LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN HERE AT FIVE WITH
A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN IN
FENTON AND NOW FOLKS IN THE PATH
THAT STRETCHES FOR MILES ARE
CLEANING UP THE DAMAGE. GRADUATE
US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMS E F ZERO TORNADO WAS ON
THE GROUND LAST NIGHT FOR ABOUT
7.5. MILES TOUCHED DOWN IN LAKE
FENTON. THAT’S JUST AFTER 11 30
WITH WINDS OF 65 MILES AN HOUR.
JIM PAMPLIN IS LIVE INFANT AND
TONIGHT AS FOLKS THEY’RE
CLEANING UP, TIM YEAH, YOU CAN
SEE WORKERS JUST ARRIVING ON THE
SCENE HERE. THIS IS CROSS LEGO
BEACH ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE
FENTON. THIS IS WHERE THE
TORNADO FIRST TOUCHDOWN, MAKING
ITS WAY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
TOWARDS HARLEY AND I 75 WENT
BACK UP TO THE SKIES. THE DAMAGE
HAS BEEN DONE THE DAMAGE IN THIS
AREA. IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
TAKE A LOOK. THE SOUND OF CHAIN
SAWS HUMMING THROUGHOUT FENTON
AND HOLLY THIS AFTERNOON, BUT
DAMAGE IS CLEAR FROM DRONE FOUR.
WE GO SKYWARD LOOKING AT THIS
PROPERTY ALONG CONSUELO LAKE WE
SAW EARLIER NEIGHBORS SAY THE
STORM CAME QUICK ABOUT 11 30.
THE WINDS CAME THROUGH
LIGHTNING. WE WENT AND LOOKED
OUT THE WINDOW. MAKE SURE BOATS
WERE STILL MOORED AND IT WENT
CRAZY TORNADO TRAVELING ABOUT
7.5 8 MILES FROM FENTON TO HOLLY
, TAKING OFF ROOFS OF BONDS,
BRINGING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES FROM MARCELA HERE,
SHE SAID, THE ALERT SYSTEMS
WORKED. GOT ALL THOSE PHONE
ALERTS AND THE TV WAS KIND OF
SCREAMING AT US, AND SO WE ALL
GATHERED AWAY FROM WINDOWS IN
THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, AND
SO WE’RE JUST KIND OF WAITING IT
OUT. IT WAS VERY LOUD. SUPER
LOUD. THE RAIN UM, WIND. IT WAS
JUST WIND, RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
AND THEN I DIDN’T HEAR ANY
THUNDER. AND THEN THE SIRENS
CAME ON. YOU HAVE THE SIREN
STUDIED, BLARING ALL OVER
NORTHERN OAKLAND COUNTY LAST
EVENING AROUND ABOUT 11 30
MIDNIGHT. ANDREW HUMPHREY, OF
COURSE, WAS ON THE GIVING US
THESE ALERTS AND HIS PINPOINT
ACCURACY ON THAT RADAR SHOWED US
PRECISELY WHETHER ROTATION WAS
RIGHT HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF
LIKE, FENTON. THAT IS THE SAME
RIGHT NOW IN FENTON BACK TO YOU
GUYS. DOWNTOWN TIM. NOW TO THE
WEATHER. RIGHT NOW. WE DO A FEW
SHOWERS PUSHING THROUGH ON STORM
TRACKER 4 WE DO SO LET’S GET
OVER TO ANDREW. NO SEVERE THREAT
TONIGHT, RIGHT, ANDREW? AND THAT
IS A GOOD THING. OF COURSE.
FORTUNATELY THIS WEATHER THAT
WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW KIMBERLY
AND DEVON NOT AS STRONG OR
SEVERE AS LAST NIGHT. DOES HE
RUN THE MIDDLE SHOWERS THAT ARE
OCCURRING? BUT HE STILL ALWAYS
WANT TO BE CAREFUL. WHENEVER
IT’S RAINING AND THE ROADS GET A
BIT WET. THOSE SHOWERS OCCURRING
RIGHT NOW CLOSER TO THE I 69
CORRIDOR NORTHWARD INTO THE
THUMB. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE RIGHT
AROUND YALE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD
DOWNPOURS HERE. ALSO IN RED.
ALSO OUT TOWARDS COULD LAND ALSO
ATTICA AND ALSO AROUND LAPIERRE
ITSELF OUT BACK TOWARDS OTIS
VILLE IN PARTS OF GENESEE COUNTY
ALSO BE STAY IN THE NORTHERN
ZONE IN OUR NORTH ZONE AS WE GO
THROUGH THESE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS THAN FADE AWAY AND MOVE
AWAY SHORTLY AFTER DINNER TIME,
AND WE’RE IN FOR CALMER
CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT.
CURRENTLY IT’S 82 DEGREES RATHER
WARM ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
ADD IN THE SUNSHINE. WE’VE GOT
PARTLY SUNNY SKIES HERE IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. WHEN DID 13
MPH WE SEE TEMPERATURES? GO FROM
THE EIGHTIES INTO THE SEVENTIES,
SO WE’RE LOOKING AT MILD
CONDITIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE
NIGHT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES SHOWERS TO OUR NORTH FOR
THE EVENING AND THEN THEY FADE
AWAY. NOW IT GETS COOLER
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE
FIFTIES AND LOW SIXTIES BUT MORE
RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR TOMORROW
IT COULD IMPACT WEDNESDAY
MORNING’S COMMUTE MORE ON THAT
AND YOUR FULL 70 FORECAST COMING
UP THROUGH THE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE HELD HEARINGS, NUMBER
SEVEN TODAY FOCUSED ON FAR RIGHT
GROUPS THAT LED THE ATTACK ON
THE CAPITAL INCLUDED HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED TESTIMONY FROM TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PAT SIP
ALONE. WAS ALSO SHOWN. SUSAN
MCGINNIS HAS A FULL WRAP UP FROM
CAPITOL HILL. WELL TODAY, THE
COMMITTEE PORTRAYING THE
PRESIDENT GOING TO EXTREME MEANS
TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION AND
FAILING AT ANOTHER SOLUTION
UNLEASHED A VIOLENT MOB ON THE
CAPITAL. THE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE TODAY FOCUSED ON
DONALD TRUMP’S DESPERATE EFFORT
TO HOLD ON TO POWER AFTER LOSING
THE ELECTION. YOU HAVE TO SHOW
STRENGTH AND YOU HAVE TO BE
STRONG. THE COMMITTEE
HIGHLIGHTING A MID DECEMBER
MEETING CONVENED BY TRUMP WITH
ATTORNEY RUDY GIULIANI AND
OTHERS. THE MEETING HAS BEEN
CALLED UNHINGED. NOT NORMAL IN
THE CRAZIEST MEETING OF THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY AT THAT MEETING
STRATEGIES FOR TRUMP TO REMAIN
IN OFFICE WERE DISCUSSED,
INCLUDING HAVING THE MILITARY
SEES VOTING MACHINES, AN IDEA
REJECTED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
BILL BARR. I SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT
. THERE’S NO PROBABLE CAUSE, AND
I’M NOT GOING TO SEIZE ANY
MACHINES FAILING AT SOLUTIONS.
TRUMP IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
SENDS HIS INFAMOUS DECEMBER 19TH
TWEET. CALLING ON SUPPORTERS TO
COME TO D. C JANUARY 6TH THE DAY
BIDEN’S WIN WAS TO BE CERTIFIED
TWEETING WILL BE WILD. THE TIME
FOR ACTION IS NOW HIS SUPPORTERS
HEEDING THAT CALL AND ON THAT
DAY, TRUMP KNOWING GROUPS,
INCLUDING THE PROUD BOYS, AND
BOTH KEEPERS CAME HEAVILY ARMED
ORDERED METAL DETECTORS REMOVED
AND DIRECTED THEM TO THE
CAPITAL. NEVER TAKE BACK OUR
COUNTRY WITH WEAKNESS. THE
COMMITTEE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH
POSSIBLE EARLY COORDINATION
BETWEEN THE GROUPS AND DONALD
TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES, ALSO TODAY
VIDEOTAPED TESTIMONY FROM TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PIAZZA
BOLOGNA. I BELIEVE HE SHOULD CAN
SEE THE ELECTION AND APPOINTED
TIME. YES, I DID THE COMMITTEE
MAKING THE CASE THE PRESIDENT
KNEW HE LOST BUT CONVINCED
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HE WON,
THEY PUT THEIR FAITH AND THEIR
TRUST IN DONALD TRUMP. THEY
WANTED TO BELIEVE IN HIM. THEY
WANTED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR
COUNTRY, AND HE DECEIVED THEM.
THE COMMITTEE LOOKING TO CONNECT
THE DOTS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
DETERMINED TO OVERTURN AN
ELECTION ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO
ACHIEVE IT THAT CULMINATED IN A
VIOLENT MOB ATTACKING AMERICA’S
DEMOCRACY. AND THERE IS AT LEAST
ONE MORE HEARING TO GO, THE
COMMITTEE SAYS. SOMETIME NEXT
WEEK, IT WILL FOCUS ON THE MORE
THAN THREE HOURS DURING WHICH
DONALD TRUMP REFUSED TO STOP THE
VIOLENCE IN WASHINGTON. SUSAN
MCGINNIS FOUR LOCAL ALL RIGHT,
SUSAN, AND WHAT COULD BE A VERY
CONSEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE
END OF TODAY’S HEARING,
REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY SAID
PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO CONTACT
A WITNESS IN THE INVESTIGATION,
AND SHE SAYS THAT INFORMATION
HAS BEEN PASSED ALONG TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE NOW
HAVE THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
FOR OFFICER LAUREN COURTS. THE
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY LAST WEEK. IT’S
GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE IN DETROIT. PUBLIC
VISITATION WILL BE THIS SATURDAY
FROM NOON TO EIGHT. P.M. AND
THEN AGAIN SUNDAY FROM THREE PM
TO NINE PM THE FUNERAL WILL THEN
BE HELD THE NEXT DAY, MONDAY,
JULY 18TH AT 11 30 IN THE
MORNING. STEFAN HOTEL HASN’T
BEEN SEEN IN WEEKS. THE RETIRED
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN
MISSING EVER SINCE HIS CAR AND
HIS ASSAULT RIFLE WERE USED BY
SOMEBODY ELSE IN MULTIPLE CRIMES
. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH
WHAT HIS FAMILY AND DETROIT
POLICE HAVE TO SAY, AS THIS
SEARCH STRETCHES ON HERE, SEAN
YOU CAN IMAGINE SO EMOTIONAL
FROM THE POLICE AND STEFAN HO
TOES. FAMILY MEMBERS WERE
HEARING FROM THEM FOR THE FIRST
TIME. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING SOME
NEW CLUES HERE. WE’RE HERE LIVE
ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE, BUT
STEPHEN HODO STEFAN HODO WENT
MISSING FROM DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. HOWEVER, WE’RE LEARNING
TONIGHT. HIS CAR. BLACK LEXUS
WAS SEEN OVER HERE ON THE EAST
SIDE AS HIS FAMILY AND POLICE
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR HIM AND
LOOK FOR SOME IMPORTANT ANSWERS.
FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT HE
TRAINED POLICE DEPARTMENT’S
HOMICIDE. MISSING PERSONS, UM,
HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR OUR BROTHER
IN BLUE. WHERE IS STEFAN HODO?
HIS FAMILY IS DESPERATE TO KNOW
HOW TO DO IS A RETIRED DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER MISSING NOW SINCE
AT LEAST JUNE 30TH AND IF ANYONE
NO. ANYTHING HAS SEEN HIM. I
JUST ASKED THAT YOU COME FOR.
AND CAUSE CRIME STOPPERS. WE
LOVE HIM. WE MET. I JUST. IT WAS
SOMEBODY WOULD COME FOR THANK
YOU. YOU ARE THE BIZARRE AND
SCARY DETAILS. JUNE 30TH 13 DAYS
AGO, A MAN CAUGHT ON CAMERA
FIRING SHOTS INTO A DETROIT HOME
. NOT ONCE BUT TWICE. POLICE SAY
HE WAS USING A WEAPON THAT
BELONGS TO HODO. THE GUNMAN WAS
ALSO DRIVING THE RETIRED POLICE
OFFICERS CAR POLICE SAY THERE
WERE SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE AT HOME
DOES HOME BUT NO SIGN OF THE
RETIRED OFFICER FOR NEARLY TWO
WEEKS NOW. ALRIGHT BACK YOUR
LIFE MORE ABOUT STEFAN. PHOTOS
CARDS, 2000 AND SEVEN BLACK
LEXUS AGAIN THE MAN WITH HIS
WEAPON FIRING INTO THAT HOME WAS
DRIVING STEP ON HOTELS, CAR AND
POLICE TONIGHT ARE SAYING IF YOU
SAW THE CAR B FOUR JUNE 30TH
THAT’S IMPORTANT ON THE EAST OR
WEST SIDE. THEY DEFINITELY WANT
TO HEAR FROM NEW SPEAKING OUT
THROUGH CRIME STOPPERS TODAY. SO
$2500 CASH REWARD NOW BEING
OFFERED AND KIMBERLY, YOU CAN
TELL JUST BY THE EMOTION, THE
VOICES FROM THE POLICE AND FROM
FAMILY THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR A
TIP. THEY NEED SOMETHING TO HELP
WITH THIS CASE. ABSOLUTELY DO
SEAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU BEFORE
YOU GO. THERE’S A MAN IN CUSTODY
IN THE SHOOTINGS. IS THERE ANY
UPDATE THAT YOU KNOW OF ON THAT?
YEAH THE MAN IN THE VIDEO HE WAS
PICKED UP RIGHT AWAY BY DPD. HIS
CASE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
THEY KNOW HE’S A NEIGHBOR OF
STEFAN PHOTO. THEY DON’T KNOW IF
THERE’S ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN
THE TWO. HOWEVER, THEY’RE STILL
TRYING TO PUT THOSE PIECES
TOGETHER. MEANING THEY ARE NOW
MORE THAN EVER, REALLY HOPING
SOMEONE PICKS UP THE PHONE AND
GIVES THEM THE TIP THEY NEED. NO
ONE HAS TO GIVE THEIR NAME EVER
BACK TO YOU INDEED. ALRIGHT
SEAN. THANK YOU. THE CITY OF
DETROIT IS OPENING THE FIRST
LICENSES FOR MARIJUANA
BUSINESSES. TODAY THESE CITY
COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO
APPROVE THE FIRST PHASE FOR
RETAIL BUSINESSES AND LOUNGES.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE
REVIEWED BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD
PARTY 60 LICENSES NOW AVAILABLE
IN THIS FIRST PHASE. THE
APPLICATION WINDOW OPENS AUGUST
1ST. IT CLOSES AUGUST 31ST SO A
MONTH TO GET THE APPLICATIONS
IN, YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION AT