NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT THAT BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT, WHERE THE
MANHUNT JUST ENDED FOR AN INMATE
WHO ESCAPED FROM THE WAYNE
COUNTY JAIL. THAT INMATE WAS
ABLE TO BREAK AWAY WHILE BEING
BOOKED AT THE JAIL ESCAPE SET
OFF A MASSIVE MANHUNT NEAR THE
JAIL. TIM PAMPLIN THERE TONIGHT
WITH THE NIGHT CAM TIM. THE
MANHUNT IS OVER. IT LASTED ABOUT
AN HOUR AND A HALF AROUND
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, THE ESCAPEE
MAKING HIS GETAWAY FROM THE
DOWNTOWN JAIL AND THE MANHUNT
WAS UNDERWAY. OFFICERS FROM
DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE
WAYNE COUNTY SHOW, US OFFICE AND
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ALL ON THE
HUNT, 5-7 CLINTON STREET HAD AN
ESCAPE FROM JAIL ESCAPEE AT 26,
YEAR OLD MAN FROM DETROIT BEING
BOOKED IN TO THE JAIL WHEN HE
WAS ABLE TO CLAMBER THROUGH A
WINDOW TO MAKE HIS GETAWAY DRESS
HELICOPTERS ON THE HUNT AS WELL
. DEPUTIES DISTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ESCAPEE
OFFICERS EVEN CHECKING OUTBOUND
BUSSES ALONG GRATIOT AVENUE, AND
THEN THEY GOT THEIR BREAK. THEY
WENT TO THE SUSPECTS, MOTHER’S
HOUSE AND WALLACH AS YOU COME
BACK OUT TO US HERE, THERE IS
THE ESCAPEE BACK IN CUFFS. NO
SHOES ON STICKING HIS TONGUE OUT
OF HIS HOUSE THAT DEPUTY HOLDING
ON EXTRA TIGHT TO THOSE
HANDCUFFS. I SUSPECT THIS
ESCAPEE OR ONCE ESCAPEE WILL BE
KEPT AWAY FROM WINDOWS THIS TIME
THAT IS THE SAME DOWNTOWN AT THE
MAIN JAIL, TIM PAMPLIN. LOCAL 4
OKAY. TIM, OUR OTHER TOP STORY.
LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL REJECTS AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HAVE ADDED
PROTECTIONS FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LIVE TONIGHT WITH THE PASSIONATE
DEBATE THAT ULTIMATELY ENDED
WITH THE PROPOSED LAW BEING
VOTED DOWN, JACQUELINE. THAT’S
RIGHT. AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE
ALREADY FEDERAL AND STATE
PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND LOCAL
ORDINANCE WOULD TAKE IT ONE STEP
FURTHER, SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING
THE PROCESS FOR DEALING WITH
DISCRIMINATION ISSUES AT THE
CITY LEVEL. BEFORE PUTTING IT TO
A VOTE. LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS DEBATED THE ORDINANCE
BEFORE THEM. THE
NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
WOULD EXPAND PROTECTIONS FOR THE
LGBT Q COMMUNITY IN REAL ESTATE
TRANSACTIONS, HOUSING,
EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS. CITYWIDE SOME
MEMBERS WERE FOUR WE’RE GOING TO
TELL OUR RESIDENTS WE ARE IN
ARMS, WIDE OPEN COMMUNITY BY
UPDATING AN ORDINANCE THAT
HASN’T BEEN TOUCHED. SINCE 1979
BUT A MAJORITY AGAINST BUT WHEN
I ASKED WHETHER IT COULD BE USED
TO GO AFTER A CHURCH OPERATED
NURSING HOME THAT WISHES TO HIRE
LEADERS WHO HOLD VALUES
CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION, I
WAS TOLD THAT PROBABLY COULD AND
I HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THAT
PASSIONATE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS
ALSO SPLIT ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
PASS THE ORDINANCE. PEOPLE ARE
LEAVING OUR CITY BECAUSE WE DO
NOT HAVE THESE PROTECTIONS. IT
IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL. WE’RE
JOINED THIS EVENING BY SOMEONE
WHO DID JUST THAT, BECAUSE SHE
DID NOT FEEL HIS COMMUNITY
VALUED HER AND HER WIFE AND
ADJUSTMENT TO THE CURRENT
ORDINANCE IS UNWARRANTED. AND
WOULD NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON
RUDE BEHAVIOR. ULTIMATELY THE 5
TO 2 VOTE REJECTED THE ORDINANCE
JUST PASSING THIS TONIGHT JUST
TO SAY WE’RE DOING IT. THAT’S
NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE. THAT’S NOT
GOOD POLICY, AND I’M NOT GOING
TO BE A PART OF IT JUST TO PASS
IT BECAUSE TOMORROW NOTHING’S
GOING TO CHANGE IF WE DO OR
DON’T PASS THIS ALTHOUGH THE
ORDINANCE DID NOT PASS IN
LIVONIA, THERE ARE ROUGHLY 60
OTHER CITIES IN MICHIGAN THAT
HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN PLACE
REPORTING LIVE. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. OKAY,
JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. MELVIN
DALE MAN IS HEADED BACK HOME
AFTER BEING DETAINED IN THE
MIDDLE EAST FOR MORE THAN A
MONTH, MOHAMMED SALEM TRAVELED
TO SAUDI ARABIA TO VISIT THE
FAMOUS MOSQUE IN MECCA. HE WAS
ARRESTED LAST MONTH DURING A
RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGE. AFTER AN
ARGUMENT BROKE OUT IN A SECURITY
LINE. HE WAS NEVER CHARGED WITH
A CRIME. FAMILY MEMBERS WERE
TOLD TODAY. SALEM WAS RELEASED
FROM PRISON AND WAS PLACED ON A
FLIGHT HEADED TO THE UNITED
STATES. AT LAST CHECK, SELLIN
WILL REUNITE WITH HIS FAMILY
BACK HOME SHOULD BE SOMETIME
TOMORROW MORNING. AN
INVESTIGATION NOW UNDERWAY AFTER
A CONSTRUCTION WORKER IS KILLED
IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING HEAVY
MACHINERY. THIS HAPPENED THIS
AFTERNOON AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE
ALONG WING LAKE ROAD NOT TOO FAR
FROM 14 MILES. WE’RE TOLD THE
VICTIM IS A 22 YEAR OLD FROM
MACOMB. NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT.
OSHA IS NOW LEADING THE
INVESTIGATION. FAMILY OF PATRICK
LEONIA FILES A FEDERAL CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWSUIT SAYING, YO YO YO
WAS RACIALLY PROFILED BEFORE HE
WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE IS
SEEKING $100 MILLION FROM THE
CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND FORMER
OFFICER CHRISTOPHER SURE LAWYER
WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY SURE.
AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP AND
STRUGGLE THAT HAPPENED BACK IN
APRIL. ATTORNEYS FOR THE FAMILY
ARGUE SURE ONLY INITIATED THE
TRAFFIC STOPPED WHEN HE SAW THAT
GOYA WAS A BLACK MAN. SO WHEN
YOU TAKE DRIVING WHILE BLACK,
PERFECT EXCESSIVE FORCE YOU END
UP WITH PATRICK PAOLA BEING
UNJUSTLY. EXECUTED BY THIS GRAND
RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER IS CHARGED
WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND
HAS BEEN FIRED BY GRAND RAPIDS
POLICE. WE REACHED OUT TO THE
CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND SHARES
ATTORNEY ABOUT THE LAWSUIT AND
HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK. THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES TONIGHT
AFTER A NINE YEAR OLD BOY DIES
IN A CRASH WITH A BOX TRUCK
HAPPENED TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE
SOUTH BEND LINES OF THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY NEAR EIGHT
MILE ROAD. POLICE SAY THE CAR
WITH THE CHILD WAS TRAVELING AT
A SLOW SPEED DUE TO A BLOWOUT
TIRE BUT WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT
TO THE EIGHT MILE EXIT. BUT THEY
SAY THE BOX TRUCK REAR ENDED THE
CAR KILLING THE CHILD. SENDING
THE DRIVER AND ANOTHER CHILD OF
THE HOSPITAL, THOUGH, WITH NON
LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THAT
BOY WHO DIED WAS NOT APPARENTLY
WEARING A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME.
POLICE THINK THE DRIVER OF THE
BOX TRUCK MAY HAVE BEEN ON DRUGS
AT THE TIME. MONROE PASTOR HAS
BEEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HER
COMMUNITY FOR YEARS, AND NOW
SHE’S SET TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE
TO REUNITE A MAN WITH HIS LONG
LOST FAMILY. VICTOR WILLIAMS
LIVE TONIGHT WITH THE STORY
BEHIND THIS JOURNEY, VICTOR. YES
KIMBERLY. AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THIS WOMAN JUST WANTS TO HELP AS
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. BUT IN
THIS SITUATION WHEN THE
RESOURCES WERE NOT THERE, SHE
DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HER
OWN HANDS. I’M LIKE, YOU KNOW
WHAT? IT’S CHRISTMAS? I’M GOING
TO GIVE THEM HIS FAMILY A GIFT
JUST A FEW HOURS PAST OR HEATHER
BOON WILL BE EMBARKING ON A
JOURNEY OVER 500 MILES TO MAKE
SURE THIS MAN IS REUNITED WITH
HIS FAMILY. EVERYTHING WITH YOU
CAN STAND HUSBANDS CRAZY WITH ME
. AND SO WE WERE GETTING ON THE
ROAD TONIGHT, AND WE’RE DRIVING
HIM BACK HOME SOMEHOW, SOME WAY
55 YEAR OLD RANDY MAJESTIC ENDED
UP IN MONROE. SEVERAL STATES
AWAY FROM HIS HOME OUTSIDE OF
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. GOOD
SAMARITAN IS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT
HIM TO US. THEY FOUND HIM
SITTING AT A PARK NOT NOT FAR
FROM HERE WITH NO SHOES ON HIS
FEET WERE COMPLETELY FROSTBITTEN
. FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS HE’S
BEEN STAYING AT THE OAKS VILLAGE
HOMELESS SHELTER OPERATED BY
PASTOR BOONE HERSELF. HE’S BLIND
AND SUFFERS FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
WEEKS AGO, PASTOR BOONE FOUND
HIM OUTSIDE IN THE COLD WITH NO
SHOES AFTER HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY
ALREADY HELPED AND RELEASED. TRY
TO GET HIM IN THE HOSPITAL. LIES
AND TWICE HE WAS JUST PUT BACK
OUT ON THE STREET. THAT WAS THE
SECOND ENCOUNTER PASTOR BOONE
HAD WITH RANDY. ORIGINALLY HE
WAS GOING BY AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT NAME IF YOU’VE HAD A
FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS STRUGGLED
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, YOU
UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW HOW ROUGH
THAT IS, WHEN THEY JUST
DISAPPEAR, AND AFTER TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK, PASTOR BOONE WAS
ABLE TO TRACK DOWN RANDY’S
FAMILY WHO HAD BEEN SEARCHING
FOR HIM AS WELL. IT WAS SHOCKED
WHEN I WHEN I CALLED HIM, HE
SAID. YOU KNOW THEY HADN’T SEEN
THEIR BROTHER IN 14 YEARS. THEY
ASSUMED HE WAS DEAD. HE TOLD ME
HIS MOTHER HAD BEEN HEARTBROKEN
, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HIS BROTHER
WAS MISSING AND SO. SO TOUCHING.
WE KNOW THAT LAST YEAR, PASTOR
BOONE WAS AWARDED AND NAMED
PERSON OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY.
THIS WAS DURING THE BEST OF
HUMANKIND AWARDS, AND WE CAN
TOTALLY SEE WHY MONROE TONIGHT.
VICTOR WILLIAMS. LOCAL FORUM.
GREAT STORY. ALRIGHT VICTOR.
THANK YOU BECOME COUNTY
EXECUTIVE MARK HACKEL,
DELIVERING HIS 10TH STATE OF THE
COUNTY ADDRESS TONIGHT.
HIGHLIGHTING JOB GROWTH ACROSS
MACOMB COUNTY. AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE PANDEMIC, NEARLY ONE IN FOUR
RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED DISRUPTION
IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS.
TODAY THE COUNTY’S UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE STANDS AT 3.4% WHICH IS
LOWER THAN BOTH STATE AND
NATIONAL AVERAGES. MICHAEL SAYS
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS NOW
WELL ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE IS
$67,000, WITH HOME VALUES ACROSS
THE COUNTY, ALSO INCREASING