LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE YOUR WE CAN PLANTS INDOORS. IT WILL BE A
RAINY COUPLE OF DAYS HERE AROUND
METRO DETROIT, AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE FROM EXACT TRACK FOUR D
RADAR LIT UP IN GREEN THERE.
TYPICALLY WE SHOULD BE SEEING
THE DETROIT SKYLINE, RIGHT? NO
INSTEAD, IT’S 20,000 LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA. WE START WITH THE
WEATHER HERE AT SIX. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL
LET’S GET RIGHT OVER TO FOREWARN
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS TO HELP
YOU PLAN YOUR WEEKEND HERE. KIM
HAS BEEN A SOGGY DAY. BUT THE
WEEKEND IS NOT GOING TO BE AN
ENTIRE WASHOUT. WE JUST HAVE A
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS, BUT WE’LL
GET THROUGH A GOOD PART OF
SATURDAY, ACTUALLY DRY AND THEN
BRING IN THE CHANCE FOR RAIN
TOMORROW NIGHT. BUT RIGHT NOW,
IF YOU’RE MAKING PLANS OUTSIDE
PLAN FOR SOME RAIN BECAUSE WE’VE
GOT LOTS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
AND AROUND METRO DETROIT,
INCLUDING IN HAMTRAMCK IN THE
GROSS POINTS, WARREN STERLING
HEIGHTS RAINING PRETTY PRETTY
GOOD RATE IN PONTIAC AND ALSO IN
WATERFORD, BUT THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF POCKETS WHERE IT
STARTED TO DRY OUT, INCLUDING
FLAT ROCK SEEING DRY CONDITIONS
AT THIS HOUR. AN ARBOR JUST HAS
A FEW SPRINKLES, SO VISIBILITY
ALSO HAS BEEN REDUCED IN A FEW
AREAS, INCLUDING PONTIAC. SO
THERE’S SOME FOG OUT THERE
TONIGHT. AS WELL. SO THIS
EVENING EXPECT CONTINUED RAINY
CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS, WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING
IN THE LOW FIFTIES. WE’RE GOING
TO TIME OUT YOUR WEEKEND
FORECAST AS FAR AS WHEN WE
EXPECT THE RAIN, BUT YOU CAN DO
THAT ON OUR 4WARN WEATHER APP.
JUST GO TO YOUR FAVORITE APP
STORE AND TYPE IN WDIV’S
DOWNLOAD THE APP. IT’S
ABSOLUTELY FREE. HEY KIM. THANK
YOU. IT WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
DRILL THAT TRIGGERED FEAR AND
CONFUSION INSIDE THE ONLY STATE
RUN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL FOR
CHILDREN. A LOCAL 4
INVESTIGATION EXPOSED THE
PROBLEM. AND NOW TWO CLASS
ACTION LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED
AGAINST THE STATE ATTORNEYS SAY
THAT HAWTHORNE CENTER ENDED UP
TERRORIZING ITS STAFF, AND IT’S
EXTREMELY VULNERABLE PATIENTS
WHEN IT CONDUCTED THIS
UNANNOUNCED DRILL BACK IN
DECEMBER, OUR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER KAREN DREW BROKE THIS
STORY THEN AND HERE NOW, WITH
MORE ON THIS NEW LEGAL
DEVELOPMENT, KAREN JUST HAPPENED
IN A MATTER OF HOURS. THIS WAS
THE SCENE IF YOU RECALL LAST
DECEMBER FOUR POLICE AGENCIES
RESPONDED AFTER DESPERATE 911
CALLS WERE MADE FROM INSIDE THE
HAWTHORNE CENTER. IT WAS ONLY A
DRILL ENFORCEMENT DIDN’T KNOW
THAT AND NEITHER DID EMPLOYEES
WHO WERE WORKING THERE AT THE
TIME. THEY SAY THEY AND THEIR
PATIENTS WERE ABSOLUTELY
TERRORIZED, AND NOW THEY WANT TO
HOLD THE STATE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. POLICE
AND FIRE EMERGENCY AT 18471
ALREADY WROTE THERE WAS JUST A
REPORT OF AN ACTIVE INTRUDER AT
HAWTHORNE CENTER. WHAT’S GOING
ON ACTIVE SHOOTER WAS A R 15 TO
ACTIVE SHOOTER COULDN’T START
CRYING, TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY
EYES. I COULDN’T STOP SHAKING. I
WAS TREMBLING UNCONTROLLABLY.
IT’S CREATED ANXIETY, TROUBLE
SLEEPING. UM, EVERY TIME THIS IS
MENTIONED IT’S LIKE RELIVING THE
EVENT, THE TWO FORMER HAWTHORNE
CENTER EMPLOYEES WE SPOKE WITH
DON’T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR
FEAR OF RETALIATION BY THE
STATE, BUT THEY WERE THERE
DURING THE DRILL AND SAY THEY
CONTINUE TO BE TRAUMATIZED BY
IT. THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE
GOING TO DIE DURING THE NEARLY
HOUR LONG ORDEAL. EVERY LITTLE
SOUND YOU HEAR THAT I
PARTICULARLY HURT. I FELT LIKE
OKAY, ARE THEY OUT IN THE
HALLWAY? I REALLY HAVE NOWHERE
TO HIDE. THAT’S GOING TO PROTECT
ME. SO I JUST FELT LIKE, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
BE YOU KNOW, MY LAST DAY HERE,
EMPLOYEES BARRICADED THEMSELVES
IN TV ROOMS BEHIND MATTRESSES,
ARMED WITH ANYTHING THEY COULD
FIND, AND THE ADULTS WERE
POSITIONING THEMSELVES BETWEEN
THE DOOR AND THE KIDS. AND WITH
THE HOPES OF PROTECTING THE KIDS
, BUT THE KIDS WERE INFORMED. IF
THE ADULTS WERE TO GO DOWN, THE
KIDS WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT FOR
THEIR LIVES. DAVID HORNS SON WAS
A HAWTHORN PATIENT. DURING THAT
DRILL, THE 11 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN
IN PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT SINCE
HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. I
THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING TREATMENT
THERE. AND INSTEAD THEY RE
TRAUMATIZED HIM. WE FOUND OUT
OVER FACEBOOK. AH WE WERE NEVER
NOTIFIED BY THE HOSPITAL ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL ON THAT DAY
, PERHAPS THE MOST DISTURBING
THING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT
DAY IS THIS AFTER THE BETRAYAL
WAS OVER, A LOT OF THE CHILDREN
ACTUALLY HAD TO BE, UM SAID
DATED SO THEY HAD TO CALL
EMERGENCY FOR LIKE OUTSIDE
HOSPITALS. I DON’T MINCE WORDS.
SO I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT
PEOPLE WHO ORCHESTRATED THIS
EVENT NEED TO BE TERMINATED. UM
I THINK THAT IT WAS GROSS
NEGLIGENCE. SEDATED ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTING FAMILIES AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE HAWTHORNE
CENTER FILED TWO CLASS ACTION
LAWSUITS TODAY. ONE IS AGAINST
THE STATE. SO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RUNS
THE HAWTHORNE CENTER. THE OTHER
LAWSUIT IS AGAINST SPECIFIC
MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF
WHO CALLED FOR THAT UNANNOUNCED
ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL AND YOUR
HEART JUST BREAKS SINGAPORE KIDS
. YEAH WE JUST HEARD THE ONE
FATHER TALK ABOUT. MAYBE SOME
TERMINATIONS NEED TO HAPPEN. BUT
WHAT DOES THE LAWSUIT ACTUALLY?
MANY PAGES AND LOTS OF THINGS
THAT THEY DO WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THEY WANT A FULL INVESTIGATION
BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THEY WANT FULL ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR WHAT THEY SAY WAS GROSSLY
IRRESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING,
AND THEY’RE SEEKING DAMAGES AND
REMEMBER MANY HAWTHORNE KIDS
WERE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN
SEVERELY TRAUMATIZED BEFORE THE
ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL. BY THE
WAY, I DID POST THE STORIES THAT
WE’VE DONE BEFORE AND REALLY
DETAILED OF THE POLICE RESPONSE
ON CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM IF
YOU WANT TO TAKE A DIVE INTO
THAT, BUT IT’S JUST I’VE JUST MY
HEART BREAKS. OKAY. THANKS,
KAREN. A PERSON OF INTEREST IS
IN CUSTODY NOW CONNECTION WITH
THE DEATH OF A DETROIT
NEUROSURGEON, DR DAVON HOOVER
WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HISTORIC
BOSTON EDISON HOME ON SUNDAY. HE
HAD BEEN SHOT A NUMBER OF TIMES
AND WRAPPED IN A BLANKET. POLICE
SAY THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY
INTO THE HOME, LEADING POLICE TO
BELIEVE THAT HE KNEW HIS
ATTACKER, POLICE SAID. THIS
PERSON OF INTEREST IS ACTUALLY
IN CUSTODY ON AN UNRELATED
WARRANT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY
BELIEVE THAT THIS PERSON HAS
INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED.
WARREN MAYOR JIM BOUNCE, TAKING
THE STAND TODAY IN A FEDERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT. FORMER
POLICE OFFICER TO SHEILA HOWELL
IT IS SUING THE CITY OF MORE IN
THE FORMER PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMISSIONER AND SEVERAL
OFFICERS ALLEGING RACIAL AND
SEXUAL MISTREATMENT. PRIYA MANN
WAS IN COURT TODAY AND PRIYA
THINGS GOT HEATED BETWEEN ME OR
FAULTS AND HOWELL. IT’S ATTORNEY
SPECIFICALLY WHEN ATTORNEY
LEONARD MONGO ASKED THE MAYOR IF
HE HAS EVER SAID THE N WORD THE
MAYOR STARTED YELLING. SHAME ON
YOU! AT ONE POINT FELT IGNORED
THE JUDGE. YOU TOLD HIM TO LOWER
HIS HIS VOICE WHILE VEHEMENTLY
DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS. FORMER
WARREN POLICE OFFICER DO SHIELA
HALLETT SAYS SHE SUFFERED PTSD
AFTER HER TIME WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HOW IT WORKED AS A
WARREN POLICE OFFICER FROM 6
2020 17 AND WAS THE FIRST BLACK
OFFICER TO BE EMPLOYED BY THE
CITY OF WARREN HOWELL. IT SAYS
DURING HER TIME WITH WARREN P.
D, SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO RACIST
AND SEXIST COMMENTS FROM CO
WORKERS AND ALSO ALLEGES SHE WAS
NOT SUPPORTED WITH PROPER BACKUP
IN A TIMELY FASHION BECAUSE OF
HER GENDER AND RACE. THE FEDERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT WAS FILED
IN 2017 JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER
AUDIOTAPES OF A MAN USING
OFFENSIVE, RACIALLY CHARGED
LANGUAGE LEAKED. MAYOR HAS
ALWAYS DENIED IT WAS HIM ON
THOSE TAPES TODAY WHEN ASKED
ABOUT HIS RECORD ON DIVERSITY,
SAID HE CHALLENGED ANY MAYOR TO
DO WHAT HE’S DONE FOR THE CITY,
SAYING HE HIRED THE FIRST
DIVERSITY DIRECTOR AND HIS HIRED
MORE BLACK PEOPLE, MUSLIMS AND
WOMEN. MAYOR FELT ALSO SAID HE
DOESN’T MICROMANAGE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THAT HE HAD
SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
HALLETT AND SAYS ALLEGATIONS OF
HARASSMENT WERE NEVER BROUGHT UP
. HOW IT SAYS SHE CAN NO LONGER
WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE
OF HER TREATMENT IN THE WARREN
POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND BY THE
WAY, CAMERAS ARE NOT ALLOWED
INSIDE FEDERAL COURT. THE JURY
TRIAL CONTINUES MONDAY AND IS
EXPECTED TO WRAP UP NEXT WEEK.
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE
NEWSROOM. I’M PRIYA MANN SEND IT
BACK TO YOU CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
IT, PRIYA. THANK YOU. STATE
POLICE. MEANWHILE APPROVING ONCE
AGAIN, THEY MEAN BUSINESS FROM
HIGH IN THE SKY. IT’S NOT GONNA
LAST MUCH LONGER. ALRIGHT
TROOPER. TWO’S GOT EYES CAN CALL
IT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO
CONCENTRATE ON DRIVING THIS
NEWLY RELEASED FOOTAGE OF A
POLICE CHASE FROM EAST POINT TO
DETROIT SHOWS HOW THINGS GOT
WILD AFTER THE CAR ON THE RUN,
BLEW OUT TWO TIRES. EVENTUALLY,
THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND
CRASHED THE CAR BURSTING INTO
FLAMES. THAT’S WHEN THE DRIVER
AND PASSENGER TOOK OFF RUNNING,
BUT THEY DIDN’T GET FAR THANKS
TO THE CHOPPER, TRACKING THEIR
EVERY MOVE. BOTH PEOPLE ARE NOW
IN CUSTODY. THE DELEGATION FROM
DETROIT IS WRAPPING UP ITS TIME
IN KANSAS CITY FOR THE NFL DRAFT
GROUP, LEAVING WITH SOME THEY
BELIEVE GOOD IDEAS FOR THE NEXT
YEAR WHEN IT’S HERE, AND WHEN
THE DRAFT COMES TO DETROIT,
THERE WILL BE, OF COURSE, SOME
OBVIOUS BENEFITS TO THE CITY
UNDER THE ECONOMY, BUT HIS
NICK MONACELLI FOUND OUT IN
CASEY. THERE’S SOME UNEXPECTED
PERKS TO HAVING THE NFL IN TOWN,
TOO. 23 SEXY. GOOD JOB. SO WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THIS MAN
? IT’S COOL, COOL, OR IS IT LIKE
AMAZING? AMAZING IT WAS THE
MOTHER OF ALL RECESSES THAT
FRANK RUSSIAN ELEMENTARY IN
KANSAS CITY, THE NFL TAKING OVER
THE SCHOOL TODAY WITH MASCOTS,
CHEERLEADERS, SWAG BAGS AND MORE
PRINCIPAL NEVER THINKING THE NFL
DRAFT. WOULD COME THROUGH HER
DOORS. THIS AMAZING WE ARE VERY
CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND SO YOU
KNOW, WE TRY TO BRING IN THE
HYPE AND THE EVENTS OF JUST IT
BEING PART OF KANSAS CITY, BUT
NEVER DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUR
BUILDING. NO THESE KIDS ARE OUT
HERE WORKING ON THEIR SKILLS
BUSTING THE TACKLE. LET’S SEE
IT. BOOM ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. GOT
SOME FLAG FOOTBALL BEHIND ME
OVER HERE. THERE IS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT STORY LINES. SOMETHING
THE LEAGUE REALIZED IS THAT THIS
IS ACTUALLY A LOWER INCOME
AREAS, SO THEY THOUGHT THEY
COULD DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR
THE KIDS INSIDE THE SCHOOL. SO
YOU ALL KNOW THERE’S BEEN THAT
SECRET ROOM AT THE END OF THE
HALLWAY, RIGHT? 321. HE’S SUPER
SECRET ROOM IS A GIFT FROM THE
NFL. A CLASSROOM CONVERTED INTO
THIS SOMETHING SCHOOLS CAN’T
NECESSARILY SPEND THEIR MONEY ON
RIGHT. IT’S STUFF THAT HAS TO GO
IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUR
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS AND
SUPPLIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT
WAS JUST A PLAIN OLD CLASSROOM
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. WHY DO WE
CARE ABOUT THIS IN DETROIT? MEGA
MENDOZA IS WITH NFL COMMUNITY
RELATIONS AND SAYS WHEN THE
DRAFT COMES TO TOWN, THEY FIND
WAYS TO GIVE BACK. WE HAVE THE
NFL PLAY 60 INITIATIVES
SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE HAVE
INSPIRED TEAMS. WE’VE GOT SALUTE
TO SERVICE. WE HAVE CRUCIAL
CATS. UM AND ALL OF THOSE
INITIATIVES ARE THINGS THAT WE
WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AS
A NEED AND IMPLEMENT WHEN WE’RE
THERE FOR THE DRAFT RESOURCES
AND FUNDING BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY SEES
THAT NOT JUST WHEN WE’RE HERE
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, BUT HAVE
LEGACY PROJECTS THAT EXTEND FAR
BEYOND OUR TIME HERE IN KANSAS
CITY, NICK MONACELLI. LOCAL 4
AND FAR BEYOND THE FOOTPRINT OF
WHAT WE’VE SEEN AROUND THE MAIN
EVENT ITSELF. BERNIE IS GOING TO
HAVE MORE REACTION TO THE LIONS
DRAFT PICKS OF LAST NIGHT. THREE
MORE PICKS COMING TONIGHT. SO
LOOK AHEAD TO THAT COMING UP IN
SPORTS, TOO. AND PAULA TUTMAN IS
GOING FOR IT. AND LIVONIA. HEY,
PAULA. THERE’S STILL TIME YOU
STILL HAVE ABOUT 40 MINUTES OR
SO TO GET TO RURAL PARK PLACE.
PERHAPS YOU’LL BE THE ONE THE
LOCAL 4 GO FOR IT. SINGER WE’RE