OR A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP LEFT FOUR PEOPLE WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
POLICE TOLD US EARLY THIS
MORNING THAT A 19 YEAR OLD AND A
20 YEAR OLD DIED FROM THEIR
INJURIES. POLICE ARE STILL
LOOKING INTO WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED AND WHY SHOTS WERE
FIRED. LET’S GET TO WILL JONES.
HE IS LIVE AT THE CRIME SCENE.
AND WILL ALL OF THE VICTIMS WERE
INSIDE THE SAME CAR.
>> AND KAREN, NEIGHBORS KEEP
SAYING THAT THIS IS SO SAD.
INVESTIGATORS HERE ARE ON SCENE
. THEY RETURNED TO THE SCENE
THIS MORNING. THEY’VE BEEN
TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY, TAKING PICTURES OF
THIS PARKING LOT ON GEORGE PLACE
WHERE THIS ALL UNFOLDED THIS
MORNING OR LAST NIGHT, I SHOULD
SAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY, AS YOU
MENTIONED, SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS
INSIDE A CAR. FOUR PEOPLE WERE
INSIDE THAT CAR. THE CAR CRASHED
WHILE LEAVING THE SCENE. ALL
FOUR WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
TWO PEOPLE LATER DIED FROM THEIR
INJURIES AGES 19 AND 20. A 14
YEAR OLD AND 16 YEAR OLD REMAIN
IN THE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. POLICE ARE
SEARCHING FOR THE PERSON OR
PEOPLE WHO FIRED THE SHOTS.
RIGHT NOW, NO INFORMATION ON WHO
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR OR WHAT
LEADS THEY’RE FOLLOWING UP ON AT
THIS HOUR. I SPOKE WITH THE
NEIGHBOR THIS MORNING OFF CAMERA
WHO WAS LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE TO
HER CAR. SHE WAS VERY UPSET
ABOUT WHAT UNFOLDED HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. AGAIN SO MANY
QUESTIONS. POLICE ARE STILL
SEARCHING FOR THE PEOPLE OR THE
PERSON RESPONSIBLE. LIVE IN
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, WILL JONES
LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, WILL.
APPRECIATE IT. TAKE A LOOK. THIS
MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A TEEN
AND HURLING RACIAL SLURS AT HIM.
POLICE SAY 20 YEAR OLD MOEZ
IRFAN FROM LIVONIA BUMPED INTO A
13 YEAR OLD AT THE KIERSKIE
RECREATION CENTER AND THEN HIT
THE TEEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE
HEAD. OFFICERS SUBDUED IRFAN AND
THEN TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION.
HE’S CHARGED WITH ASSAULT,
ETHNIC INTIMIDATION AND
RESISTING POLICE. HE’S DUE BACK
IN COURT ON THURSDAY. WE’LL HAVE
MORE ON THE CASE TONIGHT WHEN
YOU JOIN US ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
SIX. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 11
YEARS, HOME PRICES HAVE POSTED
THEIR FIRST ANNUAL DECREASE. A
NATIONAL CONSUMER INDEX FOUND
THAT PRICES DROPPED 0.2% FROM
APRIL 20TH, 20, 2022 TO APRIL
20TH, 23. EVEN WITH THAT
MILESTONE BEING REACHED, HOME
PRICES ARE STILL HIGHER THAN
AVERAGE EXPERTS SAY LOW
INVENTORY IS KEEPING DEMAND
HIGH, ALLOWING FOR SELLERS TO
KEEP THEIR PRICES UP. INTEREST
RATES HAVE ALSO PLAYED A FACTOR
. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER NOW
AFTER RAIN FOR THOSE FIREWORKS
LAST NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AND
MORE HAZY CONDITIONS ARE
STICKING AROUND TODAY, NOT TO
MENTION THAT AIR QUALITY IN
DETROIT IS ONE OF THE WORST IN
THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. FOREWARN
METEOROLOGIST BRIAN SHERMAN IS
HERE WITH THE VERY LATEST. HEY,
BRIAN.
>> HEY THERE, KAREN. GOOD, GOOD.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ACCORDING TO IQ, AIR DETROIT HAS
THE FIFTH WORST AIR QUALITY IN
THE WORLD. AND JUST WITHIN THE
PAST FIVE MINUTES, OUR AIR
QUALITY ALERT HAS NOW BEEN
EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. JUST BECAUSE WE ARE
GOING TO KEEP PICTURES LIKE THIS
GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH
TOMORROW NIGHT, TOWER CAM AND
SOUTHFIELD, WE CANNOT EVEN SEE
THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE JUST
BECAUSE OF ALL THE HAZE. THANKS
TO THE SMOKE FROM THOSE CANADIAN
WILDFIRES, 65 RIGHT NOW HERE IN
DETROIT, 63 WORKING INTO ANN
ARBOR, 64, WORKING INTO LAPEER
AND 65 RIGHT NOW, CHECKING IN
WITH US DOWN IN MONROE. WE HAVE
KEPT SOME CLOUD COVER AROUND.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS, THE MAJORITY
OF THE RAIN SHOWERS NOW PUSHING
OFF TO THE EAST OVER IN CANADA.
SO I AM LOOKING FOR MAYBE A
SPOTTY SHOWER, BUT A FEW BREAKS
IN SOME OF THE CLOUDS HEADING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON. STILL
OPTIMISTIC THAT TEMPERATURES
WILL HEAD FOR THE MID 70S BY THE
TIME WE GET TO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. WHILE AIR QUALITY WILL
IMPACT US TODAY AND TOMORROW, WE
ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY
OF THUNDERSTORMS BY THE END OF
THE WEEK, WE MAY BE SEEING
ANOTHER ROUND OF A FEW STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS BY THURSDAY AS
WELL. I’LL BREAK DOWN WHAT YOU
CAN EXPECT IN YOUR COMPLETE
FOREWARN FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES KAREN.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRIAN.
CLEANING UP IS STILL HAPPENING
IN SO MANY COMMUNITIES THIS
AFTERNOON, DAYS AFTER THOSE
VIOLENT STORMS SUNDAY EVENING.
PLENTY STILL WITHOUT POWER RIGHT
NOW. D.T.E SAYS 21,000 CUSTOMERS
ARE STILL IN THE DARK. THAT’S
DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT. FOR
COMPARISON, THAT NUMBER WAS
AROUND 55,000 YESTERDAY AT FIVE
D.T.E. SAYS IT HAS BROUGHT AN
ADDITIONAL CREWS FROM OUTSIDE
OUR AREA TO HELP COMPLETE THOSE
REPAIRS. WE ARE LEARNING MORE
TODAY ABOUT A SUNDAY INCIDENT IN
MACOMB COUNTY INVOLVING A
PEDESTRIAN AND TWO VEHICLES. THE
44 YEAR OLD MALE PEDESTRIAN FROM
ROSEVILLE WAS INITIALLY STRUCK
BY A CHEVY CHEVY SILVERADO ON
SOUTHBOUND GRATIOT. THE DRIVER
IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 AS THE
VICTIM LAID ON THE GROUND. THE
DRIVER THEN REPORTED THAT A
SECOND VEHICLE, A FORD TAURUS,
STRUCK THE PEDESTRIAN AS WELL.
BOTH DRIVERS REMAINED AT THE
SCENE AND THEN DID COOPERATE
WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THE
PEDESTRIAN WAS PRONOUNCED
DECEASED AT THAT SCENE, BRIAN.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING
FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
STUDENTS, SEVEN MONTHS AGO IS
EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR
A PRETRIAL HEARING TODAY. NOW,
HE IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER. AND NOW
PROSECU ATTORNEYS SAY THEY PLAN
TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY. ERIN
MCLAUGHLIN IS FOLLOWING THIS
STORY FOR US.
>> IN AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. THE
FATHER OF VICTIM, KAYLEE
GONZALES WAS REACTING TO NEWS
THAT PROSECUTOR SHOOTERS PLAN TO
SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST
BRIAN KOHBERGER, THE MAN ACCUSED
OF MURDERING HIS DAUGHTER AND
THREE OTHER STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.
>> IT’S A RELIEF. I’M GLAD THAT
WE’RE IN A SITUATION OF STRENGTH
AND THE EVIDENCE IS THERE AND WE
FEEL THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, THEY
CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> THE FAMILY’S ATTORNEY
BELIEVES IT’S A CLEAR CUT DEATH
PENALTY CASE. IF YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO PURSUE THE GUY FOR A
DEATH PENALTY ON A CASE LIKE
THIS, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO
PURSUE FOR A DEATH PENALTY IN
JUST A FEW HOURS, KOHBERGER IS
SET TO RETURN TO A MOSCOW,
IDAHO, COURTROOM FOR ANOTHER
PRETRIAL HEARING. HIS LEGAL TEAM
IS REQUESTING RECORDS FROM LAST
MONTH’S GRAND JURY INDICTMENT OF
THEIR CLIENT AND ARE ASKING THE
JUDGE TO PAUSE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THOSE
MATERIALS. ALREADY, A KEY PART
OF THE CASE FOR BOTH SIDES
KOEBERG’S DNA AND WHERE IT WAS
AND WASN’T FOUND. WHILE
PROSECUTORS SAID IN A COURT
FILING EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT
KOEBERG’S DNA IS A STATISTICAL
MATCH TO DNA FOUND ON A KNIFE
SHEATH AT THE SCENE OF THE
MURDERS, HIS LAWYERS SAY
AUTHORITIES DID NOT FIND ANY
VICTIM DNA IN HIS APARTMENT
OFFICE HOME OR VEHICLE.
>> IS THIS YOUR CAR?
>> HE’S HAD OVER A MONTH BEFORE
THE SEARCH WARRANTS WERE
EXECUTED. AFTER THE CRIME TO
THROW AWAY HIS CLOTHES, WASH HIS
CLOTHES, WASH HIS CAR, CLEAN OUT
HIS APARTMENT. THERE’S MULTIPLE
WAYS TO EXPLAIN THE LACK OF DNA
IN HIS VEHICLE, IN HIS
APARTMENT. THERE’S NOT A LOT OF
WAYS TO EXPLAIN HIS DNA ON THE
SHEATH OF THE MURDER WEAPON.
>> THE LEGAL BATTLE IS ALSO
UNFOLDING JUST OVER A MILE FROM
THE SCENE OF THE QUADRUPLE
HOMICIDES, THE OFF CAMPUS HOME
WHERE MADISON, MOGAN, KAYLEE
GONCALVES, ZANA KERNODLE AND
ETHAN CHAPIN WERE KILLED WAS SET
TO BE DEMOLISHED BEFORE A JUDGE
RULED IT SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
NOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
SAYS THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE HOUSE
DOWN AHEAD OF THE NEW SCHOOL
YEAR. THE GONZALVEZ FAMILY SAYS
THE HOUSE SHOULD BE PRESERVED
THROUGH TRIAL. I DON’T WANT TO
SIT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AND HEAR
SOMEBODY IN THE COURT CASE SAY,
WELL, I REALLY WISH WE COULD BE
IN HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE OF THE CASE IS OVER. THEN
THEN THEY CAN MOVE ON. BUT RIGHT
NOW IT’S THE CRIME SCENE.
>> KOHBERGER HAS DENIED ANY
WRONGDOING. HE IS DUE BACK IN