breaking news alert
breaking news from romulus where a
student is in custody after a suspicious
package is found at a school
that student is considered now a person
of interest in the investigation the
package was found this morning at summit
academy north high school this is right
on middle belt near sibley road and this
is video of that heavy police presence
there sean lay is in romulus with a
closer look at what happened sean what
are you learning what was in this
backpack
let's get to the details here as you can
see rhonda behind me parents still
lining up here still picking up children
however the all clear has been given
here at summit academy class has resumed
inside parents if they are comfortable
with this they can take their student
and plenty of parents have picked up
their kids plenty of kids have gone back
in for class police tell us students
were never in any danger other details
we're learning now that this was the
scene around 9 30 this morning at summit
academy north high school that's here on
middle belt in huron township that's
near romulus a teacher spotted what
police are calling a suspicious package
well that turned out to be a backpack
something about it wasn't right to the
teacher she did the right thing she got
the school liaison officer involved and
that officer called officers for backup
help that sent every available police
unit here in the township the school was
immediately placed on lockdown here's
the latest from the director of public
safety here and the superintendent of
the school
what i can tell you is that we received
a call from our school liaison officer
who is
assigned within the summit school
district about 9 24 this morning that he
had located a suspicious package and
requested
all the vehicles that he could possibly
get for assistance at that point we went
in we located a suspicious package
within the school
we are still investigating that package
and its contents
to that end a student was taken into
custody
at this point as a person of interest
until we can sort the investigation out
so i reassured them that their children
were safe which is what they needed to
hear we followed our safety procedures
immediately as soon as the bag was found
the building was put on lockdown because
that's what our safety procedure tells
us to do the students have been amazing
they followed every procedure to the
letter along with our staff
back here live also the school sent out
a blast like a text to every parent's
phone letting them know there was an
emergency situation here parents came
here they were very calm but of course
it was alarming to see such a police
presence and not knowing exactly what
was in that backpack what was inside
still remains under investigation the
backpack is over at the huron township
police department an 18 year old male
student is with police right now they're
going to begin an interview with him and
then we will find out more details about
what was inside that backpack this
afternoon when we are updated from the
police chief rhonda back to you
probably a nerve-wracking day for the
students and staff there but thankfully
everyone is safe sean thank you
also breaking the fda authorizes a
booster dose of pfizer's covet 19
vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
children in that age group can get a
booster shot at least five months after
they've received the primary two dose
series the fda's decision will now go to
the cdc scientific
scientific advisors will meet on
thursday to decide whether to formally
recommend the booster c-d-c director dr
rachelle wolinski will make a final
recommendation shots could begin as
early as this friday and right now the
search is underway for a driver who hit
and killed a mother of two young boys it
happened on monday at livernois and
verner in southwest detroit detroit
police just updated us on the case and
victor williams is there live with what
they had to say victor
well rhonda sadly there are no new leads
and finding who's responsible for
hitting and killing this 32-year-old
mother of two now identified as iris
laciaga by family members we're told
that she was walking to the dollar store
just down the street from her house to
pick up some items when this horrible
incident took place it all unfolded
around 4 p.m near west vernor and
dragoon court when a red ford f-150
pickup truck plowed into iris while she
was in the media commander john certa
with dpd's fourth precinct is saying
there's no way the driver of that
vehicle could have missed that they hit
someone when you look at that video this
vehicle left the roadway to strike this
pedestrian so
yeah they had to know as soon as they
left the roadway that i mean for
whatever reason whatever reason they
left the roadway they knew at that point
that they were involved in an accident
and i'm sure knew that they hit this
poor individual
and uh
so you know they're probably in shock
themselves but turn yourselves in let's
get to the bottom of this
and sadly we're told that iris leaves
behind two children ages 8 and 13.
victor williams
so sad victor thank you
president joe biden traveled to buffalo
new york today to meet with the families
of the victims from saturday's mass
shooting rampage and address the racism
and hate that officials say motivated
that gunman chris pallone has the latest
on his visit to upstate new york
upon arriving in buffalo the president
and first lady came straight here to
tops friendly market to see the scene
for themselves they visited a growing
memorial just off the grocery store
property where they laid flowers at the
base of that memorial spending about 10
minutes here taking it all in before
moving on to visit with family members
and first responders as they did that
the investigation continues authorities
are releasing more information about the
timeline that they're finding out about
how this attack came together they say
that it appears that the accused shooter
in this attack actually came to this
site back in march to take a look at it
they say he was also here the day before
the attack and then the morning of the
attack choosing his attack time of 2 30
on saturday afternoon for when he
believed there would be the most people
in the store
that accused shooter is expected in
court on thursday originally his
attorneys had requested that he undergo
a mental health evaluation but yesterday
they withdrew that request so it looks
like that court proceeding will go on
in buffalo i'm chris pallone nbc news
chris thank you be sure to stick with
local 4 and click on detroit.com for
continuing coverage as new information
continues to come into our newsroom
as cova 19 cases are surging here in
southeast michigan health experts are
sounding the alarm
there's no question that we're in a
surge right now and that
if you're at risk for severe cover
disease you should certainly wear a mask
when you go out and anyone who doesn't
want to get sick wear a mask that's the
easiest way to stop transmission i think
being outdoors is safer than indoors
especially if you can space
outside it just makes life a lot safer
here unfortunately we're going to be
dealing with this surge going up
probably for the next few weeks after
that who knows
right now masks are recommended if you
are indoors in most of the southeast
michigan region the centers for disease
controls identified 16 counties that do
include metro detroit wayne oakland
macomb washington as having high
community covered transmission risks
the justice department is waiting on a
judge to approve a plan to ease the baby
formula shortage it is the deal between
regulators and the michigan plant at the
center of this crisis abbott's sturgis
plant on the west side of the state
stopped production after a recall the
deal would reopen the plant with fda
supervision abbott says that it could
take though two weeks to get things up
and running once it gets approval the
fda is also relaxing restrictions on
some formula imports and nestle is
flying baby formula supplies to the
united states from other countries to
help with the shortage as well
gas continues to rise today drivers in
metro detroit are paying 7 cents more
for a gallon of gas and they were paying
just yesterday and if that happens again
we're going to probably be about five
bucks when you wake up tomorrow the
metro detroit average right now is three
i should say four dollars 52 cents a
gallon we wish it was three 449
nationwide and the national average is
452 as well
for the first time in more than a half a
century a house panel is holding a
highly anticipated public hearing on
ufos
the hearing comes almost a year after
the director of national intelligence
released a report examining 144 reports
of uaps or unidentified aerial phenomena
they
could only identify one and say that the
rest are
unexplained
we know that our service members have
encountered unidentified aerial
phenomena and because uaps pose
potential flight safety and general
security risk
we are committed to a focused effort to
determine their origins
following the release of that report a
task force was formed it has taken 400
reports of identifiable objects experts
think that more people are comfortable
sharing these encounters former vice
president mike pence will be visiting a
rochester hill school this afternoon to
talk about education reform pence will
talk to a student assembly at lutheran
northwest high school and then meet with
parents in a round table discussion
we'll have much more on his visit in our
later newscast today
still to come significant developments
on the ground in the russian war in
ukraine we'll have a breakdown
when we come back but first brandon lots
of sunshine all morning long will that
continue sunshine will temperatures
not as warm we have 50s to low and
middle 60s and we're 5 10 degrees cooler
than we were at noon time
monday temps up and down rain chances
off and on we're tracking it next
all right brandon thank you and if you
are just joining us we do have breaking
news from huron township the student is
in custody after a suspicious package is
found at summit academy north high
school they're near romulus police are
saying that they received a call around
9 20 this morning about the discovery
officers have recovered that package it
turns out to be a backpack but they are
not releasing information about what is
inside the school remains on lockdown