LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. HAIL STRONG, DAMAGING WINDS AND A LOT
OF RAIN, ALL POPPING UP ON EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR AS THE STORMS
MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN,
RIGHT INITIAL ESTIMATES FOR
POWER OUTAGES FROM THESE STORMS
MORE THAN 170,000 STATEWIDE
ABOUT 11,000 LOCALLY. SO NOW
WE’VE GOT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IN EFFECT, BASICALLY,
FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
START THINGS OFF HERE AT SIX
WITH BRETT COLLAR BRETT NOT ONLY
ARE WE SEEING THESE STRONG
STORMS WITH THE LINE, BUT ALSO
OUT AHEAD OF IT. A COUPLE OF
THESE ISOLATED STORMS HAVE
PROMPTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS AND, LIKE DEVIN JUST
SAID EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN IS CURRENTLY UNDER A
WARNING. NOW, IF YOU’RE IN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, YOU’RE PRETTY
MUCH IN THE CLEAR WESTERN HALF
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. YOU’RE
ALSO IN THE CLEAR, BUT YOU CAN
SEE PARTS OF MACOMB COUNTY OVER
TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF ST
CLAIR COUNTY, SEEING SOME VERY
HEAVY RAIN, LIGHTNING AND
THUNDER. I WANT TO DIVE INTO
THESE STORMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
HAD A HISTORY. OF BEING VERY
STRONG, PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS,
BUT ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL
THERE AS WELL. SO AS WE PAN DOWN
FURTHER, WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK
INSIDE THE STORM, AND YOU CAN
SEE THAT THESE STORMS ARE
EXTENDING OVER 40,000 FT. IN
HEIGHT WITHIN THE ATMOSPHERE,
AND ANYTIME IT’S THAT HIGH, THE
UPDRAFTS ARE VERY STRONG. THERE
IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS AGAIN COULD BRING
SOME OF THOSE STRONG, GUSTY
WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH
THESE DOWNPOURS, SO STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUES TO BE
OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. BUT WE’RE
ALSO SEEING SIGNS OF HAIL IN A
COUPLE OF THESE STORMS. STILL
THOUGH, IT’S THAT LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THAT
CONTINUES TO BE OUR BIGGEST
CONCERN. THIS MAIN LINE MOVING
TO THE NORTH AND EAST ABOUT 45
MPH IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR
THOSE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. SO
WE’RE TALKING IN BLOOMFIELD
HILLS IN JUST A MATTER OF
MOMENTS. BEVERLY HILLS IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AS WELL. LAST
VILLAGE ABOUT FIVE AFTER SIX
AGAIN LIKE, DEVIN SAID. ALL OF
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN IS UNDER A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
THAT’S THE ORANGE BOXES HERE
UNTIL ABOUT 6 45 UNTIL SEVEN PM
FOR SOME SPOTS, BUT ALL OF US
HERE SEEING THE ACTION THE NEXT
LITTLE WHILE AND WE’VE GOT A
LITTLE BIT MORE RAIN FOR PARTS
OF THE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN
JUST A BIT. DON’T FORGET THE
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BEST FRIEND ALONG WITH WATCHING
US HERE. ON CHANNEL FOUR WITH IT
TRACKING RADAR HOUR BY HOUR
FORECASTS. ALL THE INFORMATION
YOU NEED RIGHT THERE IN THE PALM
OF YOUR HAND TO SEARCH WDIV’S
WEATHER. OKAY, BRETT. THANK YOU
NOW TO A STORY INVOLVING THE
WAYNE COUNTY MORGUE, A
DISTRESSED WIDOW AND FRUSTRATED
FOR FUNERAL HOME FOR
INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW BACK
WITH MORE. SHE GOT MORE TIPS ON
MORGUE MISTAKES. AND NOW SOME
GOOD NEWS. HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS,
AND I’M SO HAPPY TO SHARE THIS
REALLY LIFE CHANGING NEWS FOR
LOCAL WIDOW WHO REALLY SUFFERED
BECAUSE OF THE MISTAKES AT THE
MORGUE. WELL TONIGHT THOSE
MISTAKES ARE CORRECTED, AND
SOMEONE CAME FORWARD TO HELP HER
OUT OF HER FINANCIAL MESS THAT
WAS MADE WORSE BY THE MORGUE.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL. I SAID YES,
I CRIED FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN
I SAID, WELL, I WIPE MINDS HAS
SAID, WELL, I GOT TO GET GOING
BECAUSE I GOT TO FIGURE OUT
SOMETHING. SO THAT’S WHEN I
DECIDED TO CALL KAREN DREW. WE
MET CELIA A MONTH AGO, SHE
COULDN’T GET HER HUSBAND’S DEATH
CERTIFICATE FROM THE WAYNE
COUNTY MORGUE AND THEREFORE
COULDN’T GET HER SURVIVOR’S
BENEFITS. THAT IS UNTIL WE GOT
INVOLVED. BUT CELIA IS TROUBLES
WEREN’T OVER. WITHOUT THOSE
BENEFITS. SHE COULDN’T PAY HER
BILLS. BUT I STILL HAD A PROBLEM
WITH MY D T BILL. SO I’M STILL
SWEATING BULLETS BECAUSE I HAVE
MY DAUGHTER AND MY THREE
GRANDKIDS LIVING HERE, AND WE
DON’T WANT TO BE ON THE STREETS
AFTER OUR REPORT. CECILIA’S
PRAYERS WERE JUST ANSWERED.
SALVATION ARMY DECIDED TO PAY
THE WHOLE BILL. SO I WAS SO
GRATEFUL TO THEM ANTI KAREN FOR
COMING THROUGH FOR ME AND
ANOTHER UPDATE. JAMES H. COLE
FUNERAL HOME CAME TO US WITH
THIS LIST. AFTER MY LAST REPORT.
FAMILIES WITH DECEASED LOVED
ONES, SOME WAITING FOR MORE THAN
TWO YEARS FOR THEIR DEATH
CERTIFICATES. ANY LIFE INSURANCE
IS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT A PENDING
DEATH CERTIFICATE. I GOT TO WORK
JUST GOT WORD. THOSE DEATH
CERTIFICATES HAVE FINALLY BEEN
PROCESSED. ONCE THE FAMILY GETS
THAT DEATH CERTIFICATE, IT’S
ALMOST THAT LITTLE BIT OF
CLOSURE, CLOSURE FOR THE
FAMILIES AND THIS LIST. AND,
FINALLY, SOME CLOSURE FOR CELIA
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
EVERYBODY DID FOR ME NOW I CAN
MOVE FORWARD. YOU SURE? CAN
CELIA AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER
FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING
SO LONG FOR THOSE DEATH
CERTIFICATES. CLEARLY, THIS
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN EXPOSED THE
ISSUE MONTHS AGO. SINCE THEN,
WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE
DECIDED TO REPLACE THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER, DR KARL SCHMIDT. HIS
LAST DAY IS SEPT 30TH FUNERAL
HOME. DIRECTORS ARE KIND OF
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. THEY’RE THE
ONES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO FACE
THE FAMILIES RIGHT AND IT’S
REALLY HARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
TALK TO THE FAMILY ONE ON ONE,
IN A SENSE, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
IT’S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY,
BUT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM
THAT WAY AND IT’S A FINANCIAL
BURDEN. THEY CAN’T GET THEIR
LIFE INSURANCE AND THEN IT’S THE
EMOTIONAL BURDEN BECAUSE THE
FAMILY NEEDS CLOSURE, AND
SOMETIMES THEY FIND OUT.
ACTUALLY, THE CAUSE OF DEATH
ROSE THROUGH THOSE DEATH
CERTIFICATES. THEY HAVEN’T KNOWN
FOR ALL THAT. SOME OF THESE
FAMILIES ARE WAITING TWO YEARS
SO WE’RE BRINGING CLOSURE. WE’RE
GETTING SOME RESULTS, AND WE’LL
STAY ON TIME. WHAT IF SHE? YEAH
DARLING. YEAH ALRIGHT, KAREN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR DUGGAN, CHIEF
WHITE AND OTHER DETROIT LEADERS
COMING FORWARD TODAY TO SPEAK
ABOUT SUNDAY’S TRAGIC AND
TERRIFYING SHOOTING SPREE IN
WHICH FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT
SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM. THREE OF
THOSE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND
MORE LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN LOST,
IF NOT FOR TECHNOLOGY, HELPING
POLICE RESPOND. SHAWN LEY IS
LIVE WITH MORE OF THAT PART OF
THE STORY TONIGHT, SEAN.
KIMBERLY GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TELLING ME
THEY TRULY BELIEVE THIS 19 YEAR
OLD SUSPECTED GOVERNMENT WOULD
HAVE KEPT GOING HERE IN THE WEST
SEVEN MILE AREA SEARCHING FOR
VICTIMS IF THEY HADN’T USED
TECHNOLOGY SO EARLY ON A SUNDAY
MORNING TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT
TO HELP TRACK HIM DOWN. A 19
YEAR OLD SUSPECTED ACTIVE
SHOOTER WITH NO CRIMINAL RECORD
HAS HE KILLED BEFORE SUNDAY’S
DEADLY SPREE. EVERYTHING HE
TOUCHED AND THEY’RE GOING TO
TRACK HIS ACTIONS ARE GOING TO
TRY TO IDENTIFY THE MOMENT. AH
HE TOOK POSSESSION OF THAT
WEAPON. FIRST MURDER HERE AT
SEVEN IN WYOMING AT 4 45 SUNDAY
MORNING. NO ONE APPARENTLY HEARD
IT. NO ONE CALLED 911. WHAT WE
DON’T WANT TO HAPPEN IS GUNSHOTS
TO BECOME COMMONPLACE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. WE DON’T WANT TO
BECOME DESENSITIZED TO SOMEONE
SHOOTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. A
SECOND VICTIM 30. MINUTES LATER,
THREE BLOCKS AWAY. POLICE WERE
CALLED TO THAT SCENE, AND THOSE
OFFICERS EVENTUALLY HEARD MORE
GUNSHOTS SHOTS THAT KILLED A
THIRD VICTIM ON LIVERNIOS TESTS
ON SHELL CASINGS. CONFIRM ONE
GUN. ONE ACTIVE SHOOTER, POLICE
CHECKED GREEN LIGHT CAMERAS AND
GOT A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECTED
SHOOTER OUT IMMEDIATELY. A TEXT
BLAST WENT OUT TO PEOPLE’S CELL
PHONES, WARNING PEOPLE OF THE
SHOOTER. HOMICIDE COMMANDER MIKE
MCGINNIS SAYS TECHNOLOGY WAS
USED QUICKLY AND SAVED LIVES.
UNDOUBTEDLY HE WAS NOT DONE
RIGHT. I MEAN, HE WAS IN HIS
HOME FOR THAT DAY, BUT THE NEXT
MORNING, HE COULD HAVE BEEN BACK
AT IT. THE CITY ALSO CALLED
COMMUNITY LEADERS, ASKING THEM
TO HELP WARN PEOPLE THAT THERE
WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. SOME OF
THEM WASN’T AWARE, BUT WE MADE
THEM AWARE, YOU KNOW, GO INSIDE
. YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL ACTIVE
RIGHT NOW. AND YOU KNOW, THANK
GOD DIDN’T LAST THAT LONG. BACK
YOUR LIVE ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. THREE FAMILIES, HOWEVER,
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED BY WHAT
HAPPENED. BUT AGAIN,
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE VICTIMS
THAT AGAIN IS SUSPECTED SHOOTER
ONLY 19 YEARS OLD POLICE ARE
SAYING RIGHT NOW NO CRIMINAL
RECORD. THEY ARE GETTING SOME
INFORMATION FROM FAMILY ABOUT
MENTAL ILLNESS MUCH MORE AS WE
CONTINUE TO DIG ABOUT WHO THE
SHOOTER IS. LIVE ON THE WEST
SIDE. I’M SHAWN LEY LOCAL FORD
BACK TO YOUR RELIEF. HE’S OFF
THE STREETS TONIGHT, SEAN, WE
APPRECIATE IT. MOTHER OF SIX
FACING CHARGES IN AN ALLEGED
DRUNK DRIVING CRASH THAT KILLED
HER THREE YEAR OLD CHILD, SHELBY
ELLIS INKSTER PLEADED NOT GUILTY
TODAY TO CHARGES OF CHILD IN
DANGER MINT AND OPERATING WHILE
INTOXICATED, CAUSING DEATH.
POLICE SAY ELLIS WAS GOING THE
WRONG WAY ON INKSTER ROAD IN
FARMINGTON HILLS WITH THEIR SIX
CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHEN SHE
CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR ON
SATURDAY. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS
NOT IN A CAR SEAT. AND WAS
KILLED. HER OTHER CHILDREN WERE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL THERE NOW,
WITH A GRANDPARENT. WELL AS THE
WORLD IS LEARNING TO LIVE WITH
COVID 19 RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO
UNCOVER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE LONGER TERM RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE VIRUS. MULTIPLE STUDIES
NOW SHOW PEOPLE WHO CONTRACTED
COVID MAY BE AT GREATER RISK FOR
DEVELOPING TYPE TWO DIABETES
STUDY OF VETERANS FOUND THOSE
WHO HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID WERE ABOUT 40% MORE LIKELY
TO DEVELOP DIABETES, EVEN UP TO
A YEAR LATER COMPARED TO
VETERANS. WHO HAD NOT HAD THE
VIRUS. OTHER RESEARCH FOUND TYPE
TWO DIABETES ROSE 77% IN
PATIENTS AGES 8 TO 21 DURING THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC. BUT
THE QUESTION REMAINS. WHY
SCIENTIFIC TERMS? WHAT WE
USUALLY SAY IS THAT WE HAVE
SHOWN IN ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE
NOT SHOWN ANY CAUSATION, RIGHT?
LIKE SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
YOU ARE SEEING THAT IT KIND OF
GOES HAND IN HAND. BUT WE’RE NOT
SEEING OR WE CANNOT PROVE RIGHT
NOW THAT THIS IS THE CAUSE OF
DIABETES ITSELF. EXPERTS SAY
IT’S POSSIBLE THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WERE ALREADY AT GREATER RISK FOR
DEVELOPING DIABETES AND THE
VIRUS TIPPED THEM OVER THE EDGE.
IT COULD ALSO BE THAT MORE CASES
OF DIABETES ARE BEING REPORTED
NOW, AS LONG HAULERS ARE BEING
MORE CLOSELY MONITORED BY THEIR
DOCTORS, AS RESEARCHERS DIG
DEEPER INTO THE UNDERLYING
REASONS, EXPERTS SAY, ONE THING
IS CLEAR. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF
CONSEQUENCES IN TERMS OF BLONDE
COVID IN TERMS OF OTHER FACTORS
, SO ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW,
VACCINATIONS, BOOSTERS AND
PREVENTION REMAIN REMAIN THE
BEDROCKS FOR OUR FIGHT AGAINST
COVID. THAT’S RIGHT, AND
SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES CAN INCLUDE
EXCESSIVE THIRST AND HUNGER,
FREQUENT URINATION, NUMBNESS IN
YOUR HANDS AND FEET OR LOSING
WEIGHT WITHOUT TRYING. IF YOU
NOTICE ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS,
CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY.
WELL THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE BACK
TO SCHOOL FEEL EVEN MORE
MEANINGFUL THAN BEFORE FIVE
O’CLOCK, WE SHOULD DO THE
EXCITEMENT IN DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AS THEY RETURNED. ONE OF
OUR CREWS WAS ALSO AT MELVIN
DALE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SENIORS
WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. WE’RE
RARING TO GO. YOU KNOW, IT’S
SENIOR YEAR, SO I’M GOING TO BE
APPLYING TO COLLEGES TAKING MY
SATS WRITING SOME ESSAYS, SO YOU
KNOW YOU WANT TO GET THAT DONE,
BUT ALSO A SENSE OF SENIOR
YEARS. I WANT TO RELAX A LITTLE
BIT AND ENJOYING MY TIME WITH MY
FRIENDS AND JUST TAKING THIS
LAST YEAR. IT’S REALLY GOOD
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE GOING
THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. OUR CLASS
SPECIFICALLY HAD A LOT OF WORRY
LIKE WE MIGHT BE LIKE THE COVID
SENIORS AND NOT HAVE A SENIOR
YEAR. SO BEING BACK AT SCHOOL IS
REALLY GOOD RELIEF FOR US.
YOU’RE GOING TO BE DONE HERE AND
A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT’S
GONNA GO LIKE THAT. THIS IS
GOING TO BE MY EAR. I COULD TELL
THAT GOT THAT RIGHT? IT DOES GO
LIKE THAT. THE OXFORD SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHARING IMAGES FROM THE
FIRST START TO THE NEW SCHOOL
YEAR THERE SINCE LAST NOVEMBER’S
TRAGIC SHOOTING AT OXFORD HIGH
WILDCATS. FIRST DAY BACK WAS
LAST THURSDAY. THE DISTRICT SAYS
ATTENDANCE WAS AT 98% JUST
FANTASTIC, AND OXFORD SCHOOLS
HAS ADOPTED A THEME OF RADIATE
AND SHINE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE’RE TOLD THERE WERE LOTS OF
HUGS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENIOR CLASS. BUT IN THE PARKING
LOT TO WATCH THE SUNRISE
TOGETHER, AND YOU KNOW, WE
CERTAINLY WISH EVERYONE AT
OXFORD ALL THE SCHOOLS REALLY