OR A TRAIN HAS DERAILED DRONE FOR OVERHEAD RIGHT NOW, SHOWING SEVERAL CARS OFF THE TRACKS WILL
HAVE A LIVE REPORT IN JUST
MINUTES PLUS NEW DETAILS JUST
RELEASED ON THE DEADLY SHOOTINGS
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
WE’RE LEARNING THE KILLER
LEGALLY BOUGHT TWO HANDGUNS BUT
NEVER REGISTERED THEM. WE’RE
LIVE IN EAST LANSING COMING UP.
AND A WINTER WEATHER ALERT AND
ADVISORY IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW FOR
PART OF THE VIEWING AREA, AND WE
COULD SEE SOME SLICK CONDITIONS
TODAY. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT
TO GET TO THIS NOON, BUT WE’RE
GOING TO START WITH THAT WINTRY
MIX THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR DRIVE
HOME TODAY. ASHLEE BARACY
BATTING LEADOFF TODAY BECAUSE
THE FOREWARN ALL LIT UP WITH THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ASH.
THAT’S RIGHT. AND ACTUALLY, THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS
UPDATED. JUST A COUPLE HOURS
AGO, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO
EFFECT. AT 10 O’CLOCK THIS
MORNING, AND THEY PUSHED IT BACK
WITH THE TIMING OF THIS
PRECIPITATION. SO MOST OF US ARE
NOW UNDER THIS ADVISORY, BUT FOR
WAYNE WASHINGTON, MONROE
COUNTY’S THIS ACTUALLY WILL NOT
GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL FOUR
O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON BUT STILL
SET TO LIVE FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AT FOUR
A.M. TOMORROW, SO THIS WILL HAVE
A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT ON THE
EVENING COMMUTE, JUST LIKE WE
WERE ANTICIPATING EXACT TRACK.
40 RADAR SHOWS THAT WE DO HAVE A
SLIVER OF SOME SHOWERS. FROM HOW
OFF BETWEEN JACKSON AND LANSING
. YOU COULD JUST GET RIGHT SOUTH
OF LANSING, AND THERE COULD BE A
LITTLE FREEZING DRIZZLE ALMA
FURTHER. NORTH IS WHERE WE HAVE
SOME OF THOSE SNOW SHOWERS. WE
WILL ZOOM OUT, THOUGH, TO SHOW
YOU JUST HOW MASSIVE THE SYSTEM
IS. SO THERE IS A TON OF SNOW
AND THE COLD EDGE OF THE SYSTEM
AND SOME HEAVIER STORMS AND RAIN
DOWN TO THE SOUTH, JUST SOUTH OF
THE OHIO RIVER WILL GET A LITTLE
BIT OF RAIN BEFORE THAT WINTRY
MIX STARTS TO PUSH INTO OUR AREA
RIGHT NOW, DOWNTOWN DETROIT 36
36 ANN ARBOR, 35 A HALF 41
ADRIAN. THE WINDS HAVE STARTED
TO PICK UP BETWEEN ABOUT 10 TO
15 MPH. NOT AS GUSTY AS
YESTERDAY. BUT WITH THAT
NORTHERLY BREEZE THAT’S GOING TO
PUT A LITTLE BITE IN THE AIR. SO
FOR THIS AFTERNOON, THOSE
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RIGHT
AROUND THE FREEZING MARK FOR
FIVE O’CLOCK. THAT’S REALLY WHEN
WE START TO SEE THE CHANGE OVER.
I THINK EIGHT O’CLOCK ON WORD IS
WHEN THE CONDITIONS REALLY START
TO DETERIORATE. WE’LL HAVE MORE
ON THAT COMING UP. BUT PLEASE
DOWNLOAD OUR 4WARN WEATHER APP.
YOU CAN CHECK IT AT HOME OR ON
THE GO. YOU CAN TAKE RADAR WITH
YOU DOWNLOAD THE FREE 4WARN
WEATHER APP TODAY. ALRIGHT
MOMENTS AGO, THE MSU POLICE IN
PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT
RELEASING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE
DEADLY SHOOTINGS AT MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY. WE’RE LEARNING
THE KILLER LEGALLY BOUGHT THOSE
TWO HANDGUNS BUT NEVER
REGISTERED. THOSE SHAWN LEY WAS
AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE AND IS
ON CAMPUS LIVE FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON, SEAN GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, JASON,
GIVE YOU THE HEADLINES HERE IN
THE BIG PICTURE. YESTERDAY WE
WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM FOR YOU
THAT ANTHONY MCCRAY, THE SHOOTER
HAD TWO HANDGUNS. WE LEARNED A
BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE GUNS TODAY
. HERE FROM LANSING POLICE AS
YOU MENTIONED MSU, POLICE, MSP
AND THE FBI, BUT ALSO WHEN
MCCRAE WAS FOUND OR POLICE WERE
CLOSING IN, AND HE SHOT HIMSELF
LATER, IMMEDIATELY CHECKED HIM
OUT AND FOUND A LETTER. IN HIS
WALLET WITH OTHER TARGETS. MCRAE
WAS APPARENTLY GOING TO GO AFTER
TARGETS THAT INCLUDE A CHURCH
BUSINESSES IN THE AREA OF MEIJER
HE MAY HAVE WORKED AT A MIRE
WHERE HOUSE AND ALSO WE LEARNED
A BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE TWO
HANDGUNS. WE FIRST TOLD YOU
ABOUT YESTERDAY. LET’S TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT THIS. OF COURSE
MONDAY NIGHT, ANTHONY MCCRAY
WALKED FROM HIS FATHER’S HOME.
ABOUT FIVE MILES TO THE MSU
CAMPUS. HE OPENED FIRE ON
STUDENTS INTO BUILDINGS. THREE
OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE DEAD, FIVE
REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL. TOLD YOU
YESTERDAY THAT WE CONFIRM MCRAE
WAS FOUND WITH TWO HANDGUNS BUT
NOW ALSO LEARNING HE HAD
MULTIPLE LOADED MAGAZINES IN HIS
BACKPACK AND AMMO IN HIS
BACKPACK. HE WAS READY
APPARENTLY TO GO AFTER MORE
TARGETS. ONCE HE TOOK HIS OWN
LIFE, ALSO FOUND THAT LETTER I
MENTIONED NAMING OTHER TARGETS
THAT HE WAS APPARENTLY INTENT ON
SHOOTING UP, WHICH INCLUDED THE
MEIJER WAREHOUSE WHERE WE
BELIEVE HE ONCE WORKED A
DISCOUNT STORE. FAST FOOD PLACE
IN THE AREA, A CHURCH AS WELL AS
NAMING MSU IN THAT LETTER IN THE
UPDATE. WE GOT THIS MORNING FROM
MSU. AH AND POLICE THIS MORNING
POLICE CALL MCCREA LONER WHO WAS
LIKELY TARGETING ANYONE HE FELT
DISRESPECTED HIM IN THE PAST.
REFERENCE THE NOTE WITH THE
LISTENING OF THE BUSINESSES
THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATION, WE
FOUND THAT HE HAD HAD CONTACT
WITH SOME OF THOSE PLACES. UM HE
WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MIRE
WAREHOUSE AT ONE TIME, UH, IN A
COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESSES, IT
APPEARS THAT HE HAD SOME ISSUES
WITH THE EMPLOYEES THERE WHERE
HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE, SO IT
LOOKS LIKE HE POSSIBLY A MOTIVE
FOR THAT WAS HE JUST FELT
SLIGHTED. FELT SLIGHTED, JASON,
WE DID ASK LOOK IF HE WAS
WALKING AWAY AFTER THOSE
SHOOTINGS AT MSU JUST AWFUL ON
MONDAY NIGHT. WHERE WAS HE GOING
? WAS HE HEADED TO THOSE OTHER
TARGETS? HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO
HIS FATHER’S HOME RIGHT NOW.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE WAS
SIMPLY GOING HOME AT THAT TIME,
A LOT TO UNPACK YOUR SO MUCH NEW
INFORMATION THAT WE’RE LEARNING
AND CONTINUING TO DIG UP. MUCH
MORE LATER, 45 AND SIX JASON
BACK TO YOU, CERTAINLY, AND JUST
THE LOGISTICAL NOTES TO OUR
SIDEBAR, SEAN TO WHAT YOU’RE
REPORTING JUST BERKEY HALL TO
REMAIN CLOSED THE REST OF THE
SEMESTER. NO DECISION YET ON THE
ISSUE UNION, BUT THE UNIVERSITY
WILL GET BACK TO REGULAR
OPERATIONS CLASSES STILL
CANCELED THROUGH SUNDAY.
ALRIGHT, SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
GUADALUPE APIA. PEREZ IS ONE OF
THE FIVE STUDENTS STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL AFTER THE SHOOTING. SHE
GOES BY LUPE AND IS A
HOSPITALITY BUSINESS JUNIOR. HER
FAMILY SAYS SHE HAS A LONG ROAD
TO RECOVERY AHEAD OF HER. HER
SISTER STARTED TO GO FUND ME TO
HELP WITH HEALTH CARE EXPENSES
WITH A GOAL OF $50,000 AT LAST
CHECK THAT WAS APPROACHING.
$350,000 IN DONATIONS. JUST A
TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING FROM THE
COMMUNITY. IF YOU’D LIKE TO HELP
WE DO HAVE A LINK TO THAT GO
FUND ME ON OUR WEBSITE, CLICK ON
DETROIT. DOT COM AND JUST A
QUICK REMINDER OF THOSE FIVE
STUDENTS THAT WERE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. WE ALSO GOT WORD
TODAY THAT ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO STABLE. AND AS
SHAWN LEY DOUBT, THIS IS
DEFINITELY AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY
PHOTOS OR VIDEO LINKED TO THE
MSU CAMPUS SHOOTING OR THE
SHOOTER HIMSELF, THE FBI HAS SET
UP AN ONLINE PORTAL FOR
UPLOADING THOSE FILES. WE POSTED
A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WILL
TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE EVIDENCE
SUBMISSION PAGE AND OUR COVERAGE
WILL CONTINUE AT
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM WHERE
YOU CAN FIND THE VERY LATEST ON
EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT MICHIGAN
STATE. BACK TO OUR BREAKING
NEWS. A TRAIN HAS DERAILED IN
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP DRONE FOR
OVERHEAD, SHOWING SEVERAL OF
THOSE CARS OFF THE TRACKS THAT
APPEARS MAYBE 6 TO 7 OF THEM.
IT’S IN THE AREA OF HURON RIVER
DRIVE BETWEEN MARTINSVILLE AND
HAGGERTY. ROADS ROD MELONI IS
LIVE THERE FOR US THIS AFTERNOON
, AND IT BROUGHT IT MAY BE TOO
SOON, BUT ANY CHANCE WE KNOW
WHAT WAS BEING HAULED IN THOSE
CARS. WELL THERE WERE A LOT OF
THINGS ON HERE THAT IT LOOKS
LIKE THERE’S SOME COLD. THEY
ALSO HAD THE CAR HAULERS HERE
THAT WERE EMPTY AS WE GOT A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM. BUT TAKE
A LOOK DOWN THE TRACK HERE AND
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF RAILCARS THERE THAT
HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OVER ON THEIR
SIDE. THERE ARE 77 ACTUAL TRAIN
CARS THAT HAVE GONE OFF THE
TRACK. SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ON
THEIR SIDE. NOW. DAVE MACK
CONNOLLY IS THE CHIEF OF THE VAN
BUREN FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND HE IS
HERE TO KIND OF GIVE US THE
UPDATE IN CHIEF. WE’VE HAD A
COUPLE OF CONFLICTING REPORTS
ABOUT WHAT’S OUT HERE. HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS NOT AND SO FORTH. SO
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY’VE BEEN
CARRYING HERE AND WHAT THE
STATUS IS OUT HERE. THERE WAS
ONLY ONE CAR THEY HAD HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS ON. IT WAS LIQUID
CHLORINE. THE CAR WAS NOT
AFFECTED IN THE INCIDENT HAD NO
LEAKS, AND IT DIDN’T COME OFF
THE TRACKS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN
GONE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. NOW
THEY’VE TAKEN HALF THE TRAIN
AWAY. THE OTHER HALF OF THE
TRAIN HERE SHOULD BE OR A GOOD
PORTION OF THIS TRAIN SHOULD BE
GONE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
WITHIN NEXT HOUR. THEY’RE
TELLING ME NOR FOCUS. AND THEN
ABOUT 6 TO 8 HOURS. THEY SHOULD
HAVE THE REST OF THE CARS THAT
YOU SEE THERE UP ON THE TRACKS
ON THEIR WAY. THIS HAS BEEN
QUITE THE SORT OF TRAFFIC SNARL
AROUND HE. AND YOU’RE SAYING
THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
SHORTLY. HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR, WE’LL HAVE THAT THE
TWO MAJOR CROSSINGS ON THIS AREA
THE TOWNSHIP OPEN, AND PEOPLE
CAN TRAVERSE. THEY CAN GO
THROUGH THE CITY. OR THEY CAN GO
TO HAND AND ROAD NOW TO GET
AROUND. TALK ABOUT I MEAN, WE
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN OHIO A
COUPLE OF WEEKS. SICKO DID YOU
DO THAT SORT OF GO ACROSS YOUR
MIND AND YOU KNOW? IS THERE A
PLAN FOR A TOWNSHIP LIKE VAN
BUREN TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH
SOMETHING THAT COULD GET OUT OF
HANDLING HAVE WE WORKED VERY
CLOSELY WITH WAYNE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN COUNTY
HOMELAND SECURITY. WE HAVE STUFF
SET UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WAS GONNA HAPPEN. THOSE CALLS
WERE MADE WITHIN MINUTES OF US
GETTING HERE VERIFYING THAT WE
DIDN’T HAVE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
SITUATIONS SO WE’RE BLESSED IN
THIS ONE. YEAH. YEAH IT’S ALMOST
LIKE A NON INCIDENT PER SE,
OTHER THAN IT. TRAFFIC AND SOME
ISSUES WITH THE TRAINING WORLD.
WE LIKE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS,
CHIEF THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE
APPRECIATE THAT. SO JASON, WE’VE
GOT SOME MORE PICTURES, AND WE
WILL BEGIN TALKING SOME OF THE
NEIGHBORS HERE. BUT AS IT STANDS
RIGHT NOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS
CLEARED UP LATER ON THIS
AFTERNOON, REPORTING LIVE IN VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP, ROD MELONI,
LOCAL FORWARD REALLY GOOD
INFORMATION ROD, ESPECIALLY THE
PEOPLE IN THAT AREA, PEOPLE
LIVING NEARBY TO HEAR JUST AN
UPDATE ON THIS IS TURNING OUT TO
BE A NONEVENT. VERY GOOD TO
HEAR. ALL RIGHT, ROD MELONI. WE
APPRECIATE IT MUCH MORE AHEAD
HERE AT NOON, INCLUDING OUR
BANQUET. CHESTER WHO’S LIVE IN
UTICA AND HANK, YOU WANT TO HEAR
FROM THE PEOPLE. YEAH WE
CERTAINLY DO. THAT’S WHY WE’RE
HERE. WE’RE TALKING WITH OUR
VIEWERS LIKE JIM HERE WHO HAS A
PROBLEM WITH THE LOCAL PLUMBER.
THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT