DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW FROM 70 DEGREES JUST ONE DAY AGO TO OUR FIRST
FREEZE WARNING OF THE SEASON
SEASON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
WE’RE KICKING OFF THE WEEKEND
WITH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE
PLUMMETING. THEY ARE A BIG
DIFFERENCE FROM THE WARM AND
SUNNY CONDITIONS THAT WE ALL GOT
TO ENJOY PRETTY MUCH ALL WEEK
LONG. LET’S GET RIGHT OVER TO
KIM ADAMS. WITH THAT FREEZE
WARNING TAKING EFFECT OVERNIGHT,
KIM WE DO THINGS BIG AROUND HERE
. I MEAN, WE WENT FROM 78
DEGREES EARLIER IN THE WEEK TO
NOW, A FREEZE, WARNING. WE
SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THE FROST AND
WENT RIGHT TO THE FREEZE WARNING
, WHICH MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
VIEWING AREA WILL BE 32 DEGREES
OR EVEN LOWER THAN THAT FOR A
PERIOD OF ABOUT SEVEN HOURS. SO
THE FREEZE WARNING STARTS AT TWO
AM, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY
THROUGH NINE A.M. TOMORROW
MORNING. LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT
HERE THE OVERNIGHT LOWS FOR THE
METRO’S OWN LITTLE WARMER IN THE
CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THE
URBAN HEAT ISLAND, THE CEMENT
KEEPING IN THE HEAT THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. 34 IN DETROIT AND
DEARBORN 33 IN SOUTHFIELD, SLIDE
DOWN TO OUR SOUTH ZONE. YOU GET
AWAY FROM THE CITY. IT GETS
COLDER 31 IN MYELIN AND TO COME
SEE WEST ZONE. THIS WILL BE OUR
COLDEST ZONE HERE WITH HOWELL,
BRIGHTON AND FENTON ALL BELOW
FREEZING NORTH ZONE. SAME THING.
IMPORT HERE ON 30, DEGREES
FREEZING AND EMMETT AND 33 IN
RICHMOND TOMORROW WE DO WARM UP
TO A HIGH OF 57. WE’RE NOT DONE
THERE. THERE’S SOME WARMER
WEATHER AROUND THE CORNER. I’LL
HAVE YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST.
COMING UP. PORTER BIRKS WAS SHOT
BY DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS AT
LEAST 15 TIMES WHILE
EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS TONIGHT. HIS FAMILY IS
DEMANDING JUSTICE, SAYING HE
DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE WHEN THEY
CALLED OFFICERS FOR HELP. AND
SUNDAY NIGHT, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
JOINS US NOW LIVE IN JACQUELINE
. THERE WAS A RALLY TONIGHT
CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY
ARE WISE IN TONIGHT’S RALLY
COMES JUST ONE DAY AFTER THE
FAMILY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO TAKE
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD A
CHANCE TONIGHT TO CATCH UP WITH
ONE OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AS
THEY CONTINUE TO DEMAND JUSTICE.
BETWEEN THE RALLY CRIES TO GO.
WE’RE GETTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
PORTER BROOKE’S LIFE. HE WAS A
COOL GUY. YOU KNOW YOU LIKE THE
SCHOOL. HE LIKED TO SWIM. HE
LIKED TO DANCE THE NORMAL STUFF
. KIDS LIKE TO DO THEIR 20 YEAR
OLD’S DEATH, SPARKING OUTRAGE IN
THE CITY AND IGNITING A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR STATE. MY
LITTLE BROTHER WAS HE WAS GOOD.
HE JUST WAS GOING THROUGH A
FRANTIC BURKE SUFFERED FROM
PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WAS
HAVING A PSYCHOTIC BREAK WHEN
HIS FAMILY CALLED 911 FOR HELP.
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE BODY
CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS POLICE TRYING
TO GET BURKES TO DROP A KNIFE. I
JUST WANT TO HELP YOU, MAN.
OKAY, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND
DROP THE KNIFE? POLICE SAY HE
CHARGED AT THEM, WHICH IS WHEN
THEY OPENED. FIRE BRUTALITY MUST
BE STOPPED MARCHING TO THE LOCAL
PRECINCT. BROOKE’S BROTHER DO
MANDO ANDERSON. JOINED OTHERS IN
DEMANDING JUSTICE AND CHANGE.
BETTER TRAINING TO APPREHEND
THEM. A STRATEGIST USE AND GUNS
ALSO ON THE SCENE. HAD TO ASSESS
THE THREAT AND STOP THE THREAT.
UM THERE’S NO TIME IN THREE
SECONDS AND SOMEONE CHARGING AT
YOU WITH A KNIFE TO LOOK OVER TO
SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING
. ANDERSON WHO WAS THERE WITH
HIS BROTHER WAS KILLED, WISHES
THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE CALLED
POLICE. NEVER THINKING IT END
LIKE THIS MOM BEEN THINKING
ABOUT. I CAN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT
NOTHING DIFFERENT EVERY MORNING.
I WAKE UP. I WOKE UP THIS
MORNING, CRYING AND TEARS,
BRUTALITY. IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
TO MY LITTLE BROTHER. THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE PENDING AN INVESTIGATION
REPORTING LIVE FROM DETROIT
POLICE HEADQUARTERS. I’M
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4. SO
MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CASE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
JACQUELINE. IN DECISION 2022 THE
LATEST POLLING SHOWING
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE
TUTOR DIXON 17 POINTS BEHIND
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER WITH
32 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY
TONIGHT, DIXON TRAVELED TO
ROCHESTER HILLS FOR AN EVENT
BILLED AS AN ASK ME ANYTHING.
TOWN HALL. THAT’S WHERE MARK
MCDONALD IS LIVE TONIGHT. IN
MARA, THIS TOUR IS HITTING WHAT
ARE USUALLY THOSE REPUBLICAN
STRONGHOLDS. SURE THING, SANDRA.
SO YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF MAKES
YOU THINK THAT THE DIXON
CAMPAIGN IS LOOKING AT THE
POLLING AS WELL IN REALIZING IT
NEEDS TO START SHORING UP NOT
STRONG REPUBLICAN VOTERS, BUT
THOSE WHO LEAN REPUBLICAN IN
THIS ASKED ME ANYTHING TO HER.
THEY’RE TAKING A PAGE OUT OF THE
PLAYBOOK OF REPUBLICAN GOP
HOPEFUL IN ARIZONA CARRY LAKE
WHO HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME
THING AND GETTING BIG CROWDS.
LET ME SHOW YOU ASK ME ANYTHING
IN QUITE A FEW CASES. TONIGHT
WAS MORE AUDIENCE MEMBERS MAKING
STATEMENTS, BUT THE STOP MARKS A
STRATEGY SHIFT FOR DIXON’S CAMP
WHO ARE EAGER AND WILLING TO GET
THEIR CANDIDATE OUT THERE. I
WANT YOU TO WIN, OKAY? AND I’M
WONDERING, WHERE ARE THE
COMMERCIALS? BECAUSE I SEE 600
WITTNER COMMERCIALS A DAY TEAM.
DIXON WENT DARK FOR NEARLY EIGHT
WEEKS AFTER THE PRIMARY, WHETHER
THAT WAS STRATEGY OR LACK OF
CAMPAIGN CASH, THE OUTCOME IS
THE SAME WITMER AND HER ALLIES.
HAVE DEFINED DIXON THROUGH HER
ABORTION STANCE, WHICH MULTIPLE
POLLS HAVE SHOWN HIS NOT
POPULAR. TONIGHT THIS WAS DIXON
ON THE ISSUE. NEVER ONCE HAVE I
SAID, I’M RUNNING ON MY PERSONAL
PRO LIFE POSITION, DEFINITE
SHIFT IN TONE THERE, BUT
OTHERWISE IT’S WHAT WE’VE HEARD
FROM THE CAMPAIGN CRITICISM OF
WHITMAN’S COVID RESPONSE,
ESPECIALLY THE LEARNING LOSS IN
SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF SCHOOL
SHUTDOWNS, BUT WITH SOME NEW
TAKES ON ECONOMICS, DIXON SAYS
SHE IS NO FAN OF THAT NEW $715
MILLION IN INCENTIVES. CHINESE
BATTERY MAKER GOSHEN IS GETTING
UM, MICHIGAN TO BUILD A 2.36.
BILLION DOLLAR PLANT IN BIG
RAPIDS WITH THE PROMISE OF 2350
JOBS BECAUSE I DON’T BELIEVE
THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING OUR
HARD EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO
THE CHINESE. BACK HERE. LIVE
TUTOR DIXON, MAYBE AT A
SIGNIFICANT FUNDRAISING
DISADVANTAGE COMPARED TO
GOVERNOR WHITMER, BUT SHE IS
GOING TO BE GETTING SOME T V
TIME NEXT WEEK. THAT’S BECAUSE
IT’S GOING TO BE THE FIRST
TELEVISED PATE BETWEEN THESE TWO
WERE LIVE IN ROCHESTER HILLS
TONIGHT. MARA MACDONALD FOUR
LOCAL ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MARA
TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS EMERGING
AFTER A BARRICADED GUNMAN IS
SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING AND
KILLING A CLERK INSIDE A HAMPTON
INN HOTEL IN DEARBORN. THE SEVEN
HOUR STANDOFF ENDED PEACEFULLY
LAST NIGHT WHEN A LOCAL ATTORNEY
TALKED HIM DOWN. LOCAL DEFENSE
ATTORNEY GABBY SILVER SPENT 4.5
HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH THE MAN
WHO ASKED TO TALK TO HER. SILVER
SAYS SHE DOES NOT KNOW HIM OR
ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. SHE
KEPT THE MAN TALKING AND CALM,
PROMISING. NO ONE WAS GOING TO
HURT HIM. I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE
FROM AN OFFICER THAT I KNOW IN
DEARBORN, SAYING THEY HADN’T
EMERGENCY AND NEEDED MY HELP. I
TRIED TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME
OUT SAFELY. I TRIED TO PROMISE
HIM THAT NOBODY WAS GOING TO
HURT HIM. I MEAN, IT WAS CLEAR
THAT THAT WAS NOT WHAT THE
POLICE WERE TRYING TO DO THAT.
TONIGHT SOURCES CONFIRMED. THE
55 YEAR OLD CLERK THAT WAS
KILLED WAS SHOT IN THE FACE
TWICE. ALSO, THE HOTEL SAYS THE
SHOOTING WAS NOT AN ARGUMENT
OVER THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN’S BILL
. AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING THE
GUNMAN WAS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES. NOT ALL LOCAL 4
UPDATE A WOMAN CHARGED IN A
SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVING CRASH
THAT KILLED A NAVY VETERAN 56
YEAR OLD TIMOTHY ROGERS WAS
CROSSING MICHIGAN AVENUE. THIS
IS NEAR I 2 75 AND KEN. IT
HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT HE WAS HIT
AND KILLED. POLICE SAY THE
DRIVER TOOK OFF BUT THEN LATER
CAME BACK 47 YEAR OLD LIVING A
FLAMER CHARGED WITH OPERATING A
VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED.
CAUSING DEATH. THAT’S A 15 YEAR
FELONY AND ORANGE BARREL ALERT
FOR ANYONE HEADED DOWNTOWN THIS
WEEKEND. IT’S GONNA BE A MESS
RIGHT NOW. THE SOUTH ISLAND
LANES OF THE LARGE FREEWAY ARE
CLOSED FROM THE DAVISON TO 90
FOR ALL LANES ARE EXPECTED TO
REOPEN AT FIVE A.M. ON MONDAY
AHEAD OF THE MORNING RUSH, NOW
IN OAKLAND COUNTY, SOUTH BONG 75
RAMPS CLOSED TO AND FROM 11
MILES. AS WELL AS THE SOUTH EXIT
TO 6 96. THOSE RAMPS SHOULD
REOPEN BY SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS CREWS
HAVE REOPENED BOTH DIRECTIONS OF
12 MILES UNDER I 75 AS WELL AS
THE COTON ENTRANCE AND EXIT
RAMPS, THEIR DRIVERS WILL NOTICE
A REALLY BIG CHANGE. THEY BUILT
ONE OF THOSE DIVERGING DIAMOND
INTERCHANGES LIKE THE ONE YOU’VE
SEEN ON 14 MILE END RAMPS AT 12
MILE, ARE EXPECTED TO REOPEN
SOMETIME NEXT MONTH. MUCH MORE
TO COME HERE AT 11, INCLUDING A