I’LL I HAVE THE STRAIGHT
AHEAD FIRST AT 4.
>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THAT
BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING AT
THE PLYMOUTH CANTON
EDUCATIONAL PARK.
THE CAMPUS IS ON LOCKDOWN AS
POLICE INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL
THREAT.
THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER
THE LAST HOUR OR SO.
PARENTS SHOULD AVOID THE
AREA FOR NOW WE DO NOT CALL
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY
DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP
THOSE LINES OPEN FOR AN
EMERGENCY.
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED A WE
GET UPDATES.
RIGHT NOW SLOWING 4’S MEGAN
WOODS IS ON THE SCENE WHERE
SHE’S BEEN TALKING TO
PARENTS WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF
THE SCHOOL.
MEGAN WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT
PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL WHERE
YOU CAN SEE CANTON POLICE
HAVE THE ROADBLOCKED OFF.
IF YOU LOOK OVER THERE YOU
CAN STILL SEE SOME FLASHING
LIGHTS NO TRAFFIC BECAUSE
THESE ARE PARENTS PLUS, THEY
HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR A
VERY LONG TIME.
THEY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE
SINCE 2:00 TRYING TO YOU
KNOW WAIT FOR THEIR CHILD TO
GET OUT.
BUT THE SCHOOL SAYS
DISMISSAL IS DELAYED.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO WE
WERE ABLE TO GET EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE SAW OFFICERS WITH LONG
GUNS.
WE SAW OFFICERS JUST
SPEEDING THROUGH HERE.
OFFICERS AS FAR OUT AS
BLOOMFIELD HILLS WAS OUT
HERE.
AND AGAIN, AT THREE
DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS
CANTON, PLYMOUTH AND SALEM
HIGH SCHOOL ARE ON LOCKDOWN.
WE TALKED TO PARENTS AND
THEY ARE JUST YOU KNOW,
SCARED BUT THEY SAID THEY
RECEIVED PICTURES FROM THEIR
CHILD SAYING THAT WE’RE OKAY.
>> RIGHT NOW THE PARENTS
WE’RE TRYING TO OBVIOUSLY
KEEP IT TOGETHER.
WE’RE REALLY CONCERNED WITH
ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS
HAPPENING AS OF LATE?
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS A GREAT
VILLAGE THIS CAMPUS WE
IDENTIFIED ALL THE PARENTS
ARE TEXTING BACK AND FORTH
AND COMMUNICATING WITH ONE
ANOTHER.
I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS A
CHILD IN THIS SCHOOL AS WELL
HE’S LETTING US KNOW WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN OTHER SCHOOLS.
SO JUST UNIFIED APPROACH AND
TRYING TO MAKE ALL OUR KIDS
ARE SAFE.
>> AND AGAIN YOU HEARD THAT
PARENT IS VERY HARD FOR THEM
TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL PARENTS
AS WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE PART
TO JUST WAITING TO HEAR
SOMETHING FROM THEIR CHILD.
SOBBING ON THE PHONE WITH
THEIR PARENTS.
JUST MINUTES AGO WE HEARD
OFFICER MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
TELLING PARENTS NOT TO GET
OUT OF THEIR CARS TO STAY
INSIDE.
OFFICER WILL HELP DIRECT
TRAFFIC AS KIDS COME OUT TO
THEIR CARS.
BUT AGAIN, WE’RE WAITING FOR
MORE INFORMATION.
AS FOR RIGHT NOW LIVE I’M
MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> MEGAN YOUR HEART BREAKS
FOR THESE FAMILIES GOING
THROUGH THESE DRILLS.
BUT THESE KIDS IN THE
CLASSROOM THEY’RE CALLING
THEIR PARENTS THERE’S NOT
ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THEM
TO CALM THOSE CHILDREN DOWN?
>> EXACTLY.
AND THEY’RE TERRIFIED
THEMSELVES.
ESPECIALLY FROM WHAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
SO THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO
THINK AT SOME POINT.
MEGAN WE’LL KEEP YOU THERE
ON THE SCENE, FOLKS.
WE DID JUST RECEIVE A
STATEMENT FROM THE SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT TELLING US THEY
ARE ASSISTING THE POLICE.
THERE WAS A REPORT OF A
SUBJECT WITH A GUN.
NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS
TIME.
AS BEING REPORTED STUDENTS
WILL BE RELEASED UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF POLICE.
WE HAVE MANY CREWS ON THE
GROUND IN THE AIR.
STAY TUNED WE’LL BE KEEPING
AN UPDATE ON.
THAT MEANTIME SOME TENSE
MOMENTS IN WAYIAN DO THE
TODAY AFTER A STUDENT IS
HURT DURING AN ATTACK AT
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.
POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING.
IT WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR
INSIDE A BATHROOM.
WE’RE TOLD AN 18-YEAR-OLD
WAS CUT BY ANOTHER STUDENT
THE VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO BE
OKAY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
16-YEAR-OLD BOY ACCUSED OF
INJURING HIS CLASSMATE LEFT
THE BUILDING BUT THEN WAS
LATER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
PARENTS ARE HOPING THIS
INCIDENT SPARKS SOME
CHANGES.
>> IF IT TAKES PARENTS TO
GET INVOLVED AS WELL, I
THINK WE NEED TO GET MAYBE
SOME METAL DETECTORS.
I KNOW THESE KIDS KNOW RIGHT
FROM WRONG WHAT TO BRING TO
SCHOOL AND WHAT NOT TO BRING
TO SCHOOL BUT APPARENTLY
THEY DON’T.
MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK INTO
SOME METAL DETECTORS INTO
THESE SCHOOLS SO WE WON’T
HAVE THESE PROBLEMS.
>> SOME VERY UPSET PARENTS
THERE IN WYANDOTTE TODAY.
POLICE CLEARED THE SCENE
THERE.
STUDENTS WERE RELEASED TO
THEIR PARENTS FOR THE REST
OF THE DAY.
>> YOU ARE SEEING THE FIRST
OF TWO LAWSUITS FILED IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTINGFUL NOW THOSE
SUITS FILED ON BEHALF OF A
STUDENT WHO WAS SHOT AND
WOUNDED AND HER SISTER WHO
WAS RIGHT NEXT TO HER AT THE
TIME WITNESSED VIOLENCE.
KIMBERLY GILL IN THE
NEWSROOM.
KIM, THE FAMILY HIRED ONE OF
THE BEST KNOWN ATTORNEYS IN
MICHIGAN.
KAREN, GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE FAMILY IS JUST FILED TWO
SUITS WORTH $100 MILLION
EACH.
FIEGER SAYS WE MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO CHANGE ATTITUDES
ABOUT GUNS IN AMERICA BUT
HE’S HOPING THIS LEGAL
ACTION SENDS A MESSAGE.
>> WE CAN MAKE THE COST OF
DENYING OUR OWN
RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP THIS
SLAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN SO
COSTLY THAT MAYBE, JUST
MAYBE ONE LESS CHILD WILL
SURVIVE AND NOT BE MURDERED.
>> AS YOU REMEMBER FOUR
PEOPLE DIED AND SEVEN OTHERS
WERE INJURED AFTER THE
SHOOTING IN NORTHERN OAKLAND
COUNTY.
PROSECUTORS SAY 15-YEAR-OLD
ETHAN CRUMBLEY FIRED THE
SHOTS AFTER A MEETING WITH
SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND HIS
PARENTS TO TALK ABOUT
DISTURBING DRAWINGS.
THE NEW LAWSUIT TARGET THE
OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT, SCHOOL LEADERS,
TWO TEACHERS, AND A STAFF
MEMBER.
A FEDERAL SUIT ARGUES THEY
VIOLATED THE STUDENTS CIVIL
RIGHTS BY ALLOWING CRUMBLEY
TO GO BACK TO CLASS.
THE SUIT FILED IN STATE
COURT ALLEGES GROSS
NEGLIGENCE AND THE
ENDANGERMENT OF CHILDREN.
FIEGER SAYS THEY CLEARLY
DROPPED THE BALL HERE.
>> AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
THEY’LL SEARCH YOUR BACKPACK
IF THEY THINK YOU’RE VAPING
BUT THEY REFUSED TO SUSPEND
OR SEARCH A STUDENT WHO
WROTE WHAT WE NOW KNOW WAS
REAMS OF HOMICIDAL NOTES AND
DRAWINGS, SCENES OF
CLASSROOMS SLAUGHTER AND
MAYHEM.
>> Reporter: NOW WE’VE ASKED
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A
RESPONSE TO THE LEGAL ACTION
AND WE’RE STILL WAITING TO
HEAR BACK.
WE’LL HAVE AN UPDATE WHEN
YOU JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS
AT 5.
FOR NOW BACK TO YOU.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT, KIM.
>>> THE VICTIM OF THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING REMAINS
HOSPITALIZED THAT
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS NOW
BEEN REMOVED FROM INTENSIVE
CARE AT ST. JOSEPH MERCY
HOSPITAL OAKLAND.
MEANTIME THE OXFORD
COMMUNITY IS SAYING GOOD-BYE
TO THE LAST STUDENT KILLED
IN THE SHOOTING.
HIS FUNERAL IS JUST A FEW
HOURS AWAY.
THIS MORNING A POLICE ESCORT
LED THE PROCESSION CARRYING
THE BODY OF 17-YEAR-OLD
JUSTIN SHILLING.
HE DIED THE DAY AFTER THE
SHOOTING AND WILL BE
REMEMBERED WITH A SERVICE
TONIGHT AT 7:00.
DUE TO COVID CONCERNS WE
HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LIVE
STREAM THAT FUNERAL WE WILL
SHARE THAT WITH YOU ON THE
HOME PAGE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> AS MICHIGAN STRUGGLES TO
END A FOURTH SURGE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS THE U.S. IS ONE
STEP CLOSER TO MORE SHOTS
FOR SOME TEENAGERS.
TODAY THE F.D.A. GAVE
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR
16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS TO GET A
PFIZER BOOSTER.
NOW THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF
THEIR SECOND DOSE.
IT’S STILL UP TO THE C.D.C.
TO MAKE FORMAL
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT AGE
GROUP.
MEANTIME ASTRA ZENECA HAS
EARNED EMERGENCY
AUTHORIZATION FOR AN
ANTIBODY COCKTAIL THERAPY.
IT WOULD BE USED TO HELP
PREVENT COVID AMONG CERTAIN
IMMUNE COMPROMISED PATIENTS
WITH A PREVENTIVE INJECTION
AS OFTEN AS SIX MONTHS.
>>> IN TODAY’S FIRST
FORECAST THE RADAR SHOWS
SOME SNOW TRYING TO FALL BUT
IT MIGHT NOW NOT MAKE IT TO
THE GROUND IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH
METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS.
>> HEY, THERE, KAREN.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
SITUATIONS WHERE IT’S NOT
ALWAYS WHAT IT APPEARS.
THE RADAR IS RIGHT HERE AND
NOTICE HOW WE KIND OF HAVE
THIS HOLE AROUND THE RADAR.
REMEMBER THE RADAR BEAM GOES
OUT AT A BIT OF AN ANGLE.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IS NOTHING
IS SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR
IT’S NOT UNTIL THE RADAR
BEAM GETS FURTHER AWAY THAT
WE’RE SEEING SNOW AND
RAINDROPS.
SO A LOT OF THIS IS NOT
REACHING THE GROUND.
MAYBE A FEW DROPS A FEW
FLAKES NOTHING OF IMPACT.
RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE AREA IN THE
MID-30s.
LOOK AT THE WIND EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 21 MILES PER
HOUR RIGHT NOW OVER AT
HOWELL.
AND THROUGH THE EVENING I
THINK WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES
KIND OF FLAT LINING JUST
HOLDING IN THE MID-30s.
BUT AGAIN WHATEVER LITTLE
FLAKES DROPPED HERE ENDING.
HIGH IMPACT WEATHER EVENT
YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS
FORECAST.
VILLE IT FOR YOU IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES, KAREN.
>> THANK YOU, PAUL.
>>> IT HAS BEEN A SOMBER DAY
OF TRIBUTES ON CAPITOL HILL.
FORMER U.S. SENATOR BOB DOLE
WAS BROUGHT TO THE ROTUNDA
TO LIE IN STATE.
DOLE SERVED IN WORLD WAR II,
RAN FOR PRESIDENT THREE
TIMES AND WAS A LONG TIME
LEADER IN THE SENATE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN REMEMBERED
DOLE AS A MAN WHO COULD
DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE BUT
STILL BE RESPECTFUL.
DOLE WAS 98 YEARS OLD.
HIS FUNERAL WILL BE HELD
TOMORROW.
>>> STILL AHEAD, WE DIG
DEEPER INTO THE FORECAST
WITH SOME STRONG STORM
SYSTEMS HEADING OUR WAY.
IT COULD EVEN BRING SOME
THUNDER.
PAUL WILL EXPLAIN THAT.
AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO STOP
THE BACKLASH AFTER YOU FIRE
900 PEOPLE DURING A ZOOM
CALL.
ONE C.E.O. IS HOPING HE’S
FOUND THE RIGHT WORDS.
>>> WE’RE TRACKING BREAKING
NEWS THAT COULD LEAD TO THE
BIGGEST CHANGE IN 50 YEARS