TOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. AND WE BEGIN HERE AT 11 WITH A DEARBORN MAN FACING
CHARGES TONIGHT ACCUSED OF
ETHNIC INTIMIDATION AFTER AN
INCIDENT AT AN OAKLAND COUNTY
SYNAGOGUE TONIGHT. WE’RE HEARING
FROM FRUSTRATED PARENTS WHO ARE
WORRIED ABOUT RETALIATION.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT MAN MADE
ANTI SEMITIC AND RACIST THREATS
. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED FRIDAY
MORNING OUTSIDE OF TEMPLE BETH
EL IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS. VICTOR
WILLIAMS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE
ON THE CASE. WELL SOME PARENTS
ARE DOWNRIGHT CONCERNED ABOUT
RETALIATION IN THE SITUATION
THERE ALSO WONDERING WHAT
MEASURES ARE PUT INTO PLACE TO
SUPPORT. EVERYONE’S SAFETY.
CONCERN IS WHAT’S WHAT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY
MOVING FORWARD THIS TEMPLE
BETHEL PARENT WHO DID NOT WANT
HER FACE SHOWN AS ONE OF MANY ON
EDGE AFTER AN ANTI SEMITIC RANT
ALLEGEDLY TAKES PLACE BY THIS
MAN, 35 YEAR OLD HASSAN SHOCKER
IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE
SYNAGOGUE AND PRESCHOOL FRIDAY
MORNING IN A LOT OF THREATS
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. RECENTLY
COUNTLESS SCHOOLS IN THE AREA
HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BECAUSE OF
THEM. SO WAS I SHOCKED?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. ANTI SEMITISM IS
ON THE RISE, BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP
POLICE CHIEF JAMES GALLAGHER
SAYS IT WAS ALL LIVE STREAMED IN
A VIDEO THAT HAS SINCE BEEN
DELETED. THE TARGET OF THE RANT
WAS SECURITY PARENTS AND
CHILDREN ALIKE, WITH SOME OF THE
WORST HATE FILLED LANGUAGE EVER
TELL YOU I’VE BEEN IN THIS JOB
FOR 23 YEARS, AND I SOME OF THE
MOST VULGAR, INAPPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE AND COMMENTS THAT I’VE
EVER HEARD. OAKLAND PROSECUTOR
KAREN MCDONALD, WHO CREATED THE
HATE CRIMES UNIT IN THE COUNTY,
SAYS SHE’S TAKING THE MATTER
VERY SERIOUSLY. I CAN’T IMAGINE
WHAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE
FOR PARENTS AND SMALL CHILDREN
OF PRESCHOOL AGE WHEN THEY’RE
JUST DROPPING THEIR THEIR KIDS
OFF TO BE. APPROACHED BY
SOMEBODY WITH JUST A MESSAGE OF
HATE AS HE’S TAKING OFF SHOCKER
ALLEGEDLY RECORDS A VIDEO OF
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE
OFFICERS PULLING HIM OVER AS HE
LEAVES THE SYNAGOGUE. AT THAT
POINT, OFFICERS DID NOT HAVE
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MAKE AN
ARREST. BECAUSE OF THAT SOME
AREN’T TOO HAPPY WITH HOW IT WAS
HANDLED THE NATURE OF THE BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN POLICE AND THE
BLOOMFIELD HILLS RESIDENTS AND
THE PARENTS OF TEMPLE BETH EL.
WAS NOT HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
HANDLED THE GOAL THAT TRAFFIC
STOP WAS FOR US TO IDENTIFY THE
SUBJECT CONFIRMED THE IDENTITY
AND THEN SO WE COULD FURTHER.
THE INVESTIGATION WAS LATER
ARRESTED AT HIS HOME IN DEARBORN
. ONCE INVESTIGATORS CONNECTED
THE DOTS AS THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES, PARENTS JUST WANT TO
FEEL SAFE. SOMEONE HAS THAT
PREMEDITATED TO COME IN AND, YOU
KNOW, SCREAM AT PARENTS AS HE
DID, AND TWO CHILDREN. IT’S
EXTREMELY CONCERNING THE
SYNAGOGUE DID RELEASE A
STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO THIS
MATTER, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS
THAT THEY’RE HOPING FOR MORE
INFORMATION TO BE RELEASED FROM
THE POLICE WILL, OF COURSE, KEEP
YOU UPDATED ON SHOCKERS LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS, MOVING FORWARD
VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL 4 ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU, VICTOR. NEW AT
11. DETROIT POLICE INVESTIGATING
A DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE CITY’S
WEST SIDE. IT HAPPENED RIGHT
AROUND 6 30 ON RUTHERFORD STREET
NEAR GREENFIELD. POLICE SAY TWO
WOMEN GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT THE
BOYFRIEND OF THE VICTIM ACTUALLY
THEN TRIED TO STOP THE ARGUMENT
. THEY SAY HE HAD A GUN ON HIM.
THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO GET THAT
GUN. SHE SHOT AND KILLED THE
VICTIM, AND THEN ALSO SHOT THE
MAN RIGHT NOW. HE IS LISTED IN
STABLE CONDITION. DETROIT POLICE
ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TONIGHT
FINDING AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT
THIS HAPPENED BACK ON NOVEMBER
28TH. IT HAPPENED AT THE CASH
MACHINE IN THE AREA OF SEVEN
MILE AND WYOMING. THE SUSPECT IN
THIS CASE DESCRIBED WHICH, BEING
BETWEEN 18 AND 20 YEARS OLD,
DRIVING A BLUE KIA OPTIMA WITH A
MISSING HEADLIGHT. IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION, DETROIT POLICE
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A
22 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN PONTIAC
TODAY HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND 4 30
THIS MORNING ON COLUMBIA AVENUE
. PLEASE SAY THE WOMAN’S BODY
WAS FOUND ON THE SIDEWALK IN
FRONT OF A HOME IN A RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTIGATORS SAY
TONIGHT THEY ARE WORKING ON
FIGURING OUT A POSSIBLE MOTIVE.
A METRO TUTORIAL CHURCH TAKING
STRIDES TO TRY TO PREVENT
VIOLENCE. STRICTLY GOD’S
BUSINESS HOSTED AN ANTI VIOLENCE
SEMINAR TODAY. THIS IS ALL WITH
THE HOPE OF INSPIRING YOUNG
PEOPLE TO AVOID CRIME AND TRY TO
AVOID DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. THE
PASTOR OF THE CHURCH, GREGORY
KIRBY, SAYS THE CHURCH MEMBERS
ARE TIRED OF VIOLENCE. HE WANTS
TO LET THE YOUTH OF DETROIT NO.
THERE’S ANOTHER WAY TO LIVE. THE
CHURCH GOES ALL OVER METRO
DETROIT. CHURCH MEMBERS GO ALL
OVER METRO DETROIT TO TRY TO
SPREAD THE SAME MESSAGE OF
STOPPING THE VIOLENCE. WE HAVE
GATHERED HERE TODAY TO LET THE
YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS
ANOTHER WAY. THERE IS HOPE, AND
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY
CAN LIVE A BETTER LIFE. PASTOR
KIRBY SAYS THE CHURCH IS NOT
ONLY TRYING TO REACH YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO STOP
THE VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO LEADERS
IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. ALL
RIGHT TIME NOW FOR A CHECK OF
THE WEATHER ON THIS SUNDAY
NIGHT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN IS
GOING TO MAKE ITS RETURN TO
METRO DETROIT. FOREWARNED
METEOROLOGIST BRIAN SHERMAN
JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE
TIMETABLE. BRIAN SANDRA. THAT
TIMETABLE COMES AS WE GO FROM
MONDAY EVENING OVERNIGHT AND
EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING, SO I
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SUNSHINE
TODAY BECAUSE THOSE CHANGES MOVE
IN AS WE HEAD TOWARDS SUNRISE
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING TOWER CAM
FROM WINDSOR, LOOKING ACROSS THE
RIVER INTO DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND A COLD
EVENING MOST EVERYONE HOVERING
RIGHT AROUND THAT 30 DEGREE
MARK. SITTING AT 30 RIGHT NOW,
HERE IN DETROIT. SAME OVER AND
HOW 30 RIGHT NOW WORKING IN THE
PONTIAC UPPER TWENTIES 28 RIGHT
NOW WORKING OVER INTO ADRIAN.
THAT’S THE STORY FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AS WE HEAD
TOWARD MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, 30
RIGHT NOW WORKING IN A PONTIAC
29 OVER IN ANN ARBOR, 30 IN
MONROE, 30 AND HOW AND 30 THIS
EVENING CHECKING IN WITH US OVER
IN FLINT SUNSHINE, GIVING WAY TO
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AS WE WORK
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, ALTHOUGH
A LITTLE HIGH CLOUD COVER
SHOWING UP IN THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE, I AM
EXPECTING THAT CLOUD COVER TO
INCREASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
MEANWHILE WE START OFF INTO THE
TWENTIES. WE HEAD FOR THE
FORTIES BY THE TIME WE GET TO
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH SHOWERS
MOVING IN BY LATE TOMORROW
NIGHT, WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
TIMING OF THAT SHOWERS AND
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS ON THE WAY NEXT
WEEK. YOU’RE COMPLETE FOREWARN
FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES. SANDRA ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, BRIAN. FOR THE SECOND YEAR
IN A ROW, THE MICHIGAN
WOLVERINES ARE BIG 10 CHAMPIONS
AND MOVING NOW ON TO THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF. THEY WILL BE
THE TWO SEED AND WILL FACE A
NUMBER THREE SEED TCU IN THE
FIESTA BOWL SEMIFINAL COMING UP
ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. AMAZING BLUE
, UNDEFEATED WITH THEIR 1ST 13
WIN SEASON IN PROGRAM HISTORY,
AND THEY’RE COMING OFF THAT BIG
43 22 WIN OVER PURDUE IN THE BIG
10 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST NIGHT.
A COMPLETE RECAP OF A BIG
WEEKEND COMING UP A BIT LATER ON
IN SPORTS FINAL EDITION, STILL
MUCH MORE TO COME RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11. HERE’S
KAREN. COLLEGE KIDS TURNING INTO
DETECTIVES. I THINK THEY CAN
BRING A REALLY FRESH PERSPECTIVE
. THINGS I’M SITTING DOWN WITH
THESE STUDENTS LOSE WHAT’S THE