WHY FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. TWO PEOPLE KILLED TONIGHT. ONE OF
POLICE CHASE ENDS WITH A VIOLENT
CRASH IN MONROE COUNTY. THIS ALL
STARTED WITH A MAN WANTED IN
CONNECTION TO A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE COMPLAINT TAKING OFF
FROM POLICE SUSPECT SLAMMED INTO
ANOTHER DRIVER AT THE
INTERSECTION OF WHITE FURRED AND
CENTER ROAD IN MONROE COUNTY’S
OTTAWA LAKE. THE SUSPECT AND THE
OTHER DRIVER ARE DEAD. MARA
MACDONALD AT THE CRASH SCENE
TONIGHT, MARA I KNOW IT IS VERY
HARD TO SEE OUT HERE BECAUSE IT
IS SO DARK AND BECAUSE OF ALL
THE FLASHING LIGHTS, BUT WHAT
YOU HAVE IS TWO VEHICLES THAT
ARE ESSENTIALLY SANDWICHED ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER IN THAT DITCH
WHERE YOU SEE THE FLASHLIGHTS,
THIS CRASH WAS NOT SURVIVABLE.
WHAT POLICE TELL US IS THIS
STARTED OUT AS A TRAFFIC STOP.
THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL WAS A
SUSPECT IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COMPLAINT, MSP SAYS HE RAN FROM
OFFICERS ULTIMATELY CRASHING
HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHAT
OXFORD ROAD AND WHITE FURRED
CENTER ROAD WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO
ANOTHER VEHICLE, KILLING BOTH
HIMSELF AND THE DRIVER OF THE
OTHER VEHICLE. INSTANTLY
NEIGHBORS SAY INITIALLY THEY HAD
NO IDEA HOW BAD IT WAS. ONCE I
CAME OUTSIDE, I SAW IT WAS TWO
CARS. UM, AND THE PLACE WAS JUST
TRYING TO PUT UP THE FIRE.
NEIGHBORS HEARD THE SIRENS
BEFORE THEY EVER HEARD THE
IMPACT, WHICH THEY DESCRIBED AS
A POP. THEY THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD
GONE OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE
. TERRIBLE CORNER. I MEAN,
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN FROM WHAT I’VE
BEEN TOLD. WE BELIEVE IN HERE
TWO YEARS, UM BUT THANK YOU.
YEAH NO, NOT FATAL LIKE THIS
SUSPECT AND INNOCENT BYSTANDER
WERE KILLED ON IMPACT. THE
INTERSECTION HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN
FOR HOURS. BACK HERE. LIVE
NEIGHBORS. TELL US THEY BELIEVE
THE MAN WHO CAUSED THIS WRECK
WAS GOING VERY FAST ON THIS TWO
LANE ROAD EASILY 80 MILES AN
HOUR. THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION
ABOUT WHETHER ALCOHOL WAS
INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. WHAT IS
UNCLEAR TONIGHT IS THIS AFTER
THAT INITIAL TRAFFIC STOP, AND
THAT DRIVER TAKES OFF. DID MSP
ACTIVATE A CHASE IMMEDIATELY?
AND IF THE AGENCY DID. SO HOW
LONG WAS THIS CHASE GOING ON
BEFORE THIS WRECK HAPPENED?
KIMBERLY DE’VEON. BACK TO YOU. A
LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN
UNANSWERED. MARWOOD APPRECIATE
YOUR REPORT TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW,
THE WESTBOUND LANES OF I 96 ARE
CLOSED FROM TELEGRAPH TO INKSTER
AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A DEADLY
CRASH. THEY’RE BOTH STATE POLICE
AND REDFORD. POLICE ARE ON THE
SCENE INVESTIGATING BUT HAVEN’T
RELEASED ANY OTHER INFORMATION
TONIGHT. THE DEARBORN MAN
CHARGED WITH ETHNIC INTIMIDATION
IS NOW FACING NEW FEDERAL
CHARGES AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY
HE LIED ON AN ATF FORM WHILE
TRYING TO BUY GUNS. DOCUMENTS
SHOW HASAN CHOKER WAS LOOKING AT
GUNS ON DECEMBER 2ND AND
ANSWERED NO TO QUESTIONS ABOUT
PRIOR FELONIES. WE’VE LEARNED
HE’S AWAITING TRIAL ON AN
ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
CHARGE AND IN 2017 WAS CONVICTED
FOR STEALING A FINANCIAL
TRANSACTION DEVICE, BOTH
FELONIES. JOKER IS ALREADY
FACING CHARGES OF ETHNIC
INTIMIDATION AFTER SHOUTING ANTI
SEMITIC AND RACIST THREATS TO
PEOPLE AND CHILDREN OUTSIDE
TEMPLE BETH EL IN BLOOMFIELD
HILLS ON THE SAME DAY. THREE MEN
INVOLVED IN THE PLOT TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER ARE HEADED TO
PRISON. JOE MORRISON PETE MUSIC
OH AND PELL BELLER RECENTLY
CONVICTED AT THE STATE LEVEL ON
CHARGES RELATED TO TERRORISM
WERE PART OF THE WOLVERINE
WATCHMEN PARAMILITARY GROUP
TODAY. MORRISON AND MUSIC OH
WERE SENTENCED TO 12 TO 42 YEARS
, PAUL BELL ARE ORDERED TO A
SEVEN YEAR SENTENCE. TONIGHT.
WE’RE GETTING REACTION FROM
STATE LEADERS, INCLUDING
GOVERNOR WHITMER. MY ADVICE
ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH MEN LIKE
THIS. IT’S SIMPLE. IMPOSE A
SENTENCE THAT MEETS THE GRAVITY
OF THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE TO
OUR DEMOCRACY. I MEAN, IT’S NOT
JUST, UM, THIS EFFORT TO KIDNAP
THE GOVERNOR, AND I THINK WE
KNOW WHAT WOULD COME NEXT IN THE
EVENT THAT THAT ACTUALLY
OCCURRED. THE THREE MEN ARE
GUILTY OF PROVIDING MATERIAL
SUPPORT FOR A TERRORIST ACT AND
OTHER CHARGES LINKED WITH THE
KIDNAPPING PLOT THAT FAILED.
THOUSANDS OF DETROITERS ARE IN
DANGER OF HAVING THEIR WATER
SHUT OFF, AND THEY HAVE JUST
DAYS TO TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW,
THE CITY SAYS THEY’RE ABOUT
60,000 RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS IN
DELINQUENT STATUS WITH SHUTOFFS
, POTENTIALLY STARTING RIGHT
AFTER THE NEW YEAR. GRANT HERMES
JOINS US WITH WHAT DETROITERS
NEED TO KNOW AS THAT DEADLINE
APPROACHES. THERE ARE TWO BIG
THINGS TO KNOW. THE FIRST OF THE
CITY HAS A PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE
FACING WATER SHUTOFFS. THE
SECOND IS THAT A CIVIL RIGHTS
GROUP IS PUSHING TO MAKE A JUDGE
TO MAKE A DECISION VERY, VERY
SOON BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO
EXTEND THE MORATORIUM. THE CLOCK
TICKING ON RUNNING WATER FOR
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DETROITERS
AND EARLY PANDEMIC ORDER TO STOP
WATER SHUTOFFS COMING TO AN END
ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, BUT IN A NEW
FILING IN AN ALREADY ONGOING
LAWSUIT, THE MICHIGAN A JUDGE TO
HOLD OFF ON LIFTING THE STOPPAGE
, SAYING THE CITY’S PLAN THAT
WOULD HAVE A CAP ON THE AMOUNT
OF WATER USED AND A RATE NEEDS
TO BE BETTER TESTED. THERE ARE
QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING RAISED
BY THE CONSUMERS THEMSELVES
ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT
IS ALLOWED UNDER THE PROGRAM AND
WHETHER SOME OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS
WILL OFF THE BAT EXCEED THE
AMOUNT THAT’S ALLOWED. WST
DIRECTOR GARY BROWN SAYS THE
GOAL OF LIFTING THE MORATORIUM
ISN’T A HARM DETROITERS. IT’S
ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE. DWS D IS
NOT COLLECTING APPROX. SIMILARLY
$40 MILLION A YEAR. AND WHEN WE
DON’T COLLECT THAT BAD DEBT, WE
HAVE TO PASS IT INTO THE RATES
NEXT YEAR, AND YOU’RE SIMPLY
HURTING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT
YOU’RE TRYING TO HELP, BUT IT
ALL STILL HANGS IN THE LEGAL
BALANCE SO FAR, DIRECTOR BROWN
SAYS THEY’VE HAD ABOUT 16,000
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THE
LIFELINE PLAN OR ANOTHER
ASSISTANCE PLAN. HE SAYS ANYBODY
WANTS TO JOIN ONE OF THOSE
PLANS. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS
SIGN UP, BUT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT
PROBLEMS IN JUST DOING THAT AS
WELL. IN DETROIT, GRANT HERMES
FOUR LOCAL ALRIGHT GRANT HERMES
BARREL ALERT THAT WILL IMPACT
TOMORROW MORNING’S COMMUTE INTO
DOWNTOWN DIRECTIONS OF I 94 WILL
BE CLOSED BETWEEN I 75 IN THE
LODGE FOR WORK ON THAT SECOND
AVENUE BRIDGE FREEWAY SHUTS DOWN
AT FIVE AM EXPECTED TO REOPEN
TUESDAY. THEN FROM TOMORROW
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
CLOSURE EXTENDS BETWEEN 75 96.
FOR WORK ON THE GRAND RIVER
BRIDGE. WHITE HOUSE URGING
AMERICANS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST THE ONGOING TRIPLE DES
MICK OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES,
ANNOUNCING A NEW PLAN TO TACKLE
WHAT COULD BE A WINTER SURGE. AS
COVID CASES RISE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUING
A WARNING CASES INCREASING ABOUT
90% OF THE COUNTRIES. WE DON’T
WANT THIS WINTER TO LOOK LIKE
LAST WINTER, THE CDC SAYS MUCH
OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDER A HIGH
LEVEL OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION
, BUT IT’S NOT JUST THE SURGEON
CASES SOUNDING THE ALARM. SOME
STATES SEEN HERE IN RED ARE
SEEING A 50% UPTICK IN NEW COVID
DEATHS FROM LAST WEEK. THESE
ALARMING NUMBERS COMING AS FLU
CASES ALSO SURGE FLU IS RISING
IN MANY PARTS OF COUNTRY WOULD
PROBABLY THE WORST FLU OUTBREAK
WE’VE SEEN IN A DECADE AND RSV
ILLNESSES HAVE PEAKED,
OVERWHELMING. MANY HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE US WE’RE STANDING
READY TO SUPPORT STATES AND
COMMUNITIES WITH MEDICAL
PERSONNEL SUPPLIES AND OTHER
RESOURCES. THE WHITE HOUSE
ANNOUNCING THURSDAY THERE ONCE
AGAIN OFFERING FREE AT HOME
COVID TESTS HOUSEHOLDS CAN ORDER
UP TO FOUR RAPID TESTS ON COVID
TEST DOT GOV. CDC SAYS FEWER
THAN 70% OF AMERICANS ARE FULLY
VACCINATED RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS
DEFINED AS RECEIVING ALL THE
VACCINES AND THE UPDATED
BOOSTERS. MEANWHILE THE SENATE
APPROVING A NEW DEFENSE POLICY
BILL THAT RESCINDS THE
MILITARY’S VACCINE MANDATE. THE
$858 BILLION BILL WOULD ALSO
RAISE PAY FOR TROOPS AND IS NOW