DOWNTOWN. DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FORMER OXFORD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COMING
FORWARD TO SAY THE DISTRICT
IGNORED KI TRAINING AND
PROTOCOLS AHEAD OF THE DEADLY
SHOOTING SPREE WHICH KILLED FOUR
STUDENTS. TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING
REACTION FROM THE FAMILIES
IMPACTED MOST BY THE TRAGEDY
THAT UNFOLDED NOW NEARLY EXACTLY
A YEAR AGO. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. TOM
DONNELLY AND CORY BAILEY SAY A
POLICY FOR DEALING WITH
POTENTIAL THREATS WAS ADOPTED.
BUT THEN FORGOTTEN FOR YEARS.
THEY BELIEVE IF THE POLICY HAD
BEEN KNOWN AND ENFORCED, YOU
THINK CRUMBLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
SENT HOME INSTEAD OF BACK TO
CLASS. TUBMAN WILL HAVE A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC CLAIMS AND
A NEW STATEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL
BOARD. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN
TONIGHT WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF
REACTIONS FROM THE OXFORD
COMMUNITY. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
RIGHT NOW, WITH THAT PART OF THE
STORY, SHAWN. CARRYING THOSE
REACTIONS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL
TONIGHT, AND HERE’S WHY SOME
REACTIONS COMING FROM THE
PARENTS, THE MOM AND DAD OF TATE
MERE, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN
THE SHOOTING, AND THE MOTHER OF
JUSTIN SCHILLING, ANOTHER VICTIM
TAKEN FROM HER THAT DAY. THERE
WAS A PLAYBOOK THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWED. I MEAN, IT WASN’T
FOLLOWED NEAR THE FATHER OF
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
VICTIM TAKE MERE MET WITH THE
WHISTLEBLOWING FORMER BOARD
MEMBERS IN AN EMOTIONAL MEETING
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE FORMER
BOARD MEMBERS NOW COMING FORWARD
, SAYING THE DISTRICT ZONE
PLAYBOOK TO STOP THE SHOOTING
WAS NOT FOLLOWED. AND THEY’RE
NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE
FAMILIES THAT LOST A LOVED ONE
AND WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS THAT
WERE INJURED PHYSICALLY AND
MENTALLY. THAT’S JUST IT’S JUST
A FULL ON COVER UP. SUAVE IS THE
MOTHER OF SHOOTING VICTIM JUSTIN
SCHILLING WITHOUT FULL
TRANSPARENCY. HOW CAN WE PREVENT
ANYTHING? IT’S BEYOND AGONIZING
FOR US TO HAVE TO WAIT. FULL
YEAR TO HAVE THE DETAILS OF WHAT
LED UP TO THIS. WHAT HAPPENED TO
OUR CHILDREN ABSOLUTELY
DISGUSTING AND OFFENSIVE
ATTORNEY VAN JOHNSON REPRESENTS
THE MERE AND SCHILLING FAMILIES
IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OXFORD
SCHOOL DISTRICT, SAYING THE SUIT
IS MEANT TO HOLD SCHOOL
OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. WHERE
WERE THEY BACK THEN? THANK YOU
FOR COMING FORWARD. NOW WHERE
WERE YOU RIGHT AFTER THESE
EVENTS? FOR THESE FOLKS. AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND THERE ARE
OTHER CHILDREN AND EVERYBODY IN
OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. I
THINK THIS IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO
KIND OF BREAK THE DAM DOWN A
LITTLE BIT AND GET SOME WATER
FLOWING. BECAUSE NOTHING’S
REALLY BEEN FLOWING. BY FLOWING,
HE MEANS INFORMATION AND
TRANSPARENCY. THAT’S BUCK NEAR.
THE FATHER OF ST MARY ALSO TELLS
ME HE WAS AT THAT MEETING
YESTERDAY, DEVIN AND KAREN WITH
THE WHISTLEBLOWERS VERY TOUGH TO
HEAR THIS INFORMATION. BUT HE
SAYS THIS IS JUST THE START OF
THE INFORMATION, HE BELIEVES
MUCH MORE TO COME BACK TO YOU.
AND SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED, AND
WE STILL DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU. SEAN HEARD BUCK MERE
SAY THEY HAD A PLAYBOOK THAT
WASN’T FOLLOWED. WELL, ONE OF
THE BIG QUESTIONS IS HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THAT
PLAYBOOK IS LIVE WITH MORE ON
WHAT THE WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE
SAYING ABOUT THAT AND BY THEIR
CLAIMS ARE SO RELEVANT TO THE
QUEST. THESE FAMILIES ARE ON TO
GET ANSWERS. PAULA HI, BUT I
FIRST WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT WHAT
WAS SAID IN SHAWN’S PACKAGE
WHERE THE QUESTION WAS ASKED.
WHERE WERE THESE TWO BOARD
MEMBERS? BECAUSE WE’RE IT’S TWO
DAYS FROM THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY,
AND WE ASKED THAT QUESTION, AND
THEY SAID THEY WERE AFRAID TO
COME FORWARD. THEY WERE TOLD NOT
TO COME FORWARD, BUT THEY
WOULDN’T SAY BY WHOM. OKAY SO
WHAT’S WORSE, THE FACT THAT
THERE WAS A PLAYBOOK AND IT
WASN’T USED OR THE FACT THAT
THERE WAS A PLAYBOOK AND IT
WASN’T USED. BUT THE SCHOOL
BOARD OSTENSIBLY IS PRESENTING
TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HAD
EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL. THEY
DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD IN THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED ANYWAY. I
ASKED THE TWO FORMER SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS THOSE QUESTIONS
AND THEY SAID, IT’S BOTH AND
MORE. WHAT MAKES THESE TWO
FORMER OXFORD SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS POTENTIAL FLAMETHROWERS
AIMING INTO AN ALREADY BURNING
HOT PIT IS THEIR CLAIM THAT THE
OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD AN
APPROVED PLAYBOOK THAT HAD IT
BEEN FOLLOWED. PERHAPS THE
ACTIONS OF CONFESSED KILLER
CRUMBLY WOULD HAVE BEEN SEEN
STOPPED AND THEREFORE HIS
SHOOTING AND KILLING OF FOUR
STUDENTS AND INJURING OF SIX
OTHERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED. OTHER MARKERS.
VIOLENT WRITINGS, DRAWINGS.
THERE IS AN ACTUAL PLAYBOOK THAT
THE DISTRICT ADOPTED IN 2004
CALLED THE ENHANCING SCHOOL
SAFETY USING A THREAT ASSESSMENT
MODEL. IT WAS ISSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
AND THE U. S SECRET SERVICE.
NOW, ACCORDING TO DONNELLY AND
BAILEY, THEIR ATTORNEY ALSO SAYS
THAT THE PRINCIPAL GOT EXTERNAL
TRAINING ON THAT PLAYBOOK. BUT
NEVER PASSED THAT TRAINING ALONG
TO OTHERS. THEY DIDN’T EVEN
REALIZE THAT PLAYBOOK EXISTED
UNTIL FEBRUARY, THREE MONTHS
AFTER THE SHOOTING AT OXFORD
HIGH SCHOOL. I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT IF OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
HAD BEEN PREPARED WITH POLICY
8400 THESE PAST FEW YEARS, AND
IT ACTUALLY TRAINED ON THREAT
ASSESSMENT UM THE SITUATION
WOULD HAVE ENDED NOVEMBER 29TH
AND THE 30TH WOULD HAVE JUST
BEEN ANOTHER DAY IN OXFORD. THAT
TAKES US TO THOSE DISTURBING
DRAWINGS BY ETHAN CRUMLEY THE
DAY OF THE SHOOTING FOUND BY A
TEACHER WHO REPORTED THEM THAT
SEEMED TO GO IGNORED WHEN IT
CAME TO THE VERY IMPORTANT PIECE
OF GETTING HIM AND HIS BACKPACK
AND THAT GUN OUT OF THE SCHOOL
THAT MORNING HAD PROPER
PROCEDURE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED. THE
ATTORNEY ALSO SAYS THAT TEACHERS
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAVE
MENTIONED STUDENTS WITH THESE
BEHAVIORAL MARKERS AND SOUNDED
ALARMS TO NO AVAIL. AND THEN
THERE’S THE QUESTION OF AN
INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY
INVESTIGATION THAT NEVER
HAPPENED BECAUSE. THE DISTRICT
DECLINED A BIGGER QUESTION.
MIGHT BE. WHY IS THIS EVEN AN
OPTION? LIKE TOM SAID THE PLANE
WAS TO GO DOWN. BOEING DOESN’T
COME IN AND SAY, LET’S DO THIS.
THE GOVERNMENT COMES IN AND SAYS
WE’RE GOING TO DO AN
INVESTIGATION. TELL YOU WHAT
WENT WRONG. WHY IS WHY IS IT
EVEN AN OPTION FOR THE SCHOOL
BOARD THAT SHOULD BE MANDATORY
SHOULD NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION.
OKAY SO THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD
PRESIDENT, DAN D’ALLESANDRO,
RELEASED A WRITTEN STATEMENT IN
PART AND WE PUT ALL OF IT ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM BUT HERE’S
THE PART THAT WE PULLED OUT, HE
SAYS. AT OXFORD COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS, THE SAFETY OF OUR
STUDENTS AND STAFF HAS REMAINED
OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THE
THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO DURING AND
FOLLOWING NOVEMBER 30TH 2021, AS
REPORTED AT OUR LAST BOARD
MEETING HAS SINCE SEEN INCREASED
PARTICIPATION. OF KEY
STAKEHOLDERS. THE REVIEW WILL
HELP US ALL UNDERSTAND THE FACTS
AND HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY,
TRANSPARENCY RATHER THAN
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE ALL DESERVE.
HE NEVER EVER MENTIONED. THESE
TWO FORMER BOARD MEMBERS HOLDING
A NEWS CONFERENCE AND I DO WANT
TO POINT OUT INCIDENTALLY, THAT
A REVIEW IS NOT THE SAME AS A
THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION. BY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S OFFICE. GUYS BACK TO
YOU VERY GOOD DISTINCTION TO
MAKE POLICY, TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS WHAT
REALLY EVERYONE IN THAT
COMMUNITY WANTS. APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS TO BIG QUESTIONS TONIGHT
SURROUNDING THE POLICE. CHASE
TURNED OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
IN DEARBORN YESTERDAY, INCLUDING
HOW IT COULD BE CONNECTED TO A
MISSING PERSONS CASE OUT OF
TENNESSEE CAR CRASHED INTO A
HOME NEAR THE DEARBORN DETROIT
BORDER. GUNFIRE WAS EXCHANGED.
THE WOMAN IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT
WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH, EITHER
BY POLICE, OR PERHAPS BY HERSELF
. BUT ANOTHER WOMAN IN THE
PASSENGER SEAT WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AND IN THE TRUNK. POLICE
FOUND THE BODY OF A THIRD WOMAN.
THOSE REMAINS MAY BE LINKED TO A
MISSING PERSONS CASE OUT OF
MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE, MEGAN
WOODS FOLLOWING THIS DEVELOPING
STORY SO MUCH HERE TO UNRAVEL,
MEGAN. THAT’S RIGHT, DEVIN RIGHT
NOW, THE BIGGEST PIECES OF THIS
PUZZLE OUR AUTOPSY RESULTS.
EVERYONE IS WAITING ON THE EDGE
OF THEIR SEATS TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE IS
GOING TO SEE HERE. WHO THIS
DRIVER IS. IF THAT WOMAN INSIDE
THE TRUNK IS 31 YEAR OLD ALANI
CASA FROM TENNESSEE. TO BE THE
CAR THERE WAS WANTED AND HAVE
NOBODY IN IT THAT’S ACTUALLY
AFFILIATED WITH THAT CASE.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING WHAT LED TO THIS
BIZARRE CRIME SCENE IN DEARBORN
SUNDAY. AND IF THE WOMAN IN THE
TRUNK IS 31 YEAR OLD ELENI CASA
FROM TENNESSEE, SHE WENT MISSING
NOVEMBER 17TH AFTER HER FAMILY
SAID SHE NEVER PICKED UP HER
DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL, WHICH WAS
NOTHING LIKE HER LEFT HER CELL
PHONE AND CAR AT HER APARTMENT
FAMILY TOLD MURPHY BOROUGH
POLICE FROM THE START, THEY
BELIEVE SHE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE
BY A FRIEND. THIS IS A NIGHTMARE
THAT WE DON’T SEEM TO WAKE UP
FROM. POLICE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT
BE IN A BLACK DODGE CHARGER THAT
WAS LAST SPOTTED IN OHIO. UNTIL
YESTERDAY, DEARBORN POLICE GOT
AN ALERT FROM FLOCK LICENSE
READER THAT IT WAS IN THE AREA
AND PULLED OVER THE DRIVER. THE
DRIVER PULLED AWAY AS THEY
PULLED AWAY. DEARBORN STARTED TO
PURSUE THEM. LOST SIGHT OF THEM
TERMINATED, THEIR PURSUIT SAYS
SHORTLY AFTER OFFICERS FOUND
THAT SAME CAR UP AGAINST THIS
HOUSE AS THE CAR WAS CRASHED UP
AGAINST THE HOUSE. THERE WAS A
SHOT FIRED TOWARDS WHAT THE
POLICE THOUGHT WAS TOWARDS THEM.
THEY RETURNED FIRE DRIVER DIED
FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND, AND
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRACKING DOWN
WHERE IT CAME FROM, AND MORE
DETECTIVES ARE CURRENTLY SERVING
SEARCH WARRANTS THROUGHOUT THAT
AREA. THEY’RE DOING SOME
EVIDENCE PROCESSING THINGS LIKE
THAT. MSP SAYS THEY ALSO
RECOVERED A NINE MILLIMETER
PISTOL FROM THAT BLACK CHARGER
THERE AGAIN WAITING FOR THESE
AUTOPSIES. THEY WERE SCHEDULED
TODAY AND SO WE COULD HAVE THOSE
RESULTS AS SOON AS LATER
TONIGHT, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO
WAIT AND MSP IS ALSO, UM,
TALKING TO THAT THIRD WOMAN WHO
WAS A PASSENGER, HOPING THAT
THEY COULD GIVE MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
HERE AND IF THERE ARE EVEN
INVOLVED BACK TO YOU. THE
THREADS HERE JUST RUN ALL OVER
THE PLACE. SO WHAT ARE
INVESTIGATORS IN TENNESSEE,
SAYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
DEARBORN IN THIS POSSIBLE
CONNECTION? SO THEY DID RELEASE
A STATEMENT EARLIER TODAY WILL
HAVE THAT ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM
BUT WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IS THEY
ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION
THAT’S HAPPENING HERE. MSP ALSO
SAYING THAT THEY’RE TALKING TO
POLICE IN TENNESSEE THERE
TALKING TO LENNY’S FAMILY TO
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS UP TO
SPEED ON THE POSSIBILITIES HERE
. JUST POSSIBILITIES, THOUGH.
NOTHING DEFINITIVE AT THIS
POINT. ALL RIGHT, MEGAN. POLICE
IN MADISON HEIGHTS ARE ASKING
FOR YOUR HELP TO SOLVE A DEADLY
ASSAULT. THEY SAY A 50 YEAR OLD
MAN WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED IN
THE PARKING LOT OF THE T MOBILE
NEAR 14 MILE, AND I 75 FRIDAY
NIGHT. THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIM
AND THE DRIVER GOT INTO SOME
SORT OF FIGHT. BEFORE IT
HAPPENED. THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF.
THEY THINK THEY WERE DRIVING A
BLACK JEEP GLADIATOR LIKE THE
ONE YOU SEE THERE IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION, CALL POLICE.
FAMILY PAUL WHELAN SAYS THEY ARE
GETTING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED
ABOUT HIS SAFETY THAT IS SAYING
SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN
THE WORRY NOW. FOR YEARS. WHELAN
IS THE NOVI MAN LOCKED UP IN
RUSSIA OVER SPYING ACCUSATIONS.
HIS BROTHER DAVID, SAYS HE
FAILED TO MAKE A SCHEDULED CALL
LAST WEEK AND STAFF WITH THE U.
S EMBASSY HAS NOT HEARD FROM
HIM. US. EMBASSY OFFICIALS SAY
THE U. S. CONTINUES TO WORK TO
TRY TO GET WHEELAN ALONG WITH
NBA STAR BRITNEY GRINER OUT OF
PRISON IN RUSSIA. BUT THEY SAY
RUSSIA HAS NOT GIVEN A SERIOUS
RESPONSE THUS FAR ANY OF THEIR
PROPOSALS. GOT OUT OF THE RAIN
FROM YESTERDAY. THINGS HAVE
IMPROVED. IT WAS KIND OF GLOOMY.
YES, IT WAS A NICE MONDAY TO
START OUR WEEK, RIGHT? KIM
MONDAY. FIRST CYBER SHOPPING
ONLINE. YOU DIDN’T GO OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES RIGHT NOW.
IT’S A LITTLE COOL OUT THERE
WITH TEMPS IN THE THIRTIES 42 AT
METRO AIRPORT, BUT PRETTY MUCH
IN THE UPPER THIRTIES.
EVERYWHERE ELSE YOU GO. WE DON’T
REALLY HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH
ABOUT THE WINDCHILL NOW BECAUSE
THE WINDS ARE RATHER LIGHT SO
WIND, CHILLS AND TEMPERATURES
ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER IN THE
UPPER THIRTIES. THERE’S SOME
WARMTH DOWN TO OUR SOUTHWEST
THAT IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN
OUR DIRECTION. IT’S 48 IN ST
LOUIS 51 IN KANSAS CITY, AND
WE’LL GET IN ON THAT WARM
WEATHER HERE FOR THE DAY
TOMORROW, LOTS OF CLOUDS AROUND,
BUT WE DO MAKE IT UP TO A HIGH
OF 50 DEGREES. BUT THEN TOMORROW
EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY, WE
EXPECT WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40
MPH. SO I’M GONNA TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN THE
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LOOK AT THAT COMING UP. ALSO WE
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