LED TO GUNFIRE. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN. AND I’M KIMBERLY
GILL.
>> AN OAK PARK MAN WITH A
WARNING FOR US AFTER HIS CAR WAS
SHOT UP AS HE DROVE ON THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY. HAPPENED AT
M 39 NEAR THE I SIX EXCHANGE.
THANKFULLY THE DRIVER WAS NOT
HIT, BUT HIS BMW WAS SHAWN LEY
IS LIVE TONIGHT. AND SHAWN, THIS
MAN SAYS THIS REALLY WASN’T ROAD
RAGE, AT LEAST ON HIS PART.
>> ON HIS PART. KIMBERLY GOOD
EVENING TO YOU. BECAUSE HE
WASN’T RAGING WITH ANYONE. HE’S
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. NO EYE
CONTACT WITH ANYBODY, NO ARGUING
BACK AND FORTH. HE SAYS A DRIVER
OVER HERE IN THE LEFT LANE WAS
DISTRACTED, STARTED DRIFTING
RIGHT OVER HERE. HE’S GOING TO
HIT HIS CAR. HE DID WHAT ALL OF
US WOULD PROBABLY DO, ONE LITTLE
TOOT LIKE THAT THEY DON’T WANT
TO HIT. HERE’S THE RESPONSE HE
GOT. HE SAYS IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOW
ME THIS WAY. CHECK THIS OUT.
BULLET HOLE HERE, HUGE ONE. YOU
SEE ONE OVER HERE. THAT ONE BIG
TIME HERE. SHATTERED GLASS, ONE
INSIDE, ONE ON THE TIRE. HE
EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN HIT RIGHT
HERE IN MY DRIVER’S SIDE.
>> BACK SEAT WINDOW HERE. THIS
SHOWS WHERE ANOTHER BULLET WENT
THROUGH WALTER COLE SHOWING OFF
HIS BMW TO US, BUT NOT FOR A
GOOD REASON.
>> HIS CAR WAS SHOT UP WITH HIM
BEHIND THE WHEEL. IT HAPPENED AT
1030 LAST THURSDAY HERE ON THE
NORTHBOUND SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY
NEAR I-96. HE WAS ON HIS WAY
HOME FROM WORK. HIS CAR HIT WITH
AT LEAST 4 TO 5 GUNSHOTS, THAT
ONE.
>> BUT IT WENT THROUGH AND
LODGED IN THE PASSENGER SIDE
REAR DOOR PANEL. IF ANYONE WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE BACK SEAT, A
BABY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, IT, YOU
KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE VERY WELL
HAVE DIED FROM THAT.
>> AND THIS WASN’T ROAD RAGE. A
DRIVER WAS DRIFTING CLOSE TO THE
WALL IN THE FAR LEFT LANE, THEN
OVERCORRECTED, HEADING RIGHT
TOWARD COLE AND HIS CAR IN HIS
LANE. HE GAVE ONE SIMPLE BEEP
AND THIS WAS THE RESPONSE.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, I JUST HEARD
A SERIES OF BULLETS. I THOUGHT
IT MAY HAVE BEEN FIREWORKS. I
WAS NOT SURE, BUT I’VE NEVER
BEEN SHOT AT BEFORE. IF YOU SAW
ANYTHING, WE ASK THAT YOU CALL
ONE 800, SPEAK UP. THAT’S ONE
800. SPEAK UP AND REPORT
ANYTHING. THIS COULD HAVE VERY
WELL HAVE HAPPEN TO YOU OR ONE
OF YOUR LOVED ONES.
>> WE’RE HERE AT AUDUBON
COLLISION IN OAK PARK. THAT’S
WHERE MR. COLE’S CAR IS. HE’S
REALLY COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS
THAT HE WASN’T HIT BY THESE GUN
SHOTS. THE CAR INVOLVED, HE SAYS
, IS A MAROON OR BURGUNDY STYLE
COLORED SUBARU GOT OFF AT GRAND
RIVER. HE’S ASKING ANYONE THAT
SAW ANYTHING TO CALL CRIME
STOPPERS OR CALL POLICE. IN THE
MEANTIME, KIMBERLY MSP
INVESTIGATING THE WHOLE THING
BACK TO YOU.
>> THIS IS JUST SO SCARY. IT’S
ALMOST INSTINCTIVE THAT YOU WANT
TO, YOU KNOW, HIT THE HORN AND
NOW YOU’VE GOT TO THINK TWICE
ABOUT DOING IT IN THAT
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> THE OTHER THING IS, KIMBERLY,
REAL QUICK, IS THIS IS TO THE
GUYS HERE AT AUDUBON COLLISION
SAID THEY CAN FIX THIS IF THE
INSURANCE COMPANY COMES AND
SAYS, WELL IT’S GOING TO BE TOO
EXPENSIVE TO FIX, WE’RE GOING TO
TOTAL IT. HE LOSES MONEY TO JUST
LIKE THAT. YEAH JUST AWFUL.
>> OKAY, JOHN, THANKS FOR THAT
REPORT. MEANWHILE AUTO THEFT IS
ON THE RISE, UP 33% IN DETROIT
FROM LAST YEAR.
>> 53% YEAR TO YEAR IN DEARBORN.
AND IN NEIGHBORING DEARBORN
HEIGHTS, THEY REPORT 125 STOLEN
VEHICLES SINCE JANUARY. ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH, SAY LOCAL POLICE
AGENCIES AND PROSECUTOR KYM
WORTHY. OFFICE THEY’VE ASSEMBLED
A NEW AUTO TASK FORCE. ROD
MELONI HAS THE STORY FROM
DEARBORN TONIGHT. ROD IT COULD
BE EXPENSIVE OR INEXPENSIVE LIKE
THIS. CHRYSLER 200 OR 50, 60,
$80,000 PICKUP TRUCKS LIKE THESE
NEW SILVERADOS OR THIS RAPTOR F
150, WE’RE SEEING AN
UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF AUTO
THEFT IN THE AREA.
>> AND NOW POLICE SAY THEY HAVE
TO HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED
RESPONSE. YES, THERE’S THE
SOCIAL MEDIA, TIKTOK, HYUNDAI,
KIA CHALLENGE, TEACHING TEENS
HOW TO STEAL CARS. AND THEY ARE
DARING THIEVES DRIVING THEM OFF.
AUTOMAKER MARSHALL LOTS. AND
IT’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD OUT
THERE. THESE STOLEN CARS NABBED
IN THE PAST WEEK AND RECOVERED
BY THIS NEW TASK FORCE BEAR THE
SCARS. BUMPS AND BRUISES OF A
THEFT. YET UNLIKE THE OLD DAYS,
WE FIND THE IGNITION INTACT.
DEARBORN HEIGHTS POLICE CHIEF
JARED HART PUTTING AUTO THIEVES
ON NOTICE TODAY.
>> WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU. WE
WILL NOT TOLERATE YOU OPERATING
WITHOUT IMPUNITY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> RECENTLY, WE’VE SEEN MANY
CHOP SHOPS IN RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS IN DETROIT, PARTS
GETTING SOLD OVER THE FENCE, SO
TO SPEAK, AND WE ARE GOING TO
CUT THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE OFF.
>> SO IF THERE ARE SHOPS OUT
THERE THAT ARE BUYING STOLEN
PARTS TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS,
I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU GET TO THE
OEM MANUFACTURE OWNERS AND BUY
YOUR PARTS FROM THEM.
>> PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY OFFICE
ALREADY WILDLY BUSY, IS
ASSIGNING A SINGLE PROSECUTOR TO
HANDLE THE TASK FORCE CASES.
ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
KIM MILES SPOKE FOR WORTHY’S
OFFICE TODAY ON WHY THIS IS NOT
JUST A PROPERTY CRIME.
>> IF THEY DON’T HAVE A CAR,
THEY CAN’T GET TO WORK, THEY
CAN’T PAY THEIR MORTGAGES, THEY
CAN’T PAY THEIR RENT. SO ASIDE
FROM IT BEING JUST PROFITABLE
FOR PEOPLE BUYING BLACK MARKET
PARTS IS DEVASTATING TO THE
FAMILY AND TO THE COMMUNITY. SO
THE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED
DETROIT, LIVONIA, DEARBORN
HEIGHTS, DEARBORN AND GARDEN
CITY, ALONG WITH THE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE.
>> BACK TO YOU.
>> AND, ROD, WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING FROM THE AUTOMAKERS ON
THIS? WELL, THE ONE THAT’S THE
BIGGEST IN PLAY RIGHT NOW IS
HYUNDAI, KIA, RIGHT.
>> THEIR SISTER CAR COMPANIES,
THEY’RE BEING SUED. THEY HAVE A
RECALL OUT THERE. BUT THEY’RE
GIVING AWAY THESE THESE ARE
WHEEL LOCKS AND IF YOU GO TO
YOUR POLICE STATION, IF YOU ARE
A HYUNDAI OR KIA OWNER, MANY OF
THE DEPARTMENTS CALL AHEAD
FIRST. BUT MANY OF THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE OFFERING THESE
FOR FREE AS PART OF THAT RECALL.
ALL RIGHT, ROD KIM.
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW IT IS A RACE
AGAINST TIME, 400 NAUTICAL MILES
FROM THE COAST IN THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN. MORE HELP IS ARRIVING TO
TRY TO LOCATE THE SUBMERGED
PEOPLE THAT WENT MISSING,
CARRYING FIVE PEOPLE TO SEE THE
TITANIC SHIPWRECK. THE US NAVY
IS SENDING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND
THE COAST GUARD IS SENDING MORE
BOATS. BUT THE SEARCH AREA HAS
DOUBLED IN SIZE. THE MINUTES
MELT AWAY ON THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEARCH CREWS TO FIND PEOPLE
ALIVE AS OXYGEN RUNS SHORT ON
BOARD THE MISSING TITANS
SUBMERSIBLE. THE SURFACE SEARCH
IS NOW APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES
THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT, AND THE
SUB SURFACE SEARCH IS UP TO TWO
AND A HALF MILES DEEP.
>> EXPONENTIAL EXPANDING THE
SIZE OF THE SEARCH AREA.
>> THE LONGER IT TAKES, THE LESS
LIKELY THAT, YOU KNOW, A
POSITIVE OUTCOME WILL OCCUR.
>> BUT ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST.
CUTTING THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF
THE SEA, CONSISTENT BANGING
NOISES HAVE BEEN DETECTED DURING
THE SEARCH.
>> WE DON’T KNOW THE SOURCE OF
THAT NOISE, BUT WE’VE SHARED
THAT INFORMATION WITH NAVY
EXPERTS TO CLASSIFY IT. IN THE
MEANTIME, UM, IT’S SOMETHING
IT’S A TARGET. IT’S A FOCUS FOR
US TO LOOK AT. AND SO WE’VE
DEPLOYED THE REMOTE OPERATED
VEHICLE AND THE SURFACE VESSEL,
THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD SURFACE
VESSEL THAT HAS SONAR CAPABILITY
IN THE VICINITY.
>> YOU CAN’T IGNORE THE BANGING
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO WAIT
TO ANALYZE THE SOUNDS.
>> EXACTLY. SO YOU HAVE TO
ASSUME, I THINK, THAT THERE ARE
HUMAN MADE UNTIL THE SUB IS
FOUND.
>> THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.
RIGHT NOW, ALL EXPERTS CAN DO IS
SPECULATE IT.
>> WAS THERE A PROBLEM WITH A
PORTHOLE OR WAS IT A PROBLEM
WITH THE PRESSURE OR WAS IT A
PROBLEM WITH A VALVE? BUT IF A
SUBMERSIBLE DOESN’T GO BACK TO
THE SURFACE ON ITSELF ON ITS
OWN, IT’S REALLY THAT THERE IS A
DEEP PROBLEM.
>> WOW. WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES
WITH THAT SUB, INCLUDING AN
OCEAN GATE INVESTOR WHO MADE THE
DESCENT TO THE TITANIC IN 2021.
HE SPOKE TODAY WITH NBC’S TOM
COSTELLO. DID THE SUB FEEL SAFE
TO YOU?
>> YES. YES. I MEAN IT.
ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, IT’S GONE
THROUGH A LOT OF TESTING AND
IT’S THERE’S INCREDIBLE
PROTOCOLS AROUND IT AND IT’S
DESIGNED AND TO BE AS FAIL SAFE
AS POSSIBLE. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE
DOING THINGS THAT ARE CUTTING
EDGE. WE’RE WE’RE ON THE
BLEEDING EDGE OF THIS. AND SO
THIS IS NOT A RIDE AT DISNEY
WORLD. WELL, MORE FROM THAT
OCEAN GATE INVESTOR.
>> PLUS UP TO THE MINUTE DETAILS
ON THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING
SUB. AHEAD AT 630 ON NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT NEXT WEEK,
THE PGA COMES BACK TO DETROIT
WITH THE ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC
AND WITH NAMES LIKE RICKIE
FOWLER, TONY FINAU, COLLIN
MORIKAWA WITH PLENTY OF BIG
NAMES TO FOLLOW.
>> JAMIE EDMONDS INTRODUCES US
TO ONE PLAYER WITH LOCAL TIES
WHO’S REALLY EASY TO ROOT FOR.
>> WE’RE HERE AT LOCHMOOR CLUB
IN GROSSE POINTE WOODS, WHERE
PGA HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL KYLE
BARTON IS BUSY WITH MEMBERS GOLF
SCHEDULES. MEANWHILE, HE IS
SOMETHING PRETTY BIG COMING UP
NEXT WEEK HIMSELF. IT’S LIKE
IT’S A LITTLE SHIFT THAT WAY,
RIGHT?
>> KYLE MARTIN IS A GRAND RAPIDS
NATIVE, A MICHIGAN GRAD, AND HAS
WORKED AT LOCHMOOR CLUB FOR 13
YEARS.
>> HIS DAY TO DAY LOOKS A LOT
LIKE THIS, TEACHING AND
COORDINATING. IT DOESN’T LEAVE A
LOT OF TIME FOR GOLF HIMSELF,
BUT HE SHOWED BACK IN AUGUST AT
THE MICHIGAN PGA PROFESSIONAL
CHAMPION CHIP. HE’S DEFINITELY
STILL GOT IT. ONE ONE. YES THE
WIN MEANT MARTIN WAS AWARDED A
SPONSOR’S EXEMPTION IN THE
ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC IN
DETROIT.
>> TO BE ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL IS
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE TO TEST
YOUR GAME.
>> SO IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS DAY
JOB, HE HAS TO FIND TIME TO
PRACTICE. AND THEN PLAY NEXT
WEEK WITH THE PROS BECAUSE I
DON’T GET TO PRACTICE OR PLAY AS
MUCH AS THEM WITH DUTIES AT THE
CLUB.
>> BUT WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS. BUT I THINK I HIT IT
PRETTY FAR TO BE DANGEROUS. HIT
THE DRIVER PRETTY STRAIGHT. MY
PUTTER GETS HOT, MY WEDGES ARE
PRETTY GOOD.
>> MARTIN WILL HAVE QUITE THE
FOLLOWING AT DETROIT GOLF CLUB,
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND A LARGE
CONTINGENT FROM THE CLUB.
>> CHEF TYLER HERE SET UP A BUS
FOR LOCHMOOR MEMBERS TO COME.
TICKETS FOOD AND BEERS INCLUDED.
THE GOAL MAKE THE CUT.
>> NO, NO. THEN MAYBE SEE WHAT
HAPPENS. HEY MICHAEL BLOCH JUST
BECAME A CLUB PRO HERO. KYLE
MARTIN COULD BE NEXT. YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU’RE LITTLE AND YOU SAY,
IF I MAKE THIS SHOT, I WIN THE
WHOLE THING. WE THOUGHT WE’D TRY
SOMETHING FUN. HERE’S KYLE. IF
YOU MAKE THIS, YOU WIN THE
ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC. GO HEAD
. DID YOU DID IT. HE’S EASY TO
ROOT FOR GUYS. OUR LOCAL GUY IN
THE ROCKET MORTGAGE NEXT WEEK AT
LOCHMOOR CLUB, JAMIE EDMONDS,
LOCAL 4 ROOT.
>> AND FOR HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> HOW EXCITING. IN FRONT OF THE
HOMETOWN FRIENDS AND FANS, TOO.
THAT’S GREAT.
>> YEAH. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM, WHO’S A TRACKING A
LOT OF WARM TEMPERATURES, BUT WE
ALSO NEED SOME RAIN, TOO. YEAH I
CAN ALWAYS TELL THAT WE’RE
GETTING LATER IN THE WEEK AS I
GET THE CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT
TEE TIMES FOR THE WEEKEND, WE’RE
THINKING MORNING, AFTERNOON.
>> BUT THIS WHAT’S THAT? THAT’S
JUST BERNIE.
>> OH, BERNIE.
>> AND THEN THERE’S BERNIE.
WE’VE GOT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
WITH SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S.
IT’S A VERY PLEASANT AFTERNOON.
SOON, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
VISIBLE SATELLITE JUST SO YOU
CAN SEE HOW CLEAR IT IS. THIS IS
THE SHOT FROM SPACE AND YOU CAN
SEE THERE ARE A FEW CLOUDS NORTH
OF M 59. BUT OTHERWISE, NICE AND
CLEAR, SOUTH OF THAT. AND
TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THE LOW
TO MID 80S. YOUR EVENING PLANNER
FOR TONIGHT NIGHT WE’LL HAVE
SOME SUNSHINE. IT IS THE LONGEST
DAY OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF
DAYLIGHT. SUN DOES NOT SET UNTIL
913. TONIGHT WE’LL TALK ABOUT