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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW WE BEGIN WITH THE LOCAL FORECASTERS TRACKING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS. MOVING IN. LET’S START
WITH PAUL GROSS AND PAUL. WE’VE
ALREADY HAD A WET NIGHT. ARE WE
ALSO LOOKING AT A WET MORNING
COMMUTE? WELL, I THINK THE GOOD
NEWS IS THAT A LOT OF THIS IS
GOING TO BE GONE. IN FACT, I
THINK ALL OF IT’S GOING TO BE
GONE BY THE TIME WE GET TO THAT
MORNING COMMUTE, SO ANYTHING
THAT WE GET OVERNIGHT IT’S GOING
TO BE RUN OFF, AND I THINK THE
ROADS WILL BE EITHER JUST DRY OR
JUST DAMP IN ANY EVENT.
INTERESTING KIND OF RADAR
PATTERN HERE. LET ME JUST TAKE
YOU THROUGH THIS. THIS IS THE
BAND THAT WENT THROUGH EARLIER.
NOW THIS JUST DEVELOPED AS I’LL
SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE. AND THIS
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A BIT OF A
SWIRL HERE. THIS IS YET TO
ROTATE THROUGH THE AREA. IT’S
ONLY PUT THIS IN MOTION FOR YOU
HERE. COME ON. THERE WE GO. YOU
CAN SEE NOW. HERE’S THIS LITTLE
DRY SPOT THAT WE HAVE. BUT NOW
HERE, LOOK AT THIS. THIS
APPENDAGE RIGHT HERE. THIS THING
JUST DEVELOPED. WE’LL LOOK AT
THAT JUST KIND OF DEVELOPED
RIGHT OVER WAYNE AND UH, AND
MACOMB COUNTIES, BUT YOU CAN SEE
THIS PART RIGHT HERE IS ROTATING
THROUGH JUST LIKE THIS. SO OF
WHAT WE GET THE REST OF THE
NIGHT SOUTH OF EIGHT MILE. YOU
CAN SEE IT’S MORE OF A SCATTERED
PATTERN, AND THAT’S PRETTY MUCH
WHAT WILL HAVE THERE FOR THE
REST OF THE NIGHT? ALRIGHT,
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW HAVE
SLIPPED INTO THE MID FIFTIES, A
LITTLE QUICKER THAN I EXPECTED
EARLIER, BUT BASICALLY MID
FIFTIES, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO DROP A WHOLE LOT MORE BECAUSE
THOSE NUMBERS ARE CLOSE TO THE
DO POINT. I THINK THE RAIN IS
GONE FOR THE KIDS AT THE BUS
STOP IN THE MORNING 57 AFTERNOON
PARTLY CLOUDY 74, BUT WE DO HAVE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
CHANCE LATE IN THE DAY. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST TWO
MINUTES. ALRIGHT, PAUL IN JUST
HOURS OF WEST MICHIGAN
PROSECUTOR WILL ANNOUNCE WHETHER
A GRAND RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER
WILL BE CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF PATRICK LATOYA MCDONALD
IS LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. MARA,
THE PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE HAS
BEEN WAITING ON VARIOUS FORENSIC
REPORTS BEFORE HE MADE THIS
DECISION. KIMBERLY THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, THE
INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMING IN
WAVES. FIRST IT WAS AN MSP
INVESTIGATORY REPORT THAT IT WAS
TOXICOLOGY. FINALLY FORENSICS
AND NOW HE SAYS HE’S READY TO
ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION. WHAT
STARTED AS A TRAFFIC STOP AROUND
EIGHT O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON
APRIL, 4TH ESCALATED INTO A
STRUGGLE BETWEEN GRAND RAPIDS
POLICE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER SURE,
AND PATRICK LIOTTA, CONGOLESE
IMMIGRANT AFTER BEING PULLED
OVER LEO, YOU DID NOT COMPLY
WITH THE OFFICER’S DIRECTIONS, A
CHASE AND THEN A STRUGGLE ENSUED
WITH THE TWO MEN AND GRABBING
THE OFFICERS. TASER ENDED WITH
OFFICER SURE ON TOP OF LEONIA
AND SHOOTING HIM. IN THE BACK OF
THE HEAD. WHAT WE STILL DON’T
KNOW WHAT INITIATED THAT TRAFFIC
STOP. WAS IT SIMPLY AN IMPROPER
PLATE OR MORE? HEAD OFFICER SURE
HAD RUN INS WITH PATRICK LEO YOU
IN THE PAST BECAUSE LEO HAD
ARRESTS FOR DRUNK DRIVING IN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHAT WE DO
KNOW TOXICOLOGY REPORTS SHOW
THAT LIOTTA’S BLOOD ALCOHOL
CONTENT WAS MORE THAN THREE
TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT THAT
MORNING. IT FOUND NO SIGN OF
DRUGS IN HIS SYSTEM. THE KENT
COUNTY PROSECUTOR HAS FACED
CRITICISM HIS OFFICE HASN’T MADE
A CHARGING DECISION FASTER. MSP
WAS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE,
BUT TURNED OVER A REPORT THAT
WAS MISSING KEY DETAILS ON
FORENSICS. THE PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE SAID WERE CRITICAL BEFORE
ANNOUNCING A DECISION. THEN
JOHNSON, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
LEO, YOUR FAMILY, SAYS HE’S
CONCERNED TONIGHT BECAUSE THE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DID NOT
REACH OUT TO HIM OR HIS CLIENTS.
PRIOR TO MAKING THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT. THERE ARE THE
VICTIMS HERE, AND IT WOULD
REALLY BE NICE FOR THEM TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE PROSECUTOR.
NOT THAT HE’S HAVING A PRESS
CONFERENCE TOMORROW, BUT HERE’S
MY DECISION, AND HERE’S WHY AND
OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE NOT GOING TO
GET THAT FROM HIM. AND TO ME.
THAT’S THAT’S REVICTIMIZING THE
VICTIMS AND IT MAKES ME VERY,
VERY SAD. JOHNSON SAYS THAT IF
OFFICER SURE IS NOT CHARGED
TOMORROW THAT HE AND THE LEO
YOUR FAMILY ARE GOING TO ASK
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL TO
STEP IN. WHERE LIVE DOWNTOWN
TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD.
LOCAL 4. OKAY, MAURA. THANKS
IT’S A MASSIVE PROJECT ALONG I
94 IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. AND
TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING JUST HOW
MUCH IT WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC.
PAMELA OSBORNE LIVE ALONG THE
FREEWAY TONIGHT WITH THE
TIMELINE THAT MD JUST RELEASED
PAM YES. SO WE ARE STANDING
WHERE THAT BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE
INSTALLED IN ABOUT A MONTH FROM
NOW, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
THINKING. YOU’RE LOOKING AND
THINKING THERE’S A HOLE HERE
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL
FIELD. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLY
READY TO BE INSTALLED? WELL,
LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OVER
THERE. YOU’LL SEE THE BRIDGE IS
ALREADY ON SITE NEARLY COMPLETE.
THIS IS WHAT’S COMING TO SECOND
AVENUE IN THE CITY OF DETROIT AT
£5 MILLION IN 245 FT. LONG
YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND TIED ARCH BRIDGE IN THE
ENTIRE STATE. IT WILL BE ROLLED
OUT FROM THE STAGING AREA NEAR
WAYNE STATE’S CAMPUS TO I 94
SOON HERE’S WHERE THE CLOSURES
COME IN. THE BRIDGE IS EXPECTED
TO SLIDE INTO PLACE STARTING
SUNDAY, JULY 10TH. BUT IN ORDER
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THE
EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES OF
94 WILL HAVE TO CLOSE BETWEEN 75
THE LODGE. THE FIRST CLOSURE
WILL LAST SEVEN DAYS AND WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY A SECOND FIVE DAY
CLOSURE. THE BRIDGE BOASTS
PLENTY ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYONE
. DRIVERS WILL HAVE ONE LANE IN
EACH DIRECTION. PEDESTRIANS AND
BIKERS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN EIGHT
AND NINE FT LANES AS WELL AND
ONCE OPENED, IT WILL CONNECT
NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE NORTH AND
SOUTH OF SECOND AVENUE. SO AS
YOU CAN SEE, WHAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT IS QUITE AN UPGRADE FROM
THE ORIGINAL BRIDGE THAT WAS
BUILT HERE IN 1954. THERE WILL
BE POSTED DETOURS FOR DRIVERS
AND NEXT THURSDAY ON THE 16TH M
DAD’S GOING TO BE HOLDING A
VIRTUAL SESSION FOR PEOPLE TO
GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
PRETTY UNIQUE PROJECT AS WELL AS
WAYS TO GET AROUND IT. REPORTING
LIVE TONIGHT. I’M PAMELA OSBORNE
. LOCAL 4 REALLY IS AND I THINK
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WHO ARE
ENVISIONING THIS GOING TO HAVE
TO WAIT TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT
WITH IT IN PLACE TO REALLY GET
THE FULL PICTURE OF THIS.
THANKS, FAM. A NEW REPORT CLAIMS
THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO WORKED AT
THE ABBOTT PLANT IN WEST
MICHIGAN, COMPLAINED TO THE FDA
ABOUT UNSAFE CONDITIONS MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO, ACCORDING TO
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. THE
FORMER WORKER FILED A COMPLAINT
BACK IN FEBRUARY. 2021 ALLEGING
EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY ISSUES. THE
PLANT WASN’T SHUT DOWN UNTIL ONE
YEAR AFTER THAT, WHEN THE FDA
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS THAT FOUR
BABIES GOT SICK AFTER CONSUMING
FORMULA MADE AT THE PLANT, TWO
OF THE BABIES DIED. THE PLAN IS
NOW BACK OPEN, HAVING RESUMED
PRODUCTION LAST WEEKEND. THE
FAMILY OF MEDICINE. BALDWIN IS
SUING OXFORD SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL
COURT. THE 17 YEAR OLD SENIOR
WAS ONE OF FOUR STUDENTS SHOT
AND KILLED AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
LAST NOVEMBER. TODAY MADISON’S
MOTHER SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR THE
FIRST TIME ABOUT HOW THEIR
FAMILIES COPING WITH THE LOSS.
AND WHEN I HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR
FACES EVERY DAY. AND EXPLAIN TO
THEM. WHY HER SISTER LOST HER
BEST FRIEND. WHY HER OTHER
SISTER THINKS SHE’S STILL
SLEEPING. WHY HER BROTHER IS SOC
. IT’S HER WITH AN URN IN OUR
LIVING ROOM. IT’S NOT FAIR. THE
FAMILY’S ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WILL
BE SUING THE DISTRICT AND
EMPLOYEES WHO THEY CLAIM WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THE
SHOOTING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
THE ATTORNEY FOR OXFORD SCHOOLS
SAYS THEY’RE REVIEWING THE
LAWSUIT. AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN OUR
NATION’S CAPITAL WITH AN 11 YEAR
OLD GIRL APPEARING BY VIDEO
BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING,
TELLING LAWMAKERS QUOTE I DON’T
WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
MIRASIERRA ROW FOURTH GRADER AT
ROB ELEMENTARY TOLD LAWMAKERS IN
A PRE RECORDED MESSAGE. HOW SHE
AND HER CLASSMATES HID BEHIND
THEIR TEACHER’S DESK WHILE THE
GUNMEN BURST INTO AN ADJOINING
CLASSROOM. JASON DOOR BETWEEN
OUR AND CLASSROOMS. AND HE WENT
THERE AND. MY TEACHER TOLD WHICH
DRINK THE NIGHT AND SHOT IN THE
HEAD. AND THEN HE SHOP. SOME OF
MY CAR FLEETS AND THE WHITE
BOARD. WHEN I WENT TO THE BAD
BACKS, UM HE SHOT MY FRIEND WAS
NEXT TO ME. AND I SOLID HUMAN
DIDN’T COME BACK TO THE ROOM,
GOT BLOOD AND PUT IT ALL OVER
ME. AMID GROWING OUTRAGE TODAY,
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCING A TEAM OF EXPERTS
WILL REVIEW THE POLICE RESPONSE
FOCUSING ON WHY POLICE WAITED
MORE THAN AN HOUR TO CONFRONT
THE GUNMAN. IT WILL AGAIN BE A
BUSY DAY IN WASHINGTON TOMORROW
, WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH
ATTACK AT THE CAPITOL HOLDING
ITS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, THE
COMMITTEE HAS SPENT ALMOST A
YEAR INVESTIGATING AND WE’LL
SHARE ITS FINDINGS IN A RARE
PRIMETIME SESSION. YOU CAN WATCH
THAT RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 4, WITH