>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Shawn: A WARREN FAMILY
TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY HATE
CRIMES, BIG BREAK IN THE CASE
TONIGHT.
A MAN IS UNDER ARREST.
THE LOCAL 4 "DEFENDERS" WILL
TELL YOU WHO IS IN CUSTODY.
>> Kim: WHAT A MESS!
AFTER CHAOS ON THE DEBATE STAGE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN GO
BACK TO THEIR CORNERS AND BACK
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND DEBATE
ORGANIZERS SAY SOMETHING WILL BE
DONE TO MAKE SURE LAST NIGHT
DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN.
♪
DFRJS WE BEGIN WITH "STORM
TRACKER 4," STORMS PUSHING
THROUGH METRO DETROIT AS WE COME
TO YOU WITH LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
5:00.
WE GO TO BEN.
WHEN DO WE EXPECT IT TO MOVE
BACK OUT?
>> Kim: THAT’S A GOOD BIT OF
GREEN ON THE MAP.
>> Ben: THE TEMPERATURES ALOFT
GOT COLDER THAN AT THE SURFACE
AND THAT’S FUELING THE STORMS.
WE HAVE A LINE FROM THE CITY
DOWN INTO THE SOUTH ZONE.
THAT DOESN’T HAVE ANY LIGHTNING
RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT’S DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY
SOME GUSTY WINDS AS IT CONTINUES
TOWARD THE LAKESHORE.
THE STRONGER STORMS REMAIN IN
THE NORTH ZONE.
THIS HAS HAD A HISTORY AROUND
THE SAGINAW BAY OF PRODUCING
SOME PEA-SIZE HAIL.
A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THIS
COULD GET TO AROUND A HALF INCH
AND SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS.
IF YOU’RE NORTH BRANCH, YOU’RE
NEXT IN LINE TO SEE THE
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CONTINUES TO
THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. YOU CAN SEE THE HAIL CRACKER TO
YOU CAN SEE THE HAIL CRACKER TO
THE -- HAIL TRACKER TO THE WEST
IS WHERE WE’RE PICKING THAT UP.
A LOT OF SHOWERS WILL BE OUT OF
HERE BY 8:00 TONIGHT.
MUCH COOLER WEATHER AND MORE
RAIN AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE
WEEKEND.
GUYS?
♪
>> Devin: ALL RIGHT, TONIGHT,
THE "DEFENDERS" ARE LEARNING
BRAND-NEW INFORMATION AFTER AN
ARREST IS MADE IN THE WARREN
HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION.
>> Kim: LET’S GO TO SHAWN LEY.
THE SUSPECT HAS CONFESSED TO
POLICE.
>> Shawn: INVESTIGATORS SAY HE
HAS CONFESSED.
HE’S 24 YEARS OLD AND SAYS
SPECIFICALLY IT WAS THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER SIGN IN THE HALL
FAMILY WINDOW IS THE REASON WHY
HE TARGETED THIS FAMILY ON
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
WE’VE BEEN SPEAKING TO THE HALLS
THROUGHOUT THIS AND EVERY TIME
THEY SAID THEY WERE CONFIDENT
WARREN POLICE WOULD FIND THEIR
MAN.
>> FEAR, CONSTANT FEAR OF THE
UNKNOWN.
>> Shawn: FORCED OUT OF THEIR
FAMILY HOME FOR THREE WEEKS FOR
THE MOST VICIOUS, VIOLENT,
RACISM AND HATE, THEY HAVE
RESPONDED WITH FORGIVENESS AND
GRACE.
>> HATE BRINGS NO GOOD TO
ANYONE.
>> Shawn: BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY
IT WAS THE HALLS BLACK LIVES
MATTER SIGN THAT SET OFF A
24-YEAR-OLD, A COUSINO HIGH
SCHOOL GRAD, A DELIVERY TRUCK
DRIVER WHO LIVES WITH HIS
PARENTS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO GRAB A GUN.
TO GRAB A GUN.
HE FOUND IN HIS PARENTS GARAGE,
AND FIRED MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE
HALL’S HOME, THROW A ROCK
THROUGH THEIR WINDOW, SLASH ALL
OF THEIR TIRES AND WROTE
MESSAGES OF HATE ON THEIR TRUCK.
>> I SAID THIS CASE WAS NUMBER
ONE FOR THE WARREN POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> Shawn: THEY WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO DRUM UP LEAVES.
TO DRUM UP LEAVES.
A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT LED
THEM TO THE HOME ON CARRIER
STREET.
>> THE SUSPECT DID CONFESS TO
THE CRIMES, AND I SAY THE
CRIMES, AGAINST THE HALL FAMILY
AND ANOTHER INCIDENT ON TOM
ALLEN STREET.
THAT’S WHERE THE WORD
"PEDOPHILE" WAS SPRAY-PAINTED ON
A HOME BECAUSE IT HAD A BIDEN
SIGN IN THE FRONT YARD.
>> YOU WENT WAY TOO FAR.
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE WHAT I
BELIEVE BUT YOU WENT WAY TOO
FAR.
>> Shawn: SHE TOLD ME FROM THE
BEGINNING AND SHE TOLD ME TODAY,
SHE FORGIVES THIS GUY IF HE IS
CONVICTED.
HE IS FACING 8 FELONIES,
INCLUDING FELONY CHARGES AND GUN
CRIMES.
IF CONVICTED, WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT YEARS AND YEARS IN PRISON.
WE’RE NOT GONNA PUBLICLY
IDENTIFY HIM BECAUSE HE WILL NOT
BE CHARGED UNTIL HE FACES A
JUDGE AT 9:00 A.M. TOMORROW
MORNING.
>> Kim: HOW MUCH DID THIS
SUSPECT TALK TO POLICE?
SOUNDS LIKE HE’S VERY
COOPERATIVE.
>> Shawn: AND I HEARD HE WAS
VERY EMOTIONAL AT THE KITCHEN
TABLE WITH HIS OWN FATHER WITH
THE INVESTIGATORS AND THEY SPOKE
FOR FIVE HOURS.
I HEARD HE WAS IN TEARS AND
CLEARLY KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG.
THIS WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED,
100%, IS WHY HE IS TELLING THEM
HE DID IT.
THE ONLY TIME HE EXPRESSED
REMORSE IS WHEN HE FOUND OUT
BOTH THE HALLS ARE VETERANS.
THE MAN DOWN THE STREET WE’RE ON RIGHT HERE WHO WAS ALSO TARGETED
RIGHT HERE WHO WAS ALSO TARGETED
WAS ALSO A VETERAN, WITH THE
82nd AIRBORNE AND HE PROBABLY
DOESN’T KNOW THAT.
>> Devin: 1054 NEW CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS AND 11 DEATHS IN THE
PAST DAY.
>> Kim: LOOK AT THE 7-DAY
ROLLING AVERAGE FROM
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
IT SETS AT 876 NEW CASES PER
DAY, THE HIGHEST IT’S BEEN SINCE
APRIL 30th.
>> Devin: WHEN YOU’RE IN THE
BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND
YOU AREN’T ALLOWED TO ENTERTAIN
PEOPLE, THAT’S A BIG PROBLEM.
>> Kim: ILITCH HOLDINGS ADMITTED
AS MUCH TODAY AND LAYOFFS AND
FURLOUGHS ARE COMING TO COMERICA
PARK, LITTLE CAESAR’S ARENA AND
THE FOX THEATRE.
ROD MELONI IS LIVE OUTSIDE
COMERICA PARK WITH A LOOK AT
WHAT’S HAPPENED AND WHERE THE
COMPANIES GO FROM HERE, ROD.
>> Rod: IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHEREAS A BUSINESS IN GENERAL,
YOU CAN’T OPERATE WITHOUT
REVENUE.
AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE CROWDS,
AND THEY’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF
DEVELOPING CROWDS, THEY HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING.
THEY’VE HELD ON FOR AS LONG AS
THEY CAN, THEY SAY, SO TODAY
THEY PULLED THE TRIGGER ON LAYOFFS.
>> ANOTHER LEVEL, LINE DRIVE.
>> Rod: TIGERS SPRANG TRAINING
STARTED AND SHUT DOWN BY
MID-MARCH.
THE TIGERS PLAYED ONLY 28 GAMES
AT COMPLESHG TO EMPTY SEATS.
LITTLE CAESAR’S ARENA SITS
SILENT AND THEY HAVE LOST OVER
200 EVENT DATES.
IT PUT A MILLION DOLLARS INTO A
FUND ALONG WITH ANOTHER MILLION
FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO PAY
PART-TIME HELP.
BUT THE MONEY HAS RUN OUT AND
IT’S THE END OF THE LINE SAYS
CHRIS GRAINGER WHO PUT OUT THIS E-MAIL TO EMPLOYEES:
>> I’M SURPRISED IT TOOK THIS
LONG.
>> Rod: BUSINESS ANALYST TELLS
LOCAL 4 COVID’S ECONOMIC IMPACT
IS JUST BEGINNING TO HIT AND IT
WILL HIT HARD, ESPECIALLY IN THE
HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS. >> MANY OF THEM WILL NOT REOPEN.
>> MANY OF THEM WILL NOT REOPEN.
AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A
PERMANENT REDUCTION IN ILITCH
AND PEOPLE OF HIS SIZE AND THE
KIND OF BUSINESSES, AND THERE
WILL BE A PERMANENT REDUCTION
GOING INTO THE FUTURE OF THEIR
SIZE.
>> Rod: AND HE SAYS IF THEY CAN
GET BACK UP AND RUNNING TO FULL CAPACITY, IT WILL TAKE A WHILE,
CAPACITY, IT WILL TAKE A WHILE,
LIKE PERHAPS A YEAR OR MORE, SO
HE SAYS THAT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN LAID OFF, IT’S A SAD
DAY.
AND EVEN THOUGH CONGRESS MIGHT
COME UP WITH ANOTHER STIMULUS
PACKAGE, THEY MAY HAVE TO GO
FIND ANOTHER LINE OF WORK,
ANOTHER PART-TIME JOB, BECAUSE
THERE MAY NOT BE ONE FOR THEM
DOWN THE LINE.
>> Kim: SPEAKING OF THAT, ROD,
DID THEY TALK ABOUT THE
PROSPECTS OF THESE LAID-OFF
WORKERS POSSIBLY GETTING THEIR
JOBS BACK IN.
>> Rod: YES.
THE COMPANY SAYS, WE WANT TO
BRING YOU BACK AND WE WANT TO BE
UP AND RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY
AS SOON AS HUGELY POSSIBLE.
THEY SAID TO THEIR PEOPLE THAT
THEY HAD TO LAY OFF, WE WANT YOU
BACK AND WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU
BACK.
THE QUESTION IS WHEN, AND NOBODY
KNOWS WHEN THAT WILL BE.
>> Kim: ROD, THANK YOU.
>> Devin: MORE THAN 65 MILLION
PEOPLE WATCHED THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 2020 AND
PRETTY MUCH UNLIKE ANY IN MODERN
HISTORY AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY, ACCORDING TO MOST OBSERVERS.
ACCORDING TO MOST OBSERVERS.
LET’S GO TO SUSAN MCGINNIS WITH
REACTION FROM THENATION’S
CAPITOL. >> IT WAS A DISAPPOINT FOR THOSE
>> IT WAS A DISAPPOINT FOR THOSE
WHO SAW 90 MINUTES LACKING
ACRIMONY AND CIVILITY.
JOE BIDEN LAUNCHED A TRAIN TOUR
AFTER THE DEBATE.
>> WHAT I SAW LAST NIGHT WAS ALL
ABOUT HIM.
HE DIDN’T SPEAK TO YOU OR YOUR
CONCERNS.
>> Reporter: EVIDENT A DAY
LATER.
>> HE LOOKED WEAK AND HE WAS
WHINING
REPORTER>> CALLED A LOW POINT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> EVERYBODY KNOWS HE’S A LIAR.
>> JOE, YOU’RE THE LIAR.
YOU GRADUATED LAST IN YOUR
CLASS, NOT FIRST IN YOUR CLASS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, CAN YOU LET
HIM FINISH.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT COME TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEBATE, HE
TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEBATE, HE
CAME TO DISRUPT A DEBATE.
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO CONDEMN
WHITE SUPREMIST.
>> Reporter: IT FOCUSED ON THE
EXTREMIST GROUP KNOWN AS THE
PROUD BOYS.
>> STAND BACK AND STAND BY.
>> Reporter: THE GROUP
CELEBRATING THE PRESIDENT’S
WORDS.
ANOTHER LOW POINT, THE
PRESIDENT’S REFUSING TO SAY HE
WOULD ACCEPT THE ELECTION
OUTCOME OFFERING MORE CLAIMS
ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
>> THEY’RE BEING SOLD AND DUMPED
IN RIVERS.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE THING FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
>> HE IS TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE
INTO THINKING IT’S NOT GONNA BE
LEGITIMATE.
SHOW UP AND VOTE.
YOU WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME
OF THIS ELECTION.
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO WILL,
WAS ANYONE SWAYED?
>> I’M STILL PRETTY UNDECIDED.
>> Reporter: HOPING TO AVOID A
REPEAT, THEY WILL MAKE CHANGES
TO UPCOMING SHOWDOWNS TO ALLOW A
MORE ORDERLY DISCUSSION OF THE
ISSUES.
IT HAPPENS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY
IN UTAH WHEN THE
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
WILL FACE ONE ANOTHER.
IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN MCGINNIS,
LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: LOCAL 4’S FACT
CHECKING IS ON THE HOME PAGE OF
OUR WEBSITE.
>> Kim: HERE’S "DEFENDER" KAREN
DREW.
>> Karen: THEY’RE THE PEOPLE WE
TRUST TO CARE FORS WHEN WE’RE
SICK.
THE FEDS SAY THEY CONSPIRED
TOGETHER FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL
GAME.
FAKE PATIENTS AND THE ILLEGAL
DRUG MARKET.
AN ELABORATE SCHEME TO MAKE
MILLIONS OFF THE OPIOID DRUG
CRISIS, COMING UP.
>> Devin: A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION
CLOSURE COULD AFFECT HOW YOU GET
IN AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
>> Dr. McGeorge: HOW CLOSE IS
TOO CLOSE IN WE’RE LEARNING MORE
HOW COVID-19 CAN SPREAD DURING
ORDINARY ACTIVITY LIKE TALKING.