LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE WEATHER. EXACT TRACK. 40 RADAR
LIT UP WITH A LOT OF GREEN AND
OF COURSE, RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING
ALL DAY. AND NOW TO A LIVE LOOK
FROM OUR SKY CAM OVER A SOGGY
MOUNT CLEMENS TONIGHT ISN’T ANY
BETTER TO THE WESTIE THERE LIVE
PICTURES FROM OUR AND OUR VERSE
SKY CAM WERE FOG HAS SETTLED IN
THERE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US,
EVERYBODY. I’M KIMBERLY GILL
DEVIN SCILLIAN. DON’T YOU WANT
TO WIPE THAT FOREWARN
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS WITH HOW
LONG? THIS RAIN IS GOING TO
STICK AROUND, KIM. I WOULD SAY
MORE LIKE THIS. GET IT OUT OF
HERE. UNFORTUNATELY WE’RE GOING
TO HAVE THESE SHOWERS AROUND
HERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
SO IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS
TONIGHT, THE KIDS HAVE SPORTING
EVENTS. A LOT OF THOSE HAVE NOW
BEEN CANCELED, INCLUDING THE
TIGERS GAME F TONIGHT. REINING
IN HAMTRAMCK, MODERATE RAIN IN
DEARBORN, ROYAL OAK, FARMINGTON
HILLS, LAVONIA GETTING SOME RAIN
AT THIS HOUR, ALSO PLYMOUTH AND
NORTHVILLE AND WILL GO UP INTO
PARTS OF MACOMB COUNTY, WHERE
THERE’S LIGHT RAIN IN NEW
BALTIMORE CHESTERFIELD, MCCOMB,
UTICA AND IN STERLING HEIGHTS.
VISIBILITY HAS BEEN KIND OF OFF
AND ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY
IN PONTIAC, ALSO NOW METRO
AIRPORT DOWN TO A MILE AND A
HALF. THESE ARE IN MILES HERE,
TOO. TWO MILE VISIBILITY AND
HOWELL. AN ARBOR HAS THREE MILES
. ALTHOUGH LAST HOUR IT WAS DOWN
TO A MILE, SO DEFINITELY SOME
PATCHY FOG IN AND AROUND METRO
DETROIT THIS EVENING WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THE SHOWERS AS
TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN. NOT VERY
FAR FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW
WE STAY PRETTY MUCH IN THE LOW
FIFTIES. THERE IS MORE RAIN FOR
THE WEEKEND, BUT NOT AN ENTIRE
WASHOUT WILL TIME IT OUT IN THE
FORECAST. KIM OUR OTHER TOP
STORY TONIGHT, DETROIT POLICE
CONFIRM A PERSON OF INTEREST HAS
BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN THE
DEATH OF DR DEVON HOOVER,
NEUROSURGEON KILLED INSIDE HIS
HOME DETROIT’S BOSTON EDISON
DISTRICT MARK MCDONALD. A LIVE
AT THAT HOME TONIGHT, AND POLICE
ARE NOW CONFIRMING WHAT WE’VE
ASSUMED ALL ALONG. MARK. THIS
WAS NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THAT’S
RIGHT. DEVIN DR HOOVER KNEW HIS
ATTACKER. IT’S ONE OF THE
REASONS THERE WAS NO SIGN OF
FORCED ENTRY ONTO HIS HOME, BUT
I THINK THERE’S AN IMPORTANT
DISTINCTION THAT NEEDS TO BE
MADE HERE. THE PERSON OF
INTEREST WHO IS IN CUSTODY IS IN
CUSTODY ON AN UNKNOWN RELATED
WARRANT TO THIS TAKE A LISTEN TO
THE LANGUAGE THE CHIEF USES
HERE. WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS
PERSON HAS INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT TRANSPIRED. POLICE AREN’T
CALLING THE MAN TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AROUND 12 15 THIS
MORNING A SUSPECT YET, BUT THE
TWO DIDN’T KNOW EACH OTHER,
COMFORTABLE CHARACTERIZING WHAT
THE RELATIONSHIP WAS BETWEEN
THESE TWO. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE
DOING THAT. AT THIS POINT. I
THINK THAT WOULD BE
IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO DO THAT
UNTIL I KNOW MORE INFORMATION.
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WE’RE HAPPY
TO HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST WHO
WE CAN QUESTION AND WE ARE
CONFIDENT AS A POLICING AGENCY
THAT THIS PERSON KNOWS SOMETHING
ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED. DR HOOVER
WAS FOUND SHOT IN THE HEAD
MULTIPLE TIMES ON SUNDAY, HIS
BODY HIDDEN IN AN UPSTAIRS AT A
CRAWL SPACE. HE HAD BEEN WRAPPED
IN A BLANKET. POLICE GOT A CALL
FROM HIS OUT OF STATE FAMILY
CONCERNED WHEN HOOVER DIDN’T
SHOW UP WHEN THEY WERE EXPECTING
HIM. WHEN POLICE GOT TO HIS
HOME, THEY WERE QUICKLY
CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT THEY SAW. AND AS A
RESULT, THEY WENT INTO THE HOME
AND THE REST IS WHERE WE FIND
OURSELVES TODAY THE SHOCK AT THE
MURDER OF A TALENTED
NEUROSURGEON UNIVERSALLY
DESCRIBED AS KIND AND GENEROUS
TO A FAULT IS OVERWHELMING
PATIENTS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
OUTSPOKEN IN THEIR LOVE FOR DR
HOOVER FOR HIS MANY KINDNESSES
WHETHER IT WAS OPENING HIS
LANDMARK HOME FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
EVENTS OR HIS BEDSIDE MANNER. IF
YOU KNOW ANYTHING, OR YOU HAVE
ANY IDEA THEY TELL SOMEBODY
BECAUSE THIS MAN DID NOTHING.
BESIDES AMAZING THINGS FOR
PEOPLE. BACK HERE. LIVE DOCTOR.
HOOVER’S FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED
FOR THIS WEEKEND. THE WORD WE’RE
GETTING OUT OF THE DPD IS THEY
EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE
MORE INFORMATION SHORTLY? WE’RE
LIVE IN BOSTON EDISON. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4. FOLLOW IT
HOUR BY HOUR. ALL RIGHT, MARA
LEBRON, THE SO CALLED HOCKEY DOC
, FACING MORE THAN A DOZEN
CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, WAS
BACK IN COURT TODAY FACING A NEW
ACCUSER IN THIS CASE, IT’S A 27
YEAR OLD WOMAN ACCUSING LEVERENZ
OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER IN A
REGULAR UROLOGY EXAM. ALONE IN
BLOOMFIELD HILLS TONIGHT, ROD
THIS CASE IS PRETTY DIFFERENT
FROM THE OTHERS. YEAH IT IS
BECAUSE IT WAS YOUNG MALE HOCKEY
PLAYERS WHO HAD BEEN MAKING THE
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DR LEVIN.
AND IF YOU’LL REMEMBER BACK WHEN
THESE FIRST BROKE, THE POLICE
WERE ASKING FOR HELP, AND
ANYBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE ISSUES
WITH DR LIBERAL SHOULD CONTACT
THEM. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED IN THIS CASE. AND SO
THIS WOMAN WENT TO PROSECUTORS.
THEY HAVE NOW CHARGED HIM WITH
TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT, AND TODAY WAS THE
PRELIMINARY EXAM. I FEEL LIKE.
JUST DIRTY AND UNCLEAN AND THAT
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME
. THE YOUNG WOMAN WENT TO SEE DR
LEVIN LAST AUGUST ON A REFERRAL
FROM ONE OF HER MANY DOCTORS,
SHE CLAIMED LIVER AND ASKED HER
MANY SEXUALLY EXPLICIT QUESTIONS
AND THEN DIGITALLY ABUSED HER
AFTER CATHETER, RISING HER FOR A
URINE SAMPLE WITH THE NURSE IN
THE ROOM. IS HE A DOCTOR’S
ALMOST FOUR TIMES A WEEK, AND
I’M TRAUMATIZED TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR NOW, AND IT’S ALREADY
HARD ENOUGH 27. SHE SUFFERS FROM
A NUMBER OF CHRONIC ILLNESSES,
UNDERWENT A HYSTERECTOMY LAST
SUMMER AND WAS DEALING WITH ITS
AFTER EFFECTS. SHE TESTIFIED.
THE MINUTE SHE LEFT THE EXAM.
SHE CALLED HER PARENTS. IT
SEEMED VERY UNPROFESSIONAL AND I
SAID IT WAS VERY CREEPY. AND I
DIDN’T LIKE THE VIBE AND IT WAS
JUST IT WAS HORRIFYING AT THAT
POINT, DEFENSE COUNSEL JONATHAN
JONES QUESTIONED HER HOW THIS
EXAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN
MISCONSTRUED. NOT TAKE THE MEDS
HE GAVE. YOU DID NOT WHY NOT?
BECAUSE I DID NOT TRUST AFTER
WHAT HAPPENED, I COULDN’T TAKE
THE MEDICATION AT THIS POINT,
THE QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED WAS SO
UNPROFESSIONAL, NOTING THAT SHE
LATER WENT TO ANOTHER UROLOGIST
WHO GAVE HER THE SAME MEDICATION
AND DID A DIGITAL EXAM. AND SHE
DID TELL THE COURT THAT SHE DID
TAKE THAT MEDICATION. THE EXACT
MEDICATION THAT THE DOCTOR LEVIN
HAD PRESCRIBED FOR HER. THE
PRELIMINARY EXAM IS GOING TO
CONTINUE NOW ON MAY 8TH BECAUSE
THE TESTIMONY IS NOW CONCLUDED
THERE, THEY’RE GOING TO BE
BRINGING IN SOME EXPERTS AND THE
JUDGE GOING TO RULE ON WHETHER
THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE
THEREAFTER BACK TO YOU JUST
CURIOUS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
WOMEN ACCUSING LEVERENZ OF
ABUSE? WELL WHEN WE CAME HERE TO
THE COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING, WE
WERE EXPECTING TO HEAR TESTIMONY
FROM TWO WOMEN IN TURNS OUT THAT
ONE OF THEM DID NOT SHOW AND SO
THAT CASE HAS BEEN SHELVED, AT
LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. OKAY
ROD, THANKS, 15 YEAR OLD WAS
KILLED. FOUR OTHER TEENAGERS
INJURED AFTER FLEEING POLICE
ROLLING OVER AND CRASHING AROUND
TWO O’CLOCK THIS MORNING, AND
BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP NEAR JACKSON.
POLICE SAID THEY TRIED TO PULL
OVER A SPEEDING JEEP THAT WOULD
NOT STOP THE JEEP THEN CRASHED
AND ROLLED OVER EJECTING TWO
TEENAGERS. POLICE TO THE JEEP
CONTINUED ON AND CRASHED A
SECOND TIME NEAR MICHIGAN AVENUE
AND DETTMAN ROAD. ALL FIVE
TEENAGERS WERE INJURED. A 15
YEAR OLD, WHO WAS EJECTED, DIED
AT THE SCENE. OKAY BERNIE IS
HERE NOW, WITH US LIONS, MAKING
A REAL SPLASH BELLY FLOP, BUT I
DON’T KNOW IN THE DRAFT WHO
YOU’RE LISTENING TO. THEY TRADED
DOWN WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKED
. AND THEN NOT EVERYBODY LIKED
WHAT THEY DID WITH THOSE NEXT
TWO PICKS. STUNNED WOULD BE A
BETTER WORD THAT DID NOT LIKE
TOWARDS. BUT THERE WAS BARELY A
MENTION OF JAMEER GIBBS OF
ALABAMA THAT YOU’D BE DRAFTED AS
HIGH AS NUMBER 12. OVERALL HE’S
A RUNNING BACK, AND ONE HADN’T
BEEN DRAFTED THAT HIGH IN THE
YEARS. EVEN GIBBS SAID LAST
NIGHT HE WAS SURPRISED WE’VE GOT
HOLLY TO GIBBS 591 99. 40 AND
4.39. HAS BLAZING SPEED, ESPN
SAID. THE ODDS WERE 99% THAT
GIVES IT BE AROUND WHEN THE
LIONS PICKED AT 18 AND
LINEBACKER JACK CAMPBELL OF IOWA
WAS THEIR SELECTION AT 18, AND
THAT STUNNED A LOT OF PEOPLE
ALSO THE ODDS THAT HE’D BE
AROUND AT 34 ON ROUND TWO WITH
96% ON ESPN. OF COURSE, THAT
DOESN’T COME UP UNTIL TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, WE’RE NOT DEALING
WITH MARK DRAFTS. WHEN IT COMES
TO GENERAL MANAGER BRAD HOLMES.
HE MADE THE PICS WITH EXTENSIVE
RESEARCH RESEARCH, HE SAYS. AND
HE’S GOT A PRETTY GOOD TRACK
RECORD OF THAT. JAMIE EDMONDS
LISTENING TO BOTH NUMBER ONES
TODAY IN ALLEN PARK, AND SHE
JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW. GOOD
EVENING, JAMIE. GOOD EVENING,
BERNIE BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN ALLEN PARK,
NOT ONE BUT TWO FIRST ROUNDERS
IN THE BUILDING. AS YOU SAID, WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A SIX IN AN
18. INSTEAD THE LIONS TRADED
DOWN TO NUMBER 12 AND PICKED
RUNNING BACK. JAMEER GIVES
HIGHEST RUNNING BACK. THEY
PICKED SINCE BARRY. THEN THEY
PICKED JACK CAMPBELL BUTKUS
AWARD WINNER BEST LINEBACKER IN
THE COUNTRY. BOTH OF THEM HUMBLE
, BOTH HAPPY TO BE HERE. I ASK
GIBBS IF HE SAW THE REACTION
AFTER THE PICK, AND IF HE FEELS
LIKE HE HAS TO PROVE SOMETHING
NOW I SAW THE REACTION. YOU
KNOW, IT FELT GOOD KNOWING THAT,
UH THE ORGANIZATION HAD THAT
MUCH. TRUST ME THAT, UH, PICK ME
AT THAT. LIKE A NUMBER 12. WE’RE
YOU KNOW, RUNNING BACKS DON’T
USUALLY GET PICKED, SO IT MEANT
A LOT TO ME. SO, UM THAT I AM
VALUE THAT THEY DO CARE
UNBELIEVABLE FEELING, AND I FEEL
LIKE EVERY PROSPECTS AND TO COME
UP HERE AND SAY, UM, LIKE WORDS
CAN’T DESCRIBE HOW IT FEELS. AND
THEY TRULY CAN’T. UM, IT’S SUCH
A BLESSING AND AN HONOR TO BE
HERE. BOTH GREAT GUYS. YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHY THEY
WERE PICKED IN THE FIRST ROUND.
BERNIE I KNOW YOU LIKE FUN
FACTS. JACK CAMPBELL DOESN’T
REALLY DO SOCIAL MEDIA, HE SAYS
HE RATHER HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE.
SO THAT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE NOW
THAT HE’S AN NFL OR AND I ASK
GIBBS IF HE’D WATCH HARD KNOCKS.
DOES HE KNOW WHAT BITING ME CAPS
MEANS? AND HE SORT OF LAUGHED
AND LOOKED CONFUSED. HE SAID. I
HAVE NO IDEA. I SAID, WATCH HARD
KNOCKS. YOU’LL KNOW WHAT I’M
TALKING ABOUT. WE’RE LIVE IN
ALLEN PARK JAMIE EDMONDS BACK TO
YOU GOT TO DO SOME MORE
HOMEWORK. I WOULD THINK OUT
THERE ANYWAY. JAMIE THANK YOU.
STAY DRY. BY THE WAY, ESPN IS
REPORTING THAT LINES HAVE GOTTEN
A NUMBER OF CALLS ABOUT DEANDRE
SWIFT ONCE THEY PICKED GIFTS,
RIGHT APPEARED AVAILABLE DOESN’T
KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT HE IS
DEFINITELY A KNEECAP BITER.
THAT’S WHY THEY THAT’S WHY THEY
BROUGHT IT. ALL RIGHT, BERNIE,
BERNIE. ALRIGHT WELL, TODAY WE
ARE LOOKING FOR DETROIT’S NEXT
BIG VOICE AUDITIONS FOR OUR GO
FOR IT AND SINGING CONTESTS ARE
UNDERWAY. AND LAUREL PARK PLACE
IN LIVONIA POLITIKEN. IS THERE
LIVE FOR US TONIGHT. PAULA FOLKS
STILL HAVE TIME TO GET OUT THERE
AND GIVE IT THEIR BEST SHOT. YOU
STILL HAVE TIME? WE’RE GOING TO
BE HERE UNTIL SEVEN. THIS IS
IZZY WHO’S SINGING RIGHT NOW AND
LISTEN. THIS IS TOUGH TO BE ABLE
TO SING IN PUBLIC LIKE THIS. BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU’VE GOT TO
HAVE THE CHOPS. YOU GOT TO GET
IT DONE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IF
YOU WIN, IT’S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN AMBASSADOR
FOR OUR BRAND LOCAL 4, BUT HE’S
SAYING AT THE FIREWORKS CONTEST,
YOU WIN PRIZES YOU GET COACHING
BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF
COACHING, OKAY, LET’S SAY I KNOW
THAT DIVA JUST FOR A QUICK
SECOND, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF OUR
JUDGES. AND I KNOW THAT YOU’VE
HEARD ENOUGH. THIS IS MARY
CALLAHAN LYNCH, WHO IS REALLY
THAT WHAT WE WERE THE COACH FOR
ARETHA FRANKLIN, FOUNDER OF
MOTOR CITY, LYRIC OPERA. HAVE
YOU HEARD GOOD VOICES? WHAT ARE
YOU HEARING? I HAVE HEARD GOOD
VOICES, AND I THINK WHAT PEOPLE
DON’T REALIZE IS AUDITIONING IS
MORE STRESSFUL THAN PERFORMING.
IT REALLY IS. ONCE YOU GET THE
GIG. YOU CAN RELAX A BIT, SO I’M
VERY PROUD OF YOUR CONTESTANTS.
COURAGE DO I MEAN, IT SEEMS SHE
WAS NERVOUS, BUT YOU CAN HELP.
YOU COULD SEE THAT SHE GOT HER
ACT TOGETHER. SHE WAS NERVOUS
THINKING OF THE WORDS AND THEN
SHE RELAXED. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING A JUDGE. HOPEFULLY I
DIDN’T TAKE YOU AWAY TOO MUCH,
AND YOU’RE ABLE TO HEAR IT
SAYING OKAY, GET BACK TO WORK,
MARY, GET BACK TO WORK. OKAY
LAUREL PARK PLACE. WE ARE HERE
UNTIL SEVEN O’CLOCK THIS
EVENING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF
YOU CAN’T MAKE IT TO LIVONIA
SOMERSET COLLECTION TOMORROW.
STARTING A TENT IS A GOOD JOB BY
THE WAY. ON YOU. THANK YOU. HEY,
GUYS. WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE
AND JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE’LL
HAVE ANOTHER WRAP UP CAN WAIT.
ONLINE AUDITIONS START NEXT
WEEK, SO THERE’S A LOT INVOLVED