LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. IT’S A CLEAR END. COM START TO YOUR
FRIDAY, BUT BRANDON IS TRACKING
THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEWHAT
WEATHER IN YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST
. THE WEATHER TOPS OUR NEWS
TODAY AT NOON. YOU ARE LOOKING
LIVE OUTSIDE THROUGH OUR SKY
CAM, HERE’S BRANDON WITH MORE ON
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THIS WEEKEND,
BRANDON ALL RIGHT, SANDRA.
THANKS VERY MUCH. AND GOOD
AFTERNOON. FINALLY FRIDAY. HERE
WE GO. WE’RE HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND LOOKS DECENT BUT A
COUPLE OF SPEED BUMPS ALONG THE
WAY SHOULD BE A DRY DAY. FRIDAY
HERE AS WE FLIRT WITH 80 81
DEGREES UP IN LAPEER 80 AT CITY
AIRPORT AT 78, METRO 78 PONTIAC
78, A POPULAR NUMBER AND HARBOR,
HOWELL MONROE. ALL RIGHT THERE,
HUMIDITY, NOT A BIG PLAYER. WE
DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD
COVER HERE AND THERE, BUT THERE
IS MORE OF THAT OFF TO OUR WEST
. SO ENJOY A LITTLE SUNSHINE
HERE COMING AND GOING FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NOT MUCH
SHOWING ON HERE LOCALLY, JUST A
COUPLE OF PASSING WISPY HIGH
CLOUDS. STORM TRACKER. FOUR
SHOWS A DIFFERENT STORY HERE.
RAIN AND THUNDER SHOWERS COMING
OUT OF WISCONSIN OVER LAKE
MICHIGAN, HITTING PARTS OF
WESTERN LOWER AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WE’LL GET A LITTLE
MORE CLOUD COVER FROM THAT
COMPLEX OF STORMS SO LIKELY
LOWER EIGHTIES THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. BUT DRY UNTIL ABOUT
THE TIME THE SUN GOES DOWN.
HENCE THE DRY DAY FRIDAY, BUT
SANDOR WILL TRACKING RAIN AFTER
NINE OR 10 TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT
AND SOME SATURDAY SUNDAY RAIN
CHANCES COMING UP. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, BRANDON. WE’RE
FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS
RIGHT NOW OUT OF AKRON, OHIO.
THAT’S WHERE PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY
REPORT IS RELEASED FOR JALEN
WALKER. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S
OFFICE SAYS WALKER WAS SHOT OR
GRAZED 46 TIMES. WALKER WAS
KILLED IN A HAIL OF POLICE
GUNFIRE. AKRON POLICE
ACKNOWLEDGED INITIAL FINDINGS
SHOWED MORE THAN 60 WOUNDS ON
WALKER’S BODY. THE JUNE 27TH
PURSUIT BEGAN WHEN POLICE TRIED
TO PULL HIM OVER FOR EQUIPMENT
VIOLATIONS. AUTHORITIES SAY
WALKER FIRED A GUNSHOT FROM HIS
CAR 40 SECONDS INTO THAT CHASE,
AN ATTORNEY FOR WALKER’S FAMILY
SAYS THEY FEEL THERE WAS NO NEED
FOR OFFICERS TO KILL HIM. ALSO
MAKING HEADLINES ON THIS FRIDAY
. GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO DROP,
AND HERE’S WHERE PRICES STAND
RIGHT NOW IN MICHIGAN, TAKE A
LOOK. TRIPLE A REPORTING THE
AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF
GAS IN MICHIGAN NOW PAYING FOR
68 PER GALLON HERE IN METRO
DETROIT, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR
74 GALLON THAT’S ACTUALLY 20
CENTS LESS THAN IT WAS THIS TIME
LAST WEEK ARE NICK MONACELLI
WENT ACROSS METRO DETROIT TODAY
AND HAS THIS REPORT FROM THE
CHEAPEST GAS STATION IN OUR
STATE. SO THE LINES AT THE CITGO
STATION AT THE CORNER OF
MICHIGAN AND MASON FEDERBER AND
HAVE NOT DWINDLED AT ALL THIS
MORNING. THERE’S NEVER BEEN AN
OPEN PUMP. THERE WAS ALWAYS
SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET IN HERE,
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CHEAP
GAS PRICES. TAKE A LOOK AT THE
VIDEO AGAIN HERE ALL MORNING. 3
95 FOR CASH OR DEBIT 405 FOR A
CREDIT CARD, AND IT’S AFTER
LOOKING AT GAS BUDDY. THE
CHEAPEST GAS STATION IN MICHIGAN
RIGHT NOW, WHICH YOU SAY
CHEAPEST, YET IT’S STILL PRETTY
HIGH PRICES THAT WE SHOULD EVER
GET USED TO. BUT IT IS THE
CHEAPEST RIGHT NOW, AND THAT’S
WHAT ALL THESE DRIVERS OR TRYING
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FEEL PRETTY
GOOD. CONSIDERING WHAT IT’S BEEN
RIGHT NOW. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE
HAPPY ABOUT FOUR BUCKS A GALLON
OR HAPPIER AT THIS POINT IN
TIME? WE HAVE TO BE HAPPY ABOUT
3 95 JUST TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET.
YOU CAN TAKE IT THE BEST YOU CAN
GET IT. 3 95 IS THE GREATEST
THING I HAVE HEARD ALWAYS EVERY
TIME I GO TO THE GAS PUMP I’M
SPINNING AROUND $60. I LIVED ON
THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT, AND I
WORK OUT IN ITS ALANI. SO THAT
IS A NICE TRUCK, SO I’M SPENDING
AROUND BETWEEN 121 $130 A WEEK
ON GAS. I CAN’T IMAGINE THOSE
COMMUTES FROM EAST DETROIT
EPSILON E OR DEARBORN AND ARBOR
EVERY SINGLE DAY, HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. ON GAS
AGAIN. PEOPLE STILL TRYING TO
LINE UP STILL GETTING THEIR GAS
IN HERE THAT WE WERE TALKING TO
PATRICK TO HAN FROM GASBUDDY IN
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE
HORIZON. SOUNDS LIKE THIS COULD
BE THE BEGINNING OF A DOWNWARD
TREND. IN THE PAST 30 DAYS, GAS
PRICES HAVE GONE DOWN AND DOWN
EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WILL THE
TREND CONTINUE? LET’S CROSS. OUR
FIGURES WERE IN DEARBORN
NICK MONACELLI. LOCAL 4. WE’RE
ALL HOPING SO. ALRIGHT. THANK
YOU, NICK. RIGHT NOW PRESIDENT
BIDEN CONTINUING HIS MIDDLE EAST
TRIP. THIS IS BRAND NEW VIDEO OF
THE PRESIDENT LANDING IN SAUDI
ARABIA. THIS WAS NOT LONG AGO
BREED. JACKSON HAS THIS REPORT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FACING SOME
POLITICAL LANDMINES IN
PARTICULAR. ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS
FRONT. HE’LL MEET WITH NINE
DIFFERENT HEADS OF STATE,
INCLUDING THE SAUDI CROWN
PRINCE. PRESIDENT BIDEN
TRAVELING ON THE LAST LEG OF HIS
MIDDLE EAST TRIP FOR A MEETING
WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT
MAHMOUD ABBAS TO STATES ALONG
THE 1967 LINES WERE MUTUALLY
AGREED TO SWAPS. REMAIN THE BEST
WAY TO ACHIEVE EQUAL MEASURE OF
SECURITY, PROSPERITY, FREEDOM
AND DEMOCRACY FOR THE
PALESTINIANS, AS WELL AS ISRAELI
NEXT UP. BIDEN LANDS IN
CONTROVERSY OVER MEETING WITH
THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED
BIN SALMAN, US INTELLIGENCE
ASSESSED HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE BRUTAL KILLING OF WASHINGTON
POST JOURNALIST JAMAL CASH SOGGY
PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLINED TO SAY
IF HIS MURDER WOULD BE PART OF
TODAY’S CONVERSATION. MY VIEWS
ON CASH, SOGGY OF MAYBE
ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY CLEAR
FIANCE CALLED THE TRIP A
BETRAYAL IN HIS HOPEFUL THAT HIS
DEATH WILL COME UP ASSURED ME.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE AND IN
TOP OF IT, MY HUSBAND TRAGEDY,
IT WILL COME UP BIDEN’S FIRST
TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AS
PRESIDENT COMES PACKED WITH HIGH
STAKES MEETINGS, INCLUDING A
JOINT PLEDGE WITH ISRAEL’S PRIME
MINISTER TO PREVENT IRAN FROM
DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
DIPLOMACY IS THE BEST WAY TO
ACHIEVE THIS OUTCOME. MR BIDEN
CALLING MILITARY ACTION A LAST
RESORT, ALTHOUGH IT’S SOMETHING
PRIME MINISTER LE PEED AND
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE MAY BE
NECESSARY. BIDEN. ONLY TAKES THE
MOST MINIMAL RESPONSES. BIDEN
WANTS TO REVIVE THE IRAN NUCLEAR
AGREEMENT INSTEAD AND HOPES TO
GET IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA ON
BOARD. PRESIDENT BIDEN INSIST
HIS PURPOSE IN SAUDI ARABIA IS
TO PROMOTE US INTERESTS, WHICH
INCLUDES URGING THE SAUDIS TO
BOOST OIL PRODUCTION IN AN
EFFORT TO BRING DOWN GAS PRICES
HERE AT HOME. IN WASHINGTON. I’M
BREE JACKSON BACK TO YOU. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, BREE, JUST IN
THE DEPOSITION OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TWO OF HIS
CHILDREN IN THE NEW YORK CIVIL
PROBE WILL IN FACT BE DELAYED
BECAUSE OF IVANKA TRUMP’S DEATH.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
INVESTIGATION OF THE JANUARY 6TH
CAPITAL ATTACK, ACCORDING TO A
LETTER OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS. THE
SECRET SERVICE ERASED TEXT
MESSAGES FROM JANUARY 6TH 2021
ALSO THE DAY BEFORE THAT, A
LETTER TO TWO HOUSE COMMITTEES
FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY
INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS THOSE
MESSAGES WERE DELETED AFTER
BEING REQUESTED AS PART OF AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACK ON
THE CAPITAL. AS A RESULT, THE
SECRET SERVICE ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE THE
INSINUATION THAT SECRET SERVICE
MALICIOUSLY DELETED TEXT
MESSAGES FOLLOWING A REQUEST. IS
FALSE. AND OF COURSE, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS. WE ARE
FOLLOWING TWO SEPARATE ROAD RAGE
INVESTIGATIONS WHICH ARE
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN DEAR
WARREN, A DRIVER SAID HE WAS
SHOT AT AT THE SOUTHFIELD
FREEWAY RIGHT NEAR FORD ROAD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS HE WASN’T HURT
THAT OTHER INVESTIGATION
UNFOLDING AT THIS HOUR IN
ROOSEVELT. THAT’S WHERE A DRIVER
WAS CRITICALLY HURT AFTER BEING
SHOT. HE WAS SHOT THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON GRATIOT
NEAR 13 MILE. ONE PERSON HAS
ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
DETROIT POLICE TELL US THEY’RE
INVESTIGATING A DEADLY HIT AND
RUN ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.
WE’RE TOLD A PERSON WAS OUT
JOGGING DOWN THE STREET WAS HIT
BY SOMEONE IN A MAROON COLORED
LEXUS POLICE SAY THE JOGGER WAS
HIT. AT THE CORNER OF WOODWARD
AND WEST MCNICHOLS AND LATER
DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES RIGHT
NOW, PLEASE TELL US THEY’RE
STILL LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER WHO
LEFT THAT AREA. SERVICES BEGIN
THIS AFTERNOON FOR FALLEN
OFFICER LAUREN COURTS. HE WILL
BE REMEMBERED TODAY AT 4 30
DURING A VIGIL AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT’S SECOND PRECINCT. WE
DO A FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
YOU AS WELL FOR OFFICER COURTS,
THE FUNERAL SET TO TAKE PLACE AT
GREATER GRACE TEMPLE IN DETROIT.
PUBLIC VISITATION IS TOMORROW
FROM NOON UNTIL EIGHT P.M. AND
AGAIN ON SUNDAY FROM THREE IN
THE AFTERNOON UNTIL NINE IN THE
EVENING. THE FUNERAL IS MONDAY,
JULY 18TH AT 11 30 IN THE
MORNING. THE GOVERNOR GOVERNOR
WHITMER HAS ORDERED FLAGS ACROSS
THE STATE TO BE LOWERED TO HALF
STAFF ON MONDAY TO HONOR AND
REMEMBER OFFICER COURTS ALSO
MAKING HEADLINES AT THIS HOUR.
DNA TECHNOLOGY HELPS CRACK A 25
YEAR OLD COLD CASE. REGARDING AN
INFANT KNOWN AS BABY GARNET, WHO
WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE A TOILET
AT A CAMPGROUND. WYOMING WOMAN
WILL NOW BE EXTRADITED TO
NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO FACE
CHARGES. JOSH KERMAN HAS THIS
REPORT. SINCE 1997. THE CASE OF
BABY GARNET HAS BEEN REOPENED
MORE TIMES THAN THE SHERIFF CAN
REMEMBER. BASICALLY ALL THE
LEADS OR ANY INFORMATION THAT WE
OBTAINED AND TALKED TO NEIGHBORS
AS CANVAS. THE AREA UM, JUST DID
NOT TURN UP ANYTHING. SO IT GOES
DORMANT, AND IT JUST SITS THERE.
IT’S MAYBE OUT OF SIGHT, BUT
IT’S NOT EVER OUT OF MIND. WHEN
THE CASE BEGAN, WILKES SAYS THE
TECHNOLOGY JUST WASN’T THERE TO
HELP SOLVE IT. NOW TECHNOLOGY IS
ADVANCED EXPONENTIALLY AND WITH
THE DNA AND, OF COURSE, THE
GENEALOGY THAT EVERYBODY’S
GETTING INVOLVED IN. UM WE’RE
ABLE TO TAKE THE DNA FROM THE
BABY GARNET AND GET A SAMPLE
FROM THERE, AND THAT’S HOW WE
END UP. YOU PUT THAT INTO THE
SYSTEM, THE MACKINAC COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT REACHED OUT
TO IDENTIFY AS INTERNATIONAL IN
JANUARY OF 2020. THE GROUP
FOCUSES ON WORKING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO HELP SOLVE COLD
CASES LIKE THIS ONE, A PROCESS
THEY COMPARED TO SOLVING A
MASSIVE PUZZLE. SO WE TAKE THESE
FIRST COUSIN, SECOND COUSIN,
THIRD COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, AND
IT’S LIKE A BIG SUDOKU PUZZLE.
WHERE YOU MOVE THESE PEOPLE
AROUND. WE HAVE TOOLS. WE KNOW
HOW TO DO THIS AND WE MOVE
AROUND AND THERE’S CHAIRMAN LEE
ONLY ONE CONSISTENT WAY THAT ALL
THOSE PEOPLE FIT TOGETHER,
FITZGERALD EXPLAINED. THEY HAD
BEEN WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR
PUZZLE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE FINAL PIECES FELL TOGETHER
AND LEAD THEM TO A SUSPECT OF 58
YEAR OLD WOMAN IN SUBLETTE
COUNTY, WYOMING. I THINK AS
OFFICERS, WE HAVE THAT
THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE CAREER,
THERE’S ONE THAT JUST KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, EATS AT YOU THAT YOU
WANTED TO GET SOLVED AND THIS IS
ONE. SO TO HAVE THAT CLOSURE, I
GUESS EVEN FOR THE OFFICER IS
HUGE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT’S A
IT’S VERY TRAUMATIC EVENT FOR
EVERYBODY. EVEN THE YOU KNOW, UM
, THE CITIZENS OF HUDSON
TOWNSHIP IN MACKINAC COUNTY
ALONE THAT MAYBE HAD ZERO TIES
TO THE BABY OR ANY OF THIS, IT’S
STILL PULLS AT THE HEARTSTRINGS
. EXPLAIN THE NEXT STEPS MAY
TAKE SOME TIME. EXTRADITION CAN
TAKE MORE THAN A MONTH EVEN
LONGER. IF THE SUSPECT FIGHTS
IT. THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE
TO LOOK AT. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
HERE FOR. BUT AGAIN TO GIVE SOME
CLOSURE TO MAYBE GARNET AND THE
FAMILY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
EVEN KNOWN ABOUT THIS. AND THAT
WAS JOSH KERMAN REPORTING STILL
TO COME HERE AT NOON. MONKEYPOX
CASES CONTINUE TO RISE AMID A