>> LOCAL 4 STARTS NOW WITH
BREAKING NEWS.
>> SEVERAL BOATS CATCH FIRE AT A
ST. CLAIR SHORES MARINA.
>> SMOKE FROM THE MASSIVE FIRE
COULD BE SEEN FROM MILES.
TIM PAMPLIN IS LIVE.
>> REPORTER: EMERGENCY CREWS
WORKING THROUGH THE EVENING.
THIS IS A ST. CLAIR’S AT KEN’S
MARINE.
IT WAS AROUND 8:30-9:00 WHEN THE
CALLS CAME OUT.
BOATS ARE EXPLODING AT THE GAS
STOP.
FIREFIGHTERS QUICK ON THE SCENE
AND WHEN THEY PULLED UP, THIS IS
WHAT THEY SAW.
SEVERAL BOATS ENGULFED IN
FLAMES. >> OH, MAN.
>> OH, MAN.
>> REPORTER: MARRIERER MARRIER I
NOT BELIEVE THEIR EYES.
THERE WAS A FRANTIC SEARCH
LOOKING FOR TWO THAT INVOLVED
THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD IN
THE WATER AND IN THE AIR.
THE TWO MEN HAVE BEEN LOCATED
UNINJURED AND TALKING TO POLICE.
THE ANDERSON FAMILY WITH
DAUGHTER MADISON WERE ENJOYED
DINNER AT MIKE’S WHEN BOATS
STARTED EXPLODING.
>> AS SOON AS I SAT DOWN, THE
THIRD EXPLOSION.
>> REPORTER: THE TWO MEN ON THE
INITIAL BOAT THAT EXPLODED
JUMPED OFF.
THEY HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.
THE INVESTIGATION GETS UNDERWAY
AS TO WHAT CAUSED THESE BOATS TO
EXPLODE.
THAT IS THE SCENE IN ST. CLAIR
SHORES TONIGHT.
TIM PAMPLIN, LOCAL 4.
>> A MOTHER AN HER BOYFRIEND ARE
BEHIND BARS SOON TO BE CHARGED
IN THE DEATH OF HER 13-MONTH-OLD
SON AND INJURIES TO HIS TWIN
BROTHER.
>> ONE BOY DIED AT THE HOSPITAL
AND THE OTHER IS STILL BATTLING
TERRIBLE INJURIES.
JASON COLTHORP IS LIVE IN ECORSE
TONIGHT.
POLICE SPENT ALL DAY TRACKING
DOWN THE BOYFRIEND.
WHERE WAS HE ARRESTED?
>> REPORTER: HE WAS ARRESTED IN
SUMPTER TOWNSHIP.
IT CAME AFTER A LONG SEARCH.
HE WAS AT AN UNCLE’S HOUSE AFTER
THEY FOLLOWED UP SEVERAL LEADS.
HE TOOK OFF FIRST THING IN THE
MORNING FROM THE HOSPITAL.
HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, THE BOY’S
MOTHER ARE IN JAIL.
HER SON UNDERGOING A LATE-NIGHT
SURGERY TO REPAIR A BROKEN LEFT
FEET MORE AND OTHER BROKEN
BONES.
>> I HAVE BEEN A POLICEMAN FOR
13 YEARS.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
Reporter: THE WORST THAT THE
INSPECTOR HAS SEEN BECAUSE WHEN POLICE RESPONSIBLED TO THE RENT
POLICE RESPONSIBLED TO THE RENT
SENSE --RESPONDED TO THE RENAISS
THEY FOUND A BABY WITH
UNSPEAKABLE INJURIES.
>> INJURIES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
HEALING, AND THEN AGGRESSIVE
AGAIN.
>> REPORTER: NOT LONG AFTER
13-MONTH-OLD ZYAIRE REED WAS AT
THE HOSPITAL, POLICE REALIZED
ZION BACK AT THE HOME WAS BADLY
INJURED AND HIS MOTHER HADN’T
SAID A WORD.
>> ONE OF OUR EVIDENCE TECHS
ASKED TO SPEAK TO ME AND SAID
THE TWIN BROTHER IS NOW AT THE
HOSPITAL AS WELL.
>> REPORTER: POLICE BELIEVE THOSE INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY
THOSE INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY
THE LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND, A PAL PAR
LET OUT OF PRISON BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> HE SAID HE GAVE THE BABY,
ZYAIRE A BOTTLE AND HE WENT BACK
IN AND HE WAS CHOKING.
HE WASN’T CHOKING ON THAT
BOTTLE.
I DON’T WARE WHAT HE -- CARE WHA
HE SAYS.
HE DID SOMETHING TO THE BABY.
>> REPORTER: A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE PHOTOS POSTED TO FACEBOOK
SHOWS OBVIOUS TRAUMA TO THEIR
FACES.
>> I SAID TO MY HUSBAND, ONE OF
THE BOYS IS GOING TO BE DEAD.
>> REPORTER: THIS CONCERNED
APARTMENT CONTACTED CHILD CARE
SERVICES 12 DAYS AGO BUT NEVER
GOT A RESPONSE.
>> A BABY CANNOT SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES AND I’M SORRY, FOR A
MOTHER TO BE IN THE HOUSE AND
ALLOW THAT, NO.
SHED HAD TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON.
>> REPORTER: SO MANY QUESTIONS.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR THOSE TWO TO
BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THE CHARGES FIRST-DEGREE CHILD
ABUSE, FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
MORE ON THE BOYFRIEND NOW.
YOU HEARD WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE
WAS RELEASED EARLY BECAUSE OF
CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
HE COMMITTED A VIOLATION THAT
NORMALLY WOULD HAVE SENT HIM
BACK TO PRISON, AGAIN, HE WAS
KEPT OUT BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS.
IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT HE WAS
PAROLED FOR, CHILD ABUSE.
JASON CALL THUNDERSTORM,
LOCAL 4.
>> JUST AWFUL.
I UNDERSTAND YOU THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME THE MOTHER’S
PARENTING HAS BEEN CALLED INTO
QUESTIONING EITHER.
>> REPORTER: NO, IT IS NOT.
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO MANY
WARNINGS, RED FLAGS.
SHE HAS FOUR CHILDREN.
THE GRANDMOTHER WHO YOU SAW IN
THE STORY HAS LEGAL GUARDIAN OF
THE TWO OLDEST, ONE IS 10 AND
ONE IS 15, THE 15-YEAR-OLD LIVES
IN KANSAS WITH THE FATHER.
SHE CARES FOR THE 10-YEAR-OLD.
SHE LOST TWO CHILDREN AND NOW
ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE OF CHILD
ABUSE AND ANOTHER ONE FIGHTING
FOR HIS LIFE.
>> JUST AWFUL.
OK, JASON, THANKS.
>> ON THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HIS
ECONOMIC PLAN FOR RACIAL
EQUALITY, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN SAT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT IF THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL
IF THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL
MASK MANDATE TO GOVERNOR
WHITMER’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL
PROSPECTS.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT TALKED
TO YOU FROM HIS HOME.
>> REPORTER: HE DID, DEVIN.
HE CONFIRMED FOR US THAT HE IS
GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING HIS V.P.
PICK NEXT WEEK, SO NATURALLY, WE
HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
NATIONALLY OUTLETS HAVE NOT
MENTIONED GOVERNOR WHITMER AS A
POSSIBLE V.P. FOR WEEKS, INSTEAD
FOCUSING ON SUSAN RICE AND
KAMALA HARRIS.
OR GOVERNOR IS NOT ON YOUR SHORT
LIST, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> I HAVE NOT NARROWED THAT
LIST. YOUR GOVERNOR IS CAPABLE.
YOUR GOVERNOR IS CAPABLE.
SHE IS CAPABLE OF DOING
VIRTUALLY ANYTHING, IN TERMS OF
THE PROCESS I’M GOING TO GO
THROUGH.
I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO DETAIL, BUT I HAVE A GROUP OF
DETAIL, BUT I HAVE A GROUP OF
HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES I’M
TALKING TO.
>> REPORTER: GOVERNOR WHITMER IN
HER COVID-19 BRIEFINGS ASKED THE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A
NATIONAL MASK MANDATE.
>> I KNOW IT HELPS IF IT
OCCURRED.
I THINK IT MATTERS A GREAT DEAL.
THERE IS OVERWHELMING PROOF IT
IS OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE IN
REDUCING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE
VIRUS.
>> REPORTER: WE SPOKE ABOUT THE
CIVIL UNREST AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND WHY DETROIT DETROIT HASN’T S
LOOTING AND BURNING LIKE OTHER
PROBLEMS LIKE IN PORTLAND.
>> YOU HAVE A HELL OF A GOOD
MAYOR AND GOOD POLICE OF CHIEF.
NUMBER TWO, LOCAL POLICE ARE
ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PROBLEMS THEY HAVE IN THEIR
STATES.
IN FACT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS
THE PRESIDENT HAS EXACERBATED
THE PROBLEM BY SENDING IN
UNMARKED AND UNNAMED AND WITHOUT
BADGES FEDERAL AGENTS AND FROM
HOMELESS SECURITY.
>> REPORTER: BACK HERE LIVE, I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THAT DETROIT IS GOING TO BE
THE RECIPIENT OF THE SAME
FEDERAL RESOURCES, NOT BECAUSE
WE HAVE PROTESTING PROBLEMS, BUT
WE HAVE HAD A SPIKE IN GUN
CONTROL.
WE HAVE HAD A SPIKE IN
GUN-RELATED ARRESTS AND THE
FEDERAL RESOURCES COMING HERE
ARE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, HOMELAND
SECURITY AGENTS, BUT FEDERAL
DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO THINGS
LIKE BACK FILLING THE DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT’S OVERTIME BUDGET.
I’M MARA McDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> D.N.C. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO, SO UNDER
NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD
HAVE KNOWN WHO THE VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE IS, BUT HE
PRESIDENT CANDIDATE IS, BUT HE
IS SAYING NEXT WEEK SOME TIME.
>> REPORTER: ORIGINALLY, THE
CAMPAIGN SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE
AUGUST 1, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
AUGUST 1, BUT BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.
BACK TO YOU.
>> LET’S MOVE TO CORONAVIRUS
TONIGHT.
THE STATE REPORTING 669 NEW
CASES OF COVID-19 OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS THAT IS AN INCREASE OF
81 FROM YESTERDAY’S NUMBERS.
>> MICHIGAN’S DEATH TOLL GROWING
BY 16 PEOPLE, BUT 11 DEATHS WERE
ADDED RETRO ACTIVELY. GOVERNOR WHITMER PLEADING FOR
GOVERNOR WHITMER PLEADING FOR
ALL MICHIGAN ALEXANDERSALL MICHI
>> OUR CASE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
INCREASE SINCE JUNE, SO WE HAVE
TO DOUBLE DOWN AND DO OUR PART
RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE, WEAR YOUR MASK, MAINTAIN
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND GET
TESTED.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO REOPENING
SCHOOL, THE GOVERNOR SAYS
PLANNING IS UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL
OPTIONS, BUT A FINAL DECISION
WON’T COME UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE
SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.
>> A MAN WANTED FOR SHOPLIFTING
IN CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP LEADS
POLICE ON A WRONG-WAY CHASE. IT STARTED AT THE TARGET STORE
IT STARTED AT THE TARGET STORE
WHEN OFFICERS SPOTTED THE
SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT FOUND WITH A
CAR THAT WAS STOLEN. THE DRIVER WOULDN’T STOP AND
THE DRIVER WOULDN’T STOP AND
HEADED FOR I-94.
>> THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE
DRIVER ENDED UP GOING THE WRONG
WAY ON EASTBOUND I-94 AND HIT A
TRUCK.
THE DRIVER TOOK OFF ON FOOT,
MADE IT QUITE A WAYS.
HE WAS NOT ARRESTED UNTIL POLICE
FOUND HIM AT AN AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX.
THE MAN FACING A LONG LIST OF
CHARGES.
NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT IN
THAT HEAD-ON CRASH.
>> A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IS NOW
FACING MURDER CHARGES FOR THE
DEADLY SHOOTING OF HIS
10-YEAR-OLD COUSIN.
THE TEEN WAS CHARGED TODAY AS AN
ASSAULT WITH SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SHOT
10-YEAR-OLD IN THE CHEST LAST
WEEK INSIDE OF A WARREN
APARTMENT.
THERE WERE 10 CHILDREN INSIDES OF THE APARTMENT AT THE TIME OF
OF THE APARTMENT AT THE TIME OF
THE SHOOTING, BUT NO ADULTS.
>> ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE, A MAN
IS WANTED FOR ASSAULTING A GAS
STATION EMPLOYEE OVER A FIGHT
OVER A FACE MASK.
THE MAN PUSHING THE SECURITY
WINDOW, WHICH HITS THE CLERK.
THE DISPUTE STARTED WHEN THE MAN
WALKED IN WITHOUT WEARING A MASK
AND BECAME IRATE WHEN HE WAS
TOLD HE NEEDED TO WEAR ONE.
THE SUSPECT WAS LAST SEEN
WALKING SOUTH ON EAST JEFFERSON.
>> I
>> THEY ARE LARGE FLYING INSECTS
THAT HAVEN’T BEEN SEEN IN OUR
COUNTRY IN 17 YEARS.
>> THE RETURN OF ZOMBIE A SAY
DAS.
>> REPORTER: THOSE ARE NOT ON
THE RADAR, BUT WE ARE TRACKING
RAIN.
THAT IS COMING IN FROM THE WEST
AND IT IS WELCOME IN A LOT OF
SPOTS.
WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH TO
EXPECT. >> THE VIRAL VIDEO SHOWING A
>> THE VIRAL VIDEO SHOWING A
MICHIGAN POLICE OFFICER FIRING A
CANISTER NEARLY POINT BLANK
DURING THE PROTEST.