WHO KILLED HIS FATHER GET LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. HIS MOM WHO LOST HER
HUSBAND MAKES AN EMOTIONAL PLEA
ASKING YOU TO GIVE US SOME HOPE
BACK TO OUR FAMILY. MORE FROM
HER AND THE JUDGE’S DECISION AND
HERE’S KIM. WELL FINALLY, WE GET
SOME SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES
MUCH WARMER TODAY IN THE UPPER
FIFTIES TO RIGHT AROUND 60
DEGREES, BUT RAIN IS ON THE WAY
I’LL TIME IT OUT, HOUR BY HOUR
IN THE FORECAST. HI EVERYONE.
OKAY SO THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A
SALO BIRD. WE ARE SCORCHING THE
EARTH IN OAKLAND TOWNSHIP.
THEY’RE ACTUALLY SETTING FIRES
ON PURPOSE. I’LL EXPLAIN WHY
THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.
THESE STORIES AND MORE ARE
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON LOCAL 4
FIRST FOUR. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I’M KAREN DREW FIRST AND FOR A
HEARTBREAKING BATTLE IN COURT
FOR A BRIGHTENED FAMILY AS A
TEENAGER, IS SENTENCED FOR
SHOOTING HIS FATHER TO DEATH.
GAGA’S MURDERED HIS DAD THE DAY
AFTER FATHER’S DAY AS HE SLEPT.
HIS SON PLEADED GUILTY TO A FEW
CHARGES, INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE
MURDER. AT ISSUE TODAY SHOULD
THE TEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE. PROSECUTORS PUSHED
FOR THAT PUNISHMENT. BUT THE
TEEN’S MOTHER WHO LOST HER
HUSBAND TOLD THE COURT THAT’S
NOT WHAT HER FAMILY WANTS.
REMORSEFUL AND SADDENED BY WHAT
HE HAS DONE. MY HUSBAND LOVED
HIS SON DEEPLY. HE ONLY WANTED
THE BEST FOR HIM IN LIFE. I KNOW
HE HAS FORGIVEN HIM. ANYONE WHO
KNEW MY HUSBAND KNOWS THAT HE
WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE HIS BOY IN
PRISON FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
HE IS SO YOUNG. I BELIEVE THE
TIME AND PROPER TREATMENT. HE
CAN ABSOLUTELY BE REHABILITATED
AND REINTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY.
STATUTORILY SPEAKING. THE TAKING
OF HUMAN LIFE IS THE MOST
SERIOUS OFFENSE ONE CAN COMMIT
IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
MORALLY SPEAKING, IT IS THE
VIOLENCE DEFENSE ONE COULD
COMMIT IN THE WORLD. STATUTORILY
SPEAKING, THIS COURT IS
OBLIGATED TO SENTENCE THE
DEFENDANT TO LIFE IN PRISON
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE. THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY
SIDED WITH THE FAMILY, SAYING
THE TEEN’S BRAIN WAS NOT FULLY
DEVELOPED AT THE TIME OF THE
SHOOTING, WHICH MEANT HE QUOTE
COULD NOT FULLY APPRECIATE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DECISION.
THE JUDGE GAVE HIM 40 TO 60
YEARS WITH THE CHANCE FOR PAROLE
TONIGHT AT SIX. WE’RE GETTING
OUR FIRST REACTION TO THE
SENTENCE FROM PEOPLE WHO KNEW
THE VICTIM. WE’RE ALSO GETTING
SOME NEW INFORMATION TODAY ABOUT
THE DEADLY SHOOTING SPREE ON THE
CAMPUS OF MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY. IT HAS LIGHT ON THE
SUSPECTS, DRUG USE STATE OF MIND
AND THE NUMBER OF BULLETS FIRED
BUT THERE STILL IS ONE BIG
QUESTION REMAINING RIGHT NOW.
KIMBERLY HILL JOINS US NOW TO
RUN THROUGH SOME OF THESE KEY
POINTS KIM AFTERNOON TO YOU.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. THIS IS
NOT THE FINAL REPORT ON THE
SHOOTING, BUT IT’S THE BEST
INFORMATION POLICE HAVE RIGHT
NOW. YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THREE
STUDENTS WERE KILLED, FIVE
INJURED BACK ON FEBRUARY 13TH OF
THIS YEAR TEST RESULTS SHOW AT
THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. THE 43
YEAR OLD GUNMAN HAD A 430.40
BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT AND ALSO
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THC, WHICH
IS A BYPRODUCT OF MARIJUANA. HE
PURCHASED THE TWO GUNS HE WAS
CARRYING LEGALLY, BUT THEY WERE
NOT REGISTERED. HE LEFT A TRAIL
OF 18 BULLET CASINGS FROM BERKEY
HALL TO THE STUDENT UNION AND
OUTSIDE THE HUMAN ECOLOGY
BUILDING SO FAR. INVESTIGATORS
SAY THEY CANNOT FIND A
CONCLUSIVE MOTIVE FOR THE
SHOOTINGS. THEY DO SAY A LETTER
LEFT BY THE GUNMAN SHOWS HE FELT
DISCONNECTED FROM THE WORLD AND
DISRESPECTED WITH A LOT OF ANGER
ABOUT THOSE FEELINGS WILL
PROBABLY REMEMBER THE GUNMAN
SHOT HIMSELF WHEN POLICE CAUGHT
UP WITH HIM ABOUT FIVE MILES
FROM CAMPUS. YOU’LL NOTICE.
WE’RE NOT MENTIONING THE
SHOOTER’S NAME. IT’S ALL PART OF
OUR EDITORIAL POLICY TO FOCUS
MORE ON THE VICTIM’S UNLESS ON
THE PERPETRATORS OF THESE MASS
SHOOTINGS, SO TONIGHT AT FIVE
WILL HAVE MORE FROM THIS NEW
REPORT, INCLUDING A MAP OF THE
SHOOTERS MOVEMENTS BETWEEN
LEAVING CAMPUS AND WHEN HE SHOT
HIMSELF, BUT FOR NOW, KAREN WILL
SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, KIM. WE’LL SEE AT
FIVE. THE PONTIAC MAN IS BEHIND
BARS RIGHT NOW ACCUSED OF
LEAVING A THREATENING MESSAGE
FOR THE DETROIT SKATE CLUB OVER
IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS. POLICE SAY
BENJAMIN DENNING IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF IN THAT MESSAGE AND
THREATENED TO SHOOT PEOPLE WITH
AN AR 15, INCLUDING ANY POLICE
THAT RESPONDED. POLICE ALSO
FOUND OUT THE 38 YEAR OLD HAD A
WARRANT FOR A PREVIOUS INCIDENTS
OF INAPPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION
WITH COURT PERSONNEL AT THE 48TH
DISTRICT COURT. HE WAS ARRESTED
TUESDAY. DID I BONDED THE CASE
INVOLVING THE SKATE CLUB? IN
YOUR FIRST FORECAST. WE’RE
SEEING THE BEST WEATHER OF THE
WEEK TODAY, BUT THAT’S NOT
REALLY SAYING THAT MUCH. LET’S
CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST KIM
ADAMS. LET’S DO THE BAR WAS
PRETTY LOW RIGHT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, THREE
NIGHTS WITH FREEZE WARNINGS
TONIGHT. NO FREEZE WARNINGS FOR
US. WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES THIS
AFTERNOON ANYWHERE FROM THE MID
FIFTIES IN MOUNT CLEMENS ALL THE
WAY INTO THE SIXTIES IN LANSING
JACKSON HOWELL, IS IT 61 61 IN
FLINT, HANGING ON TO THE MID
FIFTIES AT METRO AIRPORT? 58
RIGHT NOW IN PONTIAC, SO IT IS
WARMER THAN IT WAS AT THE SAME.
I’M TIME YESTERDAY BY ABOUT 11
DEGREES IN PONTIAC AND FIVE
DEGREES IN PANTIES, 11 DEGREES
IN HOWELL. SO DEFINITELY A
WARMER DAY TODAY. TOMORROW WE GO
BACK INTO THE UPPER FIFTIES, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN
IS GOING TO AFFECT THE END OF
THE WORK WEEK. 47 IN THE
MORNING, SO NO FROST WILL GET
CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND
THAT’S GOING TO KEEP OUR
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
FORTIES BY NOON TOMORROW. WE’RE
IN THE MID TO UPPER FIFTIES ON
OUR WAY TO A HIGH OF 58. WE’LL
TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEEKEND
FORECASTERS STILL A CHANCE FOR
RAIN. EVEN ON THE WEEKEND. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FORECAST
COMING UP ONE OF THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL TALK SHOW HOST IN
THE HISTORY OF DAYTIME
TELEVISION HAS DIED. JERRY
SPRINGER WAS BOTH A RATINGS
POWERHOUSE AND A CULTURAL
PARIAH. SPRINGER WAS FIRST A
NEWS ANCHOR AND THE MAYOR OF
CINCINNATI BEFORE HE STARTED
FRONTING THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW
FOR 27 YEARS. HIS SHOW IS KNOWN
FOR WILD CONFRONTATIONS, CHAIR
THROWING AND PROFANITY LACED
DRAMA. IT ENDED BACK IN 2018.
TODAY. SPRINGER DIED AFTER A
BRIEF BATTLE WITH PANCREATIC
CANCER. HE WAS 79 YEARS OLD.
PROSECUTORS IN THE PENTAGON LEAK
CASE ARE FIGHTING REALLY HARD TO
GET THE SUSPECT BEHIND BARS,
THEY SAY. 21 YEAR OLD JACK TO
SHARE A CAPTAIN ARSENAL OF GUNS
AND SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE
WOULD LIKE TO KILL A TON OF
PEOPLE. THE MASSACHUSETTS AIR
NATIONAL GUARDSMAN IS ACCUSED OF
LEAKING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
MILITARY DOCUMENTS. ACCORD
FINALLY ARGUES HE COULD BE A
FLIGHT RISK AND A QUOTE FOREIGN
ADVERSARY COULD TRY TO HELP HIM
ESCAPE THE U. S. FOR NOW, THE
JUDGE PUT A DECISION ON HOLD TO
SHARE A REMAINS IN CUSTODY THIS
AFTERNOON, HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN
MCCARTHY RALLIED REPUBLICANS TO
PUT MORE PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT
BIDEN. BUT THE BATTLE OVER THE
COUNTRY’S DEBT CEILING IS FAR
FROM OVER. THE REPUBLICAN
CONTROLLED HOUSE HAD JUST ENOUGH
VOTES TO PASS MCCARTHY’S PLAN TO
RAISE THE DEBT CEILING BY $1.5
TRILLION BUT IT COMES WITH
SPENDING CUTS THAT INCLUDE
CANCELING THE PRESIDENT’S
STUDENT LOAN RELIEF PLAN.
DEMOCRATS SAY IT WON’T PASS THE
SENATE. MEANTIME, THE GOVERNMENT
COULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO PAY
ITS DEBTS BY THE SUMMER,
POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS JUNE. THERE
ARE MORE NEGOTIATIONS TO COME.
WELL A SMALL PART OF OAKLAND
COUNTY ISURNING THIS AFTERNOON
AS CONSERVANCY GROUPS TARGET
INVASIVE SPECIES AND ALSO
ENCOURAGE NEW GROWTH OF NATIVE
PLANS. THEY BURNED DOWN TO BUILD
UP TODAY THEY ARE FOCUSING ON A
PRESCRIBED BURN IN PARTS OF
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP OF ORIENT AND
WEST SNELL ROADS. THE LATEST
BURN HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT LATE
TODAY APOLOGIZED. TUBMAN JOINS
US NOW LIVE TO SHOW US HOW IT
ALL WORKS. PAULA YEAH. HI. HI,
EVERYBODY. OKAY SO IF YOU SAW
THIS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
RIGHTFULLY SO YOU SHOULD YOU
SHOULD BE CONCERNED. BUT AS YOU
SAID, THIS IS A PRESCRIBED BURN,
AND IT’S A SLOW BURN. THEY
WANTED TO GO SLOWLY. THERE’S A
SCIENCE TO THIS, BUT THEY WANTED
TO GO SLOWLY BECAUSE IT GETS
DEEPER INTO THE GROUND. IT KILLS
THOSE INVASIVE SPECIES, BUT IT
ALSO WARMS THE EARTH SO
BENEFICIAL PLANTS CAN ACTUALLY
GROW A LOT FASTER. VERY CAREFUL
PREPARATION. DR BEN VAN WHITEY,
THE AREA STEWARDSHIP MANAGER FOR
OPEN TOWNSHIP AND CHRIS BUNCH OF
THE SIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY
IN ROCHESTER, HAVE JOINED TEAMS
TO LITERALLY SCORCHED THE EARTH.
THE PURPOSE TO GIVE THE LAND
WITH AN EXPLOSION OF REBIRTH AND
REGENERATION PRAIRIE PLANTS,
THEY KEEP THEIR GROWING POINTS
BELOW GROUND. SO WITH A FIREWALL
PASS THROUGH AND THEN THEY CAN
JUST RE SPROUT QUICKLY FROM
THOSE GROWING POINTS. BUT IT IS
JUST FABULOUS FOR ALL OF THE
PLANTS THAT THRIVE ON THE
NUTRIENTS THAT ARE UNLOCKED WHEN
WE DO THE BURN LIKE THIS IN THE
SPRING FROM THE HUMAN SIDE VIEW
OF THE PAINT CREEK TRAIL IN
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, YOU MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO TELL BUT WE CAN SEE IT
WITH THE EAGLE EYE OF DRONE
FOUR. THIS USED TO BE A WELL
USED WELL WORN RAILROAD THROUGH
WAY AND WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN
THOSE SQUEALING WHEELS UPON THE
RAILS USED TO THROW SPARKS
TRAINS CAME THROUGH HERE. THEY
WOULD SPARK FIRES AND SOME OF
THE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, ACTUALLY
TELL ME THEY USED TO COME OUT
HERE. UM SOMEONE WOULD RING A
BELL THAT I’LL RUN DOWN TO THE
RAILROAD TRACKS AND HELP PUT OUT
FIRES COME IN. ON THE WINGS OF
BIRDS, THE HULLS OF BARGES, THE
BOTTOMS OF TRUCKS OR SOMETIMES
THE CARELESSNESS OF HUMAN
LANDSCAPING. INVASIVE SPECIES
HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO OUR
PRAIRIE AND WOODLANDS. HERE JUST
OFF THE PAINT CREEK TRAIL, WOODY
BUCKTHORN AND INVASIVE WILLOW
CHOKE OUT NATIVE SPECIES. BUT
WHAT MODERN HUMANS REALIZED FROM
THE DAYS OF THOSE ACCIDENTAL
FIRES IS THAT FIRE STARTED
PROPERLY AND CAREFULLY IS THE
GREAT ELIMINATOR AND REGENERATOR
. SO YOU’RE GONNA WIPE THOSE OUT
, BUT BY THE TIME THEY
REGENERATE IS ACTUALLY EASIER
FOR YOU TO SPOT HIM. AND KILL
HIM, SO THEY’RE LOWER TO THE
GROUND. YOU CAN TREAT THEM
WITHOUT AFFECTING THE PLANTS
AROUND THEM QUITE AS MUCH AND
THE GOOD STUFF. YEAH BENEFICIAL
NATIVES, FLOWERS AND OTHER
PLANTS. THEY COME BACK WITH A
VENGEANCE. COME BACK IN A MONTH.
YOUR MIND IS GOING TO BE BLOWN.
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE BLACK TODAY
WHEN THE BURN IS DONE, AND YOU
COME BACK IN A MONTH, AND THINGS
WILL BE COMING BACK 10 TIMES
FASTER THAN THEY DID. PRIOR TO
THE BURN. YEAH YOU KNOW, PLEASE
TELL ME I DON’T HAVE TO SAY THIS
AND MEAN IT, BUT I’M GOING TO DO
IT ANYWAY. DON’T TRY THIS AT
HOME. THERE’S A SCIENCE TO THIS.
THIS THIS FIRE ECOLOGY IS AN
ACTUAL SCIENCE BECAUSE YOU CAN
EVEN SEE RIGHT HERE. THEY CAN
ACTUALLY GET WITHIN INCHES OF A
STRUCTURE AND KEEP IT FROM
CATCHING ON FIRE. THEY WAIT FOR
THE CONDITIONS TO BE RIGHT.
THEY’VE BEEN DOING THESE BURNS
THROUGHOUT THE SPRING. THEY’VE
GOT SOME OTHER INVASIVE SPECIES
THAT THEY’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE GOING AFTER LATER THIS
SUMMER, BUT AGAIN THEY TELL ME
IN A MONTH OR SO. COME BACK. WE
WON’T RECOGNIZE THIS AREA. THIS
SCORCHED EARTH. WE’RE GOING TO
COME BACK BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE