FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH SEVEN PLAYERS
ON THE MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL
TEAM FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR
THE BRAWL IN THE TUNNEL AFTER
THE GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN IN ANN
ARBOR CHARGES COME DOWN THIS
AFTERNOON FROM THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY PROSECUTOR INCLUDE A
FELONY FOR ONE OF THE PLAYERS.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE KERRY CRUMP
FACES ONE COUNT OF FELONIOUS
ASSAULT. THE OTHER SIX FACE
CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OR
ASSAULT AND BATTERY. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LIVE IN ANN ARBOR WITH
MORE JACQUELINE. DE’VEON AND
KIMBERLY THIS YEAR IS THAT
TUNNEL WHERE THE BRAWL BROKE OUT
? IT’S ONE OF THE ONLY STADIUMS
THAT USES THAT WE’RE BOTH TEAMS
USED THE SAME TUNNEL TO ACCESS
THEIR LOCKER ROOMS. AND IT’S
WHERE THIS FIGHT BROKE OUT LAST
MONTH THAT NOW HAS THE
PROSECUTOR PRESSING CHARGES.
IT’S THE VIRAL VIDEO THAT’S
RESULTED IN CRIMINAL CHARGES IN
IT. YOU SEE MICHIGAN STATE
PLAYERS APPARENTLY HITTING AND
KICKING TO UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN PLAYERS MISUSE COREY
CRUMBLE, IS FACING THE MOST
SERIOUS CHARGE OF FELONIOUS
ASSAULT. HIS TEAMMATES AT AVIAN
BROWN, ANGELO GROSS, JUSTIN
WHITE, ZION YOUNG AND BRANDON
WRIGHT ALL FACE MISDEMEANOR
CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT,
WHILE THE SEVENTH PLAYER JACOB
WIN, MIN IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
AND BATTERY. NO PLAYERS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HAVE BEEN
CHARGED. THE FIGHT BROKE OUT
AFTER THE BIG RIVALRY GAME AT
THE BIG HOUSE IN OCTOBER, AFTER
WHICH IT SPARTAN PLAYERS WERE
SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHARGES YOU HAVE
EM. PRESIDENT SANTA ONO RELEASED
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SAYING,
QUOTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN WE APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFUL, DELIBERATE APPROACH
FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TO THIS
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. WE ALSO
WANT TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN FOR
ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE
INJURED. THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO
COOPERATE FULLY WITH ADDITIONAL
REVIEWS OF THIS MATTER. THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. POLICE
INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT, ALONG
WITH MSU PD COMING UP AT SIX
O’CLOCK. WE HAVE REACTIONS FROM
FANS ON BOTH SIDES REPORTING
LIVE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LOCAL 4. JACQUELINE. NOW LET’S
TURN TO THE WEATHER. TAKE A LIVE
LOOK AT METRO AIRPORT. IT HAS
BEEN HAPPY TO REPORT SMOOTH
SAILING ALL DAY. ONLY FOUR
DELAYS REPORTED ON ONE OF THE
BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS THANKS TO
THIS GREAT WEATHER AHEAD OF THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND REALLY HAS BEEN
NICE TODAY. LET’S GET OVER TO
KIM ADAMS AND AN UPDATE ON THE
FOREWARN. WEATHER FORECAST KIM
NOT JUST HERE, BUT ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. WE’RE NOT TRACKING ANY
REALLY BIG MAJOR PROBLEMS. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
GET A DELAY IN ATLANTA OR ONE OF
THE BIG HUBS. IT DOES AFFECT
TRAVEL HERE IN METRO DETROIT,
BUT THAT’S NOT THE CASE TODAY.
WE ARE VERY WARM. WE MADE IT UP
TO 54 DEGREES AT METRO AIRPORT
THIS AFTERNOON. NOW DOWN TO 48
WILL CONTINUE TO DROP WITH THOSE
TEMPERATURES INTO THE THIRTIES.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. LET’S TALK
ABOUT THIS THANKSGIVING TRAVEL.
HERE WE ARE. AT FIVE O’CLOCK.
WE’VE GOT PRETTY MUCH MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES, BIG RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE PARKED OVER THE EASTERN
PART OF THE U. S. THERE ARE SOME
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
DALLAS. IT’S THIS SYSTEM RIGHT
HERE THAT COULD CAUSE SOME
DELAYS TOMORROW, POSSIBLY INTO
FRIDAY AS A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS, BUT OTHER THAN THIS AREA
HERE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
PRETTY MUCH QUIET. SO IF YOU’RE
HEADED TO THE TURKEY TROT
TOMORROW MORNING, EVEN THOUGH,
WILL BE IN THE FIFTIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. IT’S STILL CHILLY IN
THE MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN
THE THIRTIES. YOUR FORECAST FOR
TOMORROW WE HIT A HIGH OF 54
DEGREES WITH INCREASING CLOUDS
BY FOUR O’CLOCK. WHETHER YOU’RE
HERE OR YOU’RE TRAVELING, YOU DO
WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP. YOU CAN KEEP TRACK
OF THE WEATHER, NOT JUST IN
METRO DETROIT, BUT ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. IT’S FREE. JUST GO TO
YOUR FAVORITE APPS STORE TYPE IN
WDIV’S AND DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP TODAY. ALRIGHT KIM.
IT IS SO CLOSE. WE’RE HEARING
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS WAS SPOTTED
SOMEWHERE OVER KALAMAZOO BREAK
FREE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
WE’RE A LITTLE LESS THAN 15
HOURS AWAY FROM AMERICA’S
THANKSGIVING PARADE SPONSORED BY
GARDNER WHITE, STEPPING OFF DOWN
WOODWARD AVENUE WERE FIRED UP
AROUND HERE THAT’S FOR SURE.
FLOATS HAVE BEEN GETTING ROLLED
INTO PLACE SINCE EARLY THIS
MORNING. THAT’S RIGHT. MARK
MACDONALD IS I’VE IN MIDTOWN
TODAY. TOMORROW. THIS IS AN
ENORMOUS UNDERTAKING. WELL IT IS
AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
HEART OF IT. THIS IS THE PARADE
STAGING AREA AND TAKE A LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE ARTISANS FROM
THE PARADE COMPANY ARE BUSY
WORKING IN THIS CASE ON THAT
DUDE’S HAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
LOOKS GOOD. THE ROLLOUT HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE
WALKED THIS ROUTE FOR PROBABLY
19 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU I
HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. THIS
ORGANIZED THIS READY TO GO.
THIS, BY THE WAY, IS ONE OF THE
NEW FLOATS. THERE ARE NINE NEW
ONES. THIS IS D T. E S NEW FLOAT
AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT
THIS ENTIRE STAGING AREA REALLY
LOOKS LIKE. LET’S PUT DRONE FOR
UP IN THE AIR SO THAT IT CAN FLY
THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF WOODWARD
HERE WHERE THEY’VE GOT THESE
FLOATS READY TO GO. THEY ARE
PUTTING SOME OF THE NEWER FLOATS
UP FRONT. THIS YEAR, THERE IS A
BRAND NEW FORD FLOAT A NEW
SKILLMAN FLOAT BRAND NEW
GARDENER, WHITE FLOAT THAT IS
SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE 100 AND 25
FT LONG BUT THE FURTHER THAT YOU
GO DOWN WOODWARD THE YOU KNOW
YOU’LL, YOU’LL SEE SOME MORE OF
THE CLASSIC FLOATS, OF COURSE,
ENDING WITH SANTA AND HIS
SLEIGH. WHICH I HAVE HAD THE
HONOR OF SITTING IN IN YEARS
PAST AND JUST TO BE CLEAR. I
HAVE NEVER IN ALL THE YEARS THAT
I HAVE BEEN OUT HERE HAD A NIGHT
IS SPECTACULAR AND GORGEOUS AS
THIS IS, IF EVER THERE WAS A
NIGHT TO COME OUT HERE, HAVE
DINNER. SEE THESE FLOATS UP
CLOSE AND PERSONAL, WHICH LITTLE
KIDS LOVE. IT’S TONIGHT. WE’RE
LIVE IN MIDTOWN. I’M MARA
MACDONALD BACK TO YOU IS NICE.
AND YOU LOOK CUTE, TOO. WITH
YOUR HAT AND SCARF ON THAT JUST
MAKES IT ALL THE BETTER ARE WE
APPRECIATE IT AND REMEMBER LOCAL
4 AND LOCAL 4 PLUS OR YOU’RE
ONLY HOME FOR AMERICA’S
THANKSGIVING PARADE WILL GET
THINGS STARTED BRIGHT AND EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING AT SIX A.M. NEW
AT FIVE. THE NATION IS MOURNING
THE THIRD DEADLY MASS SHOOTING
IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, THIS
TIME INSIDE A WALMART IN
CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, WHERE
INVESTIGATORS SAY AN EMPLOYEE
SHOT SIX PEOPLE TO DEATH BEFORE
TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. IT COMES AS
A 22 YEAR OLD MAN APPEARS IN
COURT TODAY ON CHARGES OF
KILLING FIVE PEOPLE AND WOUNDING
19 OTHERS THAT WAS IN COLORADO
SPRINGS, LGBT Q NIGHTCLUB OVER
THE WEEKEND, NBC’S ALICE BARR
HAS MORE TONIGHT, ALICE. GOOD
EVENING, PRESIDENT. BIDEN SAID
HE WAS GRIEVING FOR THE FAMILIES
WHO WILL FACE EMPTY CHAIRS THAT
THEIR THANKSGIVING TABLES AFTER
THE LATEST STRING OF DEADLY MASS
SHOOTINGS TODAY, THE RIGHTS OF
THANKSGIVING INTERRUPTED BY THE
ALL TOO FAMILIAR RITUALS HAVE
NATIONAL MORNING. POLICE SAY
THEY’RE INVESTIGATING A MASS
SHOOTING A GUNMAN IN CHESAPEAKE
VIRGINIA, KILLING AT LEAST SIX
PEOPLE AND WOUNDING AT LEAST
FOUR MORE BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN
LIFE INSIDE THIS WAL MART
INVESTIGATORS DESCRIBING THE
SHOOTER AS A 31 YEAR OLD MAN, A
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE WHO OPENED
FIRE IN A BREAK ROOM. WE ARE ALL
PRAYING FOR THE FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND COWORKERS HAVE EVERYONE
THAT’S AFFECTED BY THIS
SENSELESS VIOLENCE. SENSELESS
VIOLENCE IN A STATE STILL
REELING FROM THE SHOOTING DEATHS
OF THREE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THE ALLEGED
SHOOTER OF FORMER TEAMMATE TO
INVESTIGATORS SAY STARTED FIRING
ON A SCHOOL BUS RETURNING FROM A
FIELD TRIP FAMILY AND FRIENDS
REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS AS ROLE
MODELS. SEAN WAS. BEAUTIFUL
FLOWER IN OUR GARDEN. WE KNEW HE
WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
BUT, YOU KNOW NO GOD PICKED THAT
FLOWER. ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN
COLORADO COURT APPEARANCE TODAY
FOR THE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
AND HATE CRIMES IN THE SHOOTING
DEATHS OF FIVE PEOPLE 19 MORE
WOUNDED IN AN L G B T Q
NIGHTCLUB BEFORE CLUB PATRONS,
INCLUDING ARMY VETERAN RICHARD
FIERRO, TOOK HIM TO THE GROUND.
SPECIAL CAMERA KIDS. TO KILL MY
WIFE AND MY FAMILY AND MY
FRIENDS NOW AS FAMILY MEMBERS,
WADE THROUGH OVERWHELMING GRIEF
, STILL THINK HE’S GONNA WALK
THROUGH THE DOOR INVESTIGATORS
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE
SENSELESS PRESIDENT BIDEN
OFFERING HIS GRIEF AND URGING
THE NATION TO STAND TOGETHER
AGAINST THE RECURRING TRAGEDY OF
MASS SHOOTINGS. PRESIDENT BIDEN
ALSO SPOKE TODAY WITH VIRGINIA’S
GOVERNOR, OFFERING HIS SUPPORT
AND ANY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THE
STATE MAY NEED IN WASHINGTON.
ALICE BAR FOUR LOCAL ART ALICE
KNEW AT FIVE, THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR SAYS NO CHARGES ARE
GOING TO BE FILED IN THE DEADLY
SHOOTING OF PORTER BIRKS WAS
FATALLY SHOT BY OFFICERS DURING
A MENTAL HEALTH CALL. THIS IS
BACK ON OCTOBER 2ND ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE ON
THIS STORY FOR US TONIGHT AND
SEAN, I KNOW KIM WORTHY. SHE’S
CALLING THIS A TRAGIC CASE. AND
A CASE, SHE SAYS OF SELF DEFENSE
ON BEHALF OF THOSE OFFICERS WHO
FIRED 38 SHOTS AT PORTER BIRDS.
BIRDS WAS HIT 19 TIMES. THOSE
SHOTS TAKING EFFECT. 19 TIMES ON
BIRTH, THE FAMILY SUING NOW THE
CITY OF DETROIT AND THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED, BUT YOU’RE RIGHT.
PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY NOT
BRINGING CHARGES, AND HERE’S WHY
WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR KIM
WORTHY EXPLAINING WHY NO DETROIT
POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE CHARGED
IN THIS CASE, CITING THAT PORTER
BERG’S HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL
ILLNESS AND PROPENSITY TO CARRY
KNIVES. SHE SAYS BURKE’S
ALLEGEDLY CUT TO PEOPLE IN 2020
, INCLUDING A SEVEN YEAR OLD
GIRL, SHE SAYS DPD SPENT A LOT
OF TIME TRYING TO TALK TO BERKS
. BUT SHE SAYS HE CHARGED AT DPD
COVERING 40 TO 50 FT TOWARDS
THEM IN THREE SECONDS. SHE ALSO
SAYS WITNESSES INTERVIEWED
INDICATE DPD DID ALL THEY COULD
TO END THIS CASE PEACEFULLY. I
WANT ANSWERS. IN THIS CASE. I’M
NOT IN IT. IN THIS FAMILY ISN’T
IN IT FOR MONEY. THEY CAN’T
BRING HIM BACK. BOTTOM LINE, THE
PROSECUTOR SAYS THE OFFICER SHOT
IN SELF DEFENSE. BURKE’S FAMILY
IS SUING THE CITY OF DETROIT AND
THOSE OFFICERS FOR $50 MILLION.
THERE’S ATTORNEY JEFFREY FEIGER
, SAYING THE OFFICER’S ACTIONS
WERE EXCESSIVE, RELEASING THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER’S REPORT THAT
FOUND OF THE 38 SHOTS FIRED BY
DETROIT. POLICE 19 SHOTS HIT
PORTER BERKS TWO SHOTS TO HIS
HEAD, SIX TO HIS CHEST FIVE TO
HIS LEFT ARM. AND MORE. BACK IN
YOUR LIFE CHIEF WHITE SAYING
AFTER THE MSP INVESTIGATION AND
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE REVIEW QUOTE
THEIR INDEPENDENT REVIEW
CONFIRMS THAT THE ACTIONS OF OUR
OFFICERS WERE JUSTIFIED. UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE’S MUCH
MORE TO THE CHIEF STATEMENT.
IT’S ON OUR WEBSITE