>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT, LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> THE SUSPECT IN THE ROAD
RAGE SHOOTING THAT KILLED A
DETROIT FIRE LIEUTENANT
FACES A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST
TIME. WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED,
WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED,
PLUS,S PARTS OF METRO
DETROIT ARE CLEANING UP THIS
AFTER -- THIS AFTERNOON
AFTER A ROUND OF SEVERE
STORMS.
WE DO BEGIN WITH THE WEATHER HERE AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
HERE AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
THE LOCAL FORECASTERS ARE
TRACKING ANOTHER SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT FOR LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
SO THAT TOPS OUR NEWS HERE AT NOON.
AT NOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I’M
METEOROLOGIST -- RIGHT NOW WE ARE STEAMY LOOK AT THIS
WE ARE STEAMY LOOK AT THIS
MONROE AT 72 DEGREES, 74 IN
DETROIT BUT THE DEW POINT
TEMPERATURES HAVE ACTUALLY
COME UP FROM WHERE THEY WERE
THIS MORNING THEY WERE
ALREADY HIGH THIS MORNING.
SO THAT IS JUST SHOWING THE INCREASE AND INSTABILITY
INCREASE AND INSTABILITY
THAT WE’RE SEEING ACROSS THE
AREA.
SOMETHING INTERESTING ON
STORM TRACKER 4, NOTICE
RIGHT HERE, SEE THIS LITTLE
LINE RIGHT HERE JUST
STARTING TO DEVELOP RIGHT
THERE.
ALSO A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS
RIGHT HERE. THIS COULD BE THE INITIATION
THIS COULD BE THE INITIATION
OF PERHAPS THE VERY FIRST
WHAT COULD BECOME
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT THAT’S
APPROACHING.
SO WE’RE GOING TO MONITOR VERY CLOSELY AND RIGHT NOW
VERY CLOSELY AND RIGHT NOW
WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING
HIGHS THAT WRAPS WILL HIT 80
DEGREES WITH THE SCATTERED
STORMS DEVELOPING.
THEY SHOULD BE ENDING AROUND
5:00, 6:00 AS THE FRONT
PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. THEN WE HAVE RELIEF COMING
THEN WE HAVE RELIEF COMING
IN FOR TOMORROW INTO THE
WEEKEND.
SO WE’LL BREAK DOWN THIS DAY
IN GREAT DETAIL COMING UP
FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
ALSO WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
WEEKEND FORECAST.
KIND OF LOOKING LIKE A 50-50 WEEKEND.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHICH 50 YOU
CAN PLAN ON IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES, EVROD.
>> THANK YOU, PAUL.
>>> ABOUT 121,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER
STORMS HIT THE AREA LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
THOSE STORMS ALSO CAUSED
SOME PRETTY BAD DAMAGE
ACROSS THE AREA DOWNED POWER
LINES WERE REPORTED, TOPPLED
TREES AS WELL.
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IS WEST BLOOMFIELD.
IS WEST BLOOMFIELD.
THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR ROD
MELONI.
WE JOINS US NOW LIVE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE, ROD?
>> Reporter: YEAH, HEY,
EVROD. THE SINGING OF THE CHAIN SAW
THE SINGING OF THE CHAIN SAW
WILL BE CONSTANT THROUGHOUT
THE DAY HERE AND INTO THE
NIGHT.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS
THE TOP HALF OF A PINE TREE.
TAKE A LOOK UP THE TREE IT
SNAPPED OFF IN THE MIDDLE AND CAME DOWN.
AND CAME DOWN.
BUT THAT’S NOT EVEN BEST
PICTURE TO SHOW YOU HOW BAD
THE WINDS WERE OUT HERE
YESTERDAY.
TAKE A LOOK JUST DOWN THE
SIDE THERE YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE ROOT BALL OF A GIANT
ENTIRE ROOT BALL OF A GIANT
TREE LEANING OVER THAT ONE
BEING WORKED ON BY THE
COUNTY HERE.
AND THERE’S SO MUCH MORE
DAMAGE OUT HERE.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF TREE
SERVICES OUT HERE. WE’LL SHOW YOU THIS.
WE’LL SHOW YOU THIS.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE VIDEO THAT WE SHOT HERE
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
IN THIS PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOOD IT’S HORSESHOE DRIVE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD
DRIVE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD
WHICH BACKS UP TO THE
COUNTRY CLUB.
WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND HERE IS
WHAT LOOKS LIKE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS THAT HAVE KNOCKED
DOWN MASSIVE TREES. IN FACT, ONE OF THE
IN FACT, ONE OF THE
RESIDENTS TOLD ME IT WAS
100-YEAR-OLD PINE TREE THAT
WENT DOWN AND KNOCKED OUT
HIS NEIGHBOR’S BOATHOUSE.
IT WAS A LOCUST TREE THAT CAME THROUGH AND KNOCKED A
CAME THROUGH AND KNOCKED A
HOLE IN HIS ROOF.
SO THEY’RE FEELING VERY
FORTUNATE OUT HERE BECAUSE
THERE WAS NOBODY HURT IN ANY OF THIS DAMAGE.
OF THIS DAMAGE.
>> WHEN THE WIND CAME UP IT
TURNED AGREE AND I DECIDED
TO RETREAT TO A SAFER SPOT
AT THE HOUSE.
I HEARD A LOUD SOUND.
A CRACK, A BOOM.
AND THEN IT SEEMED TO ME
THAT SOMETHING WAS
DIFFERENT.
SO I WENT OUT AND LOOKED
OUTSIDE AND THERE WAS TREES
WERE DOWN IN THE BACK AND
THE FRONT.
>> WE WERE NOT HEROES.
AS SOON AS WE CAME IN WE
COULDN’T PULL IN THIS SIDE
THE TREE WAS DOWN.
SO WE PULLED OVER HERE AND
WE COULDN’T PULL IN THIS
SIDE OF THE SUB BECAUSE THE
TREE WAS DOWN.
WE WENT THE LONG ROAD AND
CAME IN THROUGH HERE.
IT WAS UPROOTED.
WE LOOKED AT OUR HOUSE
THOUGHT OH, THANK THE LORD.
NO DAMAGE. >> Reporter: WELL, WE DID
>> Reporter: WELL, WE DID
HAVE SOME MORE SOUND THERE
BUT THE POINT IS THAT AROUND
HERE YOU CAN FIND TREES DOWN LIKE THIS ALL OVER AND ALSO
LIKE THIS ALL OVER AND ALSO
THE TREES WITH THE ROOT
BALLS KNOCKED OVER AS WELL.
WE TALKED TO NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE THEY TOLD ME
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE
COMING OUT LOOKING TO SEE IF
THIS WAS A TORNADO THEY FEEL THAT EVERYTHING WE’RE
THAT EVERYTHING WE’RE
LOOKING AT HERE WAS STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.
IT DOESN’T MUCH MATTER TO
THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE
THEY HAVE TO GET THE ROOFING
COMPANY OUT AND THE TREE
SERVICES OUT TO GET THESE
TREES TAKEN CARE OF. WE’LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT
WE’LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT
THIS AND THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ALSO TOLD US
TO BE LOOKING OUT WHERE ALL
THE POWER IS OUT SO IT’S
MOSTLY HERE AND IN
FARMINGTON HILLS. ONE LAST NOTE HERE OUT ON
ONE LAST NOTE HERE OUT ON
ORCHARD LAKE ROAD AT LONG
LAKE ROAD THEY HAVE ORCHARD
LAKE CLOSED DOWN AS A RESULT
OF TREES AND WIRES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE’RE GOING TO SLIDE UP
THERE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BEFORE WE HEAD DOWN TO
BEFORE WE HEAD DOWN TO
FARMINGTON HILLS.
WE’LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE
COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
5:00, AND 6:00.
REPORTING LIVL IN WEST
BLOOMFIELD, ROD MELONI,
LOCAL 4.
>> ROD, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> FIVE TEAMS FROM FEMA ARE
IN WAYNE DON’T TOUR RECENT
FLOOD DAMAGE.
AFTER CHECKING OUT SEVERAL
COMMUNITIES FEMA WILL MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION TO PRESIDENT BIDEN ON WHETHER HE SHOULD
BIDEN ON WHETHER HE SHOULD
DECLARE A DISASTER OR NOT.
IF A DISASTER IS DECLARED,
FEDERAL FUNDS CAN BE SENT TO
PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP.
>> IN OTHER NEWS THIS
AFTERNOON A DETROIT MAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES IN THE
FACES SEVERAL CHARGES IN THE
DEADLY SHOOTING OF A DETROIT
FIRE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT
IN TROY.
27-YEAR-OLD TERRELL
JOSIE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING
IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF DETROIT FIRE LIEUTENANT
OF DETROIT FIRE LIEUTENANT
FRANK DOMBROWSKI.
NOW THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON
MONDAY NIGHT AT THE SHELL
GAS STATION ON ROCHESTER
ROAD NEAR WADDLES.
VICTOR WILLIAMS WAS AT
TODAY’S ARRAIGNMENT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE THIS
JOINS US NOW LIVE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A LOOK AT THE
CHARGES AND WHAT HAPPENED IN
COURT.
VICTOR?
>> Reporter: YES, EVROD, WE ARE FINALLY GETTING A
ARE FINALLY GETTING A
GLIMPSE OF THIS MAN MAN WHO
IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND
KILLING THIS FIREMAN WHO
SPENT NEARLY 30 YEARS WHILE
ON THE FORCE.
NOW 27-YEAR-OLD TERRELL
JOSIE IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH
CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH
THE DEATH OF 55-YEAR-OLD
DETROIT FIRE LIEUTENANT
FRANCIS FRANK DOMBROWSKI.
CHARGES RANGE FROM HOMICIDE
TO FELONY FIREARM AND
CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON.
TODAY HE APPEARED BEFORE A
JUDGE IN DISTRICT COURT
WHERE HE PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO
ALL OF THESE ACCUSATIONS.
IF YOU RECALL THE 27-YEAR-OLD TURNED HIMSELF
27-YEAR-OLD TURNED HIMSELF
IN TO POLICE AFTER ALLEGEDLY
SHOOTING THE FIREMAN AT A
GAS STATION THIS PAST MONDAY
NIGHT.
JOLSY IS ACCUSED OF BEING
THE PASSENGER IN A WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE THAT
JEEP CHEROKEE THAT
APPARENTLY FOLLOWED
LIEUTENANT DOMBROWSKI OVER
THREE MILES FROM HIS
ROCHESTER HILLS HOME AFTER
AN APPARENT ROAD RAGE
ALTERCATION HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE DAY.
IN THE DAY.
POLICE SAY ONCE THE TWO MEN
MET ONCE UP AT THE GAS
STATION AND HAD WORDS THAT’S
WHEN JOSIE ALLEGEDLY FIRED
MULTIPLE SHOTS STRIKING DOMBROWSKI KILLING HIM RIGHT
DOMBROWSKI KILLING HIM RIGHT
ON THE SCENE.
NOW TODAY JOSIE APPEARED
SOMEWHAT REMORSEFUL NOT
SPEAKING MUCH BUT PRETRIAL
SERVICES TRIED THEIR BEST TO REASON WITH THE JUDGE ON WHY
REASON WITH THE JUDGE ON WHY
HE SHOULD BE DENIED BOND.
TURNS OUT HE HAD MULTIPLE
BENCH WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS
ARREST WHEN THIS INCIDENT
HAPPENED.
>> GIVEN THERE IS NO NO CONDITION OR ACCOMMODATION
CONDITION OR ACCOMMODATION
OF CONDITIONS THAT WILL
ENSURE THE DEFENDANT’S
APPEARANCE IN COURT OR
SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY
THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH MCR 6.106 IT’S RECOMMENDED THAT BOND BE
RECOMMENDED THAT BOND BE
DENIED IN THIS MATTER.
>> BASED ON THE CHARGES IN
THIS MATTER AND BASED ON THE
FACT THAT YOUR CLIENT HAS
FIVE BENCH WARRANTS FOR VERY MINOR MATTERS I AM NOT
MINOR MATTERS I AM NOT
INCLINED TO RELEASE HIM ON
ANY BOND AT THIS TIME.
>> Reporter: INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH, THE DRIVER OF THAT WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE IS NOT
WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE IS NOT
GOING TO BE CHARGED
WHATSOEVER.
JOSIE IN THE MEANTIME IS DUE
BACK IN COURT EXACTLY ONE WEEK FROM NOW.
WEEK FROM NOW.
IN DETROIT, VICTOR WILLIAMS,
LOCAL 4.
>>> STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING AN APPARENT
ROAD RAGE INCIDENT AFTER
SOMEBODY SHOT UP A
TRACTOR-TRAILER ON I-75 DOWN
RIVER. TAKE A LOOK THIS IS THE
TAKE A LOOK THIS IS THE
SCENE AROUND 1:45 THIS
MORNING IN BROWNSTOWN
TOWNSHIP.
THE SEMIDRIVER CALLED 911 SAYING THAT ANOTHER CAR WAS
SAYING THAT ANOTHER CAR WAS
SHOOT AT HIM THANKFULLY NO
ONE WAS HIT.
PART OF THE INTERSTATE HAD
TO BE SHUT DOWN.
IT HAS SINCE BEEN REOPENED
THE STATE TROOPERS ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING. >>> SO COVID CASES HAVE BEEN
>>> SO COVID CASES HAVE BEEN
DOWN IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE STILL POCKETS THAT
ARE LARGELY UNVACCINATED
WHERE CASES HAVE SEEN A
SPIKE IN NUMBERS AND DEATHS. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DELTA
VARIANT NOW BEING CALLED
COVID 21.
BREWSTER REPORTS FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THAT
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THAT
IS A COVID HOTSPOT.
>> Reporter: HI, THERE,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY YOU ARE
SEEING A REAL CLASH IN COVID
REALITIES.
OVERNIGHT HERE IN
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, THE
FIRST MEMBER OF A FEDERAL COVID RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVING
COVID RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVING
HOPING TO HELP STOP WHAT HAS
BEEN AN ALARMING INCREASE IN
COVID CASES.
THE PROBLEM DOCTORS SAY THE
DELTA VARIANT WHICH THE C.D.C. NOW SAYS IS THE
C.D.C. NOW SAYS IS THE
DOMINANT STRAIN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
WHERE THE VACCINATION RATES
REMAIN CLOSE.
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT
THREAT.
THIS IS COVID 21, THIS IS NOT COVID-19.
NOT COVID-19.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS AT
MERCY HOSPITAL SAYING AMONG
THEIR COVID PATIENTS MORE
THAN 95% OF THEIR PATIENTS
HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED AND THAT’S WHY YOU’RE HAVING
THAT’S WHY YOU’RE HAVING
LOCAL OFFICIALS REALLY PUSH
VACCINATIONS AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
AND IT’S A STRIKING SPLIT
SCREEN WITH WHAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK CITY. A MASSIVE TICKER TAPE A
A MASSIVE TICKER TAPE A
RADAR HONORING FRONT LINE
HEROES AND HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WHO REALLY GOT THE
CITY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IN
THE DARKEST HOURS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY YOU’RE SEEING PEOPLE WANTING TO GET OUT OF THIS
WANTING TO GET OUT OF THIS
PANDEMIC BUT FIRST HAVING TO
GET THROUGH THE INCREASING
SEVERITY OF THE DELTA
STRAIN.
SHAQUILLE BREWSTER, NBC
NEWS. >>> HERE AT HOME NOW THE
>>> HERE AT HOME NOW THE
STATE’S VACCINATION RATE IS
STILL AT 62%.
WE DO EXPECT UPDATED
CORONAVIRUS CASE NUMBERS AND
DEATH TOTALS TOMORROW.
THEY UPDATE NOW ONLY ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
>>> NEW AT NOON, THE TOKYO
GAMES WILL BE HELD WITHOUT
FANS THIS COMING AS TOKYO IS
UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY. OFFICIALS FEARING A COVID-19
OFFICIALS FEARING A COVID-19
SURGE WILL MULTIPLY.
THE EMERGENCY WILL LAST FROM
NEXT MONDAY TO AUGUST 22nd
WITH THE OLYMPICS STARTING
ON JULY 23rd THEN CLOSING ON AUGUST 8th.
AUGUST 8th.
ABOUT 11,000 OLYMPIANS AND
4400 PAR LIMB PANS ARE
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE JAPAN
-- PARALYMPIANS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER JAPAN.
TO ENTER JAPAN.
>>> STILLANTIS IS INVESTING
$35 BILLION IF NOT MORE INTO
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THE WORLD’S FOURTH LARGEST
AUTOMAKER JUST ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS.
STILLANTIS WILL BE OFFERING
AN ELECTRIC DODGE MUSCLE CAR
BY THE YEAR 2024.
THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO HAVE
FIVE BATTERY PRODUCTION FACILITIES CALLED GIGGA
FACILITIES CALLED GIGGA
FACTORIES BY THE YEAR 2030.
NO WORD YET IF ANY OF THOSE
PLANTS WILL BE HERE IN METRO
DETROIT.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE AT
NOON, TAKING GOOGLE TO
COURT.
FIND OUT WHY SEVERAL STATES
HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT.
>>> FIRST THE DEATH TOLL
RISES IN THE DEVASTATING
CONDO COLLAPSE IN FLORIDA.