LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW FRIENDS AND FAMILY COME TOGETHER TONIGHT IN MACOMB COUNTY TO
HONOR THE LIFE OF A TEENAGER
KILLED IN A CRASH AND WE’RE TOLD
THAT TEAM WAS HIT WHILE RIDING
HIS BIKE HEADING TO HIS AUNT’S
HOUSE. AND WE’VE LEARNED TODAY
THAT 13 YEAR OLD DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES. THE CRASH HAPPENED
TUESDAY ON CLINTON RIVER ROAD.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS JOINS US NOW
LIVE IN JACQUELINE, THIS IS
SIMPLY A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR
THOSE WHO KNEW HIM. ABSOLUTELY
AS THE FAMILY WAS AT THE
HOSPITAL, SAYING THEIR LAST
GOODBYES TO 13 YEAR OLD JAYDEN,
THE COMMUNITY GATHERED FOR A
VIGIL, SAYING A FINAL FAREWELL
OF THEIR OWN. CANDLES HEART
BALLOONS AND POSTER BOARDS. THIS
IS HOW THE RIVER’S EDGE
COMMUNITY IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP
SAID GOODBYE. 13 YEAR OLD JAYDEN
COLLINS WAS RIDING HIS BIKE TO
HIS AUNT’S HOUSE TUESDAY WHEN HE
WAS STRUCK BY A CAR AND CLINTON
RIVER ROAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND DIED SATURDAY FROM
HIS INJURIES JUST GOT OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND TO THE SCHOOL AND
THE PRINCIPAL HELPS GET THE WORD
OUT AND THAT WE JUST WANTED TO
DO THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FAMILY.
TO SHOW HOW MUCH LOVED IN AND
WAS AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT THE
FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR THEM
PARENTS SUPPORTING THEIR KIDS
THROUGH A TIME OF DEEP GRIEF. I
THINK THE KIDS NEEDED THIS.
THEIR WAY OF SAYING GOODBYE OR I
LOVE YOU. WHATEVER IS NEEDED.
THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS
FOLLOWED BY A BALLOON RELEASE
SENDING MEMORIES OF JADEN ABOVE
THE COMMUNITY FOCUSED NOW ON
HELPING THE FAMILY THROUGH. IT’S
TERRIFYING. AND I CAN’T IMAGINE
HOW THEY’RE FEELING OR IF I HAD
TO GO THROUGH THIS AND JUST, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, SAFETY OF
DRIVERS NEED TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT WATCHING FOR KIDS ON
THE ROAD. IT’S FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. BACK HERE
LIVE AT THE CLINTON TOWNSHIP
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE’S STILL
A LOT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION. VIRTUAL MORE
DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED ON
MONDAY, REPORTING LIVE IN
CLINTON TOWNSHIP. I’M JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT,
JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. TIME NOW
FOR A CHECK OF THE WEATHER, AND
IT IS A COLDER NIGHT AHEAD
ACROSS METRO DETROIT. LET’S GO
AHEAD AND CHECK IN WITH BRIAN
WITH YOUR FOREWARN. WEATHER
FORECAST. HI BRIAN THERE,
SANDRA. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
ABSOLUTELY AFTER WE WERE ONLY IN
THE FIFTIES THIS AFTERNOON THAT
SUNSHINE HAS GIVEN WAY TO MAINLY
CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES
HAVE TUMBLED FOR JUST ABOUT
EVERYONE HEADING INTO THE 11
O’CLOCK HOUR TONIGHT, SITTING AT
42 RIGHT NOW, HERE IN DETROIT AS
WELL AS OVER AND HOW 43 RIGHT
NOW WORKING OVER INTO PONTIAC
ALREADY DOWN TO 37 RIGHT NOW IN
ADRIAN, THE GOOD NEWS. AS THOSE
WINDS HAVE STARTED TO SLACK OFF
, RUNNING ABOUT 5 TO 6 MILES AN
HOUR OUT OF THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST SITTING AT 48 RIGHT
NOW OVER ITS CITY AIRPORT, 42 AT
METRO AIRPORT, 43 PONTIAC COOLER
34 RIGHT NOW, AS YOU WORK OVER
INTO AN ARBOR. WE’VE HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF HIGH CLOUD COVER
WORKING THROUGHOUT THIS
AFTERNOON. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH
THINNED OUT, AT LEAST FOR THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE STATE. SO THAT WILL GIVE US
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT
MORNING, AND THAT LEADS TO
SUNSHINE TO START THE DAY BEFORE
WE WATCH THOSE CLOUDS INCREASE
THIRTIES EARLY WARMING INTO THE
MID SIXTIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE’VE GOT A FEW MORE DRY DAYS
DESPITE THE CLOUDS ON THE WAY
TOMORROW, BUT SOME RAIN MUCH
NEEDED RAIN’S ON THE WAY BY THE
END OF NEXT WEEK. DETAILS IN
YOUR FULL FOUR AND FORECAST
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
SANDRA ALRIGHT, BRIAN. THANK YOU
AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
FOOTBALL COACH IN THE HOSPITAL
TONIGHT AFTER COLLAPSING ON THE
SIDELINES, RUNNING BACKS COACH
MIKE HART CARTED OFF THE FIELD
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE
MICHIGAN INDIANA FOOTBALL GAME.
PLAYERS FROM BOTH TEAMS TOOK A
KNEE. THIS WAS AS HEART WAS
LIFTED ONTO A STRETCHER AND
TAKEN OFF THE FIELD. AT LAST
CHECK. HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION
, REPORTEDLY HAD A SEIZURE. BUT
HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH WOULD
SAY ONLY WOULD SAY IT WAS A
MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THE 36 YEAR
OLD COACH HAS TIES TO BOTH
TEAMS. IN FACT, HE WAS A FORMER
PLAYER OF MICHIGAN. COACH AT
INDIANA WILL HAVE MUCH MORE
COMING UP FOR YOU A BIT LATER ON
TONIGHT IN SPORTS. ONE MAN IS
HURT AFTER POLICE SAY HE CRASHED
ON EASTBOUND I 94 THIS HAPPENED
RIGHT AROUND 6 30 THIS EVENING
YOUR SCHAEFER ROAD IN DEER WORN
. POLICE SAY THAT MAN LOST
CONTROL OF HIS CAR WHILE DRIVING
ON THE SHOULDER, TRYING TO AVOID
A TRAFFIC BACK UP THE CAR, HIT
ANOTHER CAR AND THEN ROLLED
OVER. THAT MAN IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. NO
ONE ELSE WAS HER. A RALLY WAS
HELD TODAY FOR PORTER BURKE SEES
THE 20 YEAR OLD MAN KILLED BY
DETROIT POLICE. BIRKS WAS KILLED
LAST SUNDAY HIS FAMILY CALLED
911 FOR A MENTAL HEALTH CHECK.
THEY SAY HE SUFFERED FROM
SCHIZOPHRENIA BODY CAM VIDEO
SHOWS POLICE TRYING TO GET
BURKES TO DROP HIS KNIFE. BUT
AFTER CHARGING THE OFFICERS,
THEY OPENED FIRE, AND NOW
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CALLING
FOR ANSWERS. WE’RE CALLING FOR
THE RELEASE OF THE NAMES OF THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED, CALLING FOR
THEIR TERMINATION FROM THE
POLICE FORCE AND CALLING FOR
THEM TO BE JAILED. THOSE ARE
DEMANDS AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
MARCHING FOR. BURKE’S FAMILY
SAYS THEY DO PLAN TO TAKE LEGAL
ACTION AGAINST THE DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A SEX TRAFFICKING
BUST IN SOUTHFIELD.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE WOMEN
WERE BEING FORCED INTO SEX
TRAFFICKING. THEY WERE
DISCOVERED AT MARVIN GARDENS IN
THIS WAS AFTER MISSING 21 YEAR
OLD WOMAN’S FAMILY FOUND SEVERAL
SEX ADS OF HER POSTED IN OAKLAND
COUNTY POLICE INVESTIGATED THAT
INVESTIGATION LED THEM TO THAT
MOTEL WHERE THE MISSING WOMAN
TOLD POLICE THAT SHE WAS BEING
FORCED INTO TRAFFICKING BY A MAN
SHE MET ON SOCIAL MEDIA
INVESTIGATORS TOOK THE 33 YEAR
OLD SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. THEY
DO SAY ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WAS
ALSO RECOVERED AT HIS HOME IN
DETROIT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS
OBVIOUSLY ONGOING, POLICE AND
FAITH LEADERS COMING TOGETHER TO
MAKE A PUSH TO STOP GUN
VIOLENCE. IT’S AN EFFORT TO KEEP
CHILDREN SAFE AS THE NUMBER OF
CHILDREN HURT AND SHOOTINGS
CONTINUE TO RISE, PRIYA MANN
EXPLAINS MORE FROM DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE. 100 FREE GUN LOCKS
WERE AVAILABLE TODAY AT SECOND
EBENEZER CHURCH AS PART OF A
BROADER CONVERSATION ON
PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE
FROM SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE.
OWNERS KEEP IT AWAY FROM YOUR
CHILDREN. IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT
THAT THEY’RE FASCINATED BY GUNS
. PASSIONATE PLEA TO KEEP KIDS
FROM GETTING SHOT AND KILLED. BY
LOCKING UP UNSECURED GUNS,
NORMALIZING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
GUN SAFETY AND TAKING
PREVENTATIVE COMMON SENSE
ACTIONS. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE
SAFE. ONE BABY IS TOO MANY, AND
WE’VE HAD SO MANY THIS YEAR
ALONE. DETROIT POLICE SAY 16
PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 17 HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN SHOOTINGS FIVE OF
THE 16 DEADLY SHOOTINGS WERE
ACCIDENTAL. WE HAVE FAR TOO MANY
KIDS KILLED BY GUNS BECAUSE THEY
HAVE EASY ACCESS TO IT, AND THIS
IS ONE OF THE PLATFORMS THAT
NOBLE IS PUSHING HEAVILY THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK
LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES HAS
MORE THAN 3000 MEMBERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. THE NONPROFIT
PARTNERED WITH SECOND EBENEZER
CHURCH IN DETROIT CALLING ON OUR
DISCIPLES. TO STAND FOR PEACE
AND HEALING. NO MORE SHOOTING.
NO MORE VIOLENCE, THE ONES WITH
THE GUNS. WE NEED TO REACH THEM,
AND WE NEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN
HELP THEM. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
ALL OF THEIR PAIN AND THEIR
TRAUMA THAT WE CAN TURN THAT
PAIN INTO POWER. NATIONALLY GUNS
HAVE NOW SURPASSED CAR CRASHES
AS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH
AMONG KIDS IN THE US AND YOU
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR KIDS
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CARE. MORE
THAN THE GUNS KILL MORE THAN THE
GANGS CARE WE AS MOTHERS AND
FATHERS. WE STAND UP FOR OUR
KIDS. DETROIT I’M PRIYA MANN