FOR NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT BREAKING HERE AT NOON. WE ARE EXPECTING
AN UPDATE ANY MINUTE NOW FROM
DETROIT POLICE ABOUT THE
MANICURES OF RANDOMLY SHOOTING
FOUR PEOPLE IN DETROIT THIS
WEEKEND, KILLING THREE OF THEM.
THERE WAS A PERSON WAITING FOR
THE BUS AND ANOTHER WALKING
THEIR DOGS WERE AMONG THOSE
VICTIMS. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT
SHOT RANDOMLY OVER 2.5 PERIOD.
LOCAL FORCE. SHAWN LEY JOINS US
NOW LIVE FROM DPD HEADQUARTERS.
WHERE SHALL WE ARE EXPECTING THE
CHIEF TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT ANY
MOMENT. AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO
YOU. EVERY IDEA. YOU SEE ME
RIGHT BEHIND ME PODIUM HERE. NO
ONE BEHIND ME. BUT THIS ROOM
YOU’RE THE SKYLAR ROOM HERE AT
DETROIT. POLICE DPT ABSOLUTELY
PACKED RIGHT NOW. MEMBERS OF THE
MEDIA, ALSO MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE BOARD OF POLICE
COMMISSIONERS, CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS, ALL WAITING ON CHIEF
WHITE ALSO, WHO WILL GIVE US AN
UPDATE ON THESE AWFUL SHOOTINGS
FROM SUNDAY MORNING AND THE
PERSON IN CUSTODY. WE ALSO
SHOULD BE HEARING FROM MIKE
MCGUINNESS. HE’S THE COMMANDER.
OF HOMICIDE. WHO’S GOING TO WALK
US THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT THEY’VE
LEARNED, AND EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED. KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
DOOR HERE. I SEE MEMBERS OF THE
A T F R HERE. MEMBERS OF THE FBI
ARE HERE AND MAYOR DUGGAN WILL
BE HERE AS WELL. LET’S GET
EVERYONE CAUGHT UP ON WHAT
HAPPENED STARTING YESTERDAY
MORNING AROUND 4 45 IN THE
MORNING. THAT’S WHERE 44 YEAR
OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO
DEATH AT WYOMING AND MARGARITA
AT THIS NOON HOUR. HER FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ARE IN
ABSOLUTE SHOCK, ABSORBING THE
TERRIBLE NEWS HERE. BUT WHILE
POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE THERE,
THEY WERE DIRECTED BY WITNESSES
TO NEARBY SEVEN MILE IN WYOMING
. THAT’S WHERE 28 YEAR OLD MAN
WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH. A FEW
MINUTES LATER, 6 50 IN THE
MORNING ON A SUNDAY MORNING HERE
IN THE CITY ON THE WEST SIDE,
THAT’S WHERE A WOMAN IN HER
FORTIES WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH
ON LIVERNIOS. A MAN THEN SHOT AT
7 10 ON PENNINGTON. WE’RE TOLD
BY POLICE THAT HE WILL SURVIVE
THE OTHER THREE, SADLY DID NOT
SURVIVE THESE RANDOM SHOOTINGS.
THEN YESTERDAY EVENING A DAY
LONG MANHUNT. DETROIT POLICE
PUTTING OUT A VERY CLEAR PICTURE
LIKELY FROM A GREEN LIGHT CAMERA
OF THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN. THEY
WROTE TO PICK HIM UP WITHOUT ANY
INCIDENT, APPARENTLY OF MONICA
AND PEN. BROOKE. THAT’S WHERE
THAT GUNMAN WAS ARRESTED.
EVERYONE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
DOOR HERE. EXPECT POLICE CHIEF
WHITE ALONG WITH COMMANDER
MCGINNIS, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF
THE ATF AND FBI AND CITY COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR TO COME THROUGH
HERE AT ANY MOMENT TO GIVE US AN
UPDATE. WE WILL TAKE IT LIVE AS
SOON AS THE CHIEF WALKS IN AND
IS READY TO GO BACK TO YOU.
SHAWN LEY REPORTING LIVE FOR US.
WE’LL BE CHECKING BACK IN REVIEW
FOR AN UPDATE FROM THAT, CHIEF
AS YOU MENTIONED COMING UP IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE WHEN HE
STEPS UP TO THE PODIUM. RIGHT
NOW, THOUGH, WE WANT TO GET YOU
UPDATED ON YOUR FORECAST. AS WE
TURN NOW TO FOREWARN WEATHER.
WE’RE LOOKING AT STORMS THAT
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TURN
SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, SO
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX IS
USING A DRAG EXACT TRACK FOUR D
TO SHOW US WHAT IS AHEAD FOR US
TODAY. WELL WE HAVE ANTICIPATION
OF SOME REAL HOT, MUGGY AIR
SETTING UP WHICH WILL BE PART OF
THE STORY, CREATING A PRETTY
UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER METRO
DETROIT. RIGHT NOW, IT IS 80 UP
IN LAPEER, BUT ONLY 72 AT METRO
WITH MORE CLOUDS, SORT OF
LINGERING THIS MORNING. WE DO
HAVE A WARMING WIND OUT OF THE
SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT TIMES GUSTING
OVER 20, NOT A VIOLENT WIND, BUT
LATER WITH STORMS THAT COULD
CERTAINLY REACH THAT LEVEL. SOME
BREAKS ALREADY IN THE CLOUDS,
AND WITH MORE OF THAT SOUTHWEST
WIND WILL CLEAR OUT. THE CLOUDS
SORT OF SLOWLY OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. SO TEMPERATURES
TAKE THEIR TIME AND THEN BOOM
INTO THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON UPPER
EIGHTIES AND A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING SO BY SIX O’CLOCK,
ITS EYES TO THE SKY, STRONG TO
SEVERE WEATHER AND OUR EXACT
TRACK FOUR D ALSO SHOWING US
FROM THE STORM. PREDICTION
CENTER, A SLIGHT RISK, WHICH WAS
UPGRADED FROM EARLIER THIS
MORNING. SO THAT MEANS MORE
HANDFUL OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
THAT COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.
WE WILL BE TRACKING IT ALL
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT YOUR
BEST BET YOUR GREATEST WEAPON
AND TOOL, THE FOREWARN WEATHER
APP. IT’S FREE INTERACTIVE RADAR
. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THIS STORM AND MORE. IT’S FREE,
RIGHT? ALRIGHT BRENNAN, THANK
YOU, AND NOW TO A LOCAL
FOREIGNERS UPDATE ABOUT THE
EFFORTS TO REPAIR THAT BROKEN
WATER MAIN THAT LED TO THE BOIL
WATER ADVISORY FOR SEVERAL
COMMUNITIES. THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY NOW SAYS THAT
THE TIMELINE TO REPAIR IT IS
EXTENDED CRUISER HOPING TO HAVE
IT COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 3RD.
BUT NOW THEY SAY, IT’S GOING TO
BE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT,
AND THEY DON’T HAVE AN EXACT
DATE THIS TIME. THE WATER
AUTHORITY IS WAITING ON TWO
SEGMENTS OF THE REPLACEMENT PIPE
TO ARRIVE, AND THEY’RE ALSO
SAYING THAT THE SYSTEM IS
STABLE, SO THERE’S STILL NO BOIL
WATER ADVISORY IN PLACE ANYMORE.
STUDENTS ACROSS METRO DETROIT
RETURN IT TO THE MORNING
ROUTINES. THEY WENT BACK TO
SCHOOL TODAY TO START THIS NEW
SCHOOL YEAR. DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOL IS JUST ONE DISTRICT THAT
WELCOME STUDENTS BACK THIS
MORNING AND LOCAL FORCE PAMELA
OSBORNE HUTCHINSON ELEMENTARY
UNDER TOWARDS EAST SIDE WHERE
SHE GOT A CHANCE TO CATCH UP
WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
EVERYONE. THERE WERE SOME
NERVES, PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM AND
EXCITEMENT TO GO AROUND THOSE
SCHOOL LEADERS, INCLUDING
SUPERINTENDENT ACTOR NIKOLAI
VITTI ON HAND TODAY TO WELCOME
STUDENTS BACK TO MORE FAMILIAR
SCHOOL YEAR PARENTS. WE SPOKE TO
JUST AS EXCITED TO SEND THEIR
LITTLE’S BACK TO SUCH A WARM
WELCOME, EVEN IF THERE WERE SOME
NERVES. FOR SOME. THIS IS THEIR
FIRST TIME IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT
IT’S ALL NEW FOR ALL DPS CD
STUDENTS. THAT’S BECAUSE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE START OF
THE PANDEMIC THERE WILL BE NO
MASKS, NO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
NO ISOLATION PERIODS. IT’S
REALLY TIME TO GET BACK TO THE
WORK OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND
ALLOWING STUDENTS TO COME TO
SCHOOL TO FOCUS ON LEARNING, NOT
MANAGING COVID PERCENT OF
STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT
WERE CHRONICALLY ABSENT LAST
YEAR BECAUSE OF THOSE COVID
PROTOCOLS. AT LEAST PART OF THE
REASON. WHY IS THAT WITH
STUDENTS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM
AND MORE REGULARLY, THE DISTRICT
IS EXPECTING TO SEE SOME
ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT REPORTING
THAT HUTCHINSON ELEMENTARY AND
PAMELA OSBORNE. I’LL GO FOR AND
WE ARE CERTAINLY WISHING ALL OF
THE STUDENTS THAT ARE STARTING
SCHOOL THIS WEEK. A GREAT SCHOOL
YEAR. PAMELA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IN OTHER NEWS THIS AFTERNOON,
FIVE MEN ARE IN COURT RIGHT NOW,
IN FACT, IN THE PLOT TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, THIS
IS A PRELIMINARY HEARING. IT’S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IN THE
COURTROOM IN GRAND TRAVERSE
COUNTY, THE FIVE MAN ARE FACING
STATE CHARGES OF SUPPORTING AN
ACT OF TERRORISM. YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER TWO MEN WERE FOUND
GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT LAST
WEEK IN THE PLOT. SO WE’RE
MONITORING WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR
YOU IN THE COURTROOM RIGHT NOW
WE’RE GONNA BRING YOU LATER
UPDATES IN OUR LATER NEWSCASTS
HERE AT NOON, THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS COMPLETED
ITS REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS
TAKEN FROM FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S MAR A LAGO ESTATE. THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS
IDENTIFIED A LIMITED SET OF
MATERIALS THAT MIGHT CONTAIN
ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED
INFORMATION. THAT’S ACCORDING TO
A NEW COURT FILING. THIS
WEEKEND, A JUDGE INDICATED SHE
MIGHT GRANT THE TRUMP LEGAL
TEAM’S REQUEST FOR SPECIAL
MASTER TO REVIEW THE SEIZED
DOCUMENTS. THERE’S A HEARING SET
FOR THURSDAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT
TO GET BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS
THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU.
DETROIT’S POLICE CHIEF IS GIVING
US AN UPDATE RIGHT NOW ON THE
ARREST MADE IN THE SHOOTING OF
FOUR PEOPLE RANDOMLY OVER THE
WEEKEND. LET’S LISTEN IN
PARTNERSHIP. I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO
ARE STANDING WITH ME AND
SOLIDARITY AND CERTAINLY LAST
BUT NOT LEAST, OUR AMAZING
COMMUNITY WHO STEP UP, SPOKE UP
TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT
WHO WAS TERRORIZING OUR
COMMUNITY. UH THE SUSPECT
TERRORIZED OUR COMMUNITY AND
ULTIMATELY KILLING THREE
INNOCENT PEOPLE. AS THEY WERE
GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN
OUR COMMUNITIES, HORRIFIC
CIRCUMSTANCES SITUATION, BUT I
AM ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE FACT
THAT WHEN OUR REAL TIME CRIME
CENTER ANALYSTS AND OFFICERS
RECOGNIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING,
WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE FACT
THAT WE HAD THE CIRCUMSTANCE
THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND
WHICH ESSENTIALLY EQUATED TO AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER WHO WAS MOVING
AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS
THAT WORK THAT I THINK PREVENTED
A NUMBER OF OTHER TRAGEDIES THAT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED. THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE
FAMILIES OF THESE VICTIMS.
CERTAINLY THIS IS A SAD TIME FOR
THEM AND THEN JUST SHOULD KNOW
THAT WE ARE WITH THEM. WE MOURN
WITH THEM. THIS WAS JUST A VERY,
VERY HEART WRENCHING AND TRAGIC
EVENT. AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANY OF US. WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR
TO US THAT THESE CRIMES COULD BE
CONNECTED. UH AND THEY WERE
INDISCRIMINATE. THIS WAS A
PERSON WHO WAS MOVING THROUGH
OUR COMMUNITY WE ACTIVATED. OUR
RESOURCES ARE REAL TIME CRIME
CENTER. AS I INDICATED. WE
NOTIFIED OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
WE ACTIVATED OUR TRAINING, WHICH
INCLUDED OUR MOBILE COMMAND
POSTS ARE CRIME ANALYST TO PULL
THE DATA AND INFORMATION
TOGETHER. A GREEN LIGHT PARTNERS
. WE BEGIN TO PULL DATA FROM A
GREEN LIGHTS. WE LOOKED AT
EVERYTHING WE LOOKED AT OUR
TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE AREAS THAT
HAD SHOT SPOTTER WERE WE
ACTIVATED THOSE, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS PARTICULAR
AREA, WE DIDN’T GET ANY
INFORMATION FROM THAT. BUT ALL
OF THAT WORKING TOGETHER HELPED
US TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY OUR
SUSPECT. WE’RE EARLY IN THIS
INVESTIGATION, BUT WE ARE
CONFIDENT. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT
THE SUSPECT THAT WE HAVE IN
CUSTODY IS IN FACT, OUR SUSPECT
ON THESE CASES WE ARE
INVESTIGATING HOW THE SUSPECT
GOT THE GUN AND WE WILL AFFORD
THOSE FINDINGS. WHO ARE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AS YOU ARE
AWARE, AND AS I SAY, WHEN WE
HAVE THESE BRIEFINGS, I’M NOT
GONNA DO ANYTHING TO COMPROMISE
OF THAT INVESTIGATION IN HER
PART OF THE WORK, WHICH IS
ESSENTIAL IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS
, BUT I WILL ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS THAT I CAN’T ANSWER.
BUT POLICE PART ME AHEAD OF
TIME. IF I’M SOMEWHAT VAGUE ON
THOSE ANSWERS AGAIN, I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS
INVESTIGATION OF BEING ABLE TO
TAKE THE SUSPECT OFF THE STREET.
UH AGAIN, THE HARD WORK THE HARD
WORK OF OUR OFFICERS SHOULD NOT
BE IGNORED THE PASSION
COMMITMENT THAT THEY DISPLAYED
YESTERDAY DOESN’T SURPRISE ME
BECAUSE I’VE SEEN IT, UH, DAN
AND DAY OUT, BUT I WANT THIS
COMMUNITY TO KNOW. UM THEY WERE
COMMITTED. WE’RE NOT KIDDING
AROUND WITH CRIME. WE GO ABOUT
OUR BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WAY. BUT IN A VERY URGENT AND
DELIBERATE WAY. WE’RE NOT GOING
TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO BE
VICTIMIZED. WE’RE NOT GOING TO
ALLOW. WE’RE NOT GONNA STAND BY
AND ALLOW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS
TO HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU TO THEM
AT THIS TIME. I’D LIKE TO BRING
UP THE MAYOR FOR SOME COMMENTS,
MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY
YESTERDAY WAS THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AT ITS FINEST. THE
SHOOTINGS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, INNOCENT
PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR LIVES
AND NEIGHBORHOOD. ON A SUNDAY
MORNING IN SHOT FOR NO REASON.
OTHER THEN THEY WERE AT THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. I
SPENT PRETTY MUCH ALL YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON EITHER AT THE COMMAND
CENTER. THE 12TH PRECINCT WITH
THE POLICE OR IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHIEF WHITE
PUT OUT A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO BE
IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP
FIND THE SHOOTER, OFFERING
OVERTIME. TWO POLICE OFFICERS I
WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS
POLICE OFFICERS ON THEIR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THEY’VE CERTAINLY
WORKED FULL TIME DURING THE
WEEK, ONE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER
ANOTHER. SHOWED UP TO HELP
KNOWING FULL WELL IF THEY RAN
INTO SOMEBODY WHO HAD ALREADY
SHOT FOR PEOPLE. THEY WERE VERY
LIKELY GOING TO BE IN A LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. AND YET
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DPD DID NOT
HESITATE. I WAS IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS. THE CARS WERE
EVERYWHERE, AND I WANT TO SAY
THE SAME THING ABOUT THE
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE, THE FBI
AND THE 80 F THEY INSTANTLY ON A
SUNDAY MORNING ACTIVATED AND
JOINED IN THIS EFFORT, AND YOU
WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE
PRESSURE. THAT EVERYBODY WAS
UNDER, UH, FOLKS IN THE CITY
KEPT GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS
ON A SUNDAY MORNING EVEN WHEN
THEY WERE TOLD THERE WAS AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER, AND YOU HAD OUR
OFFICERS WORRYING THAT THIS
INDIVIDUAL COULD HAVE COME OUT
IN PALMER PARK WHERE FAMILIES
WERE PLAYING COULD HAVE COME OUT
AGAIN ON LIVERNIOS WHERE PEOPLE
WERE SHOPPING OR THE WORST OF
ALL SCENARIOS. IF WE DIDN’T GET
HIM YESTERDAY, WHAT WERE WE
GOING TO DO ABOUT CHILDREN ON
THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL FOR THE
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES ON THOSE
SAME STREETS WHERE THE SHOOTER
HAD BEEN ACTIVE? IT WAS, UM UH,
REALLY REMARKABLE. DISPLAY OF
UNITY AND WE DEBATED WITH THE
CHIEF. DO WE TELL PEOPLE TO STAY
INSIDE? BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF
CARS IN THE STREET AND
DETROITERS NATURAL ATTITUDES TO
KEEP GOING, NO MATTER WHAT WE
DECIDED TO RELY ON THE DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THEM
SAFE. YESTERDAY I MADE A PLEA.
TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE
SHOOTER TO TURN HIM IN. IT
DIDN’T SEEM LIKELY THAT HE COULD
BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT
INCIDENT. BUT IN FACT, SOMEBODY
CLOSE TO HIM DID RESPOND. AND IT
WAS THAT COMMUNITY INPUT. THAT
ALLOWED THE POLICE OFFICERS TO
TAKE THIS INDIVIDUAL INTO
CUSTODY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER
VIOLENCE, AND IT IS A REALLY
GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE
WORK TOGETHER. AND SO I CAN’T
SEE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT. THE
PROSECUTOR WILL TAKE IT FROM
HERE. BUT I AM VERY CONFIDENT
BASED UPON THE INFORMATION I’VE
SEEN. THAT THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO WORK WITH THEM DID GET THE
RIGHT SHOOTER AND FOLKS IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD DON’T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT HIM TODAY AND WHAT THAT
ALTERNATE BACK TO OUR
OUTSTANDING POLICE CHIEF. AGAIN
UH, AS A MAYOR INDICATED, YOU
KNOW, IT WAS REMARKABLE THAT
THIS SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM IN
THE OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED
KNOWING THAT THIS PERSON HAVING
SHOT FOUR PEOPLE KILLED THREE UH
YOU KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO
ENGAGE HIM LIKELY AND IT COULD
BE A FATAL SITUATION AND WE’RE
VERY FORTUNATE THAT DIDN’T
HAPPEN. IT’S NEVER THE OUTCOME
THAT WE DESIRE AS A POLICE
AGENCY. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCE WITHOUT
HAVING TO ENGAGE IN, BUT THEY
WERE ON HEIGHTENED ALERT AND YOU
ARE LISTENING TO A PRESS
CONFERENCE FROM THE DETROIT
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE ABOUT
THE DEADLY SHOOTINGS THE DEADLY
RANDOM SHOOTINGS FROM OVER THE
WEEKEND. THEY ARE CONFIDENT THAT
THE SUSPECT THEY HAVE IN CUSTODY
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE
SHOOTINGS. DPD CREDITING THEIR
POLICE WORK HARD POLICE WORK FOR
PREVENTING THIS FROM BECOMING A
FURTHER TRAGEDY. WE’RE
CONTINUING TO STREAM THAT PRESS