with a breaking news alert breaking news
is coming to us from Port Huron where
divers have found the bodies of two men
in the Black River topping our news
tonight at 11 a boater in trouble and
the Good Samaritan who jumped in the
river to help him were found late
tonight rescue and then recovery teams
have been on the water since 2:30 this
afternoon when both men went under Maur
McDonald is live in Port Huron tonight
where the discovery was made just before
crews were about to suspend the recovery
effort Mara
Kimberly that's right they were going to
knock off the recovery effort at dark
and it was just getting that way when
they made the discovery investigators
telling us that both of these men
drowned in about six to nine feet of
water here in the Black River they were
discovered a short ways away from where
they originally went in and in a channel
that was about 16 feet deep
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the coast guard in st. Clair County
divers went up and down the Black River
searching for two men who went in the
river around 2:30 this afternoon
the area's drowning occurred in is not a
no-wake zone so boats are allowed to
proceed above Sloane awake so the dinghy
is at Sloane awake
another boat going in the opposite
direction coming up the river creates
awake and the person sitting on the
dinghy falls in with the wave from the
other boat a nearby pontoon boat sees
that 47 year old man in the water
struggling and a Good Samaritan 33 years
old jumps off the pontoon to help him
and both go under investigators say
current is not an issue here but the
coldness of the water is likely why both
men couldn't get out cold water Rob's
you of your strength so much faster the
temp in the water was 52 degrees just a
few days ago divers went in immediately
but this portion of the Black River has
a lot of debris on the bottom and you
can barely see your hand in front of
your face which is why they're using not
only divers but sonar after several
false hits sonar detected both of these
men very close to where they went in
late tonight we were able to identify
the first victim and talk to his family
they were just relieved to have their
son brother out of the water and to know
for sure so we'll be making that
notification for the second family in a
little while back here live
investigators telling us that neither of
these men had life vests on the pontoon
was a rental and as far as that dinghy
goes apparently the owner of the dinging
has a much larger boat but had just
bought that dinghy and had a new motor
on it wanted to take it out and see how
it worked
we're live in Port Huron tonight I'm
Mara McDonald local four all right Maura
the bacteria known to cause Legionnaires
disease has been found in several
buildings at Wayne State University
University began testing for the
bacteria after an employee was diagnosed
with the disease cooling towers on three
campus buildings tested positive for
Legionella bathrooms in those buildings
will remain closed until they are
evaluated Detroit Health Department is
coordinating with the school Wayne State
says it's not aware of any other cases
related to campus
Grosse Pointe Park family victimized all
because they were showing support to the
LGBTQ community to celebrate Pride Month
family started hanging a rainbow pride
flag outside their home and then it was
stolen Germont teri live with what
happened men Germont Devon this weekend
the Grosse Pointe Pride walk will start
here at the high school now one husband
and wife they planned to March when they
do so they'll be even proud of the show
support after their first attempt was
literally stolen from them this empty
flag pole outside J burnell's house
isn't the way he left things just two
days that's how long the rainbow pride
flag flew before it went away it was
screwed into this holder right here and
it had to be unscrewed to remove it yeah
we had some high winds on Monday and
people said maybe a blue down it didn't
blow down somebody took it off took the
screws out and took the flag and the
whole pole that went with it right
because had it blown down maybe it would
be it would be here somewhere
so it's safe to say someone deliberately
came onto Jays porch but was it the stop
him from showing support for the LGBTQ
community whether they took it to be
hate for they took because they wanted
it for themselves that's exactly what
the flag doesn't stand for you know
which is making people feel unsafe you
know we felt threatened someone came
right up to our house and took something
off the house Jay and his wife went
online explaining their disappointment
of the theft and we got this
overwhelming support from people in the
community saying don't let that get you
down that's not what we're like we GP
the Grosse Pointe communities pride
group made sure this act did not deter
Jay and his wife and they said we'd like
to replace your flag and now the flag
flies higher and more prominent than
before well if it was about hatred it
didn't work it did just the opposite it
brought people together it brought my
wife and I together with people in our
community and this was the first time
Jay and his wife decided to fly the flag
outside this house now he said he admits
originally when it was stolen he felt a
little disheartened but tonight he fills
the complete opposite he's heartened by
the complete support and love this
community has shown him reporting live
tonight Jamar Terry local four all right
come on
a Detroit father is now facing murder
charges months after his two-year-old
daughter was found
ded 38 year old Thomas Smith was
originally charged with child abuse back
in February when his daughter was found
lying at the bottom of the stairs at his
home she later died at the hospital the
Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office
recently ruled that her death was a
homicide as a result of abusive head
trauma and blunt force trauma to her
chest a man riding a minibike is going
to be okay after being hit on Detroit's
Westside driver telling police she
couldn't see the man because of all the
tall weeds in the neighborhood Tim
Pampling has that I came on the scene
Tim medics just loading this young man
into the ambulance said to be late teens
early twenties riding his crutch rocket
down Horatio here at banger s 94 in the
boulevard they you see the little
motorcycle no more than two or three
feet off the ground when you're sitting
on it and the driver who struck him
stopped at the scene she said she didn't
see him but grass was simply too tall
now take a look I'm about three feet off
the ground here walking through this
grass this is the direction the
motorcyclist was coming I'm 6 foot 6 I
stand up straight you can't see the road
he was zipping on from his perspective
he was coming down this way they
collided lay in the intersection here so
back out here as medics now rushes young
man to the hospital he off alert he was
talking please tell me they're not
issuing any tickets to this female
driver tonight they will however be
requesting that the city comes out and
takes care of this vacant lot that is a
scene on the west side with the night
cam tonight Tim poplin local 4 it was a
chaotic afternoon in Northville Township
when a bomb threat sparked evacuations
at several stores inside a shopping
center the threat happened at the Meijer
on Haggerty and eight mile police say a
36 year old man walked into the store
and threatened employees nearby
businesses were forced to evacuate the
suspect has been arrested a search of
his car showed there was no threat an
update now to a story first we're
telling you about this time last night
police have now arrested five suspects
connected to more than two dozen
smash-and-grabs in Detroit but they're
looking for three more several of the
robberies were caught on surveillance
video police say the men have terrorized
at least 30 businesses in the city and
there could be others across Metro
Detroit in fact Detroit police are
wondering if this break-in on Detroit's
west side is connected to that crime
spree thieves drove a truck through
state liquor this
morning video shows the truck backing
into the building several times before
it broke through caused extensive damage
but the thieves ended up leaving
empty-handed they couldn't get through
the counter door nor the security cage
but if you've got any information on
either case contact Detroit Police
Caesars Windsor will be open to
customers in the morning earlier this
week unionized workers voted to accept a
new contract ending a 60-day strike the
new deal increases signing bonuses and
health benefits the Casino and hotel are
set to open at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow will
be a bittersweet day for students at
lady wood high school while students
celebrate the last day of school they
will also be saying goodbye the old
girls Catholic High School will be
shutting its doors for good
late last year the school announced the
closure because of declining enrollment
lady wood opened in 1950 and has more
than 6,000 alumni