happening right now tense moments in a
Highland Park neighborhood where a
gunman is barricaded in a house and
firing shots so far no one has been
injured and police have not returned
fire we've got Tim Pampling on the scene
with the night cam where police are
trying to end this peacefully Tim a very
volatile situation here on Hamilton just
north of the davidson freeway there you
see Highland Park police officers with
guns drawn trained on the target house
this is the house that the police
believe the gunman is holed up in that
house there I'm being told to get back
in here get back behind these cruisers
and these ambulances but suspect this
barricaded has fire these weapons
several times out the window some homes
have been evacuated
now here's Highland Park Police Chief
Logan owes that weaker the evacuate
we've evacuated but we're urging
somebody who might be watching this
program the shelter in place until us
till we declared the area's safe right
now it is a volatile situation although
it's quiet we've got a person that's
already fired shots we don't know if if
he might do it again so we're asking
people in the shelter in place so back
out here if you are in the area of
Hamilton and the Davison that's
basically Davison in the lodge freeway
east of the lodge freeway north of
Davison shelter in place stay inside
until the all-clear is given by the
police department a very dangerous
situation here in Highland Park we'll
stay on the scene that is a scene in
Highland Park where the night camp gym
babblin local for an indie team we will
keep an eye on that but now we need to
get to some other breaking news
tonight's and very sad news at that to
report the city of Detroit has lost one
of its cultural Titans David dichiara
passed away just about an hour ago he
was the founder and longtime artistic
director of the Michigan Opera Theatre
he led the efforts to save and
beautifully restore the Detroit Opera
House at a time when few would have
given such ambition much of a chance in
the city he was also a composer and his
opera Cyrano became a crown jewel of the
Opera Theatre it was announced last year
that he was suffering from pancreatic
cancer and last spring a huge thank you
performance became a very emotional kind
of farewell to one of
true gentlemen that Detroit has produced
it is a profound loss and he leaves
behind an army of family friends
supporters believers and protegees who
will carry on his legacy marvelous
marvelous legacy David de Guerra was 83
years old and when dichiara announced he
was stepping down he sat down with our
politic men to reflect on his love for
the city of Detroit I urge you to watch
the interview there will be many many
reflections over these coming days of a
wonderful wonderful man and you'll find
that interview tonight at
clickondetroit.com
all right other news tonight Warren
Mayor Jim Foust calling on the state to
end the work stoppage that's delaying a
number of construction projects across
Metro Detroit now it's requesting a
state of emergency declaration Germont
Terry live in Warren with why he's going
to the top with this Germont yeah Devon
it's been two weeks his work stopped
here along i-696 and the mayor tonight
says that the detours not to mention the
the D uh excuse me all the detours have
really caused gridlock in the city and
tonight as you mentioned he's causing
calling for the governor to do more at
the corner of Martin and Cameron Warren
home owners admits this street is
changed basically a shortcut diverting
speeding cars to this intersection and
others between 11 and 12 miles a lot of
people are gonna stop for this sign I've
seen countless cars just blow right
through it marks a fee and knows this
heavy traffic is connected to one thing
construction along the i-696 corridor
we're all just wondering when it's gonna
get done right now equipment just sits
along 696 it's due to the ongoing labor
disputes Mayor Jim Foust views this is
more than just an inconvenience we're in
a potential emergency situation the
police and fire commissioners insisting
the city sits in gridlock as this
lockout on the road projects are
unchanged we have a situation that
police and fire can't deal with
in the past four months Warren
experienced a 27 percent jump in
accidents says the mayor city
firefighters and officers are getting
delayed heading to emergencies there's
no room there's no where there's no
place for them to go the mayor wants the
state of emergency in order to get the
work back up and started again on the
highway and there's only one person that
can solve this situation and that's the
governor of the state
now homeowners like Mark are concerned
especially if they need police or fire
doesn't sit well I'm sure it wouldn't
sit well with anyone it's a dangerous
thing to play around with and late
tonight the governor's office got back
to us and provided us a statement it
reads in part governor Snyder wants both
sides of this dispute back to work as
quickly as possible to end the serious
and unacceptable delays since Murph outs
apparently sent his letter to the media
before the governor's office had it we
have not had time to even review the
request it's important to note then that
the existing closures to i-696 would
have been in place right now even if the
road building industry was not having
this dispute with itself so right now
the governor saying let's see what the
mayor is talking about as for now
everyone is just gonna have to wait for
now reporting live in Warren Ramon Terry
local 4 okay Germont six weeks from now
Michigan will vote on whether to approve
recreational marijuana polling suggests
it's likely to pass but multiple local
police departments are looking at data
from Colorado and they want you to see
it Marv McDonald is live downtown
tonight and Maura some communities are
urging a no vote
others are holding town halls to talk it
over it's exactly Kimberly and I think
we're gonna see a whole lot more of that
going forward as we march towards
November but it's really interesting so
far we haven't seen a well-funded or
well-organized pro or con camp yet our
recent polling shows that marijuana is
looking like it's gonna pass political
operatives will tell you they look at
ballot props at this time to see whether
their polling at 60% pots not there yet
but it's close the Michigan association
of police chiefs sent out data from
Colorado law enforcement to police
departments across the state for two
reasons
they wanted all Chiefs to see the
numbers and they encourage sharing it in
their communities Shelby Township but
the entire report up on social media our
job is to follow a law and we're going
to regardless of what the law is that's
what police do and we will do that and
show me Township but uh obviously some
of the things I'm very concerned about
what raised his eyebrows in particular
after all this report is 176 pages long
violent crime stats accidents and youth
usage all of which this report from the
rocky mountain high intensity drug
trafficking task force says have
increased now realize the group is not
neutral it's part of a federal program
aimed at combating drug trafficking
which has pro-pot groups calling foul on
its findings and questioning its data
usage one thing is clear if recreational
pot is a go here police departments will
have challenges for example drug
sniffing dogs we're gonna have to do a
study and find out our dogs going to be
ineffective anymore are we gonna be
allowed to put them on a street and
search for drugs if they're gonna be you
know hitting on marijuana all the time
you know something we have to look into
that concerns me back here live realized
that as we all head to the polls in
November to make a decision on this our
friends across the border in Canada well
the Senate of Canada has already voted
to make pot recreational there
we're live downtown tonight I'm Mara
McDonald local for how much to decipher
I Paula Detroit police are on the hunt
for a serial sexual predator on the
city's west side and tonight they've
released this sketch of their suspect
one in connection with three incidents
the most recent occurred Monday the rest
date back to March police say at least
two of the women had contact with him on
a social media dating site all the
victims in their 20s if you recognize
the man or know anything about these
incidents that might help police you're
urged to call CrimeStoppers at 1 800
speak up a 12 year old and south lion is
in juvenile detention tonight accused of
threatening to shoot up his school the
Oakland County Sheriff's Office says the
boy allegedly made the threat in front
of other students who notified their
teacher the threat was reported to the
school resource officer the boy is
charged with a felony tonight at Grosse
Pointe Shores councilman is defending a
controversial post on Facebook Matt
Seeley posted this meme on the Michigan
Trump Republicans Facebook page
a woman consoling another woman with the
text I'm so sorry that bad man touched
you inappropriately
let's wait 30 or 40 years until he runs
for office against a Democrat progress
Michigan is calling for his resignation
and for a public apology but see Lee
tells local four and this is his quote
my personal political views are my right
to express and I don't understand why
these organizations that are supposed to
be into free speech and the Bill of
Rights are so interested in censoring me
end of quote
C Lee went on to say his work on city
council is on a volunteer basis and he
has no reason to resign Clausen City
Council has suspended an order for
residents to remove pet chickens from
their homes it's been considering the
removal of pet chickens after several
complaints from neighbors tonight the
City Council has suspended the order for
90 days or until further notice the
council will work to rewrite the town
ordinance and have town hall meetings
discussing its decision may be hard to
believe but America's Thanksgiving
Parade is how nine we stopped that nine
weeks the parade company held its annual
grand gestures reception in Birmingham a
celebration of 35 years of the
distinguished clown Corps president/ceo
the parade company Toni Michael says we
are officially now in parade season this
is a great night and this is when a lot
of our distinguished clowns come
together and are great friends from you
hy our sponsor come together to really
kick off the parade season to kick off
this great great part of the parade
distinguished clowns make it happen it
just keeps getting bigger and better and
it's just so Detroit it's so Detroit and
we are always delighted to point out
that you can watch America's
Thanksgiving Parade only right here on
local 4 and what did you just point out
there are fewer than a hundred days left
until Christmas the customer is not
always right at least in the eyes of the
law what led to this confrontation at a
Domino's Pizza that got a man arrested
also tonight Earth Wind & Fire combining
for an amazing must-see
pitov Ben Devin we've got a few showers
hanging around the area tonight these
are gonna be gone by about 3:00 a.m.
leaving us with cloudy skies to start
the morning commute but it may feel a
little well whole lot different tomorrow
we'll look at temperatures
okay bed but first the woman accusing
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of
sexual assault called on the FBI to get
involved what she wants the agency to do
before she testifies