WE BEGIN TO VIBE WITH AN UNDERCOVER STATE POLICE TROOPERS SHOT ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
WE’VE GOT BRAND NEW INFORMATION
ON HIS CONDITION AS POLICE MAKE
ARRESTS IN THE CASE. OFF THE TOP
HERE AT FIVE AFTER BEING RUSHED
TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. THE TROOPER IS NOW
STABLE AND RECOVERING. THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON REVIEW,
AND THAT’S NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT AND
RIVERVIEW ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
. SHAWN LEY LIVE THIS EVENING,
AND SEAN POLICE LOCKED DOWN THAT
AREA SHORTLY AFTER GETTING THE
CALL. FOUR HOURS ALSO BEARS
REPEATING WITH PAMELA JUST SAID
KAREN THAT THE TROOPER IS IN
STABLE CONDITION WAS IN CRITICAL
EARLIER. LET ME SET THE STAGE
FOR YOU THIS SCENE REALLY JUST
CLEARING UP WITHIN THE LAST
COUPLE OF HOURS LATE TODAY, THEY
SHUT DOWN HERE BECAUSE THE FEAR
OF A BARRICADED GUNMAN BACK
THERE ARE VERY LARGE APARTMENT
COMPLEX. NOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
AN UNDERCOVER SERGEANT, A 10
YEAR VETERAN. HE WAS ON AN
INVESTIGATION UNDERCOVER WHEN
SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM A TOP
WINDOW FROM AN APARTMENT
BUILDING BACK. THEY’RE ON
RIVERVIEW, HIS PARTNER, CALLING
OUT SHOTS FIRED. MY PARTNER HAS
BEEN HIT. POLICE PUTTING THIS
ENTIRE AREA OF RIVERVIEW NEAR
TELEGRAPH IN 96 ON LOCKDOWN FOR
HOURS THIS MORNING. THIS IS
WHERE AN UNDERCOVER MSP
NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR WAS
WATCHING THE FOCUS OF HIS
INVESTIGATION AND WAS SHOT
SEVERAL TIMES BY SOMEONE FIRING
FROM THE BUILDING. JUST SEAN
SCOTT WAS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE ORDERED BY MSP TO STAY
PUT. WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMOTION
THEY COMMAND WAS LIKE, CAN’T
LEAVE EVERYBODY STAY IN FOR
SAFETY. POLICE SWARMING THE AREA
TO GET THAT INJURED TROOPER OUT
OF THE LINE OF FIRE AND THE
TRACK DOWN THE GUNMAN BEFORE
ANYONE ELSE GOT HURT. THAT
TROOPER WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL FOR LIFE SAVING CARE.
WE HAVE MANAGED TO GET ALL OF
HIS FAMILY MEMBER IS MOM, DAD
AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE AT
THE HOSPITAL WITH THEM. ALONG
WITH MOST OF OUR COMMAND STAFF,
SO HE HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH
THEM RIGHT NOW. THAT’S SUSPECTED
GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF
THE AREA, BUT MSP SAYS TONIGHT
THEY ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTS WHEN
THEY TRACED A CAR TO ROMULUS.
BACK NEAR THE APARTMENTS. JUST
SEAN SCOTT SIMPLY WANTS PEOPLE
TO STOP SHOOTING. QUIT SHOOTING
AT THE POLICE AT THE END OF THE
DAY. THEY’RE HERE FOR OUR
SAFETY. AND IF WE DON’T HAVE NO.
THEN WHO DO WE AT? A GETTING
BACK HERE ALIVE FROM CRITICAL
CONDITION TO THIS TROOPER EARLY
THIS MORNING, UPGRADED TO STABLE
, HE’S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND
TWO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY. THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. LIVE IN
THE WEST SITE. SHAWN LEY LOCAL
FOUGHT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, SEAN. NOW THE
HURRICANE IAN AND LIVE PICTURES
. TONIGHT IS THE HURRICANES.
OUTER BANDS HIT KEY WEST. WE’VE
SEEN SOME TOURISTS ACTUALLY
TAKING A PRETTY DANGEROUS
SELFIES ALL DAY AS THE STORM
BEARS DOWN ON FLORIDA’S GULF
COAST TOWN OF TREASURE ISLAND
ALONG THE GULF NEAR TAMPA IS NOT
ONLY EVACUATING RESIDENTS, THE
CITY HAS ACTUALLY MADE THE CALL
TO SHUT DOWN THE SEWAGE SYSTEM.
THAT’S HOW SERIOUS THEY’RE
TAKING A STORM AND WE KNOW SO
MANY OF YOU HAVE TIES TO THAT
AREA ARE JACQUELINE FRANCIS’S
LIVE AT METRO AIRPORT IS THE
LAST FLIGHT FROM TAMPA ARRIVES
BEFORE THE STORM HITS, BUT FIRST
WE’RE GONNA START WITH KIM ADAMS
. SHE’S LIVE IN TAMPA THIS
EVENING, AND KIM, A BRAND NEW
TRACK OF THE STORM HAS JUST COME
DOWN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF
MINUTES. JUST FIVE MINUTES AGO.
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
UPDATED THE FORECAST TRACK FOR
HURRICANE IAN. IT IS STILL AT
WINS WITH 120 MPH, HOWEVER,
STRENGTHENING IS STILL EXPECTED
. BUT THE TRACK IS NOW GOING A
LITTLE BIT SOUTH, WHICH IS
SOMEWHAT GOOD NEWS FOR THE FOLKS
HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. I’M
RIGHT NOW ON ST PETE BEACH, AND
IT IS EERILY QUIET. HERE LOOK AT
THIS MASSIVE HURRICANE. IT IS
JUST SITTING OVER THE WARM
WATERS OF THE GULF. CONTINUING
TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES OFF TO
THE NORTH, THE TRACK HAS
SUDDENLY SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. HERE’S THE
LATEST FIVE PM ADVISORY, A
CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE LIKELY
TO BECOME A FOUR OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT WINDS RIGHT NOW AT 120
MPH, BUT LOOK AT THOSE GUSTS.
150 MPH EXPECTED NOW TO MAKE
LANDFALL SOMETIME TOMORROW
EVENING. INSTEAD OF IN THE TAMPA
BAY AREA. NOW IT’S LIKELY TO HIT
BETWEEN SARAH SOTA AND VENICE,
WHICH PUTS FOUR MEIJER ON THE
RIGHT SIDE. THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THAT STORM, WHICH IS NOT GOOD
NEWS FOR THAT AREA, AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THERE WILL STILL BE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EVEN AS
FAR NORTH AS ORLANDO AS IT MOVES
OFF TO THE NORTH AND TO THE
NORTHEAST. NOW, THERE ARE ALSO
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS. AND
SURGE WARNINGS AS FAR NORTH AS
THE PANHANDLE AND THEN ALSO INTO
SOUTH CAROLINA SO WE WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK HURRICANE E
AND I HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO
COME. BUT RIGHT NOW, NBC’S CHRIS
PALLONE IS ALSO IN TAMPA AS
FOLKS GET READY FOR THIS MASSIVE
HURRICANE. TO STAY PUT OR GET
OUT. THAT’S THE DECISION.
MILLIONS ALONG FLORIDA’S GULF
COAST ARE MAKING TODAY AND IT’S
A DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE
SOON AS THE EFFECTS FROM A
HURRICANE IN WILL BE FELT HERE
SHORTLY. IN TAMPA. PEOPLE ARE
SCRAMBLING TO GET READY FOR IAN.
THIS ONE DOES FEEL A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT. WE FELT THAT WAY IN
THE PAST BEFORE, SO IT’S JUST
BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY,
BUT MANY ARE FINDING EMPTY STORE
SHELVES LONG LINES FOR SUPPLIES
AND GAS PUMPS RUNNING DRY. THIS
IS THE FOURTH GAS STATION. WE
JUST TRIED. ALL OF THEM ARE SEEM
TO BE LIKE OUT. BY MIDDAY CITY
SANDBAG STATIONS HAD REACHED
CAPACITY. STATE OFFICIALS
CONTINUE TO URGE PEOPLE IN LOW
LYING AREAS TO GET OUT. WHILE
THE WIND WILL BE BAD, THEY SAY
IT’S THE WATER. THEY FEAR THAT
WILL BE DEADLY GOING TO END UP
WITH REALLY SIGNIFICANT STORM
SURGE, YOU’RE GOING TO END UP
WITH REALLY SIGNIFICANT FLOOD
EVENTS, AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF
STORM SURGE THAT IS LIFE
THREATENING AND A HALF MILLION
PEOPLE UP AND DOWN. THE FLORIDA
GULF COAST ARE UNDER EVACUATION
ORDERS, PROMPTING BUMPER TO
BUMPER TRAFFIC ON MANY HIGHWAYS
. PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO EVACUATE BY
THEIR LOCAL OFFICIALS. PLEASE
LISTEN TO THEM. THE DECISION YOU
CHOOSE TO MAKE A MEAN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND
DEATH STORM SLAMMED THE WESTERN
TIP OF CUBA BEFORE TAKING AIM AT
FLORIDA. IAN NOW PREDICTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL SOUTH OF TAMPA,
BUT THE STATE’S GOVERNOR DOESN’T
WANT ANYONE TO GET COMPLACENT
BASED ON THE FORECAST JUST
BECAUSE THE EYES NO LONGER ON
TAMPA BAY. ONE LITTLE WOBBLE CAN
CHANGE THAT. THOUSANDS OF
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE ACTIVE
IN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
HAVE SUPPLIES STAGED THROUGHOUT
THE REGION TO HELP WITH RECOVERY
AFTER THE STORM MOVES THROUGH.
OOH! AS FOR THE FEDERAL
RESPONSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID
TODAY HE’S ALREADY SPOKEN TO
SEVERAL MAYORS IN THE STORM’S
PATH. FEMA HAS MORE THAN 700
PEOPLE IN THE STATE, ALREADY
WITH MORE THAN THREE MILLION
MEALS AND THREE MILLION LITERS
OF WATER READY TO GO TO HELP
AFTER THE STORM. IN TAMPA, CHRIS
PALLONE FOUR. LOCAL BACK HERE IN
ST PETE BEACH. THE HURRICANE
SHUTTERS ARE UP. MOST OF THE
PEOPLE ARE GONE AND WE ARE
EXPECTING A MASSIVE STORM SURGE
. EVEN IF THE STORM HITS TO THE
SOUTH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
STORM SURGE OF ABOUT 5 TO 8 FT,
WHICH COULD COMPLETELY DEVASTATE
THIS AREA. COMING UP. WE WILL
TALK MORE ABOUT THE FORECAST NOT
ONLY HERE IN ST PETE BEACH, BUT
ALSO THEIR AT HOME. YOU CAN SEE
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE STILL STAYING
COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. I’LL
TALK TO SOME OF THE LOCAL
RESIDENTS WHO ARE FUSING TO
LEAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. KIM AND SOME PEOPLE ARE
REFUSING TO LEAVE. MANY PEOPLE
OBVIOUSLY ARE TRYING TO GET OUT.
BACK HERE AT HOME. FOLKS ARE
ARRIVING AT METRO AIRPORT AFTER
SCRAMBLING TO GET OUT OF THE
HURRICANE’S PATH. TAMPA’S
AIRPORT JUST CLOSED A FEW
MINUTES AGO AT FIVE. NO FLIGHTS
GOING IN OR GOING OUT.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS’S LIVE AT BTW
TONIGHT AND JACQUELINE, HE
TALKED TO FOLKS WHO MADE IT OUT
JUST IN TIME. TALK ABOUT A
STRESSFUL TRAVEL DAY. THOSE LAST
FLIGHTS FROM TAMPA TO DETROIT
SOLD OUT. MANY OF THE PEOPLE ON
BOARD WERE METRO DETROITERS, WHO
HAD TO CUT THEIR VACATIONS
SHORT. OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDED.
THOSE WHO LIVE IN FLORIDA, NOW
IN MICHIGAN, IS SEEKING REFUGE
FROM HURRICANE IAN. ALL IN ALL,
A BUSY DAY HERE AT THE AIRPORT.
IAN IS FORCING MICHIGANDERS CUT
THEIR TRIPS SHORT, HAPPY TO GET
OUT OF THERE SCRAMBLING TO FIND
THE LAST FLIGHTS OUT OF THE
STORM’S PATH. EVERYBODY ALL OF
OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE
THERE FOR A WEDDING WAS TOLD TO
LEAVE CLEARWATER, LARGO AND
TAMPA THE AIRPORTS IN FLORIDA
PACKED AND FLIGHTS SOLD OUT. WE
WEREN’T SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO
GET OUT OR NOT. LUCKILY WE DID
THIS MORNING MYERS MOM AND HER
TWIN BOYS LANDING IN MICHIGAN TO
STAY WITH FAMILY NOT WANTING TO
TAKE ANY TRANCES. AND THEY’RE
NOT THE ONLY ONES AIRING ON THE
SIDE OF CAUTION AND OF WHERE I
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY THAT MAKES
LIFE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. SO I’M
RATHER THAN GET OUR ROBOT AND
ROLL MYSELF TO THE GROCERY
STORE. I DECIDED TO COME TO
DETROIT. WE WERE AT DISNEY AND
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO
GO RIGHT OVER THAT AREA. UM SO
WE JUST MADE THE DECISION. YOU
KNOW, I’D RATHER HAVE A BLIZZARD
THAN HURRICANE SO WE DECIDED TO
CUT IT SHORT AND COME HOME
EARLY. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA STUDENT FROM TROY ALSO
PLAYING IT SAFE. SEEING THE
STORM IS A GOOD EXCUSE TO SPEND
A FULL WEEKEND IN MICHIGAN. ONLY
YESTERDAY, THEY CANCELED
CLASSES. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY, SO KIND OF JUST DECIDED
TO MAKE A LAST MINUTE TRIP HOME.
SO NOW THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHEN
WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO RETURN TO
FLORIDA? TAMPA OFFICIALS AT THE
AIRPORT THERE SAY IT’S UNCLEAR
WHEN THEY’LL BE ABLE TO REOPEN
AND JUST TODAY, THE BIGGEST
AIRPORT IN ORLANDO ANNOUNCED
THAT IT WILL BE HOLDING ALL
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS STARTING
TOMORROW. WE’RE LIVE AT DETROIT
METRO AIRPORT, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU, JACQUELINE RIGHT NOW
AND CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM
THERE’S A REALLY COOL EXPLAINER
ON HOW THE GULF OF MEXICO IS
ACTUALLY TURBOCHARGING THIS
STORM AND YOU CAN FIND THE LINK
RIGHT IN THE TOP STORIES SECTION
IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT. WOW.
ALSO HERE AT FIVE DETROIT CITY
COUNCIL WAS EXPECTED TO MAKE A
DECISION TODAY ON EXPANDING THE
SHOT SPOTTER SYSTEM IN THE CITY
. BIG HOT TOPIC THERE. POLICE
SAY THE GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM
HAS ALREADY HELPED SAVE LIVES,
WHILE OTHERS SAY THE $8 MILLION
PRICE TAG CAN BE PUT TO BETTER
USE ELSEWHERE. PRIYA MANN
FOLLOWING TODAY’S DECISION TO
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW
CONTROVERSIAL THIS TECHNOLOGY IS
. PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY LASTED
MORE THAN TWO HOURS, AND MANY OF
THE FOLKS WHO WERE HERE IN
PERSON TODAY LEFT CITY HALL
ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED. MOTION
PASSES TO POSTPONE. I’M
INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED FOR
PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THEY HAVE
TALKED TO COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
AND ORGANIZERS. I’M ONE NO ONE
HAS TALKED TO ME. MEANWHILE
PROPONENTS OF SHOT SPOTTER SAY
THEY’RE NOT DETERRED WOULD LIKE
TO VOTE FOR TODAY AND HAD IT
DONE, BUT I’M NOT AT ALL UPSET
WITH THEM TRYING TO FIND OUT
FIND MORE ACCESS TO PASS IT IN
THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF DETROIT
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON TUESDAY
, A FLOW OF EMOTIONS AS THE
PROPOSED EXPANSION WAS DEBATED.
ER ALERTS POLICE WHEN SHOTS ARE
FIRED, THE TECHNOLOGY IS
CONTROVERSIAL AND DUE TO THE
SHEER VOLUME, PUBLIC COMMENT WAS
LIMITED TO A MINUTE PER PERSON.
HOW CAN THEY LIE TO OUR FACES?
VERY INSULTING, BUT THAT SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF. WHY WOULD DETROIT BE
DIFFERENT THAN CHICAGO? ST LOUIS
? HARD TO POLICE? RANDOM,
IMPULSIVE GUN VIOLENCE? SPOT
SHUTTER. DEAL DIRECTLY WITH GUN
VIOLENCE, GUN SPOTS IN REAL TIME
, DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES
WHITE JOINED THE COUNCIL MEETING
VIRTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF SHOT
SPOTTER. I APOLOGIZE IF MY
ANIMATION OFFEND SOME, BUT I’VE
BEEN UP SINCE ONE O’CLOCK ONCE
AGAIN. I AM ON A SHOOTING SCENE
WHERE I’VE GOT A POLICE OFFICER
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AND
INEXPLICABLE, VIOLENT ACT IN
THIS COMMUNITY, AND I NEED THIS
COUNCIL TO STAND WITH ME TO
POUND THE TABLE FOR WHAT’S
RIGHT, THE CITY OF DETROIT.
SPLIT. WE HAVE JUST AS MANY FOUR
AS AGAINST AND SO I THINK WE
HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THE CONCERNS
INTO CONSIDERATION. WE WILL
REMEMBER THE NEXT TIME THAT
FOLKS ARE UP DURING THE
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR,
AND THE PROPOSED EXPANSION WOULD
COST ABOUT $8 MILLION, THE BULK
OF THAT MONEY COMING FROM COVID
RELIEF FUNDS. THAT IS A HUGE
STICKING POINT HERE COUNCIL HAS