THE PARKING LOT OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN WARREN. THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE MICHIGAN COLLEGIATE HIGH
SCHOOL RIGHT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF 13 MILE AND RYAN
JUST RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, HAD LET
OUT FOR THE DAY.
>> WE WANT TO GET TO MARA
MACDONALD. SHE’S LIVE AT THE
SCHOOL.
>> MARA, PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THE
PARKING LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED
RIGHT? TONS OF STUDENTS.
>> DEVIN. I MEAN, WHEN THE COPS
ORIGINALLY GOT OUT HERE, THEY
SAY IT WAS UTTER CHAOS. TAKE A
LOOK BEHIND ME. SO YOU SEE A
SQUAD RIGHT THERE? YOU SEE THE
BUSSES RIGHT HERE. APPARENTLY
AND THIS IS ACCORDING TO POLICE,
IT’S DISMISSAL TIME. YOU HAVE A
TON OF KIDS MILLING AROUND OUT
HERE, WAITING TO GET ON THE BUS
WHEN A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO HAD
GOTTEN INTO TROUBLE EARLIER IN
THE DAY AND HAD BEEN SUSPENDED
SHOWED UP BACK AT SCHOOL WITH A
BUDDY WHO IS NOT A STUDENT HERE.
POLICE THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO
SETTLE SOME SCORES AND THAT
BUDDY, WHO IS NOT A STUDENT
HERE, PULLS OUT A SEMIAUTOMATIC
WEAPON AND STARTS FIRING INTO
THE AIR. AT LEAST SIX SHOTS WE
WERE LOOKING AT THE MARKERS ON
THE GROUND. POLICE WERE COUNTING
IT UP, AS WELL AS PICKING UP
SOME EVIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN LEFT
BEHIND. AND NOW WARREN PD TELLS
US THAT THEY HAD A SQUAD CAR ALL
OF A MINUTE AWAY FROM HERE WHEN
THAT SHOTS FIRED CALL CAME IN.
SO POLICE WERE OUT HERE ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY. AND THEY THINK THAT
THAT QUICK RESPONSE IS ONE OF
THE REASONS IS NOBODY WAS HURT
OUT HERE. AND THE GUYS WHO CAME
UP HERE TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM,
THEY TOOK OFF RUNNING. TAKE A
LISTEN.
>> WE’RE EXTREMELY LUCKY. AS I
SAID, THERE WAS AT LEAST THREE
BUSLOADS OF STUDENTS RIGHT THERE
AND SIX SHOTS FIRED WITHIN A
COUPLE OF FEET OF THE BUSSES. I
BELIEVE WE JUST GOT LUCKY TODAY
.
>> BACK HERE LIVE, YOU SEE ALL
THESE BUSSES THAT ARE RETURNING
TO THE SCHOOL. THEY’RE ALL
EMPTY. THE POLICE HAVE ASKED
THEM TO RETURN BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR ON BOARD
CAMERAS AND SEE IF THEY CAN FIND
ANY FACIAL VIDEO OF ANY OF THE
PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK WERE
INVOLVED HERE. IN ADDITION,
POLICE JUST TELLING US MOMENTS
AGO THAT THEY THINK THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR TWO CARS THAT CAME
UP HERE TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM.
ONE IS A DARK RED, OLDER MODEL,
IMPALA, AND THE OTHER IS EITHER
A DARK BLUE OR BLACK FORD FOCUS.
SO THEY’RE IN THE PROCESS OF
TRYING TO GET VIDEO RIGHT NOW TO
CONFIRM WHAT THEY THINK THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR. AND THAT’S WHERE
THINGS STAND. I’M EXPECTING
WE’RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM
WARREN PD AS THE EVENING GOES ON
. WE’RE LIVE IN WARREN. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> UPDATES JUST AS SOON AS
THEY’RE POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT,
MARA. THE CHIEF SAYS HE DIDN’T
DESERVE TO DIE.
>> WE DON’T SEE ANY INDICATION
THAT ANY OF THIS WAS JUSTIFIED.
>> A GAS STATION CLERK UNDER
ARREST IN A DEADLY SHOOTING LATE
THIS MORNING.
>> DETROIT POLICE SHUT DOWN THAT
GAS STATION FOR OPERATING
WITHOUT A LICENSE.
>> IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS
MORNING AT THE MOBIL STATION ON
VERNOR, RIGHT NEAR CLARK IN
SOUTHWEST DETROIT. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE WITH MORE ON
WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE. VICTOR
YEAH, DEVIN AND KIMBERLY, THIS
WAS QUITE THE COMMOTION, THE GAS
STATION, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS
SAID, HAS NOW BEEN SHUT DOWN.
WE’LL GET TO THE REASON WHY IN
JUST A MINUTE. BUT THE COPS ARE
STILL HERE TRYING TO CONNECT THE
DOTS ON WHAT WENT WRONG.
>> ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SENSELESS
GUN VIOLENCE, A SHOOTING AT A
GAS STATION LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD
ON VERNOR HIGHWAY AROUND 3:15
A.M. MONDAY MORNING.
>> THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF VERBAL
ALTERCATION IN BETWEEN A STORE
EMPLOYEE AND A CUSTOMER.
>> THE INCIDENT TOOK A TURN FOR
THE WORSE WHEN FOR WHATEVER
REASON, THE CUSTOMER LEFT AND
DECIDED TO COME BACK, CAUSING
THINGS TO BECOME DEADLY.
>> WE KNOW HE HAD EXITED,
ATTEMPTED TO COME BACK IN AT
SOME POINT.
>> ONE SHOT WAS FIRED BY BY THE
STORE EMPLOYEE. IT STRUCK THE
VICTIM AND THE VICTIM IS A MALE,
25, FROM THE CITY OF DETROIT. MY
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
>> THE EMPLOYEE WAS ARRESTED.
THE GUN HE WAS USING UNLICENSED
.
>> WE’RE GOING TO BE TRACKING
THE FIREARM TO SEE IF IT’S USED
IN ANY OTHER CRIMES AND HOW HE
GOT IT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE
ENTIRE STORE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN
DUE TO AN OPERATING ILLEGALLY.
>> THEY DON’T HAVE A BUSINESS
LICENSE TO BE OPENED IN THE CITY
OF DETROIT AND SELL GASOLINE.
>> AT THIS POINT, IT’S
SENSELESS. WE DON’T SEE ANY
INDICATION THAT ANY OF THIS WAS
JUSTIFIED IN ANY WAY. THERE WAS
NO ONE WAS AT RISK.
>> AND ONCE AGAIN, THE CHIEF IS
SAYING THAT HIS CONDOLENCES ARE
GOING TO THE FAMILY OF THIS 25
YEAR OLD. BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOING DOOR
TO DOOR ON THIS STRETCH OF ROAD
RIGHT HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
OF THESE OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE
THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING. AND
IF THEY DON’T, THEY’LL BE SHUT
DOWN AS WELL. SOUTHWEST TONIGHT,
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4, ALL
RIGHT, VICTOR, A MAN IS MURDERED
IN ANN ARBOR NOT FAR FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
>> CAMPUS POLICE SAY THE 24 YEAR
OLD MAN WAS WALKING TO HIS HOME
ON SANDALWOOD CIRCLE NEAR NIXON
AND PLYMTH ROAD WHEN THE
SHOOTER OPENED FIRE.
>> THE VICTIM MADE IT INSIDE HIS
HOME WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN
THREE YEAR OLD SON INSIDE.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT CONTINUED
TO SHOOT, KILLING THE MAN. A
WOMAN AND CHILD WERE NOT HURT.
THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND
POLICE BELIEVE THE TWO KNEW EACH
OTHER AFTER COMPLAINTS OF
OVERCROWDING AND ALLEGATIONS
THAT A TEENAGER WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED WHILE IN CUSTODY.
>> WAYNE COUNTY IS LIFTING AN
EMERGENCY ORDER AT THE JUVENILE
DETENTION FACILITY. AND MORE
THAN A YEAR NOW SINCE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND SINCE
STAFFING HAS IMPROVED, THE
NUMBER OF KIDS IN CUSTODY IS
DOWN. COUNTY ALSO SAYS IT IS
DOUBLED THE SPACE IN HOUSING
PODS AND IMPROVING THE DAY TO
DAY FOR THE KIDS.
>> IT HAS INCREASED THE AMOUNT
OF IN-PERSON SCHOOLING THAT
THEY’LL GET, INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF REC TIME, MADE SURE THAT
EVERY CHILD WILL GET A SHOWER
EVERY SINGLE DAY AS WE’D WANT
FOR ANY OF OUR KIDS. WAYNE
COUNTY IS ALSO RAISED WAGES.
>> THEY SAY THAT HAS HELPED
ALLOW THE DETENTION CENTER TO
ADD 54 ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS
.
>> WELL, CONDITIONS ARE SO BAD,
GOVERNOR WHITMER IS ASKING
MICHIGANDERS TO NOT HAVE FIRES
OUTSIDE. MEANWHILE WHILE
OFFICIALS UP NORTH NOW SAY A
MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR GRAYLING
ALL STARTED WITH A CAMP FIRE ON
PRIVATE LAND. THE FIRE EXPLODE
ADDED IN SIZE OVER THE WEEKEND,
FORCING HOMES TO BE EVACUATED.
AND I 75 TO BE SHUT DOWN AT ONE
POINT. WILL JONES IS LIVE ON
THIS STORY TONIGHT. WILL THE
FIRST RISK IS HIGH ALL ACROSS
THE STATE. KIMBERLY WE ARE IN
DIRE NEED OF RAIN.
>> WE HAVEN’T HAD A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF RAIN IN OVER A MONTH
FUELING CONCERNS ABOUT WILDFIRES
AS CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE
WILDFIRE NEAR GRAYLING. THE
MICHIGAN DNR HAS A WARNING ABOUT
THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE STATE.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS
THAT WE MONITOR DAILY TO ASSESS
WILDFIRE RISK AND SOME OF THOSE
FACTORS ARE SHOWING NUMBERS THAT
WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN MORE THAN 20
YEARS.
>> THE WEATHER IS A HUGE RISK
FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO
POTENTIAL WILDFIRES.
>> THE FIRE RISK WE ARE ACROSS
ALMOST ALL OF THE STATE IS
EXTREME.
>> SOME IN CERTAIN AREAS WE
HAVEN’T SEEN RAIN IN NEARLY A
MONTH. AND SO THINGS ARE DRY. AS
DRY CAN GET BECAUSE OF THE DRY
CONDITIONS.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER IS NOW
ASKING RESIDENTS TO NOT SET
FIRES OUTSIDE. ALSO, THE
MICHIGAN DNR IS NOT ISSUING BURN
PERMITS. THE AGENCY SAYS PEOPLE
CALLS NINE OUT OF TEN WILDFIRES
BURNING YARD DEBRIS IS THE TOP
WILDFIRE CALLS IN MICHIGAN, A
CAMPFIRE SPARKED THE WILDERNESS
TRAIL FIRE. IT HAS BURNED ABOUT
2400 ACRES. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S
NOW MORE THAN 90% CONTAINED.
THIS TRULY IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
SET OF CONDITIONS, ONES THAT
ALLOW WILDFIRES TO START VERY
EASILY AND THEN TO SPREAD VERY
RAPIDLY. THE DNR IS TELLING
EVERYONE, ONE, TO BE CAUTIOUS IF
STARTING A CAMPFIRE, IF YOU’RE
GOING TO HAVE A CAMPFIRE, MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE RUNNING WATER
NEARBY, A HOSE READY TO GO HAVE
A SHOVEL SO YOU CAN STIR IN THE
EMBERS WHEN YOU’RE FINISHED WITH
THE FIRE, MAKE SURE IT’S
EXTINGUISHED THE DNR PUTS
FIREFIGHTERS IN LOCATIONS WHERE
WILDFIRES ARE LIKELY TO HAPPEN
AND SPREAD QUICKLY IF THEY SEE
FIRE OR SMOKE FROM ONE OF THEIR
PLANES, THEY PUT THEIR
FIREFIGHTERS INTO ACTION. A
QUICK RESPONSE CAN MAKE ALL THE
DIFFERENCE. KIMBERLY WILL DO. WE
KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO
BE AN ISSUE?
>> WELL, KIMBERLY JUNE HAS
STARTED OFF VERY DRY AND IT’S
LIKELY TO CONTINUE.
>> SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE KEEPING THEIR EYES TO THE
SKIES, HOPING FOR SOME HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. KIMBERLY, THAT WOULD
CERTAINLY HELP.
>> OKAY. WILL THANK YOU. AND IN
FACT, LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE FROM OUR ANN ARBOR SKY
CAM A BIT COOLER TODAY, BUT
YEAH, STILL LOOKING FOR SOME
RAIN LAWNS GETTING KIND OF
CRISPY AND THE FIRE RISK AS WE
JUST SEE REALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW.
>> SO LET’S GET OVER TO KIM
ADAMS.
>> KIM, WE’VE GOT MORE DRY DAYS
AHEAD. IT LOOKS LIKE TWO. WE
HAVE A STRING OF DRY DAYS,
ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME RAIN IN
THE FORECAST LATER ON THAT I’LL
TELL YOU ABOUT.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW, WE’RE FOCUSED
ON THE SKY CONDITIONS BECAUSE IT
LOOKS LIKE IT’S A CLOUDY DAY AND
IT’S LOOKED LIKE THAT FOR THE
MOST OF THE DAY. THAT’S ACTUALLY
NOT CLOUD COVER. THERE’S SOME
CLOUDS, BUT MOST OF IT IS SMOKE
COMING FROM THOSE CANADIAN
WILDFIRES. TEMPERATURES ARE IN
THE MID 70S IN PONTIAC, 80
DEGREES IN DETROIT. AND IN
ADRIAN EXACT TRACK, 40 RADAR
TRACKING THAT SMOKE IT IS THE
HEAVIEST ON THE EAST SIDE UP
INTO THE THUMB. YOU CAN SEE THE
SCALE HERE GOES FROM LIGHT TO
MODERATE TO THICK. AND THEN THE
RED IS FIRE. SO WE’VE GOT THICK
FOG ACROSS, THICK HAZE.
ACTUALLY, IT’S FROM THE SMOKE
FROM THE WILDFIRES IN THE UPPER
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT’S
WHAT’S CAUSING THAT HAZE ON THE
EAST SIDE, A LITTLE BIT LESS ON
THE WEST SIDE. BUT NONETHELESS,
IT’S DEFINITELY MADE FOR SOME
BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS. WE COULD USE
SOME RAIN AND WE’RE NOT SEEING
MUCH OF IT AT ALL. THERE IS A
LITTLE BIT IN THE FORECAST LATE
ON IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND,
75 IN MOUNT CLEMENS, MID 70S IN
PONTIAC, 80 AT CITY AIRPORT
TOMORROW, DRY AS A BONE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE RAIN
CHANCES, THOUGH, COULD AFFECT