BEFORE NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. TWO PEOPLE ARE NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER A MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE TROOPER IS SHOT DURING AN
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION. THAT
TROOPER HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM
CRITICAL CRITICAL CONDITION AND
IS IN THE HOSPITAL UNDERGOING
TREATMENT. SO THIS OFFICER WAS
SHOT AS THE NARCOTICS UNIT WAS
WORKING UNDERCOVER ON A CASE ON
RIVERVIEW. THIS IS AN AREA NEAR
SCHOOLCRAFT AND TELEGRAPH THAT
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON YOUR MAP.
IT’S ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE NEAR
THE I 96 INTERSTATE. NOW FOR
HOURS OVERNIGHT PEOPLE IN THIS
AREA THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA WERE
TOLD TO STAY IN THEIR HOUSES
WHILE POLICE WERE WORKING TO TRY
TO FIND THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS,
SHAWN LEY. JOINS US NOW WHY I’VE
AND SEAN LET’S START WITH THAT
PART OF THE WORK THAT THE
TROOPERS WERE DOING AND A HUGE
POLICE PRESENCE TO TRY TO FIND
THE PEOPLE WHO PULLED THE
TRIGGER. AND RUNNING. KIM STILL
VERY ACTIVE SENTENCES.
INVESTIGATION IS WELL UNDERWAY,
AS YOU KNOW, EVEN FOLLOWING ALL
MORNING LONG. SO HERE IS THE
LATEST ACTIVE SCENE HERE. LOTS
OF INVESTIGATION STILL GOING ON
THE SCENE IS LOOSENING UP A
LITTLE BIT. SOME PEOPLE FROM THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX, ABLE TO GET
OUT NOW AND ACTUALLY HEAD TO
WORK. WE JUST THE FIRST THING WE
DID AT THE NOON HOUR WAS TO
CHECK ON THE TROOPERS CONDITION
WITH MSP JUST GOT OFF. THE PHONE
WITH MSP TROOPER WAS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, AS YOU KNOW, EARLIER
THIS MORNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED
TO STABLE MSP ALSO PUTTING THIS
TWEET THAT READS. UPDATE THE
TROOPER INVOLVED IN THIS
MORNING’S SHOOTING HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO STABLE CONDITION. HE
STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. IF
YOU HAVE A MOMENT, PLEASE SAY A
PRAYER FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
RHONDA AS YOU MENTIONED, LET’S
BOIL DOWN HOW ALL THIS UNFOLDED
OVERNIGHT. WE’RE WAITING FOR
SOME OF THE NEUROSURGEONS AND
SOME OF THE MORE SPECIALIZED
SURGEONS TO CHECK HIS STATUS AND
SEE WHERE HE IS. NOW 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 HIM RIGHT NOW.
MICHIGANNATIVE. GUNSHOT WOUNDS
THAT 10 YEAR VETERAN WAS WORKING
UNDERCOVER OVERNIGHT. MSP SAYS
HE WAS SURVEILLING A PERSON WHO
IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
ALLEGEDLY DEALING NARCOTICS. A
TROOPER WAS IN THE PARKING LOT
OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON
RIVERVIEW. THAT’S NEAR TELEGRAPH
AND I 96 WHEN MSP BELIEVES THAT
SAME PERSON UNDER INVESTIGATION
FIRED SHOTS FROM THE BUILDING,
HITTING THE TROOPER, POLICE
SWARMED IN AND BLOCKED THE
COMPLEX DOWN IN THE EMERGENCY
RUSH TO GET THE TROOPER OUT OF
THE LINE OF FIRE AND TO THE
HOSPITAL TO GET LIFE SAVING
CARE. BUT HE IS STABILIZED. AND
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN
CONCERNS WHEN HE FIRST GOT THERE
WAS GETTING HIM STABILIZED AND
PROBABLY LOOKING AT SOME SURGERY
AFTER SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS ABLE
TO GET AWAY FROM THE COMPLEX.
BUT AT THIS HOUR MSP SAYS IT
TRACKED A CAR TO THE ROMULUS
AREA AND HAVE TAKEN TWO PEOPLE
INTO CUSTODY. THANK YOUR LIFE.
STILL, AS I SAY, A VERY ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION. SOME PEOPLE IN
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AREA,
HOWEVER, NOW ABLE TO COME AND GO
A BIT MORE FREQUENTLY, NO MORE
MAJOR LOCKDOWN. BUT YOU CAN
IMAGINE WHY THAT LOCKDOWN
OCCURRED WITH A TROOPER IN THE
LINE OF FIRE AND THEN ALSO THE
MAD SCRAMBLE TO TRY TO FIND THE
PERSON FIRING. THOSE SHOTS WERE
GOING TO BE FOLLOWING FOR YOU
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THAT
TROOPERS CONDITION IN THE
HOSPITAL AGAIN JUST GOT OFF THE
PHONE WITH MSP. DOCTORS CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THAT TROOPER BUT
UPGRADED TO STABLE CONDITION. WE
ALSO HOPE AND WILL WORK TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE TWO PEOPLE TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY RIGHT NOW LIVE ON
THE WEST SIDE. SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4
BACK TO YOU, SEAN. THANK YOU.
AND OF COURSE, OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS ARE WITH THAT TROOPER
AND HIS FAMILY. AND OF COURSE,
ALL OF OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE ON
THE LINE OF DUTY, RISKING THEIR
LIVES EVERY DAY. AND HURRICANE
IAN CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS
FLORIDA, WHERE IT’S EXPECTED TO
HIT AS A CATEGORY FOUR STORM AS
OFFICIALS WARNED OF THE
POTENTIAL OF CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE
. IAN MADE LANDFALL IN CUBA
TODAY AS A CATEGORY THREE STORM
50,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
EVACUATED AS WIND AND RAIN HIT
THE ISLAND. NOW PARTS OF FLORIDA
ARE ALREADY FEELING SOME OF
IAN’S WRATH. THIS IS A LOOK AT
KEY WEST WHERE IAN IS NOT
EXPECTED TO MAKE A DIRECT HIT,
BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME VERY VERY
LARGE WAVES COMING IN A LOT OF
RAIN POUNDING THE AREA AS WELL.
A DIRECT HIT ON TAMPA BAY IS
EXPECTED AS SOON AS TOMORROW.
YOU’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE
CALM BEFORE THE STORM FROM
BRANDON TO NBI EACH TAMPA’S
AIRPORT IS SUSPENDING ALL
OPERATIONS AS WELL. THAT’S
STARTING AT FIVE O’CLOCK TONIGHT
, AND MANY ARE LEAVING THEIR
HOMES BEHIND TO GET TO SAFETY,
AND THERE’S A RUN ON KEY
SUPPLIES. YOU CANNOT FINAL
SANDBAGS. SO MUCH. UM MOST OF
ABSORB WATER BAGS OF MULCH. TO
MY CLOSET DOORS OFF. PUT THOSE
IN FRONT OF THE WINDOWS, THEN
BARRICADED THAT MY CLOSET DOORS.
AND PUT EVERYTHING UP HIGH IN
THE HOUSE. MAJORITY OF MY STUFF
IN MY TRUNK. POINT DOCUMENTS.
MAJORITY OF THINGS LIKE THAT. SO
COME BACK. YOU KNOW, WE DON’T
TAKE A COMPLETE LOSS SO MUCH
PREPARATION IS NECESSARILY AND
IT BECAUSE IT’S SO SCARY. THEY
JUST DON’T KNOW HOW BAD IT’S
GOING TO BE. ANY EMS CREW FROM
MACOMB COUNTY IS HEADED TO
ORLANDO TO HELP IN THE STORM.
THE TEAM FROM RICHMOND LEFT THIS
MORNING, SO IT DOES SEEM
INEVITABLE THAT THIS IS GOING TO
BE HITTING PARTS OF FLORIDA
OFFICIALS IN FLORIDA ARE WARNING
OF THAT POTENTIAL FORCE FROM THE
STORM. THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN
IN A LIFETIME. SAM BROCK IS IN
TAMPA FOR US THIS NOON WHERE
PEOPLE ARE PREPARING REALITY IS
STARTING TO SET IN FOR THE TAMPA
BAY AREA AS WE ARE NOW UNDER A
HURRICANE WARNING THE FIRST TIME
IT’S HAPPENED FOR THIS REGION
SINCE 2017 AND IRMA, BUT THAT
ONE VEERED AT THE LAST SECOND
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT
NOW. BUSINESS IS TRYING TO BE
PREPARED BY PUTTING PLYWOOD UP
ON WINDOWS. THIS IS AN ICE CREAM
SHOP, TRYING TO INJECT SOME
LEVITY INTO THE SITUATION. NO
ICE CREAM FOR IAN. BUT OF
COURSE, VERY SERIOUS AND DIRE,
POTENTIALLY CIRCUMSTANCES
SANDBAGS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW
TO PREVENT FLOODING. THAT’S
SMALL POTATOES COMPARED TO
WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON TODAY IN
TERMS OF MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PINELLAS
COUNTY, WHERE I AM AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THESE ARE
POPULATION GROWTH AREAS THAT NOW
HAVE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE.
COLLECTIVELY THE WHOLE TAMPA BAY
AREA IS 3.2 SO 75 80% OF THE
PEOPLE ARE IN THESE TWO COUNTIES
THAT BOTH HAVE MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS. COLLECTIVELY,
THEY’RE LOOKING TO MOVE A
MILLION PLUS PEOPLE A COUPLE OF
POINTS ON THAT THE TOPOGRAPHY IF
YOU JUST LOOK AT THIS AREA IN ST
PETERSBURG AND CLEARWATER AND
GULFPORT, WHERE I AM THERE ARE
BASING INLETS EVERYWHERE.
BARRIER REEFS, PIECES OF LAND
JUTTING OUT INTO THE WATER. YOU
HAVE THE BAY ON ONE SIDE, THE
GULF ON THE OTHER, THE WATER HAS
NOWHERE TO GO. AND STORM SURGE
RIGHT NOW, CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST
CONCERN AS THE PROJECTIONS ARE
BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 FT. BUT JUST
FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE LAST
TIME A MAJOR HURRICANE STRUCK
TAMPA DIRECTLY 1921 CENTURY AGO
, IT WAS ABOUT 11 FT OF STORM
SURGE AND THE SPEED AT WHICH
THIS STORM IS TRAVELING IS
PERHAPS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
RIGHT NOW. IT IS PROJECTED TO GO
3 TO 4 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IS
ABOUT THE PACE THAT YOU AND I
WOULD WALK AT WHICH IS TO SAY
THE STORM WOULD BE SITTING THERE
ON THE WATER AND ULTIMATELY ON
LAND, JUST DUMPING RAIN FOR
HOURS. OFFICIALS ON RED ALERT IN
ADDITION TO THE EVACUATIONS,
GOVERNOR RHONDA SANTOS HAS
MOBILIZED SOME 5000 NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN THAT’S JUST BEEN
DOUBLED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS. 2000 MORE ARE ON STANDBY
RIGHT NOW. MEALS WATER READY TO
BE DISTRIBUTED AS THIS ENTIRE
AREA IS ON EDGE, WAITING TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. BUT I WAS COUNTY SANDROCK
NBC NEWS. YOU ARE JUST PRAYING
FOR THIS ENTIRE REGION THAT IT
IS NOT AS BAD AS WHAT THEY ARE
PREPARING FOR. BUT CERTAINLY
PREPARATION IS KEY. AND THERE’S
ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL HOMES THERE.
SO WE JUST HOPE THAT THEY’RE
OKAY AFTER ALL OF THIS, AND OF
COURSE, WE ALL HAVE PERSONAL
CONNECTIONS, BRANDON, WHETHER WE
HAVE LOVED ONES THAT LIVE THERE.
MANY OF US FROM MICHIGAN
TRAVELED TO THAT PART OF OUR
COUNTRY, AND SO DEFINITELY FEELS
RATHER PERSONAL TO US AS WELL.
PAUL GROSS HAS SPENT THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS WITH ALL OF HIS
FAMILY UP AND DOWN THE GULF
COAST OF FLORIDA. BUT THIS IS
THE WATCHES WARNINGS. ADVISORIES
YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS YELLOW IS
TORNADO WATCH TERRITORY AS BANDS
OF RAIN WIND STORM SURGE ALREADY
COMING INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN
FLORIDA, BUT IT’S MAINLY THIS
AREA HERE NEAR TAMPA THAT HAS
THE HURRICANE WARNING PRIMARILY
FOR WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, ALSO THE
STORMS SURGE WARNING WHERE 5 TO
10 FT STORM SURGE IS HOW MUCH
HIGHER THAN NORMAL THE SEA WILL
BE. AND IT OFTEN IS THE MOST
DEADLY PARTS OF THE STORMS. BUT
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OUTER
BANDS ALREADY GETTING UP INTO
SOUTHERN FLORIDA. FLOODING RAINS
. FORT MYERS OVER TO MIAMI, EVEN
PARTS OF THE KEYS. GETTING
HAMMERED WITH HEAVY HEAVY RAIN
115 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. IT’S
CROSSED CUBA THROUGH THE MORNING
AND REMAINED A CATEGORY THREE. A
LOT OF TIMES THE FRICTION WILL
SLOW IT DOWN. INSTEAD THE GULF
WATERS LATE TODAY INTO TOMORROW
WILL ENHANCE AND GROW WITH THIS
STORM TO A CATEGORY 430 MILE AN
HOUR WINDS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY, LIKELY A CATEGORY
THREE OR FOUR. IN THAT TAMPA
AREA AGAIN LATE TOMORROW. EARLY
THURSDAY. BUT ALL DAY TOMORROW
AND THURSDAY WILL BE THE WORST
OF IT HERE IN FLORIDA. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. BRANDON
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS. SHE
JUST GOT TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND
IS ACTUALLY HEADED TOWARDS THE
TAMPA AREA. RIGHT NOW. SHE’S
GOING TO HAVE LIVE REPORTS
THROUGHOUT THE STORM STARTING
TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 4
AND DETROIT CITY COUNCIL HAS
BEEN GETTING AN EARFUL FROM
DETROITERS ALL MORNING ABOUT THE
PROPOSED EXPANSION OF SHOT
SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY. DOZENS OF
PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT CITY HALL
TODAY AHEAD OF THE EXPECTED VOTE
BY CITY COUNCIL. THE TECHNOLOGY
DETECTS GUNFIRE AND ALSO ALERTS
POLICE TO WHERE THAT GUNFIRE IS
COMING FROM PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE IT
SAY THAT IT PUTS INNOCENT PEOPLE
AT RISK AND THAT IT IS A WASTE
OF MONEY. DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES CRAIG DISAGREES, SAYING
THAT IT WILL HELP KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE AND HELP DETER CRIME. IN A
TRIAL RUN SHOT SPOTTERS
OPERATING IN THE 8TH AND 9TH
PRECINCT HERE IN DETROIT,
COVERING CLOSE TO SEVEN SQUARE
MILES IS CITY COUNCIL GIVES IT
THE GREEN LIGHT. IT WOULD COVER
28 SQUARE MILES OF THE CITY.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE HAD
TO SAY. I AM AGAINST THE SHOT
SPOTTER ONLY BECAUSE WE DON’T
HAVE HOUSING STOCK. WE DON’T
HAVE NO ONE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
AND SO I KNOW THIS NEEDS TO BE
ALLOCATED SOMEWHERE. BUT THEN
THEY NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE
OTHER THAN GOING INTO THIS
TECHNOLOGY. I JUST DON’T SEE
ENOUGH DATA THAT IT DOES WORK.
AND IT’S A TOOL THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR WONDERFUL
POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AS
A TOOL TO MORE EFFECTIVELY DO
THE JOB AND DO IT EFFICIENTLY
AND QUICKLY. DETROIT POLICE
CHIEF JAMES WHITE IS CERTAINLY
IN FAVOR OF THIS VOTE ON THE
PROPOSED EXPANSION IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY, SO WE WILL LET YOU
KNOW THE OUTCOME IN OUR LATER
NEWSCASTS. AND AN INVESTIGATION
IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE
CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT
AT A STRIP MALL IN ROMULUS. IT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING ALONG
WAYNE AND WICK ROADS WERE TOLD A
NAIL SALON AND HAIR SALON. BOTH
HAD DAMAGE TO THEIR BUILDINGS.