THIS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY SINCE IT BROKE AND JACQUELINE, THIS ALL HAPPENED
VERY QUICKLY, RIGHT? IT DID.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A NEARBY
HOME PLAYS LIKE AN ACTION MOVIE
. IT SHOWS THE SUSPECT GET OUT
OF HIS CAR HERE AT THE DEAD END
STREET, TAKING THE CHASE ON FOOT
RUNNING UP THE HILL CLIMBING
UNDER A TRAIN. MOMENTS LATER,
SHOTS ARE FIRED. TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS THE END OF THE CHASE
THAT STARTED IT ALL. NEVER SEEN
THE ACTION LIKE THAT WITH THE
POLICE CARS AND THEY ZOOMED DOWN
THE STREET. THEY WERE AFTER
SOMEBODY. DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES WHITE SAYS THEY WERE AFTER
A SUSPECT WITH A HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE. A KNOWN GANG MEMBER IN
THE AREA LINKED TO A HOMICIDE
BACK IN FEBRUARY AND AN ARMED
HOME INVASION LAST WEEK,
OFFICERS KNEW THAT HE WAS
VIOLENT, SO AS A RESULT THEY PUT
THE HEADQUARTERS SURVEILLANCE
UNIT ON HIM TO TRACK HIS
WHEREABOUTS AROUND 11 20. THIS
MORNING THEY GOT A HIT. THE
SUSPECT HAD LEFT HER HOME IN A
BLUE EQUINOX. POLICE WERE HOT ON
THE CHASE UNTIL THE SUSPECT LED
THEM DOWN THIS DEAD END STREET
ON THE CITY’S SOUTH WEST SIDE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE MAN
JUMPED OUT OF HIS CAR. RUNNING
UP THE HILL ON FOOT OFFICERS
FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND OUR
SUSPECT DIDN’T BUILD FROM THE
VEHICLE ARMED WITH A NINE
MILLIMETER WEAPON WITH AN
EXTENDED CLIP. RUNS FROM THE
OFFICERS. THE OFFICERS ARE IN
PURSUIT. AT EACH POINT. THEY’RE
ORDERING HIM TO DROP HIS WEAPON
. THE SUSPECT MANAGED TO CRAWL
UNDER THE STOP TRAIN SOON AFTER
SHOTS RANG OUT SHOTS. DID YOU
HEAR? I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
SHOTS THERE WERE QUITE A FEW.
THE MAN WAS HIT BY DETROIT
POLICE GUNFIRE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION,
A KEY QUESTION THE SUSPECT EVER
FIRED AT OFFICERS ARE POINTING
THEIR GUN AT HIM. I JUST
REVIEWED SOME VIDEO AND IT WAS
UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF HE FIRED
AND HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED
FROM THE OPPOSITE. SO WE’RE
LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW. WE
LAST HEARD FROM CHIEF WHITE
AROUND 1 30 THIS AFTERNOON. AT
THAT TIME, HE SAID THE SUSPECT
WAS IN SURGERY. THAT’S THE LAST
UPDATE WE’VE HAD ON THEIR
CONDITION. IN THE MEANTIME,
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE AND
INTERNAL AFFAIRS WILL TAKE OVER
THE INVESTIGATION REPORTING LIVE
IN DETROIT. I’M JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT,
JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. ALSO HERE
AT FIVE. POLICE BELIEVE A MAN
POSSIBLY HAVING A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY CAUSED A ROLLOVER
CRASH. THAT KILLED HIM AND AN 18
YEAR OLD PASSENGER CRASH
HAPPENED AT 1 30 THIS AFTERNOON
AT 12 MILE IN BURNER TO THE
MACOMB COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SOUTH CAMPUS. POLICE SAY THE
DRIVER OF THE SUV HIT SEVERAL
OTHER CARS BEFORE FLIPPING. BOTH
THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER
WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE
SCENE. A GAS MAIN BREAK HAS
CLOSED A VERY BUSY ROAD IN
OAKLAND COUNTY, SOUTH BOULEVARD
, FROM DICK WINDER TO JOHN R. IS
SHUT DOWN ON THE BORDER OF
ROCHESTER HILLS AND TROY CRUISER
PERFORMING EMERGENCY WORK TO FIX
A GAS MAIN. THEY CAN’T SAY WHEN
THE WORLD WILL WE REOPENED, BUT
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW JUST AS SOON
AS IT DOES. WELL THIS IS
DEFINITELY NOT GOOD NEWS. IT’S
GOING TO COST YOU MORE TO FILL
UP YOUR GAS TANK THIS WEEK. GAS
PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE IN
MICHIGAN TRIPLE A, SAYS PRICES
ARE UP 19 CENTS. THAT’S COMPARED
TO LAST WEEK. WE’RE NOW PAYING
AN AVERAGE OF 4 36 PER GALLON.
THAT’S 50 CENTS MORE THAN THIS
TIME LAST MONTH. EXPERTS DO SAY
THAT DEADLY REFINERY FIRE NEAR
TOLEDO IS STILL HAVING A BIG
IMPACT ON GAS PRICES HERE IN THE
MIDWEST AND THE DECISION BY OPEC
TO CUT OIL PRODUCTION IS ALSO
PLAYING A ROLE AS WELL. A
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER IS GOING
TO BE OKAY AFTER BEING SHOT
WHILE HE WAS OFF DUTY EARLY THIS
MORNING. THIS HAPPENED ON
FIELDING ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
JUST BEFORE FOUR IN THE MORNING
, AND IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON
CAMERA. NICK MONACELLI REPORTS.
SOME BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS A
COINCIDENCE. OTHERS THINK THE
OFFICER WAS TARGETED. THIS RIGHT
HERE IS THE DEFINITION OF BAD
DECISIONS. LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU
WHAT HAPPENED HERE, SO A GROUP
OF MEN WALKED THROUGH THE
BACKYARD. GET ON TOP OF THIS
MINIVAN. AT LEAST ONE OF THEM
DOES AND THEN START SHOOTING
RANDOMLY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OVER HERE WAS AN OFF DUTY COP
SITTING IN HIS CAR WITH HIS
GIRLFRIEND. HE GETS SHOT. HE’S
OKAY. OTHER BULLETS TRAVEL
ACROSS THE STREET GOING THROUGH
THAT WINDOW WITH CHILDREN INSIDE
OF THE HOME. THIS VIDEO PAINTS
THE ENTIRE PICTURE. SIX MEN,
MOST OF THEM ARMED, FIRING INTO
THE STREET AND FIELDING AND
DETROIT WEST SIDE ON TOP OF MY
CAR AND STARTED SHOOTING. AND. I
DIDN’T KNOW WHY. YOU KNOW. AH
IT’S JUST BEEN CRAZY WOMAN DOES
NOT WANT TO SHOW HER FACE BUT
WATCH THIS VIDEO OVER AND OVER
AGAIN AS THE GROUP FIRES SHOTS,
SOME OF THOSE BULLETS HITTING
THE CAR OF AN OFF DUTY DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER HE AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND WERE INSIDE. HE HAS A
GRAZE WOUND ON HIS FOREARM. MORE
BULLETS FLEW ACROSS THE STREET
GOING THROUGH A WINDOW OF A HOME
WITH CHILDREN. EVERYONE INSIDE
THERE IS OKAY. DETROIT
INVESTIGATORS THINK THE OFF DUTY
COP WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT
THE WRONG TIME. IT DOESN’T
APPEAR AS THOUGH HE WAS THE
TARGET, BUT WE’RE STILL LOOKING
TO INVESTIGATE THAT NEIGHBORS,
THOUGH, ABSOLUTELY THINK THEY
WERE THE TARGET AFTER SEEING
THIS SIX MEN LURKING HIDING
UNTIL THE MOMENT WHEN THEY JUMP
OUT AND START SHOOTING WAS
TRYING TO KILL HIM. YOU THINK
THAT THEY KNEW HE WAS A MAN? I
THINK THEY KNEW IT. DETROIT
WESTSIDE NICK MONACELLI LOCAL
FLOOR. AND THE WOMAN IN THAT
CAR. THE OFF DUTY OFFICERS
GIRLFRIEND WASN’T HURT. NOW TO
THE WEATHER AS WE TAKE A LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE FROM OUR WINDSOR
SKY CAMP. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
START TO THE WORK WEEK AND
THINGS ARE REALLY WARMING UP,
BUT THAT’S BEFORE THEY COME
CRASHING DOWN LATER IN THE WEEK.
LET’S GET OVER TO KIM ADAMS NOW
AND LOOK AT WHAT’S HEADED OUR
WAY. HEY KIM! WELL, IT LOOKS
LIKE WE HAVE A BIG COOL DOWN,
HEADED OUR WAY AND ALSO SOME
RAIN AS WELL, BUT WE’LL GET
THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST TWO
DAYS THIS WEEK DRY WITH SUNNY
CONDITIONS AND MILD TEMPERATURES
. 65 AT CITY AIRPORT AND METRO
64 PONTIAC. 68 THE WARM SPOT
THIS HOUR OUT IN ANN ARBOR THIS
EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL BE
FALLING DOWN THROUGH THE MID
FIFTIES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, SO
NOT QUITE AS COLD AS IT’S BEEN
THE LAST SEVERAL NIGHTS TOMORROW
WILL SQUEAK OUT ONE MORE NICE
DAY WITH SUNSHINE TEMPERATURES
WELL ABOVE NORMAL. GOOD 10
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR AT 74, BUT TAKE A
LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURE TREND
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WE
CONTINUE TO FALL DOWN UNTIL
FRIDAY. WE ARE 10 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR,
AND WE HAVE RAIN HEADED AWAY.
I’LL TELL YOU WHEN IT GETS HERE.
COMING UP IN THE FORECAST. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. KIM, MICHIGAN
FOOTBALL RUNNING BACKS COACH
MIKE HART BACK IN ANN ARBOR
TONIGHT FOLLOWING A SCARE THIS
WEEKEND’S GAME IN INDIANA.
THAT’S RIGHT HARD HAT IS SEIZURE
ON THE SIDELINES ON SATURDAY. HE
WAS DRIVEN OFF THE FIELD AND A
STRETCHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
FIRST QUARTER AFTER COLLAPSING
DURING IMMEDIATE TIME OUT HEART
WAS DOWN FOR SEVERAL MINUTES
BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY.
HEART RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY
THANKING EVERYONE AT THE
HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN. HE WROTE. QUOTE HEALTH
WISE, I AM BACK IN ANN ARBOR AND
THINGS ARE TRENDING IN A
POSITIVE DIRECTION. I LOOK
FORWARD TO REJOINING OUR TEAM
SOON. TONIGHT AN ACTIVIST GROUP
IS DEMANDING THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING
OF PORTER BERKS BE FIRED FROM
THE FORCE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
OFFICERS DURING A MENTAL HEALTH
CALL RIGHT NOW, THOSE OFFICERS
ARE ON LEAVE. AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH
MORE ON WHAT THEY’RE DEMANDING
SHAWN LEY. A COUPLE OF DEMANDS
HERE THAT THE OFFICERS NAMES
INVOLVED IN THIS CONTROVERSIAL
SHOOTING BE RELEASED. THEN
THERE’S YOU MENTIONED. THEY WANT
THOSE OFFICERS RELIEVED OF THEIR
DUTIES. THE QUESTION IS TONIGHT.
HOW IS DPD RESPONDING? WE ARE
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS NEED TO
GO AND THEY NEED TO GO TODAY.
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK DEMANDING THAT DETROIT
POLICE RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING OF PORTER BURKE’S ONE
WEEK AGO, BIRKS WAS SUFFERING
FROM A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.
POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A MEMBER OF
ITS CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM ON
SCENE AND TRIED TO DE ESCALATE
THE SITUATION, BUT POLICE SAY
BURKE’S CHARGED AT THEM WITH A
KNIFE OFFICERS OPENING FIRE,
MULTIPLE TIMES, KILLING BIRDS.
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WANT TO KNOW
WHO THE OFFICERS ARE THERE,
DEMANDING THAT THEY NOT RETURN
TO THE BEAT. BUT WHY DID THEY
DESERVE TO BE ON THE STREETS OF
THE CITY OF DETROIT, WORKING IN
THE CITY, WHERE THERE ARE HIGH
LEVELS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AIN’T
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE
THAT SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HANDLE THEIRSELVES
UNDER A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT
COULD REQUIRE, UH, SENSITIVE
LEVEL OF DE ESCALATION. CHIEF
WHITE, APPEARING ON LOCAL FORCE
FLASHPOINT SUNDAY, SAYING POLICE
ARE SWAMPED WITH MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS CALLS CAN’T BE A POLICE
MATTER. IT JUST CAN’T HAS A
MASTER’S DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
HE’S A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELOR. HE SAYS MORE MENTAL
HEALTH FACILITIES ARE BADLY
NEEDED, BUT THE CRISIS
INTERVENTION TEAM APPROACH HAS
BEEN HELPING, HE SAYS ON 90% OF
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. LISTEN. I
NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN
AGAIN AND WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT
EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE BETTER.
BUT THE BEST PRACTICE AS WORKED
OVER 90% OF THE TIME IS THE ONE
THAT WE DEPLOY, AND THAT’S THE
SECRET PROGRAM. JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO. DPT RELEASING TO ME
THIS STATEMENT, REACTING TO THE
PROTESTERS, SAYING, WE RESPECT
THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST
, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS
GROUP DID. MR BURKE’S DEATH IS A
TRAGIC SITUATION FOR HIS FAMILY,
THE COMMUNITY AND OUR
DEPARTMENT. THEY ADD THAT THIS
CASE ONCE INVESTIGATED THE
INVESTIGATION IS OVER, WILL BE