LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. DOESN’T REALLY MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE. IF YOU’RE IN METRO
DETROIT, RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE
TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO STAY
COOL, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
GOOD TO BE WITH US. AT SIX. THE
RECORD WAS 95 DEGREES. WE’VE
BEEN JUST A TICK UNDER THAT
PRETTY MUCH ALL AFTERNOON
KICKOFF OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT
WITH ANDREW AND WIN, THOSE
TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY START
TO COOL OFF TONIGHT. WELL, I
GUESS WHAT? WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY
RELIEF AS WE GO THROUGH THE
NIGHT. SO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO
STAY COOL AND COMFORTABLE. WATER
IS THE BEST THING TO DRINK. MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR LIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHES. IF YOU HAVE ANY
EVENING PLANS, AND YOU’RE STILL
HEADED OUT BECAUSE THAT REMAINS
STIFLING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
EVENING. I MEAN, WE HAVE
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE STILL IN
THE NINETIES EVEN AS THE SUN IS
SETTING, AND IT REMAINS THAT WAY
AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EVENING AND EVEN OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. CURRENTLY WE’RE LOOKING
AT TEMPERATURES, MOSTLY IN THE
NINETIES. WE’RE LOOKING AT
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO BE IN THE NINETIES FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
CURRENTLY AS YOU LOOK OUTSIDE,
RIGHT NOW, WE’VE GOT
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW NINETIES
OVER AT METRO AIRPORT. BUT IT
FEELS EVEN HOTTER THAN THAT. YOU
CAN JUST SEE THAT HUMIDITY IN
THE ATMOSPHERE. CAN’T YOU WERE
LOOKING AT 93 CURRENTLY, BUT IT
FEELS LIKE 101 AND THAT WIND IS
STILL PUMPING IN THAT HOT AIR
AND THAT MUGGY AIR IT FEELS LIKE
ONE OH, FIVE. STILL IN MOUNT
CLEMENS. IT’S BEEN THAT WAY
SINCE YOU JOINED US FIRST AT
FOUR. NEARLY TRIPLE DIGITS.
FATHER TO OUR NORTH FEELS LIKE
102 IN MONROE, ONE ON ONE AGAIN
OVER AT METRO AIRPORT AND
DEWPOINTS TELL THE TALE OF HOW
HUMID IT IS WHEN YOU SEE
DEWPOINTS LIKE THIS IN THE
SIXTIES AND LOW SEVENTIES, IT IS
DOWNRIGHT TROPICAL AND NOTICE.
THIS IS A COMPUTER MODEL.
FORECASTING NOT TEMPERATURES,
BUT ACTUALLY DO POINT
TEMPERATURES IN THE FUTURE. BY
11 O’CLOCK TONIGHT, WE WILL
STILL BE MUGGY, SAME THING
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SO
THOSE KEEP COOL TIPS THAT WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT MOMENTS AGO.
KEEP THOSE IN THE PLAN FOR THIS
EVENING, AND EVEN OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT WE’LL TALK ABOUT MORE
RELIEF AS EARLY AS TOMORROW
AFTERNOON COMING UP. CARD ANDREW
RIGHT NOW COOLING CENTERS ARE
OPEN IN SEVERAL CITIES THAT
INCLUDES DETROIT. DEARBORN,
WARREN, WESTLAND, CANTON,
FARMINGTON HILLS. SEVERAL
SCHOOLS CANCELED CLASSES TODAY
THEY SHOULD REOPEN TOMORROW. THE
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY
DISTRICT, LETTING STUDENTS OUT
THREE HOURS EARLY. TOMORROW AND
FRIDAY AS WELL. BEST THING TO DO
IN THIS HEAT, OF COURSE, IS IF
YOU CAN IS STAY INSIDE WITH THE
AIR CONDITIONING FOR A LOT OF
WORKERS. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION
CONSTRUCTION SEASON IN FULL
SWING. THE WORK CONTINUES
DESPITE THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES
MAKING WOODS LIVE THIS EVENING
IN DEARBORN WITH WAYS SOME
WORKERS ARE STAYING COOL, AND
THAT’S A TOUGH TASK. MEGAN VERY
TOUGH. WE’RE HERE ON TELEGRAPH
IN DEARBORN, WHERE YOU CAN SEE
IN DOT CREWS ARE ALREADY
BUILDING A NEW CURB AND GUTTER
AND THEY SAY THEY ARE ON A
DEADLINE, WHICH MEANS IN EXTREME
HEAT, THE WORK DOESN’T STOP. IT
JUST GETS HARDER. DAYS LIKE THIS
ARE ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING THEIR
CHALLENGING ON THE CRUISE
CHALLENGING ON THE PROJECT AS A
WHOLE IS GUYS ARE NO STRANGER TO
WORKING IN THE SUMMER SUN. BUT
IT’S THE EXCESSIVE HEAT THAT
TAKES WORKING CONDITIONS TO THE
NEXT DEGREE. CONCRETE THAT’S
COMING OUT OF THAT TRUCK IS
ACTUALLY GIVING OFF HEAT AS IT
BEGAN ITS CURING PROCESS, SO
EVEN STANDING NEXT TO IT AND
STANDING NEXT TO A MACHINE THAT
IS RUNNING ON AN ENGINE. CAN BE
HARDER THAN WORKING, JUST
STANDING IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT, THE
HOTTER THE CONDITIONS FASTER
CREWS HAVE TO WORK. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTORS
PLACING CURING COMPOUND ON THIS
NEWLY FORMED CURB. AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE SUN IS
WANTING TO EVAPORATE THE WATER
OUT OF THIS CONCRETE AT A MUCH
FASTER RATE ON A HOT DAY LIKE
TODAY, AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT
THE MATERIALS THEY USE. JUST GOT
WORD THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST
CONCRETE TRUCK FOR TODAY. GIVEN
THAT THE TEMPERATURES ARE
GETTING SO HIGH, WE’RE ACTUALLY
RUNNING THE RISK OF EXCEEDING
THE LIMIT OF THE CONCRETE
TEMPERATURE THAT WE ALLOWED TO
BE PLACED TO GET THEIR JOB DONE.
KEEPING COOL HAS TO BE A TEAM
EFFORT. WE’RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS
TO TAKE OVER FOR ONE ANOTHER.
TAKE A BREAK. DRINK SOME WATER
GETTING THE SHADE GET A CHANCE
TO COME BACK REFRESHED. AND WITH
THE TEMPERATURES, NOT REALLY
DROPPING TONIGHT. THE CONCERN IS
THAT THESE CREWS WON’T BE ABLE
TO FINISH THE CONCRETE WORK THEY
HAD PLANNED FOR LATER THIS WEEK.
LIVE IN DEARBORN. I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4 SURE. APPRECIATE
THEIR HARD WORK AND YOURS AS
WELL. THANK YOU, MEGAN. ANY WHO
LIVE IN THE AREA SAY IT WAS
WORTH LONG OVERDUE, HOWEVER,
CONSTRUCTION IT GRATIOT AND
UTICA ROAD IN ROSEVILLE HAS
CREATED AN UNINTENDED SAFETY
HAZARD. SHAWN LEY LIVE AT THAT
INTERSECTION. WITH MORE ON THE
PROBLEM THERE, SEAN. DE’VEON LET
ME SHOW YOU THESE NEW BUMP OUTS
HERE BECAUSE M DOT HAD TO BECOME
A D A COMPLAINT. AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT COMPLY, BUT IF
YOU LOOK HERE, THOSE ARE TIRED
THREADS HERE FROM TRACTOR
TRAILERS DRYING, DRY DRUNK
DRIVING UP AND OVER THE
SIDEWALKS. MANY OF THEM ARE NOW
UNABLE TO MAKE THIS TIGHT TURN.
I TOLD EM DOT I GO. THIS IS THIS
IS INEVITABLE. SOMEONE WILL BE
KILLED OUT HERE. EDWARD STRAWS
HAS A FRONT ROW SEAT TO A
ROOSEVELT SAFETY PROBLEMS
BECAUSE IT’S A DANGEROUS
SITUATION. STRAUSS OWNS THE
GUNS. OH ART GALLERY ON GRATIOT
AT UTICA ROAD IN ROSEVILLE,
WHERE M DOT SPENT $65 MILLION TO
IMPROVE GRATIOT IMPROVE TRAFFIC
FLOW AND BUILD NEW CORNERS TO
BECOME 88 COMPLIANCE. ONE OF
THOSE NEW CORNERS IS RIGHT IN
FRONT OF STRAUSS’S GALLERY. I
LOVE IT. I MEAN, IT GIVES US
OURS MORE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
CREATIVE OUT HERE ON FRIDAY
NIGHTS, WE COME OUT HERE AND I
BRING ART SUPPLIES OUT FOR THE
LOCALS THEY USED FOR FREE. AND
I’M WORRYING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY
NOW IS DOORBELL CAMERA SHOWS YOU
THAT SAFETY CONCERN LARGER
CORNERS MEANS A TIGHTER TURN FOR
TRACTOR TRAILERS THAT MUST COME
UP AND OVER THOSE NEW CORNER
SIDEWALKS. WE PUT DRONE FOR IT
BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE. WHERE I’M
STANDING IS WHERE THE CURB ONCE
WAS. NOW IT’S BEEN EXTENDED ALL
THE WAY OUT THAT WAY, AND YOU
CAN SEE THE TIRE TREADS. THOSE
ARE FROM TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE
JUST UNABLE TO MAKE THIS TURN IS
SOUNDING THE ALARM ON THIS
SAFETY ISSUE. THIS NEEDS TO BE A
NO TURN FOR TRUCKS. THERE’S
PLENTY OF OTHER WAYS THAT THEY
CAN ACCESS THIS AREA. GO DOWN.
12 MILES, THE UNICORN ROAD. YOU
KNOW, THIS JUST ISN’T GOING TO
BE SAFE. BACK HERE LIVE NOW. WE
BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE
ATTENTION OF TODAY. LOOKING FOR
SOLUTIONS. THEY TELL US TRUCK
TRAFFIC SHOULD NOT BE MAKING
THIS TURN HERE. THEY WANT TRUCKS
TO GO ON 12 MILE ROAD TO ACCESS
UNICA ROAD AND SAY THEY’RE NOW
PREPARING SIGNS TO PUT UP HERE,
SAYING SEMIS ARE PROHIBITED OR
LIVE IN ROSEVILLE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4 BACK TO YOU
WATCHING. ALL RIGHT, SEAN.
PERSON IS DEAD TONIGHT AFTER AN
AFTERNOON CRASH INVOLVING A SEMI
TRUCK ON I 75 HAPPENED IN THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES AT SHAFFER
STATE. POLICE SAY A GRAVEL
HALLER HIT A PICKUP TRUCK THAT
THEN HIT A SEMI CRASH CAUSED THE
SEMIS TRAILER TO COME UNDONE AND
THEN FALL ONTO A CHARGER THAT
WAS ON THE SHOULDER UNTIL THE
PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER DIED. THE
DRIVER OF THE CHARGER SUFFERED A
MINOR INJURY FIREWORKS IN WAR ON
DURING THE SCHEDULED SENTENCING
FOR THE MAN CONVICTED OF
MURDERING A SIX YEAR OLD TO
ADULTS. NICHOLAS BURRY WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF 15 CHARGES IN THE
TRIPLE MURDER CASE THAT DATES
BACK TO 2020. TODAY’S HEARING
WAS ADJOURNED DUE TO BARI,
HAVING COVID AND WANTING TO BE
IN THE COURTROOM IN PERSON.
WELL, THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM FOR
GOING ON AN OUTBURST. VICTOR
WILLIAMS JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE
FROM A BIZARRE DAY IN COURT TO
SAY THE LEAST, VICTOR YES,
BIZARRE INDEED, KAREN. WE KNOW
THAT NICHOLAS BARRY ONCE
SUPPOSED TO BE SENTENCED TODAY,
BUT JUST LIKE YOU EXPLAINED THAT
DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE HE WANTED
TO ACTUALLY BE THERE IN THE
COURTROOM. REGARDLESS THINGS
STILL HAPPENED AT HER STANDING
OUT. DOWN AND STOPPED TO THE
POINT WHEN, AFTER BEING FOUND
GUILTY ON ALL 15 CHARGES AND
UNEXPECTED OUTBURSTS FROM
NICHOLAS BARRY. AT HIS
SENTENCING LEADS TO FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS WALKING
OUT OF THE COURTROOM AND YOU, MY
DRIVER, SO THAT’S WHAT THIS
HAPPENED. WHAT HAPPENED? LOVED
ONES OF TOOK OHIO MORE. HIS
FIANCEE, IRIS REMSEN. AND SIX
YEAR OLD SON TIRE IS MORE. IT’S
LIKE THE WOUNDS WERE REOPENED AS
BARRY INSISTED HE HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE TRIPLE HOMICIDE
KILLED HIM RIGHT AWAY. YOU
SHOULD HAVE, SAID TROUT. SIX
JUDGE, HOWEVER, HAD ENOUGH JOB,
MR BARRY, STOP TALKING. BARRY’S
ATTORNEY HIMSELF, TRIED
EVERYTHING TO GET OUT OF THE
SITUATION, CLAIMING THE 39 YEAR
OLD WAS FILING A MOTION FOR A
WHOLE NEW TRIAL WITHOUT HIM TO
WITHDRAW FROM EUROPE. YOU ARE
GOING TO BE HERE FOR SENTENCING,
BUT AFTER IT WAS SET UP PUBLIC
DEFENDER WOULD NOW BE BROUGHT IN
TO REPRESENT BARRY. HE WAS BACK
AT IT AGAIN FOOTAGE THAT I AM
NOT SHOOTING IN MY EAR ABOUT YOU
DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOU LET
YOUR ATTORNEY ARGUE YOU CAN
ARGUE YOUR MOTION. WHEN I HERE
YOU GO. AND BARRY IS DUE BACK IN
COURT ON JUNE 29. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL FORUM SO HARD FOR
THAT FAMILY TO HEAR THAT VICTOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DETROIT MAN
CONVICTED IN THE 2020 MURDER OF
A WELL KNOWN HAIRSTYLIST 27 YEAR
OLD JIMMY PICKET WAS CHARGED
WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE
DEATH OF 56 YEAR OLD BASHAR
CALIBAN. IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY
11TH 2020 2020, I SHOULD SAY AT
THE JAYS MOTEL ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE, PROSECUTORS SAY, PICK IT
ENTERED CALIBRATES ROOM, KILLED
HIM AND ROBBED HIM. MEDICAL
EXAMINER SAYS CALIBER DIED DUE
TO BLUNT FORCE HEAD TRAUMA
PICKET FACES LIFE IN PRISON
SENTENCING IS SET FOR JULY 13TH
THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER
CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER
SHOOTING PATRICK LATOYA IS
OFFICIALLY OFF THE JOB.
CHRISTOPHER SCHURR WAIVED HIS
RIGHT TO A HEARING AND WAS
DISMISSED, EFFECTIVE LAST FRIDAY
SURE WAS A GRAND RAPIDS OFFICER
FOR SEVEN YEARS. HIS DISMISSAL
WAS RECOMMENDED BY POLICE CHIEF
ERIC WINCED, REM AFTER A SECOND
DEGREE MURDER CHARGE WAS FILED
THURSDAY SURE HAD BEEN ON LEAVE
WHILE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED
THE SHOOTING, AND PROSECUTOR
CHRIS BECKER DECIDED WHETHER TO
PURSUE CHARGES LATEST NOW ON THE
CORONAVIRUS. THE FDA ADVISORY
COMMITTEE VOTES IN FAVOR OF
RECOMMENDING EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FIGHTER
AND MODERNA VACCINES FOR
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE
THAT AGE GROUP HAS BEEN THE ONLY
POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO ANY
VACCINE RIGHT NOW, IF ALL THE
REGULATORY STEPS ARE CLEARED,
SHOTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE
STARTING NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE DR
ANTHONY FAUCI REVEALED HE HAS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. FAUCI
IS FULLY VACCINATED. HE’S BEEN
BOOSTED TWICE HERE AT HOME, THE
STATE REPORTING MORE THAN 15,000
NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS OVER THE
PAST WEEK. WE ALSO SAW 137 MORE