DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. ANOTHER DAY OF HIGH EMOTIONS ON THE CAMPUS OF
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
STUDENTS RETURN TO A CRIME SCENE
TO GET THEIR BELONGINGS TWO DAYS
AFTER THREE FELLOW SPARTANS WERE
SHOT AND KILLED. FIVE OTHERS
WERE CRITICALLY HURT. IT’S A
LIVE LOOK AT THE GROWING
MEMORIAL ON CAMPUS ABOUT FOUR
MILES AWAY DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE,
STUDENTS SAYING ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH. TOOK THEIR ANGER
STRAIGHT TO LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL. WE KEEP OUR FOCUS
ON THE VICTIMS BRIAN FRAZIER,
AERIAL ANDERSON AND ALEX VERNER.
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT ONE
STUDENT STILL FIGHTING FOR HER
LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US AT FIVE. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL DEVIN SCILLIAN
TEAM COVERAGE LIVE FROM EAST
LANSING HERE IN A MOMENT WE’RE
GOING TO START WITH TODAY’S MOST
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, FIVE
STUDENTS STILL ALL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AT SPARROW HOSPITAL.
VIGILS ARE SET FOR TONIGHT ON
THE CAMPUSES OF BOTH MICHIGAN
STATE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN TO PRAY FOR THOSE FIVE
AND REMEMBER THOSE THREE LIVES
THAT WERE LOST IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
STUDENTS WILL GATHER AT THE ROCK
AT MSU, AND IT’S SEVEN THE VIGIL
IN ANN ARBOR WILL BEGIN AT U OF
M’S DIAG TOMORROW MORNING AT 10.
POLICE AT MICHIGAN STATE WILL
UPDATE THE INVESTIGATION FOR US.
WE WILL CARRY THAT LIVE FOR YOUR
LOCAL 4 AND LOCAL 4 PLUS AND WE
GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY
WITH POLICE AND THE FBI TODAY AS
STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK. INTO
THE STUDENT UNION. THEY WERE
THERE TO PICK UP ANYTHING LEFT
BEHIND IN THAT PANIC AS THE
SHOOTER OPENED FIRE. SHAWN LEY
IS AT THE STUDENT UNION THERE ON
CAMPUS. ANOTHER TOUGH DAY, SEAN.
EXTREMELY TOUGH. I’LL NEVER
FORGET THE LOOK ON THE FACES OF
THOSE STUDENTS AS THEY EXITED
TODAY, THE STUDENT UNION LOOK,
THESE STUDENTS HAVE MORE THAN
100 OF THEM HAD TO RUN FROM THE
STUDENT UNION MONDAY NIGHT WHEN
THEY HEARD THOSE GUNSHOTS. TODAY
WAS THE FIRST CHANCE THEY HAD TO
WALK BACK THROUGH THOSE DOORS,
AS YOU SAY, TO RETRIEVE THE
THINGS THAT THEY DROPPED WHEN
THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED FOR MANY
IT WAS LIKE RELIVING THE TRAUMA
ALL OVER AGAIN. OTHERS MORE FBI
AGENTS. BUT THEY TALKED US OUT
IDENTIFY BETWEEN BACK INSIDE.
VERY HARD TO GO BACK. I MET ROB
TYSON, ANDREW AND BRYCE AS THEY
WALKED OUT OF THE STUDENT UNION
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MONDAY
, WHEN THEY WERE INSIDE, HEARD
SHOTS AND RAN FOR THEIR LIVES.
GOING BACK IN TODAY WAS
TRAUMATIC FEELS LIKE WE WERE
EATING THERE LIKE FIVE MINUTES
AGO, BUT TO GO BACK IN THERE IS
THAT SHELL SHOCKED NEXT. MY ONE
ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH THE FBI
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF
MICHIGAN, JIM TO ROSCA, WHO
DESCRIBES FOR US HOW THE FBI HAS
A TEAM INSIDE. TO HELP THIS
EXTREMELY HARD PROCESS OF
STUDENTS GOING BACK IN
THROUGHOUT THE UNION BUILDING.
THERE ARE LAPTOPS, PHONES,
BACKPACKS IN PLACE WHERE
STUDENTS WERE WORKING, SO WE
WILL GET EACH STUDENT IN THERE
TODAY. TO RECOVER THEIR ITEMS IN
THERE, RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT
THEM AND WILL PROVIDE THEM
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. IF THEY
WOULD LIKE IT. NOW I’LL TAKE YOU
INSIDE THE INVESTIGATION. THIS
PHOTO OF THE GUNMAN CAPTURED BY
NEW MSU CAMERAS PUT IN PLACE
AFTER THE BRENDAN SANTOS MISSING
GATES DURING THE SHOOTING SPREE
. AND THIS YOU INVESTIGATORS
RUSHED TO CHECK ALL OF THE
CAMERAS. LITERALLY GOING THROUGH
FRAME BY FRAME. MAKING USE OF
THE TIMES OF SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
AND THEY RECOGNIZE IT AS SOON AS
WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL
HAVE SOME POTENTIAL. IT WAS
RELEASED. IT WAS RELEASED. THE
POLICE CHIEF HERE AT MSU TELLS
ME ONCE IT WAS RELEASED
IMMEDIATELY. THEY GOT A CALL
FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THE PERSON
IN THAT PHOTO COULD BE FOUND ON
FOOT 4.5 MILES FROM CAMPUS.
POLICE STARTED TO CLOSE IN AND
FOUND HIS BODY DEAD OF A SELF
INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND DE’VEON
KIMBERLY AT SIX O’CLOCK AND
CONTINUE TO WORK ON SOURCES
TELLING US THAT TWO GUNS WERE
FOUND WITH THAT GUNMAN. WE ASKED
THE POLICE CHIEF HERE AND MESS
YOU ABOUT THAT AND ALSO ONE
STUDENT. WHEN THE SHERIFF STORY
WITH ME, HE SAYS HE HAD THE
SHELTER IN PLACE AT PARKLAND,
FLORIDA FIVE YEARS AGO. AND THEN
MONDAY NIGHT RUN FROM THE
GUNFIRE HERE. BACK TO YOU.
UNREAL ALRIGHT, SEAN, WE WILL
SEE YOU AGAIN AT SIX. MOST OF
THE STUDENTS AT MICHIGAN STATE
HAVE BEEN TRAINED, THOUGH, AS
KIND OF ALLUDING TO WHAT SEAN
JUST MENTIONED BEEN TRAINED
SINCE CHILDHOOD NOW ON HOW TO
HANDLE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATION, BUT THAT’S THE
REALITY THAT THEY SAY NEEDS TO
CHANGE. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS
TOOK THEIR FRUSTRATIONS TO THE
STATE CAPITAL IN LANSING,
DEMANDING LAWMAKERS DO SOMETHING
TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE.
GRANT HERMES IS LIVE AND GRANT.
THAT GROUP IS NOW WALKING TO THE
ROCK AHEAD OF THAT VIGIL.
KIMBERLY DEVIN, ALLOT OF THE
PEOPLE HERE WERE AT THAT RALLY
IN LANSING TODAY, RIGHT NOW IS A
MEMORIAL FOR THOSE THREE VICTIMS
OF MONDAY NIGHT’S SHOOTING.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
HERE FROM ACROSS ALL WALKS OF
CAMPUS LIFE. STUDENTS IN BAND
JACKETS COMING IN JERSEY IS
COMING IN ALL OF THEIR GREEN AND
WHITE GEAR. BUT TODAY THOSE
STUDENTS WHO MADE THEIR WAY TO
THE CAPITOL BUILDING FOR A SIT
DOWN PROTEST. TAKE A LISTEN TO
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY TO
LAWMAKERS. HUNDREDS OF MSU
STUDENTS RALLYING TODAY AT THE
STATE CAPITAL FOR A SIT DOWN
PROTEST, CALLING ON LAWMAKERS TO
SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND
GET TO WORK ON NEW GUN LAWS.
LISTEN TO US. WE ARE NOT
STATISTIC PARK. THIS HAS
HAPPENED FAR TOO MANY TIMES IN
OUR NATION. THIS IS THE LEAST I
COULD DO. AS SOMEBODY THAT’S NOT
IN ANY ORGANIZATIONS OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. I’M JUST ME A
STUDENT. I MISS YOU. I’M JUST
TIRED. SAFETY LAWS WERE A
PROMISED PRIORITY FOR THE NEW,
DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED
GOVERNMENT IN HER STATE OF THE
STATE GOVERNOR, GRETCHEN
WHITMER, PROMISING TO DO MORE
WITH UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
, SAFE STORAGE LAWS AND SO
CALLED RED FLAG LAWS, WHICH HAVE
BEEN SHOWN TO WORK IN EVEN
DEEPLY REPUBLICAN STATES. BUT WE
MUST DO MORE. SO THE WORLD OUR
KIDS INHERENT IS NOT MORE
VIOLENT THAN THE ONE WE INHABIT
. NOW THE RALLY WAS EMOTIONAL,
MANY STUDENTS IN TEARS, HUGGING
ONE ANOTHER, MANY SAYING THEY
WERE ANGRY AND EXHAUSTED, AND
THEY HAD A MESSAGE FOR LAWMAKERS
BE PREPARED TO BE, UM. POST TUNE
AND BE PREPARED TO LOSE, YOU
WILL BE REMOVED OR YOU WILL NOT
HAVE YOUR OFFICE NEXT ELECTION
ARISES. WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT.
NOW A FEW OF THE HARDEST MOMENTS
DURING THAT REALLY ACTUALLY CAME
FROM NEARBY CONSTRUCTION, WHERE
THERE WERE LOUD POPPING NOISES
THAT SENT A LOT OF SHOCK AND A
LOT OF FEAR THROUGH THE CREVICE
WILLIS SIRENS THAT WENT BY YOU
COULD SEE THE MOOD REALLY
CHANGED AS THAT AMBULANCE DROVE
BY, OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SOMETHING
ELSE IN LANSING TODAY. NOW THIS
CROWD THAT’S HERE BEHIND ME
NETWORK STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF WALKING TO THE ROCK HERE IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES AND WE’LL BE
WALKING WITH THEM BACK WITH YOU
AT SIX O’CLOCK BACK TO YOU
PASSIONATE STUDENTS, AND
UNDERSTANDABLY SO GREATLY
APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT TONIGHT.
THIS IS GUADALUPE. WHAT? PIA
PEREZ, ONE OF THE FIVE STUDENTS
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE
SHOOTING, HER FAMILY SAYS SHE’S
A HOSPITALITY BUSINESS MAJOR
JUNIOR WITH A LONG ROAD OF
RECOVERY AHEAD OF HER.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LIVE AT
SPARROW HOSPITAL WITH AN UPDATE
ON THE VICTIM’S JACQUELINE.
DE’VEON ALL FIVE OF THE VICTIMS
REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT
SPARROW HOSPITAL. AT THIS TIME,
THE UNIVERSITY IS CHOOSING NOT
TO RELEASE THEIR NAMES, BUT ONE
FAMILY IS COMING FORWARD,
IDENTIFYING THEIR LOVED ONE WITH
A GO FUND ME CAMPAIGN. THIS IS
GUADALUPE WA PIA PEREZ. SHE IS
ONE OF THE FIVE MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES AFTER BEING SHOT
MONDAY NIGHT IN THE GO FUND ME
CAMPAIGN CREATED BY HER OLDER
SISTER, IT SAYS GUADALUPE OR
LUPE IS A JUNIOR STUDYING
HOSPITALITY BUSINESS AND IS PART
OF THE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE
ASSISTANCE MIGRANT PROGRAM. HER
FAMILY IMMEDIATELY CAME TO EAST
LANSING FROM THEIR HOME IN SOUTH
FLORIDA TO BE BY LUPE SIDE AFTER
THE SHOOTING WHEN IT COMES TO
HER CONDITION, HER SISTER WRITES
, QUOTE. SHE IS A LONG WAY FROM
RETURNING TO US AS SHE WAS.
DOCTORS TELL US THAT EVEN IN
IMPROVING CONDITIONS, THE
PROCESS FOR A FULL RECOVERY WILL
TAKE MONTHS OF CARE AND
SUBSEQUENT REHABILITATION. THE
FAMILY STARTED THE GO FUND ME TO
HELP WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES.
THEIR GOAL OF $50,000 WAS FOR
EXCEEDED IN A MATTER OF HOURS AS
THE SPARTAN NATION AND WORLD
WRAPS THEIR ARMS AROUND LUPE AND
HER FAMILY. THE UNIVERSITY PUT
OUT A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY
INFORMING THE PUBLIC THEY WILL
NOT BE RELEASING OR CONFIRMING
THE NAMES OF THE HOSPITALIST
STUDENTS AT THIS TIME. OUT OF
RESPECT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AT
LAST CHECK THAT GO FUND ME FOR
GUADELOUPE IS FAMILY HAS RAISED
MORE THAN $260,000. THAT’S MORE
THAN FIVE TIMES THE GOAL THEY
SET OUT FOR YESTERDAY. WE PUT A
LINK TO THAT GOLF ON ME AND OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM
REPORTING LIVE IN LANSING,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4 A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT REALLY
NOT SURPRISING, GIVEN THE
OUTPOURING THAT WE’VE SEEN, ALL
RIGHT, JACQUELINE, OUR COVERAGE
OF THE SHOOTING WILL CONTINUE
HERE OVER THE NEXT 90 MINUTES OF
NEWS 30 OR CHRISTIE MACDONALD.
REPORTS FROM INSIDE THE STATE
CAPITOL IS LAWMAKERS PROMISED
CHANGES. IS COMING AFTER THIS
SHOOTING, AND IT’S SIX A NEW
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTER’S
PAST. ALRIGHT A LOCAL 4 UPDATE
NOW A WOMAN WANTED FOR A HIT AND
RUN CRASH THAT KILLED THE
MICHIGAN STATE STUDENT AGREES TO
RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.
POLICE SAY TOOK HIM SUE HOUSING
HIT 22 YEAR OLD BENJAMIN CABLE
ON NEW YEAR’S DAY IN OAKLAND
TOWNSHIP AND THEN DROVE OFF.
POLICE SAY DAYS LATER, SHE FLEW
TO THAILAND ON A ONE WAY TICKET
WILL HOUSE AND NOW SAYS SHE
PLANS TO RETURN HOME TO THE US
TO FACE CHARGES AND IS EXPECTED
TO BE BACK BY SUNDAY. SAD NEWS
FROM THE WORLD OF HOLLYWOOD
TODAY. RAQUEL WELCH, VETERAN
ACTRESS WITH MORE THAN 70, FILM
AND TV CREDITS, HAS PASSED AWAY.
HER MANAGER SAYS SHE DIED IN LOS
ANGELES THIS MORNING AFTER A
BRIEF ILLNESS. WELCH WAS 82. IN
A VERY WINDY DAY ACROSS METRO
DETROIT. WE’VE GOT VIDEO OF
DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE
LIMBS IN ROYAL OAK. IN FACT,
WE’VE CHECKED RECENTLY 37,000 DT
CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER DUE TO
HIGH WINDS. FOREWARNED
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS IS
TRACKING THE WIND AND ANOTHER
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER ON THE WAY
TO KIM. THAT’S RIGHT. AND HERE’S
HOW THOSE POWER OUTAGES BREAK
DOWN. THE MAJORITY OF POWER
OUTAGES ARE WHERE YOU SEE IN
YELLOW, WHICH IS WAYNE COUNTY.
IF YOU LOOK UP HERE THAT’S
AROUND 20 TO 25,000 PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER, AND THEN THE
TURQUOISE OR LIGHTER BLUE
INDICATES AREAS WHERE IT’S ABOUT
5 TO 7000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER
IN EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES, AND
HERE’S THE REASON WHY AND
ESPECIALLY WHY, UH, WAYNE COUNTY
HAS SEEN MORE POWER OUTAGES NOT
JUST BECAUSE IT’S A DENSER
POPULATION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE
WINDS HAVE BEEN HIGHEST IN WAYNE
COUNTY, 43 MPH AUGUST. STILL AT
THIS HOUR, EVEN THOUGH WE’RE NO
LONGER UNDER A WIND ADVISORY, IT
IS STILL REALLY GUSTY OUT THERE
WITH WIND GUSTS AT METRO AT 40
MPH EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, WE
HAD A REPORTED 60 MILE PER HOUR
WIND GUSTS AT METRO AIRPORT SO
AGAIN, THAT EXPLAINS WHY WAYNE
COUNTY HAS THE HIGHER
CONCENTRATION OF POWER OUTAGES,
BUT HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN
PREVALENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
STATE OF MICHIGAN. NEXT WE HAVE
A SEVERE WEATHER RISK DOWN TO
OUR SOUTH. IT’S NOT GOING TO
IMPACT METRO DETROIT AS FAR AS
THUNDERSTORMS, BUT WE GO UNDER A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TOMORROW
FOR LIVINGSTON, OAKLAND AND
MACOMB COUNTIES, AS WE EXPECT
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING TOMORROW,