LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WHAT DO YOU SAY IT WAS A MIX OF LONELINESS, ANGER. ALCOHOL AND
MARIJUANA, DEVASTATING NEW
INFORMATION TONIGHT INTO THE
SHOOTING ON CAMPUS AT MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY. THOSE ARE THE
FINDINGS TONIGHT FROM MSU POLICE
AFTER A MONTHS LONG
INVESTIGATION, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US AND KIMBERLY GILL
DEVIN SCILLIAN THAT REPORT
DETAILS THE FIVE HOURS AND THREE
MINUTES OF TERROR ON CAMPUS.
STEP BY STEP BEGINNING TO END
ROD MELONI LIVE TONIGHT WITH
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED AND WHAT’S IN
THE REPORT, ROD. YEAH YOU KNOW,
DE’VEON KIMBERLY, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE SAW WAS VIDEO OF
THE SUSPECT THAT HE WAS GOING
AROUND THE CAMPUS, AND THE
POLICE NOTED THAT HE WAS
STUMBLING AT SOME POINT AND SAY,
THEY SAY TONIGHT THAT THEY HAVE
A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHY MSU
INVESTIGATORS LAYING OUT A FULL
TIMELINE ALONG WITH SAYING MORE
ABOUT THE MAN WHO MURDERED THREE
MSU STUDENTS AND BADLY INJURED
FIVE MORE BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF
. HE DIED WITH A 50.4 BLOOD
ALCOHOL CONTENT AND ALSO THC, A
BYPRODUCT OF MARIJUANA IN HIS
SYSTEM HE CARRIED WITH HIM TO
NINE MILLIMETER HANDGUNS AND A
LOT OF SPARE AMMUNITION HIGH
90.9 PURCHASED SEPTEMBER 7TH
2021, A TAURUS G THREE BOUGHT
LESS THAN A MONTH LATER AND SO
HE LEGALLY PURCHASED THEM. HE
DID NOT REGISTER THEM. THE
POLICE CONCLUSION. QUOTE IT HAS
BEEN PRELIMINARILY DETERMINED
THAT THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE
MOTIVE AS TO WHY MCRAE TARGETED
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY END
QUOTE DANA WHITE IS THE MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE
SPOKESPERSON. THERE WERE RUMORS
GOING AROUND THAT HE MAY HAVE
APPLIED HERE FOR A JOB AT SOME
POINT THAT WAS FOUND TO BE
UNTRUE DETECTIVES POINTING TO
ALSO WHAT YOU COULD CALL A
MANIFESTO OF ANXIETY, GRIEF,
SADNESS AND ANGER LEFT BEHIND IN
A NOTE. WE BELIEVE THAT HE LIVES
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MISS YOU.
IT WAS A LOCATION THAT WAS
ACCESSIBLE TO HIM. AND THAT’S
HONESTLY THE BEST ANSWER THAT WE
CAN GIVE AS FAR AS WHY HE DID
WHAT HE DID ONE OF THE FEATURES
OF TODAY’S RELEASE A MAP OF THE
FIVE MILE TREK THE SHOOTER TOOK
AFTER ALL OF THAT BLOODSHED
WALKED WEST ALONG GRAND RIVER
THROUGH THE CITY OF LANSING
BEFORE GOING NORTH, WHERE HE WAS
EVENTUALLY FOUND BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AT LAKE LANSING AND
HIGH STREET. AND DANA WHITE ALSO
TOLD US THAT FOR ALL OF THE
SADNESS OF THAT NIGHT, AND
CERTAINLY THERE WAS A LOT OF IT,
THERE WAS ONE UPSIDE FOR THE MSU
POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE SAID THAT
MORE THAN 75 POLICE AGENCIES
FROM THE GRAND RAPIDS AND METRO
DETROIT AREA RESPONDED TO
LANSING WITHOUT HAVING TO BE
ASKED. AND SHE SAID THE
DEPARTMENT THERE IS ETERNALLY
GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THAT
ASSISTANCE BACK TO YOU. HEARD
BITS AND PIECES ABOUT THE
SHOOTER’S NOTE ALL THIS TIME.
WHAT ELSE DID WE LEARN ABOUT THE
NOTE? WELL WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
NOTE, IT HAS A LOT OF THINGS IN
THERE THAT ESSENTIALLY ARE NOT
TRUE. HE SAID THAT HE WAS IN
CHARGE OF 20 PEOPLE THAT THERE
WERE OTHER TEAMS THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO HIT PLACES LIKE
COLORADO SPRINGS AND A SCHOOL IN
NEW JERSEY. NONE OF THAT
HAPPENED AND SO FOR ALL INTENTS
AND PURPOSES, THAT WAS A LOT OF
RAMBLING THAT HAD NO SUBSTANCE
BEHIND IT. ALL RIGHT, ROB. ALL
RIGHT. LET’S MOVE NOW TO NEW
INFORMATION THAT WE’RE LEARNING
TONIGHT IN THE DEATH OF A
DETROIT NEUROSURGEON, SOURCES
TELL OUR SHAWN LEY POLICE HAVE
ZEROED IN ON A PERSON OF
INTEREST AFTER THE BODY OF DR
DEVON HOOVER WAS FOUND INSIDE
HIS HOME IN DETROIT. BOSTON
EDISON DISTRICT. SHAWN LEY IS
LIVE TONIGHT WITH WHAT HE’S
UNCOVERED IN SEAN. THERE’S STILL
PLENTY OF QUESTIONS, THOUGH.
KIMBERLY PLENTY OF QUESTIONS BUT
PLENTY OF PROGRESS BEING MADE IN
THIS CASE SOURCES TELLING ME
HERE AT FIVE O’CLOCK THAT
DETROIT POLICE HAVE A PERSON OF
INTEREST IN THE DOCTOR’S MURDER
CASES SO FAR ALONG IN FACT, I AM
TOLD BY SOURCES THAT
INVESTIGATORS REPORT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED TO THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. NOW AT THE
SAME TIME, WE’RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM A CLOSE FRIEND AND FORMER
PATIENT OF THE DOCTORS. WHAT IS
ONE THING YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
REMEMBER ABOUT DR HOOVER. THAT.
IF YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH HIM,
YOU HAD TO. BEG HIM TO CHEAT
TIME FOR HIMSELF BECAUSE HE
WOULD RATHER FLY IT IT I HEAR
YOU AND DO BRAIN SURGERY AND A
KID WHO COULDN’T AFFORD IT,
THEN. STAY AT HOME. MEGAN BEAMER
WAS VERY CLOSE WITH NEUROSURGEON
DR DAVON HOOVER. SHE CREDITS THE
SURGEON FOR HELPING HER WALK
AGAIN FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT.
BEAMER IS IN SHOCK FOLLOWING THE
DOCTOR’S MURDER, BUT ONCE THIS
MESSAGE TO BE HEARD, YOU KNOW
ANYTHING OR YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
THEY TELL SOMEBODY BECAUSE THIS
MAN DID NOTHING. BESIDES.
AMAZING THINGS FOR PEOPLE. HE
SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I WAS 19
YEARS OLD SOURCES TELLING ME
THAT DETROIT POLICE HAVE A
PERSON OF INTEREST IN THIS CASE
. THE CASE IS COMING ALONG SO
MUCH THAT WE ARE TOLD
INVESTIGATORS REPORT HAS BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. SOURCES
CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO FORCED
ENTRY TO DR HOOVER’S HOME. HE
WAS SHOT ONCE HIS BODY WRAPPED
AND FOUND IN THE HOMES. ATTIC WE
ASKED RETIRED DETROIT POLICE
ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVE DOWLAND,
WHO WAS A DETROIT HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATOR WHAT THOSE DETAILS
MEAN TO DETECTIVES. WHAT DOES
THAT TELL YOU IN YOUR
PROFESSIONAL OPINION? THAT IT’S
A KNOWN PERPETRATOR THEY GOT IN
THE HOUSE. UM. A SINGLE GUNSHOT
WOUND LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT
IT’S NOT A ROBBERY. THAT IT
COULD BE A CRIME OF PASSION.
WHAT LED THE POLICE UP THERE?
WAS THERE A TRAIL OF BLOOD. DID
SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THE ATTIC
THAT LED THEM UP THERE. BACK
YOUR LIFE. NOW. LET’S RECAP
SOURCES TELLING US THE DETROIT
POLICE INVESTIGATORS HAVE A
PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE MURDER
OF DR HOOVER AND INVESTIGATORS
REPORT HAS BEEN HANDED TO AN
ASSISTANT WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR IS WORKING CLOSELY
WITH INVESTIGATORS WERE TOLD TO
SEE IF MORE INVESTIGATION NEEDS
TO BE DONE. OR IF THEY CAN SIGN
OFF ON A WARRANT, SO THAT MEANS
NO ARRESTS. NO CHARGES, BUT
PROGRESS IN THE CASE BACK TO
YOU. SEAN THE DOCTOR ALSO OPENED
UP HIS HOME FOR A FILM CREW.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT?
MEGAN THE PATIENT AND FRIEND. WE
JUST SPOKE WITH TALKED ABOUT HOW
INVOLVED THE DOCTOR WAS IN THE
ARTS, OF COURSE MEDICINE. BUT
THE ARTS AS WELL HERE LOCALLY
AND THEN IN 2008 OPENED UP THE
HOME FOR A FEATURE FILM, A
THRILLER TO BE FILMED INSIDE
CALLED BUTTERFLY EFFECT THREE,
AND MEGAN WAS SAYING THAT JUST
SHOWS THE GENEROSITY OF THE
DOCTOR IN MEDICINE AND HERE IN
LIFE. YEAH. OKAY, JOHN. THANKS.
A PONTIAC MAN IS NOW FACING
CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY
THREATENED TO SHOOT UP THE
DETROIT SKATE CLUB IN BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY 38 YEAR OLD
BENJAMIN DENNING CALLED THE
SKATE CLUB TO SAY HE WAS GOING
TO SHOOT UP THE PLACE WITH AN AR
15. BUT APPARENTLY HE LEFT HIS
REAL NAME ON THE VOICE MAIL,
WHICH MADE IT EASY FOR POLICE TO
TRACK HIM DOWN. ON WEDNESDAY, HE
WAS DENIED BOND IT IS A HIGH
LEVEL SCOUTING MISSION FOR WHAT
IS, OF COURSE, GOING TO BE A
MASSIVE EVENT HERE IN DETROIT
ONE YEAR FROM RIGHT NOW THE NFL
DRAFT GETTING UNDERWAY A LITTLE
LESS THAN FREE THREE HOURS FROM
NOW THIS YEAR IN KANSAS CITY ARE
NICK MONACELLI IS IN CASEY
FOLLOWING THE DETROIT DELEGATION
, AND IT’S TODAY THAT WE CAN
REALLY SEE THE MASSIVENESS OF
THIS DRAW. NICK NICK. NOT ONLY
CAN WE SEE IT DEVIN SCILLIAN.
HERE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
NFL FANS COMING DOWN HERE TO THE
DRAFT EXPERIENCE PORTION, WHICH
IS STILL ABOUT HALF A MILE AWAY
FROM THE ACTUAL THEATER PICKS
WILL BE MADE FOLLOWING THAT.
DETROIT DELEGATION. ALL DAY LONG
TODAY, ONE THING THEY HAVE
NOTICED WAS THE FOOTPRINT IS
NICE, BUT ALMOST TOO BIG. YOU’VE
GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE WALKING
BLOCKS AND BLOCKS AND MILES AND
MILES JUST TO TRY TO GET TO
WHERE THEY WANT TO GO TO DETROIT
LEADERS ARE SAYING WE COULD
PROBABLY DO THAT ONE A LITTLE
BIT BETTER CANNOT BELIEVE WE’RE
HERE IN KANSAS CITY. THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THE NFL
DRAFT IS FUN YET. MASSIVE THAT
IT’S RIGHT DELEGATION HERE
QUICKLY LEARNING THERE ARE SO
MANY PEOPLE AND SO MANY LINES,
SOMETHING THEY HOPE TO IMPROVE
ON IN DETROIT FAN EXPERIENCE,
MAKING SURE THAT THERE’S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO
REALLY ENGAGE IN THAT, MAYBE
MOVING IT OUTSIDE OF THE
FOOTPRINT SO THAT WHEN YOU’RE
QUEUING, YOU’RE ACTUALLY GOT AN
ACTIVITY AS OPPOSED TO JUST
WAITING IN LINE, TOURING THE FAN
EXPERIENCE THAT DETROIT TEAM
TALKED TO EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY
ABOUT SAFETY, SECURITY,
LOGISTICS AND MORE SOMETHING
DETROIT’S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
WORKS NOTED, IS HOW LARGE THIS
REALLY IS. BUT THE MONTH LONG
BILLED IN DETROIT CAN’T CLOSE
DOWNTOWN, SO THEY HAVE NOW
STARTED TALKING TO THE NFL.
THEY’VE BEEN WILLING TO COMMIT
TO WORKING WITH. THIS IS WE CAN
MINIMIZE CLOSING MAJOR CORRIDORS
AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. IN KANSAS
CITY, EVERYTHING IS CENTERED
AROUND THE MAIN STAGE AND THE
FAN EXPERIENCE WHICH IS IN A
PARK. DETROIT DOES NOT WANT TO
DO THAT. INSTEAD STARTING IN
CAMPUS MARSHES AND SPREADING OUT
SO LOCAL BUSINESSES SEE THE
IMPACT THE RESTAURANTS AND THE
HOTELS AND EVERYTHING THAT
ENCOMPASSES THE DOWNTOWN. THAT’S
ALREADY BUILT IN LIKE AROUND
HERE. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING IS THROUGH LIKE THE
MERCHANDISE THAT’S ALREADY SET
UP IN THIS PARK WERE ACTIVELY
LOOKING AT HOW WE INCLUDE OUR
NATIVE DETROITERS THAT HAVE
BUSINESSES. WE WANT THEM TO BE
ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF ALL
THE PEOPLE COMING IN. NOT ONLY
JUST FOR THE DRAFT, BUT THEN THE
SHOW THEM. EVERYTHING IN DETROIT
HAD YEAH, THE FOOTPRINTS AND THE
THINGS THE WAY THAT IT’S GOING
TO LOOK IN DETROIT SO MUCH
DIFFERENT FACT. YOU CAN KIND OF
SEE OVER THE TOP OF THIS RIDGE
HERE. A LOT OF THE TRUCKS THAT
WERE BROUGHT INTO BRINGING ALL
THE MERCHANDISE AND ALL THE
FOOD, OF COURSE, WITH THE 2024
DRAFT, BEING DOWNTOWN SENATOR ON
CAMPUS MARSHES, THEY’LL BE
LOOKING AT THE RESTAURANTS,
BUSINESSES BARS THAT ARE ALREADY
THERE, AND THEY DON’T HAVE TO DO
AS MUCH OF THIS WORK. COMING UP
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX O’CLOCK,
OUR ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH
DETROIT MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN, NOT
THE BARKING FAN TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HE HAS SEEN WHILE HE’S OUT
HERE SOME THINGS THEY KNOW
DETROIT WILL HAVE TO DO
DIFFERENTLY. DEVANEY CAME. IT’S
BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE TO
REALLY KIND OF TAKE ALL THIS AND
REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH
DETROIT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN
OVER BY NFL FANS. ONE YEAR FROM
NOW, YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF CHIEFS
JERSEY IS BEHIND YOU. BUT IN
FACT, I JUST CLIENTS LIONS,
JERSEY AMOUNT OF HIGH BLUE AND
SILVER AROUND YOUR STORY TODAY.
AH! NOT ONLY ARE THEY TALKING
ABOUT THE FACT THAT LOVE BEING
HERE, BUT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE FACT THEY THINK THAT THIS IS
DETROIT’S HERE, TOO. SO IT’S A
TWO FOR RIGHT NOW. EXACTLY
RIGHT. WE’RE EXCITED. PICKS IN
THE TOP 18 TONIGHT GO TO THE
LIONS. UNLESS THERE’S A TRADE.
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT
THAT’S PART OF THE FUN TO WRITE,
NICK. WE’LL SEE YOU AGAIN AT SIX
O’CLOCK. ALRIGHT, LET’S TAKE A
LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW FROM
OUR SOUTHFIELD SKY CAM. THE KEY
WITH THE WEATHER TODAY, GET
OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT NOW BECAUSE
IT’S GONNA LOOK A WHOLE LOT
DIFFERENT THIS WEEKEND. SUN
SHINING NOT TOO CHILLY RIGHT NOW
I GOT FROM THE LOCAL 4 WEATHER
APP WAS THIS IS THE BEST OF THE
BUNCH WAS THE WAY IT WAS PHRASED
. SO GET OUT FOR TODAY. YEAH I
WROTE THAT IT’S KIND OF JUST
STANDARD POLICY WHERE IF THERE
IS A NICE DAY, YOU SHOULD GET
OUT IN METRO DETROIT. WE ALL
KNOW THAT THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN
INSTANT, AND IT WILL CHANGE
TOMORROW. BUT RIGHT NOW WE’RE
ENJOYING A NICE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HERE IN MADRID. DETROIT
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
FIFTIES AT METRO AND CITY
AIRPORT, 61 IN HOWELL AND ALSO
IN FLINT, 55 IN MOUNT CLEMENS,
AND UP TO 59 IN PORT HURON. IT
IS WARMER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY
BY ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES, SO WE
ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. UNFORTUNATELY
TOMORROW, EVEN THOUGH WE GET
BACK INTO THE UPPER FIFTIES, WE
DO BRING IN A CHANCE FOR RAIN.
NOW IT WILL NOT BE A FROSTY
MORNING TOMORROW AS TEMPERATURES
OVERNIGHT STAY IN THE FORTIES,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME RAIN AHEAD
FOR THE WEEKEND AND ALL TIME
THAT OUT FOR YOU IN THE
FORECAST. OKAY. KIM A YOUNG
MOTHERS LIFE CUT SHORT AT 21
YEARS OLD NEW HERE AT FIVE HER
FAMILY’S FIGHT TO KEEP HER CASE
AND HER MEMORY ALIVE. THEY MADE
A RUN FOR IT AND GOT AWAY. A
GROUP OF INMATES MAKE A WILD
ESCAPE WHY THE SEARCH IS
SUDDENLY EXPANDING FROM
MISSISSIPPI ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS
. BUT FIRST WE’RE GOING FOR IT.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU