LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN AT FIVE
WITH DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS
OPENING FIRE ON A CARJACKING
SUSPECT BRAND NEW VIDEO SHOWING
HOW THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WENT
DOWN TONIGHT. WE’RE GETTING OUR
FIRST LOOK AT BRAND NEW VIDEO OF
OFFICERS OPENING FIRE ON A
CARJACKING SUSPECT WHO
INTENTIONALLY RAMMED SQUAD CARS
. THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT AT
THE CITGO STATION ON EIGHT MILE
AND GLASS AND VERY JUST WEST OF
THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. SHAWN LEY
JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE
CHIEF. WHAT’S HE SAYING ABOUT
IT, SEAN? SAID HIS OFFICER COULD
HAVE BEEN CRUSHED BECAUSE THIS
CAR WAS COMING RIGHT AT THEM AT
THAT CITGO GAS STATION, THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR A WHITE SUV
THAT HAD BEEN THE DRIVER SO
DESPERATE TO GET AWAY AT THAT
GAS STATION, HE DROVE OVER THE
HOOD OF THE CAR OF A POLICE
VEHICLE AND AN OFFICER WAS RIGHT
THERE. FALLING TO THE GROUND WAS
ALMOST CRUSHED BY THAT CAR. TAKE
A LOOK AT THE PICTURES JUST
RELEASED BY DETROIT POLICE
WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR OR SO
TO US AS CHIEF WHITE WAS GIVING
US AN UPDATE ON THIS. YOU CAN
SEE THE OFFICER KIND OF TUMBLING
TO THE GROUND THERE AT THE CITGO
GAS STATION PARKING LOT. WHITE
SUV COMING OVER THE HOOD OF THE
CAR OF ONE OF THE UNMARKED
CRUISERS THAT WERE TAILING THE
SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. I’LL TELL
YOU WHAT THAT WAS A WILD
SITUATION WHERE OFFICERS HAD TO
SHOOT THAT CAR WAS BEING USED AS
A WEAPON TOWARDS THEM. FIRE
SHOTS INTO THAT CAR. THREE YOUNG
MEN WERE IN THE CAR. THEY WERE
NOT HIT BY ANY OF THOSE SHOTS.
WE FOUND VIDEO OF THE ACTUAL
INCIDENT THAT CAR BACKING UP TO
GET AWAY AND THEN GOING OVER THE
HOOD OF THAT CAR. ABSOLUTELY
WILD SITUATION INDEED, WHERE
POLICE HAD TO FIRE SHOTS
TONIGHT, POLICE IDENTIFYING THE
DRIVER AS MICHAEL MALIK BROWN.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HIM RIGHT
NOW, SAYING HE IS VERY
DANGEROUS. OUR OFFICER HAD TO
LITERALLY ROLL OUT OF THE WAY AS
THE VEHICLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO
RUN HIM OVER. THE OFFICERS FIRED
MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT WE DO NOT
BELIEVE AT THIS TIME. ANY OF
THOSE SHOTS TOOK EFFECT THAT
THAT FARMERS THOSE SHOTS WERE
WITHIN OUR POLICY GUIDELINES. MY
REVIEW OF THE VIDEO SHOWED THAT
TO BE THE CASE. AND WE ARE
SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER OF THE
VEHICLE. AND WE WERE ASKING OUR
COMMUNITY WHO HAS COME THROUGH
FOR AS MANY TIMES TO DO SO AGAIN
TONIGHT AND TO PROVIDE THIS
INFORMATION ON THAT SUSPECT
BEFORE HE INJURES ANYONE ELSE.
ALRIGHT BACK YOUR LIFE, SO IT’S
MICHAEL MALIK BROWN PHOTO MUG
SHOT WILL BE ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE. IF YOU WANT TO
SHARE THAT COMING UP AT SIX
O’CLOCK, THE SHOTS DIDN’T END
THERE. CANINE OFFICER WITH OTHER
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER WENT TO A
BACKYARD WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE
GUYS THAT RAN FROM THE SHOOTING
INCIDENT UP AT THAT CITGO GAS
STATION FIRED A SHOT KILLING A
DOG. THAT DOG ENDED UP IN A
NEIGHBOR’S TRASH CAN TONIGHT.
THE OWNER OF THE DOG ABSOLUTELY
HEARTBROKEN AND OUTRAGED,
DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM DETROIT
POLICE WHY THEY DIDN’T TELL HER
ABOUT THIS INCIDENT WHILE SHE
WAS HOME WHILE HER DOGS REMAINS
ENDED UP IN A NEIGHBOR’S TRASH
CAN AGAIN ANOTHER TWIST TO THIS
WILL HAVE AT SIX O’CLOCK BACK TO
YOU SO MANY TWISTS. ALRIGHT,
SEAN. WELL TIME IS RUNNING OUT
AT EASTERN MICHIGAN, ONE HOUR
FROM RIGHT NOW, MEMBERS OF THE
TEACHERS UNION ARE GOING TO MEET
AND DECIDE IF THEY’RE GOING TO
HIT THE PICKET LINE IS COMING
JUST ONE WEEK INTO THE NEW
SCHOOL YEAR. JASON COLTHORPE IS
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TONIGHT.
WITH MORE ON THIS STORY. JASON
KIM TALKS STALLED OVER THE
WEEKEND, BUT EVERYTHING COULD
CHANGE TONIGHT. AFTER SIX
O’CLOCK. WE’RE WATCHING THAT
HERE’S WHERE THE LABOR DISPUTE
OVER PAY AND HEALTH BENEFITS
STANDS. FACULTY HAS BEEN WORKING
WITHOUT A CONTRACT SINCE AUGUST
31ST LAST WEEK, THE FACULTY
UNION REJECTED THE SCHOOLS
OFFER. OF A 6% RAISE IN YEAR ONE
AND TWO OR 2.5% INCREASE IN THE
FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS. STATE
SPONSORED MEDIATOR IS CURRENTLY
INVOLVED. IN THAT DISCUSSION.
THE UNION WILL VOTE TONIGHT VIA
ZOOM AND WE EXPECT WE’LL GET
THAT DECISION FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH THIS?
WELL IF UNION MEMBERS VOTE TO
STRIKE, THEY COULD WALK OUT AS
SOON AS TOMORROW AND WE SHOULD
NOTE MICHIGAN HAS A LAW
PREVENTING PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS UNIONS FROM STRIKING SO
IF FACULTY DOES HIT THE PICKET
LINE, IT WOULD TECHNICALLY BE
ILLEGAL. JUDGE WOULD THEN HAVE
TO GET INVOLVED IN ISSUING
INJUNCTION. TO STOP THE STRIKE.
OBVIOUSLY WE’LL BE KEEPING YOU
POSTED ON ALL OF THIS BACK TO
YOU, JASON. THANK YOU. MEANWHILE
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A MURDER IN
INKSTER. POLICE MADE THE
DISCOVERY AROUND 10 THIS MORNING
AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON
HICKORY STREET. TROOPERS SAY
THEY FOUND A MAN SHOT SEVERAL
TIMES IN AN APARTMENT. THE
VICTIM IS A MAN IN HIS LATE
TWENTIES TO EARLY THIRTIES. SO
FAR, NO WORD ON A POSSIBLE
MOTIVE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WEATHER PICTURE. THE CLOUDS HAVE
MANAGED TO PART JUST A BIT.
THERE’S A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE FROM
OUR MOUNT CLEMENS SKY CAM. WE
DIDN’T BREAK 80 TODAY, BUT THAT
IS GOING TO CHANGE. LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM ADAMS AND THE
FOREWARNED FORECAST. HI, KIM,
BOTH OF YOU. WE ARE WARMING UP
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. BUT
RIGHT NOW WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO
80 CITY AIRPORT DID HIT 80 LAST
HOUR NOW DOWN TO 79 THAT
SUNSHINE HAS POPPED UP HERE UP
TO 79 AS WELL NOTICE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PIER,
THOUGH, AND MONROE MONROE’S
STILL HANGING ONTO THE CLOUDS AS
THE CLEARING HAS GONE FROM NORTH
DOWN TO THE SOUTH. HERE’S THE
VISIBLE SATELLITE AND YOU CAN
SEE THE CLOUDS. JUST KIND OF
STARTING TO BREAK UP AND GETTING
SOME CLEARING LATE DAY SUNSHINE.
BUT A LOT MORE SUNSHINE IS ON
THE WAY FOR THE DAY TOMORROW AND
EVEN INTO THE END OF THE WORK
WEEK SIX O’CLOCK TONIGHT PARTLY
CLOUDY 76 WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
THOSE CLOUDS SCOUR OUT AS WE GO
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, IT
WILL DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 59 FOR
THE OVERNIGHT LOW, BUT SUMMER IS
NOT QUITE DONE YET. WE’LL TALK
ABOUT IT COMING UP IN THE
FORECAST IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES. THE BATTLE OVER
ABORTION RIGHTS HERE IN MICHIGAN
EXPECTED TO COME TO YET ANOTHER
CRESCENDO THIS WEEK, AND IT CALL
CENTERS ON THE STATE SUPREME
COURT AT THE CENTER OF THAT
DEBATE, A BALLOT PROPOSAL THAT
WOULD PUT THE RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION IN THE STATE
CONSTITUTION. ROD MELONI IS LIVE
TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT WHAT LIES
AHEAD, ROD. KIMBERLY THE GROUP
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL,
WHICH IS THE PRO CHOICE GROUP IS
APPEALING TO THE STATE SUPREME
COURT. THEY WANT THEIR BALLOT
PETITION ON THE BALLOT. IT’S NOT
THERE RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE
BOARD OF CANVASSERS, AND NOW
THERE WAS NO HEARING TODAY AT
THE SUPREME COURT. IN FACT,
WE’RE TOLD THAT THERE IS LIKELY
NOT TO EVEN BE A HEARING ON THIS
CASE, BUT IT’S GETTING HURT ON
AN EMERGENCY BASIS. SO WHAT
WE’RE TOLD THE JUDGES ARE GOING
TO DO PROBABLY AT THIS POINT IS
TO HOLD A ZOOM CALL AND VOTE
AFTER THEY HAVE READ THE
PLEADINGS. THE APPROACH CHOICE
FACTION IS BEYOND UNHAPPY WITH
THE STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
SPOKESPERSON DARCY MCCONNELL PUT
OUT THIS STATEMENT TODAY. QUOTE
THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS HAD ONE
JOB TO CERTIFY THE SIGNATURES AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE ELECTIONS
BUREAU AND PUT PROPOSAL THREE ON
THE BALLOT. REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
FOR ALL NOT ONLY MET THE
SIGNATURE THRESHOLD, BUT
EXCEEDED IT. WE HAVE ASKED THE
MICHIGAN STATE SUPREME COURT TO
DO THE BOARD’S JOB AND PUT THIS
MEASURE ON THE BALLOT SO THAT
MORE THAN 730,000 MICHIGANDERS
WHO READ, UNDERSTOOD AND SIGNED
THIS PETITION WILL NOT BE
DISENFRANCHISED AND QUOTE. OF
COURSE, THE ANTI ABORTION GROUP
SUPPORT MICHIGAN WOMEN AND
CHILDREN’S CHRISTIAN PAULO
DISAGREE. THIS FORM IS FATALLY
FLAWED, AND AS A RESULT, THE
COURT HAS REALLY NO CHOICE BUT
TO REFUSE TO PUT THIS ON THE
BALLOT WERE POTENTIALLY IN THE
CONSTITUTION FOR EVER. THE
CORRECT NUMBER OF MISTAKES FOR
OUR CONSTITUTION IS ZERO. NOT 60
. THE MISTAKE. SHE’S TALKING
ABOUT HER A LONG RUN ON SENTENCE
WITHOUT SPACES THAT APPEARED ON
THE PETITION FORMS THAT WENT
INTO THE FIELD FOR SIGNATURES
GROUP OF UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
PROFESSORS AND EVEN ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL FILED LEGAL
BRIEFS SLAMMING THE BOARD OF
CANVASSERS AND SUPPORTING THE
PRO CHOICE SIDE. NESTLE WENT SO
FAR AS TO PUT PICTURES OF THE U.
S CONSTITUTION IN HER FILING,
SAYING IT’S HANDWRITTEN WORDS
OFTEN DON’T HAVE SPACES BETWEEN
THEM. HER POINT SPACES BETWEEN
WORDS IS NOT A REASON TO KEEP A
BALLOT PROPOSAL FROM VOTERS.
SEVERAL MICHIGAN PROSECUTORS
HAVE ALSO JOINED NESTLE
EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS TO THE
SUPREME COURT. KRISTEN PAULO
TOLD ME TODAY THAT SHE RESPONDS
TO ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY BY
SAYING THAT GIBBERISH DOES NOT
BELONG IN THE MICHIGAN
CONSTITUTION BACK TO YOU. DO WE
KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT HEAR FROM THE
SUPREME COURT? WELL, HERE’S THE
THING. FRIDAY IS THE DAY THAT
THE VOTES HAD THE BALLOTS NEED
TO GO OUT. OKAY, SO WE’RE TOLD
THAT THE SUPREME COURT IS WELL
AWARE OF ALL OF THIS AND IS
LIKELY TO HAVE A DECISION, MAYBE
THURSDAY OR EVEN FRIDAY AS TO
WHETHER THEY GO OUT WITH THE
WORDING ON IT WITH THIS BALLOT
PROPOSAL, SO WE’LL WAIT AND SEE.
WE’RE CERTAINLY MONITORING FOR
YOU FOR IT. YEAH GOT TO BE A
QUICK TURNAROUND. OKAY RIGHT.
THANKS THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMS
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE INDEED
BECOMING TO THE NORTH AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW WILL
TRAVEL TO DETROIT NEXT WEDNESDAY
TO VISIT THE SHOW. LAST WEEK,
THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THAT HE
PLANNED TO ATTEND, NOTING THAT
HE’S A CAR GUY IS VISIT WILL
COINCIDE WITH THE AUTO SHOWS.
MEDIA DAY. THAT’S A WEEK FROM
TOMORROW. CANADIAN AUTHORITIES
ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ONE OF
THE BROTHERS SUSPECTED IN A
DEADLY STABBING SPREE THAT
KILLED 10 PEOPLE IN THE PROVINCE
OF SASKATCHEWAN. JUST A
HORRENDOUS STORY THAT HAS
SHOCKED THE ENTIRE NATION. ON
MONDAY, DAMIAN SANDERSON WAS
FOUND DEAD IN A GRASSY AREA NEAR
A HOME. POLICE SAY HIS INJURIES
WERE NOT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
SELF INFLICTED HIS BROTHER,
MEANWHILE, MILES SANDERSON IS
STILL ON THE RUN, PERHAPS IN THE
CITY OF REGINA. POLICE SAY THEY
BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN WOUNDED.
SANDERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
FIRST DEGREE MURDER, ATTEMPTED
MURDER AND BREAKING AND ENTERING
INTO A RESIDENCE. OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED THAT A BODY FOUND IN
SOUTH MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON
MONDAY IS THAT OF ELIZA FLETCHER
, 34 YEAR OLD MOTHER OF TWO, WAS
KIDNAPPED FRIDAY WHILE JOGGING
NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS.
CAMPUS INVESTIGATORS SAY
FLETCHER’S BODY WAS LATER
LOCATED BEHIND A VACANT DUPLEX
APARTMENT. 38 YEAR OLD CLEO TO
ABSTAIN, WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY
IN CONNECTION TO FLETCHER’S
DISAPPEARANCE. ABSTINENT NOW
FACES SEVERAL MURDER CHARGES.
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS ARE OUT FOR
THE WEEK, A SLIGHT DROP IN CASES
FROM LAST WEEK. 15,854 NEW CASES
OVER THESE PAST SEVEN DAYS TO
THE AVERAGE STANDING AT 2200
REPORTED CASES PER DAY. 83 MORE
DEATHS BEING REPORTED OVER THAT
SAME SEVEN DAY PERIOD. REPAIRS
OF THE BROKEN WATER MAIN,
CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR METRO
DETROITERS SINCE MID AUGUST ARE
FINALLY COMPLETE. CRUZ FINISHED
INSTALLING THE NEW PIPE AFTER A
LEAK WAS FOUND AUGUST 13TH AT
THE TREATMENT FACILITY AND LIKE
YOU’RE ON THE LEAK AFFECTED
WATER PRESSURE IN MORE THAN 20
METRO DETROIT COMMUNITIES
LEADING TO A TEMPORARY BOIL.
WATER NOTICE. THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY SAYS THE NEW