.
. >>> AN ARGUMENT ERUPTS INTO
GUNFIRE AND RESIDENTS SAY IT’S
BECOMING ALL TOO NORMAL.
>> Reporter: THE DEATH OF
9-YEAR-OLD EMMA HERNANDEZ IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT ROCKED THIS
REGION.
REGION. AND NOW THE REGION IS RESPONDING
WITH HELP FOR THE FAMILY AND
ALSO DETROIT POLICE.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY RELIVES
THE INCREDIBLE HEARTACHE.
>> I DON’T WITCHSH THIS PAIN ON
NOBODY.
NOBODY. >> Reporter: WHEN A YOUNG
FATHER AND VOLUNTEER IS KILLED
TRYING TO BREAK UP A BAR FIGHT.
>> Anchor: OFF THE TOP AT 6:00
TONIGHT, THAT FAMILY SEARCHING
FOR JUSTICE HOPING SOMEONE CAN
HELP THEM FIND THE SHOOTER.
>> SANTO WILLIAMS WAS AN
ASPIRING DJ AND PARTY PROMOTER
BUT HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT
DURING A FIGHT ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE.
SIDE. COCOA JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE NEW
INFORMATION ON A POSSIBLE
SUSPECT?
SUSPECT? >> Reporter: YES.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO OUTSIDE OF THE
LOUNGE HERE ON MA RANGE.
POLICE HAVE RELEASED PHOTOS OF
THE SUSPECT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR.
WE WANT TO PUT THE PHOTOS ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THESE
PICTURES.
PICTURES. THIS IS THE MAN THAT POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR IN CONNECTION TO THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF SANTOS
WILLIAMS AND HIS FAMILY IS JUST
DEVASTATED AND PLEADING FOR ANY
KIND OF HELP IN HIS CASE.
>> SHE’S BEEN STRONG.
>> Reporter: THE PAIN IS
WRITTEN ALL OVER LITTLE SENI’S
FACE.
FACE. AT JUST 5 YEARS OLD, SHE’S
GROWING UP WITHOUT HER DAD,
SANTA WILLIAMS.
SANTA WILLIAMS. >> I LOVE YOU, DADDY.
>> Reporter: HER DADDY WAS
TAKEN FROM HER BACK IN JUNE.
HE WAS BREAKING UP A FIGHT IN
THE PARKING LOT OF THE LOUNGE
WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
>> IT’S OKAY, BABY.
>> IT’S OKAY.
>> Reporter: LITTLE SENI WASN’T
ABLE TO FINISH HER MESSAGE SO
HER MOTHER AND SANTOS WIFE
ANTOINETTE WILLIAMS DID IT FOR
HER.
HER. >> HOWEVER LONG HER DADDY HAS TO
STAY IN HEAVEN, THAT’S HOW LONG
THE GUY WHO MURDERED HIM SHOULD
STAY IN JAIL.
>> Reporter: THERE’S A WHOLE
FAMILY OF BROKEN PEOPLE PLEADING
FOR ANSWERS IN SANTOS DEATH.
>> IT TORE MY WHOLE WORLD UPSIDE
DOWN.
DOWN. HE’S MY ONLY SON.
>> Reporter: NOW GONE FROM HER
AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO LOVED
SANTO.
SANTO. >> THIS IS HEART-BREAKING.
IT IS SO HARD FOR ANY MOTHER TO
HAVE TO BURY HER CHILD.
>> Reporter: THE WILLIAMS
FAMILY WANTS THE PERSON WHO DID
THIS TO KNOW THEY TOOK AWAY A
LOVING BROTHER, HUSBAND, SON,
FRIEND AND FATHER.
AND THEY JUST HAVE ONE SIMPLE
REQUEST.
REQUEST. >> JUST TURN YOURSELF IN.
PLEASE.
PLEASE. I BEG YOU.
JUST TURN YOURSELF IN.
>> Reporter: IF ANYONE HAS ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING
OR YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN THE
PHOTOS, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL THE
DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT OR YOU
CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT
1-800-SPEAK UP.
1-800-SPEAK UP. IT’S 100% ANONYMOUS AND YOU’LL
BE REALLY HELPING THIS FAMILY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Anchor: THOSE PHOTOS SEEMED
PRETTY CLEAR.
PRETTY CLEAR. SO HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL
RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND
HOPEFULLY LEAD TO SOME CLOSURE
IN THIS CASE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> PEOPLE ON ONE WEST SIDE
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD SAY THEY
ARE TIRED OF HEARING THIS.
[ GUNSHOTS ].
>> Anchor: SOMEONE HAD THEIR
CAMERA ROLLING AS AN ARGUMENT
SPILLED INTO VIOLENCE.
SHAWN STANDING BY LIVE WITH WHO
WAS INVOLVED AND HOW THE
RESIDENTS THERE ARE REACTING TO
IT.
IT. SHAWN.
SHAWN. >> Reporter: WE’LL SHOW
EVERYONE THE VIDEO WE GOT AND
THE SAYING GOES THE CAMERA DOES
NOT LIE.
NOT LIE. THAT’S A WOMAN FIRING THOSE
SHOTS.
SHOTS. NEIGHBORS ON THAT BLOCK SAY
THESE SHOOTINGS, THEY HAPPEN ALL
OF THE TIME.
THEY NEED TO STOP.
CELL PHONE CAMERAS ROLL ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
THIS IS INDIANA STREET NEAR PURE
TON AND IT WAS CLEAR TO A
NEIGHBOR SOMETHING BAD WAS ABOUT
TO GO DOWN.
>> HEY, SISTER, THESE OUT HERE
ABOUT TO FIGHT.
>> Reporter: A WOMAN IN AN
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT. SHE GOES BACK INTO HER HOME AND
RETRIEVES A GUN.
AND WHEN A MANGAN TO DRIVE OFF,
SHE OPENS FIRE.
[ GUNSHOTS ].
>> THERE’S ALWAYS GUNFIRE AROUND
HERE.
HERE. LATE AT NIGHT, THERE’S ALWAYS
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE. AND THIS IS A BAD BLOCK.
>> Reporter: SHE HAD TO TAKE
COVER.
COVER. THERE ARE KIDS UP AND DOWN THIS
BLOCK AND THERE IS NON-STOP
GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE. >> THEY ARE ARGUMENTS AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HERE
GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE. WITHIN SECONDS.
WITHIN SECONDS. WE HAVE TO STAY SAFE AND WE ONLY
SIT ON THE FRONT PORCH.
WE DON’T SIT IN THE BACK YARD.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT DETROIT
TELL US THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT
4:45 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE SAY IT’S UNCLEAR IF
ANYONE WAS HIT.
WHEN POLICE INVESTIGATED, THEY
WENT TWO THE HOME THE WOMAN
RETREATED BACK INTO AND THE
PERSON THERE SAID THEY WEREN’T
AWARE OF THE SHOOTING.
SHELL CASINGS WERE RECOVERED.
GUN
GUN [ GUNSHOTS ].
>> Reporter: THANKFULLY NO
INNOCENT BYSTANDERS OR KIDS WERE
HIT BY THE GUNFIRE.
THE LATEST, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN
MADE.
MADE. THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
>> Anchor: SHAWN, PEOPLE SAY
SHOTS ARE FIRED RIGHT IN THAT
SPECIFIC AREA ALL OF THE TIME?
>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY HEAR
ARGUMENTS AND RIGHT AWAY SHOTS
FIRED AND THEN THEY CALL POLICE.
SO IT’S A ROUTINE THAT THEY’RE
GETTING INTO THEY WISH WOULD
STOP.
STOP. >> Anchor: YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY A ROUTINE.
ALL RIGHT, SHAWN.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
LET’S TALK ABOUT OUR FORECAST.
AND WE’VE GOT SOME SERIOUS
WEATHER THAT COULD BE HITTING
PARTS OF OUR AREA.
>> Anchor: AFTER A PRETTY MUCH
PERFECT SUMMER DAY.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN.
>> Anchor: THINGS COULD GET A
LITTLE ROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE LINE WE’RE CONCERNED
WITH.
WITH. AND SO FAR WE’VE SEEN ONE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING POP HERE
NORTH.
NORTH. THAT’S THE ORANGE BOX.
BUT THERE’S A LITTLE TAIL OF
SOME ACTIVITY DEVELOPED HERE
NORTH OF LANSING.
THIS IS MOVING PRETTY FAST
THROUGH PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT WEAKER.
WE’RE NOT SO MUCH CONCERNED WITH
THIS BEING THE SEVERE PART OF
IT.
IT. ALL THE INGREDIENTS REALLY ARE
GOING TO COME TOGETHER FOR US AS
WE GET LATER ON TO TONIGHT.
HERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
THE TIMING WE’RE WATCHING FOR
THE SEVERE THREAT IS REALLY
BETWEEN 9:00 AND 2:00 P.M.
WE’RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
FRONT END OF THAT.
THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE IN
OUR NORTH AND WEST ZONES RIGHT
AT THE ONSET OF THAT WINDOW.
AND THE BIGGEST IMPACTS ARE
GOING TO BE FROM 60 MILES PER
HOUR WIND GUSTS AND A
POSSIBILITY OF ONE INCH HAIL.
IT’S A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER BUT THERE NONETHELESS.
WE’LL LOOK AT THE REST OF YOUR
HOLIDAY WEEKEND PLUS THE LATEST
ON HURRICANE DORIAN COMING UP.
>> Anchor: THANK YOU, BEN.
>>> A MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING A
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL BACK IN THE
1990s WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS.
MACOMB COUNTY DENIED PAROLE.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF TWO COUNTS
OF FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT FOR RAPING THAT
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL. A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO 20 TO
40 YEARS IN PRISON.
HE WAS RELEASED, THOUGH, FROM
PRISON IN 2016 BUT LATER
RETURNED BEHIND BARS AFTER THE
VICTIM SAW HIM NEAR HER HOME.
>>> SEARCH IS ON FOR A MAN WHO
POLICE SAY TOOK OUT A GUN AND
ROBBED A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR THIS MAN.
THEY SAY HE WALKED INTO THE
CLAIRE’S ACCESSORY STORE OFF 23
MILE ROAD.
MILE ROAD. THE WOMAN TOLD OFFICERS THE MAN
WALKED IN, PULLED OUT A GUN AND
DEMANDED MONEY AND THEN QUICKLY
TOOK OFF.
TOOK OFF. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN,
YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL POLICE.
>>> LEARNING FROM TRAGEDY.
TEN DAYS AFTER 9-YEAR-OLD EMMA
HERNANDEZ WAS KILLED BY PIT
BULLS, THE CITY OF DETROIT
RECEIVED A NEW TOOL TO PREVENT
THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
LOCAL BUSINESSES STEPPED UP TO
HELP DETROIT POLICE AND THE
HERNANDEZ FAMILY.
HERNANDEZ FAMILY. >> Reporter: YOU COULD CALL
THIS THE ALLEY OF AGONIZING
PAIN.
PAIN. IT IS WHERE 9-YEAR-OLD EMMA
HERNANDEZ DIED ATTACKED, MAULED
BY PIT BULLS.
NO ONE WANTS HER TO HAVE DIED IN
VAIN, SO THE COMMUNITY IS
STEPPING UP TO HELP HER FAMILY
AND ALSO THE CITY.
EMMA’S SWEET STYLE BELIES THE
TERROR SHE EXPERIENCED.
HER FATHER WAS THERE FOR HER
LAST BREATHS AND THE SIGHT WILL
HAUNT HIM ALWAYS.
>> IT’S -- YOU KNOW, IT’S A
NIGHTMARE I LIVE EVERY DAY.
BUT I TRY TO BE STRONG FOR MY
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> Reporter: THE CITY OF
DETROIT AND THE REGION HAVE
DECIDED IT NEEDS TO BE STRONG
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. HALF A DOZEN BUSINESSES STEPPING
UP TO DONATE TO THE FAMILY TO
PROP IT UP ON THE TIME OF NEED.
>> YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM
BIRMINGHAM, DETROIT, DEARBORN,
SOUTHFIELD, DEARBORN HEIGHTS
THAT DIDN’T EVEN KNOW.
BUT THE MINUTE I SHARED THE
STORY AND, YOU KNOW, I EXPLAINED
WHAT WAS GOING ON, EVERYBODY
STEPPED UP.
STEPPED UP. >> Reporter: THEY ALSO STEPPED
UP FOR THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A DOG
STICK MAKING IT EASIER TO
CONTROL ANIMALS.
CONTROL ANIMALS. A FIRST DONATION OF A DOZEN OF
THESE TO THE FOURTH PRECINCT
WHERE EMMA DIED SHOULD HELP AND
THE CHIEF WAS MOST APPRECIATIVE.
>> THERE’S NOT A DAY THAT’S GONE
BY SINCE THIS HORRIBLE LOSS THAT
WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND JUST THE OUT POURING OF
SUPPORT HAS JUST BEEN -- JUST
UTTERLY REMARKABLE.
UTTERLY REMARKABLE. >> THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF
MY HEART.
MY HEART. >> Reporter: NOW, HERE IS THE
THING ABOUT THE DOG STICKS.
THEY’VE GIVEN A DOZEN TO THE
FOURTH PRECINC.
FOURTH PRECINC. THAT’S JUST THE START.
THE COMMITMENT IS FOR AT LEAST
100 NEW OF THESE DOG STICKS SO
THAT OFFICERS ON THE STREET HAVE
THEM AT THE READY SO THAT IF
THEY HAVE A STRAY DOG OR IF THEY
HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS
AN ATTACK, THEY CAN GET IN THERE
AND TRY AND SOLVE IT AND STOP IT
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. RIGHT NOW MOST OF THE DOG STICKS
THEY HAVE ARE EITHER BATTERED,
BRUISED, BROKEN OR DON’T EVEN
WORK.
WORK. BACK TO YOU.
>> Anchor: OBVIOUSLY THAT’S ONE
PART OF THE PROBLEM.
DID THE CHIEF SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
THE DOG OWNERS IN THE CITY?
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
YEAH, HE DID.
HE WAS ADAMANT.
HE SAYS IF YOU’RE A DOG OWNER
AND YOU DO NOT TAKE CARE OF YOUR
PET AND DO NOT CONTROL YOUR PET,
YOU CAN EXPECT TO GET THE SAME
TREATMENT THAT THE OWNER OF
THOSE DOGS HAD.
HE IS FACING MURDER CHARGES.
>> Anchor: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, ROD.
>>> NOW TO A DETROIT SHELTER
THAT’S ACCEPTING DONATIONS RIGHT
NOW FOR A DOG THAT WAS INJURED
IN A DEADLY FIRE IN WATERFORD.
THIS IS KASPER.
KASPER WAS ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE
BY A WATERFORD HOMEOWNER BUT
THAT HOMEOWNER WAS KILLED IN
THAT FIRE.
THAT FIRE. SO KASPER IS NOW BACK AT THE
SHELTER AND MAY NEED SURGERY
BECAUSE PLASTIC WAS MELTED TO
HIS LEG IN THE FIRE.
HE STRUGGLES TO BREATHE AFTER
SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE
TO CARE FOR KASPER, WE’VE PUT
THE FUNDRAISING INFORMATION AT
CLICK ON DETROIT.COM.
>>> LET’S CHECK IN ON THE
NATIONAL STORIES WE HAVE COMING
UP HERE.
UP HERE. >> Anchor: YES.
KRISTIN JOINS US LIVE FROM NEW
YORK CITY WITH A PREVIEW.
HI, KRISTIN.
HI, KRISTIN. >> Reporter: HI, DEVON AND
KAREN.
KAREN. COMING UP AS WE TRACTOR YIN, A
LOOK AT WHAT -- TRACK DORIAN, A
LOOK AT WHAT WIND SPEED MEANS IN
A HURRICANE.
A HURRICANE. >>> PLUS AN INMATE FORCED TO
GIVE BIRTH ALONE DESPITE PLEA IS
FOR HELP.
FOR HELP. >> Anchor: THIS WOMAN GOT NO
HELP UNTIL AFTER THE BABY WAS
BORN.
BORN. >> Reporter: THAT’S CORRECT.
NOW, THE BABY BOY IS HEALTHY.
THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS.
BUT THE MOTHER IS NOW SUING AND
THE JAIL SAYS IT’S ALREADY MADE
CHANGES AFTER THIS CASE.
WE’LL HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS
COMING UP ON NIGHTLY NEWS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Anchor: WE’LL SEE YOU 20
MINUTES FROM NOW.
>>> STILL AHEAD, WE HAVE AN
UPDATE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL
$0.45 A GALLON GAS TAX PROPOSED
BY GOVERNOR WHITMORE TO FUND
RODE REPAIRS.
RODE REPAIRS. >>> PLUS HERE IS JAMIE.
>> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL IS BACK AND SO IS THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO KEEP