FIRST AT FOUR REQUESTS, DENIED THE PARENTS OF THE ALLEGED GUNMAN IN THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHOOTING. DO NOT GET WHAT THEY
WANT. PLUS WE HAVE A KEY
REVELATION ABOUT A WITNESS IN
THE CASE. ALSO DETROIT POLICE
GET READY FOR THE RETURN OF THE
HUGE SUMMERTIME TRADITION. WE’RE
COUNTING DOWN TO THE FORD
FIREWORKS, WHICH ARE A FEW HOURS
AWAY, ANDREW. IT’S STILL LOOKING
GOOD IN THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT,
RIGHT? PAMELA THE STAGE IS SET.
WE’VE GOT BRIGHT, WARM
CONDITIONS AND A PERFECT NIGHT
FOR THE FIREWORKS. I’VE GOT YOUR
HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST FIRST AT
FOUR. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
PAMELA OSBORNE, FIRST AT FOUR.
THE FORD FIREWORKS SHOW IS BACK
WHERE IT BELONGS, AND A FEW
100,000 PEOPLE COULD SHOW UP
WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS REMOVED
MANY PEOPLE ALREADY DOWNTOWN,
LOOKING FOR THE BEST SEATS IN
THE CITY. FOR MANY THAT MEANS
HEADED TO BUT HEADING TO BELLE
ISLE WILL BE LIVE FROM BOTH
LOCATIONS IN THE COMING HOURS.
FIRST LET’S GO TO ROD MELONI,
WHO SPOKE WITH DETROIT’S POLICE
CHIEF ABOUT PLANS TO KEEP THE
CITY SAFE FOR THE CELEBRATION.
ROD YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, PAM.
YOU KNOW IT’S ONE OF THOSE
THINGS YOU CAN PALPABLY FEEL THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO
BE BACK HERE FOR THE FORD
FIREWORKS. BUT THERE IS
SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT.
YOU’RE SEEING METAL DETECTORS AS
A WAY TO ACTUALLY GET INTO HEART
PLAZA, WHICH HAS BEEN FENCED
OFF. I LOVED IT. THE GATES
OPENED SHORTLY AFTER TWO THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FIREWORKS
FAITHFUL HAVING STARTED LINING
UP 10 HOURS BEFORE THE SHOW.
WHILE POLICE PRESENCE IS ALWAYS
STRONG HERE, THIS YEAR’S FORD
FIREWORKS HAVE A NEW SECURITY
APPROACH. DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES WHITE DECLARING. WE WANT
TO SEE KIDS WITH MOM AND DAD.
DOWN HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME
AND IF THEY ELECT TO DO THIS
EVENT AT HART PLAZA OR SEE THE
EVENT AT HART PLAZA AND CHOOSE
TO GO IN AN AREA THAT’S A
WEAPONS FREE ZONE. WE SUPPORT
THAT METAL DETECTORS MOVED IN TO
ENFORCE THE NEW RULES. WE LOOKED
AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED,
AND THE COMMUNITY SPOKE AND
SAID, WE WANT OUR FIREWORKS. YOU
KNOW, IT’S IT. WE DIDN’T HAVE
THEM FROM FROM COVID TIMES, AND
WE WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN. SO WE
TOOK ON THIS TREMENDOUS
UNDERTAKING. IT TAKES
PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS. WITH THE
SUPREME COURT RULING ABOUT OPEN
CARRY LAST WEEK. DPD TELLING US
THEY CAN BAN WEAPONS IF IT’S A
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LIKE
THE ONE THAT ENJOYS WITH THE
PARADE COMPANY CEO TONY MICHAELS
IS GLAD FOR THE HELP TO AFTER A
THREE YEAR HIATUS. YOU’RE GOING
TO SEE A LOT OF CLASSIC TYPE
FIREWORKS, NOT THE NEW NEON TYPE
STUFF GOING COMPLETELY CLASSIC
AND IN YOUR FACE. THAT’S AS MUCH
AS I COULD GET OUT OF HERE, MAN.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL
FIREWORKS, HE WAS TELLING ME
THAT YOU CAN EXPECT BIG AND I DO
MEAN BIG OUT HERE BECAUSE
THEY’RE CELEBRATING THE FACT
THAT THEY’RE BACK AFTER THAT TWO
YEAR HIATUS. NOW ONE OF THE
THINGS I WILL TELL YOU IS THEY
ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THE
SECURITY. WE SAW A GUY IN HERE
WITH ONE OF THOSE DESIGNER
FRENCH BULLDOGS CUTE LITTLE
THING. WOULDN’T HURT A FLEA. BUT
THEY SAID NO. NO ANIMALS IN
HERE. THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU’RE DOING, SAYING NO ANIMALS
ARE ALSO SAYING, IF YOU’RE
COMING DOWN, YOU BETTER DO IT
PRETTY SOON HERE BECAUSE THE
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE AND D P D
WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN THE MAIN
HIGHWAYS COMING INTO DOWNTOWN.
AS OF SIX PM, YOU WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED TO GET IN. AND IF YOU
PARK IN A BAD SPOT, WELL, LOOK
FOR YOUR CAR AT THE TOWING
IMPOUND LOT. REPORTING LIVE
DOWNTOWN AT HART PLAZA. ROD
MELONI LOCAL 4 AND NOBODY WANTS
THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT
INFORMATION, ROD. WE ALL KNOW
THE WEATHER IS A KEY PART OF ANY
FIREWORKS CELEBRATION TONIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN LUCK.
METEOROLOGISTS ANDREW HUMPHREY
IS STANDING BY INJURY. ANDREW I
HOPE I’M NOT GETTING AHEAD OF
MYSELF HERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO FALL INTO
PLACE FOR US TONIGHT. PAMELA YOU
ARE SPEAKING INTO EXISTENCE. NO
BAD LUCK HERE. YOU’RE NOT
JINXING ANYTHING. WE’RE LOOKING
AT TEMPERATURES THAT STAY IN THE
SEVENTIES. EXCELLENT WEATHER AND
PERFECT WEATHER LATER ON THIS
EVENING, AND TONIGHT IT IS ON
THE CORE THAN AVERAGE SIDE,
THOUGH WE’RE LOOKING AT
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE MOSTLY
BETWEEN 70 AND 75 DEGREES ALMOST
FEELS LIKE A FALL DAY.
ESPECIALLY THE FARTHER NORTH.
YOU ARE SIXTIES UP TOWARD THE
THUMB, INCLUDING PORT HURON AT
68. BUT CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, 75 OVER AT CITY AIRPORT
73 AT METRO AIRPORT, AND WE’RE
LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES. WE’RE LOOKING AT 73
OVER AT METRO WHEN AT AROUND 12
MPH DEW POINTS ARE IN THE
COMFORT ZONE, MOSTLY IN THE
FORTIES OUT THERE, AND IT
REMAINS DRY FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. AND INTO THE EVENING
. HERE IS YOUR HOUR BY HOUR
FORECAST CONTINUING TO SET US
SET UP THIS EVENING, WITH SOME
SUNSHINE STILL OUT TAPS BETWEEN
70 AND 74. DEGREES BY 89 O’CLOCK
THIS EVENING, SUNSET IS AT 9 14
BY THE TIME THE BIG SHOW BEGINS
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE
SIXTIES THAN LOW SIXTIES BY THE
END OF THE EVENT, IN FACT, GRAB
A SWEATSHIRT OR JACKET. YOU MAY
NEED IT IN ORDER TO STAY WARM.
MORNING WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK COMING UP.
REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCH THE FORD
FIREWORKS RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL
FORK HERE. ANDREW WILL JOIN
DEVIN SCILLIAN ENCRYPT KIMBERLY
GILL FOR OUR LIVE COVERAGE.
THEY’RE ALL GETTING READY FOR
THE SHOW. RIGHT NOW. BEFORE THE
MAIN EVENTS. YOU’LL ALSO HEAR
DUETS FROM SOME OF DETROIT’S
MOST TALENTED SINGERS AT ALL
STARTS AT EIGHT P.M. WILL THE
TEENAGER ACCUSED IN THE OXFORD
HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING IS EXPECTED
TO BE CALLED TO TESTIFY IN HIS
PARENTS TRIAL THAT WAS JUST ONE
OF THE BIG REVELATIONS DURING A
COURT HEARING TODAY FOR JAMES
AND JENNIFER, CRUMBLY
JASON COLTHORPE IS LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS
FROM COURT TODAY. JASON LAWYERS
FOR JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLY
SAY THEY NEED THEIR SON, ETHAN.
TO TESTIFY IN THEIR DEFENSE, BUT
ATTORNEYS ACKNOWLEDGED MANY
TOPICS WOULD BE OFF LIMITS.
LISTEN. IF WE NEED HIM TO
TESTIFY INFORMATION NOT RELATED
TO HIS ACTUAL SHOOTINGS, BUT
RELATED TO EXTRANEOUS MATTERS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE CASE.
SO I GUESS I’M JUST AS AN OFFER
OF PROOF THEY WANT TO CALL THERE
ARE SOME TOO TO SOMEHOW
DIMINISHED. HIGHLIGHT HIS ROLE
INSTEAD OF HIS PARENTS. I’M JUST
NOT SURE HOW THAT’S RELEVANT.
ETHAN CRUMB. ETHAN CRUMBLEY IS
ROLLING. HIS PARENTS TRIAL WAS
JUST PART OF THE HEARING TODAY.
A JUDGE GRANTED JAMES AND
JENNIFER CRUMBLEY REQUEST ISSUE
A GAG ORDER THAT PREVENTS BOTH
THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE FROM
TALKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT THE
CASE. BUT THE JUDGE DENIED THE
CRUMBLY REQUEST TO MOVE THEIR
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL
OUT OF OAKLAND COUNTY CLAIMED
THEY COULDN’T GET A FAIR TRIAL
BECAUSE OF ALL THE MEDIA
COVERAGE. THE LEVEL OF PRE TRIAL
PUBLICITY AND THE NUMBER OF
PERSPECTIVE JURORS THAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY DIRECTLY
AFFECTED BY THE EXPERT SHOOTING
ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A
CHANGE OF VENUE. BEFORE
CONDUCTING BOARD HERE. OAKLAND
COUNTY IS NOT A SMALL COMMUNITY
, AND IT’S SUFFICIENTLY DIVERSE
TO WEIGH AGAINST FINDING OF
PRESUMED PREJUDICE. IT’S WELL
ESTABLISHED THAT PRETRIAL
PUBLICITY ALONE DOES NOT WARRANT
A CHANGE OF VENUE. RIGHT NOW.
THE TRIAL IS SET FOR LATE
OCTOBER. PROSECUTORS SAY THEY
WANT TO AVOID HOLDING IT AROUND
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOOTING,
WHICH WAS NOVEMBER 30TH
SHAWN LEY WILL HAVE MORE FROM
THE COURTROOM WHEN WE SEE YOU
AGAIN. AT FIVE. PAM ALRIGHT,
THANK YOU. JASON SOUTHFIELD.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HIT
AND RUN DEATH OF A PREGNANT
WOMAN. SHE DIED BUT HER NEWBORN
CHILD IS FIGHTING TO SURVIVE. IT
HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
COUNTRY COURT APARTMENTS ON
GREENFIELD ROAD NEAR 6 96. THE
WOMAN WAS HIT IN THE PARKING LOT
AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE
DIDN’T MAKE IT, BUT HER CHILD IS
NOW LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
POLICE SAY THE DRIVER RAN OFF
WAS CAUGHT INTERVIEWED BY POLICE
AND THEN RELEASED. POLICE HAVE
MANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
ONE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS
INVESTIGATION ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
SIX. CURRENTLY IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN. NO ONE CAN BE
PROSECUTED FOR PROVIDING
ABORTIONS FOLLOWING THE SUPREME
COURT RULING THAT OVERTURNED
OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE, BUT
WE’RE WATCHING TWO COURT CASES
RIGHT NOW A MICHIGAN COURT OF
CLAIMS IS BLOCKING ENFORCEMENT
OF THE 1931 LAW THAT MAKES
ABORTION ILLEGAL IN THE STATE.
THAT INJUNCTION CAME AT THE
REQUEST OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD,
WHICH IS ARGUING THE LAW
VIOLATES THE STATE CONSTITUTION
. GOVERNOR WHITMER IS ALSO
SEEKING A RULING FROM THE STATE
SUPREME COURT. ON THE SAME ISSUE
, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL
SAYS THOSE WITH APPOINTMENTS
SHOULD KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
MEANTIME PAULA TUTMAN IS
TRACKING THE FALLOUT FROM LAST
WEEK’S LANDMARK RULING. RIGHT
NOW. TODAY MICHIGAN RIGHT TO
LIFE IS BUILDING ONTO THE
SUPREME COURT RULING THAT
OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE THAT HAS
GIVEN WOMEN NEARLY 50 YEARS OF
CHOICE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
CARRY THEIR PREGNANCY TO TERM,
RIGHT TO LIKE MICHIGAN IS SAYING
, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
NOW THEY HAVE TO SEAL THE DEAL
ON THE STATE LEVEL. WE HAVE
THREE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO. WE
HAVE TO WORK ON. WE HAVE THREE
FRONTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON. FOR THOSE WHO
BELIEVE THIS IS NOT A STATE’S
DECISION, BUT A PRIVATE DECISION
THAT ULTIMATELY FALLS TO A
WOMAN. THE FIGHT LOOKS DIFFERENT
TODAY. THE YOUNGEST PREGNANT
PATIENT CARE FOR WAS NINE AND
YOU KNOW FOR THAT PATIENT FOR A
12 YEAR OLD FOR ANYBODY FOR
ANYBODY WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE
PREGNANT, THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO
GET OUT OF STATE IF THEY’RE IN A
STATE WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THAT
CARE. IS DEVASTATING, COMING UP
AT FIVE PRO CHOICE NEXT STEPS TO
ENSURE THAT ABORTION REMAINS
SAFE AND LEGAL IN MICHIGAN AT
SIX O’CLOCK, ANTI ABORTION NEXT
STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ABORTION
WILL BECOME ILLEGAL IN MICHIGAN.
I’LL SEE YOU FOR BOTH SHOWS
POLITICS. LOCAL 4 THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT ISSUED MORE
RULINGS TODAY, INCLUDING ONE
ABOUT A FOOTBALL COACH WHO CHOSE
TO KNEEL AND PRAY AND THE FIELD
AFTER GAMES. THE COURT’S
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY RULED 6 TO
3. THE COACHES PRAYER WAS
PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT
AND HER DISSENT, JUSTICE
SOTOMAYOR WROTE. THE DECISION
COULD FORCE STATES TO GET MIXED
UP IN RELIGIOUS ISSUES. THE
COURT ALSO RULED 6 TO 3 IN FAVOR
OF DOCTORS WHO COULD FACE
CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR
OVERPRESCRIBING PAIN MEDICATION
. JUSTICE BREYER WROTE,
PROSECUTORS MUST PROVE BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT, DOCTORS
KNOWINGLY OR INTENTIONALLY ACTED
IN AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER. THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING
THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE
CAPITAL JUST ANNOUNCED A
SURPRISE HEARING. THE PANEL SAYS
IT WILL PRESENT QUOTE RECENTLY
OBTAINED EVIDENCE BUT DIDN’T
OFFER ANY SPECIFICS. THE JANUARY
6TH COMMITTEE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
TAKING A BREAK UNTIL JULY, BUT
NOW SAYS IT WILL HOLD ANOTHER
HEARING TOMORROW. AT ONE P.M.
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
HEARING HERE LIVE ON LOCAL 4.
WHILE THE G SEVEN LEADERS OF THE
WEST VOWED TO SUPPORT UKRAINE.
RUSSIA STRIKES A CROWDED
SHOPPING MALL WITH MANY
CIVILIANS FEARED DEAD OR WOUNDED
. UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT SAID A
MISSILE STRIKE HIT THE COUNTRY’S
CENTRAL CITY, AND HE CLAIMS THAT
SHOPPING MALL WAS NO THREAT TO
RUSSIAN TROOPS. THE ATTACK COMES
AS RUSSIA IS MOUNTING AN ALL OUT
ASSAULT IN THE EASTERN PART OF
THE COUNTRY, HOPING TO TAKE THE
DONBAS REGION. MEANWHILE THE U.
S WILL REPORTEDLY ANNOUNCED ITS
PURCHASING A NEW MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM FOR UKRAINE. UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR STYLINSKI
HELD A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE WITH
THE SEVEN LEADERS WHO ARE
MEETING AND AUSTRIA HE’S TELLING
WESTERN ALLIES THAT HE’S HOPING
THE WAR WITH RUSSIA WILL BE OVER
BY THE END OF THE YEAR. G SEVEN
LEADERS ARE TALKING ABOUT NEW
WAYS TO HURT RUSSIA WITH MORE
ECONOMIC PRESSURE WHILE
SUPPORTING UKRAINE FOR AS LONG
AS IT TAKES. FINALLY NATO SAYS
IT WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF TROOPS IN THE SO
CALLED NATO RESPONSE FORCE RIGHT
NOW IT HAS ABOUT 40,000 TROOPS.
THE ALLIANCE IS LOOKING TO BOOST
THAT NUMBER. 2 300,000, NATO
SECRETARY GENERAL, CALLS IT THE
BIGGEST OVERHAUL OF THE DEFENSE
AGREEMENT SINCE THE COLD WAR.