From downtown Detroit Local for news at 11 starts now. Loose tire is to blame for a deadly
crash on northbound. I 75 at the
Davidson Freeway that killed a
driver, a 63 year old man from
Clarkston was taken to the
hospital. But that is where he
later died. It tops our news
tonight at 11. I’m Devin
Stilian. Kimberly Gillet
happened this afternoon in the
North Bong lanes of the freeway
at the Davidson, Jacqueline
Francis’s live Jacqueline
investigators trying to find out
how that tire got loose.
Kimberly and Deb in this here is
the stretch of 75 that was tied
up for hours today because of
the crash. We’re learning that a
tire came loose from a car flew
over the median walling struck a
pickup truck. You can see those
orange marks there. That’s where
it happened. This was the view
from Sky four over North Bong 75
at Davidson Freeway that white
pickup trucks roof caved in,
crushed by a flying tire.
Michigan State police tell us
southbound car lost its tire and
it went over the median wall and
struck the pickups windshield
when first responders arrived on
scene around 4 30. They found
the truck up against the wall
and the driver. Unconscious
Troopers broke the window to
gain access but were
unsuccessful. They then used a
chain to pull the truck away
from the median and removed the
driver. The 63 year old
Clarkston man was taken to the
hospital where he later died
from his injuries. The 34 year
old driver of the other vehicle
that lost its tire is
cooperating with the
investigation. The freeway
reopened around 6 30 this
evening. The investigation is
ongoing and we’re told once
complete, it will be sent to the
prosecutor’s office for review.
Reporting live from 75 Davidson
. Jacqueline Francis, Local
four. Okay Jacqueline. Thank you
tonight. One man is dead after a
shooting in East Point. It
happened at a home on stricter
avenue near East eight Mile.
Police say the victims nephew
came into the police station in
total officers. His uncle was
possibly murdered. Officers went
to the home and found a 48 year
old man shot to death. They were
able to locate the suspect and
take him into custody. Charges
are pending New developments
tonight in the ongoing
investigation and the Dearborn
Heights School District Popular
Annapolis High School principal
Erin Mullet has once again been
placed on leave a move that’s
part of the school board’s vote
to reinstate him until the end
of the school year. It’s unclear
what school officials are
investigating all that four as
it has been since the start.
Meanwhile the district
superintendent remains on leave
after the teachers union
revolted and a number of title.
Nine complaints were filed
against him. Also need tonight
the Detroit bus driver charged
with killing a Grosse Pointe
woman is off the job, The
Detroit News reports 59 year old
Geraldine Johnson has been fired
by d dot Johnson is accused of
hitting and killing a woman in
downtown Detroit while she was
behind the wheel of a d dot bus.
Prosecutors say Johnson has been
in seven crashes since 2018 and
those involved both a bus and
her personal car. Johnson
pleaded not guilty to a
misdemeanor. She’s been placed
on house arrest after a judge
lowered her bond. Legal drama
between the city of Detroit and
Marvin Winans. Unfinished
perfecting church is over. For
now, the city and church coming
to terms to get some movement on
finishing the property, which
has been under construction for
the last 18 years. Mark
MacDonald live on a choice
Northwest side with more Mara.
Hi Devin. You know complaints
were steadily coming in about
this property. People who live
here are driving by saw this
church saw no movement here and
thought it was becoming
essentially a dilapidated
eyesore. Well, the city of
Detroit took perfecting church
to court to try and make
something happen here and
tonight, there’s a deal. The
city of Detroit sold the land.
The unfinished church sits on to
pastor Marvin Winans. Back in 04
. The dream was to have a mega
church on the property slowly
but surely construction started
building what you currently see
on the site, but then it just
sort of stopped eight years ago,
and complaints to the city
started piling up, calling it an
eyesore in a danger. Tonight
after Detroit in the church have
come to terms perfecting church
has until the end of the month
to submit a building status
report. It has until the end of
July to apply for zoning
approvals. City Corporation
Counsel Conrad Ballot, saying
tonight the agreement includes
specific commitments from
perfecting church to the city of
Detroit regarding the timeline
for construction. Permitting and
financing. Back here alive,
talking about that financing,
which is a key component here in
the deal that was agreed to
after the church meets all its
you know, benchmarks that has to
with the city about, um, you
know, what’s the status of the
building, getting the permit and
getting this getting that the
final thing after they get all
their permits is going to be
financing and the church will
have 90 days to show the city of
Detroit. That it’s got it. We’re
live on Detroit’s north side.
I’m Mara MacDonald local for
it’s been all right, Mara. Two
people are hospitalized after a
shooting in the city of Man
ISTEA today. As of tonight,
police are still working to find
a motive around 12 30 this
afternoon. Police were
responding to reports of a
shooting and found a 36 year old
man from Traverse City shot in
the stomach. He’s in the
hospital listed in critical
condition, police say. Witnesses
reported the suspect ran off
with two other people. An hour
later, officers found in 19 year
old with two gunshot wounds. He
is in stable condition at this
time. Investigators believe that
injuries sustained by both
subjects. From an initial
incident on fifth Street and
there was no second shooting
incident. Police say both
victims knew each other and
there is no threat to the public
. It’s unclear what led to that
shooting now to a story we have
been following all week, Two
teenagers facing charges after
police said they tried to rob a
Detroit police officer 16 year
old Dwayne Whitley, and 17 Year
old Marlon Henderson, are being
charged as adults in the case.
This video of the attack that
happened back on June 10th at
the BP gas station and Joy Road
in the Southfield Freeway. You
see one person reaching for the
officer’s gun that starts a
wrestling match with the officer
. Both teens turned themselves
into police on Monday they face
a number of charges, including
armed robbery. Hundreds are
expected to take part tomorrow
in the 16th annual silence. The
violence memorial March It’s
being held at the Church of
Messiah on East Grand Boulevard
. That’s on Detroit’s East side
. Of course, the march honors
the innocent victims of gun
violence and works with people
and organizations working on gun
violence eradication in the
award winner Orlando Bailey is
expected to be there to moderate
the event. The march is a mile
and a half long it starts and
ends. At the church. Beginning
at 11 A.m. Cleanup continues
tonight for people in Monroe
County following yesterday’s
storms, which has been confirmed
to have been a tornado. Fast
moving stores brought golf ball
sized hail and e F one tornado.
The National Weather Service was
able to confirm today tornado
was on the ground north of
Monroe for close to five miles.
Bringing winds of about 90 miles
an hour with it tonight,
residents in Frenchtown Township
, describing the damage that was
left behind Me and my dad were
watching the trees fall outside,
and we heard a big bang and
turned around and there was an
entire branch to the ceiling,
the neighbor right there. His
brand new truck two months. Luke
Ford truck. Totaled totaled DTE
crews still working to restore
power at last check more than
400 customers still without
power. What a mess but so
thankful it wasn’t worth it was
storms last night really came in
quickly and got a little chaotic
for a few hours. Brett collars
in for Kim Adams tonight, Bret,
Those storms intensified really
quickly to watching them as they
came in from Lansing. Almost
immediately. They were severe,
dropping large, hail strong
winds, but the strongest that we
saw was when that storm moved
into Monroe County and touched
that tornado down. This was the
view of exact track 40 radar at
6:16 P.m. You can very clearly
see the Hook echo here on radar
not only on reflectivity, but
When you look with inside the
storm, we look at the winds and
how they’re moving within the
storm, And clearly you can see
these reds and these greens
coming together. Indicative of
that tight rotation, and that’s
when the warning was issued, And
sure enough, and EF one
touchdown. This is the view a
little bit closer as we get
closer to the shore line here,
not far from the Detroit Beach
neighborhood, Dixie Highway is
right here. That’s where the
tornado touched down. It was on
the ground for about nine
minutes, moving off. The east
and Northeast before lifting It
was an EF 1 90 mile per hour
winds, and it was on the ground
for nearly five miles and again
. It did cause some damage, but
luckily no injuries and no
fatalities. Now for us things
look a lot better this weekend,
and temperatures are on their
way up. We’ll talk about that
coming up in just a bit. In the
meantime, if you do have plans
this Father’s Day weekend.
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