YOUR SCREEN. THERE WERE TALKING SOME HUMIDITY TO START YOUR SUNDAY OFF AS WELL. WHY FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS TODAY
STARTS RIGHT NOW. WELL, GOOD
MORNING AT SEVEN O’CLOCK. I’M
GRANT HERMES AND I’M PRIYA MANN
. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY. ANDREW THAT
LIVE SHOT SAID IT ALL. IT JUST
FELT STEAMY AND HOT WHEN YOU’RE
LOOKING OUT THERE A LITTLE MISTY
OUT THERE AS WELL. THAT ADDED
HUMANITY, ADDING TO IT. NOW
WE’RE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF
SUMMER JUST YET. SO YES, YOU CAN
FEEL IT, BUT IT’S NOT AS
OPPRESSIVE AS IT COULD BE, AS IT
WERE WOULD BE IN. I SHOULD SAY
IN JULY OR AUGUST, BUT HOLD ON
YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE GET
SOME OF THAT HIGH HEAT AND
HUMIDITY COMING. LET’S TALK
ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW,
THOUGH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
THAT WE SAW OVERNIGHT AND GUESS
WE SAW A FEW HAVE NOW BASICALLY
MOVED AWAY. THERE MIGHT BE A
LEFTOVER SPRINKLE OR TWO, BUT
THAT IS IT THIS AFTERNOON,
THERE’S ANOTHER CHANCE OF
SCATTERED SHOWER GENERALLY AFTER
12 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
NOTHING TOO HEAVY. NOTHING TO
WIDESPREAD. SO TODAY IS NOT A
WASHOUT THAT IS KEY, WITH MANY
GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT
CEREMONIES TAKING PLACE OR
CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING
AS WELL. WHETHER THEY’RE IN THE
MORNING AS WE GET READY FOR
SERVICES TEMPS IN THE SIXTIES,
NOONTIME WILL SEE TEMPS AROUND
75. THERE’S ALSO A BASEBALL GAME
THIS AFTERNOON PLAN ON AN ON
TIME START WITH THE FIRST PITCH
AT 1 40 OVER AMERICA PARK.
TIGERS TAKING ON TORONTO BY THE
END OF THE GAME HAS UP TO AROUND
80 DEGREES WITH SOME OF THOSE
SCATTERED RAIN DROPS AROUND. NOW
THERE’S A BETTER CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST AS WELL MORE ON THAT IN
MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
ANDREW TIME NOW IS 702 AND MORE
QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS THIS
MORNING AFTER A MAN IS SEVERELY
INJURED WHEN AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
HE WAS HANDLING, EXPLODES IN HIS
GARAGE AND SETS THE ENTIRE HOME
ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE THE
DEVICE AS A BOMB. THAT SHOCKING
SITUATION HAPPENED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AT THE HOME OF GENTER
NEAR EIGHT MILE IN WARREN.
POLICE SAY THE MAN’S HAND WAS
BLOWN OFF WHEN THE BOMB
EXPLODED, STARTING A FIRE INSIDE
THE HOME. THE MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED TO
CHECK OUT THE NEARBY HOME.
NEARBY NEIGHBORS SAY HE WAS
DRIVING WHEN HE HEARD THE
EXPLOSION. WITH THE WINDOWS UP
LIKE YOU HEARD IT LOUD AS DAY
AND THEN MY ROOMMATES CALLED ME
AND LIKE HOUSES ON FIRE NEXT
DOOR, HURRY UP AND GET HERE.
WELL, I’M TWO MINUTES AWAY. AND
THAT’S WHEN I PULLED UP. THE
HOUSE STARTED EXPLODING EVEN
MORE PROBABLY EXPLODED. 10
TIMES. WHAT. POLICE TELL US THE
HOMEOWNER SURVIVED AND IS IN THE
HOSPITAL. HIS CURRENT CONDITION
IS UNKNOWN. CERTAINLY A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND REALLY DISBELIEF
AT THAT BOMB. JUST GOING OFF,
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE TONIGHT AT
SIX AND 11. A SCARY STORY.
ALRIGHT IT’S BEEN A VIOLENT
WEEKEND ACROSS THE CITY OF
DETROIT, WITH POLICE
INVESTIGATING SEVERAL SHOOTINGS
WITH MULTIPLE VICTIMS ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. TWO PEOPLE
WERE SHOT IN THE AREA OF
SORRENTO AND HILLVIEW RIGHT NOW.
NO WORD ON THE VICTIM’S
CONDITIONS OR WHAT SPARKED THE
SHOOTINGS. WE DO HAVE CALLS INTO
POLICE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED
THIS MORNING. WE’LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED AS SOON AS WE LEARN MORE
ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE, A TRIPLE
SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY
EVENING IN THE AREA OF GRIGGS
AND LYNDEN. POLICE SAY TWO MEN
TRIED TO ROB A MAN. THEY TELL US
ALL THREE MEN HAD GUNS AND
OPENED FIRE. ALL THREE WERE HIT,
BUT THEY WERE TOLD THEIR
INJURIES AREN’T SERIOUS. AND A
BACHELOR PARTY TURNS DANGEROUS
AFTER FOUR PEOPLE ARE SHOT IN A
DRIVE BY SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT THE
HOME OF CLOVER LAWN. DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE, POLICE SAY AT LEAST
10 MEN WERE CELEBRATING AT AN
AIRBNB WHEN SOMEONE IN A DARK
SUV DROVE PAST THE HOUSE
SHOOTING FOR MEN, POLICE SAY,
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THAT. AT
LEAST ONE OF THE VICTIMS IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW. NO
WORD ON A MOTIVE. ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL
DETROIT POLICE. AND SPEAKING OF
GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
, HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATIONS
CALLING FOR STRICTER GUN LAWS IN
NEW YORK CITY, THOUSANDS MARCHED
ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE MORE
THAN 400 MARCH FOR OUR LIVES,
RALLIES PLANNED AS SISTER
RALLIES TO THE MAIN CALLED
ACTION EVENT. THAT WAS HAPPENING
IN WASHINGTON, D C. THOUSANDS
ALSO RALLIED IN PARKLAND,
FLORIDA WHERE THE 1ST MARCH FOR
OUR LIVES WAS ORGANIZED IN 2018
. PROTESTERS WANT LAWMAKERS TO
FINALLY ADDRESS THE GUN VIOLENCE
EPIDEMIC ON A FEDERAL LEVEL. AND
STUDENTS AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
HOSTED THEIR OWN MARCH FOR OUR
LIVES RALLY TO PROTEST GUN
VIOLENCE THEY’VE CREATED A
SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION
CALLED NO FUTURE WITHOUT TODAY,
THEIR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR
THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS THROUGH
GUN REFORM. YESTERDAY HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER
SUPPORTING THEIR INITIATIVE,
MANY OF THEM HOLDING SIGNS AND
STANDING TOGETHER, MAKING THEIR
VOICES HEARD. I’M HERE TODAY
BECAUSE I’M TO BE HONEST, ANGRY
AND FED UP WITH PRIMARILY
REPUBLICAN ELECTED LEADERS, WHO
REFUSED POINT BLANK TO CARRY OUT
THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE
UNITED STATES CITIZENS. IT IS
HIGH TIME. TWO. PUT IN PLACE
COMMON SENSE. GUN SAFETY
LEGISLATION. AND ANOTHER MARCH
FOR OUR LIVES RALLY WAS HELD IN
DETROIT YESTERDAY. THE MARCH WAS
ORGANIZED BY STUDENTS WHO SAY
THEY’VE DEVOTED THEIR DEMANDING
THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, AND THEY
WANT PROPER LEGISLATIVE ACTION
TO BE TAKEN AS WELL. AT THE
HEART OF IT ALL, THEY SAY
THEY’RE DEFENDING THEIR RIGHT TO
BE SAFE AT SCHOOL. WELL TODAY IS
THE LAST DAY OF MOTOR CITY PRIDE
. ON SATURDAY, THOUSANDS
GATHERED AT HART PLAZA IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT TO CELEBRATE
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL IS
CELEBRATING ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
THIS YEAR AND IS THE LARGEST
LGBTQ EVENT HELD IN MICHIGAN.
VARIETY OF MUSICIANS ARE TAKING
THE STAGE WITH DOZENS OF VENDORS
ON HAND. THE EVENT ENDS TODAY AT
SEVEN P.M. STARTING WITH THE
PARADE THAT’S SET TO START AT