A NEWS ALERT BREAKING NEWS IN THE DEATH OF PATRICK LEO. YES GRAND RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER WILL
BE CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE
MURDER FOR THE DEADLY SHOOTING
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS JUST MADE
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT A STATE
POLICE HEADQUARTERS NEAR GRAND
RAPIDS, THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR SAYS OFFICER
CHRISTOPHER SURE HAS TURNED
HIMSELF IN ON THAT SECOND DEGREE
MURDER CHARGE. KIMBERLY GILL IN
THE NEWSROOM WITH THESE BREAKING
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE THAT
SPARKED PROTESTS AND MADE
NATIONAL HEADLINES. KIM KAREN
KENT COUNTY PROSECUTOR, CHRIS
BECKER ANNOUNCED THE DECISION
TODAY AFTER SPENDING SIX WEEKS
REVIEWING FORENSIC AND
TOXICOLOGY REPORTS AS WELL AS A
RESULT OF THE MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE INVESTIGATION. HE
WOULDN’T SAY MUCH ABOUT WHAT WAS
IN THOSE REPORTS, AND HE DIDN’T
ELABORATE ON WHAT LED HIM TO
THIS DECISION. BUT PATRICK
LATOYA, AS YOU REMEMBER, WAS
SHOT IN THE HEAD BACK OF THE
HEAD WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT WAS
BACK IN APRIL. SURE TOTALLY OIA.
HE WAS PULLED OVER BECAUSE HIS
LICENSE PLATE DIDN’T MATCH HIS
CAR. THE TWO STRUGGLED AND AS
OFFICER SURE DEMANDED LATOYA LET
GO OF HIS TASER. THAT’S WHEN HE
FIRED THE SHOT INTO THE BACK OF
HIS HEAD. THE 26 YEAR OLD BUYOYA
CAME TO THE U. S AS A REFUGEE
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO BACK IN 2014 SURE, IS
EXPECTED TO FACE A JUDGE IN THE
CASE SOMETIME TOMORROW. THE
PROSECUTOR EXPLAINED WHY HE
CHOSE THE CHARGE OF SECOND
DEGREE MURDER. THE ELEMENTS OF
SECONDARY MURDERER RELATIVELY
SIMPLE. FIRST THERE WAS A DEATH
DEATH DONE BY THE DEFENDANT. AND
THEN, WHEN THE KILLING OCCURRED,
THE DEFENDANT HAD ONE OF THESE
THREE STATES OF MIND AND INTEND
TO KILL AND INTEND TO DO GREAT
BODILY HARM OR THE INTENT TO DO
AN ACT THAT THE NATURAL TENDENCY
OF THAT ACT WOULD BE TO CAUSE
DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM. AND
FINALLY THAT THE DEATH WAS NOT
JUSTIFIED OR EXCUSED, FOR
EXAMPLE, BY SELF DEFENSE. TAKING
A LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT I
REVIEWED. IN THIS CASE, I
BELIEVE THERE IS A SUFFICIENT
BASIS TO PROCEED ON A SINGLE
COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
PROSECUTOR BECKER SAYS HE TALKED
TO THE LAWYER FAMILY BEFORE HE
MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND EVEN
PREPARED A LETTER FOR THEM IN
THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE OF SWAHILI
AND KAREN. I KNOW THAT WE JUST
GOT SOME REACTION IN FROM
PATRICK. LEROY’S FAMILY, TOO. WE
SURE DID. KIMBERLY, PETER
LIOTTA, PATRICK LEO’S FATHER.
WATCH TODAY’S DECISION ALONGSIDE
THE FAMILY’S ATTORNEY, THEN
JOHNSON HERE IN DETROIT, NOW
SPEAKING THROUGH A TRANSLATOR.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID JUST MOMENTS
AGO AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS
NOT COMING BACK TO SEE HIM AGAIN
, UH, POINT COMMA POLICY.
REQUIRED TO SHOW THIS POINT THAT
THE POLICE OFFICER WILL BE
CHARGED ENOUGH. FAMILY SUPPORT
COLISEUMS, AND THAT BRINGS A
LITTLE BIT CONSOLATION TO OUR
FAMILY BECSE WE SEE EVERYBODY
THAT WILL SUPPORT US. EVERYBODY
WILL STAND BY US. THEY DID A
GOOD JOB TO GET THIS KIND OF
JUSTICE. ATTORNEY GENERAL DATA.
NESTLE IS REACTING THIS
AFTERNOON TO THE CHARGES IN A
STATEMENT, SHE SAYS, QUOTE I
COMMEND PROSECUTOR BECKER, HIS
TEAM AND THE MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE FOR THE EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW
CONDUCTED THESE LAST TWO MONTHS
. WE MUST NOW RESPECT THE
JUDICIAL PROCESS AND ALLOW THE
FACTS OF THE CASE TO BE
PRESENTED IN COURT. MEANTIME WE
ARE GATHERING MORE REACTION TO
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AS WE SPEAK.
OUR VICTOR WILLIAMS IS ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE STATE RIGHT NOW
, AND WE’LL BRING YOU THE
SITUATION LIVE AT FIVE AND SIX,
MARA MACDONALD WILL HAVE MORE
WITH THE LEO YOUR FAMILY AND YOU
CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE NEWS
CONFERENCE AND READ MORE ON THE
CASE ON OUR HOMEPAGE OF
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. NEW
INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON ON
OUR OTHER BREAKING NEWS OF THE
DAY, A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN IS ARRESTED
BY THE FBI FOR HIS ROLE IN THE
JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION. WE’RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHY RYAN
KELLY IS FACING MISDEMEANOR
CHARGES. GRANT HERMES IS LIVE
THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE VERY
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN GRANT
THIS HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY.
THE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE
INSURRECTION IS HOLDING ITS
FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH IT
DID HAPPEN, AND THAT TIMING IS
NOT SITTING WELL WITH SOME
REPUBLICANS, BUT WE’LL GET TO
THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. FIRST I
WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE
KNOW SO FAR THIS MORNING AT
ABOUT 9 30. KELLY’S ALAN DALE
HOME ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STATE WAS RATED AND HE WAS
ARRESTED. IT COMES AFTER THE FBI
HAD BEEN TIPPED OFF ABOUT KELLY
AT THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE
CAPITAL WAY BACK IN 2021. NOW,
KELLY IS CHARGED WITH FOUR
MISDEMEANORS, INCLUDING
KNOWINGLY ENTERING OR REMAINING
IN ANY RESTRICTED BUILDING OR
GROUNDS WITHOUT LAWFUL AUTHORITY
, DISORDERLY AND DISRUPTIVE
CONDUCT, KNOWINGLY ENGAGING IN
ANY PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN THOSE
RESTRICTED GROUNDS OR BUILDINGS
AND WILLFULLY INJURING ANY
PROPERTY. OF THE UNITED STATES,
HE FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN
PRISON. ALL OF THOSE COMBINED,
ACCORDING TO RECENT POLLING,
KELLY WAS THE CURRENT LEADER OF
THE GOP PRIMARY RACE WITH JUST
19% OF THE VOTE AFTER OTHER FIVE
CANDIDATES WERE ELIMINATED LAST
WEEK AFTER SIGNATURES ON THE
PETITIONS WERE DEEMED INVALID.
HIS ARREST MAKES FOR THE 15TH
MICHIGANDERS ARRESTED FOR THEIR
INVOLVEMENT IN THE JANUARY 6TH
ATTACKS. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
ACCUSED THE FBI HERE OF PLAYING
POLITICS AND DEMOCRATS OF
JAILING A POLITICAL OPPONENT ON
HIS CAMPAIGN OF FACEBOOK PAGE,
THE CAMPAIGN WROTE FOR RYAN
KELLY, JUST TWO WORDS. POLITICAL
PRISONER WOULD REACHED OUT FOR
COMMENT EARLIER TODAY, WE SIMPLY
GOT THE RESPONSE. NO COMING UP
AT FIVE O’CLOCK HERE WILL HAVE A
LOT MORE, INCLUDING VIDEO OF
KELLY AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY
6TH AS WELL AS WHAT THE FBI IS
SAYING ABOUT THAT TIMING BACK TO
YOU. ALRIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT
GRANT TONIGHT WE WILL GET A LOOK
AT THE EVIDENCE COLLECTED OVER
THE PAST YEAR DURING AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
INSURRECTION. THE JANUARY 6TH
SELECT COMMITTEE WILL HOLD THE
FIRST IN A SERIES OF HEARINGS.
THE COMMITTEE AIDES HAS NEW
EVIDENCE IS EXPECTED TO REVEAL
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
INVOLVEMENT AT THE EFFORTS TO
OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE 2020
ELECTION. WE’LL HEAR FROM THE
MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE
INTERVIEWED ALSO SEE VIDEOS FROM
THAT DAY. THE COMMITTEE WILL
MAKE ITS CASE FOR 90 MINUTES
DURING PRIME TIME. YOU CAN WATCH
IT ALL HERE ON LOCAL 4. OUR
SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTS AT
EIGHT. ANCHORED LIFE BY LESTER
HOLT WILL ALSO BE STREAMING LIVE
AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND LOCAL
4 PLUS SO IF YOU MISS ANY OF IT,
WE WILL HAVE A RECAP FOR YOU ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11. STUDENTS AT
ROB ELEMENTARY AND TEXAS WILL
NOT BE RETURNING TO THE SCHOOL
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING THAT LEFT
19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS
DEAD. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
DISTRICT REVEALED THAT TODAY BUT
WOULDN’T SAY WHETHER HIS
EMBATTLED POLICE CHIEF WAS STILL
EMPLOYED. OKAY. WE ARE STILL.
WORKING WITH THE INVESTIGATIVE
AGENCIES. UH ANOTHER SOMETHING
MY OFFICE THIS MORNING YESTERDAY
, SO THIS INVESTIGATION’S
ONGOING THAT THE CHIEF IS
ACCUSED OF TELLING OFFICERS NOT
TO CONFRONT THE SHOOTER. STATE
AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE
REVIEWING THE POLICE RESPONSE.
WE’RE WATCHING FOR ACTION IN THE
SENATE IN RESPONSE TO THE YOU’VE
ALL DAY SHOOTING LAST NIGHT, THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED
A GUN SAFETY PACKAGE THAT WOULD
BAN THE SALE OF SEMI AUTOMATIC
WEAPONS TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE
OF 21 BAN THE SALE OF LARGE
CAPACITY MAGAZINES. AND ALSO
INCLUDED A MEASURE BY MICHIGAN
CONGRESSWOMAN ELISSA SLOTKIN
THAT CAME ABOUT AFTER THE OXFORD
SHOOTING. IT WOULD REQUIRE THE
SECURE STORAGE OF GUNS IN HOMES
WHERE CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO
THE WEAPONS. THE SENATE IS NOT
LIKELY TO PASS THE PACKAGE.
TURNING NOW TO WEATHER ON A VERY
BUSY NEWS DAY. SOME OF US WILL
BE SEEING SOME RAIN THROUGH THE
NIGHT. SO LET’S GET OVER TO
PAUL, WHO, WITH WHAT WE SHOULD
EXPECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS, PAUL KARIN NOW MOST OF US
ARE DRY RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE WE
HAVE ONE LITTLE SHOWER NEAR
LAPIERRE. BUT FARTHER NORTH,
IT’S A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING.
YOU SEE THE LITTLE LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
HAS DEVELOPED THIS IS ALL MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST WORDS OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WE’RE GONNA
SEE THAT STUFF KIND OF TRANSLATE
RIGHT ACROSS THE THUMB IN OUR
NORTHERN ZONES HERE, SO WE’LL
KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON IT, BUT
NOTHING SEVERE. NOTHING CRAZY
WITH IT JUST SOME REGULAR
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND AGAIN
FARTHER SOUTH. THERE’S REALLY
NOT MUCH GOING ON HERE, SO WE’RE
IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FROM THAT
STANDPOINT. ATTEMPTS ARE IN THE
LOW TO MID SEVENTIES. RIGHT NOW
THEY WILL START FALLING
OBVIOUSLY WITH SUNSET AND WILL
FALL THROUGH THE SIXTIES INTO
THE LOW SIXTIES BY THE END OF
THE EVENING WITH THOSE
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TO THE
NORTH, SO COMING BACK, WE’RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT THE RAIN
CHANCES THE NEXT FEW DAYS
SEVENTIES FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
BUT THEN THE HEAT’S COMING BACK.
KAREN WILL HAVE ALL THAT
STRAIGHT AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, PAUL. WELL, THE SHOW MUST
GO ON. SO WHEN THE POWER WENT
OUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A
RECITAL IN WAKE COUNTY STUDENTS,
THE STAFF AND PARENTS, ALL
IMPROVISED, PAULA TUTMAN LIVE
AND KEN TOWNSHIP. PAULA, THIS
STORY IS GREAT. YEAH YOU KNOW
WHAT IT REALLY IS. SO THE THING
ABOUT THIS SCHOOL IS THEY TEACH
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. HOW TO BE
STAGED READY. SO THESE ARE MY
PARTNERS. THEY JUST TAUGHT ME
THIS LITTLE QUICK ROUTINE. READY
GIRLS HIT IT. OKAY OBVIOUSLY
THEY’RE BETTER THAN I AM. BUT
THEY ALSO TEACH YOU HOW TO
SHINE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
LIGHTS GO OUT. ALRIGHT CENTRAL
CITY, THEN PUT YOUR HANDS
TOGETHER. RECITAL WEEK IS A
PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR THE FOLKS AT
CENTRAL CITY DANCE IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT. WELCOME BELIEVE
KING. THIS STUDIO IN CANTON
TEACHES JAZZ 10 HIP HOP BALIK
CONTEMPORARY, YOU NAME IT THE
CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AND FOR
RECITAL WEEK THERE ARE MORE THAN
1000 PERFORMERS. IT ACTUALLY
TAKES SIX RECITALS OVER THE
COURSE OF FOUR DAYS TO GET
EVERYTHING IN AND PEOPLE COME
FROM ALL OVER THE NATION TO
WATCH THEIR LOVED ONE’S OWN THE
SPOTLIGHT FOR A MOMENT RECITALS
ARE A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY TO ME
BECAUSE IT’S WHERE ALL THE
FAMILIES AND PARENTS OF THESE
CHILDREN GET TO GO SEE ALL THE
HARD WORK THAT THEY’VE BEEN
PUTTING IN LAST NIGHT. WE WERE
CELEBRATING OUR 20TH YEAR
ANNIVERSARY END OF THE YEAR
PERFORMANCE RECITAL AT SALINA
HIGH SCHOOL ONLY LAST NIGHT
DURING RECITAL NUMBER ONE THIS
HAPPENED AND HALFWAY THROUGH THE
BRUCE EDEL, THE POWER WENT OUT.
THERE WAS A TRUCK THAT HAD HIT A
LIGHT POLE THAT HAD A WIRE WITH
ALL THE LIGHTING SYSTEMS. NOW
THIS WAS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST
PERFORMANCE POST COVID, AND IT
WAS AN EVEN BIGGER DEAL THAN
USUAL. BUT THEN THIS HAPPENED.
AND THEN THIS AHEAD. WOUND IN A
THE PRODUCTION CREW FOR RC D. J
AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS THERE TO
SHOOT THE RECITALS CAUGHT
INSTEAD, THE MAGIC OF
PERSEVERANCE AND, OF COURSE,
THAT AGE OLD SAYING THE SHOW
MUST GO ON. ONE OF OUR STUDENTS
HAD A BOOM BOX IN THEIR CAR. UM
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARENTS HAD A
LAPTOP BECAUSE THE SOUNDBOARD
AND MUSIC BOARD WENT OUT
FLASHLIGHTS AND CELL PHONES
BECAME SPOTLIGHTS. AND YOU
GUESSED IT. BY THE TIME THE
LIGHTS DID COME BACK ON WHO
CARED COMPETITIVE TEAM MEMBERS
WOULD GO AROUND. THEY’RE DOING
TRICKS ON THE STAGE. WE’RE ALL
DANCING WHEELS ON THE BUS GO
AROUND AND ROUND. AND IT WAS THE
BEST TIME EVER GIVE IT UP. YOUR
BOTTLE’S WITH YOUR MOM. BRAVO
BRAVO TO THEM. LISTEN CLEARLY I
NEED TO BE GOING TO THIS SCHOOL.
I’M I’M WAY OUT OF PRACTICE, BUT
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THREE MORE
PERFORMANCES. THREE MORE CHANCES
TO GET IT WRONG. THAT MAKES IT
SO. SO RIGHT. INCLUDING THESE
LADIES WHO ARE PERFORMING
TONIGHT. BRIE GRACE AND KAREN. I
KNOW YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS. THIS
IS MIA, OUR OWN HANK WINCHESTERS
DAUGHTER WHO WAS PERFORMING THIS
EVENING. BREAK A LEG, LADY. OH I
KNOW ME. I KNEW HER. WHEN SHE
WAS LITTLE LITTLE LITTLE. SHE’S
TURNED INTO A BEAUTIFUL, STRONG
WOMAN. I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE. I
JUST LOVE THIS STORY, PAUL ABOUT
PERSEVERANCE AND CREATIVITY. YOU
GOTTA KEEP GOING, JUST LIKE I DO
. WELL YOU DO. I’M IMPRESSED
THAT YOU DID THAT LIVE ON TV.
PAULA REALLY? AM I GIVE YOU