local war news at 5:00 starts now
a massive police response as a home is
completely destroyed due to a gas leak
coming up we'll tell you the very latest
about the victims and concerns of a gas
leak spreading to nearby homes and
businesses tonight the investigation is
confirmed michigan's AEG looking into
sex abuse in the Catholic Church going
back to 1950 but first an investigation
underway after a five year old boy is
sexually assaulted on a school bus and
his mother says it was a seven-year-old
boy who did it tonight that mother is
coming forward sharing her devastation
over what she says happened to her
little boy on board a Utica Community
Schools bus let's get to Sean Leigh who
is live in Sterling Heights and you
spoke with her today Sean spoke to her
at length Devon tonight it's important
to point out we are protecting this
mother's identity as well as her son's
the alleged victim in this case given
the very serious and disturbing
allegations being made of sex assault
charges here's what we do know Sterling
high police they are investigating this
case
Utica Community Schools also launching
an investigation
the mother providing details now of what
she is calling an absolute nightmare
this is catastrophic that is my
five-year-old child my five year old
little boy a devastated mother speaking
at length with local for about what
happened Wednesday afternoon as she
waited for her kindergartner to come
home from Jack Harvey Elementary in
Sterling Heights
she says five students rushed off the
bus and told her than an elementary
school student a seven-year-old boy
forced her son to perform a sex act on
him from school to the stop the attack
lasting 10 minutes the mother says the
kids say they tried to help her son and
tried to alert the bus driver she says
quote I approached the driver the driver
says they did not witness anything at
all the driver left the mother took her
son right to the Sterling Heights Police
Department forensic investigators got
involved and a rape kit was done
the bus driver not stopping the bus when
the mother went to the driver with that
alarming information of sexual assault
is a problem according to local four
legal analyst Neil Rakhine
we have certain rules related to
mandatory disclosure we have people that
and laws that require people who have
regular contact with children to when
they receive information that a child
has been sexually assaulted to turn that
information over immediately the mom
says police identified the elementary
school student involved she says she
knows the school is interviewing all of
the children who were on the bus the mom
says quote I am beyond devastated I
can't stop crying you don't know what to
do this child ruined every sense of
normality of going to school back here
live other parents at the school now
receiving this letter from the Harvey
School Principal reading in part quote
we are working with the Sterling Heights
Police Department to investigate this
matter as is our established district
protocol the student involved is not in
school we are committed to keeping
Harvey Elementary a safe place for
students and staff please take this
opportunity to speak with your child
letting them know we will not tolerate
any behavior that is threatening or
inappropriate Devon what are you hearing
from police about this couple
conversations with them the only thing
they are confirming is that they are
investigating on the other hand the mom
says DNA evidence was taken she is
taking her child now straight to
counseling much more on that coming up
at 6:00 it's a stunner all right Sean
our other top story at this hour the
Michigan Attorney General's Office has
launched an investigation into all seven
Catholic Diocese in the state of
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette
E's office it confirms a statewide
investigation into Church sex abuse has
been underway since early August Marv
mcdonald is live at the Diocese of
Detroit Samarra have they had anything
to say about this so far Kimberly the
archdiocese says it will cooperate fully
it adds that it has had protocols in
place for the last 12 to 15 years that
would prevent any sort of abuse but
realized that shooties inquiry is going
back to 1950
the investigation into all seven diocese
here in the state was uncovered when our
affiliate in Grand Rapids would TV sent
in a Freedom of Information request to
the Attorney General's Office looking
for documents in cases of potential
sexual abuse by clergy when the AG's
office answered their request for
documents they denied it in part citing
quote the Department of Attorney General
opened an investigation in August 2018
into the alleged sexual abuse and sexual
assault of children and others by
Catholic priests from 1950 to present
for all seven diocese in Michigan in
addition the investigation includes
religious order priests who have worked
in Michigan now the letter from the AG's
office confirms the investigation but
will not divulge details of any
allegations or complaints that have been
made and which priests are being
investigated for claims because it would
interfere with the investigation the
Archdiocese of Detroit in addition to
saying it will cooperate fully says we
have worked closely with authorities
from all six counties within our
archdiocese since 2002
when we shared past case files involving
clergy misconduct and committed to
turning over all new allegations
regardless of when the alleged abuse
occurred the Attorney General
investigation is the next phase of our
commitment to transparency and healing
back here alive you will remember it was
August of this year that Pennsylvania's
AG released a long range report and
investigation alleging that 300 priests
over a span of 70 years easily sexually
assaulted 1000 children that report out
of Pennsylvania was incredible in its
depth in in the investigation that went
on there and there was sort of a feeling
of inevitability that because of that
report that you would have people coming
up and speaking what has happened to
them over the years and there was a
sense of inevitability that Michigan
would have this kind of investigation
and now we have it confirmed it is
underway Kimberly Devon back to you and
going all the way back to 1950 Maura I'm
wondering if if someone does want to
make a complaint what do they do where
do they go AG because now this has gone
public on the Michigan Attorney
General's website has got it's right on
the homepage of their open
investigations Catholic Church in
Michigan is one of them you can submit
information via web or you can contact
them directly back to you all right MA
and now to what's been our top story all
day on clickondetroit.com an explosion
leveling a house in Harper woods leaving
three people injured and nearby homes
and businesses with shattered windows
and damage no official cause being
released but officials are telling us
all signs are pointing to natural gas is
the cause it happened late this morning
on Lenin Street right near i-94 and
vernier people nearby saying it felt
like a bomb went off pre Amanda's there
live tonight Andrea
nearby I've been able to get back into
their houses so far
yeah Kimberly that evacuation hoarder
has since been lifted but just take a
look behind me this home was completely
destroyed the chief tells me that front
door well it was blasted halfway down
the street the key was still in the lock
a 66 year old man at this hour in
critical condition a 33 year old woman
in serious condition and yet another
neighbor was also injured in this last
the house is level there's nothing there
it's nothing less insulation and parts
of the roof litter a neighbor's backyard
but it's when you peek over the fence
you realize the magnitude of the
explosion house is right there ROG is
probably gonna have to be replaced all
this here was pushed out this is broke a
viewer sent us this picture of the site
of the home caught up in a tree
insulation with hanging from electrical
wires the impact felt in homes and
businesses blocks away and all of a
sudden it felt like a bomb hit the
building we thought ran out immediately
thinking that somebody had hit the
building maybe truck or something come
running out finding if you know being
able to see all this devastation I hear
this this place just blown to
smithereens it's a miracle that that guy
was was sitting like was on the ground
that's someone that was in the home even
made it out during one of her Facebook
live updates this neighbor says she was
sleeping when everything started to move
my house and shattered a window in my
home the damage was widespread
children's handprints were visible
through the shattered glass of this
daycare thankfully there were no kids
inside when the home next door exploded
I'm thinking right now is the house is
full of gas that open the door cause the
spark that gentleman on the porch was
knocked off the porch under the lawn his
partner was walking up behind him he was
also knocked down to the ground and it's
terrible that we have 200 people but
willing w okay and we just heard from DT
let's get a portion of their statement
on your screen DT ease investigators
surveyed the area and found no leaks dt
e pressure tested the existing gas lines
and found no leaks both the main and
service lines were confirmed to be
operating properly and within specified
pressure now state and Harper woods
police leading this investigation coming
up at six o'clock you know blocks away
people felt this explosion but could you
imagine living right behind this home
you're gonna hear from that family and
wait till you see the devastation left
behind we're pointing live from Harper
woods I'm Priya Mann local four okay
we'll see you get it six Priya well
let's turn our attention to the weather
big change coming as we usher in not
only the weekend but the official start
a fall that's right Andrew is in for Ben
tonight it's been pretty Buster e out
there for most of the day Andrea oh you
said it's still windy and the thumb as
well that's why wind advisories up for
at least the next half hour to 45
minutes until 6:00 p.m. for Santa light
County of the thumb and North Central
Michigan I mean look at these wind
speeds now 18 20 24 miles per hour over
in Howell and gusts are even higher 30
to 35 miles per hour even 41
mile-per-hour gusts over in Flint so
hold on to your hats as you head out
this evening yes we had a few showers
that were overhead earlier this
afternoon but they have now moved along
and we have a cold front moving through
right now right now we've got
temperatures around 83 degrees we can
see a wind gust of 33 miles per hour
over at Metro Airport and with the cold
front moving through cooler air moves in
temperatures drop quickly into the 70s
as we go through this evening even
further overnight we'll talk about that
the start of fall this weekend your
seven-day forecast in minutes okay
Andrew Grosse Pointe police Grosse
Pointe woods police in fact want you to
be on the lookout for a man they say
tried to abduct a child we've got a
sketch here to show you this happened
Wednesday night in the area of martyr
and Roslyn roads investigators say the
13 year old boy was riding his bike when
this man got out of a black Cadillac
Escalade and tried to grab him the boy
was able to get away and make it home
safely but if you got any information on
the case you're urged to contact police
right away
they are the unintended victims stuck in
the middle of the MDOT Road work
stoppage I'm about the $2,300 and day
loss
almost $600,000 a year
man new here at 5 we're going to show
you firsthand how this construction
delay is delivering a big hurt to small
businesses today it is a new tone from
President Trump for the first time he is
questioning the credibility of Judge
Brett Cavanaugh's accuser I'm Blaine
Alexander in Washington with that story
coming up
all right blame the first do you
recognize this man a crime alert tonight
in McComb County after threats were made
the county employees that's next