>> Anchor: LOCAL 4 NEWS BEGINS RIGHT NOW WITH A BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
NEWS ALERT. >> Anchor: THAT IS BREAKING
NEWS FROM DETROIT WESTSIDE.
ONE PERSON DEAD.
TWO OTHERS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. AFTER GUN FIRE ERUPTS ON
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY SERVICE
DRIVE.
DRIVE. OFF THE TOP TONIGHT AT 11:00.
VICTIMS CRASHED AT A GAS STATION
WHERE GUNMAN CONTINUED TO SHOOT
INTO THEIR CAR.
>> IT HAPPENED RIGHT OFF
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY NEAR WEST
7-MILE ROAD.
7-MILE ROAD. JERMONT TERRY IS LIVE.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A GREEN
LIGHT STATION.
LIGHT STATION. >> Reporter: YES.
I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT
VIDEO FROM GREEN LIGHT BUSINESS.
IT CLEARLY SHOWED A BLACK CAR
GETTING CHASED DOWN 7-MILE HERE.
THEN IN THE PROCESS ANOTHER
VEHICLE, SUV, RIGHT BEHIND IT.
WHEN THAT SEDAN TURNED ON TO
SERVICE DRIVE HERE IT LOST
CONTROL.
CONTROL. CRASHING RIGHT INTO THAT POLE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK OFF ON
NORTHBOUND ENTRANCE OF THE
SERVICE DRIVE YOU SEE MANY, MANY
GUN CASINGS.
GUN CASINGS. THAT’S ALL CAME FROM ONE CAR.
ONE SUV.
ONE SUV. AND POTENTIALLY TWO GUNMEN
FIRING TRYING TOY KILL ALL THREE
PEOPLE INSIDE.
PEOPLE INSIDE. >> A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN TWO
VEHICLES STARTED TO ARGUE ON
WESTMORELAND OFF 7-MILE.
UNCLEAR IF WORDS WERE EXCHANGED
INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, ON THE
STREET OR WHILE MEN WERE IN
THEIR VEHICLES BUT WE DO KNOW
FIRST OF SEVERAL SHOTS WENT OFF
HERE.
HERE. >>POW,POW,POW.
>>POW,POW,POW. NINE OR TEN SHOTS.
LOUD.
LOUD. EXTREMELY LOUD.
EXTREMELY LOUD. >> NEIGHBORS TOOK OFFER AND
THREE MEN INVOLVED IN ARGUMENT
JUMPED INTO BLACK CAR.
>> I SEEN THE CAR SPEED DOWN THE
STREET.
STREET. AND HARD TO TELL WHAT KIND OF
CAR IT WAS.
IT WAS A BLACK CAR.
IT WAS GOING AS FAST AS HELL
DOWN THE STREET.
>> Reporter: THOSE MEN JUMPED
INTO BACK IMPALA AND ON THEIR
TAIL A SUV WITH GUNMAN BEHIND
THEM.
THEM. AND THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED
SOME MEN IN SUV CHASE BLACK
IMPALA DOWN 7-MILE HEADING EAST
CROSSING SOUTH FIELD AND BLACK
IMPALA LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED
INTO A POLE.
THIS IMAGE FROM SURVEILLANCE
SHOWED TWO MEN HANGING OUT OF
SUV.
SUV. AND OPENED FIRE.
AND RIDDLEED THAT CAR WITH
BULLETS WITH HIGH POWERED
WEAPON.
WEAPON. >> ONE GENTLEMAN IS DECEASED
DRIVER.
DRIVER. AND TWO OTHERS IN THE HOSPITAL
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: AT THIS TIME
THERE IS NO WORD ON THE TWO
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE INSIDE OF
THE BLACK IMPALA.
WE DO KNOW, AGAIN, JUST RUSHED
TO HOSPITAL.
TO HOSPITAL. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE PERSON DEAD.
AND DETROIT POLICE ARE ACTIVELY
SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE.
THOSE GUNMEN.
THOSE GUNMEN. INSIDE OF THE SUV.
UNCLEAR ON EXACT MAKE OF THE
SUV.
SUV. LOOKS TO BE A GMC BUT DPD
LOOKING AT THE VIDEO THEY ARE
NOT RELEASING HOPING TO CATCH
THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THESE INDIVIDUALS. REPORTING LIVE FROM WESTSIDE.
JERMONT TERRY, LOCAL 4.
>> Anchor: IF YOU KNOW
SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING.
SPEAK UP.
SPEAK UP. THANK YOU JERMONT.
>> BROOKS PATTERSON’S FUNERAL
HAS NOT HAPPENED BUT JOCKEYING
TO BE APPOINTED TO HIS JOB
REACHED SUCH A FEVERISH PITCH
FAMILY WENT PUBLIC WITH HOW
DISTASTEFUL THE PROCESS S THEY
ARE NOT ALONE.
MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE IN
WATERFORD.
WATERFORD. ALREADY QUITE A FEW SCENARIOS
HERE TO PLAY OUT.
>> Reporter: DEVIN THERE. AND
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THIS.
WILL OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO APPOINT
SOMEONE TO FULFILL THE REST OF
THE TERM B A YEAR.
OR IF BOARD OF COMMISSIONER DOES
NOTHING FOR NEXT 30 DAYS IT
WOULD TRIGGER A SPECIAL ELECTION
IN SPRING.
IN SPRING. AND THE VOTERS WOULD DECIDE.
ALL THE BAD FEELINGS REALLY
STARTED TO BUBBLE OVER ON
TUESDAY AT PATTERSON’S PUBLIC
VIEWING.
VIEWING. MEISNER GOES PUBLIC WITH ANGER
OVER HOW BOARD OF COMMISSIONER
WAS CHOOSING SUCCESSOR.
>> FIX N I THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO CALL FOR OPENNESS.
>> Reporter: MEISNER HAS SAID
HE WAS RUNNING FOR EXECUTIVE.
NOT ONLY WILL BE.
CHAIR OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS DAVE WOODWARD HAS
BEEN LOBBY PING TO BE APPOINTED
EXECUTIVE WANTS AND TO RUN.
BOTH MEN ARE DEMOCRATS.
MULTIPLE SOURCES CONFIRM
WOODWARD THAT IS WELL LIKED
LINED UP VOTES AND DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN AND ORIGINALLY BOARD
WOULD VOTE HIM IN TONIGHT.
WHEN MEISNER COMPLAINED THE
BOARD THEN DECIDED TO HOLD THE
VOTE NEXT WEEK.
ON THE DAY OF PATTERSON’S
FUNERAL.
FUNERAL. >> HE SPENT 45 YEARS OF HIS LIFE
HERE IN THIS COUNTY.
THEY CAN WAIT TWO OR THREE WEEKS
BEFORE THEY GO AND REPLACE HIM.
>> Reporter: PATTERSON’S
CHILDREN DISGUSTED.
CHILDREN DISGUSTED. DAUGHTER MARY MARGARET SAYING
QUOTE THIS HEARTLESS PLAY FOR
POWER IS UNFORGIVABLE.
AND OUR FATHER DESERVES MORE
RESPECT.
RESPECT. SHE IS NOT ALONE.
I WEIGH THE PROCESS IS HANDLED
AND MEISNER VERSUS WOODWARD
BATTLE IS NOT PLAYING WELL.
>> YOU KNOW THIS TACKY APPROACH
THEY ARE TAKING WOULD BE
OFFENSIVE.
OFFENSIVE. THIS IS SOMEONE THAT JUST
PASSED.
PASSED. THEY DON’T -- THEY COULD USE 30
DAYS BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. TO DO IT, YOU KNOW ORIGINALLY ON
DAY OF THE FUNERAL.
I MEAN INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL.
>> Anchor: BACK HERE LIVE.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONER HAS TAKEN
SO MUCH FLAK OVER THIS DECISION
IT HAS NOW DECIDED TO MOVE THAT
MEETING TO THE DAY AFTER
PATTERSON’S FUNERAL.
PATTERSON’S FUNERAL. NOW DOES DAVE WOODWARD HAVE THE
VOTES NECESSARY TO BE APPOINTED
AS INTERIM, OR COUNTY EXECUTIVE?
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEASONAL.
LIKELY YES.
LIKELY YES. BUT THERE IS A WEEK TO GO HERE
AND THINGS CAN CHANGE.
DEVIN, KIMBERLY, BACK TO YOU.
>> AND MARA YOU AND I WERE
TALKING THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT
THESE RUMORS RUNNING ROUNDABOUT
POTENTIAL LAWSUITS OVER HOW YOU
THIS IS HANDLED.
>> Reporter: SO THAT IS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. BUT NOT PROBABLE.
ANDY MEISNER TOLD ME TONIGHT HE
IS NOT PLANNING TO SUE ANYONE.
HAS NO LITIGATION READY TO GO.
NOW THAT SAID.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER PARTIES
THAT HAVE WATCHED HOW THIS HAS
GONE DOWN AT THE BOARD AND ARE
NOT PLEASED WITH LEVEL OF
TRANSPARENCY THEY SEE HERE.
SO STAND BY DEVIN WE WILL SEE.
>> Anchor: WE WILL.
ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT. WELL TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING
DOWN TO THE 50s.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> Anchor: KIND OF NICE FOR
START OF FOOTBALL, I GUESS.
>> Anchor: I GUESS.
ONE GOOD THING ABOUT START OF
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL. >> Anchor: SO CHECK?
WITH BEN.
WITH BEN. HUMIDITY, LACK OF IT, LAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND?
>> Weather: IT WILL KIM.
THAT IS THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL. WE WILL LET BERNIE DEAL WITH
THIS LATER ON.
I DON’T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. 71 METRO.
71 METRO. AND WE ARE ALREADY IN 50s IN
ANN ARBOR. WITH THAT LACK OF
HUMIDITY.
HUMIDITY. IT IS REALLY GOING TO ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP TONIGHT.
BUMP CUSS ON RADAR.
THINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
UPCOMING WEEKEND.
UPCOMING WEEKEND. AND THIS COULD START TO BECOME A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWS PLACES ARE
ABNORMALLY DRY OR WHAT WE CALL
PREDROUGHT.
PREDROUGHT. MAINLY NORTH ZONE ANDPATS OF OUR
SOUTH ZONE.
SOUTH ZONE. SO IF WE DO NOT GET RAIN IN HERE
QUICK THAT COULD A PROBLEM THAT
GETS WORSE.
GETS WORSE. AS WE GO FORWARD TO NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.
DAYS. TEMPERATURES STARTING IN 50s
TOMORROW MORNING.
TOMORROW MORNING. AND ON OUR WAY TO MID 70s IN
THE AFTERNOON.
THE AFTERNOON. AND INTO 80s IN AFTERNOON.
BUT WITHOUT THAT YOU HUMIDITY IT
WILL FEEL A LOT DIFFERENT.
TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND AND HOW
LONG THIS STRETCH COULD POSSIBLY
LAST.
LAST. COMING UP.
COMING UP. DEVIN.
DEVIN. >> Anchor: ALRIGHT.
NOW TO A STORY GETTING ATTENTION
ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM TONIGHT.
BECAUSE THE VIDEO IS
ASTONISHING.
ASTONISHING. IT SHOWS A DOG BASICALLY BEING
USED AS A WEAPON DURING A FIGHT
IN A ROSEVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT VICIOUS FIGHT FROM
YESTERDAY WITH TEENAGERS AND
CHILDREN AND AT LEAST ONE ADULT.
SOME SAY THIS MAY LAY AMOUNTED
TO RACIST ATTACK.
OTHERS DEFEND USE OF THE DOG AS
SELF DEFENSE.
SELF DEFENSE. >> DOG DID ITS PART.
I DON’T CARE HOW ANYONE LOOKS AT
IT.
IT. DOG DEFENDED ITS FAMILY.
THAT’S WHAT THE DOG DID.
THAT’S -- BOTTOM LINE IT DID
WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> ACTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
WITH THE DOG MAY OR MAY NOT
RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES, BUT
AS IN MOST CASES WE WANT A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION BEFORE
ACTION OF PLACING SOMEONE YOU
SHOULD ARREST.
SHOULD ARREST. >> BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED IN
FIGHT ARE BLAMING OTHER SIDE.
ROSEVILLE POLICE SAY IT IS ALL
UNDER INVESTIGATION TONIGHT.
>> AND MAN IN CENTER OF THE
SERIAL KILLER INVESTIGATION WILL
BE GOING TO TRIAL FOR SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING A 51-YEAR-OLD DETROIT
WOMAN.
WOMAN. A JUDGE DECIDING TODAY THAT
THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO
BRING D’ANGELO MARTIN’S CASE TO
TRIAL AFTER HEARING EMOTIONAL
TESTIMONY FROM THE VICTIM INSIDE
OF THE COURTROOM TODAY.
>> SO I RAN FROM BEHIND AND
GRABBED ME.
GRABBED ME. >> WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND AT THE TIME YOU ARE CHOKED.
>> I AM ABOUT TO DIE.
I OVERPOWERED HIM.
I WENT BACK AND I JUST STUCK
HIM.
HIM. AGAIN I WENT BACK AGAIN.
AND I STUCK HIM AGAIN.
>> HOW DID YOU GET OUT.
>> JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW.
THROUGH IT.
THROUGH IT. DIVED OUT OF THERE.
>> Anchor: MARTIN HAS YET TO
BE CHARGED IN ANY OF THE MURDERS
RELATING TO SERIAL KILLER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. BUT REMAINS THE ONLY SUSPECT.
>> Anchor: PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HOLDING PUBLIC MEET AND GREET TO
WELCOME NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
FIRST MUSLIM WOMAN IN THE NATION
IN FACT, TO SERVE AS
SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. SHE HAS MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE SERVING AS SCHOOL
RESOURCE TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL.
DURING HER TENURE.
>> AND VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
IS RESCHEDULING HIS VISIT TO
DETROIT.
DETROIT. PENCE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
TO SPEAK IN FRONT.
ECONOMIC CLUB.
ECONOMIC CLUB. VICE-PRESIDENT PLANS TO VISIT
MONDAY AUGUST 19 TO SPEAK AT THE
MOTOR CITY CASINO HOTEL.
MISSING FOR 52 YEARS.
REMAINS OF A PILOT KILLED IN AN
ACTION FINALLY COME HOME.
>> Anchor: IT BECAME AN
EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE AT A AIRPORT
INVOLVING HIS SON.
WE WILL HAVE A STORY IN A
MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> AND TROUBLE AT WAL-MART WHEN
A MAN DRIVES A GOLF CART INTO
THE STORE.
THE STORE. SEE HOW THIS WILD RIDE FINALLY
ENDS.
ENDS. >> ARE BUT COMING UP FIRST.
MICHIGAN POLICE OFFICER UNDER
INVESTIGATION TONIGHT AFTER A
DISTURBING DISCOVERY INSIDE OF
HIS HOME.
HIS HOME. >> MY WIFE WAS STILL WALKING UP
THE STAIRS.
THE STAIRS. SO SHE SAID WHAT IS WRONG?
I SAID THIS IS MISERABLE.
LET’S GO.
LET’S GO. >> WHAT WAS FOUND INSIDE OF THE
ROSS’S HOME THAT HAS HIM OFF THE
JOB.
JOB. UP NEXT.
UP NEXT. >> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US.
WE HAVE UPDATE ON BREAKING NEWS
FIRST BROUGHT AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE NEWSCAST.
THESE ARE SURVEILLANCE PICTURES
OF THE SUSPECTS AND THEIR
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. WANTED IN THAT TRIPLE SHOOTING
ON DETROIT’S WESTSIDE THAT LEFT
ONE PERSON DEAD.
TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED.
>> THIS STARTED WITH AN ARGUMENT
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ON
WESTMORELAND AND 7-MILE.
EXPENDS AT THE GAS STATION ON
7-MILE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY.
BLACK IMPALA CRASH. TWO MEN IN
SUV UNLEASHED REIGN OF GUN FIRE.
SO FAR NO ARREST.
WE WILL UPDATE IT.