IT’S USING DEADLY FORCE ON A MAN WHO THEY SAY STOCKED SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX GIRLFRIEND IN A
HOTEL PARKING LOT. THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF SCENES TO THIS A
NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT ARE
INVESTIGATING THIS TONIGHT
PLENTY OF MOVING PARTS, SO LET’S
TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS STEP BY
STEP THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY
THE SHOOTER OPENED FIRE ON HIS
EX GIRLFRIEND AND HER NEW
BOYFRIEND IN THE PARKING LOT OF
A HOTEL. NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY
THAT SHOOTING LEFT THE WOMAN
DEAD AND THE MAN CRITICALLY
INJURED, THEN A FEW HOURS LATER
ON THE LODGE SERVICE, DR AT
SEVEN MILE. POLICE STOPPED THE
SUSPECT IN THE CASE. HE WAS IN
THIS CONVERTIBLE WHEN POLICE SAY
HE REACHED FOR A GUN, AND THAT
IS WHEN OFFICERS BEGAN SHOOTING
. VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE WITH MORE
ON THIS AND YOU JUST GOT AN
UPDATE HERE FROM POLICE WITHIN
THE PAST HOUR, VICTOR OH, YEAH,
WELL, FIRST OFF, LET’S JUST SAY
IT WAS A VERY BUSY DAY FOR BOTH
THE SOUTHFIELD AND DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITH 1, 40
YEAR OLD WOMAN, AND FORTUNATELY
NOW BEING KILLED AND THE PERSON
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING
THAT TO HER MEETING THEIR FATE
AT THE HANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS
RIGHT BEHIND ME. TRAUMATIZING TO
SEE MAN. I’M TELLING YOU, IT’S
REALLY TRAUMATIZED AND SEE ALL
THAT BLOOD OFFICERS SHOULDN’T
KILL A MAN ALLEGEDLY ON THE RUN
FOR SHOOTING HIS EX GIRLFRIEND,
ALONG WITH HER NEW LOVER EARLIER
IN THE DAY AT THE DETROIT
MARRIOTT SOUTHFIELD HOTEL AT 9
24 AM IT APPEARS THAT HE WAITED
IN THE PARKING LOT UNTIL THE
EXIT AT THE HOTEL, AT WHICH TIME
HE USED AN ASSAULT RIFLE AND DID
SHOOT BOTH OF THEM. ONE MAN
WISHING NOT TO GO ON CAMERA SAW
THE AFTERMATH ONCE POLICE CAUGHT
UP TO THE SUSPECT NEAR THE LODGE
IN SEVEN MILE NEARLY TWO HOURS
LATER AROUND 12 30 PM BEHIND ME
, AND I SEEN FIVE OFFICERS
STANDING ON TOP OF A BLACK
CAMARO CAMARO, ABOUT FIVE
OFFICERS. GUNS POINTED DOWN AT
HIM, TELLING HIM NOT MOVE AND
WHEN HE WAS GOING TO LIFT UP HIS
GUN. FIRED AT HIM AND KILLED
HIM. THE CAR THE SUSPECT WAS IN
THIS TIME WAS NOT THE SAME ONE
THAT FLED THE SCENE OF THE
MARRIOTT HOTEL IN SOUTHFIELD,
AND THAT HE SWITCHED CARS AFTER
GOING TO HIS HOME AND WARN
OFFICERS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. HIS
NEXT MOVE SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING
RIGHT OUT OF A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.
HE LURED THE TOP OF THE CAMARO.
AT WHICH TIME OFFICERS TRIED TO
ENGAGE HIM. HE DIDN’T REACH FOR
THAT ASSAULT RIFLE OFFICERS USE
DEADLY FORCE. SADLY IT’S THE
FAMILY MEMBERS OF EVERYONE
INVOLVED THAT NOW HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE
TRAGEDY THAT’S TAKEN PLACE AN
ASSAULT RIFLE. COULD DO WE KNOW
WHAT HE HAD ALREADY DONE TO HIS
LOVED ONE AND HER COMPANION
HEARTS. OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO
THOSE FAMILIES. THE NEW
BOYFRIEND, WHO WAS SHOT IS NOW
IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN THE
HOSPITAL. CHIEF BARON JUST WANTS
THIS TO BE AN EXAMPLE AND
WARNING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
IS A NATIONAL CRISIS. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL 4 THAT. ALL
RIGHT, VICTOR. DETROIT POLICE
SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED A MAN
WANTED FOR SHOOTING THREE PEOPLE
AT A DETROIT GAS STATION OVER
THE WEEKEND SHOOTING HAPPENED AT
A GAS STATION ON MCNICHOLS NEAR
THE LODGE. POLICE BELIEVE AN
ARGUMENT OVER A $3 REFUND SET
THE WHOLE THING OFF. SHAWN LEY
LIVE WITH THIS STORY.
CIRCUMSTANCES HERE ARE
HEARTBREAKING, SEAN TRULY WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT A GUNMAN AT THE
GLASS THERE AT THE GAS STATION,
HAVING AN ARGUMENT WITH THE
CLERK AGAIN. HE’S ARMED WITH A
GUN PEOPLE BEHIND HIM JUST
WAITING TO PAY FOR THEIR THINGS
LIKE A BOTTLE OF WATER. HE’S
ANGRY. HE TURNS AROUND AND TAKES
THAT ANGER OUT ON THEM. WE HAVE
MADE AN ARREST IN THE CASE. I
WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AND
IDENTIFYING OUR SUSPECT. ALSO WE
HAD A LOT OF TIPS THAT CAME IN
THROUGH REWARDS. TV DETROIT
POLICE JAMES WHITE, MAKING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT
INVESTIGATORS HAVE MADE AN
ARREST IN THIS WEEKEND’S TRIPLE
SHOOTING AT THIS MOBIL GAS
STATION ON MCNICHOLS NEAR THE
LODGE AT THREE SATURDAY MORNING
. THE CHIEF ALSO MAKING THIS
POINT THAT ANYONE SHOULD NEVER
HAVE TO FEAR BEING SHOT WHILE AT
ANY GAS STATION. THE THREE SHOTS
SATURDAY. WE’RE CUSTOMERS JUST
INNOCENT VICTIMS WAITING TO PAY
FOR THEIR ITEMS WHEN THE GUNMAN
FURIOUS OVER $3 TOOK HIS ANGER
OUT ON THE CUSTOMERS AROUND HIM,
SHOOTING THREE, KILLING ONE MAN
IN HIS THIRTIES. IT REALLY IS
TRAGIC AND SENSELESS VIOLENCE,
GUN VIOLENCE, SENSELESS,
SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. THREE
PEOPLE WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH HIS DISPUTE. DECIDED TO
STOP AT A SCORE THREE IN THE
MORNING TO GET A POP OR WHATEVER
THEY WERE GETTING, AND HE’S
HAVING A DISPUTE AND DECIDED TO
TAKE IT OUT ON THOSE THREE
MINUTES AND VICTIMS JUST
UNACCEPTABLE. SO NOW YOU’VE GOT
THREE VICTIMS ONCE DEAD, AND
THEN YOU’VE GOT A PERSON WHO
COMMITTED THE ACT WHO WAS LIKELY
HIS LIFE IS OVER AS WELL. HE
WON’T SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. BACK
HERE LIVE THE CHIEF USING ONE
STRONG WORD, WHICH IS SENSELESS
TO DESCRIBE IT. ALL THE PERSON
ARRESTED HIS 27 YEARS OLD POLICE
DEVIN, SEEKING CHARGES
IMMEDIATELY. SEAN IS THE ON
PAROLE. CORRECT HE’S ON PAROLE
AT THIS TIME, THE CHIEF SAYS
WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENT
OFFENSES WITH AN ELEMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, BUT
YET HE WAS STILL ARMED WITH THAT
GUN. ALRIGHT SEAN, FACING MURDER
CHARGES FOR DEADLY WRONG WAY
CRASH AND I 6 96 POLICE SAY
STEFANO NEIGHBORS WAS DRIVING
DRUNK EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WHEN
HE HIT AND KILLED A MAN ON THE
FREEWAY NEAR I 94 IN ROSEVILLE.
THE VICTIM WAS A 62 YEAR OLD MAN
FROM HARPER WOODS. POLICE SAY
NEIGHBORS WAS GOING THE WRONG
WAY IN THE WESTBOUND LANES OF I
6 96. IN ADDITION TO MURDER,
HE’S FACING CHARGES RELATED TO
DRUNK DRIVING. AND ALLEN, TEXAS
, JUST NORTH OF DALLAS. THE
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IS UNDERWAY
AFTER THE NATION’S LATEST DEADLY
MASS SHOOTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
. A GUNMAN WEARING TACTICAL GEAR
OPENED FIRE AT AN OUTLET MALL.
EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED BEFORE
A POLICE OFFICER CONFRONTED HIM
AND KILLED HIM. CHRIS PALLONE IN
ALLEN TONIGHT IS INVESTIGATORS
ZERO IN AUTOMOTIVE CHRIS. IT’S
BEEN NEARLY TWO FULL DAYS IN
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE
HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO GIVE
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
SATURDAY’S DEADLY ATTACK. BUT WE
ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
EIGHT VICTIMS WHO WERE KILLED
SATURDAY AND THE MAN WHO IS
ACCUSED OF KILLING THEM. IN
TEXAS. A MEMORIAL CONTINUES TO
GROW AT THE ALLEN PREMIUM
OUTLETS, THE SCENE OF THE
NATION’S LATEST DEADLY MASS
SHOOTING. AND NOW TWO DAYS LATER
, AS THE INITIAL SHOCK WEARS
OFF, FAMILIES ARE OPENING UP
ABOUT THOSE WHO WERE KILLED
AMONG THEM 27 YEAR OLD ASHWARI,
A THETA KONDA, A NATIVE OF INDIA
WHO LIVED IN THE AREA AND WORKED
AS AN ENGINEER AND 20 YEAR OLD
CHRISTIAN LACOUTURE, A SECURITY
GUARD AT THE OUTLET MALL. HIS
GRANDMOTHER CALLED HIM A
BEAUTIFUL SOUL. FATHER GOD.
SUNDAY NIGHT, THE COMMUNITY
PAUSED TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS,
BUT THEY’RE LEFT WITH SO MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, INCLUDING
THE BIGGEST WHY POP POP SHOOTING
AND EVERYBODY RAN. POLICE SAY
THE GUNMAN WAS 33 YEAR OLD
MAURICIO GARCIA. HE WAS ARMED
WITH A RIFLE AND PISTOL AND HAD
MORE GUNS AND AMMUNITION IN HIS
CAR. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
TELL NBC THE MASSACRE IS BEING
INVESTIGATED AS A CASE OF RACIAL
OR ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED, VIOLENT
EXTREMISM. THEY’RE COMBING
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA POST,
GARCIA INTERACTED WITH ESPOUSING
NEO AND WHITE SUPREMACIST
RHETORIC. INVESTIGATORS WERE
SEEN SEARCHING HIS DALLAS HOME
OVER THE WEEKEND. ONE OF THE
MANY HEROES FROM SATURDAY FORMER
POLICE OFFICER STEPHEN IN SPAIN
. HOWARD, WHO RUSHED TO THE MALL
AFTER A FRANTIC CALL FROM HIS
SON, WHO WAS WORKING THERE.
SPAIN HOWARD SAW THE CARNAGE THE
GUNMAN LEFT BEHIND AND HELP SOME
OF THE VICTIMS. HE SAYS
SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. THIS
IS NOT A DEMOCRAT THING. IT’S
NOT A REPUBLICAN THING. IT’S AN
AMERICAN PROBLEM. THERE HAVE
BEEN 202 MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE
US THIS YEAR. SATURDAY’S WAS THE
SECOND DEADLIEST. SEVEN OTHER
PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN
SATURDAY’S ATTACK. SIX OF THEM
REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL. THE
OLDEST OF THOSE SURVIVORS IS 61
, THE YOUNGEST JUST FIVE IN
ALLEN, TEXAS. CHRIS PALLONE
LOCAL 4. CHRIS GARCIA JOINED THE
ARMY IN 2008, BUT LASTED JUST
THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS
TERMINATED. ALL RIGHT, LET’S
TURN NOW TO THE WEATHER. WE’VE
GOT THAT SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN
FROM SOUTHFIELD, ALL THE WAY UP
TO SUE ST MARIE, TOO, AND WE
HAVE LIVE PICTURES THERE FROM
BOTH PLACES AS WE WRAP UP OUR
FIRST DAY OF THE WORK WEEK. NICE
EVERYWHERE. WE GOT TO SEE THE
SUN FOR PART OF THE DAY TO DAY
TWO. WE DID WEEKEND TOO, BECAUSE
I GOT THOSE BEGONIAS IN THE
GROUND WITH A FEW SPOTS, SEEING
SOME SHOWERS AND THAT’S OKAY. AS
LONG AS IT’S NOT FREEZING RAIN
OR SNOW OR FROST, BECAUSE YOU
JUST PUT A WHOLE LOT OF PRESSURE
ON ME. CAN’T BELIEVE NEXT FOR
THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS AS WE WAIT
UNTIL AFTER MOTHER’S DAY
TYPICALLY, BUT WE’LL TALK ABOUT
THAT LATER ON IN THE SHOW 66
RIGHT NOW AND HOW ALSO IN
PONTIAC 61 IN ADRIAN? IT WAS A
REALLY NICE DAY, UP UNTIL ABOUT
TWO HOURS AGO IN THOSE CLOUDS
STARTED TO ROLL IN, AND THERE
ARE A FEW SHOWERS OUT TO OUR
WEST. JUST CHECK THE RETURNS IN
ANN ARBOR. THIS IS NOT REACHING
THE GROUND. THERE’S SOME DRY AIR
THAT IT HAS TO OVERCOME. SO EVEN
THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S
RAINING ON THE RADAR, IT IS
EVAPORATING BEFORE IT REACHES
THE SURFACE SO DRY RIGHT NOW
ACROSS MUCH OF METRO DETROIT,
BUT IT IS RAINING IN LANSING AND
ALSO A FEW SPRINKLES DOWN IN
TOLEDO. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, WE WILL
START TO SEE THOSE SHOWERS MOVE
INTO OUR AREA. IF YOU’RE ON THE
EAST SIDE, YOU’LL GET THEM AFTER
THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE AGAIN AS
YOU CAN SEE, COMING FROM WEST TO
EAST AND IT WON’T LAST VERY
LONG. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK
EVENING SHOWERS, NO
THUNDERSTORMS OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. MERGERS WILL FALL DOWN
INTO THE MID FIFTIES BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND THEN TOMORROW. NO
RAIN WILL HAVE A FEW CLOUDS IN
THE MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE
SUNSHINE THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF
THE DAY, AND OUR HIGH
TEMPERATURE REACHES 68, WHICH IS
EXACTLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT WE’RE
GOING EVEN WARMER THAN THAT, AND
WE’LL TALK ABOUT A WARM UP IN A
FEW MINUTES. THE BEST THING TO
DO WHEN WE GET RAIN LIKE THIS TO
SEE IF IT’S GOING TO RAIN IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT IS
SO WIDELY SCATTERED IS TO
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