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WORN AND LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW
FROM SKY FOUR. THAT’S WHERE
POLICE HAVE SWARMED THE HAMPTON
INN ON MICHIGAN AVENUE AFTER
SHOTS WERE FIRED INSIDE THE
HOTEL NUISANCE. FOUR STATE
POLICE CONFIRMING DEAR WARNED
POLICE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE SUSPECT IN HOPES OF ENDING
THE SITUATION PEACEFULLY. WE
HAVE LEARNED ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
SHOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL NOW
THAT HAMPTON INN HOTEL IS RIGHT
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
MILITARY STREET AND POLICE ARE
TELLING THE PUBLIC TO STAY OUT
OF THE AREA. LET’S GET TOMORROW.
MCDONALD’S SHE IS LIVE IN
DEARBORN WITH THE VERY LATEST,
MARA SET THE SCENE FOR US. KAREN
KAREN, I WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY
WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH. OUT
HERE. NUMBER ONE. TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS MICHIGAN AVENUE. AND
THIS IS A 3 60 OF WHAT THIS
LOOKS LIKE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST GOT BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF
WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR OR SO
, AND HE IS SAYING OR CONFIRMING
WHAT STARTED THIS WHOLE THING,
WHICH HE SAYS STARTED OVER A
MONEY ISSUE. A GUEST AT THE
HOTEL HAD SOME SORT OF UPSET
OVER MONEY ISSUE AND THAT IS
WHAT PRECIPITATED ALL OF THIS.
WITNESSES INSIDE THE HAMPTON INN
DESCRIBED THE MOMENTS AS POLICE
ENTERED THE HOTEL AND STARTED
GOING ROOM TO ROOM TO GET PEOPLE
OUT. I HEARD LOUD BANGS, AND I
JUST THOUGHT LIKE MAYBE
MAINTENANCE, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY
WERE JUST FIXING SOMETHING LIKE
BECAUSE I COULDN’T REALLY MAKE
OUT THE SOUND OR HOW LOUD IT WAS
SAID MY MUSIC PLAYING RIGHT NEXT
TO ME. WE JUST HEARD SOME
FOOTSTEPS RUNNING UP AND DOWN
THE HALL. I PICKED MY HEAD OUT
SOME COPS AT THE END OF THE
HALL. THEY TOLD US TO GET BACK
IN THE MAN ARMED WITH WHAT
POLICE DESCRIBED AS A LONG GUN
STARTED SHOOTING AROUND ONE
O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. OFFICERS
IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE
SCENE. SECURED THE SCENE AND
STARTED TO EVACUATE PATRONS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE HOTEL. POLICE
SAY THE GUNMAN IS CONTAINED
INSIDE THE HOTEL BUT CONTINUES
TO FIRE INDISCRIMINATELY. AS FAR
AS INJURIES GO. POLICE WILL ONLY
CONFIRM ONE SHOT RIGHT NOW
WITNESS ACCOUNTS WHICH HAVE NOT
BEEN VERIFIED BY POLICE SUGGEST
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PERSON
SHOT WITH THIS STILL VERY MUCH
AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENE. POLICE
ARE BEGGING YOU TO STAY AWAY A
WAITING GAME AND WE LIKE I SAID,
WE’RE WORKING THROUGH IT. BACK
HERE LIVE CHIEF SHAHEEN, MAKING
IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE IN NO
RUSH OUT HERE THAT THEY WILL
TAKE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO END
THIS THING WITH NO FURTHER
INJURIES, AND I WILL SAY SHARON
AND SANDRA, WE HAVE SEEN A
LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT OUT HERE
. I’D SAY IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES
OR SO NOTHING RAPID OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT, BUT SOME REALIGNING
OF RESOURCES. LET’S PUT IT THAT
WAY. SO MAYBE MAYBE WE’RE COMING
CLOSE TO SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION
HERE. WE’RE LIVE IN THE MORNING.
I’M MARA MACDONALD LOCAL FOR AS
WE KNOW THIS CAN CHANGE MINUTE
BY MINUTE, SO KEEP US UPDATED.
WILL KEEP EVERYONE ELSE UPDATED
IF ANYTHING DEVELOPS. THANKS,
MARA. OUR OTHER TOP STORY
TONIGHT, THE WEATHER AND SOME
MAJOR CHANGES COMING AS WE TAKE
A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM OUR
DOWNTOWN SKY CAM. IT’S GOING TO
FEEL A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT WHEN
WE WAKE UP DEFINITELY IS. LET’S
GET OVER TO COME. ADAMS IT’S
GONNA LOOK LOOK AND FEEL A LOT
MORE LIKE FALL MUCH MORE LIKE
FALL JUST IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
WE WILL LIKELY SEE A 20 TO 25
DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE SOME PREFRONTAL
SHOWERS. IT’S THE COLD FRONT
COMING THROUGH. THAT’S GOING TO
BRING US THAT RAIN WILL DO A
LITTLE STREET LEVEL MAPPING HERE
AND GOING CLOSER FOR YOU ON
MOUNT CLEMEN. A SHOWER RIGHT
NOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT
CASS AVENUE ALONG GROSS BACK
RIGHT WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL IS
GETTING SOME LIGHT RAIN NOW ALSO
UP INTO ANCHOR BAY AND NEW
HAVEN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER
SUNSET FOR MOST OF THE AREA
UPPER SIXTIES NOW IN PONTIAC 74
CITY AIRPORT. TEMPERATURES WILL
RAPIDLY COOLED DOWN TONIGHT AND
WILL BE IN THE UPPER FIFTIES BY
MIDNIGHT, BUT IT’S REALLY
TOMORROW WHEN THAT COLD AIR
BEHIND THE FRONT SETTLES IN
HIGHS TOMORROW. ONLY IN THE LOW
FIFTIES. I’LL HAVE YOUR WEEKEND
FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU, KIM PRESIDENT
BIDEN PARDONING THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS CONVICTED OF MARIJUANA
POSSESSION UNDER FEDERAL LAW,
THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO CALLING ON
GOVERNORS TO ISSUE SIMILAR
PARDONS FOR ANYONE. CONVICTED OF
STATE POT CHARGES, THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYS NO ONE IS CURRENTLY
IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SIMPLE
POSSESSION, BUT SAYS THIS COULD
REALLY HELP THOUSANDS WITH
RENTING A HOME OR PERHAPS
FINDING A JOB. TODAY ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY JEFFREY FEIGER SAID THE
FAMILY OF PORTER BURKE’S PLANS
TO SUE DETROIT POLICE WAS
FATALLY SHOT BY DETROIT POLICE
DURING A MENTAL HEALTH CALL,
WHICH HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND
. JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS LIVE
TONIGHT WITH MORE ON WHAT FEIGER
AND THE FAMILY HAD TO SAY ALONG
WITH THE POLICE RESPONSE, JACLYN
YEAH, IT’S PRETTY UNUSUAL FOR
THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
RESPOND TO AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED
IN LITIGATION WITH THE CITY. BUT
IN THIS CASE THEY FELT THEY HAD
TO. IT COMES AFTER A FIERY NEWS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING HELD BY
HIGH POWER ATTORNEY JEFFREY
FEIGER AND THE FAMILY OF PORTER
BERKS. I WANT ANSWERS. IN THIS
CASE. I’M NOT IN IT. IN THIS
FAMILY ISN’T IN IT FOR MONEY.
THEY CAN’T BRING HIM BACK.
ATTORNEY JEFFREY FEIGER IS
PROMISING A LAWSUIT REPRESENTING
THE FAMILY OF 20 YEAR OLD PORTER
BERKS, WHO WAS SHOT OVER THE
WEEKEND BY DETROIT POLICE.
FEIGER SAYS BURKE SUFFERED FROM
PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WAS
HAVING A PSYCHOTIC BREAK WHEN
HIS FAMILY CALLED 911 FOR HELP.
THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS
POLICE TRYING TO GET BROOKS TO
DROP A KNIFE. CAN YOU DO ME A
FAVOR AND DROP THE KNIFE? POLICE
SAY HE CHARGED AT THEM, WHICH IS
WHEN THEY OPENED. FIRE OFFICERS
, ALSO ON THE SCENE HAD TO
ASSESS THE THREAT AND STOP THE
THREAT WITH THE TRAINING
CONSISTS OF EXECUTING CLEARLY
MENTALLY ILL. YOUNG MEN OR
WOMEN. UM THAT TRAINING IS
GROSSLY INADEQUATE, DEFICIENT
AND NONSENSICAL. HE’S NO POLICE
EXPERT, FEIGER SAID. THERE HAD
TO HAVE BEEN A BETTER WAY TO
RESPOND TO THIS MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS. HOW ABOUT ALL THAT BODY
ARMOR? THEY HAVE HELMETS? THEY
HAVE ARM AND CHEST ARMOR. THEY
HAVE BULLETPROOF VESTS.
EVERYWHERE. ARE YOU TELLING ME
THAT TODAY? YOU DON’T HAVE
SUFFICIENT EQUIPMENT. JUST SEND
AN OFFICER. TOWARDS SOMEBODY
WITH A THREE INCH KNIFE, AND
INSTEAD YOU HAVE TO EXECUTE HIM.
FEIGER AND DPD ARE AT ODDS ABOUT
A NUMBER OF DETAILS IN THE CASE,
INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF THAT
KNIFE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MR
BURKES AND THE OFFICERS HAD
OPENED FIRE AND THE MANNER IN
WHICH THEY DROPPED HIM OFF AT
THE HOSPITAL. DPD DID RESPOND TO
A NUMBER OF THOSE POINTS IN
THEIR STATEMENT TODAY WHILE
DEFENDING THEIR TRAINING WHEN IT
COMES TO RESPONDING THE MENTAL
HEALTH INDIVIDUALS WITH WEAPONS.
WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT. I’M
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4. WELL
HE HAD POLICE IN THE ENTIRE CITY
ON EDGE FOR DAYS. TODAY
CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER D ANGELO
MARTIN LEARNED HIS SENTENCE.
MARTIN IN FACT, WILL SPEND THE
NEXT 45 TO 70 YEARS BEHIND BARS
. MEGAN WOODS IS LIVE TONIGHT
AND MEGAN. IT WAS EXTREMELY
EMOTIONAL TODAY IN THE
COURTROOM. EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL.
D’ANGELO MARTIN HIMSELF SPOKE.
IT WAS VERY BRIEF, BUT BEFORE
THAT WE HEARD FROM FIVE
DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE
FOUR WOMEN WHO WERE KILLED AND
YOU KNOW 45 TO 70 YEARS MAY
SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT TO THESE
FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY HAVE THE
SAD REALITY OF REALIZING THAT NO
MATTER HOW MANY YEARS D’ANGELO
SPENDS IN PRISON, IT WON’T BRING
BACK THEIR LOVED ONE. MY MOM
DIED IN THE WORST WAY THAT
SOMEBODY CAN DIE. I’VE HAD
NIGHTMARES EVERY NIGHT. THOSE
ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF NANCY
HARRISON AND TRAVIS SEEN ELLIS,
TWO OF THE FOUR WOMEN. D’ANGELO
MARTIN KILLED NANCY’S DAUGHTER,
LISA FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT
THREE MONTHS AFTER HER MOTHER
WAS MURDERED AND NOW HAS TWO
KIDS NEVER BE ABLE TO MEET MY
BABIES EVER, LATRICE ELLIS TELLS
THE COURT. HER THREE CHILDREN
CONTINUE TO ASK ABOUT THEIR
GRANDMOTHER. I HAVEN’T EVEN COME
CLOSE AND TELLING THEM EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I DON’T
WANT TO FIGHT, FRIGHTENED THEM
AND WANT THEM TO BE AFRAID TO
LIVE. THEN THERE’S ANITA NELSON
READ. HER TWIN SISTER, ANNETTA
WAS ALSO MURDERED. GRATEFUL FOR
THE ONE MAN THAT BOUGHT MY
SISTER IN THAT HOUSE, BLACK AND
BLUE, BLOODY IN HER, FACE HER
PANTS. POUR IT DOWN. RAPED
STRANGLED AND MURDERED IN THAT
BACON OFFENDED HOUSE. ALL THREE
WAITED YEARS FOR THIS VERY
MOMENT GIVES YOU HOPE. IT GIVES
YOU HOPE THAT YOU MAY GET OUT OF
HELL ONE DAY. YOU DON’T DESERVE
TO SEE DAYLIGHT OR ANOTHER DAY
IN YOUR LIFE. DEANGELO DID SPEAK
PEOPLE. AND EVEN THOUGH D ANGELO
MARTIN PLED GUILTY BACK IN
SEPTEMBER TODAY IN COURT, HE
SAID THAT HE WILL BE BACK THERE
BECAUSE HE DIDN’T DO IT. BUT THE
JUDGE SIMPLY REPLIED THAT THE
COURT DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT
BECAUSE HE HAD NO HESITATION
WHEN GIVING STATEMENTS IN THE
PAST. BACK TO YOU, ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEGAN. IN
OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, WE’RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE SENTENCING DAY
FOR ONE OF THE MEN WHO TOOK A
GUILTY PLEA IN THAT PLOT TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER KALEB
FRANKS ASKED FOR LENIENCY FROM
THE JUDGE AFTER COOPERATING WITH
INVESTIGATORS. SHAWN LEY
TRAVELED TO GRAND RAPIDS FOR
TODAY’S SENTENCING. SO, SEAN,
WHAT DID THE JUDGE DECIDES? GOOD
EVENING FROM A RAINY GRAND
RAPIDS, KAREN, A VERY EMOTIONAL
APOLOGY FROM KALEB FRANKS HERE
INSIDE COURT DIRECTLY TO
GOVERNOR WHITMER AND YOU
MENTIONED THE JUDGE’S DECISION
WAS TO SEND A DIRECT MESSAGE TO
ANYONE CHOOSING POLITICAL
VIOLENCE. KALEB FRANKS FROM
WATER FIRST SENTENCE LIKE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 48 MONTHS, FOUR
YEARS FOR HIS ROLE IN THE PLOT
TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER. FRANK’S APOLOGIZING
DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR TELLING
THE COURT QUOTE I’M SORRY TO THE
GOVERNOR AND HER FAMILY. THIS
HAD TO BE TRAUMATIZING. I AM
ASHAMED AND REGRET EVERY
DECISION THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
FRANK’S ATTORNEY, SCOTT GRAHAM,
TELLING THE JUDGE QUOTE HE IS
FULLY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WHAT HE DID AND TRULY
RECOGNIZES WHY IT WAS WRONG. MR
FRANKS AGREES THAT WHAT HAPPENED
HERE IS UNFORGIVABLE. WHAT DO WE
KNOW ABOUT KALEB FRANKS? HE IS
ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF
THE DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP.
WOLVERINE WATCHMEN AT AGE 28. HE
WAS LIVING HERE AT THIS HOME IN
WATERFORD AND WAS A SUBSTANCE
ABUSE COUNSELOR DISTRICT COURT
IN PONTIAC AFTER STRUGGLING WITH
HIS OWN ADDICTIONS, FRANKS WAS
ONE OF TWO LOCAL MEN TO PLEAD
GUILTY IN THE WITTMER KIDNAPPING
CASE AND TESTIFIED TWICE AGAINST
THE MEN HE SAYS HE WAS PLOTTING
WITH, HE SAYS THE PLOT TO KIDNAP
THE GOVERNOR WAS VERY REAL. THE
GROUP’S MOTIVATION WAS GOVERNOR
WHITMER SHUTDOWNS AND LOCKDOWNS
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID. THEY
WANTED TO PUT HER ON TRIAL.
FRANK SAYS HIS MOTIVATION WAS TO
DIE IN A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE
DURING THE ACTUAL KIDNAPPING
OPERATION. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE
WATCHING FOR. YOU GOING FORWARD
THE NEXT PERSON TO BE SENTENCES
. TY GARBIN, ANOTHER LOCAL MAN
FROM HEARTLAND, THE ONLY OTHER
DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN THE
WITTENBERG KIDNAPPING CASES.
SENTENCING IN DECEMBER WILL BE