 YEAR OLD SAINT
CLAIR SHORES, MAN. IT’S JUST
LIKE SO BAD TO SEE LIKE WHAT CAN
HAPPEN LIKE INTERNET LIFE HERE,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE GOING TO
LOOK LIKE THEY’RE GOING PRETTY
FAST TO HAVE GOOD FIRST
RESPONDERS AND PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY THAT HELPED OUT LAST
NIGHT. WITHOUT THAT. I DON’T I
DON’T THINK SOME OF THESE GUYS
WOULD HAVE MADE IT. POLICE SAY
THE CHALLENGER WAS STOLEN FROM
OHIO 24 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WAS
EJECTED IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
RIGHT NOW. SOME NEWS FROM
NORTHVILLE, YOU MAY REMEMBER THE
DOWNTOWN AREA WAS CLOSED OFF TO
CARS DURING COVID TO HELP
RESTAURANTS SURVIVE, AND NOW THE
CITY IS RETHINKING WHAT IT’S
DOWNTOWN SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND BE
MACDONALD REPORTS FROM
NORTHVILLE AND WHAT’S AT STAKE
IN A DOWNTOWN DEBATE, MARA ROAD
CLOSED IS STILL VERY MUCH A
THING. HERE TAKE A WALK WITH ME.
THIS IS NORTH FILLS ENTIRE
DOWNTOWN STRETCH AND YOU CAN SEE
IT IS STILL PEDESTRIAN ONLY, BUT
THERE’S BEEN SOME PUSHBACK ON
THIS IDEA FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF
COVID NORTHVILLE MADE THE
DECISION TO CLOSE OFF ITS
DOWNTOWN TO TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO
GIVE ITS RESTAURANTS A FIGHTING
CHANCE AT SURVIVAL. IT WORKED
KEPT 96% OF OUR BUSINESSES IN
BUSINESS IN THE COUNTRY. THE
STATUS 42% OF THE BUSINESSES
WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. WE WERE
DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD CAME.
THEY ATE OUTSIDE IN THE COLD,
BUT WE’RE PAST FACEMASKS
ENFORCED OUTDOOR DINING IN SOME
HERE ARE ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE.
THESE NEON SIGNS HAVE BEEN
POPPING UP ALL OVER TOWN,
DECLARING IT’S TIME. LET’S OPEN
NORTHVILLE. THINK, UM IT IS
CAUSING. UM. PEOPLE TO TAKE
SIDES AND IT’S VERY HAVE ENOUGH
OF THAT ALREADY. SO A COMPROMISE
WOULD BE TERRIFIC MOST, BUT NOT
ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS STILL
LOVE THE IDEA OF PEDESTRIAN ONLY
AND EXPANDED DINING OPTIONS
OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH SUMMER
COMING, BUT NON RESTAURANT
BUSINESSES SAY THIS IS HARD ON
THEM, AND MANY WHO LIVE IN THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
REALLY TIRED OF INCREASED
TRAFFIC ZOOMING DOWN THEIR
RESIDENTIAL STREETS. SO TO OPEN
OR STAY CLOSE TO CARS. TURNBULL
THINKS THERE MIGHT BE A
COMPROMISE IN THE OFFING. WE
HAVE LOOKED AT THIS. COULD THIS
BE THE WAY IT IS? IT COULD BE.
COULD WE OPEN THE STREET TO
CLOSE THE STREET? COULD WE DO
IT? SEASONALLY. ALL THOSE
OPTIONS ARE BEING LOOKED AT THE
NORTH POLE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING
TO BEAT ON MONDAY. THE MAYOR
TELLS US. HE BELIEVES THE FINAL
DECISION IS GOING TO COME OUT OF
THAT MEETING IN THE FORM OF A
VOTE. WHAT COULD THAT COMPROMISE
LOOK LIKE? WELL POTENTIALLY KEEP
IT LIKE THIS FOR THE SUMMER, BUT
THEN OPEN IT BACK UP TO TRAFFIC
IN THE WINTER OR REALLY ANY
NUMBER OF ITERATIONS WILL SEE.