LIVE
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. THE LIVE
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. THE UNTHINKABLE JUST KEEPS HAPPENING . WE HAVE A BABY SHOT AGAIN. A
FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD SHOT IN
METRO DETROIT AND TONIGHT THERE
ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
IT HAPPENED. AND HOW LONG IT
TOOK TO GET THAT CHILD HELP.
TOPPING OUR NEWS TODAY AT FIVE
THAT CHILD IS EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE. THAT’S THE IMPORTANT
NEWS. BUT RIGHT NOW POLICE IN
BOTH TAYLOR AND DETROIT TRYING
TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW THAT
FOUR YEAR OLD ENDED UP WITH A
GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY BELIEVE THE
CHILD WAS SHOT INSIDE AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX AND TAYLOR BUT
HOURS LATER TO TRIP, POLICE WERE
TOLD THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT
JOY AND EVERGREEN ON THE CITY’S
WEST SIDE. SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN
WORKING TO GET ANSWERS INTO WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED AND HE JOINS US
LIVE FROM TAYLOR TONIGHT WITH
MORE SEAN. GOOD EVENING,
KIMBERLY. WE JUST WATCHED TAYLOR
POLICE SERVICE SEARCH WARRANT AT
THE APARTMENT. YOU SEE BEHIND
ME. THIS IS WHERE THAT FOUR YEAR
OLD WAS SHOT WITH BIRDSHOT. BUT
THAT SHOT AND THOSE INJURIES
WERE SUSTAINED ABOUT 24 HOURS
AGO, POLICE WERE SPEAKING WITH
BELIEVE. THEY WERE SENT ON A
WILD GOOSE CHASE IN AN APPARENT
ATTEMPT TO COVER IT UP.
FLASHLIGHT UNDER THAT WHOLE
LOCAL 4 CAMERAS ARE IN TAYLOR AT
THIS HOUR AS TAYLOR POLICE
SERVICE SEARCH WARRANT AT THE
COURTYARDS AND THE SPRINGS
APARTMENTS OFF OF EUREKA.
SOMETIMES YESTERDAY, A MAN
ACCIDENTALLY FIRED A SHOT
UPSTAIRS, BLOWING A HOLE THROUGH
THE CEILING AND HITTING A FOUR
YEAR OLD BOY DOWNSTAIRS. POLICE
SAY THAT MAN AND THE BOY’S
MOTHER DID NOT CALL POLICE OR E.
M S AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY GET
HER SON HELP. SOMETIME EARLY
THIS MORNING CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
CALLED DETROIT POLICE ALERTING
THEM THAT THEY WERE TREATING A
CHILD WHO HAD GUNSHOT WOUNDS WHO
HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THEM.
FROM SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL. YOU
KNOW THE UNFORTUNATE THING AGAIN
AS WE HAVE A BABY SHOT AGAIN.
DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE
, CLEARLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HIS
INVESTIGATORS WERE TOLD THAT THE
BOY WAS SOMEHOW SHOT EARLY THIS
MORNING AT A BUS STOP AT JOINT
AND EVERGREEN POLICE HAD THE
RUSH THERE, BUT THAT REPORT WAS
FALSE, CHIEF WHITE SAYS INSTEAD
OF IMMEDIATELY TAKING THE BOY TO
THE HOSPITAL. THE MOTHER
ALLEGEDLY DROVE THE BOY AROUND
IN A CAR, POSSIBLY FOR HOURS AND
THEN MOM AT SOME POINT PROCEEDS
TO GO TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS WITH THE CHILD.
ULTIMATELY ENDING UP AT THE
HOSPITAL. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE
FIRST DIRECT POINT FROM PICKING
UP THE CHILD BEING SHOT.
COMMUNITY LEADERS TONIGHT ARE
SAYING ENOUGH ON THE PARENT AND
THE GUN OWNER, GUN OWNERS, LET’S
BE MORE RESPONSIBLE PERIOD. BE
MORE RESPONSIBLE PERIOD. BUT THE
POLICE I’M TALKING TO TODAY,
CLEARLY FRUSTRATED THAT THEY
WERE GIVEN THE RUN AROUND HERE,
DELAYING ALSO THEIR
INVESTIGATION AND GETTING THAT
CHILD MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN FOR HOURS HERE.
WE’RE ALSO TOLD BY SOURCES, NOT
A LOT OF COOPERATION WITH THE
ADULTS INVOLVED HERE. EVENTUALLY
POLICE BROUGHT IN THE MOM AND
THE UNCLE FOR QUESTIONING, AND
WE’RE TOLD TONIGHT THAT CHARGES
MAY BE REQUESTED AGAINST ONE OR
BOTH BACK TO YOU. SO SICK OF
DOING THESE KINDS OF STORIES,
SEAN, JUST A LITTLE BOY. HOW’S
HE DOING? IS HE GOING TO BE
OKAY? HE’S GOING TO BE OKAY. BUT
HERE’S THE DEAL. THIS WAS
BIRDSHOT IF IT WAS BUCKSHOT,
SAME KIND OF LONG GUN HERE, SAME
KIND OF BLAST. WE COULD HAVE A
HORRIBLE, MUCH DIFFERENT STORY.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY. ALRIGHT, SEAN,
THANKS. WOW. WELL FOR A DAY THAT
STARTED OUT RATHER DREARY
FASHION. IT TURNED INTO A REALLY
NICE DAY OUTSIDE, IN FACT, A
LIVE LOOK AT AMERICA PARK TIGERS
RIGHT NOW IN THE SECOND HALF OF
A DOUBLE HEADER WITH PIRATES. WE
WANT TO GET OVER TO PAUL GROSS.
AFTER YESTERDAY’S RAIN. WE
WOULDN’T MIND KEEPING THAT SON
AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, PAUL
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AFTER A BUNCH
OF NEAR MISSES, LET’S GET THE
BANNER OUT OF THE WAY HERE.
LOOK, WE HAVE AN UP BOUND
FREIGHTER. LOOK AT THAT. WE
FINALLY CAUGHT ONE AND UP BOUND
FREIGHTER HERE ON THE RIVER.
I’VE HAD SO MANY NEAR MISSES.
SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE GONE
BY AND 30. SECONDS LATER, THE
GUYS TOSSED TO ME NOW I FINALLY
GOT TO SHOW YOU ONE. ALL RIGHT.
62 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN DETROIT.
56 57 PONTIAC 58 ADRIAN WINDS
FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT
GENERALLY 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS THE
AREA AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE
CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN LIKE THIS
AFTERNOON. LOT OF CLOUDS OF THE
SOUTH. SOME OF US HAVE NOT HAD A
WHOLE LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY. AND
THEN YOU GET TO THE NORTH, AND
IT’S BEEN NOTHING BUT FULL
SUNSHINE, AND THAT’S BECAUSE OF
THE COOLER WATERS COMING UP THE
COOLER AIR COMING OFF THE COLD
WATERS OF LAKE HURON KIND OF
STABILIZING THINGS A BIT. WE
CALL IT THE LAKE SHADOW, BUT
THEN YOU GET THE AREA FURTHER
DOWN TO THE SOUTH. THE AIR KIND
OF HEATED UP. AND THEN IT ROSE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT CLOUD
COVER WITH THAT MOISTURE UP
THERE. ALRIGHT. TEMPS QUICKLY
FALLING THROUGH THE FIFTIES INTO
THE UPPER FORTIES BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT, COMING UP. WE’RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT OUR CINCO DE MAYO,
WHICH IS GOING TO BE WE BE IN
AND THEN AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
APPROACHES, AND THAT’S GOING TO
KIND OF MESS THINGS UP. BUT THEN
NEXT WEEK ALL YOU NEED TO STICK
AROUND FOR THAT SEVEN DAY
FORECAST. I HAVE THAT FOR YOU IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. OUR PAUL AS
EXPECTED, THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS
RAISING INTEREST RATES HALF A
PERCENTAGE POINT. THAT IS THE
LARGEST PERCENTAGE POINT MOVES
SINCE 2000 MOVE COMES AS THE U.
S ECONOMY IS FACING RISING
INFLATION AND RECESSION THREATS
THAT ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY IT’S
GOING TO START REDUCING ITS HUGE
$9 TRILLION BALANCE SHEET, WHICH
CONSISTS MAINLY OF TREASURY AND
MORTGAGE BONDS. GOVERNOR WHITMER
CALLING FOR QUICK ACTION ON HER
ABORTION LAWSUIT WITH MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT SHE WANTS THE
HIGHER COURT TO DECLARE THE 1931
ABORTION LAW TO BE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. SO WHAT? I’M
USING EVERY TOOL AT MY DISPOSAL
. I’M GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL
TO PROTECT THIS RIGHT FOR WOMEN
IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND
THAT’S THAT’S WHAT I WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW. AND I INVITE PEOPLE TO
JOIN THE FIGHT. I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE MEN WHO SUPPORT THIS.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BUSINESS
LEADERS WHO SUPPORT THIS. I KNOW
THAT THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO
SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR
WOMEN. WE ALL NEED TO BE A PART
OF THIS FIGHT, AND WE’RE
ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO JOIN IT.
AND SEVERAL STATE LAWMAKERS ARE
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH
GOVERNOR WHITMER. YOU’LL HEAR
THEIR COMMENTS ON THE GOVERNOR’S
LAWSUIT WHEN YOU JOIN US TONIGHT
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX O’CLOCK,
AND WHILE THE GOVERNOR IS MOVING
TO SHORE UP ABORTION RIGHTS IN
MICHIGAN. OTHER STATES HAVE
TAKEN QUICK ACTION TO MAKE
ABORTION LEGAL OR BAN IT
ALTOGETHER. 26 STATES, INCLUDING
MICHIGAN, SET TO BAN ABORTIONS
AFTER ROE VERSUS WADE IS
OFFICIALLY STRUCK DOWN. SUSAN
MCGINNIS WITH MORE FROM
WASHINGTON TONIGHT, SUSAN WELL
HERE IN WASHINGTON. THE SEARCH
IS ON FOR THE LEAKER WHILE
NATIONWIDE EVERYONE FROM
LAWMAKERS TO ADVOCATES TO
AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
ISSUE PLOT THEIR NEXT MOVE. VERY
IGNORANCE WILL NOT BE BLESSED
REACTION GROWING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY A DAY AFTER THE
BOMBSHELL LEAK OF A SUPREME
COURT DRAFT OPINION OVERTURNING
THE LANDMARK ROE VERSUS WADE
DECISION CHOICE. IS AN IMPORTANT
ONE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE
SHOULD BE ABORTIONS ONCE THAT
CHILD IS VIABLE STATES PREPARING
FOR A PATCHWORK OF DIFFERING
LAWS 26 OF THEM CERTAIN OR
LIKELY TO RESTRICT ABORTION. IF
ROE IS OVERTURNED. ARKANSAS IS A
PRO LIFE STATE. WE HAVE ALREADY
PUT A TRIGGER LAW IN PLACE. AND
WE’RE GOING TO PROTECT THOSE
LIVES AREN’T WAITING. OKLAHOMA’S
GOVERNOR, SIGNING ONE OF THE
STRICTEST ABORTION LAWS IN THE
NATION, WHILE NEW JERSEY
CODIFIED A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE INTO STATE LAW COMING
SENATE VOTES, SOLIDIFYING
ABORTION PROTECTIONS NATIONALLY
, IS EXPECTED TO FAIL. EVERY
SINGLE AMERICAN IS GOING TO SEE
WHERE EVERY SINGLE SENATOR
STANDS. THE ISSUE SHINING A
SPOTLIGHT ON THE NOVEMBER
MIDTERM ELECTIONS, REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS HOPING THAT
GALVANIZES VOTERS THE PRESIDENT
ADDRESSING TODAY WHETHER A
REVERSAL OF ABORTION RIGHTS
COULD BE JUST THE BEGINNING.
WHAT ARE THE NEXT THINGS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE ATTACKED?
BECAUSE THIS MAGA CROWD IS
REALLY THE MOST EXTREME
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT’S
EXISTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
MEANWHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY INTO WHO LEAKED THE
OPINION AND UNPRECEDENTED ACT
MANY BELIEVE COULD UNDERMINE
TRUST IN THE NATION’S HIGHEST
COURT. LEGAL ANALYSTS SAY WHEN
FOUND. THE LEAKER IS UNLIKELY TO
FACE PROSECUTION IF THEY HAD
LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO THE
DOCUMENT IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN
MCGINNIS LOCAL 4 THAT SUSAN, THE
OFFICIAL DECISION WAS SET TO BE
HANDED DOWN AT SOME POINT NEXT
MONTH. PERHAPS NOT SURE IF IT’S
GOING TO BE MOVED AHEAD NOW
BECAUSE OF THE LEAK. NEW
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR THE WEEK
ARE IN AND THEY ARE TAKING UP
THE STATE IS REPORTING 18,945
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN
DAYS, SO THAT AVERAGES OUT TO
2700 CASES PER DAY. THAT’S ABOUT
700 MORE PER DAY. THAN LAST
WEEK’S NUMBERS. 62 NEW DEATHS
ARE ALSO BEING REPORTED OVER
THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. 55,000
MICHIGAN IS BREATHING A SIGH OF
RELIEF TONIGHT AFTER A DECISION
FROM THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT
OFFICE. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ON THE HOOK TO PAY BACK OVER
PAYMENTS MADE BY THE AGENCY
DURING THE PANDEMIC. LET’S GET
OUT TO MEGAN WOODS. SHE’S LIVE
TONIGHT. MEGAN, WE’RE TALKING A
LOT OF MONEY HERE. A LOT OF
MONEY. A LOT OF WEIGHT LIFTED
FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE WHO
WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY WERE GOING TO PAY ALL
THAT MONEY. AND THEN THERE ARE
STILL PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY HAVE A
HEFTY OVERPAYMENT BILL. THEY
DIDN’T COMMIT ANY TYPE OF FRAUD,
AND THEY’RE WAITING TO HEAR THE
SAME GREAT NEWS THAT WE’RE
HEARING TODAY. BUT I’M NOT DOING
ANYTHING WRONG. I’M NO LAW
ABIDING SENTENCING YET I’M BEING
ASKED TO REPAY THIS MONEY. IT
DIDN’T MAKE SENSE TO ME. CLARK
SAID HE WAS ONLY RECEIVING
UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS FOR ABOUT
THREE MONTHS AT THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC AND GETTING STARTED WAS
THE EASIEST PART. GETTING THE
TEXT WAS THE EASIEST PART. IT
WAS WHEN YOU BEGAN TO GET THE
LETTERS IN THE MAIL ABOUT THE
REPAYMENT AND THE OVERPAYMENT A
LETTER IN ONLINE NOTIFICATIONS.
SAYING HE OWED MORE THAN $9000
THE SAME AMOUNT. HE WAS PAID
JUST A FEW MONTHS EARLIER. I
REMEMBER READING A LETTER LIKE
THREE TIMES TO MAKE SURE I’M
LIKE OVERPAYMENT, WHERE, LIKE
HOW IT’S BEEN A CHALLENGE,
FIGURING OUT HOW HE WILL REPAY
ALL THAT MONEY, AND HE KNOWS
HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE. IN FACT,
MICHIGAN’S UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE AGENCY ANNOUNCED MORE
THAN 55,000. PEOPLE WHO FILED
WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY BACK. THE
GRAND TOTAL OF ABOUT $431
MILLION AND OVERPAYMENT IN A
STATEMENT, GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS
NO MICHIGANDERS WHO DID THE
RIGHT THING WHEN APPLYING FOR
BENEFITS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO
PAY ANYTHING BACK, RESULTING
FROM ERRORS AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL. IT BRINGS HOPE. FOR
PEOPLE LIKE MYRON ELATED THAT I
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE MY
WAIVED AS WELL. AND IT’S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THEY ARE ONLY
WAVING OVER PAYMENTS THAT WERE
ALREADY DETERMINED TO BE
IMPROPERLY AWARDED AND THOSE
PEOPLE SHOULD BE RECEIVING A
LETTER IN THE MAIL IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY
GOTTEN A MESSAGE IN THEIR ONLINE
ACCOUNT, AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT
OFFICE IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT OR STILL IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE
WHO STILL DESERVE. THEY’RE
OVERPAYMENTS WAVED BACK TO YOU,
MEGAN. WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHOSE
OVERPAYMENT IS BEING WAVED? BUT
THEY’VE ALREADY STARTED TO PAY
IT BACK. SO THEY’VE ALREADY SET
ASIDE $11 MILLION TO HELP THOSE
PEOPLE AND PAID THEM BACK.