BREAKING NEWS ALERT. WE’VE LOST A HERO TONIGHT. THOSE WORDS COMING FROM DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES WHITE AFTER ONE OF HIS
OFFICERS IS SHOT AND KILLED ON
THE CITY’S WEST SIDE. WE’RE GLAD
YOU’RE WITH US TONIGHT AT 11,
THE CHIEF AND MAYOR DUGGAN
ADDRESSING THE MEDIA JUST ABOUT
AN HOUR AGO AT SINAI GRACE
HOSPITAL, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH
OF THE OFFICER OF FIVE YEAR
VETERAN OF THE DETROIT PD, THE
GUNMAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED THE
OFFICERS WAS ALSO KILLED. IT
HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF JOY ROAD
IN MARLOW. THAT’S BEEN A HEAVY
POLICE PRESENCE THERE ALL NIGHT.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE COMING UP
HERE AT 11. PAMELA OSBORNE LIVE
ON THE SCENE. WE’RE GOING TO
BEGIN, THOUGH, WITH VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE AT SINAI GRACE.
TRAGIC NIGHT FOR THE NOT JUST
THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BUT FOR
THE ENTIRE CITY, VICTOR. ALRIGHT
DEVIN SCILLIAN. BY SOMEONE WHO
WAS RANDOMLY SHOOTING A DRAKE OH
ASSAULT RIFLE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
. OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING AS
SOON AS THEY GOT THERE. THE
OFFICER WAS SHOT AND KILLED. IT
WAS ACTUALLY HIS PARTNER,
RETURNING GUNFIRE, SHOOTING AND
KILLING THE SUSPECT ALSO, BUT
OBVIOUSLY A VERY ROUGH NIGHT ALL
AROUND FAMILY MEMBERS, AS WELL
AS ALL THE HIGHER UPS WERE
GATHERING RIGHT HERE AT THE
ENTRANCE OF CYANIDE GRACE
HOSPITAL AS THEY WERE PATIENTLY
WAITING FOR AN UPDATE, JUST LIKE
WE WERE. FROM THE POLICE CHIEF,
AND HE CAME OUT AND ACTUALLY
TOLD US THIS WAS A FIVE YEAR
VETERAN. THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO
ALSO CAME FROM A VERY LONG LINE
OF POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL. SO
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT FAMILY
IS JUST TORN UP, AND WE ALSO
WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO BOTH THE
POLICE CHIEF AND MAYOR ABOUT
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE RIGHT NOW BEING SUCH A
HOT TOPIC AND HOW IT’S A REAL
PROBLEM, NOT ONLY FOR OUR NATION
, BUT FOR US RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
I THINK YOU KNOW, THE VIOLENCE
IN THIS COUNTRY IS OUTRAGEOUS.
UH, THE ASSAULTS AGAINST POLICE
OFFICERS IS OUTRAGEOUS. AND
TONIGHT WE LOST OUR HERO IN OUR
DEPARTMENT AND YOU KNOW
REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND ON
THE WHAT SIDE OF POLITICAL VALUE
ON ON THIS ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE
IS ENTIRELY TOO MUCH GUN
VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. TOO MUCH
GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY,
AND NOW WE’VE GOT AN OFFICER WHO
HAS PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
PUTTING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR
YOU AND ME, YOU AND ME. EVERY
SINGLE DAY, AND OFFICERS ARE
DOING IT RIGHT NOW. EVEN AFTER
THIS CALL ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WAS
THIS SUSPECT SOMEONE WHO’S KNOWN
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ANYTHING. I
DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS, UM, BUT I
KNOW RIGHT NOW SHE’S SHOT ONE OF
OUR OFFICERS AND HE KILLED ONE
OF OUR HEROES. THERE IS SO MUCH
VIOLENCE SEEMS LIKE THERE’S
NOWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT YOU
CAN BE SAFE. BUT THERE’S PEOPLE
WHO DON’T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE
POLICE OFFICERS. AND THEY HAVE A
CALLING. THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY
CAN PROTECT US AND THE DETROIT
POLICE OFFICERS EVERY DAY KIND
OF FRIGHTENING THE MOST VIOLENT
PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY IN
ORDER TO PROTECT THE REST OF US.
I JUST SPENT TIME WITH THE
FAMILY. MY OLD WHO DESCRIBED OUR
FALLEN OFFICERS, SOMEBODY WHO
HAD TO CALL HIM FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND WAS DOING KNOW
WHAT HE LOVED AND YOU KNOW, WE
ALL DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO ALL THE
OFFICERS OUT THERE WORKING, AND
TONIGHT WE HAVE AN OFFICER AND A
FAMILY WITH A DEBT. THAT WE CAN
NEVER REPAY. BUT UM, THIS ENTIRE
CITY. IS HOLDING THE FAMILY AND
THEIR HEARTS TONIGHT AND WE WILL
BE WITH THEM. EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY. YOU COULD REALLY FEEL THE
SENSE OF GRIEF JUST OUT HERE IN
THE AIR AS WE SAW MANY FAMILY
MEMBERS CRYING. AS WELL AS MANY
OTHER OFFICERS THAT WERE HERE,
JUST TRYING TO HUG EACH OTHER
AND GIVE EACH OTHER SUPPORT AT
THIS VERY ROUGH TIME. WE KNOW
THE OFFICER’S NAME IS NOT BEING
RELEASED, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY
EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. AT SOME
POINT TOMORROW. FOR NOW, WE ARE
REPORTING LIVE FROM SINAI GRACE
HOSPITAL. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL