>> THAT BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING
ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WHERE AN
OFFICER WITH DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS HAS DIED AFTER
RESPONDING TO A FIGHT NEAR HENRY
FORD HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THE OFFICER WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
AFTER BEING INJURED NEAR VON AND
TROJAN NOT FAR FROM THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A
GROUP OF STUDENTS AND SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.
DETROIT POLICE NOT SAYING MUCH
ABOUT THE INCIDENT TONIGHT OTHER
THAN TO SAY THE OFFICER’S DEATH
IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A
HOMICIDE TO DETERMINE WHETHER
FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE
OFFICER WAS A 30-YEAR VETERAN.
>> AND MORE NEWS TONIGHT, WE ARE
GOING FROM SUNSHINE TO SNOW
SHOWERS.
>> SLICK COMMUTE ON TAP FOR
FRIDAY MORNING, GET TO PAUL HERE
WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.
>>> WE’LL START WITH STORM
TRACKER 4, AND WE HAVE SNOW THAT
HAS STARTED TO FILL IN ACROSS
THE WESTERN PROBABLY THE WESTERN
TO NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE AREA
SO THAT IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE
SAW EARLIER WHERE THERE WASN’T
REALLY ANYTHING GOING ON HERE.
AND BASICALLY, YOU CAN SEE ON
THE NEW COMPUTER MODEL THIS DATA
JUST IN AND WILL CONTINUE
FILLING IN.
WE’RE PRETTY MUCH ALL GETTING
SNOW AND NOTICE WE START TO SEE
THE PATTERN DETERIORATE.
THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW IN PARTS
OF THE AREA IN TIME FOR THE RUSH
HOUR, BUT AT THAT POINT WE’LL
SEE A CONTINUING TREND HERE AND
I THINK MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT
HOURS WILL BE SNOW-FREE, ONCE WE
GET THE MORNING SNOW TO END AND
WE’LL TALK LATER ABOUT THE COLD
FRONT.
FOR THE AFTERNOON RUSH, SHOULD
BE NOTHING FALLING FROM THE
SKIES.
THE ROAD CREWS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
A LOT OF US ARE NOT GOING GET TO
AN INCH TOMORROW, BUT THE
NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE AREA
SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
AFTERNOON 36, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND
DRY AND NOT MUCH WIND TOMORROW,
NOT MUCH WIND CHILL, TAKE A
DEEPER DIVE INTO ALL OF THIS
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW.
>> GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY
SAYS A RATE HIKE IS COMING
JULY 1stAND BLAMING SOME ON
UNPAID WATER BILLS FROM OVER THE
LAST TEN YEARS.
THAT IN TERN HAS COMMUNITIES ACROSS METRO DETROIT WONDERING
ACROSS METRO DETROIT WONDERING
WHY THEY’RE ON THE HOOK FOR
SOMEONE ELSE’S TAB.
>> HERE AT WAYNE CITY HALL AT
9:30.
AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
DURING THIS MEETING THE
COMMUNITIES HERE DECIDE TO TAKE
A VOTE THAT SAYS WE WILL NOT PAY
ANY DEBT IN CONNECTION BEING IN
ARREARS TO.
>> IT IS CRAZY, ABSOLUTELY
CRAZY.
>> SAYING ALOUD WHAT COMMUNITYS
ARE THINKING.
>> WE WERE SHOCKED & WHEN WE
FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
>> AT LEAST HALF OF THE INCREASE
IN WATER RATES AND 2.4% INCREASE
IN SEWER CHARGES ARE DIRECTLY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE $52 MILLION
THE GLWA SAYS HIGHLAND PARK OWES
IT IN LITIGATION OVER 10 YEARS
OF NONPAYMENTINE COMMUNITYS ARE
HAVING A MEETING WITH THE GLWA
AND HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
QUESTIONS.
>> TRYING THE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
GOING ON, TRYING TO PAY OTHER COMMUNITY BILLS THAT IS NUMBER
COMMUNITY BILLS THAT IS NUMBER
ONE QUESTION, WHY ASK THIS
HAPPENING.
>> CANTON RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT
BE PAYING HIGHLAND PARK DEBT.
THE STATE SHOULD STEP IN AND
INTERVENE.
>>> BACK HERE LIVE, LEADERS
ACROSS WESTERN WAYNE HAS SENT
LETTERS LIKE THIS ONE TO
GOVERNOR WHITTMER SAYING THIS IS
UNFAIR AND THE STATE DOES NEED
TO INTERVENE.
WE’RE LIVE IN WAYNE TONIGHT, I’M
MARA McDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> OKAY, MARA.
TONIGHT THE U.S. MAKING EFFORTS
TO HELP UKRAINE AS THE WAR
ENTERS ITS THIRD WEEK.
MOMENTS AGO THE SENATE GAVE
FINAL APPROVAL TO A $13.6
EMERGENCY PACKAGE OF
HUMANITARIAN AID FOR UKRAINE AND
YOU’RE PEAN ALLIES COMES AS
RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS FAIL TO REACH
A DEAL TODAY AS ATTACKS ON
ZILLIANS ARE ES SECRETARY OF
STATINGEE PEOPLE WERE KILLED
INCLUDING A CHILD.
ALSO, U.S. INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS WARN RUSSIA COULD BE
PREPARING TO USE CHEMICAL OR BUY
LOGICAL WEAPONS AGAINST UKRAINE.
>> INCREASINGLY CONCERNING
RHETORIC THAT MAY BE CONSTRUED
AS ONCE AGAIN, MOSCOW PROJECTING
ONTO OTHERS, WHAT IT HAS
INTENDED TO DO ALL ALONG.
>>> THEY NOT ONLY HAVE THE
CAPACITY, THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF
USING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS AND THAT IN THIS MOMENT
WE SHOULD HAVE OUR HIGHS OPEN
FOR THAT POSSIBILITY.
>> MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS IS WORKING TO SMOOTH OVER
A AGREEMENT OVER HELPING POLAND
DELIVER FIGHTER JETS TO UKRAINE
AND EMBRACING CALLS FOR WAR
CRIMES INVESTIGATION.
>> GAS PRICES ARE STILL GOING
UP, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CHANGING
THEIR HABITS NOW SAVE.
THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS HIT
A NEW HIGH, $4.31 A GALLON UP
7-CENTS FROM YESTERDAY WHEN
PRICES ALSO HITRA RECORD.
HERE AVERAGE PRICE $4.26.
THE PRICES MAY SLOW BECAUSE COST
OF A BARREL DID DROP THIS WEEK.
60% OF AMERICANS ARE GOING TO
MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR DRIVING
HABITS OR THEIR LIFESTYLE TO TRY
TO OFFSET THE INCREASES.
>> IF YOU LIVE IN OAKLAND
COUNTY, YOU’RE ALREADY WELL
AWARE CONSTRUCTION SEASON IS
UNDER WAY WITH WORK RESUMES ON
I-75.
>> NOW THE ORANGE BARRELS COMING
TO MACOMB COUNTY MASSIVE PROJECT
THAT WILL SOON START UP AGAIN.
>> THE BARRELS ARE RIGHT HERE
AND READY TO BE DEPLOYED.
THAT WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK AND
USUALLY WHEN YOU GET BIG
CONSTRUCTION IN A VERY BUSY
AREA, IT IS A REAL HEADACHE FOR
DRIVERS, BUT HERE IS THE THING,
DRIVERS HERE ALREADY HAVE TO
SLOW WAY DOWN BECAUSE THE
POTHOLES ARE SO BAD.
>> I ALMOST BLOW OUT MY TIRE
EVERY TIME I COME OUT.
>>> PART OF HALL ROAD THAT IS SO
BAD, THAT AS A MICHIGAN DRIVER
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE STRETCH
STRETCHES YOU DON’T DARE HAVE AN
OPEN BEVERAGE IN THE CONSOLE.
>> YOU KIND OF SLIDE A LITTLE
BIT, IT IS ALMOST UNAVOIDABLE IT
IS HARD TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO
ANOTHER LANE.
>> IT IS A RUDE AWAKENING FOR
DRIVERS HEADED EAST WHEN THEY
GET TO ELIZABETH ROAD, THAT IS
WHERE THE LAST PROJECT ENDED.
>> IF YOU HAD TO JUST BASICALLY
GRADE THIS STRETCH HERE, HOW BAD
>> BAD.
>> IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR
YEARS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE
GOTTEN TO THE THAT IT IS.
>> TOW TRUCK DRIVERS KNOW THIS
STRETCH VERY WELL.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN CRASHES
BECAUSE OF THE POTHOLES BUT
MOSTLY BLOWOUTS.
>> BUT NOW THE BARRELS ARE IN
PLACE, READY TO BLOCK SOME
LANES, TWO AT A TIME FOR
MUCH-NEEDED REPAVING, MIDJULY,
THE OTHER TWO LANES.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL HOLD UP
FOR A WHILE.
>> EVERY TIME THEY DO
CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD IT
SEEMS LIKE IT LASTS FOR A LITTLE
BIT AND THEN IT IS BAD BEGUN,
ALMOST LIKE THEY NEED TO FIX THE
MATERIALS THEY’RE USING SO THEY
DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS CONTINUOUSLY.
>> THAT’S A VERY, VERY GOOD
POINT ON PEAK DAYS AFTER A
FREEZE THAW THEY WILL BE OUT
HERE FOR FOUR TO FIVE DIFFERENT
BLOWOUTS, THAT IS JUST ONE
COMPANY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
I-94 BEHIND ME, THEY’RE GOING TO
TRY AND DO THE 2 1/4 STRETCH
BEHIND ME HAVE IT ALL DONE,
HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE
FALL.
>> OKAY, JASON, THANK YOU IF
NIGHT THE DETROIT FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THE FIRE IN
CORKTOWN WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FIRE WAS
INTENTIONALLY SET OUTSIDE THE
BUILDING FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS
HURT AND NO MAJOR DAMAGE INSIDE
THE BUSINESS.
TODAY WAS A FIRST FULL DAY OF
TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF FOUR MEN CHARGED IN THE PLOT TO
MEN CHARGED IN THE PLOT TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITT MER
EXPLOSIVES TO RAIN DOWN ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT WITH TEAMS STANDING
BY TO GRAB THE GOVERNOR.
THE MEN PLOTTED TO KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE THEY WERE ANGRY
GOVERNOR BECAUSE THEY WERE ANGRY
ABOUT HER PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
>> A CHICAGO JUDGE TONIGHT
SENTENCING FORMER EMPIRE ACTOR
JUSSIE SMOLLETT TO 150 DAYS IN
COUNTY JAIL SAYING HE BELIEVED
SMOLLETT CRAVED ATTENTION AND
FAKED A HATE CRIME TO MAKE
HIMSELF MORE FAMOUS, HE LOUDLY
DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE SHORTLY
AFTER THE SENTENCE WAS READ
ALLOWED. >> I’M INNOCENT.
>> I’M INNOCENT.
IF I DID THIS, THEN IT MEANS I
AND YOUR HONOR I RESPECT YOU AND
I RESPECT THE JURY BUT I DID NOT
DO THIS AND I’M NOT SUICIDAL AND
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO ME WHEN
I GO IN THERE I DID NOT DO IT TO
MYSELF AND YOU MUST ALL KNOW
THAT.
>>> HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
AND WILL BEGIN HIS SENTENCE
IMMEDIATELY AND ORDERED TO PAY
MORE THAN $120,000 IN
RESTITUTION TO THE CITY OF
CHICAGO.
>> CANTON SCHOOLS ANNOUNCING IT
CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION INTO
WHAT CAUSED DISTRICT HIGH
SCHOOLS TO BE PLACED ON A 4-OUR
LOCKDOWN THAT HAPPENED ON
DECEMBER 9th.
THE DISTRICT SENDING A LETTER
HOME TO PARENTS SAYING NO
WEAPONS WERE EVER FOUND ON OR
OFF CAMPUS AND NO EVIDENCE THERE
WAS EVER A PERSON ON CAMPUS WITH
A WEAPON.
>> STILL AHEAD, AN ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL LOSES HIS JOB AFTER
READING A BOOK TO SECOND
GRADERS.
>> GRABBED ONE OF MY FAVORITE
BOOKS NEARBY, I READ IT TO HIM,
IT IS A FUNNY, SILLY BOOK.
>>> THE BOOK AT THE CENTER OF THE CONTROVERSY COMING UP.
>> WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
THE BASEBALL WALKOUT IS
OFFICIALLY OVER, BERNIE IS AHEAD
WITH SPORTS WHEN WE’LL WEILL GET
OPENING DAY AT COAMERICA PARK.
AND BUT UP FIRST, DEPUTIES SAVES
A MAN’S LIFE WITH THE HELP OF A