DOWNTOWN. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW TO FORMER OXFORD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SET TO
SPEAK OUT TOMORROW ABOUT THE
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTING. WE’VE
LEARNED FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT
TOM DONNELLY AND FORMER
TREASURER CORY BAILEY SPENT
TODAY TALKING WITH THE FAMILIES
OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE
TRAGEDY, REVEALING DETAILS THEY
SAY THEY’VE BEEN UNABLE TO
DISCLOSE UNTIL NOW. BOTH MEN
RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD IN
SEPTEMBER, THEIR ATTORNEY
SHEDDING LIGHT ON WHY BOTH
RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD AND WHY
THEY ARE COMING FORWARD. NOW ARE
VICTOR WILLIAMS BRINGS US THAT
REPORT. WELL THIS IS EXPECTED TO
BE ONE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ONE.
THAT’S ALSO VERY SERIOUS. THAT’S
HOPEFULLY GOING TO SHED SOME
LIGHT ON THE CASE, THEY
DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD NOT
BEEN ALLOWED TO BE TRANSPARENT,
AND THEY BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY
WAY THEY COULD BE WAS TO RESIGN
AND COME FORWARD ATTORNEY BILL
CYCLE IS SPEAKING TO LOCAL 4
ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT SOON TO
BE MADE BY TWO FORMER BOARD
MEMBERS AND OXFORD COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS. TOM DONNELLY AND CORY
BAILEY. THEY BELIEVED THAT THIS
WHOLE SHOOTING COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED. CERTAIN THINGS WERE
FOLLOWED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
. NEW FACTS ARE SET TO BE
REVEALED ABOUT HOW SCHOOL
OFFICIALS HANDLED THE THREAT
LEADING UP TO THE TRAGIC SCHOOL
SHOOTING ON NOVEMBER 30TH 2021.
WHAT WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS
COMING FORWARD WITH INFORMATION
THAT THEY WERE TOLD. THEY COULD
NOT REVEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE RELEASED
PUBLICLY MONDAY HAS ALREADY BEEN
COMMUNICATED WITH THE PARENTS OF
THE VICTIMS EMOTIONALLY. IT WAS
A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION FOR
THEM TO BE ENGAGED IN PEOPLE
LEFT IN TEARS. HMM. AND
SOMETIMES KIND WORDS AND
EXPRESSIONS WERE SENT TO TOWN
AND COREY, BUT YOU KNOW THIS.
THIS IS HARD STUFF. BUT WHY DID
IT TAKE THIS LONG? APPARENTLY
COMMUNICATION HAD TO STOP
BECAUSE OF SEVERAL OTHER
AGENCIES INVOLVED. COMPLICATING
THE TRANSPARENCY TEAMS WHO COME
IN WHO ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED
TO SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY
TAKE OVER THINGS LIKE MESSAGING
. THEY TAKE OVER LOSS PREVENTION
, NEITHER THE OAKLAND COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE NOR ANYONE
FROM OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
COULD COMMENT ON THE MATTER.
EITHER WAY, ANOTHER CHAPTER WILL
OPEN IN THIS BOOK THAT’S STILL
BEING WRITTEN FAILURES THAT
OCCURRED OF ACTS ROUTE THAT
THEY’LL BE TALKING ABOUT
TOMORROW. SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
THE STATE IS AT RISK FOR THIS,
AND NO NEW LAWSUITS ARE EXPECTED
TO COME FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT WILL PLAY OUT
AT ONE P.M. ON MONDAY. AND OF
COURSE, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED
ON WHAT HAPPENS. VICTOR WILLIAMS
LOCAL FORM. TIME NOW FOR A CHECK
OF THE WEATHER AS IT WAS A
WASHOUT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY
ACROSS METRO DETROIT FOREWARNED
METEOROLOGIST BRIAN SHERMAN
JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT TO START OUR WORK
WITH. HEY THERE, PAMELA. GOOD
EVENING, EVERYONE YET TODAY
PRETTY MUCH WAS A RAIN OUT FOR
EVERYBODY WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN
THAT RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE
EAST AND EXACT TRACK. 40 RADAR
IS DRY HEADING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT, AND I’M
EXPECTING US TO STAY DRY AT
LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS
OF NEXT WEEK. CHILE OVERNIGHT
RIGHT NOW. 41 HERE IN DETROIT.
38 RIGHT NOW AND HOW, AS WELL AS
OVER IN PONTIAC AND 40 RIGHT
NOW, AS YOU’RE WORKING OVER INTO
ADRIAN WINDCHILLS ARE IN THE
TWENTIES AND THIRTIES JUST
BECAUSE IT IS A TAD BIT BREEZY
HEADING OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AFTER THAT VERY HEALTHY
DOSE OF RAINFALL TODAY 1.4
INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AT METRO
AIRPORT, 1.19 INCHES IN MONROE
AND OVER AN INCH AND ADRIAN NEAR
AN INCH TODAY, WORKING IN THE
CITY AIRPORT AS WELL AS IN MOUNT
CLEMENS LIGHTER AMOUNTS OFF TO
THE NORTH AND WEST AND WE’RE
GOING TO ADD MORE RAIN ONTO THAT
AS WE GO INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. NICK MONACELLI
EAST NOW INTO CANADA TOWARDS 78
O’CLOCK THIS EVENING CLOUD COVER
LEFT BEHIND FOR THE MAJORITY OF
THE STATE, AND THAT WILL BE THE
TREND AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT OUR
MONDAY TEMPERATURES ON THE
CHILLY SIDE OF THINGS THIRTIES
IN THE MORNING ONLY WARMING INTO
THE MID FORTIES TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, BUT WE’VE GOT MORE
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ON THE WAY
BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY, I’LL BREAK DOWN
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN YOUR
COMPLETE FOR ONE FORECAST COMING
UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, AND
WITH THAT IN MIND, DOWNLOAD THAT
FOREWARN WEATHER APP. NOW IS THE
TIME TO GET THAT EXACT TRACK
FOUR D ALL OF OUR MODEL
PRODUCTS, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
STAY AHEAD OF THE WEATHER. YOU
CAN FIND IT SEARCHING, WDIV’S
AND THE APPLE APP STORE AND THE
GOOGLE PLAY STORE. PAMELA ONE
PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CHASE
ENDS IN A CRASH AND A SHOOTOUT
WITH POLICE NEAR THE DETROIT
DEARBORN BORDER. THE CHASE
STARTED THIS AFTERNOON WHEN
OFFICERS TRIED TO STOP A CAR
INVOLVED IN A MISSING PERSONS
CASE. THE DRIVER LATER CRASHED
IN THE AREA OF TIRE MEN AND
NORMAL AS OFFICERS APPROACHED,
THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT BETWEEN THE
DRIVER AND THE OFFICERS. POLICE
SAY THE DRIVER DIED FROM A
GUNSHOT. THEY ALSO DISCOVERED A
BODY INSIDE OF THE TRUNK. THIS
ISN’T THE FIRST SHOOTING
HAPPENED TO HAPPEN RECENTLY IN
THAT AREA AND THOSE WHO LIVE
NEARBY SAY THEY’RE ON EDGE. I’M
KIND OF SCARED. BECAUSE YOU KNOW
MY KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL AND
SCHOOL IS DOWN THE STREET. AND I
ALWAYS LIKE WEARIED EVERY TIME I
HEAR A SHOOTING LIKE I THINK
ABOUT MY FAMILY, AND I DON’T
WANT ANYTHING HAPPENED TO THEM.
A PASSENGER IS IN THE HOSPITAL
WITH INJURIES FROM THE CRASH.
POLICE SAY THE SITUATION MAY BE
CONNECTED TO ANOTHER OUT OF
STATE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. NO
OFFICERS WERE HURT ALSO ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE AND
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING LEAVES ONE
TEENAGE BOY DEAD. IT HAPPENED
AROUND FIVE THIS MORNING. I’M
MARK TWAIN NEAR WEST MCNICHOLS.
POLICE SAY A TEENAGER WAS
PLAYING WITH A GUN WHEN IT WENT
OFF HITTING AND KILLING ANOTHER
TEEN. THEY SAY THE BOY WHO SHOT
THE GUN WAS ALSO HURT. HE IS IN
STABLE CONDITION IN THE PAST FEW
WEEKS, IT SEEMS AS IF DETROITERS
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ESCAPE YET
ANOTHER SERIES OF SHOOTINGS JUST
LAST NIGHT, THREE TEENAGERS WERE
SHOT AT A SWEET 16 PARTY ON THE
CITY’S WEST SIDE. OUR
GRANT HERMES TAKES A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE SPIKE IN VIOLENCE. THIS
STORY STARTED WITH THE SHOOTING
AT THAT BIRTHDAY PARTY, BUT WE
DECIDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK TO
ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
RECENT STRING OF SHOOTINGS. WHAT
IS GOING ON IN OUR CITY,
ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY TEENS
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OR AS
TARGETS THEMSELVES? OVERNIGHT
ANOTHER TRAGIC SHOOTING IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT. THREE TEENS A
17 YEAR OLD AND 2 15 YEAR OLDS
SHOT BY AN UNKNOWN GUNMAN WHILE
LEAVING A SWEET 16 PARTY ON THE
19,000 BLOCK OF JOY ROAD IS THE
LATEST OF EIGHT SHOOTINGS WE’VE
COVERED ON AIR IN JUST 10 DAYS
IN ALL 13 VICTIMS, SEVEN OF THEM
TEENAGERS, BEGINNING WITH THE
CAMPUS MARTIUS TREE LIGHTING
WHERE 2 15 YEAR OLDS WERE SHOT
IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE
ARRIVING ON SCENE SHORTLY AFTER
IT’S AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
KIDS WITH GUNS. AND YOU KNOW YOU
BRING A GUN TO A PARTY. NOTHING
GOOD CAN HAPPEN RIGHT THAN 24.
HOURS LATER, A COMMUNITY
ACTIVIST WHO WORKED AGAINST
VIOLENCE IN HIS COMMUNITY WAS
SHOT AND KILLED AT A GAS STATION
ON EIGHT MILE IN GREENFIELD. TWO
DAYS LATER, TWO MORE TEENAGERS
WERE SHOT OUTSIDE HENRY FORD
HIGH SCHOOL ON THANKSGIVING. TWO
MEN KILLED IN SEPARATE,
UNRELATED SHOOTINGS, ONE ON SAN
JUAN, THE OTHER ON VAUGHN. THEN
AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND, TWO MORE
MEN SHOT AT A GENTLEMEN’S CLUB
JUST OFF EIGHT MILE AND VAN DYKE
IN LOCAL FOREST. RECENT
REPORTING, POLICE WERE STILL
SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT OR IT
WAS UNCLEAR IF AN ARREST HAD
BEEN MADE IN NEARLY EVERY
SHOOTING. THE SHOOTINGS ARE
SHOCKING MARKER AS THE CITY
HEADS INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON
AFTER A YEAR WITH THE FBI SAID
VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING
SHOOTINGS. FELL 17% COMPARED TO
THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. BUT THIS
RECENT STRING OF SHOOTINGS HAS
EERIE ECHOES OF THE VIOLENT
START TO 2022 IN THE CITY, WHERE
THERE HAD BEEN A WAVE OF CHILD
SHOOTINGS A DANGEROUS START TO
THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN DETROIT,
WITH FEW ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT’S
GOING ON NOW WE DID REACH OUT TO
DETROIT POLICE. THEY SAID. THEY
DIDN’T HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO
US TODAY. THEY SAID THEY MIGHT
HAVE SOMEBODY TO TALK TO US
TOMORROW. IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE
SHOOTINGS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL
DETROIT POLICE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. GRANT HERMES LOCAL 4
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FACING
DELAYS TODAY AS THEY HEAD BACK
HOME FROM THE THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEMS
ARE BRINGING WIDESPREAD
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS
SEVERAL US REGIONS AT LAST CHECK
OVER 6100 FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN DELAYED IN AND OUT OF THE
US ABOUT 173 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN
CANCELED. THAT’S ACCORDING TO
THE FLIGHT TRACKING WEBSITE
FLIGHT AWARE HERE AT HOME AT
METRO DETROIT METRO 147 FLIGHTS
HAVE BEEN DELAYED WITH ONLY ONE
CANCELATION. TRIPLE A HAD
FORECAST NEARLY 55 MILLION
PEOPLE PLAN TO TRAVEL 50 MILES
OR MORE FROM HOME THIS
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND STILL TO
COME. IT’S A BIG DAY TOMORROW
FOR ONLINE SHOPPERS FIND OUT
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR CYBER
MONDAY ALSO COMING UP A SHARP
REMINDER OF WHY GETTING IT RIGHT
MATTERS SO MUCH YOU’LL WANT TO
HEAR WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE
FOR THIS MOM WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY