SHE WAS LAST SEEN ON LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER HER MOTHER’S EX-BOYFRIEND TOOK THE LITTLE
GIRL. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
TONIGHT. I’M KIMBERLY GILL. AND
I’M KAREN DREW IN FOR DEVIN
SCILLIAN TONIGHT. THAT THAT
EX-BOYFRIEND HAS BEEN ARRESTED,
BUT THE LITTLE GIRL IS STILL
MISSING. IT IS NOW OVER 40 HOURS
SINCE SHE WAS LAST SEEN.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS LIVE FOR
US TONIGHT WITH MORE DETAILS
AFTER AN FBI PRESS CONFERENCE
THIS AFTERNOON IN THAT SEARCH IS
STILL VERY ACTIVE FOR TWO YEAR
OLD WINTER.
>> AND NOW THE FBI IS OFFERING A
$25,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO THE CHILD’S LOCATION
.
>> WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE
ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO
BRINGING WINTER HOME. WINTER IS
ONE OF OUR KIDS, AND WE WON’T
REST UNTIL WE FIND HER.
>> THE SEARCH IS ONGOING AND THE
HEARTBREAK UNIMAGINABLE FOR THE
FAMILY. WINTER’S GRANDMOTHER,
SHARON EDDINGS, SPOKE WITH LOCAL
4 YESTERDAY.
>> THIS IS WINTER SANDAL AND
THIS IS HER ROBE THAT I BOUGHT
HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
>> POLICE SAY WINTER WAS
ABDUCTED SUNDAY NIGHT IN LANSING
BY HER MOTHER’S EX-BOYFRIEND, 26
YEAR OLD RASHAD TRICE. TRICE IS
ACCUSED OF STABBING THE MOTHER
BEFORE TAKING OFF WITH WINTER
WHEN HE STABBED HER FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND FROM HER SISTER, SHE
WAS ABLE TO STAB HIM BACK.
>> RIGHT. WOUND HIM BACK. AND
THAT’S WHEN HE GRABBED WINTER
AND THREATENED TO HARM HER. AND
THAT’S WHEN HE LEFT.
>> TRICE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY
IN SAINT CLAIR SHORES. THE FBI
AND LANSING POLICE PUT OUT THE
ESCAPE ROUTE FROM LANSING TO
METRO DETROIT. TRICE ALLEGEDLY
DROVE FROM LANSING DOWN I 96
RIGHT INTO THE CITY OF DETROIT,
THEN OVER TO I-94 EAST AND INTO
SAINT CLAIR SHORES. IF YOU SEE
ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ALONG OR NEAR THAT ROUTE, THEY
WANT THE PUBLIC TO REPORT IT
IMMEDIATELY. IN THE MEANTIME,
AUTHORITIES ARE USING EVERY TOOL
AT THEIR DISPOSAL IN THE SEARCH
.
>> WE HAVE SEARCHED THE AREA OF
THE INCIDENT USING DOOR TO DOOR
CANVASSES, CANINE SEARCHES,
DRONES, MULTIPLE HELICOPTER
SEARCHES WITH HEAT SIGNATURE
TECHNOLOGY. AND OUR DIVE TEAM,
WHICH IS OUR SCUBA TEAM IN THE
AREA WITH NO SUCCESS SO FAR.
>> AGAIN, THE FBI IS OFFERING A
$25,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO THE CHILD’S LOCATION.
YOU CAN SUBMIT TIPS TO THEIR
PHONE LINE ONE 800 CALL FBI OR
THE FBI ALSO HAS A WEBSITE FOR
YOU TO SUBMIT TIPS. REPORTING
LIVE IN DETROIT, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS, LOCAL 4. NOW
JACQUELINE, WE REPORTED THE
SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS
HOUR.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF HE IS
COOPERATING IN ANY FORM? WE’RE
TOLD HE IS NOT COOPERATING, BUT
POLICE CONTINUE TO INTERVIEW HIM
RIGHT NOW.
>> THE SUSPECTS ACTUALLY IN A
DETROIT AREA HOSPITAL FROM
RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES.
BUT THERE ARE POLICE AROUND HIM.
AND AS SOON AS HE’S RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL, THEN HE WILL
GO STRAIGHT INTO POLICE CUSTODY
. KAREN AND KIMBERLY.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, JACQUELINE. SEVERAL
PEOPLE WERE HURT ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE STATE AFTER A
FIREWORK ERRATICALLY SHOT INTO A
CROWD WATCHING THE CITY OF
ALLEGAN’S FIREWORKS SHOW. TAKE A
LOOK. THE CELL PHONE VIDEO
CAPTURED THAT MOMENT. YOU CAN
SEE PEOPLE JUST RUNNING FOR
COVERAGE AFTER THAT FIREWORK
EXPLODED RIGHT THERE. OH RIGHT
IN THE CROWD. THE CITY DID
RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING THE
FIREWORKS SHOW WAS CONTRACTED
THROUGH WOLVERINE FIREWORKS
DISPLAY, INC. THE CITY SAID THE
INCIDENT WAS UNINTENTIONAL AND
THAT IT HAS WORKED WITH THE
COMPANY IN THE PAST. THE
EXPLOSION RESULTED IN AT LEAST
ONE PERSON BEING TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL. THERE WAS ANOTHER
FIREWORKS ACCIDENT ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE STATE, THIS ONE IN
OTTAWA COUNTY. ONE PERSON WAS
KILLED AND NINE OTHERS WERE HURT
AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A
FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN PARK
TOWNSHIP. ACCORDING TO THE
OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT SHORTLY
AFTER 11. NINE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN
TO NEARBY HOSPITALS WITH
INJURIES RANGING FROM MINOR,
MINOR TO CRITICAL. ANOTHER
PERSON, A 43 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM
HOLLAND, WAS KILLED. THE EXACT
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION. ONE MAN IS
DEAD TONIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY
A PICKUP TRUCK AFTER HE LEFT A
FIREWORKS SHOW OVER IN MONROE
COUNTY. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT. IT WAS ABOUT 11:00
IN FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP. A 35
YEAR OLD MONROE MAN WAS WALKING
NORTH WEST ON STATE PARK DRIVE
WITH ONE OTHER PERSON. AND
THAT’S WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY A
23 YEAR OLD DRIVING A PICKUP
STRUCK THE MAN. POLICE SAY THE
DRIVER WAS BEING RECKLESS AS HE
TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE
TRAFFIC FROM THAT FIREWORKS SHOW
. THE DRIVER FLED THE SCENE WAS
LATER ARRESTED. CHARGES ARE
PENDING. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT
TODAY AROUND 1230 ON WEST WARREN
AND GREENFIELD AND WEST WARREN
AND MAJESTIC. THAT’S ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. POLICE TELL
LOCAL 4 TWO MEN WERE SHOT. BOTH
NON-FATALLY, HOWEVER, THEY DID
NOT COMMENT ON THE CURRENT
CONDITION OF THE MEN. POLICE
BELIEVE AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO
GROUPS LED TO THE SHOOTING.
THERE’S NO WORD ON ANY ARRESTS
OR PERSONS OF INTEREST. STATE
TROOPERS SAY THEY MADE AN
UNUSUAL DISCOVERY WHEN THEY
ARRESTED A MAN LAST NIGHT IN
HAZEL PARK. TAKE A LOOK. THIS
LOADED MINI REVOLVER WAS FOUND
ON A WARREN MAN WHO POLICE SAY
WAS DRIVING DRUNK. AND THEN
CRASHED HIS MOTORCYCLE INTO A
WALL ALONG I 75. THE MAN DOES
NOT HAVE A CONCEALED PISTOL
LICENSE. THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS
ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. NO WORD
ON CHARGES AT THIS TIME. ALL
RIGHT. WE’RE MOTHER NATURE
REALLY HELPED US OUT TODAY FOR
THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY.
WERE YOU ABLE TO GET OUT AND
ENJOY A LITTLE BIT? A LITTLE
BIT. I KNOW I WAS KIND OF IN A
RUSH, BUT IT FELT REALLY GOOD.
RIGHT. COLLAR IN FOR KIM TONIGHT
AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THIS
EVENING IS THERE ARE A LOT OF
FIREWORKS STARTING TO LAUNCH
THIS EVENING. I KNOW LOTS OF
FOLKS ARE HEADED OVER TO
CLAWSON.
>> YEAH, FOR ANYBODY GOING OUT,
THINGS ARE LOOKING OKAY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. IT’S
BEEN PRETTY NICE. VERY SUMMER.
LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF
VERY SMALL, VERY ISOLATED
SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. THE
MORE ROBUST ACTIVITY HAS BEEN
OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STATE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A
COUPLE ACROSS PARTS OF METRO
DETROIT. SO WE’LL ZOOM IN CLOSER
WHERE WE ARE STILL SEEING ONE.
JUST TO THE WEST OF GROSSE
POINTE WOODS, NOT FAR FROM
GRATIOT AVENUE, MAYBE A LIGHT
SHOWER NEAR ROYAL OAK. BUT FOR
THE MOST PART, ALL THIS ACTIVITY
HAS BEEN VERY LIGHT. A COUPLE OF
OTHER SPOTTY SHOWERS UP IN PARTS
OF SAINT CLAIR AND SANILAC
COUNTY, BUT AGAIN, THESE HAVE
BEEN VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
THE AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN
EFFECT, NOT ONLY THAT, IT’S BEEN
EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY, LIKE
TODAY, THOSE OF US IN THE
UNHEALTHY, SENSITIVE CATEGORY,
TAKE IT EASY IF YOU’RE GOING TO
BE OUT NOW THIS EVENING, ANY
ISOLATED SPRINKLES WILL COME TO
AN END. SO IT SHOULD BE AN OKAY
NIGHT FOR SOME FIREWORKS. IT’S
GOING TO BE MILD AS WELL. WE’VE
GOT MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST,
INCLUDING A GOOD DOSE LATER IN
THE WEEK. WE’LL TALK TIMING IN
JUST A BIT.
>> 4TH OF JULY MEANS PARADE AND
LOTS OF THEM, BUT IT ALSO MEANS
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THEM. IT SURE
DOES. LOCAL FOUR’S ROB MALONEY
TAKES US TO THE CLAWSON PARADE.
>> WELL, AS IT SHOULD BE ON A 90
DEGREE 4TH OF JULY DAY HERE IN
CLAWSON. IT’S ONE OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT HAS A LONG
TRADITION OF OVER HALF A CENTURY
OF HAVING A 4TH OF JULY PARADE,
ATTRACTING THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, YOUNG AND
OLD, FROM COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THEY START
THE PARADE WITH A HEALTHY MILE
RUN. AND THEN THE STANDARD FIRE
TRUCK, AIR HORNS AND BANDS
FILLED THE AIR WITH THE SOUNDS
OF SELF-RELIANCE AND
DETERMINATION THAT IT’S ABOUT
LIKE AMERICA AND A BUNCH OF,
LIKE, DIFFERENT RIGHTS. AND
THAT’S PRECISELY WHAT A LOT OF
THESE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT FIRST
THING THIS MORNING HAD IN THEIR
MINDS, LIKE CONNOR CHRISTIANSON
FROM CLAWSON, BOY SCOUT TROOP
1615, WHO CARRIED THE AMERICAN
FLAG.
>> LOTS OF FOOD, LOTS OF LOVE.
HAVING A NICE DAY, WATCHING
FIREWORKS, INDEPENDENCE VETERAN
LEN LEMKE ALSO CARRIED THE
AMERICAN FLAG.
>> THIS REPRESENTS EVERYTHING
THAT’S GOOD ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
DRESSING IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE
IS THE HOLIDAY FASHION
STATEMENT, REMINDING EVERYONE
THAT AMERICA IS THE BEST PLACE
TO LIVE AND WE’RE FREEDOM.
>> I MEAN, FREEDOM FROM. ALL
RIGHT. NOT JUST ONE SET OF
PEOPLE. IT’S A COMMUNITY.
>> IT’S JUST A TIME OF FUN WITH
MY FRIENDS. AND TO CELEBRATE
GREAT AMERICA FOR OTHERS, IT’S A
DAY MUCH LIKE VETERANS IN
MEMORIAL DAY, REMEMBERING
SACRIFICE.
>> LEAH GAGLIO IS THE US
AMERICA. MISS MICHIGAN AND MY
GRANDFATHER BEING VIETNAM DESERT
STORM VETERAN.
>> MY FATHER BEING A MARINE
CORPS VETERAN, ALSO, AND REALLY
HONORING THEIR SACRIFICES THAT
THEY MADE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
>> AMERICA IS THE GREATEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND I HAD
FAMILY WHO FOUGHT IN WARS AND
DIED FOR FREEDOM HERE. AND
THAT’S THAT’S WHY THAT’S WHY I’M
HERE. THAT’S WHY I CELEBRATE.
>> HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, EVERYONE.
>> AND AS THE PARADE CONCLUDES
HERE, THIS IS NOT THE END OF
FESTIVITIES. TODAY THEY’RE
HOLDING A HOT DOG EATING
CONTEST. GREAT TRADITION. FIRE
FIGHTERS FROM TROY AND CLAWSON
ALSO COMPETING ON A BALL
DIAMOND. BUT IT’S THE BIG ONE
TONIGHT, 10 P.M, THE FIREWORKS
AT CLAWSON PARK IN CLAWSON, ROD
MELONI LOCAL 4.
>> IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
CLAWSON KNOWS HOW TO DO IT
RIGHT. I’LL TELL YOU, I’VE BEEN
THERE BEFORE. IT’S AWESOME. ALL
RIGHT. WELL, THE FORD FIREWORKS
MAY HAVE HAPPENED LAST WEEK, BUT
THERE ARE STILL DOZENS OF OTHER
FIREWORKS SHOWS IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN. HERE’S A LIST OF SOME
HAPPENING TONIGHT. THE SHOW IN
CLAWSON STARTS AT 10:00 PM AT
CLAWSON CITY PARK. THE FIREWORKS
SHOW IN HUNTINGTON WOODS STARTS
JUST AFTER TEN. OVER AT THE
RACKHAM GOLF COURSE. AND THEN
OVER IN SAINT CLAIR, THE LIGHT
SHOW STARTS AT 930 AT PALMER
PARK AND BOARDWALK. WE ALSO HAVE
A FULL LIST OF FIREWORKS SHOWS
THROUGHOUT METRO DETROIT. YOU
CAN CHECK OUT ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. AND WE ALSO
WANT TO LET YOU KNOW TRIPLE A IS
OFFERING YOU A RIDE HOME IF YOU
NEED IT THIS HOLIDAY. TODAY, TOE
TO GO SERVICES BACK FROM FLAT
TIRES TO IMPAIRED DRIVERS. THE
COMPANY PLANS TO RESCUE NEARLY
400,000 DRIVERS WITH CAR TROUBLE
ACROSS THE NATION TOW TO GO IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 A.M.
WEDNESDAY. MICHIGANDERS CAN CALL
THE NUMBER THERE ON YOUR SCREEN
. IT’S (855)█ !A286-9246 OR TOE