ALONG FISHER HERE ARE ASKING FOR HELP. COMING UP HERE AT ONE STORE OWNER HAD TO SAY. WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN? THIS
MOTHER LOST HER 19 YEAR OLD SON
. MY SON’S MY SISTER WILL NO
LONGER THE SAME MORE TEAMS
GETTING SHOT THAN EVER BEFORE
THREE HOMICIDE VICTIMS IN 2023
OR BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 17
. WE GO ONE ON ONE WITH
DETROIT’S TOP COP LOOKING FOR
SOLUTIONS. THIS IS BEYOND A
POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO FAR THIS
YEAR IN THE CITY OF DETROIT,
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE MURDER
VICTIMS AND FIVE NON FATAL
SHOOTING VICTIMS, ALL BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 13 AND 17 18 VICTIMS
OF GUN VIOLENCE. THERE ARE ALSO
TEEN OFFENDERS AS WELL. ONE TEEN
IDENTIFIED AS A SHOOTING SUSPECT
IN THREE TEENS ACCUSED OF
CARJACKING, SPEND TIME TALKING
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VICTIMS
, FAMILIES AND THEY TELL ME
WHILE THIS ISSUE MAY NOT AFFECT
YOU TODAY, IT VERY WELL COULD
AFFECT YOU TOMORROW OR AFFECT
SOMEONE YOU LOVE. I THINK IT’S
VERY SENSELESS, VERY SELFISH,
VERY STUBBORN. FIRST I WANT TO
TAKE SOMEONE’S LIFE. EARLY IN.
GRIFFIN’S DAUGHTER, NATASHA
BOULWARE WAS SHOT AND KILLED
FOUR MONTHS AGO MENTORSHIP
PROGRAMS AND SHE WAS HELPING THE
OTHER KIDS AND SHE WILL HELP ME
FEED THE HUNGRY PEOPLE. GO WITH
A FRIEND NEAR LODWICK NEAR EAST
WARREN IN A CAR DELIVERING FOOD
BACK ON SEPTEMBER 20TH WHEN A
CHRYSLER 300 PULLED UP AND
STARTED SHOOTING. THE 19 YEAR
OLD WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES AND I’M
SURE IN THE MONTHS PASSED,
YOU’VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
OUT OF SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T
MAKE SENSE OF. WHAT TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT STRUGGLE.
THERE’S SOME MOMENT BY MOMENT
STRUGGLED ONLY 19. YES BUT IT
NEEDS TO STOP. BUT WHEN I LOOK
AT US, WHICH IS WHAT I LOSE
SLEEP OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY. I
AM SEEING SOME CONCERNING
NUMBERS, UM, WITH HOMICIDES WITH
JUVENILES DOWN WITH DETROIT
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE TO TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF
TEENS AND GUNS. OFFENDERS WENT
FROM 37 OFFENDERS IN 2021 TO 51
OFFENDERS WERE 38% INCREASE. THE
YEAR STARTED WITH A DEADLY NEW
YEAR’S EVE SHOOTING AT A HOTEL
PARTY AT THE HAWTHORNE SUITES IN
DETROIT, 15 YEAR OLD SHOT AND
ANOTHER 15 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF
OPENING FIRE 15 YEARS OLD AS
WELL, AND SO HIS LIFE IS OVER.
HE’S GOING TO BE CHARGED AS AN
ADULT. WHILE MORE TEENS ARE THE
OFFENDERS WITH GUNS ALSO MORE
TEEN VICTIMS. BUT THEN YOU LOOK
AT 2022. 2020 TO 50% UPTICK IN
VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE FOR
JUVENILES, 100 AND 30% UPTICK
AND OFFENDERS OF HOMICIDE FOR
JUVENILES. SO WE WENT FROM 10 TO
23. WOW YOU YOU LOOK AT OUR
NONFATAL SHOOTING. UH VICTIMS
25% UPTAKE. YOU LOOK AT OUR
NONFATAL SHOOTING OFFENDERS AT
33% UPTICK. EDMUND BUTLER WAS
ONLY 17 WHEN HE WAS FOUND SHOT
TO DEATH IN HIS CAR LAST JULY
AND SOUTHWEST DETROIT YOUNG,
TOO. HIS 17 YEAR OLD BEST FRIEND
, BROOKS ADMITTED TO DETECTIVES
ON VIDEO. HE WAS THE ONE WHO
SHOT AND KILLED EDMUND, THIS IS
THE DONNED A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A CULTURE THAT NEEDS TO
CHANGE. YOU CAN’T JUST BE THE
POLICE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT HAS TO
BE IN THE POLICE AND THOSE ANTS
INCLUDE OTHERS. OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS, SO MANY OF OUR
KIDS ARE MAKING IMPULSE. QUICK
DECISIONS THAT ARE DRIVING THEM
OR DRIVING THEM THE BAD THINGS
AND IT’S FOLLOWING THEM FOR THE
REST OF THEIR LIVES. THE CHIEF
SAYS MORE TALK AND ATTENTION
MUST START GOING TO THE VICTIMS.
WE DON’T TALK ABOUT VICTIMS. WE
TALKED MORE ABOUT PERPETRATORS.
THEN WE TALK ABOUT VICTIMS.
VICTIMS LIKE 19 YEAR OLD NATASHA
BOULWARE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE
IT STOP? I THINK IT STARTS AT
HOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS OUT HERE
WITH THE GUNS, UM, SHOWING MORE
LOVE TO YOUR KIDS, AND SO THEY
WON’T SEEKING OTHER PLACES AND
DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO
GET THE ATTENTION THAT THEY
WANT, AND EARLENE SAYS THERE ARE
OTHERS TO REMEMBER VICTIMS
FAMILIES, FAMILIES LIKE BROKEN
FROM MYSELF TO MY MOTHER TO MY
HER OTHER GRANDMOTHER, MY OTHER
SON, MY SON’S, UM MY SISTER WILL
NO LONGER THE SAME. IT’S LIKE A
PIECE OF PUZZLE THAT DIDN’T COME
IN A BOX AND YOU CAN NEVER PUT
THE PUZZLE BACK TOGETHER. SO
MANY VICTIMS FAMILIES OUT THERE
REPORTING ON THIS CONTINUES
TOMORROW MORNING AT 6 30 AS WE
HAD TO THE INSTITUTE FOR
FIREARMS SAFETY PROTECTION AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
WE’RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK
TO EXPERTS ABOUT ACCESS TO GUNS
AND ALSO HOW TO BETTER PROTECT
YOUR FAMILY. IT’S REALLY
FRIGHTENING WHEN YOU DO TALK TO
PARENTS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEIR
GUNS ARE STORED SAFELY, AND THEN
YOU TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN, AND
THEY CAN EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHERE
THE GUNS ARE HID OR HOW THEY CAN
USE THEM. AND WHEN THEY WERE
ASKED, THEY SAID, OH, I COULDN’T
GET TO THAT GUN IN 15 MINUTES,
PARENTS FELT LIKE THEY HAD KEPT
IT SAFE. SO SCARY ABOUT THAT
TOMORROW MORNING, AND I KNOW THE
CHIEF HAD A LOT OF INSIGHT ON
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WAS
THERE ANYTHING ELSE? HE SAID.
THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO YOU?
YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A BIG
TOPIC, AND OBVIOUSLY THE CHIEF
IS REALLY FRUSTRATED NOT ONLY
ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA,
BUT THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY
BY THESE PLATFORMS WHO ALLOW
HATE SPEECH AND BULLYING, WHICH
MANY TIMES RESULTS IN THESE
SHOOTINGS. HE’S HOPING FOR A
BETTER RESPONSIBILITY AND
CRACKDOWN ON THAT, OF COURSE,