>>> FIRST AT 4, A SCHOOL ON
LOCKDOWN AND A STUDENT UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT A SCARE
AT A WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL.
PAULA?
>> WHAT COULD BE A SIGN OF
THE TIMES AS A SENATE BILL
STARTS MAKING ITS WAY
THROUGH THE PROCESS TO
PROTECT EDUCATORS FROM ANGRY
PARENTS.
>> WE HAVE ANGRY MOB
MENTALITY PEOPLE CONFRONTING
YOU.
>> WHO’S ON BOARD FOR THIS
ONE?
>> WELCOME TO YOUR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON I’M METEOROLOGIST
ANDREW HUMPHREY.
STORM TRACKER 4 SHOWING
FEWER DOWNPOURS, FEWER
THUNDERSTORMS BUT ANY MORE
RAIN FOR THIS EVENING OR
TONIGHT WE’LL TALK ABOUT
THAT IN YOUR WEEKEND
FORECAST A BIG COOLDOWN
FIRST AT 4.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT 4
STARTS NOW.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M CANE
DREW.
FIRST AT 4, A WESTLAND HIGH
SCHOOL IS LOCKED DOWN THIS
AFTERNOON OVER REPORTS OF A
STUDENT WITH A GUN.
SKY 4 OVER A LARGE POLICE
PRESENCE THIS AFTERNOON AT
JOHN GLENN HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL’S RESOURCE
OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED OF A
FIGHT BEFORE NOON.
THE SCHOOL WAS LOCKED DOWN
AS A PRECAUTION AND OFFICERS
EVENTUALLY FOUND THE STUDENT
UNARMED.
NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND ON
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
NOW ONCE THE BUILDING WAS
SECURED THE LOCKDOWN WAS
LIFTED.
WESTLAND POLICE AND THE
SCHOOL ARE INVESTIGATING.
>>> A PASSENGER WAS KILLED
AND THE DRIVER CRITICALLY
HURT IN THIS VIOLENT CRASH
ON DETROIT’S WESTSIDE.
SKY 4 WAS OVER THAT SCENE ON
FENKELL AND LINDSEY.
THAT’S NEAR THE SOUTHFIELD
FREEWAY.
IT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN SEE THE CAR RIGHT
THERE.
JUST CUT IN HALF.
THEY TELL US THE 16-YEAR-OLD
DRIVER BUMPED INTO A CAR
LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE.
POLICE SAY THAT CHALLENGER
WAS STOLEN.
>>> CITY OF HAMTRAMCK GIVES
OUT FREE WATER FILTERS AFTER
HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD WERE
DETECTED IN SOME DRINKING
WATER.
ABOUT 700 FILTERS WITH
REPLACEMENT CARTRIDGES WERE
GIVEN OUT TODAY TO RESIDENTS
AT THE HAMTRAMCK TOWN
CENTER.
THE MOVE COMES AS OFFICIALS
RECENTLY COLLECTED SAMPLES
FROM 42 HOMES AND SIX SITES
WERE ABOVE THE ACTION LEVEL
FOR LEAD.
RESIDENTS CAN HAVE THEIR
WATER TESTED FOR FREE AND WE
PUT THAT INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> WELL, THERE’S ANOTHER
WATER PROBLEM UNFOLDING AND
THIS ONE OVER IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN HOUSE OVERSITE
COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING
TODAY IN LANSING TO DISCUSS
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN BENTON
HARBOR.
THE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH
LEAD IN ITS WATER.
GROUPS ARE CRITICIZING THE
STATE FOR ITS SLOW RESPONSE
AFTER HIGH LEAD LEVELS WERE
FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE
CITY’S WATER SYSTEM BACK IN
2018.
>> I DON’T HAVE A SILVER
BULLET FOR THESE PROBLEMS
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT
WE’VE ALL BEEN WOULD BEING
ON THESE WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
CATALOGUING IT, WORKING
THROUGH ASSET MANAGEMENT
PLANS WHENEVER POSSIBLE WITH
COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM
PRIORITIZE WHERE THEY’RE
SPENDING THEIR DOLLARS.
>> Reporter: TO MAKE MATTERS
WORSE A MAJORITY OF HOMES
ARE ALSO LEFT WITHOUT PAPER
NOW DUE TO A WATER MAIN
BREAK THAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY.
AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL SCHOOLS
TO CLOSE TODAY.
>> THE C.D.C. ADVISORY PANEL
IS EXPECTED TO VOTE WITHIN
THE HOUR FOR THE USE OF
BOOSTER DOTESES FOR MODERNA
AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON.
THREE ALLOWING RECIPIENTS TO
MIX AND MATCH THEIR BOOSTERS
MEANING YOU WOULD NOT BE
LIMITED TO ORIGINAL VACCINE
YOU RECEIVED.
OUTSIDE EXPERTS HAVE SPENT
THE DAY REVIEWING DATA ON
THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS
OF THOSE BOOSTERS.
IF THE PANEL RECOMMENDS THE
BOOSTER DOSES IT THEN GOES
TO THE C.D.C. DIRECTOR FOR
THE FINAL SAY.
WE’LL HAVE THE RESULTS OF
THE VOTE AND MORE ON WHAT
THIS MEANS FOR EVERYBODY
AHEAD ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
5:00 AND 6:00.
A DETROIT MAN FACES CHARGES
IN SOUTHFIELD AFTER LEADING
POLICE ON A CHASE IN A
STOLEN S.U.V.
NEW DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS
TUESDAY’S CHASE NEAR AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR NINE
MILE ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVER
INTENTIONALLY RAMS INTO THE
POLICE TRYING TO GET AWAY.
COPS WERE ABLE BOX IN THAT
S.U.V. A SHORT TIME LATER
AFTER A BRIEF STANDOFF
21-YEAR-OLD RAVEN THOMAS
STEPHEN LAMONT BIBS AND
THREE OTHER PEOPLE
SURRENDERED DURING A SEARCH
POLICE FOUND GUNS AND STOLEN
LICENSE PLATES FROM THREE
STATES.
POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE BUST
WAS A TEAM EFFORT BY OFFER
THOOS WE HAVE SERGEANT WHO
RESPONDED, BEGAN TAKING
ACTION ENSURING THAT OFFICER
WERE LONINGED IN SAFE
LOCATIONS.
ENSURED THAT WHEN
NEGOTIATIONS WERE OCCURRING
THAT ONE OFFICER DID
NEGOTIATIONS AND ALSO
ASSURED THAT WE HAD AN
ARREST TEAM READY TO GO TO
RECEIVE ANY AND ALL
OCCUPANTS OF THAT VEHICLE.
>> BIBS FACES SEVERAL
CHARGES.
>>> HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE
EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK THE
WE DID SEE SOME HEAVY
DOWNPOURS THIS AFTERNOON IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LET’S SEND IT TO ANDREW BUT
IT SEEMS -- KAREN DREW NEVER
WIMPY WE ARE EXPERIENCING A
COOLDOWN NOT AS WET AS
EARLIER TODAY THOUGH.
THERE ARE A FEW SCATTERED
LIGHT SHOWERS OUT THERE.
JUST GOT DONE WITH A FEW
HEAVY DOWNPOURS SOME HEADED
INTO PARTS OF LAKE HURON.
BUT JUST TO OUR SOUTH WE
STILL HAVE MORE SCATTERED
SHOWER ACTIVITY AND A
ROTATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE
THAT IS YET TO MOVE THROUGH.
SO WE’RE NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS JUST YET.
PLUS, WE HAVE LOWER
TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY.
WHILE WE’RE IN THE MID-60s
RIGHT HERE IN DETROIT.
65 AT CITY AIRPORT.
TEMPERATURES ARE 10 DEGREES
LOWER OVER IN HOWELL.
IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE ALEDCO
FRONT.
SO THAT MEANS WE’RE LOOKING
AT CHILLIER AIR MAINLY FOR
TONIGHT.
61 DEGREES AS WE LOOK AT
DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
AND IT’S A BIT BREEZY OUT
THERE.
SO A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS
UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT BUT THEN
TEMPERATURES PLUMMET.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW LOW
THOSE TEMPERATURES GO AND
WHAT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST
HAS IN MINUTES.
>> IT IS DISTURBING
DEVELOPMENT IN THE
KIDNAPPING OF 17
MISSIONARIES IN HAITI.
THE LEADER OF THE GANG
HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE IS
THREATENING TO KILL THEM IF
HE DOESN’T GET WHAT HE’S
DEMANDING.
KIMBERLY GILL IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH MORE AND A
MESSAGE FROM THE
MISSIONARIES FAMILIES.
KIM?
>> Reporter: KAREN THE DEATH
THREAT CAME IN THE FORM OF A
VIDEO MESSAGE POSTED TO
SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE LEADER OF THE HAITIAN
GANG SPOKE IN FRONT OF
SEVERAL COFFINS.
EARLIER THIS THIS WEEK THE
MINISTER SAID THE GANG WAS
DEMANDING $1 MILLION PER
PERSON.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT IS
NOT U.S. POLICY TO PAY
RANSOM FOR HOSTAGES.
THE 17 MISSIONARIES WERE
KIDNAPPED OVER THE WEEKEND
ON THEIR WAY TO AN
ORPHANAGE.
FIVE OF THEM BELONG TO A
CHURCH IN WEST MICHIGAN’S
OCEANA COUNTY.
THEY WERE ALL TRAVELING AS
PART OF A MISSION WITH THE
OHIO-BASED CHRISTIAN AID
MINISTRIES.
TODAY THAT GROUP IS HOLDING
A SPECIAL DAY OF FASTING AND
PRAYER.
A SPOKESPERSON READ A LETTER
FROM THE FAMILIES OF THE
HOSTAGES.
>> WE THANK HIM THAT HE IS
GOD AND ASK HIM TO HEAR OUR
PRAYERS AND BRING OUR
FAMILIES HOME.
WE ALSO PRAY THAT THE LIGHT
OF GOD’S LOVE MIGHT SHINE
OUT AGAINST THE DARKNESS OF
SIN THAT THE GANG MEMBERS
MIGHT BE FREED FROM THEIR
BONDAGE TO SIN.
IN THE STREETS OF
PORT-AU-PRINCE TODAY.
THE NONPROFIT CENTER OF
ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ESTIMATES THIS
BE A DUCK IS JUST ONE OF AT
LEAST 119 KIDNAPPINGS IN
HAITI IN JUST THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER.
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING
UP WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5.
UNTIL THEN KAREN BACK TO
YOU.
>> HEARTBREAK FOR THOSE
FAMILIES, THANK YOU, KIM.
>>> CREWS WERE BACK OUT
COLLECTING EVIDENCE AT A
FLORIDA NATURE RESERVE IN
THE SEARCH FOR BRIAN
LAUNDRIE.
YESTERDAY, INVESTIGATORS
FOUND HUMAN REMAINS NEAR
SOME OF LAUNDRIE’S PERSONAL
ITEMS INCLUDING THE BACKPACK
AND A NOTEBOOK.
A LAWYER FOR LAUNDRIE’S
PARENTS SAYS IT’S A STRONG
POSSIBILITY THE REMAINS ARE
BRIAN BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN
CONFIRMED BY AUTHORITIES.
LAUNDRIE DISAPPEARED IN
SEPTEMBER JUST DAYS AFTER
HIS FINACEE GABBY PETITO WAS
REPORTED MISSING.
IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN
HER DISAPPEARANCE.
HER BODY FOUND IN WYOMING
LAST MONTH.
>> THE DEBATE OVER MASK
MANDATE IN-PERSON VERSUS
VIRTUAL LEARNING WE HAVE HAD
SOME CONTENTIOUS TIMES
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BUT NOW SOME STATE LAWMAKERS
ARE TRYING TO CRACK DOWN ON
PARENTS WHO TAKE THINGS TOO
FAR AT THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL.
WE’VE SEEN THEM ACROSS THE
NATION AND IN OUR OWN
COMMUNITIES.
>> I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT
WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT
CHILDREN FROM BY MASKING
THEM.
>> DISRUPTIVE BOARD MEETINGS
WHEN THINGS GET HEATED AND
THREATENING.
YOU GUYS HAVE STRIPPED MY
KID OF A WHOLE YEAR OF
SCHOOL.
WE HAVE THE ONE GENTLEMAN
COME IN AND TO LECTURE US TO
TELL EVERYBODY YOU ARE
TELLING TO US RELAX, COVID
IS A HOAX, DON’T TAKE THE
VACCINE MORE PEOPLE ARE
DYING FROM THE VACCINE.
>> WHILE SHE SAYS SAYS SHE’S
NEVER PERSONALLY FELT ABUSED
OR THREATENED AT HER
MEETINGS SHE KNOWS OF MANY
BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE.
>> WE HAVE ANGRY MOB
MENTALITY PEOPLE CONFRONTING
YOU.
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE
ARE CAPABLE OF DOING WHEN
THEY SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: NOW A GROUP OF
STATE SENATORS ARE TRYING TO
HEAD OFF THREATENING
RHETORIC BEFORE IT GETS TO
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY
INTRODUCING SENATE BILL 689.
>> THIS HEATED AND HATEFUL
RHETORIC THAT WE HAVE SEEN
AT OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS
INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS THAT IS
VERY THREATENING TO COOL
BOARD MEMBERS AND TEACHERS
AND ADMINISTRATORS PROMPTED
THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS
STILL.
>> STATE SENATOR JEREMY MOSS
THAT UPS THE ANTE TO ANY ED
PIOTROWSKI INDICATOR TEACHER
OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
DURING THE COMMISSION OF
THEIR DUTIES AS SUCH.
PLAIN ENGLISH ANYONE WHO
PUTS THEIR HANDS ON OR
PHYSICALLY ATTACKS AN
EDUCATOR WHILE ON DUTY OR
BECAUSE OF THEIR DUTY AS AN
EDUCATOR.
HATEFUL RHETORIC AND HATEFUL
SPEECH DOES NOT TURN INTO
HATEFUL ACTIONS AGAINST OUR
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND
SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
>> Reporter: IN HIS CURRENT
INCARNATION THE BILL ADDS
EXTRA WEIGHT TO A HIGH
MISDEMEANOR OF ASSAULT.
ADDING UP TO A YEAR OF JAIL
TIME AND A THOUSAND DOLLAR
FINE.
YET THE PROPOSED BILL THUS
FAR DOESN’T HAVE A SINGLE
REPUBLICAN BACKING IT.
>> THEY HAVE SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL
THAT ARE WORKY OF THIS EXTRA
TYPE OF EXTRA PROTECTION.
>> DESPITE BROAD BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT SB 67 AND A SIMILAR
HOUSE BILL FIRST RESPONDERS
TO EXISTING LAWS MAKING IT A
FELONY TO ASSAULT THEM.
>> NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT BEING
ATTACKED BECAUSE OF
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
>> Reporter: SO WE DID REACH
OUT TO SENATOR MIKE SHIRKY’S
OFFICE TO GET CLARITY ON WHY
NO MEMBERS OF HIS REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS FIND MERIT IN THIS.
STILL HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING
BACK.
BUT THIS STILL IS EARLY IN
ITS LIFESPAN.
IT WAS JUST INTRODUCED IT’S
NOW GONE TO A HEARING IT
STILL HAS TO GO TO
COMMITTEE.
BUT NOW IS THE TIME FOR
CONSTITUENTS TO REACH OUT TO
THEIR STATE REPS TO GIVE
THEIR OPINION ON THE MERITS
OF A BILL THAT WOULD PROTECT
THEIR EDUCATORS, KAREN.
>> RESIDENTS DEFINITELY HAVE
TO SPEAK UP ON THEIR
OPINIONS ON THIS ONE.
THANK YOU, PAULA.
APPRECIATE IT.
>>> THE C.D.C. WANTS YOU TO
CHECK YOUR FRIDGE FOR ONIONS
THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A
SALMONELLA OUTBREAK.
IT’S MAKING HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE SICK.
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED
TO LOOK OUT FOR.
WHAT CAUSED THIS EXPLOSION
IN A BUSY CITY THAT KILLED
THREE AND INJURED DOZENS
MORE.
>>> PLUS, WHAT SIMONE BILES
SAYS SHE WON’T BE DOING ON
TOUR WHEN SHE GETS READY TO
PERFORM HERE IN DETROIT THIS
WEEKEND.
WE ARE TRACKING WHAT’S