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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >>> IT’S ELECTION DAY IN
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN. NOW ONE YEAR AFTER VOTERS
APPROVE RECREATIONAL
APPROVE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, SEVERAL LOCAL
COMMUNITIES ARE VOTING ON
THE ISSUE AGAIN.
WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
PROPOSALS AS WELL AS
IMPORTANT RACES AND MILLAGES.
>>> A MURDER SHATTERS THE
PEACE IN A CALM COMMUNITY
LEAVING NEIGHBORS SHAKEN.
>> I NEVER WOULD THINK FOR
ONE MINUTE SHE WOULD HAVE
EVER BEEN IN DANGER.
>> WE’LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >>> DETECTIVES SPENT THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS SEARCHING A
HOME AFTER THE SHOOTING.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT VIDEO
FROM A VERY ACTIVE POLICE
SCENE.
SCENE. TAKE A LOOK AT A MAP OF THE
SCENE IN VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP
ON FAYE DRIVE NEAR
BELLEVILLE AND ECORSE ROADS.
ROD MONTH LONEY GIVES US A
LOOK AT THAT INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: MILLAGE POINT
OF STATES HERE IS ONE OF
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE.
IN THE NEIGHBORS GET ALONG
WHEN STOOL IS OUT THE KIDS
ARE OUTSIDE PLAYING -- WHEN
SCHOOL IS OUT THE KIDS ARE
OUTSIDE PLAYING.
OUTSIDE PLAYING. THEY EVEN DO CHRISTMAS
COOKIE EXCHANGES.
COOKIE EXCHANGES. BUT ALL OF THAT WAS
SHATTERED IN A DOMESTIC
DISPUTE INSIDE THIS HOUSE.
>> I NEVER WOULD HAVE THINK
FOR ONE MINUTE SHE WOULD BE
IN DANGER.
IN DANGER. >> Reporter: THE NEIGHBOR
SHIVERING DID NOT WANT TO US
SHOW HER FACE ON CAMERA.
AND SHE SHUDDERED AND SOBBED
AS HER FRIEND DIED
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. >> SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT
FRIEND, GREAT GRAND MARKS
GREAT MOTHER.
GREAT MOTHER. JUST A WONDERFUL SWEET LADY.
>> Reporter: THE 911 CALL
CAME IN THE SON ASKING VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP POLICE FOR A
WELLNESS CHECK.
WELLNESS CHECK. THE SON HAD JUST HEARD FROM
HIS FATHER SAYING HE HAD
SHOT HIS 63-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
AND DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE
MOTHER DEAD WITH A GUNSHOT
WOUND.
WOUND. THEY LOCATED THE FATHER BY
FINGERING HIS CELL PHONE AND
LEASE IN -- BY PINGING HIS
CELL PHONE AND POLICE
STOPPED HIS CAR AND ARRESTED
HIM.
HIM. JULIE MOLLY TOLD US SHE HAD
A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH
BOTH THE HUSBAND AND WIFE.
>> FAMILY GATHERING.
WE GO TO TOGETHER.
I’VE HAD PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY
THAT WERE RIGHT THERE FOR
ME.
ME. >> Reporter: JULIE CANNOT
WRAP HER MIND AROUND WHAT
POSSIBLY COULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> THEY MAY HAVE HAD THEIR
PROBLEMS BUT EVERY MARRIED
COUPLE DOES.
COUPLE DOES. TO THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
THIS. NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS
WOULD I THINK THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS WOULD OCCUR OVER
THERE, EVER.
THERE, EVER. >> Reporter: UNDER ARREST IS
THE HUSBAND IN THIS CASE.
HE HAS TO COME BACK TO VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP FROM BARREN
BARRIEN COUNTY.
BARRIEN COUNTY. IN VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, ROD
MALONE YOUY, LOCAL 4.
>> VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP POLICE
ARE WITHHOLDING THE IDENTITY
OF THE VICTIM UNTIL FAMILY
IS NOTIFIED.
IS NOTIFIED. >>> A DEVELOPING STORY THIS
NOON.
NOON. AT LEAST NINE U.S. CITIZENS
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN NORTHERN
MEXICO IN WHAT ONE FAMILY
MEMBER DESCRIBES AS A
MASSACRE.
MASSACRE. A RELATIVE RECORDED THIS
VIDEO FROM THE SCENE AND
ISOLATED AREA OF MEXICO
SENIORA STATE.
SENIORA STATE. THE KILLINGS HAPPENED LATE
MONDAY.
MONDAY. REMAINS OF CHARRED VEHICLES
STILL SMOLDERING RIDDELED
WITH BULLET HOLES.
THREE WOMEN AND SIX CHILDREN,
INCLUDING EIGHT MONTH-OLD
TWINS WERE KILLED.
THEY WERE ALL MEMBERS OF THE
SAME EXTENDED MORMON
FAMILIAR YOULY.
FAMILIAR YOULY. NEXT CAN OFFICIALS SAY THE
ATTACK WAS CARRIED OUT BY
DRUG CARTEL GUNMEN AND THE
CARTEL MAY HAVE MISTAKEN THE
GROUP’S LARGE S.U.V.S FOR
RIVAL GANGS.
RIVAL GANGS. >>> DETROITER MARCUS ROSS
SENTENCED TODAY 25 TO 50
YEARS IN PRISON FOR TWO
VIOLENT ASSAULTS IN HAM TRAM
THICK PAST SUMMER.
-- HAMTRAMCK THIS PAST
SUMMER.
SUMMER. HE REACHED A OF BEATING AND
RAPE OF A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
AND BEATING AND ATTEMPTED
RAPE OF A ELDERLY WOMAN.
>> MR. ROSS THESE ACTIONS
ARE DESPICABLE.
ARE DESPICABLE. SIR YOU HAVE RUINED TWO
WOMEN’S LIVES JUST FOR YOUR
NEEDS.
NEEDS. YOU ARE A VERY, VERY
DANGEROUS SEXUAL PREDATOR.
>> THE TWO ATTACKS TOOK
PLACE JUST THREE MONTHS
AFTER ROSS HAD BEEN RELEASED
ON PAROLE FROM A PRISON
SENTENCE FOR ARMED ROBBERY
AND CAR-JACKING.
AND CAR-JACKING. >>> TODAY THE MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING HIS WIFE BY SPIKING
HER CEREAL WITH HEROIN WILL
LEARN IF HE WILL STAND
TRIAL.
TRIAL. CHRISTINA THOMAS HARRIS WAS
FOUND DEAD IN THE BEDROOM OF
HER HOME BACK IN 2014.
HER DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL.
BUT NEW EVIDENCE LED TO THE
ARREST OF HER HUSBAND JASON
HARRIS.
HARRIS. LAST WEEK A FORMER CO-WORKER
TESTIFIED TO GIVING JASON
THE DRUGS WHICH HE SAID HE
PLANNED ON CRUSHING SOUP HIS
WIFE WOULD GO TO SLEEP.
LOCAL 4 DEFENDER KAREN DREW
IS IN FLINT FOR TODAY’S
HEARING.
HEARING. >>> A SERIOUS CRASH SHUT
DOWN NORTHBOUND I-75 AT BIG
BEAVER THIS MORNING.
SKY 4 CAN SHOW US THE EARLY
MORNING CRASH SCENE.
ONE S.U.V. ON ITS SIDE ON
THE FREEWAY.
THE FREEWAY. NORTHBOUND I-75 HAS NOW
REOPENED.
REOPENED. WE HAVE NO WORD IF ANYONE
WAS SERIOUSLY HURT.
>>> TODAY VOTERS IN SEVERAL
COMMUNITIES WILL DECIDE ON
PROPOSALS INVOLVING
PROPOSALS INVOLVING MARIJUANA BUSINESSES.
MARIJUANA BUSINESSES. IN KEY GO HARBOR THERE’S A
PROPOSAL TO ALLOW FOUR
MEDICAL DISPENSARIES AND
FOUR RECREATIONAL STORES.
IN WALLED LAKE VOTERS
CONSIDER ALLOWING EIGHT
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA RETAILERS.
RETAILERS. AND IN ALLEN PARK A PROPOSAL
TO ALLOW THREE RETAILERS AND
THREE MICROBUSINESSES.
THREE MICROBUSINESSES. IN LINCOLN PARK, VOTERS
CONSIDER ALLOWING TWO
MEDICAL AND TWO RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA SHOPS.
MARIJUANA SHOPS. THOSE LIVING IN STERLING
HEIGHTS WILL DECIDE ON
WHETHER TO RENEW A MILLAGE
WHICH PROVIDES STAFFING FOR
THE POLICE AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE
DEDICATED FUNDING FOR LOCAL
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS. IF IT PASSES.
THE SAFE STREETS RENEWAL
WOULD BE APPLIED DURING A 10
YEAR PERIOD AND PROVIDE $11
MILLION FUNDING IN THE FIRST
YEAR.
YEAR. VOTERS IN ANN ARBOR WILL
DECIDE ON A BILLION DOLLAR
BOND FOR THE CITY’S SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. IF THAT’S APPROVED, THE BOND
WILL ALLOW THE
DISTRICT REPLACE EXISTING
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKE
UPDATES AT EVERY SCHOOL, AND
BUILD SOME NEW CLASSROOM
SPACE.
SPACE. NEW BUSES AND TECHNOLOGY
WOULD ALSO BE PURCHASED.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD COST
TAXPAYERS ANN ARBOR AN
AVERAGE OF $228 A YEAR.
AND ALL EYES ON THE WARREN
MAYORAL RACE TODAY.
TO SEE IF CURRENT MAYOR JIM
FOUST WILL WIN A FOURTH
TERM.
TERM. HE’S UP AGAINST CITY
COUNCILWOMAN WHO IS ONE OF
HIS FORMER ASSISTANTS.
FOUST RECENTLY MADE
HEADLINES WHEN A RECORDING
SURFACED OF HIM ALLEGEDLY
THREATENING HIS FORMER CHIEF
OF STAFF ALTHOUGH MAYOR
FOUST HAS DENIED HIS HIS
VOICE ON THE TAPE.
>>> AND HISTORY WILL BE BE
MADE IN THE CITY OF LIVONIA.
THAT CITY WILL ELECT ITS
FIRST FEMALE MAYOR.
THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT LAURA TOY FACES
FORMER CITY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND BUSINESSWOMAN.
WINNING THE AUGUST PRIMARY.
ALSO TODAY LIVONIA WILL BE
ELECTING NEW CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBERS. >>> THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL
8:00 TONIGHT.
8:00 TONIGHT. YOU CAN FIND SAMPLE BALLOTS
AND OTHER ELECTION
INFORMATION ON THE ELECTIONS
PAGE AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> ALL RIGHT, LETS IT TURN
OUR ATTENTION TO THE
WEATHER.
WEATHER. TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE TO
OUR SKYCAM.
OUR SKYCAM. SOME CLOUDS ROLLING IN.
BRANDON, WE HAVE ANY RAIN IN
THOSE BIG CLOUDS?
>> MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, STEVE,
MAYBE A COUPLE OF FLAKES OR
FLURRIES, TOO.
FLURRIES, TOO. BUT, IT WILL NOT HAVE AN
IMPACT ON OR AN EXCUSE FOR
YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND
VOTE.
VOTE. THE WINDS ARE CREATING A FEW
MINOR HICCUPS.
MINOR HICCUPS. PART OF IT IS THE
TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. WE HAVE 41° IN LAPEER, 41°
PONTIAC.
PONTIAC. 44° OVER AT METRO AIRPORT
AND 45° DOWN IN MONROE.
YOU SEE THE WINDS COMING OFF
THE LAKE HERE OFF OF LAKE
MICHIGAN OUT OF THE WEST.
ANYWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND
18 MILES PER HOUR.
GUSTING A LITTLE STRONGER.
BUT PROBLEM ONE YPZ THE WIND
CHILLS HERE.
CHILLS HERE. FEELING A LITTLE BIT COOLER.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF DRESS
FOR THESE LOW TO MID-30s
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
AND MAYBE AN OCCASIONAL
LITTLE AREA OF DRIZZLE, A
FEW FLAKES OR FLURRIES BUT
AGAIN, STEVE, NOT ENOUGH TO
DASH OUR ELECTION DAY
SPIRITS.
SPIRITS. WE HAVE SOME UPS AND DOWNS A
LITTLE RAIN A LITTLE SNOW.
WE’LL SHARE IT WITH YOU
COMING UP.
COMING UP. >> THANKS, BRANDON.
>>> THERE IS A SENSE OF
ANTICIPATION IN WASHINGTON
TODAY.
TODAY. HOUSE COMMITTEES
HOUSE COMMITTEES INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBLE
IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL RELEASE MORE
TRANSCRIPTS OF TESTIMONY.
TODAY, WE’RE EXPECTED TO
READ WHAT FORMER SPECIAL
ENVOY TO UKRAINE KIRK
VOLCKER AND U.S. AMBASSADOR
TO THE EUROPEAN UNION GORDON
SONDLAND SAID IN THEIR
CLOSED DOOR TESTIMONY.
YESTERDAY TRANSCRIPTS WERE
RELEASED OF TESTIMONY FROM
FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO
UKRAINE MARIA MILITO SHE
TOLD ABOUT PRESSURE SHE FELT
FROM THE PRESIDENT TO HAVE
UKRAINE INVESTIGATE THE SON
OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN.
BIDEN. LOCAL 4 AND CLICK ON DETROIT
WILL HAVE MORE ON THE NEW
TRANSCRIPTS AS THEY ARE
RELEASED.
RELEASED. >>> ROGER STONE ARRIVES FOR
HIS TRIAL.
HIS TRIAL. THE LONG TIME ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEADED
GUILTY TO SEVEN CHARGES OF
OBSTRUCTION, WITNESS
OBSTRUCTION, WITNESS TAMPERING, AND LYING TO THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN
INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. HE WILL APPEAR BEFORE A
JUDGE AND A JURY.
>>> STILL TO COME, A BREATH
OF FRESH AIR IS GETTING
HARDER TO COME BY IN NEW
DELHI.
DELHI. >> PROBLEMS ARE BAD WE DON’T
KNOW WHAM PACT IT MAY HAVE
ON LONG TERM BUT WE FACE --
>> TOXIC SMOKE CAUSING CHAOS
IN INDIA.
IN INDIA. >>> BUT FIRST THERE’S
CONCERN IN CANADA AFTER AN
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT DEALS
DISTURBING RESULTS REGARDING