MORE NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. SEVERAL FAMILIES WANT ANSWERS TONIGHT AFTER A SERIES OF
UNSOLVED DEADLY SHOOTINGS IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT POLICE
SAID TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE THIS
WEEK INTO THE INVESTIGATION OF
DETROIT MOTHER KILLED OUTSIDE OF
HER NEIGHBORHOOD LIQUOR STORE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF TRACY
GOLDEN AND OTHER VICTIMS OF GUN
VIOLENCE, ALL COMING TOGETHER
TONIGHT TO CALL FOR JUSTICE.
VICTOR WILLIAMS JOINS US WITH
THEIR MESSAGE. WELL THE
LEGENDARY MARTIN LUTHER KING
ONCE HAD A DREAM AND FAMILY
MEMBERS WITH LOVED ONES WHO HAVE
BEEN TAKEN BY VIOLENCE ALL GOT
TOGETHER IN HOPES OF MAKING SURE
THAT DREAM COMES TRUE IN A
DIFFERENT WAY. WE TAKE IT DAY BY
DAY. IT’S LIKE WE’VE DONE WITH
ALL OUR LOVED ONES AND ALL WE
LOST. WE GOT TO TAKE A DAY TO
DAY. LOOK ABOVE GOD GUIDE US.
KEEP US STRONG. KEEP US TOGETHER
. IT’S BEEN A LITTLE OVER TWO
WEEKS SINCE 53 YEAR OLD TRACY
GOLDEN WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE
LEAVING A STORE ON GRAND RIVER
IN OUTER DRIVE. SHE WAS
BEAUTIFUL, LOVING KAREN. AND NOW
WE DON’T HAVE HER HERE. AND
THAT’S GONNA BE TOUGH FRIEND
LAURA DAVIS IS PLEADING FOR THE
COMMUNITY TO PUT THE GUNS DOWN
ON MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY
. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ALL
CHILDREN, BOYS AND GIRLS ON ALL
DIFFERENT COLORS WILL COME
TOGETHER AND STOP KILLING ONE
ANOTHER OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
OF LOVED ONES TAKEN BY VIOLENCE
ECHOED THE VERY SAME THING.
HOPING THE LEGACY OF PERHAPS THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADER CAN HELP SOLVE AND STOP
THE DEATHS OF OTHERS. BOTH OF US
HAVE LOST. A LOVED ONE HOUR,
CHOW TOOK CICELY GUN VIOLENCE.
IT’S ALWAYS TOO FAMILIAR FOR
BERT TRINA BODY FRASER AND ROSE
ANDERSON LOST THEIR CHILDREN
BRITTANY CAMPBELL AND KEVIN
WILLARD. DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE YOU’RE HURT. DO THAT
YOU’RE NOT JUST HURTING THE
PERSON THAT YOU KILLED. YOU
HEARD A WHOLE FAMILY, WHOLE
FAMILY, A WHOLE COMMUNITY. MANY
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE WERE
UNFORTUNATELY GUNNED DOWN IN THE
SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT
BEARS DOCTOR KING’S NAME.
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST MALIK SHABBAS
IS HOPING IT WILL BRING ABOUT
SOME CHANGE. WE HAVE MANY
UNSOLVED CASES. THAT’S WHY WE’RE
HERE. AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
HOMES ON MARTIN LUTHER KING’S
ACTUAL BIRTHDAY. AND WE ARE
WAITING ON OFFICIAL UPDATE FROM
POLICE REGARDING WHERE THINGS
STAND IN THIS CASE OF TRACY
GOLDEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
PATIENTLY WAITING AS WELL.
WILLIAMS. LOCAL 4 WE ARE
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS FROM
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. THAT’S
WHERE ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A
SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON
PRESSED NEAR PURITAN AND
GREENFIELD POLICE SAY THE VICTIM
WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH. HE DIED
AT THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS
ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT A
POSSIBLE MOTIVE. ON THE CITY’S
EAST SIDE. DETROIT POLICE
BELIEVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISPUTE LED TO A DEADLY
SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED AROUND 7
30 THIS MORNING AND FLEMING
STREET NEAR DICK WINDER. POLICE
SAY A MAN AND A WOMAN PULLED
GUNS OUT ON EACH OTHER. THEY SAY
THE WOMAN SHOT THE MAN KILLING
HIM. OFFICERS ARRESTED HER AND
TOOK TWO GUNS FROM THE SCENE.
TIME NOW FOR A CHECK OF THE
WEATHER AFTER A VERY SUNNY
WEEKEND ACROSS METRO DETROIT,
YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT OUR
DOWNTOWN SKY CAM AS THE FOREWARN
WEATHER TEAM TRACKING SOME
CHANGES FOR OUR WORK WEEK AND
SPEAKING OF THOSE CHANGES, LET’S
GET ON OVER TO BRYAN SCHUERMAN.
HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT FOR THE WORK WEEK. HEY,
BRIAN, PAMELA AND SANDRA GOOD
SUNDAY EVENING, EVERYONE. THOSE
CHANGES INVOLVES SOME RAIN AND
BY THE END OF THE WEEK, A LITTLE
WINTRY WEATHER HEADING OUR WAY
AS WELL. TOWER CAM FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER
OVER INTO WINDSOR THIS EVENING,
GOOD EVENING TO YOU OVER AND
WINDSOR AS WELL. YOU’VE SEEN A
LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER
WORKING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING
HOURS TONIGHT. MOST EVERYONE
DROPPING INTO THE MID AND UPPER
TWENTIES SITTING AT 27 RIGHT NOW
, HERE IN DETROIT, 27 ALSO OVER
IN ANN ARBOR, 28 THIS EVENING
WORKING INTO HOW AND ONE OF OUR
WARMER SPOTS 29 RIGHT NOW
WORKING OVER INTO ADRIAN CLOUD
COVER HANGING TOUGH MOST OF THIS
MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER,
BUT THOSE BRIGHTER WHITES THAT
ARE STARTING TO WORK IN RIGHT
AROUND GRAND RAPIDS WORKING DOWN
TOWARDS LANSING, A JACKSON SOME
OF THAT THICKER CLOUD COVER
WORKING OFF TO THE EAST, SO WE
ONLY EXPECT THE CLOUD COVER TOO.
INCREASE AS WE GO THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING, WHILE IT’S A
DRY START AND MOST EVERYONE
RIGHT AROUND 30 BY EIGHT O’CLOCK
IN THE MORNING AS WE HEAD
TOWARDS MID TO LATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON THAT RAIN MOVES INTO
THE REGION, AND WE’VE GOT NOT
ONE BUT TWO SYSTEMS ON THE WAY
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MAJORITY
OF NEXT WEEK. I’LL BREAK DOWN
WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO NEED THAT
UMBRELLA AND THE LATEST ON THE
WINTRY WEATHER. YOUR FULL
FORWARD FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH RAIN AND
THAT WINTRY WEATHER ON THE WAY
NOW IS THE TIME TO DOWNLOAD THAT
FOREWARN WEATHER APP. GET EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR FUTURE. TRACK AND
WEATHER ALERTS ALL THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND. YOU CAN FIND IT IN
YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE. JUST
SEARCH WDIV’S. TOMORROW THE
NATION HONORS REVEREND MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR IN ATLANTA TODAY,
PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAME THE FIRST
PRESIDENT TO MAKE A SPEECH AT
THE FORMER CHURCH HOME OF DR
KING. MR BIDEN ADDRESSED THE
CONGREGATION OF EBENEZER BAPTIST
CHURCH. HE ALSO NOTED HOW HUMBLE
HE WAS TO STAND BEFORE THEM AND
THANK THE KING. THE KING FAMILY
FOR CONTINUING TO REMEMBER
DOCTOR KING DURING HIS SPEECH,
THE PRESIDENT ALSO MADE A PLEA
FOR AMERICANS. TO USE DR KING’S
LEGACY AS A LESSON IN REPAIRING
DIVISION. REVEREND DOCTOR,
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS A
NONVIOLENT WARRIOR FOR JUSTICE.
WHO FOLLOWED THE WORD AND THE
WAY OF HIS LORD AND HIS SAVIOR.
HE MADE A DOCUMENT. THE
PRESIDENT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
FOLLOW UP THIS SPEECH BY HOLDING
A MEETING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS
ADVOCATE AL SHARPTON AND THE
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK COMING
UP TOMORROW, HERE AT HOME.
SEVERAL MLK EVENTS ARE PLANNED
ALL ACROSS METRO DETROIT, THE
20TH ANNUAL MLK DAY RALLY AND
MARCH WILL HONOR SIX DECADES OF
MASS MOVEMENTS IN DETROIT AND
BEYOND. PRIYA MANN JOINS US NOW
WITH A LOOK AT THE EVENTS THAT
WILL BE HELD IN PERSON. FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
THIS STRUCTURE OF WOODWARD NEAR
EAST GRAND BOULEVARD WILL LOOK A
LOT DIFFERENT ON MONDAY, ONE OF
THE LARGEST MLK DAY RALLIES WILL
START HERE AT THAT HISTORIC
CHURCH. IT MEANS A LOT. YOU KNOW
IT RECONNECTS ME TO MY OWN
PERSONAL HISTORY, FOUNDED THE
MLK DAY RALLY AND MARCH 20 YEARS
AGO. 17 1917 YES ON MONDAY, 1000
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN THE
MARCH, WHICH BEGINS AT ST
MATTHEWS AND SAINT JOSEPH’S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DETROIT.
THIS IS THE SECOND OLDEST
AFRICAN AMERICAN CONGREGATION IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT. AND IT WAS
VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. YOU KNOW,
DETROIT WAS A SINNER. PEOPLE
FLEEING THE SOUTH, SO DETROIT
REALLY HAS A PROFOUND HISTORY IN
REGARD TO FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN
PEOPLE. THE MOMENT FRUSTRATING
THE HOUR. IT WILL NOT BE LONG.
KING WAS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS, ORGANIZING
AND MOBILIZING VOLUNTEERS TO
HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED WITH
DETERMINATION. GET RID OF ANY
SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION
IN DETROIT. NO CHANGE COMES
WITHOUT THE DEMAND AND THE
DEMAND HAS TO COME FROM THE
PEOPLE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT
HISTORY ANY CHANGE THAT WE’VE
SEEN. IT’S BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
ROSE UP AND DEMANDED. JONES HAS
BEEN FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT IN
DETROIT FOR DECADES, SO HAPPY TO
BE A PART OF DR KING’S LEGACY.
BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
FIGHTS AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT I
OBTAINED SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
BE ACTIVE BEYOND MLK DAY TO JOIN
SOME ORGANIZATIONS SOME
COALITION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER DETROIT TO
IMPROVE THE OVERALL CONDITIONS
OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY.
WE’RE NOT DONE. WE STILL HAVE
RACISM. WE STILL HAVE PROPERTY.
WE STILL HAVE WARS GOING ON. SO
WE’RE HERE TO CONTINUE TO WORK.
AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE
, YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO GET HERE
AROUND NOON FOR A RALLY. THE
MARCH BEGINS AROUND 1 45 MONDAY
AFTERNOON IN DETROIT. I’M
PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4 PRIYA. THANK
YOU. TODAY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THE
WEST BLOOMFIELD COMMUNITY HELD
ITS 29TH ANNUAL UNITED WE WALK
EVENTS MEANT TO HONOR DR KING.
THE COMMUNITY ALSO PARTICIPATED
IN SERVICE PROJECTS, INCLUDING A
FLOOD FOOD DRIVE AND BOOK DRIVE
TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE IN NEED.
AND ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE, THE
COALITION FOR BLACK AND JEWISH
UNITY ALSO HELD AN EVENT.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GARLAND
GILCHRIST SERVED AS THIS YEAR’S
KEYNOTE SPEAKER, SINGERS AND
CHOIRS FROM ACROSS THE AREA FROM
LOCAL CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES.
THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER FOR A
SPECIAL MUSICAL CELEBRATION. A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE EVENT SAYS
. UNITY ACROSS DIFFERENT FAITHS
RACES. RELIGIONS IS VERY
IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
HONORING DR KING. WE’VE PUT A
COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW FOR DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY ON OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM YOU
CAN FIND IT RIGHT ON OUR
HOMEPAGE. WELL, IT’S A
DISGUSTING UM, THAT NO HOMEOWNER
EVER WANTS TO DEAL WITH TALKING
ABOUT BEDBUGS, WHERE DETROIT
RANKS ON THE LIST OF CITIES WITH
A PEST PROBLEM AND WHAT YOU CAN
DO TO PREVENT THEM. PLUS, HERE’S
MEGAN. WE TAKE YOU TO A BRIDAL
BOUTIQUE THAT’S MAKING SURE
BRIDES OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND
ETHNICITIES ARE REPRESENTED. WE
WANT TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY,
BECAUSE OUR DNA IN THIS IN THIS
COUNTRY IN THIS COMMUNITY IS SO
COMPLEX THE WAY THEY’RE MAKING