STARTS NOW. A MURDER INVESTIGATION COMES TO A BIZARRE END.
>> DOWNRIVER, A GENTLEMAN
APPROACHED HIM AND TOLD HIM, I
NEED YOU TO ARREST ME.
>> I JUST KILLED MY GIRLFRIEND
AND POLICE SAY THAT MAN
APPROACHED AN OFFICER IN TAYLOR
AND TOLD HIM, AS YOU HEARD, HE
HAD KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND.
>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE
AT FIVE. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL.
>> THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE
TELEC MOTEL RIGHT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF TELEGRAPH AND
WICK ROAD. ROD MELONI IS LIVE ON
THIS STORY. ROD, AS WE SAID,
POLICE SAY HE JUST OPENLY
CONFESSED RIGHT THERE AND THAT
IS HELPFUL CERTAINLY FOR THE
CASE IN TERMS OF PROSECUTION.
>> BUT THE MAN HAD A 40 CALIBER
HANDGUN THAT THEY SAY HE USED ON
HIS GIRLFRIEND, A VERY LOUD
WEAPON. AND YET NOBODY HEARD
THAT CALL OR CALLED IT IN TO
POLICE. AND SO THEY SAY, WERE IT
NOT FOR THIS CONFESSION, THEY
MAY STILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT
WOMAN. A GAS STATION SECURITY
CAMERA ROLLS AS THE MAN PULLS UP
TO THE BP STATION AT GODDARD AND
TELEGRAPH, A BLACK JEEP LIBERTY
PARKS. AND HE GETS OUT,
APPARENTLY IN SEARCH OF A POLICE
OFFICER, A TAYLOR. POLICE TELL
ME THAT THE 42 YEAR OLD MAN WAS
STAYING HERE AT THE TELEWORK
HOURLY HOTEL HERE ON TELEGRAPH
LEFT IN A PANIC IN HIS
GIRLFRIEND’S CAR. HE THEN CAME
OUT, FLIPPED AROUND AND WENT
SOUTHBOUND ON TELEGRAPH FOR
ABOUT A MILE WHERE HE FOUND THE
OFFICER AT THE GODDARD BP.
TAYLOR POLICE LIEUTENANT FRANK
CANNING TELLING LOCAL 4.
>> THEN THE GENTLEMAN APPROACHED
HIM AND TOLD HIM, I NEED YOU TO
ARREST ME. I JUST KILLED MY
GIRLFRIEND AND I THINK HE WAS A
LITTLE BIT SURPRISED BY THAT
STATEMENT.
>> IT PROMPTED THIS RADIO CALL
TO DISPATCH BROUGHT TO US BY
BROADCASTIFY TELEGRAPH AND WE
GOT SOMEONE HERE SAYING THAT HE
JUST SHOT HIM. THEY SAY THE MAN
HAD BEEN LIVING IN ROOM 112 AT
THE WICK FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS AND INVITED HIS OLD
GIRLFRIEND TO COME VISIT HIM
HERE. THE 38 YEAR OLD WOMAN
SHOWED UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE BELIEVE THE MAN TOOK OFF
IN HIS GIRLFRIEND’S JEEP,
LEAVING HIS OWN VEHICLE BEHIND
AS A WAY TO GET AWAY MORE
QUICKLY. AND THEN RETHOUGHT IT
ALL AFTER THEIR GAS STATION
ENCOUNTER. THE STATE TROOPER
IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE MAN TO
TAYLOR PD. HE BROUGHT HIM HERE.
>> OUR ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES
IMMEDIATELY CALLED HIM UPSTAIRS
AND THEY HAD A CONVERSATION AND
HE ADMITTED TO HAVING A
DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS LONGTIME
ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN GIRLFRIEND,
WHICH THEN RESULTED IN GUNFIRE.
NOW WE’VE YET TO GET AN ID ON
THE MAN OR THE WOMAN, BUT WE DO
KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING
TOGETHER ON AND OFF PREVIOUSLY
IN EASTPOINTE, ROSEVILLE AND
STERLING HEIGHTS.
>> BACK TO YOU.
>> SO, ROD, WHAT ABOUT A COURT
APPEARANCE FOR THE MAN POLICE
ARRESTED AND WELL, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW IS IN THE
PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER ITS
PACKAGE TO SEND TO THE
PROSECUTOR.
>> THEY BELIEVE PERHAPS AS EARLY
AS TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY,
WE COULD SEE AN ARRAIGNMENT WILL
BE FOLLOWING IT.
>> OKAY, ROD, THANK YOU.
>> IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME AND
THE SEARCH AREA TO FIND THE
MISSING TITANIC SUBMERSIBLE IS
CHANGING ONLY HOURS, BASICALLY
LEFT DOWN THE OXYGEN SUPPLY ON
BOARD. AND THE RESCUE OPERATION
FOR THE FIVE PERSON CREW IS
GROWING MORE DESPERATE. IT COMES
AFTER SONAR PICKED UP NEW
BANGING SOUNDS FROM THE DEPTHS
EARLY THIS MORNING. ALICE BARR
SHOWS US THOSE NOISES ARE HARD
TO TRACK DOWN. ALICE DEVIN, THIS
RESCUE MISSION HAS CAPTIVATED
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AS SOME
UNDERWATER NOISES ARE DETECTED
IN THE SEARCH AREA BRING
GLIMMERS OF HOPE.
>> THE CREW COULD STILL BE FOUND
SAFE. A CAVALRY OF NEW, HIGHLY
EQUIPPED SHIPS AND UNDERWATER
VESSELS JOINING THE DESPERATE
SEARCH FOR THE MISSING TITAN
TOURIST SUBMERSIBLE.
>> THIS IS A SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION 100% AFTER CANADIAN
AIRCRAFT USING SONAR BUOYS
DETECTED UNDERWATER NOISES
YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING IN A
SEARCH AREA TWICE THE SIZE OF
CONNECTICUT.
>> WHILE THE US COAST GUARD
ISN’T SURE WHAT THE NOISES ARE.
>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE’RE
SEARCHING IN THE AREA WHERE THE
NOISES WERE DETECTED, AND WE’LL
CONTINUE TO DO SO.
>> TOP EXPERTS MOVING QUICKLY TO
ANALYZE THE DATA, THE NOISES
HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS BANGING
NOISES, BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO
PUT THE WHOLE PICTURE TOGETHER
IN CONTEXT AND THEY HAVE TO
ELIMINATE THAT POTENTIAL MANMADE
SOURCES OTHER THAN THE TITAN,
THE RACE AGAINST TIME MORE
URGENT BY THE HOUR WITH
BREATHABLE AIR RUNNING OUT FOR
THE FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD SINCE
SUNDAY WHEN THE MINIVAN SIZED
VESSEL VANISHED DURING A MISSION
TO EXPLORE THE WRECKAGE OF THE
TITANIC. EVEN ONCE FOUND
OBSTACLES REMAIN TO REACH THE
TITAN AND BRING IT TO THE
SURFACE FROM DEPTHS ONLY THOSE
WHO’VE BEEN THERE CAN DESCRIBE.
>> THE JOURNEY IS AMAZING.
YOU’RE BASICALLY GOING TO
ANOTHER PLANET AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE OCEAN, LIKE THIS 4000 METER
DOWN, SIGNING ON FOR THAT
OTHERWORLDLY EXPERIENCE REQUIRES
A $250,000 PRICE TAG AND A
MASSIVE WAIVER THAT FORMER
PASSENGERS SAY CLEARLY WARNS THE
TRIP CAN RESULT IN DEATH.
>> THE CO-OWNER OF THE TITAN’S
MOTHERSHIP SAYING THAT BEFORE
THEY LOST CONTACT, ALL PROTOCOLS
WERE FOLLOWED FOR THE MISSION.
AS HE AND ALL THOSE WATCHING AND
WAITING HOLD OUT HOPE. RESCUER
CAN FIND THE MEN IN TIME AS PART
OF THIS ALL HANDS ON DECK
EFFORT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE
EXPLORERS CLUB, WHICH CLAIMS HIS
MEMBERS, SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE
INSIDE THAT SUBMERSIBLE IS
LEADING AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO LOBBY FOR
MORE DEEP SEA EQUIPMENT TO HELP
IN THE SEARCH IN WASHINGTON,
ALICE BARR, LOCAL 4. OKAY, ALICE
, RESCUE CREWS BELIEVE THERE IS
NOW LESS THAN 13 HOURS OF OXYGEN
LEFT.
>> THOSE ON BOARD ALSO HAVE
LIMITED RATIONS OF FOOD AND
WATER, THOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR TO
ANYONE JUST HOW MUCH THEY HAVE.
>> A 27 YEAR OLD TROY MAN IS
UNDER ARREST AFTER A HIT AND RUN
LEAVES A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL
INJURED. RAED ABDALLAH WAS
ARRESTED AT A FAMILY MEMBER’S
HOUSE FOR THAT HIT AND RUN. THAT
HAPPENED LAST MONTH IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR SQUARE LAKE.
AND JOHN R, THE SEVEN YEAR OLD
GIRL, WAS HIT AS SHE CROSSED THE
STREET WHILE RIDING HER BIKE.
SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN PELVIS
FEMUR AND HAD SEVERAL ABRASIONS
. ABRASIONS. ABDULLAH WAS
ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY WHERE HIS
BOND WAS SET AT $1 MILLION. A
DETROIT FIREFIGHTER IS ASKING
WHY IT TOOK 35 MINUTES FOR A
DETROIT EMS CREW TO ARRIVE TO
HELP A MAN WHO WAS HAVING
TROUBLE BREATHING. THIS WAS LAST
SUNDAY.
>> IT RAISES THE QUESTION OVER
STAFFING PROBLEMS WITH DETROIT
EMS AND WHETHER THEY’RE TO BLAME
. SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS STORY. SHAWN, THAT’S OVER
HALF AN HOUR. 35 MINUTES IS A
LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR AN
AMBULANCE AND THIS IS FOR A
PERSON WHO HAD DIFFICULT
BREATHING AT THAT TIME.
>> A FEW MINUTES WOULD FEEL LIKE
AN ETERNITY IF YOU HAD TROUBLE
BREATHING. THIS WAS A 35 MINUTE
EMS RESPONSE. IT’S CALLED A
PRIORITY. ONE DIFFICULTY
BREATHING. THAT MEANS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY. TONIGHT DETROIT’S
FIRE COMMISSIONER IS TELLING ME
THAT RESPONSE TIME IS
UNACCEPTABLE. HOWELL, CAN YOU
REPEAT THAT?
>> YEAH, YEAH, WE’RE TRYING TO
GET YOU ONE. YOU CAN HEAR EVEN
FEEL THE FRUSTRATION BUILDING IN
THE VOICE OF A VETERAN DETROIT
FIREFIGHTER ASKING FIRE DISPATCH
, WHERE WAS DETROIT EMS?
>> THEY NEEDED AN AMBULANCE. AT
THREE SUNDAY MORNING, A PATIENT
THERE WAS CLAMMY AND HAVING
TROUBLE BREATHING AT THIS GAS
STATION. AT FIRST THE FIRE CREW
WAS TOLD WHEN TO EXPECT EMS TO
PULL UP ENGINE 55, A 10 MINUTE
TO 10 MINUTE ETA.
>> THE FIREFIGHTER IN CHARGE OF
THE SCENE SAYS HE WAITED IN
ADDITIONAL 9 TO 12 MINUTES AND
THEN HAD TO ASK AGAIN, 50, 55.
SURE. CAN WE GET AN ETA ON EMS
AND WE’LL CHECK AGAIN?
>> THE ANSWER WAIT ANOTHER NINE
MINUTES TO 55 TO CENTRAL
REQUESTING AN EMS HUNDRED 55.
>> STANDBY TO THE ETA FOR MEDIC
NINE, ENGINE 55, MEDIC NINE
GIVING A NINE MINUTE ETA. THE
FRUSTRATED FIREFIGHTER THEN
ASKING DISPATCH, HOW LONG HAVE
WE BEEN HERE WITH THIS PATIENT
WAITING WITH THE SAME TIME
CURRENTLY 27 MINUTES. THAT
FIREFIGHTER ARE IN CHARGE OF
THIS SCENE WAS SO CONCERNED, HE
WROTE THE CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMS
COMMUNICATIONS ASKING THIS KEY
QUESTION, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE
TO PLEASE LOOK INTO WHY WE SPENT
NEARLY 35 MINUTES ON SCENE WITH
THE PATIENT BEFORE THE ARRIVAL
OF A TRANSPORT UNIT JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO, WE GOT THIS STATEMENT
FROM DETROIT’S FIRE
COMMISSIONER, CHUCK SIMS.
>> HE SAYS A 35 MINUTE AMBULANCE
RESPONSE TIME TO A PRIORITY ONE
RUN IS UNACCEPTABLE. MEDICAL
FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SCENE
WITHIN SEVEN MINUTES. HOWEVER,
THE DELAY IN AMBULANCE RESPONSE
WAS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF A
BRIEF SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE
TRANSPORT UNITS AND HUMAN ERROR.
AT DISPATCH, THERE IS MORE TO
THAT STATEMENT. DEVIN. WE’RE
PUTTING THE WHOLE THING ON OUR
WEBSITE, CLICKONDETROIT.COM. WE
CHECKED, APPARENTLY THE PATIENT
DID GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN IS
OKAY TONIGHT, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS
IN THIS.
>> BUT SHAWN, YOU’VE BEEN
TRACKING HOW MANY AMBULANCES,
EMS CREWS ARE ON THE STREETS.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER TODAY? SO WE
RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR,
WE CHECKED WITH DETROIT FIRE
SPOKESPERSON SAYS 35 AMBULANCE
UNITS ARE IN SERVICE TODAY FROM
1 P.M. TO 1 A.M. THAT IS WITH
THE HELP OF A PRIVATE AMBULANCE
COMPANY THEY HAVE CONTRACTED
WITH FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS.
>> THE GOAL IS TO HAVE 40 OF
THOSE RIGS ON THE STREETS DAILY.
ALL RIGHT, SHAWN.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET’S TURN NOW TO
THE WEATHER AS WE TAKE A LIVE
LOOK HERE OUTSIDE FROM OUR
SOUTHFIELD SKYCAM. AND WE’VE GOT
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AIR QUALITY
ALERTS IN EFFECT. YOU CAN KIND
OF SEE WHY, BECAUSE IT’S REALLY
HAZY OUT THERE. ANOTHER PROBLEM
IS THE LAWNS ARE STARTING TO
LOOK REALLY DRY AGAIN.
>> SO LET’S GET OVER TO KIM
ADAMS HERE IN THE FOREWARN
FORECAST. KIM. WELL ABOUT FIVE
OF OUR VIEWERS SAW AN ISOLATE
SHOWER TODAY AND THAT WAS IT.
>> IT WAS RICHMOND THAT AND NOT
EVEN ALL OF RICHMOND, JUST A
COUPLE OF STREETS IN RICHMOND AT
4:00 HAD A BRIEF REALLY DRIZZLE
SPRINKLE AND NOW IT’S DRY ONCE
AGAIN ACROSS ALL OF METRO
DETROIT. BUT ON THE VISIBLE
SATELLITE, YOU CAN SEE THAT
BRIGHT WHITE BLOWING UP THERE,
INDICATING SOME THICKER CLOUDS.
BUT OTHERWISE JUST A SPATTERING
OF CLOUDS HERE AND THERE AND A
REALLY PRETTY DAY. WE JUST COULD
REALLY USE SOME RAIN. IT’S WARM
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IT’S 84 IN
PONTIAC, 85 IN HOWELL, HOWELL.
YOU WERE AT 87 LAST HOUR, 84 AT
CITY AIRPORT IN LOW 80S AT METRO
, THE EVENING PLANNER FOR
TONIGHT. VERY NICE TEMPERATURES
DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 70S. BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, WE HAVE
SEVERAL CHANCES OF RAIN OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NOT A LOT,
BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANCES. AND
I’LL TELL YOU WHEN IN A COUPLE
OF MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT, KIM, MUCH MORE TO
COME ON THIS WEDNESDAY. LET’S
CHECK IN WITH MEGAN WOODS.
>> WE TAKE YOU TO AN EVENT
THAT’S HELPING MICHIGANDERS TAKE
ACTION AND REGAIN ACCESS TO ONE
OF THESE MICHIGAN DRIVER’S
LICENSE.
>> WHEN FOLKS GET THEIR LICENSES
RESTORED, IT IS A NEW BEGINNING.
WHAT IT MEANS TO THE PEOPLE HERE
USING THIS FREE RESOURCE COMING
UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, MEGAN, ALSO, WHY
THE US GOVERNMENT IS TAKING
AMAZON TO COURT. HANK ARE YOU
GUYS STILL POURING GREASE DOWN
THE DRAIN?
>> POURING GREASE?
>> MY PRIEST GO UP THE WALL.
>> THE CITY SAID THAT YOU DID A
POPEYE’S CHICKEN PROBLEM
EXPOSED. WHAT THE FAST FOOD
GIANT DID IN ONE DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CAUSED BIG
PROBLEMS. AND NOW THE CITY OF
DETROIT IS MOVING IN, DEMANDING