FALLEN CLASSMATES. WHY FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD
MORNING. IT’S SEVEN O’CLOCK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M
GRANT HERMES PRIYA MANN. THE
WEEKEND IS NOT A COMPLETE
WASHOUT, THANKFULLY, BUT THE
UMBRELLA MAYBE NEEDED FROM TIME
TO TIME, RIGHT, BRIAN, THAT’S
RIGHT. PRE AND GRANT. I DON’T
THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A
WASHOUT. WE WILL SEE SOME
SUNSHINE BUT ALSO WE BRING IN
THE RAIN CHANCES, ESPECIALLY
TOWARD THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. TOWER CAM OVER DOWNTOWN
DETROIT A LITTLE BIT OF HIGH
CLOUD COVER AND A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT ORANGE AND PINK GLOW AS WE
HEAD TOWARDS SUNRISE THIS
MORNING, IT IS FEELING A LITTLE
MORE HUMID AS YOU’RE HEADING
OUTSIDE. THE DOOR THIS MORNING
AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WARMING
UP. MAYBE POSSIBLY MAYBE
POSSIBLY STEP OUT FOR JUST ONE
SECOND HERE AND SEE WHY I’M
FREEZING UP. BUT WE’RE STARTING
OUT IN THE SIXTIES TO LOW
SEVENTIES EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE. LET’S SEE
IF WE CAN GET IT. THERE WE GO.
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING
STARTING OFF RIGHT NOW. 72 A
CITY AIRPORT, 71 AT GROSSE ILE,
STARTING OFF AT 64 RIGHT NOW IN
FLINT AND 66 OVER IN PONTIAC,
THE CLOUD COVER WE HAD OVERNIGHT
LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING, PULLING OFF TO THE EAST
, SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME
SUNSHINE AS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, BUT IT WILL BE HOT AND
IT WILL BE HUMID, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE MICHIGAN. IN GAME KICK OFF
IS AT NOON TODAY OVER IN ANN
ARBOR UPPER SEVENTIES BY MID
MORNING FOR TAILGATING OR INTO
THE UPPER EIGHTIES WITH SUNSHINE
BY THE TIME WE GET TO THIS
AFTERNOON, MUCH MORE IN THE RAIN
CHANCES COMING UP IN YOUR FOUR
AND FORECAST IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES PRE AND GRANT ALRIGHT.
THANKS, BRIAN. CHARGES COULD
COME AS EARLY AS TODAY AGAINST
AN ANN ARBOR MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR. POLICE
FOUND THE BODY OF 65 YEAR OLD
PATRICIA LINCOLN STERN IN HER
HOME AT THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE
SENIOR APARTMENTS ON TUESDAY,
AND 61 YEAR OLD MAN WHO ALSO
LIVES IN THE BUILDING IS IN
POLICE CUSTODY AND ACCUSED OF
HER MURDER. I CAN’T BELIEVE
THAT. YOU KNOW, IT’S SO CLOSE TO
HOME TO SENIOR HIGH RISE AND
THIS IS HAPPENING. THAT’S VERY
SCARY. YEAH. VERY SCARY. AND
POLICE STRESS THAT THIS IS STILL
AN OPEN INVESTIGATION AND THAT
MORE DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED ON
FORMAL CHARGES ARE FILED. WE’RE
ALSO WORKING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHY A 17 YEAR
OLD BOY FROM PONTIAC ALLEGEDLY
HID A LOADED GUN UNDER BRICKS AT
AVONDALE HIGH SCHOOL. POLICE
DISCOVERED THE GUN IN A BAG
WHILE LOOKING INTO THE ODD
BEHAVIOR OF THREE OTHER
TEENAGERS AT A FOOTBALL GAME AT
THE SCHOOL LAST NIGHT. BUT AFTER
WATCHING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF
THE AREA, POLICE REALIZED THOSE
THREE BOYS HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE GUN AND ENDED UP TAKING
THAT 17 YEAR OLD INTO CUSTODY.
INSTEAD THAT YOUNG MAN IS NOT A
STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. NO WORD.
YET ON CHARGES TIME NOW IS 703
AND A LARGE STASH OF CASH, DRUGS
AND WEAPONS ARE OFF THE STREETS
IN MACOMB COUNTY. THEY WERE ALL
SEIZED BY POLICE DURING A DRUG
BUST OFFICERS FINDING THREE GUNS
, A HALF POUND OF COCAINE,
JEWELRY AND MORE THAN $100,000
WHILE SEARCHING THREE LOCATIONS.
POLICE WON’T REVEAL THE DATES OR
LOCATIONS OF THE SEARCHES, BUT
HAVE SAID IT WAS PART OF AN
ONGOING DRUG TRAFFICKING
INVESTIGATION. THIS TIME OF YEAR
FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE OFTEN ALL
ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. AND
LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A VERY
SPECIAL GAME. YEAH, THAT’S
RIGHT. THE OXFORD WILDCATS WERE
BACK ON THEIR HOME FIELD FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THAT TRAGIC
SCHOOL SHOOTING LAST NOVEMBER
ARE MARA MACDONALD WAS THERE AND
SAYS THE HOME OPENER MAKES THE
COMMUNITIES LOVE OF THE GAME
WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE
VICTIMS. A BIG WIN FOR THE
WILDCATS, 17 TO 14 OVER GROVES
AND GOOD LUCK FINDING A SEAT IN
HERE IT WAS AT CAPACITY. IT’S
TRADITION. BEFORE EACH GAME, THE
VARSITY COMES OUT ARM IN ARM
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WAITING BY
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THEY
EVER HIT THE FIELD. THE BOYS
CARRIED THREE FLAGS, THE STARS
AND STRIPES, OXFORD SCHOOLS AND
TM 42. THE NUMBER 42 FOR AXFORD
FOOTBALL HAS LEGACY TYPE
UNDERTONES. WHERE PLAYERS WHO
ARE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE,
EXTREMELY ACCOMPLISHED, ARE ABLE
TO WEAR THAT NUMBER FOR THEIR
BELOVED FRIEND AND FOREVER
CAPTAIN RETURNED TO NORMAL. BUT
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA
CHANCE TO SEE OF OUR TOWN AND
OUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY. SO
MUCH WAS FAMILIAR AND
COMFORTING. BUT ALSO HARD NUMBER
42 WAS RESERVED FOR THE VERY
BEST. TATER WAS THE VERY BEST
MIRRORS EXTENDED FAMILY WAS ON
THE SIDELINES AS A VIDEO OF HIM
PLAYED AND THEY HEARD HIS VOICE
AGAIN. AWESOME I MEAN, IT FEELS
GREAT. WE HAVEN’T BEEN
THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS. THAT’S
MY FRESHMAN YEAR. SO WE WEREN’T
EVEN ALLIGATOR VIBRATION HERE,
BROTHER SENIOR YEAR SO 2018. IT
JUST FEELS GREAT, BUT IN THE
RAIN THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, AND
THEN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ON ALL
FOUR STUDENTS KILLED THAT DAY
COMMUNITY. IS CONTINUING TO
RECOVER FROM THIS UNIMAGINABLE
EVENTS OF NOVEMBER 30TH. THE
YOUNG LIVES OF HONEST AND
JULIANA MADISON. BALDWIN JUSTIN
, SHALL WE AND JAMIR TRAGICALLY
TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON.
FINAL NOTE THAT WINNING PLAY FOR
OXFORD. IT TOOK PLACE ON THE 42
YARD LINE. WHERE KNOX FURRED
MARA MACDONALD LOCAL 4. WHO
STATES NUMBER WAS 42, WHICH
MAKES IT JUST SO POIGNANT AND
HEARTWARMING TO SEE THAT THEY
WON FROM THAT YARD LINE.
GOOSEBUMPS LITTLE BIT SURE
AMAZING TURNOUT AS WELL. JUST
WHEN YOU SAW THOSE PLAYERS
RUNNING OUT, YOU KNEW THERE WAS
JUST SO MUCH MORE THAN FOOTBALL
THAT NIGHT ABSOLUTELY, WAS A
SENSE OF SOME NORMALCY FOR
COMMUNITY THAT JUST HAS NOT HAD
IT. FOR ALMOST A YEAR. ALL
RIGHT, BRIAN, WE WANT TO TURN
THINGS OVER TO YOU FOR A LONG