LIE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. AND IT STARTS WITH THE WEATHER AND
LIVE PICTURES FROM OUR DOWNTOWN
SKY. CAM LOOKS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT
NOW ON FRIDAY, BUT GET READY
BECAUSE WE’RE IN FOR A STEAMY,
SWEATY WEEKEND, AND BEFORE THAT
SOME SPOTS ARE DEALING WITH A
LITTLE RAIN AND A FEW STORMS AND
WE KNOW THERE ARE A TON OF
OUTDOOR EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AS
WELL. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT
SOME SPOTS ARE DEALING WITH SOME
RAIN. SO LET’S GET OVER TO BRIAN
SHERMAN WITH YOUR FORECAST. I’M
BRIAN. GOOD MORNING OR GOOD.
GOOD MORNING FOR ME ALL DAY
HERE. GOOD EVENING, KIMBERLY AND
JASON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, SO SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOWING UP
HERE IN STORM TRACKER 4 THEY’RE
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN ONE TO THE
NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN TO THE
WEST OF WARREN, ANOTHER ONE TO
THE WEST OF ANN ARBOR. PRETTY
MUCH RIGHT AROUND AND JUST SOUTH
OF I 94 VERY SLOWLY MOVING OFF
TO THE EAST. WE ARE SEEING SOME
LIGHTNING WITH IT. NOTHING
SEVERE. BUT IF YOU DO GET UNDER
ONE OF THESE, YOU COULD SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL ONCE WE HIT DAYTIME
HEALING. AFTER ABOUT 1 32
O’CLOCK, THESE THUNDERSTORMS
VERY SLOWLY STARTED TO POP, AND
THEY’RE REALLY NOT MOVING
ANYWHERE ANYTIME FAST. BUT ONCE
WE LOSE DAYTIME HEATING 89
O’CLOCK TONIGHT. WE WILL SEE
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WIND DOWN
MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
INTO THE LOW TO MID EIGHTIES.
BUT ONCE YOU FACTOR IN THAT
HUMAN HUMIDITY, HEAT INDEX
VALUES FEELING MUCH WORSE THAN
THAT IS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING. WE’RE INTO THE
SEVENTIES BY MIDNIGHT. MORE FOG
POSSIBLE TONIGHT BEFORE WE’RE
INTO THE NINETIES, STARTING
TOMORROW, MUCH MORE ON THAT IN
OUR WEEKEND STORMS COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. JASON AND
KIMBERLY ALL RIGHT, BRIAN.
APPRECIATE IT ARE THE TOP STORY
HERE AT FIVE. A MOTHER HAS BEEN
CHARGED NOW WITH HELPING HER SON
AFTER HE ESCAPED POLICE CUSTODY
IN EAST POINT. DEVANTE SEAN
MOORE AND HIS MOTHER WERE
ARRAIGNED TODAY AFTER POLICE
ARRESTED THEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND
BRIGHTEN GRANT HERMES IS IN EAST
POINT TONIGHT. GRANT. HE’S NOW
BASICALLY SLEW OF CHARGES.
KIMBERLY JASON IN A LONG LIST OF
CHARGES TO GO ALONG WITH AN
ALREADY LENGTHY CRIMINAL
HISTORY, HIS LAWYER SAYING TODAY
THAT WHEN POLICE PICKED HIM UP,
HE WAS ACTUALLY ON HIS WAY TO
TURN HIMSELF IN. 18 YEAR OLD
DEVONTAE TO SEAN MORE IN COURT
AFTER HE ESCAPED FROM POLICE
EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER BEING
HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN THE
TRANSPORT VAN ON HIS WAY TO
TRIAL, MORE CHARGED WITH ADDED
COUNTS IN THE 38TH DISTRICT
COURT IN MACOMB COUNTY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. HIS MOTHER, TAMEKA
SHEPHERD, AND ANOTHER WOMAN,
LASHAWN WHITE, ALONGSIDE HIM,
SHEPHERD IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING
THE CAR WHERE MORE WAS FOUND IN
THE BACK SEAT ON THE FLOOR
BOARDS COVERED IN CLOSE, WHITE
IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A PASSENGER
MORE PLEADING NOT GUILTY DURING
THE HEARING MORE STAYED SILENT,
LETTING HIS LAWYER DO THE
TALKING 18 YEARS OLD. HE’S MADE
SOME POOR DECISIONS IN THIS LIFE
THAT IS REALLY LET HIM TO
POTENTIALLY LOSING OUT ON A
VERY, VERY BIG OPPORTUNITY. UM
JUDGE HE WAS AT ONE POINT
OFFERED SOME, UM, AN OFFER TO
PLAY FOOTBALL AT CENTRAL
MICHIGAN OR WESTERN MICHIGAN.
BUT HE SEES THESE OPPORTUNITIES
SLIPPING AWAY BECAUSE OF POOR
DECISIONS. HE’S MADE THE JUDGE
HEARING THE PLEA, BUT GIVEN MORE
SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE, THE LAST TIME
HE SET A STEEP BOND DATES FOR
HIM, AND HE DOESN’T SHOW UP,
FINALLY DOES SHOW UP. TRIES TO
ESCAPE. THE ONLY WAY I’M GOING
TO ENSURE THAT HE COMES TO
COURT. $700,000 CASH, RAYVON. I
DON’T KNOW HOW ELSE TO GET HIM
TO COURT AFTER HIS BOND WAS SET
MORE SEEN MOUTHING TO SOMEONE IN
THE COURTROOM. GET ME OUT,
PLEASE. BUT TONIGHT HE REMAINS
IN POLICE CUSTODY. IF YOU DIDN’T
CATCH THAT FROM THE JUDGE MORAN
HAS A $100,000 CASH BOND, HIS
MOTHER OF $50,000 BOND AND MISS
WHITE. THEY’RE A $10,000.10
PERCENT BOND. THEY’RE ALL DUE
BACK IN COURT ON AUGUST 16TH
BACK TO YOU. SO GRANTED, WE KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT HOW HE WAS
ALLOWED TO ESCAPE IN THE FIRST
PLACE. CAN’T REALLY WE REALLY
DON’T RIGHT NOW WE DON’T HAVE
ANY ANSWERS ABOUT HOW A TEENAGER
WITH A HISTORY OF RUNNING FROM
POLICE WAS ABLE TO BE IN THE
BACK OF A POLICE FAN, HANDCUFFED
AND STILL GET AWAY. WE ARE
HOPING TO GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THAT FOR YOU IN THE COMING DAYS.
RIGHT NOW, THAT’S STILL UP IN
THE AIR. QUESTIONS REMAIN. OKAY
GRANT. THANKS THE STATE HAS JUST
RELEASED AN UPDATE ON THE
CHEMICAL SPILL IN THE HURON
RIVER, INVESTIGATORS SAY TO TEST
SAMPLES NOW FROM HUBBLE POND.
SHOWED A LOW LEVEL OF HEXAVALENT
CHROMIUM. THOSE SAMPLES WERE
BELOW LEVELS THAT WOULD BE TOXIC
TO MARINE LIFE. THAT AREA WILL
REMAIN CLOSED TO SWIMMERS UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. LOCKSMITH IS OUT
OF SURGERY AND RECOVERING AFTER
HE WAS AND SHOT WHILE ON THE JOB
ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. THIS
HAPPENED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HOME
ON SORRENTO, NOT FAR FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF SCHOOLCRAFT
ADMIRES, AND DETROIT POLICE IS
SECOND PRECINCT IS RIGHT THERE
AS WELL. PRIYA MANN IS THERE WAS
SOME BIG DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS
STORY. IRVING PRAYER. YEAH
THAT’S RIGHT, JASON. JUST
MOMENTS AGO, DETROIT POLICE TELL
US TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO
RECOVERED, BUT NOT CLEAR IF THAT
EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO IN
THAT CAR. THE VICTIM HERE IS A
LOCKSMITH, THE SOLE PROVIDER FOR
HIS FAMILY. THEY’RE EXPECTING A
SECOND CHILD. AND TONIGHT THEY
NEED YOUR HELP. THIS WAS. MY
BIGGEST FEAR. IMAGINE WITH A
SECOND BABY ON THE WAY. ELI
ZOHAR WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT IN
DETROIT WHILE WORKING AS A
LOCKSMITH. HE’S IN SO MUCH PAIN
RIGHT NOW. IT’S NOT JUST LIKE HE
BROKE HIS LEG OR YOU FELL. THE
BULLET SHATTERED IT. ZOHAR OWNED
HIS OWN LOCKSMITH COMPANY. HE
GOT A CALL WEDNESDAY EVENING
ABOUT A PERSON LOCKED OUT OF
THEIR CAR ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
. IT WAS A SETUP. THERE WAS A
MAN WAITING WITH A SKI MASK AND
TWO GUNS, DEMANDED HIS MONEY AND
PHONE AND THE MACHINE
SPECIFICALLY SAID, I WANT THE
MACHINES IN YOUR CAR. KEY
CUTTING MACHINES COST THOUSANDS
. ZOHAR HAD TWO OF THEM IN HIS
TRUCK. EACH WORTH EIGHT GRAND
FOR SOME BUTTERFLIES, TEXTED HER
HUSBAND ABOUT THEIR GROWING
FAMILY JUST HOURS BEFORE HE WAS
SHOT. THE PREGNANCY IS HIGH RISK
, AND THEY HAVE LOST A BABY
BEFORE, BUT I JUST WAS SO
EXCITED. OUR FAMILY WAS GROWING
, AND SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A
SIBLING AND WHEN HE WAS IN THE
ER, HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID,
THANK GOD FOR WE ALL OUR
DAUGHTER AND FOR THE BABY, I
THINK IN THAT MOMENT WAS FEELING
SO GRATEFUL THAT HE WAS ALIVE
THERE. BABY GIRL IS DUE IN
OCTOBER. ZOHAR WILL REQUIRE
MONTHS OF REHABILITATION AND THE
BILLS ARE PILING UP. THEY
DESTROYED OUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.
BROKEN HIS SPIRIT. THEY HURT MY
FAMILY. THEY DIDN’T JUST TAKE
SOMETHING FROM HIM. THEY’VE HURT
MY ENTIRE FAMILY. YEAH THIS IS A
FAMILY THAT’S REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING.
THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT HE
SURVIVED, BUT HE WON’T BE HOME
FOR MONTHS. HE HAS A LONG AND
PAINFUL REHABILITATION AHEAD OF
HIM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP
THE FAMILY, WE HAVE INFORMATION
ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM REPORTING
LIVE ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. I’M
PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4. THIS SOUNDS
A LOT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO A
LOCKSMITH ROMULUS LAST MONTH. I
MEAN, HE WASN’T SHOT, BUT THEY
HAD THEIR HE HAD HIS PUPPY
STOLEN OUR POLICE SEEING AN
UPTICK IN THESE SORT OF KIND OF
AMBUSH ATTACKS UNLOCKED. SMITH’S
YOU KNOW, JASON, IT’S REALLY
INTERESTING. YOU MENTIONED THAT
BECAUSE THE WIFE SAID THE SAME
THING. SHE RECALLED THAT SAME
INCIDENT THAT YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT. I DID ASK POLICE. THEY
SAY THEY HAVE SEEN A SECOND
INCIDENT VERY SIMILAR IN THIS
AREA, BUT THEY DO BELIEVE IT WAS
DONE BY THE SAME GROUP THAT’S
BEEN ARRESTED. SO OF COURSE THAT
INVESTIGATION ONGOING BUT IF
YOU’RE A LOCKSMITH ONE THING
HERE, MAKE SURE YOU’RE INSURED.
ELI WASN’T INSURED AS WELL. SO
AGAIN. IF YOU CAN HELP THIS
FAMILY AT ALL, THEY COULD REALLY
USE IT. ALRIGHT, PRIYA. WE
APPRECIATE IT. BREAKING THE
ONGOING SEARCH CONTINUES TO FIND
THE BODY OF MISSING 17 YEAR OLD
ZION FOSTER SKY FOR OVER THE
PINE TREE ACRES LANDFILL AND
LENOX TOWNSHIP TODAY. THAT’S
WHERE POLICE BELIEVE HER BODY IS
BURIED AFTER HER COUSIN ADMITTED
TO PUTTING HER BODY IN A DETROIT
DUMPSTER. THE SEARCH FOR HER
BODY STARTED BACK ON MAY 31ST.
SO FAR, CREWS HAVE DUG BETWEEN
25 TO 28 FT. POLICE BELIEVE HER
BODY COULD BE BURIED AT LEAST 75
TO 100 FT. BENEATH THE SURFACE.
DESPITE SLOWING ECONOMIC GROWTH
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR,
THE U. S ECONOMY ADDED JOBS IN A
BIG WAY LAST MONTH, SMASHING
ECONOMIST PROJECTIONS. THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO FELL A
LITTLE BIT IN THE FACE OF HIGH
INFLATION, THOUGH PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAYS MORE STILL NEEDS TO
BE DONE. CHRIS PALLONE IS IN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT. THE U. S
ECONOMY ADDED 528,000 JOBS IN
JULY, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT
ECONOMISTS EXPECTED. THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN TO 3.5.
TODAY THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
WORKING IN AMERICA THAN BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. IN FACT,
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN
AMERICAN ANY POINT IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT
REPORT ALSO SHOWS HOURLY WAGES
ARE UP MORE THAN 5% OVER LAST
YEAR, GAS PRICES HAVE DROPPED
FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT WEEKS, THE
AVERAGE PRICE ACCORDING TO
GASBUDDY, NOW UNDER $4 A GALLON
IN 22 STATES GOT A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS GOING ON. RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE REBOUNDING. THE ECONOMY IS
STRONGER THAN MOST PEOPLE
REALIZE. BUT WITH THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS THREE MONTHS AWAY,
REPUBLICANS ARE POURING COLD
WATER ON THE STRONG JOBS REPORT.
VERY PLEASED THAT WE’VE GOT
STRONG JOB GROWTH, BUT WE’RE IN
A RECESSION. IF WE WERE IN A
RECESSION, COMPANIES WOULD BE
LAYING PEOPLE OFF RATHER THAN
HIRING THEM. PRESIDENT BIDEN
ADMITTED THE STRONG JOBS REPORT
LIKELY COMES AS LITTLE
CONSOLATION TO AMERICANS STILL
STRUGGLING TO PAY HIGHER PRICES
FOR THINGS LIKE FOOD AND RENT.
SENATE DEMOCRATS WILL SPEND THE
WEEKEND TRYING TO PASS A TAX
REFORMING CLIMATE CHANGE BILL
THEY CALL THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT ON INDEPENDENT
ANALYS. THESE PROJECTS. THE BILL
WILL DO LITTLE TO IMPACT
INFLATION THIS YEAR. MANY
ECONOMISTS SAY TODAY’S STRONG
JOBS REPORT ALMOST GUARANTEES
THAT THE FED WILL ONCE AGAIN
RAISE INTEREST RATES IN
SEPTEMBER TO TAME RISING
INFLATION. IN WASHINGTON, CHRIS
PALLONE, NBC NEWS AND, DESPITE
FALLING GAS PRICES, MANY
AMERICANS STILL WONDERING WHEN
PRICES FOR OTHER THINGS WILL
DROP. NEW INFLATION NUMBERS FOR
JULY WILL BE OUT NEXT WEDNESDAY.
ALRIGHT UH, THE DEARBORN
HOMECOMING FESTIVAL RETURNS TO A
NEW LOCATION THIS WEEKEND THE
FESTIVAL TRADITIONALLY HELD AT
FORD FIELD PARK WILL TAKE PLACE
AT THE FORD COMMUNITY AND
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
ORGANIZERS SAY THE NEW LOCATION
WAS ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF
CONCERNS ABOUT RECURRING
FLOODING. THIS HOMECOMING, BY
THE WAY, WILL SEE THE RETURN OF
THE CARNIVAL AND TWO DAYS OF
FIREWORKS FESTIVAL HOURS RUN
FROM NOON UNTIL 11 EACH DAY. IT
IS A PROBLEM. NOBODY REALLY SAW
COMING UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE
TONIGHT. WHY THE RESULTS OF THIS
WEEK’S PRIMARY ELECTION ISN’T
SITTING WELL WITH A LOT OF
DETROITERS, DOC. CONCERNED ABOUT
MONKEY POX IS GROWING, AND SO
ARE FEARS OVER STIGMATIZING
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES. I’M NOT
SURE FRANK MCGEORGE AHEAD THE
DEBATE OVER HOW TO BALANCE
WARNING THOSE AT HIGHER RISK
WITHOUT MAKING THEM THE TARGET
OF DISCRIMINATION OR WORSE. TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY AND