DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A DEVASTATING FIRE
DESTROYING HOMES IN WAYNE COUNTY
. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HOME WHEN
THE FIRE RIPPED THROUGH A SERIES
OF CONDOS TODAY IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP. GOOD EVENING. I’M
KRISTY MCDONALD. THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I’M IN FOR KIMBERLY
GILL DEVIN SCILLIAN. THE FIRE
HAPPENED ON WOODBERRY GREEN
DRIVE NOT FAR FROM HAGGERTY AND
EAST HURON RIVER DRIVE 10
PAMPLIN, THEREFORE US RIGHT NOW,
TIM. FOLKS JUST NOW GETTING HOME
AND SEEING HOW BAD THIS DAMAGES
YEAH. DEVIN AND CHRISTIAN AWFUL
SIGHT OUT HERE IN VAN BUREN, AS
YOU SAY PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING
HOME, FINDING THEIR HOMES
DESTROYED, KNOW HOW TO PUT THEIR
BELONGINGS OUT AND TRYING TO
SALVAGE WHATEVER THEY CAN. FIRE
RIPPING THROUGH THIS FOUR UNIT
CONDO COMPLEX, JUST SOUTH OF 94
ALONG HAGGERTY ROAD IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP. I’M BEING TOLD NO
INJURIES TO REPORT A LITTLE DOG
DID PASS AWAY IN THE FIRE.
FIREFIGHTERS WEREN’T ABLE TO GET
TO THAT ANIMAL. NO INJURIES TO
ANY HUMANS. HOWEVER I’M BEING
TOLD THIS CALL CAME IN AT AROUND
ABOUT NOON CALL CAME IN AS AN
OUTSIDE SHED FIRE. THE SHEDS ARE
ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. HE GOT
UP INTO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING
TRAVELED ACROSS THE ROOF UPON
THE ARRIVAL OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MY BOYS BLAZING. FIREFIGHTERS
INITIALLY RAN IN LOOKING FOR
RESIDENTS AND THEN WENT ON THE
DEFENSIVE, JUST SURROUND AND
DROWN THE INITIAL PRIMARY SEARCH
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE OUT
TURNED DEFENSIVE WHEN IT CAME
THROUGH THE ROOF YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER FIRE STARTED INSIDE ONE
OF THOSE SMALL SHEDS. HIT A GAS
LINE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE
PHOTOS, AND THEN THE FIRE WAS
OFTEN RACING, CONSUMING THE
ENTIRE COMPLEX IN ABOUT HALF AN
HOUR. VERY FAST. FAST MOVING
FIRES. WOULD YOU COME BACK OUT
TO US HERE DRONE FOR ABOVE THE
COMPLEX, YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR
UNITS. THEY’RE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED RESIDENTS AS WE SAW
EARLIER, JUST NOW ARRIVING HOME
FOR WORK. DISCOVERING WE ONLY
IMAGINABLE. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE
A RESIDENT THERE ON THE LEFT
HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN IN THE
BLUE SHIRT GOING THROUGH SEEING
WHATEVER THEY CAN SALVAGE AS
THEY HAVE TO START. FRESH AGAIN
. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES TO
REPORT OUT HERE. ONE DOG DID,
HOWEVER, PASS AWAY. THAT IS THE
SAME RIGHT NOW IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP, TIM PAMPLIN. LOCAL 4
REBEL BUT BOY, WHAT A LOOK AT IT
AND WE GOT THERE ARE OTHER TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE. GOVERNOR
WHITMER SIGNING A SERIES OF
BILLS INTO LAW AIMED AT
PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE. THE
LAWS WILL NOW REQUIRE BACKGROUND
CHECKS ON ALL GUN SOLD IN THE
STATE AND ESTABLISHED PENALTIES
OF GUNS AREN’T STORED SAFELY IN
HOMES. VICTOR WILLIAMS IS LIVE
IN EAST LANSING FOR US TONIGHT,
VICTOR THE LOCATION WHERE SHE
SIGNED IT. PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
YES KRISTIE. DEVON THAT IS
CORRECT. IT HAPPENED ON THE
CAMPUS OF MSU OVER AT SPARTAN
STADIUM, THE SAME PLACE WHERE
THAT UNFORTUNATE AND TRAGIC
SCHOOL SHOOTING TOOK PLACE FAST
FORWARDING TO TODAY. IT WAS VERY
HISTORIC, BUT ONLY THE
BEGINNING. GOVERNOR WHITMER
SIGNING A NEW SET OF HISTORIC
BILL, SHE SAYS, WILL ULTIMATELY
PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN. GREAT DEAL A
LONG TIME COMING, SUSIE MEMES
KNOWS THE PAIN OF LOSING SOMEONE
TO GUN VIOLENCE FIRSTHAND. SHE
BELIEVES IT’S A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION, ALONG WITH
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION
. MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN
SENSE IN AMERICA RIGHT AT THE
CAPITOL WAS MURDERED. MY 16 YEAR
OLD BROTHER WAS MURDERED AS
WELL. IN THE MEANTIME, THE
STATEHOUSE HAS PASSED ITS RED
FLAG LAW, WHICH WOULD
TEMPORARILY REMOVE FIREARMS FROM
PEOPLE DEEMED TO BE AT RISK IN
CERTAIN CASES, EVERY STATE HAS
DONE THEIR OWN VARIATION VERSION
OF IT, AND SO THERE’S A LOT OF
LEVERS AND NUANCE AGAIN AND
COMPLEXITY TO MAKING SURE THAT
THESE ARE DONE CORRECTLY. THERE
IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE SENATE VERSION. YOU KNOW
THOSE ARE I SUPPORT BOTH
VERSIONS. STATE REPRESENTATIVE
RANJITH PURI IS THE LEAD SPONSOR
ON THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE
LEGISLATION. WITH THE NEW
PROPOSAL OF FAMILY MEMBER
PARTNER SPOUSE OR MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION, A
JUDGE FORCING THE INDIVIDUAL TO
PROVE THEY’RE NOT A THREAT.
ANYTIME THERE’S A CENSUS GUN
TRAGEDY, THERE’S A FAMILY LEFT
GRIEVING. THERE IS A COMMUNITY
PICKING UP PIECES AND WE DON’T
NEED TO LIVE LIKE THIS. WE’RE
THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
WHERE THIS HAPPENS, IS
FREQUENTLY ANOTHER
REPRESENTATIVE. ON THE OTHER
HAND. IS NOT A FAN. I JUST DON’T
THINK FRANKLY, WE AS A SOCIETY
WANT TO GO DOWN THE ROAD OF
PREEMPTIVELY PREEMPTIVELY TAKING
AWAY CITIZENS. GOD GIVEN RIGHTS
SO FAR, 19 STATES HAVE THESE
LAWS INTACT, INCLUDING NEW YORK.
BUT WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN LEGISLATION
TODAY? WE’RE GONNA BE DOING
EVERYTHING WHATEVER WE CAN TO
BUTTON THAT UP AND GET IT OVER
TO THE GOVERNORS. DESK FOR
SIGNATURE. AND THEN AGAIN, I’M
TALKING TO COLLEAGUES AND
FIGURING OUT WHAT WILL BE NEXT.
IN RESPONSE TO NEW LAWSUIT HAS
BEEN FILED AGAINST THE
LEGISLATOR BY GREAT LENGTHS, GUN
RIGHTS AND MICHIGAN OPEN CARRY.
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT HAS BEEN
SENT TO HIS BY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF GREAT LAKES GUN
RIGHTS, WHICH READS QUOTE.
SUPPRESSING SPEECH IS JUST AS
ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS
PASSING THESE HEINOUS GUN
CONTROL BILLS. THAT’S WHY WE’RE
EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO SUE THE
LEGISLATOR AND HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE FOR TRAMPLING OVER
THE GUN RIGHTS AND SPEECH RIGHTS
OF LAW ABIDING MICHIGANDERS.
THIS LEVEL OF BLATANT CORRUPTION
CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND AND
LANSING VICTORY WILLIAMS LOCAL
FORM BE INTERESTING TO SEE SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES THANKS SO MUCH
VICTOR AFTER THREE YEARS OF MASS
REQUIREMENTS, ALMOST ALL OF
MICHIGAN’S MAJOR HOSPITAL
SYSTEMS ARE MAKING MASKS
OPTIONAL IN A JOINT STATEMENT,
13 HOSPITAL SYSTEMS SAY THEY
WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE MASK
WEARING INSIDE HOSPITALS AND
FACILITIES THAT INCLUDES CORE
WELL ASCENSION. HENRY FORD AND
THE DMC. A DRASTIC DECLINE IN
COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS BEING
CREDITED FOR THE MOVE AHEAD HERE
AT SIX HOW BOTH PATIENTS AND
WORKERS FEEL ABOUT IT. ALRIGHT
NOW TO AN EFFORT TODAY TO CLEAN
UP THE DETROIT ALLEY THAT HAD
BECOME A MAGNET FOR BLIGHT AND
ILLEGAL DUMPING PEOPLE LIVING
ALONG THE ALLEY ON MONTGOMERY
AVENUE NEAR DEXTER ON THE WEST
SIDE GOT THE GOOD NEWS TODAY WAS
GETTING ALL CLEANED UP.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR US TONIGHT,
SEAN O. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK,
HUH? I CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW YOU
AROUND. CHECK OUT CHRISTIE. THIS
PILE OF DEBRIS JUST ONE PILE
HERE WITH TAKING AWAY FROM THIS
ALLEYWAY. LOOK BEHIND ME. HERE
IN THE ALLEY IS NOW CLEAR. WAIT
TILL YOU SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
A LITTLE EARLIER THIS MORNING. I
WANT YOU WANT YOU TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THIS. THERE WAS A
LOT OF EMOTION OUT HERE TODAY AS
DECADES OF ILLEGAL DUMPING WAS
WIPED AWAY. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE’VE ALWAYS WANT. THE
SOUNDS OF SAUCE. BOBCATS.
BRINGING CYNTHIA JOHNSON OUT OF
HER HOME THIS MORNING ON THE
CITY’S WEST SIDE AND BRINGING
HER TO TEARS. WHAT MAY LOOK LIKE
JUST AN ALLEY CLEANUP TO MOST
MEANS SO MUCH MORE TO JOHNSON.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
APPRECIATE. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS
. WE ARE SENIORS. WE HAVE
CHILDREN. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LOOKING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO
LIVE HERE WHO JUST DON’T FEEL
LIKE THEY’RE BEING HURT.
DETROIT’S DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, CLEARING OUT THE
THOUSANDS OF OVERGROWN ALLEYS.
CLEARING OUT DUMPING IN
BACKYARDS. PUTTING CLEAR COVERS
ON WINDOWS INSTEAD OF BOARDS ON
HOMES THAT CAN BE SAVED. QUALITY
OF LIFE ISSUES IMPACTING LIVES.
TEARS SMILES, TEARS BECAUSE THE
LADY ALMOST BROKE MY BACK TODAY.
IT WARMS YOUR HEART UNLESS YOU
KNOW THAT YOUR HARD WORK IS NOT
GOING TO NOTICE. IT’S
OVERWHELMING. IT’S GRATEFUL.
GRATEFUL INDEED, AGAIN. IT’S NOT
JUST THIS CLEAR ALLEY NOW THAT
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
TARGETING 2000 ALLEYS CITYWIDE
TO GET THEM CLEARED OUT ONCE AND
FOR ALL THAT PILE OF DEBRIS.
CHRISTIE TWICE AS TALL AS I AM,
AND AGAIN A LOT OF EMOTION OUT
HERE TONIGHT JUST MEANT A LOT TO
A LOT OF PEOPLE BACK TO YOU. YES
SO MUCH PROGRESS, WHICH MEANS SO
MUCH, BUT SEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE
ARE WATCHING THIS AND PROBABLY
WONDERING HOW CAN PEOPLE SHOW
THE CITY SOME OF THE WORST
ALLEYS WHERE THEY LIVE? WE HEARD
THAT QUESTION OUT HERE AS WELL.
SO THE CITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD
WEBSITE CITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WEBSITE ON THE CITY OF THE
DETROIT WEBSITE, THERE IS AN
APPLICATION THERE. JUST A SIMPLE
REQUEST TO HAVE YOUR ALLEY
LOOKED AT AND THEN CLEARED AWAY.
ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS
SO MUCH, SEAN. LET’S TURN TO THE
WEATHER. ANOTHER PICTURE PERFECT
DAY ACROSS METRO DETROIT AND
LOOK AT THAT SCENE. JUST SIT
THERE AND WATCH THAT ABSOLUTELY
FREIGHTER GOING BY ON THE RIVER
THAT’S OUR WINDSOR SKY CAM, AND
WE’VE HIT 80 DEGREES ONCE AGAIN
, AND THAT’S JUST GORGEOUS. WE
ALL KNOW WELL, THOUGH, IT’S NOT
GONNA LAST FOREVER WOULDN’T
EXACTLY WE WOULDN’T BE MICHIGAN
IF WE DIDN’T ALL RIGHT. LET’S
GET OVER TO KIM FOR AN UPDATE
FOR US. WE HAVE SOME TIME,
THOUGH, RIGHT? KIM? SURE DO AND
I JUST WANT TO SIT THERE AND
WATCH THAT FREIGHTER. I NEVER
CATCH IT. YOU GUYS CAUGHT IT
EVERY TIME I DO WEATHER I’VE
SEEN EVERY OTHER METEOROLOGISTS.
CIA FREIGHTER GO BY. I NEVER GET
YOUR THAT WAS YOUR FIRST
FREIGHTER FIRST GRADER. IT WAS.
I’M GLAD WE DVR THIS 84 DEGREES
RIGHT NOW. IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
83 AT METRO LOW EIGHTIES PRETTY
MUCH EVERYWHERE YOU GO. DIDN’T
CRACK THE RECORD TODAY, WHICH
WAS 89. BUT CLOSE ENOUGH. THERE
WERE SOME RECORD BREAKING
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY. IN FACT, RIGHT NOW IT’S
89 DEGREES IN NEW YORK CITY, 85
IN D. C 91 IN SIOUX FALLS, SO
LOTS OF HEAT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MIDWEST AND SPRING FLOWERS ARE
POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. IT’S
GREAT TO SEE THE TREES IN BLOOM
AND CLINTON TOWNSHIP. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT. MY PICK LINDA
TOMORROW WE’RE GOING TO HIT 80
DEGREES ONCE AGAIN, BUT THAT
MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME. FOR A
WHILE, ANYWAY. 58 DEGREES IN THE
MORNING 74 AT NOON 80 IN THE
AFTERNOON AND BY EIGHT O’CLOCK
TOMORROW NIGHT, 74 TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS TEMPERATURE TREND AS
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE
TRENDING DOWN OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL MONDAY, WHEN
OUR HIGH IS ONLY 48. WE’LL TALK
ABOUT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST A
LITTLE BIT IN GREATER DETAIL IN
THE WEEKEND COMING UP, BUT YOU
CAN ALWAYS FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING
ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY JUST
DOWNLOADING THE FREE 4WARN
WEATHER APP RIGHT, KIM, JUST
THREE YEARS OF AGE RANGE PROD
HAS DEALT WITH MORE THAN MOST OF
US EVER WILL. WE ARE TAKING YOU
TO THE JOYOUS CELEBRATION TODAY
FOR ONE SPECIAL LITTLE FIGHTER.
SOME BIG CONSUMER RECALLS AND
SURPRISING NEWS ABOUT DELTA
AIRLINES. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO
TRAVEL THIS SUMMER, I’M GOING TO
TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
RIGHT NOW. IT IS COMING UP IN MY
HELP ME HANG CONSUMER HEADLINES.
BUT FIRST MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN
THAT MASSIVE LEAK OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS AT THE PENTAGON, WHO