SHE WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO LIVE HER LIFE, WORK HARD AND BREAK OFF A RELATIONSHIP THAT SHE KNEW
WAS NOT GOOD FOR HER.
>> HER EX-BOYFRIEND GOES BEFORE
A JUDGE ACCUSED IN A BRUTAL CASE
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. CAN WE
START HERE AT FIVE WITH A NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MURDER OF
PATRICE WILSON? I’M KIMBERLY
GILL. GOOD EVENING.
>> I’M KAREN DREW, IN FOR DEVIN
SCILLIAN TONIGHT. TONIGHT JAMIR
MILLER IS FACING A LIST OF
CHARGES INCLUDING MURDER,
CARJACKING, ARMED ROBBERY AND
SEVERAL GUN COUNTS. OUR SHAWN
LEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE
FROM THE BEGINNING, SHAWN. THE
JUDGE CALLED HIM A DANGER TODAY.
>> HE DID. SHE DID. AND SHE’S
HOLDING HIM TONIGHT WITHOUT
BOND. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT JAMIR
MILLER NOW. I WAS WITH PATRICE
WILSON’S GRANDMOTHER SHORTLY
AFTER THOSE CHARGES WERE BROUGHT
OFFICIALLY ME EARLIER TODAY.
THANK GOD THEY CHARGED HIM.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? INSTANT
REACTION FROM PAMELA GOLDEN, THE
GRANDMOTHER OF MURDERED NURSE
PATRICE WILSON, TELLING ME THIS
FAMILY HAS BEEN PRAYING THAT
JAMIR MILLER WOULD BE CHARGED
WITH WILSON’S MURDER.
>> AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON
.
>> THANK GOD THEY THEY DID
CHARGE HER. YOU KNOW WHAT? BUT
IT DOESN’T BRING HER BACK. NO,
I’M MY HEART IS STILL ACHING.
>> IT HAPPENED THE MORNING OF
MAY 13TH. PATRICE WILSON JUST
FINISHED HER NURSING SHIFT AT
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL, A
MAN WILSON PROSECUTORS SAY WAS
DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM MILLER. PROSECUTORS SAY HID
IN THE PARKING AREA DISGUISED IN
A BLOND WIG, ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTING
WILSON. SHE WAS LATER FOUND SHOT
TO DEATH IN HER OWN VEHICLE AT
HER NOVI APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR KYM
WORTHY TODAY SAYING THIS CASE
TOUCHED A NERVE ALL ACROSS THE
AREA.
>> I THINK THIS CASE IS VERY
RELATABLE. IT WAS A WOMAN THAT
HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN
THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT
OF. IT WAS A WOMAN THAT WAS HARD
WORKING, WAS SIMPLY LEAVING HER
JOB THAT DAY TO GET HOME TO HER
FAMILY AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN
RELATE TO THAT. AND EVERYBODY
CAN HOPE THAT NOTHING LIKE THAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THEM. WELL,
WILSON’S LOVED ONES WAIT FOR
JUSTICE RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY SAY THEY NEED YOUR
PRAYERS. PLEASE, PLEASE.
>> WE JUST NEED A LOT OF PRAYERS
. A LOT OF PRAYERS, A LOT OF
PRAYERS, STRENGTH, BECAUSE WE
DON’T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW. WE
REALLY NEED SOME PRAYERS. SO
MUCH EMOTION FROM PATRICE
WILSON’S GRANDMOTHER, HOPING
THAT THESE CHARGES WOULD BE
BROUGHT.
>> NOW SHE’S LOOKING FOR THAT
JUSTICE. LOOK, KAREN, ALSO
TODAY, PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY,
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE HERE IN
DETROIT, SPOKE PASSIONATELY
ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, URGING
PEOPLE IN THAT SIMILAR SITUATION
TO TRY TO ACT OR LOVED ONES TRY
TO HELP AND ACT. JUST DO
SOMETHING, PICK UP THE PHONE.
THEY PUT A LIST OF RESOURCES OUT
THAT YOU CAN CALL IF YOU’RE IN
THAT SITUATION. IMPORTANT STEPS
HERE THAT YOU WILL GET A
RESPONSE FROM. WE PUT ALL THESE
RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE, CLICK
ON DETROIT .COM BACK TO YOU.
>> THAT RESOURCE IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CHALLENGING
TIME IN THAT RELATIONSHIP. I
KNOW YOU DID SOME RESEARCH INTO
MILLER. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
HIS BACKGROUND, HIS PAST?
>> THERE’S A LOT IN PARTICULAR,
A NEW OLD CASE HAS BEEN REOPENED
AND IT’S OUT OF ROMULUS. A WOMAN
LINKED TO MILLER WENT MISSING IN
2011. SHE’S NEVER BEEN FOUND.
THAT CASE IS BEING LOOKED AT
AGAIN NOW. WOW.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SHAWN.
WE APPRECIATE IT. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY TONIGHT, A WOMAN IS
MURDERED AND A MAN HURT IN A
SHOOTING THAT WENT DOWN IN
WESTLAND IN VESTIGATORS SAY THE
GUNSHOTS RANG OUT AT THE
SCOTTSDALE CIRCLE APARTMENTS
NEAR NEWBURG AND JOY ROAD.
>> THIS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. ROD
MELONI GOT AN UPDATE FROM POLICE
THIS AFTERNOON. ROD? YEAH THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES WHERE
THE POLICE HAVE A LOT OF
INVESTIGATING TO DO AND THEY’RE
NOT SAYING VERY MUCH.
>> BUT LET’S HEAR WHAT THEY’VE
GIVEN US SO FAR ARE IN THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AFTER 2 A.M. THIS
MORNING, THE WESTLAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT DISPATCHED, TURNED
VERY BUSY. DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF
ROBERT WILKIE TELLING LOCAL 4 WE
INITIALLY GOT A CALL THAT WE HAD
SOMEBODY THAT WAS A VICTIM OF A
GUNSHOT WOUND.
>> OFFICERS QUICKLY DESCENDED ON
THAT AREA, SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY
AND DID DISCOVER SOMEBODY WHO
HAD SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND.
>> MANY RESIDENTS HERE HEARD THE
SHOTS AND CALLED 911 AT THE SAME
TIME. BUT IT TURNS OUT THE MAN,
A 32 YEAR OLD FROM ROMULUS, HAD
BEEN IN THE NEWBURGH SQUARE
APARTMENTS AND RUN TO THE NEARBY
INTERSECTION OF NEWBURGH AND JOY
TO MAKE HIS CALL FOR HELP. WE
FOUND OUR WAY TO THE 3700 BLOCK
OF SCOTTSDALE CIRCLE, WHERE WE
DISCOVERED A SECOND VICTIM.
>> POLICE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO
EMERGENCY MEDICINE MODE AFTER
FINDING A 36 YEAR OLD DEARBORN
HEIGHTS WOMAN ALSO SHOT AND
SEVERELY INJURED IN THE
BUILDING. WHEN WE FIRST GOT
THERE, THE PEOPLE WERE
TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL
ATTENTION AND THEN SHE LATER
SUCCUMBED IN THE HOSPITAL. THE
32 YEAR OLD ROMULUS MAN REMAINS
IN THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE
CONDITION TONIGHT.
>> NOW, A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE
ANSWERED HERE. HAVE THEY MADE
ANY ARRESTS? WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
WERE THEY DOING AT THIS
APARTMENT TOGETHER? DID THEY
KNOW EACH OTHER? WAS THERE A
CRIME AT THE TIME? WHAT WAS
GOING ON? DON’T KNOW. THAT’S ALL
STUFF THAT THE WESTLAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THEIR DETECTIVES
ARE LOOKING INTO TONIGHT.
REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT, ROD
MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> OKAY, ROD, THANK YOU. THE MAN
WHO MURDERED A NEWS ANCHOR AND
ATTACKED HIS FAMILY WILL SPEND
LIFE IN PRISON. ARTHUR
WILLIAMSON WAS SENTENCED IN A
MACOMB COUNTY COURTROOM TODAY.
WILLIAMSON BEAT OVERNIGHT ANCHOR
JIM MATTHEWS WITH A HAMMER, SLIT
HIS THROAT IN SEPTEMBER IN HIS
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP HOME.
POLICE SAY HE ALSO ATTACKED
MATTHEWS GIRLFRIEND AND THEIR
TWO CHILDREN WHEN INVESTIGATORS
FOUND WILLIAMSON IN THE
BASEMENT, HE HAD SELF-INFLICT
WOUNDS AND WAS OVERDOSING. HE
PLEADED NO CONTEST TO THE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM EARLIER THIS
YEAR. WELL, THE NTSB IS IN A
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT
LOOKING INTO WHY THIS SINGLE
ENGINE PLANE CAME CRASHING DOWN
INTO A BACKYARD.
>> THE PLANE LANDED RIGHT
BETWEEN THE TWO GARAGES ON THE
CITY’S EAST SIDE. AMAZINGLY, NO
ONE IN THE PLANE OR ON THE
GROUND WAS HURT. VICTOR WILLIAMS
IS BACK IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
TONIGHT NEAR KELLY AND MARANG
AND VICTOR. PEOPLE ARE STARTING
TO PROCESS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED. YEAH KAREN, AND ONE OF
THOSE REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE
STILL TRYING TO PROCESS ALL OF
THIS IS BECAUSE AS THE PLANE IS
STILL HERE AND IT’S A CONSTANT
REMINDER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN WALKING BY OR EVEN
SOME OF THE KIDS RIGHT IN THIS
PARK NEXT DOOR.
>> BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE
INVESTIGATION HAS STARTED.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE TAKING APART
THIS PLANE PIECE BY PIECE. SO
THEY CAN HE A CLOSER LOOK AT
WHAT WENT WRONG. BUT STILL, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE MEANTIME,
THEY HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
>> COULD HAVE CAME DOWN ON MY
HOUSE WHILE I WAS SLEEPING.
>> NADIA STAFFORD, STILL CAN’T
BELIEVE A FIXED WING SINGLE
ENGINE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING IN HER BACKYARD.
>> I’M THINKING IT’S THUNDER OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I’M LIKE
, WELL, I DON’T THINK IT’S
SUPPOSED TO RAIN TODAY. I’M
LIKE, OKAY.
>> IT’S JUST AN ACTUAL PLANE IN
MY BACKYARD.
>> NOW, THE NTSB AND FAA ARE
BOTH LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED
THE PILOT TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT
EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
>> AND THAT’S WHAT I’M WAITING
ON. AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO
GET IT OUT? BECAUSE I’M READY
FOR WHAT TO GO NOW.
>> WE NOW KNOW THAT TWO PEOPLE
WERE ON BOARD. WHAT’S BEEN NOW
IDENTIFIED AS A SINGLE ENGINE
PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE SIERRA.
THANKFULLY, NO ONE GOT HURT OR
SERIOUSLY INJURED. AT MOST, WE
SAW A MAN WITH A BANDAGE ON HIS
ELBOW. MIRACULOUSLY THAT’S IT.
>> WE BOTH WALKED AWAY, SO IT
WAS JUST A LITTLE CUT ON HIS ON
HIS ELBOW. SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY,
WELL, THE PLANE ORIGINALLY TOOK
OFF IN TROY WITH THE FINAL
DESTINATION OF CITY AIRPORT.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IT DIDN’T MAKE IT.
BUT ANOTHER GOOD THING IS THAT
THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AT ANY OF
THE HOMES NEARBY. I DON’T KNOW
HOW HE MANEUVERED OR WHATEVER HE
DID, BUT WHATEVER HE DID, HE
DIDN’T DO THAT MUCH DAMAGE TO
THE GARAGE AT ALL.
>> IT’S ONLY MINOR STUFF.
>> AND IT ACTUALLY FLEW OVER OUR
HOUSE, WHICH IS THE CORNER HOUSE
DOWN THE STREET AND NICKED A
COUPLE OF TREES BEFORE IT, YOU
KNOW, BEFORE IT CRASH LANDED
RIGHT HERE.
>> OMAR JOHNSON, WHO LIVES JUST
A FEW DOORS DOWN, SAYS HE’S JUST
HOPING FOR THE BEST OUTCOME.
>> I DON’T LIKE NEGATIVITY, SO I
JUST PRAY THAT EVERYTHING COMES
OUT POSITIVE TO THE GUYS ARE
OUT. SO THAT’S A POSITIVE THING.
SO I HOPE IT WAS JUST SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THE PLANE. THAT’S IT
. NOW, AS MORE COMES TO LIGHT IN
THIS INVESTIGATION, WE WILL KEEP
YOU GUYS UPDATED AS SOON AS WE
HEAR SOMETHING.
>> VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> UNDERSTAND THEM BEING UNEASY
IS SUCH A STRANGE SIGHT TO JUST
LOOK OUT YOUR BACK YARD AND
STILL SEE THAT PLANE OUT THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICTOR
. WELL, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS OKAY. THAT’S
AFTER HE FELL AT THE AIR FORCE
ACADEMY. THE PRESIDENT WAS
GIVING THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHEN HE FELL
RETURNING TO HIS SEAT. THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYS HE TRIPPED ON A SAND
BAG ON STAGE, A SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS AND AIR FORCE OFFICIALS
HELPED THE PRESIDENT GET BACK ON
HIS FEET.
>> STUDENTS IN THE DETROIT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY
DISTRICT WILL BE RELEASED EARLY
AGAIN TOMORROW. TODAY, THE
DISTRICT DISMISSED STUDENTS
THREE HOURS EARLIER THAN NORMAL
BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. TOMORROW,
ALL INDOOR AFTER SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES WILL BE CANCELED.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CAN STILL BE
HELD, BUT IT’S UP TO THE
PRINCIPALS, ATHLETIC
COORDINATORS AND COACHES. THE
DISTRICT SAYS TRANSPORTATION
ACTION WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE
ALL GHOSH HOT IN SCHOOL AND HOT
AS WE GET READY FOR THE GRAND
PRIX.
>> CREWS PUTTING THOSE FINISHING
TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING FOR THE
CHEVROLET DETROIT GRAND PRIX
RACE WEEKEND. AND OH, IT’S GOING
TO BE A SCORCHER. YEAH, IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT THERE
TOMORROW, THE AIR QUALITY ALERT
WILL STILL BE IN EFFECT FOR
WARN.
>> METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS IS
HERE WITH A FIRST LOOK AT THE
FORECAST KIM. WELL I WAS JUST
DOWNTOWN AT THE RACETRACK AND I
CAN TELL YOU IT FEELS MUCH
HOTTER WITH ALL THAT CONCRETE
HEAT, ALL THE BUILDINGS AND THAT
SUN BAKING DOWN.
>> AND THERE WEREN’T EVEN THE
CROWDS TODAY. SO IT IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A
SCORCHER TOMORROW AND SATURDAY,
A LITTLE COOLER FOR THE ACTUAL
RACE, BUT STILL VERY HOT RIGHT
NOW. IT’S IN THE UPPER 80S IN
PONTIAC. IT’S 89IN HOWELL. STILL
NOT TOUCHING 90. HERE IN METRO
DETROIT, IT’S 87 AT METRO, CLOSE
TO IT DOWNTOWN. I CAN TELL YOU
IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE IT’S 90
DEGREES DOWNTOWN. IT WILL HIT 90
TOMORROW, 89 FOR SATURDAY. VERY
SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED
SHOWER SATURDAY. BUT IF YOU’RE
HEADED DOWNTOWN, PLAN FOR DRY
WEATHER THE ENTIRE WEEKEND FOR
THE RACE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
IN THE LOW 80S, BUT IT IS STILL
GOING TO BE QUITE HOT. SO
TOMORROW, AS WE BREAK DOWN THE
DAY, 72 IN THE MORNING AND THEN
WE’LL CLIMB UP THROUGH THE UPPER
80S BY 4:00, CLOSE TO 90
DEGREES, WE SHOULD TOUCH 90 IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON. TOMORROW,
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE CHANCES FOR
RAIN AND ALSO THE TROPICS.
SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE GULF
COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KIM.
>> PEOPLE ON I-75 ARE STUNNED
WHEN THEY SEE A YOUNG CHILD
BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN SUV.
>> POLICE SAY THE TEN YEAR OLD,
YES, TEN YEAR OLD STOLE A CAR
AND THEN LED THEM ON A CHASE BY
THAT BOY. SAYS HE DID IT. AND
DAYS AFTER OFFICIALS GAVE THE
ALL CLEAR, INVESTIGATORS NOW SAY
THREE PEOPLE ARE MISSING IN THIS
APARTMENT BUILDING COLLAPSE.
>> NOW, THERE ARE SERIOUS
CONCERNS ABOUT THE RESPONSE AND
THE WARNING SIGNS, THE IDEA OF
GUN FREE ZONES IN PLACES LIKE
GREEKTOWN AROUND THE CITY,
TAKING CENTER STAGE IN A DEBATE
AGAIN TODAY.
>> HOW ONE WOMAN WALKING ON HER
WAY TO WORK RAISED THAT DEBATE