SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT’S AHEAD LOOKS LIKE ON THE WINTRY MIX. WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT IN THE
FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
KAREN DREW FIRST AT FOUR.
DETROIT’S POLICE CHIEF ANNOUNCES
AN ARREST IN A DEADLY CARJACKING
THAT STUNNED METRO DETROIT. THE
VICTIM, TRACY GOLDEN, WAS A
RESPIRATORY THERAPIST. A WIFE, A
MOTHER SHOT TO DEATH OUTSIDE OF
A LIQUOR STORE NEAR HER HOME.
ONE DESERVES SOMETHING THAT’S
TERRIBLE TO HAPPEN TO THEM. AND
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE HER,
SHE REPRESENTS ALL OF US.
INNOCENCE JUST STOPPING AT A
STORE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
JORDANS. THE CHIEF WAS
SURROUNDED TODAY BY A HUGE TEAM
, HE SAYS, WORK TIRELESSLY TO
SOLVE THIS CASE. IT WAS ALSO
JOINED BY TRACY’S HUSBAND,
KIMBERLY. KILLED HAS HIS
REACTION AND MORE ON THE ARREST
. KIM KARIN. YES GOOD AFTERNOON
TO YOU THAT SHOOTING DEATH OF
TRACY GOLDEN FELT LIKE A PUNCH
IN THE GUT. FOR MANY OF US IN
METRO DETROIT. IT CAME JUST
THREE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS AND
TODAY, POLICE REVEALED AN ARREST
IN A LONG LIST OF CHARGES
AGAINST THE SUSPECT. WHO IS JUST
19 YEARS OLD. THE CHIEF SHARED
THE MUG SHOT OF BRADLEY DOS
THURMAN. HE SAID. HE’S THE GUY
WHO SHOT GOLDEN TOOK HER KEYS
AND OTHER VALUABLES AND THEN
DROVE AWAY IN HER DODGE SUV. YOU
MAY REMEMBER THE CRIME HAPPENED
OUTSIDE A LIQUOR STORE ON GRAND
RIVER AVENUE NEAR WEST OUTER
DRIVE. GOLDEN WAS THERE TO BUY
SOME JUICE WHEN SHE WAS ACCOSTED
AND SHOT IN THE CHEST. HER SUV
WAS FOUND AFTER AN ARMED ROBBERY
AT A FAMILY DOLLAR THE NEXT DAY
, POLICE DETERMINE THE ROBBERY
SUSPECT WAS THE SAME PERSON WHO
SHOT GOLDEN. THURMAN WAS
ARRESTED JANUARY 13TH AND IS
BEING HELD IN THE WAYNE COUNTY
JAIL. GOLDEN’S HUSBAND IS
GRATEFUL FOR THE ARREST BUT
SPOKE OF A PAIN THAT HE SAYS
WILL NEVER GO AWAY. LIKE THE
CHIEF SAID. IT AIN’T OVER. IT IS
NOT OVER. AND I WOULD NEVER HAVE
CLOSURE. BECAUSE MY ANGEL IS NOT
HERE. NEVER. FOLKS THAT ARE
USING WEAPONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOLKS THAT VICTIMIZE OUR
COMMUNITY WILL BE RELENTLESSLY
PURSUED. EVERY FOOTPRINT YOU
MAKE, WHETHER IT BE A SOCIAL
FOOTPRINT, SOCIAL MEDIA OR A
REAL FOOTPRINT WE ARE GOING TO
LOOK AT. WE ARE GOING TO
CONNECT. THURMAN FACES SEVERAL
CHARGES, INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE
MURDER, FELONY MURDER AND OTHERS
. HE’S BEING HELD ON A $4
MILLION BOND. CHIEF WHITE SAYS.
THURMAN IS SPEAKING WITH
INVESTIGATORS AND THEY BELIEVE
THE CRIME WAS SPUR OF THE MOMENT
IN GOLDEN WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY
TARGETED. OUR SHAWN LEY WAS AT
THE NEWS CONFERENCE, AND HE’LL
HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE
INVESTIGATION WHEN YOU JOIN US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE FOR
NOW. KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU. ALRIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, KIM. LOCAL 4 HAS
LEARNED OF THE SHOCKING UPDATE
IN THE CASE OF MISSING DETROIT
TEEN ZION FOSTER. SHE WENT
MISSING LAST WINTER OR COUSIN
TOLD POLICE HIS ION SUDDENLY
DIED. WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER.
HE PANICKED AND THEN DUMPED HER
BODY IN A DUMPSTER. THAT MAN,
JALEN GRAZER WAS SENTENCED BY
MACOMB COUNTY JUDGE TO 23 MONTHS
IN PRISON FOR LYING TO POLICE
TODAY BRAZIER WAS RELEASED. WE
LEARNED HE COMPLETED AN
ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAM,
AND HIS SENTENCE WAS
DRAMATICALLY CUT. ZION’S MOTHER
TELLS LOCAL FORCE SHE WAS NEVER
TOLD BY THE JUDGE. THIS WAS
HAPPENING. SHAWN LEY IS DIGGING
INTO DETAILS AND IS SPEAKING
WITH ZION’S MOM AT LOCAL FOREIGN
ON LOCAL FOREIGN NEWS AT FIVE
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE HAVE
ARRESTED A DETROIT MAN AFTER A
BIZARRE CALL FOR HELP FROM I 94
NEAR WOODWARD. THEY SAY THE 30
YEAR OLD MAN AND PASSENGER WERE
TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON 94. WHEN
THEY RAN OUT OF GAS. WELL, THE
WOMAN CALLED THE COURTESY PATROL
BUT DIDN’T GET A RESPONSE.
POLICE SAY THE MAN THEN CALLED
FOR HELP, CLAIMING SOMEONE HAD
FIRED 150 SHOTS INTO HIS VEHICLE
WITH AN AK 47. POLICE RACED TO
THE SCENE TO FIND THE VEHICLE
HAD NOT BEEN HIT, AND THE CLAIM
WAS MADE JUST TO GET A QUICK
RESPONSE WHILE THE DRIVER WAS
ARRESTED FOR D U I AND HAD
FUGITIVE WARRANTS AS WELL. HE IS
IN THE DETROIT DETENTION CENTER
THIS AFTERNOON. ALRIGHT IT’S
TIME TO CHECK ON THE FIRST
FORECAST. SOME OF YOU COULD BE
SEEING SOME LIGHT SHOWERS ARE
EXACT TRACK. 40 RADAR WILL SHOW
US EXACTLY WHERE THAT RAIN MIGHT
BE HANGING OUT. COME ADAM,
STANDING BY WITH THE VERY LATEST
HIKE IN KAREN. WELL, WE DO HAVE
LIGHT RAIN, BUT IT’S ALL RAIN
BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE WELL
ABOVE FREEZING IN THE LOW TO MID
FORTIES, BUT WE’LL ZOOM IN HERE
ON EXACT TRACK. 40 RADAR MCCONE
COUNTY GETTING MOST OF THE RAIN
RIGHT NOW FROM RICHMOND AND NEW
HAVEN CHESTERFIELD, MOUNT
CLEMENS, STERLING HEIGHTS IN
UTICA. ALSO MCCOMB AND ROMEO
GETTING SHOWERS AND THEN AS WE
HEAD FARTHER TO THE WEST. YOU
CAN SEE ROCHESTER HILLS. A FEW
SHOWERS, ALSO IN TROY,
BIRMINGHAM, BERKELEY, AND IN
FERNDALE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, MOST OF THIS
WILL JUST WIND DOWN AND WILL
BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
TONIGHT TEMPERATURES HOLD IN THE
LOW FORTIES, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
10 O’CLOCK, EVEN MIND OUR NORMAL
HIGH SHOULD BE 32. SO WE ARE
VERY, VERY MILD. NOW WE ARE
TRACKING A SYSTEM THAT IS GOING
TO COME IN TOMORROW NIGHT AND
THURSDAY, AND IT’S LOOKING LIKE
MAYBE A WINTRY MIX OVERNIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT. I GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THAT. COMING UP IN
THE FORECAST. WE DON’T HEAR MUCH
ABOUT WINTERY MIXES LATELY.
THANKS, KEN. ALRIGHT MICHIGAN
SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS YOU
CAN’T HAVE DEMOCRACY WITHOUT
PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO RUN
OUR ELECTIONS. THAT’S WHY
JOCELYN BENSON IS PUSHING FOR
NEW ACTION AFTER SHE SAYS
ELECTION WORKERS HAVE FACED A
GROWING WAVE OF THREATS. SHE
WANTS LEGISLATION THAT
EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS AND
INCREASES THE PENALTIES FOR
THREATENING OR HARASSING ANY
ELECTION WORKER. SHE ALSO LIKE
TO SEE A LONG AGAINST ANYONE WHO
DELIBERATELY MISLEADS VOTERS
ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. THE
PETITIONS THEY MAY SIGN OR THE
SECURITY OF THEIR VOTE. BENSON
SAYS SHE THINKS THERE’S LEGAL
SUPPORT FOR THAT KIND OF
PROTECTION. MUCH LIKE WE HAVE
CONSUMER PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE CAN’T BE LIED TO
ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY EAT.
AND THEY DRINK. WE CAN ALSO
INTENTIONALLY CAN’T BE LIED TO.
WE CAN ALSO TAKE SOME OF THE
SAME JURISPRUDENCE AROUND FALSE
ADVERTISING AND APPLY IT HERE TO
THE ISSUE OF FALSELY
INTENTIONALLY AND KNOWINGLY
TRYING TO DECEIVE SOMEONE ABOUT
THEIR ABILITY TO CAST A BALLOT
AND VOTE. BENSON SAYS, ALSO PUSH
THE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE MORE
FUNDING FOR CLERKS, SO THEY HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO OFFER PROPER
SECURITY DURING ELECTIONS AND
GUARANTEE VOTERS HAVE ACCESS TO
THE BALLOT BOX. WELL THERE IS A
NEW MOVE IN MACOMB COUNTY TO
STREAMLINE HOW IT CARES FOR THE
HOMELESS. FOR YEARS, THE COUNTY
USED A ROTATING SHELTER SYSTEM,
UTILIZING CHURCHES OR VOLUNTEERS
WHO OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR
DOORS FOR A WEEK OR SO WELL
TODAY, POLITICIAN IS LIVE AND
WARREN TO SHOW US HOW ONE
CENTRAL LOCATION IS EXPANDING
SOME REALLY CRITICAL SERVICES,
PAULA TELL US ABOUT IT. YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY SO. THIS IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF JUST SOME. THIS IS A
SMALL PIECE OF THE MACHINERY AND
THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN
HELPING THE HOMELESS AND THE
COUNTY’S ROTATING SHELTER
PROGRAM HAS REALLY BEEN
MASTERFUL AND JUGGLING. BUT
EVERY TIME A JUGGLE PLATE IS IN
THE AIR FIGHTING THROUGH WHO,
WHAT? WHEN THE WHO THE PEOPLE
THE FAMILIES CAN GET LOST TO
THOSE CRACKS. BUT THESE NEW
PARTNERS ARE NOW JUMPING IN. THE
NEW FAMILY, THEIR FAMILY OF FIVE
CITY MITTEN MISSION IS
HEADQUARTERED IN ST CLAIR
SHORE’S, BUT THESE FOLKS ARE
EVERYWHERE IS SEVEN. VELVET
SEVEN AND ONE IS THREE LOOKING
FOR COUNTING AND KEEPING TRACK
OF HOMELESS FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS. TAKE OUT ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 101 150 MEALS EVERY DAY
SO THEY CAN GET THEM FOOD. GET
THEM HELP AND GET THEM SHELTER
TO LADY YESTERDAY WHO CAME OUT
AND SAID THAT SHE WOULD NEED
SOME HELP THAT HER AND HER
HUSBAND BOTH GOT LAID OFF DURING
COVID AND NEVER REBOUNDED, AND
THEY HAVE A SEVEN MONTH OLD OVER
ONE YEAR OLD UM, A FIVE YEAR OLD
NINE YEAR OLD AND A 10 YEAR OLD
TAMIR HAVE BEEN HOMELESS BEFORE
THEY KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND
FEELS LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH
FLUCTUATING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
THAT PLUNGE AT NIGHT. LET THEM
KNOW THAT THEY STILL PEOPLE THAT
THEY’RE NOT JUST LOST ABOUT US
WITH THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH
MOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION AND
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH IN
WARREN, THERE’S MORE PERMANENCY
. WE HAVE ROOMS SET ASIDE FOR
MEN ROOM SET ASIDE FOR WOMEN.
AND THIS SEPARATE HEATING ALLOWS
US TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE AS
WELL. I MEAN, YOU CAN FEEL IT
RIGHT NOW. IT’S PRETTY WARM IN
HERE. THE DEFUNCT ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IS NOW A SHELTER THAT
WILL RIDE OUT THE REST OF THE
WINTER. MY FIRST AND PRIMARY
GOAL HERE IN THIS IS JUST THE
PEOPLE DON’T FREEZE, HAVING TO
LITERALLY RE PACK UP ALL OF THE
SUPPLIES. ALL OF THE CATS. I
MEAN, WE’RE MOVING OVER 100 CATS
AND OVER PROBABLY 5 TO 600
BLANKETS AND LINENS. AND UM ALL
OF OUR FOOD SUPPLIES AND ALL OF
OUR EQUIPMENT, NOT HAVING TO
ROTATE TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SERVICES ARE NOW BEING
CONSOLIDATED, AND WHEN SERVICES
ARE CONSOLIDATED, THERE ARE
FEWER PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO SLIP
THROUGH THE CRACKS. NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WE GET IN EARLY PART OF
THE MONTH WAS CLOSER TO THE LOW
FORTIES AS WE’VE BEEN GETTING
INTO THE REAL BITTER CHILL THE
LAST FEW DAYS AND THE LATTER
PORTION OF THE MONTH. GETS
CLOSER TO THE SIXTIES TO THE
EIGHTIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I’M HOPING THAT THIS SHELTER
WILL DO IS TO HELP CONNECT
RESOURCES WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER SHELTERS
SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ASSIST
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SHELTERS
HERE. OKAY SO LET’S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONEY
BECAUSE SOME OF THE BUDGET DOES
COME FROM MACOMB COUNTY AND ITS
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, BUT
ALSO THE KINDNESS OF DONATIONS.
KAREN THESE ARE NONPROFITS. BUT
THERE’S ALSO HOPE THAT THE
CHURCHES WHO WERE AMPING UP FOR
THOSE ROTATIONS NOW THAT THEY
DON’T HAVE TO MIGHT BE ABLE TO
HELP WITH SOME OF THE RESOURCES
FOR A DAY PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE,
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND MORE
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES BECAUSE
KAREN THE BOTTOM LINE IS, BUT
FOR THIS KIND OF PROGRAM THEIR
FAMILIES OUT THERE, SLEEPING IN
TENTS AND UNDER OVERPASSES AND
IN THEIR CARS, AND THAT’S JUST
THE REALITY OF IT. IT REALLY IS
THE REALITY. THE TEAMING UP THE
COMMUNICATION THE AGENCIES