DOWNTOWN. DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST, BUT EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR SHOWING WHY WE
COULD BE IN FOR A WINTRY MIX TO
START 2023. GOOD EVENING. IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO NEW YORK
CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT, YOU SHOULD
BE OKAY. BUT TOMORROW MORNING
COULD BE A BIT TRICKIER.
BRYAN SCHUERMAN TRACKING IT ALL
AND JOINS US THIS EVENING,
BRIAN, THAT RAIN. WE NEEDED IT,
BUT I’M GLAD IT’S OUT OF HERE.
I’M GLAD IT’S OUT OF HERE TO
GRANT. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE
LAST PART OF 2022 ON A DRY NOTE
FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR THE RAIN
OUT OF HERE. BUT AS GRANT WAS
ALLUDING TO, WE COULD SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF A WINTRY MIX
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND EARLY ON NEW YEAR’S
MORE RING TOWER CAM OVER
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. WE’VE KEPT THE
CLOUD COVER NOW THAT THE RAIN IS
GONE FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE.
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE
UPPER THIRTIES AS YOU’RE HEADING
OUT EARLY THIS EVENING, 39 RIGHT
NOW, HERE IN DETROIT, 38 OVER AN
ANN ARBOR 39 TONIGHT AS YOU’RE
WORKING OVER INTO HOW AND 39
RIGHT NOW WORKING OVER INTO
ADRIAN BEHIND THE RAIN THAT
MOVED QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST.
WITH THE COLD FRONT. WE’VE LEFT
THE CLOUD COVER FOR JUST ABOUT
THE ENTIRE STATE. BUT YOU LOOK
OFF TO THE WEST HEADING OVER
LAKE MICHIGAN THAT IS SNOW
COMING OFF OF WISCONSIN CROSSING
INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. BUT WITH
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY FALLING INTO
THE THIRTIES. TONIGHT WE ARE DRY
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT,
AND THAT’S WHEN I START TO BRING
IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A WINTRY
MIX AS TEMPERATURES GO NEAR THAT
FREEZING MARK HEADING INTO EARLY
ON NEW YEAR’S MORNING, WE’RE
GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
AND NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY NEXT
WEEK. YOU’RE COMPLETE FOREIGN
FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES, AND WITH THE RAIN AND
SNOW INTO THE FORECAST. DON’T
FORGET TO DOWNLOAD THAT FOREWARN
WEATHER APP THE BEST WAY TO GET
EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR, FUTURE
TRACK AND WEATHER ALERTS. ALL IN
THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS. YOU CAN
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ALRIGHT. THANKS, BRIAN. WE’LL
SEE YOU SOON. A 15 YEAR OLD BOY
WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A HOTEL
PARTY OVERNIGHT. IT HAPPENED AT
THE HAWTHORNE SUITES JUST ON THE
BORDER OF DEARBORN IN DETROIT
ARE JACQUELINE FRANCIS, IS THERE
LIVE? JACQUELINE? WHAT DO WE
KNOW THIS EVENING? GRANT MORE
THAN 12 HOURS LATER, AND WE’RE
TOLD NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE
AS DETROIT POLICE CONTINUE TO
SEARCH FOR THE PERSON THAT SHOT
AND KILLED THAT 15 YEAR OLD BOY
AT A HOTEL PARTY EARLY THIS
MORNING. AROUND 3 30 THIS
MORNING, DETROIT POLICE
RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A
SHOOTING AT HAWTHORN SUITES OFF
OF SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY NEAR THE
DEARBORN AND DETROIT BORDER
OFFICERS TELLING US AROUND 20 TO
30 TEENS WERE THERE FOR A HOTEL
PARTY WHEN GUNSHOTS RANG OUT,
TAKING THE LIFE OF A 15 YEAR OLD
BOY. THE VICTIM CAME TO THE DOOR
DOORWAY. AND SHOTS WERE FIRED
FROM THE GROUND FROM NOT ONLY
FROM THE GROUND BUT ALSO FROM
THE APARTMENT. AT EACH OTHER,
AND THE VICTIM WAS HIT IN THE
CHEST. CAME BACK INSIDE THE
APARTMENT WHERE HE PASSED AWAY.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE
DISPUTE STARTED AND SOCIAL MEDIA
THERE WAS SOME SOME TALK ABOUT
SOME SOCIAL MEDIA CHATTER. WHERE
SOME PEOPLE CALLING EACH OTHER
OUT. POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING
FOR AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT AS THEY
CONTINUE TO PIECE TOGETHER. WHAT
HAPPENED? IT WAS PRETTY WILD AND
CHAOTIC AT FIRST PEOPLES. COOLER
HEADS HAVE PREVAILED THERE. CALM
DOWN NOW AND THEY’RE BEING
COOPERATIVE. SOME OF THE PARENTS
TOOK THEIR KIDS AND LEFT RIGHT
AWAY. OTHERS SOMEONE TO THE
POLICE PRECINCT AND SIXTH
PRECINCT AND GAVE STATEMENTS
WHICH WAS APPRECIATED BECAUSE
THAT’S WHERE WE GOT A LOT OF OUR
GOOD INFORMATION. POLICE SAY
THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION. WE REACHED OUT TO
HAWTHORN SUITES, BUT THEY
DECLINED COMMENT. REPORTING LIVE
IN DETROIT, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT TRACK ON
SILVER, VERY SCARY AND SAD
SITUATION. THANK YOU. DETROIT
POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE
PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A
PERSON OF INTEREST IN AN ARMED
ROBBERY. TAKE A GOOD LOOK HERE.
POLICE SAY THE ROBBERY TOOK
PLACE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AROUND 2 30, NEAR EAST SEVEN
MILE AND JOHN ARE IN HIGHLAND
PARK. ANYBODY WHO RECOGNIZES
THIS MAN IN THIS PHOTO OR HAS
ANY MORE INFORMATION, IS ASKED
TO CALL THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE JUST A FEW
HOURS LEFT IN 2022 SO HAPPY NEW
YEAR’S EVE. EVERYBODY IT DOES
FEEL A BIT DIFFERENT FOR A LOT
OF FOLKS THIS YEAR, WITH FEWER
COVID 19 RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE,
THE MOST ICONIC NEW YEAR’S PARTY
, OF COURSE, ALWAYS TAKEN PLACE
IN TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY
, WHICH, AS WE CAN SEE HERE AT
THIS LIVE LOOK OF TIMES WHERE
ALREADY PRETTY BUSY PRETTY
CROWDED DOWN THERE. PEOPLE
STARTED CLAIMING SPOTS THIS
MORNING IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
MIDNIGHT BALL DROP. AND OF
COURSE, IN SOME PARTS, THE WORLD
IT’S ALREADY 2023. SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA WAS AMONG THE FIRST
MAJOR CITIES TO WELCOME IN THE
NEW YEAR WITH THEIR ANNUAL
FIREWORKS DISPLAY. 7000
FIREWORKS WERE LAUNCHED FROM THE
SYDNEY HARBOR BRIDGE AND ANOTHER
2000 FIREWORKS FROM ITS ICONIC
OPERA HOUSE. IT ALL HAPPENED IN
FRONT OF A CROWD OF MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE. AND TAKING A
LOOK AT A FEW OTHER CELEBRATIONS
IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. HERE
ARE SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS
DISPLAY IN THAILAND THERE ON THE
LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN OVER
THE RIVER BANGKOK AS WELL AS
VICTORIA HARBOR ON THE RIGHT IN
HONG KONG. AND THIS IS A GOOD
TIME TO REMIND EVERYBODY HERE
LOCALLY IN MICHIGAN, THE TRIPLE
A IS OFFERING TO HELP KEEP
IMPAIRED DRIVERS OFF THE ROAD
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
THEY’RE TOLD TO GO PROGRAM
PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION FOR
DRIVERS AND THEIR VEHICLES WITH
TO A SAFE LOCATION WITHIN A 10
MILE RADIUS. THE SERVICE IS FREE
, BUT TRIPLE A ASKED THAT IT
ONLY BE USED AS A LAST RESORT.
THAT PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH SIX
A.M. ON MONDAY. POPE BENEDICT
WAS THE LEADER OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLICS FROM 2005 TO 2013 AND
DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF
95. HE NEVER WANTED TO BE POPE
BUT TOOK THE JOB WHEN CALLED
UPON AND THEN SHOCKED THE WORLD
BY GIVING IT UP WHEN HE FELT IT
WAS TIME FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO
LEAD THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. POPE
BENEDICT 16TH WAS A CLEAR
FAVORITE TO FILL THE VACANCY
LEFT BY HIS CLOSE FRIEND, POPE
JOHN PAUL, THE SECOND BORN
JOSEPH RATZINGER IN GERMANY, HE
WAS ORDAINED AS A PRIEST IN 1951
AND LATER ELECTED ARCHBISHOP OF
MUNICH AND THEN ELEVATED TO
CARDINAL POPE JOHN PAUL, THE
SECOND NAMED RATZINGER, THE HEAD
OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE
DOCTRINE OF FAITH, WHICH MEANT
HE ENFORCED AND INTERPRETED THE
DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. KNOWN AS
A HARDLINER, HE ISSUED A FIRM
VATICAN DENUNCIATION OF SAME SEX
MARRIAGE. THEN IN 2000, HE
BRANDED OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
AS DEFICIENT, SHOCKING SEVERAL
PROTESTANT FAITHS. OKAY, SO. HE
TOOK OVER AS LEADER OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 2005, AND WAS
CREDITED WITH STRENGTHENING THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH’S CORE BELIEFS
AND ENCOURAGING UNITY AMONG
CHRISTIANS. LET’S SEE DIVISIONS
WHICH EXIST AMONG CHRISTIANS AS
CANDLE TO THE WORD. AND THEN THE
OPPOSITE SECRETARIES. THE
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
DURING HIS PAPACY. THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH WAS ROCKED BY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST SCANDALS IN DECADES. THE
ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY
PRIESTS. HE PROMISED REFORM AND
APOLOGIZED TO VICTIMS SUPPORTED
A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ON ABUSE
AND THROUGH HUNDREDS OF PRIESTS
OUT OF THE PRIESTHOOD FOR
ABUSING MINORS. HE REIGNED AS A
POPE FOR EIGHT YEARS UNTIL HE
ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION IN
2013, CITING A LACK OF STRENGTH
OF MIND AND BODY DUE TO HIS
ADVANCED AGE. HE BECAME THE
FIRST POPE IN 600 YEARS TO
RESIGN THE POST AND THEREFORE
WITNESSED THE SELECTION OF HIS
SUCCESSOR. AND BY DOING SO, POPE
BENEDICT DEMONSTRATED HE WAS NOT
AFRAID TO STEP ASIDE WHEN HE
FELT IT WAS BEST FOR THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE VATICAN
SAYS BENEDICT REMAINS WILL BE ON
PUBLIC DISPLAY IN ST PETER’S
BASILICA STARTING MONDAY. HIS
FUNERAL IS SET TO BE HELD ON
THURSDAY. JANUARY 5TH IN ST
PETER’S SQUARE, POPE FRANCIS
SPOKE FONDLY OF BENEDICT AT A
SERVICE THIS MORNING. AND
SPEAKING OF KINDNESS. THIS
MOMENT MY THOUGHT GOES
SPONTANEOUSLY TODAY. POPE
EMERITUS BENEDICT THE 16TH LEFT
US THIS MORNING. WE ARE MOVED AS
WE RECALL HIM AS SUCH A NOBLE
PERSON KIND FEEL SUCH GRATITUDE
IN OUR HEARTS. GRATITUDE TO GOD
FOR HAVING GIVEN HIM TO THE
CHURCH AND TO THE WORLD
GRATITUDE TO HIM. FOR ALL THE
GOOD HE ACCOMPLISHED AND ABOVE
ALL FOR HIS WITNESS OF FAITH AND
PRAYER. AND THIS STATEMENT FROM
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT
ARCHBISHOP ALLEN VICURON, SAYING
OF BENEDICT. WHILE HIS MANY
GIFTS HAVE LONG BEEN EVIDENT,
HIS PENETRATING INTELLECT, HIS
PIETY, HIS COURAGE. WHAT
RESONATES WITH ME NOW IS HIS
PROFOUND HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS
WITH WHICH HE EXERCISED HIS
MINISTRY. NEW AT SIX. THIS IS
WHAT’S LEFT OF A PONTIAC
FAMILY’S HOME AND NOW THEY’RE
LEFT WITH NOTHING. BUT YOU CAN