>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> WE’RE SEEING A SUNNY AND
WARM START ACROSS METRO
DETROIT HERE AT NOON.
LOCAL FORECASTERS ARE
TRACKING THE WEEK AHEAD FOR
YOU.
>>> PLUS, THREE PEOPLE ARE
DEAD, AND A FOURTH PERSON IS
IN THE HOSPITAL THIS
AFTERNOON AFTER A SHOOTING
AT A DETROIT CONEY ISLAND.
WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
>>> BUT FIRST, BREAKING NEWS
HERE AT NOON, THE MAN KNOWN
AS WHITE BOY RICK IS
OFFICIALLY A FREE MAN.
THAT TOPS OUR NEWSCAST HERE
AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
RICK WERSHE JUST RELEASED
FROM FROM INLAW ENFORCEMENT
CUSTODY IN FLORIDA AROUND
10:00 THIS MORNING.
IT’S WERSHE’S FIRST TIME
BEING FREE SINCE HIS DRUG
ARREST BACK IN 1987.
LOCAL 4 DEFENDER SHAWN LEY
JOINS US NOW LIVE.
SHAWN, TODAY IS A DAY THAT
MANY THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER
SEE?
>> Reporter: IT’S A HUGE DAY
FOR RICK WITH WERSHE AND HIS
FAMILY.
I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE THE MOMENT
RICK WERSHE STEPPED OUT INTO
HIS FREE LIFE NOW.
MOST PEOPLE ARE HOPING FOR
THE REST OF HIS LIFE THAT HE
NEVER GOES BACK.
HE HAD HIS HEAD COVERED HE
WAS MET BY HIS GIRLFRIEND
THEY GOT GOT INTO A BMW.
WITHOUT SAYING A WORD THE
TWO OF THEM DROVE OFF.
THEY’RE HEADED RIGHT BACK
HERE TO METRO DETROIT.
WE HAVE NEWS ABOUT WHY HE’S
COMING RIGHT BACK HOME.
AFTER 32 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
DRUG CRIMES AND THEN HIS
ROLE IN A ELTOEN CAR RING,
RICK WERSHE, THE MAN KNOWN
AS WHITE BOY RICK ON THE
STREETS OF DETROIT IS FREE
AT THIS NOON HOUR.
SO MANY SAYING WERSHE SHOULD
HAVE NEVER BEEN BEHIND BARS
FOR SO LONG AS A KID HE WAS
AN INFORMANT HELPING THE
FEDS IDENTIFY AND ARREST
DETROIT DRUG KINGPINS AND
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ON
THE TAKE.
THE LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS
SPEAKING WITH WERSHE’S
ATTORNEY.
WERSHE HIMSELF SPEAKING TO
THE DEFENDERS DURING HIS
ORDEAL OVER THE YEARS.
>> GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HELP
THAT HE GAVE TO THE
GOVERNMENT, GIVEN THE WAY
THEY USED HIM, AND THEN JUST
BASICALLY ABANDONED HIM NONE
OF THIS SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
>> I’M NOT WHITE BOY RICK,
I’M RICK.
I’M NOT THE PERSON I WAS
MADE OUT TO BE.
I DID SOME BAD THINGS BUT IT
WAS A LIFE THAT I WAS PUSHED
INTO AND THE SECOND HALF OF
MY LIFE I’M GONNA DO SOME
GOOD WITH IT.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUGHT
SO HARD FOR ME, I’M NOT
GONNA LET THEM DOWN.
>> Reporter: SO THE MAN
KNOWN AS WHITE BOY RICK
LEAVING WHITE BOY RICK IN A
PRISON CELL.
RICK WERSHE WHO IS 5 YEARS
OLD HEADED RIGHT BACK HERE
TO METRO DETROIT.
HE TELLS ME HE HAS TO COME
BACK TO METRO DETROIT
BECAUSE HE’S STILL ON PAROLE
FOR HIS CRIMES HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
WILL BE ON PAROLE FOR MORE
THAN A YEAR.
SO HE HAS UNTIL THURSDAY TO
GET BACK HERE TO CHECK IN
WITH THE STATE PAROLE
OFFICER MANY ONE MORE THING,
EVROD, FOOD COMES UP A LOT
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RICK
WERSHE SITTING BEHIND BARS.
TIRED OF COURSE OF PRISON
FOOD.
HE HAS RECENTLY BEEN ON WORK
RELEASE.
WORKING AT A LAW FIRM SO
IMPRESSED ABOUT I
CHICK-FIL-A.
HAVE YOU-IT IT’S FACE MASK
SO YOU CAN GET -- SO YOU CAN
BET I WILL BE HEADING TO
CHICK-FIL-A.
LIVE DOWNTOWN, SHAWN LEY,
LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS.
>> SHAWN THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE.
WE’LL HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE
HERE ON LOCAL 4 AS WELL AS
ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, OUR OTHER
TOP STORY THIS AFTERNOON,
THREE PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD
AND THERE’S A FOURTH PERSON
WHO IS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT
NOW AFTER A SHOOTING AT A
CONEY ISLAND.
IT HAPPENED AT THE A EAGLE
CONEY’S ISLAND ON DETROIT’S
WESTSIDE.
GRANT HERMES JOINS US NOW
LIVE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
GRANT?
>> Reporter: EVROD A THE BIG
UPDATE HERE THIS AFTERNOON
IS POLICE HAVE SOMEONE IN
CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS TRIPLE HOMICIDE AND
QUADRUPLE SHOOTING AT THIS
CONEY ISLAND.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO A
VERY CROWDED SCENE AT ABOUT
11:00.
A WORKER INSIDE THAT CONEY
ISLAND THERE WERE SEVERAL
PEOPLE EATING IN THE
RESTAURANT WHEN A SUSPICIOUS
MAN WALKED IN JUST SORT OF
STOOD THERE AND LOOKED
AROUND.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES ONE OF
THE CUSTOMERS TRIED TO LEAVE
THAT’S WHEN THAT MAN STARTED
SHOOTING.
NOW HE SHOT FOUR MEN INSIDE
TWO OF THEM DIED IN THE
RESTAURANT, ANOTHER JUST
OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.
A FOURTH MAN, THAT FOURTH
MAN WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE’S
SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE
SHOOTING.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE
OWNERS OF THIS CONEY ISLAND
HERE BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK
FROM THEM.
ONE PERSON WE MET OUT HERE
SAID THEY SAW THE AFTERMATH
OF THAT SHOOTING.
>> THE BODY WAS STRETCHED
OUTSIDE OF THE CONEY ISLAND
FACE COVERED.
THEY DIDN’T REALLY CARE.
>> Reporter: POLICE TELL US
THEY DON’T THINK THIS WAS A
RANDOM SHOOTING.
THEY THINK THERE WAS A FIGHT
AN ALTERCATION AT A
DIFFERENT PLACE BEFORE ALL
OF THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
WITH WE ARE EXPECTINGING A
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH POLICE
CHIEF JAMES CRAIG A LITTLE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
TO HOPEFULLY GET A FEW MORE
ANSWERS.
AGAIN FOUR PEOPLE SHOT HERE.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED AND FOUR
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
>> GRANT HERMES, THANK YOU
FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> RIGHT NOW WE DO WANT TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE
FORECAST AND SWITCH GEARS A
LITTLE BIT.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
JOINING US LIVE FROM HIS
FRONT PORCH STUDIO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
IT’S VERY NICE OUT HERE,
VERY WARM.
SUN AND CLOUDS.
STILL A LITTLE MUGGY BUT
WE’VE GOT A LITTLE MIDDAY
RELIEF COMING OUR WAY.
LET’S EXPLAIN.
TEMPERATURES OUT THERE NEAR
80° HERE AROUND MOST OF
METRO DETROIT.
BUT LOOK AT TRAVERSE CITY AT
65°.
SO A LITTLE COOL FRONT JUST
TO OUR NORTH THAT WILL BE
SLIDING DOWN WITHOUT MUCH IN
THE WAY OF FOUL WEATHER IT
WILL KICK UP THE WINDS A
LITTLE BIT.
IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE
UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s.
IT IS 82° LAPEER, 82° MT.
CLEMENS, 82° GROSSE ILE, AND
80° AT METRO.
THE HUMIDITY MAKES IT FEEL
ONE OR TWO DEGREES WARMER
BUT AGAIN WE ARE GETTING
SOME RELIEF AS WE GO THROUGH
THE EARLY MID-AFTERNOON.
MIDDLE 80s FOR HIGHS.
AND OTHER THAN A BREEZE, A
NICE MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS
ANYBODY HEADING OUT ON THE
BOATS, ON THE BIG LAKES
WE’LL SEE A BIT OF A CHOP
COULD BE ONE TO TWO FEET
JUST A WARNING WITH THAT.
BUT THAT’S REALLY ABOUT IT
FOR NOW, EVROD.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
WET WEATHER TO TRACK WITH
YOU IN THE SEVEN-DAY
FORECAST COMING UP.
ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON, THANK
YOU.
WE’LL SEE YOU IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
>>> WE WANT TO GET EVERYBODY
UPDATED ON THE LATEST ON THE
CORONAVIRUS FIGHT HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
THE STATE REPORTED 483 NEW
CASES TWO MORE DEATHS IN
JUST THE PAST DAY.
THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL CASE
COUNT TO MORE THAN 73,000
WITH MORE THAN 55,000
RECOVERING.
IN THE MEANTIME, CONGRESS IS
BACK AT WORK TODAY.
TRYING TO FIX THE
CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC CRISIS.
HERE’S TRACIE POTTS IN
WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON
WITH THE REPUBLICAN PLAN
THAT’S ALREADY FACING A
POSSIBLE VETO FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
>> Reporter: WE LEARNED
OVERNIGHT THAT A COUPLE OF
TOP REPUBLICANS ARE HEADED
TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY TO
MEET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
EXPLAIN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
HERE AND TRY TO GET HIM ON
BOARD.
ANOTHER TRILLION DOLLARS,
THAT’S WHAT REPUBLICANS PLAN
TO PITCH THIS WEEK FOR
BUSINESSES SHATTERED BY
CORONAVIRUS.
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND CHILD
CARE, LAWSUIT PROTECTION.
ANOTHER ROUND OF $1200
CHECKS TO AMERICANS AND TAX
BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS MORE.
>> President Trump: I’LL
HAVE TO SEE I COULD CONSIDER
NOT SIGNING IF IT WE DON’T
HAVE A PAYROLL TAX CUT.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS
CAN’T --
>> DON’T ASK ME WHY THE
REPUBLICANS DO WHAT THEY DO.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY
CAN’T CONTINUE IN THAT WAY.
WE HAVE TO END THIS VIRUS.
THAT’S WHAT CONCERNS ME.
>> Reporter: AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN AT ODDS
WITH HIS OWN HEALTH EXPERT.
>> I DON’T AGREE WITH THE
STATEMENT IF EVERYBODY WEAR
THE MASK EVERYTHING
DISAPPEARS.
>> Reporter: THEY INSIST
IT’S ABOUT THE SCIENCE.
>> WE NEED TO WEAR A MASK.
THAT EXAMPLE NEEDS TO BE SET
BY OUR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
>> WE SIMPLY VALIDATE WORK.
>> Reporter: BUT WITHOUT
CONSISTENT RULES ON WEARING
MASKS THE U.S. CONTINUES TO
BREAK RECORDS FOR NEW CASES.
IN FACT, WE BROKE A RECORD
ON FRIDAY WITH MORE THAN
77,000 NEW CASES IN JUST ONE
DAY.
FROM WASHINGTON, I’M TRACIE
POTTS.
>>> THANK YOU.
HERE AT HOME NOW, PROTESTORS
ARE ARRESTED FOR BLOCKING
DETROIT SCHOOL BUSES THAT
WERE TRYING TO PICK UP
STUDENTS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
CLASSES.
POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED
THREE PEOPLE FOR DISORDERLY
CONDUCT AFTER PROTESTORS
USED CARS TO TRY AND STOP
SCHOOL BUSES FROM LEAVING A
LOT ON DETROIT’S WESTSIDE.
PROTESTORS BELIEVE STUDENTS
SHOULD NOT BE IN SCHOOLS
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ALL BUSES WERE EVENTUALLY
ABLE TO LEAVE.
>> THERE WAS SOME DELAYED
BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO
UNDERSTAND THAT I UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PROTESTORS ARE
DOING BUT THEY HAVE TO
REALIZE THERE ARE
SCHOOLCHILDREN ON CORNERS
STANDING BY WAITING FOR
THESE BUSES TO PICK THEM UP.
SO WE CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION BY HOLDING THESE
SCHOOL YOU ABOUTS UP.
>> PROTESTORS HAVE FILED A
LAWSUIT TO TRY TO STOP
SUMMER SCHOOL.
THERE’S A HEARING SCHEDULED
FOR NEXT WEEK.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON THE
RACE TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF
CORONAVIRUS IN THE NATION’S
NEWEST HOT SPOTS.
STARTING TODAY A NEW MASK
MANDATE BEGINS AT SOME OF
THE NATION’S BIGGEST
RETAILERS.
>>> A TRAGEDY IN NEW JERSEY