>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> AN AMAZON DELIVERY
DRIVER SPEAKING OUT AFTER
GETTING INTO A VIOLENT
CONFRONTATION WITH A POLICE
OFFICER WHILE OUT DELIVERING
PACKAGES.
>>> PLUS, A DEADLY SHOOTING
RATTLES A QUIET WEST
BLOOMFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THIS SHOOT-OUT.
>>> BUT FIRST, BREAKING NEWS
FROM GOVERNOR WHITMER.
BACK TO SCHOOL.
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING A
PLAN TO ALLOW SCHOOLS ACROSS
THE STATE TO REOPEN IN THE
FALL.
WHAT IT ENTAILS.
THAT DOES TOP OUR NEWS THIS
NOON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US I’M RHONDA
WALKER.
SCHOOLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO
RESUME IN-PERSON LEARNING
WITHIN PHASE FOUR OF THE
STATE’S REOPENING PLAN UNDER
STRICT HEALTH AND SAFETY
GUIDELINES.
>> DISTRICTS, STUDENTS,
STAFF AND FAMILIES MUST BE
NIMBLE.
WE’VE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO
MOVE BACKWARDS IF THERE IS
EVIDENCE OF COMMUNITY SPREAD
OF THE VIRUS.
WHILE WE HOPE SOON TO BE IN
PHASE FIVE, AND STAY THERE
UNTIL POST PANDEMIC, WE’VE
GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR
SPIKES THAT MIGHT OCCUR OVER
THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
CHANGE DAILY.
AND WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO
BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY BETWEEN SCENARIOS.
BETWEEN SCENARIOS.
>> SHE HAS A 25 PERSON TEAM
OF EXPERTS IN THE LEARN
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE
GOVERNOR SAYS THAT THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN IS WHAT THEY ARE
WORKING TO COMPILE AND WILL
BE RELEASING ON JUNE 30th.
WE’LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU ON
CLICK -- CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
SHE ALSO SAYS THE
CORONAVIRUS STATE OF
EMERGENCY WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL JULY.
AND DECLARED JUNE 19TH AS
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DAY.
JUNETEENTH COMMEMORATES THE
DAY IN 1865 WHEN SLAVERY WAS
ABOLISHED IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>>> WE HAVE A BIG STORY AT
NOON THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
AFTER A SHOOTING IN A QUIET
WEST BLOOMFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD
EARLY THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON WAS
KILLED AND THAT TWO OTHERS
WERE HURT.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE SCENE
WHERE POLICE INVESTIGATORS
SAY THAT NEIGHBORS HEARD
GUNSHOTS, THEY CALLED 911
AROUND 1:00 IN THE MORNING.
IT HAPPENED AT A HOME ON
CHASE COURT WHICH IS IN THE
AREA OF 14 MILE AND HALL
INSTEAD.
SHAWN LEY JOINS US NOW LIVE
THERE FROM WEST BLOOMFIELD.
SHAWN, THERE’S SO MUCH
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE
TOLEDO THIS SHOOT-OUT AND
WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT
THE INCIDENT AND THE
VICTIMS.
>> YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT,
THAT RHONDA.
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE.
WE JUST DID A LENGTHY
INTERVIEW WITH THE DEPUTY
CHIEF HERE THAT’S WHY WE’RE
AT THE WEST BLOOMFIELD
POLICE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
WHAT POLICE ARE TRYING TO
NAIL DOWN RIGHT NOW IS THIS
HOMEOWNER WAS LEAVING ONE OF
HIS SMALL BUSINESSES.
HE OWNS SEVERAL WAS COMING
HOME AFTER WORK.
THEY WANT TO KNOW IF HE WAS
FOLLOWED HOME BE, IF THIS
WAS SOME SORT OF SETUP FOR A
ROBBERY THAT TURNED INTO A
GUN BATTLE.
A SHOOT-OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY
AND GARAGE OF THIS HOME ON
CHASE COURT IN WEST
BLOOMFIELD JUST AFTER 1:00
THIS MORNING.
ROCKING THIS ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED THE
LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS HAVE
LEARNED THAT A 37-YEAR-OLD
MAN FROM WARREN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED RIGHT THERE IN THE
DRIVEWAY HE WAS ARMED.
A 47-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM
DETROIT WAS LATER TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY BY FARMINGTON HILLS
IN WEST BLOOMFIELD OFFICERS
DRIVING OFF FROM THE SCENE.
HE SHOT IN THE STOMACH.
HE WAS FOUND WITH A HANDGUN
IN HIS CAR.
THE HOMEOWNER
ADDITION 30-YEAR-OLD LOCAL
BUSINESS OWNER WHO WAS ALSO
SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT
SURVIVED THE SHOOTING.
THAT HOMEOWNER CALLING 911
SAYING HE HAD BEEN SHOT
SEVERAL TIMES HE BELIEVED HE
SHOT SOMEONE ELSE.
THE DEFENDERS LEARNING THAT
HOMEOWNER WAS ARRIVING HOME
FROM WORK THIS ONE OF HIS
BUSINESSES WAS POSSIBLY
FOLLOWED BY THE TWO MEN IN A
BLACK DODGE CHARGER.
AS THE HOMEOWNER GOT OUT OF
HIS CAR IN THE GARAGE, HE
WAS CONFRONTED BY THOSE TWO
MEN AND THAT SHOOT-OUT WENT
DOWN.
NEIGHBORS HERE ARE IN SHOCK.
>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED
IT.
YOU WONDER 1:30 IN THE
MORNING PEOPLE SHOULD BE
SLEEPING OR WHATEVER.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS A
HOME BREAK-IN OR THE GUY
COME HOME AFTER WORK OR
WHAT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: HERE IS THE
LATEST AT THIS NOON HOUR.
THE 30-YEAR-OLD HOMEOWNER
WAS HIT TWO TO THREE TIMES
BY GUNSHOTS.
BUT ONLY HIT HIM IN THE ARMS
AND LEGS SO HE’S IN THE
HOSPITAL BUT WE’RE TOLD HE
IS CERTAINLY COOPERATING.
TALKING TO INVESTIGATORS AND
WILL SURVIVE.
THE 47-YEAR-OLD FROM DETROIT
WHO WAS FOUND IN THAT BLACK
CHARGER DRIVING AWAY HE HAD
A GUNSHOT WOUND THROUGH AND
THROUGH WOUND TO HIS
STOMACH.
HE’S ALREADY BEEN TREATED
AND RELEASED INTO CUSTODY.
HE’S HERE RIGHT NOW AT THE
WEST BLOOMFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
COMING UP, RHONDA WE TALKED
A LOT TO POLICE TODAY ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE THEY
ARE FINDING AT THAT HOUSE.
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THAT
STARTING AT 5:00.
LIVE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD,
SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4
DEFENDERS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THAT’S QUITE THE SCENE
AND QUITE THE STORY, SHAWN,
THANK YOU.
>>> WE ALSO HAVE NEW
INFORMATION AT AROUND THE
SAME TIME AT 1:00 IN THE
MORNING A TRIPLE SHOOTING
WAS UNFOLDING IN INKSTER.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
RESPONDED TO SPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED SHORTLY AFTER 1:00 IN
THE MORNING AT A HOME ON
GLENWOOD NEAR MIDDLE BELT
AND AVONDALE.
THEY FOUND THREE PEOPLE SHOT
AT THE SCENE.
TROOPERS SEA ONE OF THE
VICTIMS DIED.
ANOTHER TWO ARE IN THE
HOSPITAL.
THERE’S NO WORD ON THEIR
CONDITIONS.
IT’S NOT YET KNOWN WHO FIRED
THE SHOTS AND WHAT LED UP TO
THAT SHOOTING. >>> DETROIT POLICE TELL
>>> DETROIT POLICE TELL
LOCAL 4 THAT THEY MAY MADE
ONE ARREST IN THE FATAL
SHOOTING OF A 14-YEAR-OLD
BOY ON THE CITY’S WESTSIDE
OVERNIGHT.
THEY SAY THAT A 22-YEAR-OLD
FEMALE RELATIVE ALLEGEDLY
SHOT THE BOY INSIDE OF A
HOME NEAR I-96 BETWEEN
GREENFIELD AND THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY.
HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS NOW
IN CUSTODY.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
>>> WE HAVE MORE BREAKING
NEWS THIS NOON.
MICHIGAN’S LARGEST
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MAY BE
MERGING WITH ONE OF THE
BIGGEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
IN THE COUNTRY.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT BEAUMONT
HEALTH ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT
IT IS EXPLORING A
PARTNERSHIP WITH AURORA HEALTH.
>> WE’RE NOT CLOSING AURORA
HOSPITAL OR REDUCING OUR
SERVICES HERE IN MICHIGAN.
AGAIN, THE TRANSACTION WE BELIEVE WILL ENABLE US TO
BELIEVE WILL ENABLE US TO
EXPAND IN MICHIGAN NOT TO
CONTRACT.
WE’RE NOT SELLING ANY
ASSETS.
THERE’S NO MONEY CHANGING HANDS.
THIS IS WHERE THE MICHIGAN
BEAUMONT CORPORATION THE
WISCONSIN AURORA
CORPORATION, AND THE
ILLINOIS ADVOCATE
CORPORATION WILL COME UNDER
A COMMON PARENT THAT IS YET
TO BE NAMED.
>> RIGHT NOW ADVOCATE AURORA
RUNS HOSPITALS IN ILLINOIS
AND WISCONSIN.
AND BEAUMONT HAS EIGHT
HOSPITALS HERE IN MICHIGAN.
TALKS ARE STILL IN THE EARLY
STAGES.
OUR HANK WINCHESTER IS
LOOKING INTO THIS AND WHAT
IT COULD MEAN FOR PATIENTS
AND EMPLOYEES HERE IN
MICHIGANFUL WE’LL HAVE HIS
UPDATES IN LATER EDITIONS OF
LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY.
>>> ALSO BREAKING AT THIS
HOUR, SENATE REPUBLICANS
UNVEIL THEIR PROPOSAL TO
REFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL
PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT
FOLLOWED THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT OUR
POSITIONS ARE ONE THAT
BRINGS THE COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR INTO A POSITION OF
STRONGER UNDERSTANDING AND
CONFIDENCE IN THE
INSTITUTIONS OF AUTHORITY
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT
BRINGS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY TO A PLACE WHERE
THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO DEESCALATE SOME
OF THESE SITUATIONS.
>> NOW HERE IS SOME OF WHAT
THE LEGISLATION IS.
IT ENCOURAGES LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO STOP
CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICES BY
WITHHOLDING FEDERAL FUNDING
TO DEPARTMENTS THAT ALLOW
THE TACTICS OR DO NOT SUBMIT
REPORTS RELATED TO THEM.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO
REQUIRES LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
REPORT ALL OFFICER-INVOLVED
DEATHS TO THE F.B.I.
IT ENCOURAGES BROADER USE OF
BODY CAMERAS FOR OFFICERS.
THE SENATE REPUBLICAN
PROPOSAL DOES NOT INCLUDE AN
EXPLICIT BAN ON CHOKEHOLDS
OR CERTAIN NO KNOCK WARRANTS.
THE SENATE WILL HOLD A
PROCEDURAL VOTE ON THIS BILL
NEXT WEEK.
>>> A WEEK AGO A WHITE
WARREN POLICE OFFICER
ARRESTED AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
AMAZON DRIVER.
SINCE THEN, MACOMB COUNTY
PROSECUTORS DECLINED TO
CHARGE THAT DRIVER WITH
RESISTING ARREST.
AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
REQUESTED.
NOW, THE FAMILY AND THEIR
ATTORNEY ARE SPEAKING OUT
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ROD MELONI IS FOLLOWING THIS
STORY FOR US THIS NOON
JOINING US NOW LIVE.
WHAT DOES THE FAMILY SAYING?
>> Reporter: WELL, RHONDA,
THEY’RE VERY UNHAPPY WITH
WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.
THEY’RE LOOKING AT THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LAWSUIT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THE VIDEO.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THIS
VIDEO.
THE POLICE VIDEO THAT WAS
PUT OUT AND ALSO SOME OF THE
VIDEO SHOT BY PEOPLE WHO ARE
WATCHING AT THE TIME.
IT ALL BECOMES A QUESTION OF
INTERPRETATION.
THE VIDEO SHOWS THE AMAZON
DELIVERY TRUCK WITH JALEN
DROVE LAST WEEK IT WAS
PARKED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
THE ROAD.
WARREN POLICE OFFICER
APPROACHED JALEN WANTING TO
SEE HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE.
HE REFUSED TO DO SO AND A
CONFRONTATION ENSUED.
THE WARREN POLICE DEPARTMENT
CLAIMS IT WAS A CASE OF
RESISTING. IN FACT, ENDING UP RESISTING
IN FACT, ENDING UP RESISTING
ARREST THAT’S WHAT THEY
WANTED CHARGE.
TODAY JALEN’S ATTORNEY SAYS
THERE WAS NO NEED TO SHOW
THE DRIVER’S LICENSE BECAUSE
IT WAS MERELY A PARKING
TICKET VIOLATION.
JALEN RECEIVED ONE FOR
PARKING ON THE CURB.
JALEN’S ATTORNEY CALLED IT
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ARREST. CLAIMS WARREN POLICE CHIEF
CLAIMS WARREN POLICE CHIEF
JAMES -- MAKE THAT
COMMISSIONER JAMES DWYER
DECLAIMED HIS CLIENT.
HE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED PERSONALLY BY THE
ARREST AND THE OFFICERS ACTIONS.
>> WHEN HE PUT IN ME LIKE
GRABBED ME AROUND MY NECK I
WAS TERRIFIED AND SCARED
THAT I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT TO DIE.
BECAUSE I COULDN’T BREATHE
AT THE TIME.
>> I THINK THAT HIS ACTIONS.
>> IS THIS THE WAY WE WANT
OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO ACT
WHEN THEY INTERACT WITH THE
PUBLIC FOR VERY MINOR
OFFENSES.
SHOULD HE LET HIS PRIDE GET
IN THE WAY OF DOING HIS JOB.
>> Reporter: NOW THAT WAS
DON ANDREWS.
HE CALLED ON COMMISSIONER
DWYER TO RESIGN.
SAYING HE DOESN’T HAVE
CONTROL OVER HIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND HE’S WEIGHING APPEARINGS
AS TO WHETHER TO FILE A
LAWSUIT.
IN THE MEANTIME, I GOT ON
THE PHONE TALKED TO
COMMISSIONER DWYER.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE DOES HAVE
CONTROL OVER HIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO
RESIGN.
HE FEELS THAT HIS DEPARTMENT
IS DOING A GOOD JOB AND IT
HAS DONE A SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER JOB SINCE HE TOOK
OVER THE DEPARTMENT.
WE’LL HAVE MORE COMING UP ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS.
REPORTING LIVE, ROD MELONI,
LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ROD, THANK
YOU.
>> WE DO WANT TO CHECK IN
WITH BRANDON BECAUSE WE
COULD SEE ALL THE SUNSHINE
SHINING BRIGHTLY OUT THERE
ON OUR REPORTERS REPORTING
LIVE.
AS WE KNOW BRANDON ROUX
REPORTS LIVE FROM GROSSE
POINTE WOODS.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKYCAM
IN DETROIT.
HOW IS IT LOOKING OVER THERE,
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> WELL, THE FRONT PORCH
STUDIO IS WELL LIT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, RHONDA.
I DON’T MIND WAITING A BIT
IN THE NEWSCAST AS LONG AS I
GET TO BASK IN THE OLD SUN
IT IS WARM BUT STILL
COMFORTABLE.
AT LEAST COMFORTABLE ENOUGH.
IT’S NOT LIKE WE’RE HUMIDITY
FREE BUT JUST DON’T HAVE
ENOUGH TO MAKE IT
UNCOMFORTABLE.
THAT’S A-OKAY.
77 RIGHT NOW ANN ARBOR,
PONTIAC, AND BRIANA GREEN.
IT’S 79 AT METRO AIRPORT.
WE’LL SEE HIGHS AROUND 85°
TODAY.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY, A
WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY.
WE HAD MAGNIFICENT MONDAY,
TERRIFIC TUESDAY, WONDERFUL
WEDNESDAY.
IT’S JUST THAT EASY.
IT’S GREAT BOATING WEATHER
TODAY.
CHOP IS LESS THAN A FOOT
EASILY ON THE BIG LAKES.
A LITTLE EAST SOUTHEAST
BREEZE NOT MUCH REALLY GOING
ON THERE.
WE ARE TRACKING A LITTLE BIT
OF TROUBLE FOR FATHER’S DAY
WEEKEND AS WE GET CLOSER TO
DAD’S DAY, RHONDA.
WE WILL FEATURE THAT COMING
UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE WANT TO
MAKE IT NICE FOR THE DADS.
THANK YOU, BRANDON.
>>> STILL TO COME RECORD
SPIKE OF CORONAVIRUS CASES
REPORTED IN SIX STATES,
INCLUDING ARIZONA, TEXAS,
AND FLORIDA.
WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AFTER THE BREAK.