S.
S. >> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11:00 STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >> A FLOWER BANDIT ON THE LOOSE
IN THE CITY.
>> MY EYES WELLING UP WITH
TEARS.
TEARS. I FEEL VIOLATED.
>> WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE DOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PLANTS
DON’T GET PILFERED.
>> SUNSHINE BETTER LATE THAN
NEVER BUT CAN WE COUNT ON IT FOR
THIS WEEKEND?
THIS WEEKEND? >> Anchor: SEARCH FOR A
SERIAL KILLER.
SERIAL KILLER. COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND
VOLUNTEERS JOINED TOGETHER TO
HELP FIND ANY CLUES THAT COULD
LEAD POLICE TO MAN THAT TARGETED
AND KILLED THREE WOMEN.
THAT MANHUNT IS NOW IN SECONDS
DAY ON DETROIT’S EASTSIDE.
>> Anchor: TONIGHT INVOLVED
CONCERNED CITIZENS GOING
DOOR-TO-DOOR TO FIND ANYTHING TO
HELP IDENTIFY THE KILLER.
JERMONT TERRY IS WITH THAT GROUP
TONIGHT ON EASTSIDE LIVE.
JERMONT?
JERMONT? >> Reporter: DEVIN, KIMBERLY,
WE KNOW POLICE ARE WAITING FOR
DNA COLLECTED FROM CRIME SCENE
IN HOPES OF IDENTIFYING THAT
KILLER.
KILLER. MEANTIME THOSE IN THIS COMMUNITY
THEY ARE NOT JUST STANDING BY
HOPING DETECTIVES WILL CRACK
OPEN THE CASE.
THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
ESPECIALLY WOMEN. ON SOUTHEAST SIDE R SAFE.
THE OSBOURNE NEIGHBORHOOD ON
EASTSIDE.
EASTSIDE. VOLUNTEERS FROM VARIOUS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. >> WE ARE HERE TOGETHER.
AMEN.
AMEN. >> Reporter: JUMP INTO CARS
AND COMBINED EFFORTS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE.
PEOPLE SAFE. >> WE WILL GO AROUND AND MAKE
CONTACT WITH CHURCH.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. PEOPLE STREETS, THAT MAY NOT BE
AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> Reporter: DETROIT POLICE
BELIEVE HARRISON AND ELLIS ALONG
WITH UNIDENTIFIED THIRD WOMAN,
WERE ALL RAPED AND KILLED AND
LEFT IN ABANDON HOMES BY ONE
SERIAL KILLER.
SERIAL KILLER. >> ATTENTION, ATTENTION ON THE
BLOCK.
BLOCK. >> MEN AND WOMEN KNOCKED ON
DOORS.
DOORS. SEARCHED VACANT HOMES.
>> ANYONE GO UPSTAIRS?
>> Reporter: MAKING SURE NO
MORE BODIES WERE DECAYING.
ALL THREE WERE INTERVIEWER HOMES
FOR PROSTITUTION.
FOR PROSTITUTION. >> THEY ARE A MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER.
DAUGHTER. SOMEBODIES LOVED ONE.
THEY MATTER TO OUR PEOPLE.
THEY MATTER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> YOU NEED NOT GO ASLEEP
FURNISHED A CERTAIN AGE AND SAY
THAT DOESN’T AFFECT ME.
BECAUSE EVIL SPREADS NO MATTER
WHO YOU ARE.
>> Reporter: WHILE ATTENTION
FOCUSED ON THOSE OUT LATE AT
NIGHT ROAMING SOME WORRY KILLER
COULD ALTER MOTIVE.
>> SHIFT TO ANOTHER SOURCE.
OUR CHILDREN.
OUR CHILDREN. >> Reporter: CITY LEADERS SAY
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS AN ATTEMPT
TO REACH EVERYONE ON THE STREETS
LOST.
LOST. >> WE ARE TRYING TO DO, MOBILIZE
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. TO COME OUT.
A LONG HOT SUMMER.
WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
>> Reporter: THOSE VOLUNTEERS
OUT TONIGHT ALSO DID MORE THAN
JUST CHECK VACANT HOMES.
THEY COMMUNICATED WITH PEOPLE.
HOPING TO GATHER MORE TIPS TO
PASS ON TO DETROIT POLICE.
NOW VICTIMS.
NOW VICTIMS. ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBER.
HER FAMILY OFFERED UP MORE MONEY
TO GET THIS WE WARD AT $5000 TO
FIND THE KILLER.
LATEST.
LATEST. REPORTING LIVE EASTSIDE.
JERMONT TERRY, LOCAL 4.
>> Anchor: OKAY JERMONT.
WELL, IT IS RARE WE SHOW YOU
SURVEILLANCE OF A PORCH THIEF
LEAVING A PACKAGE TO STEAL
SOMETHING ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE. IN THIS CASE IT IS FLOWERS.
AND IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE
AND MORE.
AND MORE. THIS HAPPENED ON OUTER DRIVE AND
MARGARITA.
MARGARITA. AS JASON COLTHORP REPORTS
NEIGHBORS ARE FIGHTING BACK.
>> Reporter: AROUND ME ON
OUTER DRIVE UP SHOT OF THE RAIN
WE GOVERNMENT.
WE GOVERNMENT. EVERYONES EXPLAIN LANDSCAPING
GREEN AND GORGEOUS.
AND HOWEVER, THE HOMEOWNER CAME
HOME YESTERDAY TO FIND ALMOST
ALL THE POTTED PLANTS WERE GONE.
AND WHEN SHE WENT IN TO CHECK
SECURITY VIDEO IT BROUGHT HER TO
TEARS.
TEARS. >> YOU SEE HIM WALKING ACROSS
THE SIDE HERE.
COMING UP ON MY PORCH.
SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, I WILL TAKE
SOME FLOWERS TODAY.
>> Reporter: REGINA TAKES
PRIDE ANY BEAUTY FINDING HER
HOME.
HOME. TO SEE IT RUINED.
WELL, IT IS UPSETTING.
>> THERE HE GOES SNATCHING THE
FLOWERS OFF THE PORCH.
TAKES THIS ONE.
KNOX OVER A BUCKET AND LEAVES.
BRAZEN MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
>> MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
>> LOOKING AT IT MAKES ME --
>> Reporter: SHE POSTED VIDEO
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE AND MANY
ARE ON LOOK OUT.
>> THOUGHT HE WOULD COME BACK
AND FINISH THE JOB.
>> Reporter: REGINA AND HER
HUSBAND ARE TAKING MORE SERIOUS
PRECAUTIONS.
PRECAUTIONS. >> RIGHT INTO CONCRETE.
BOUGHT A CHAIN TO GO THROUGH
HERE.
HERE. SO WHEN I GET MY FLOWERS, I WILL
BUY SOME MORE.
I CHAIN THIS DOWN.
AND I RUN IT UP THROUGH AND PUT
LOCK ON IT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT DOES IT
DISAPPOINT YOU, YOU HAVE TO DO
THAT.
THAT. >> IT IS EXTREMELY
DISAPPOINTING.
DISAPPOINTING. I LIVE FROM DETROIT.
LOVE MY HOME.
TRYING TO FIX IT UP.
DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU TRY TO DO THIS.
DEVASTATING.
DEVASTATING. BUT I WILL NOT DEFEATED.
BUY MORE, MAKE IT PRETTY.
>> Reporter: SHE IS NOT GOING
TO BE DEFEATED.
SAID THAT MANY TIMES.
SHE WOULD LIKE SOMEONE THAT
RECOGNIZES THE MAN IN THAT VIDEO
TO CALL POLICE AND LET THEM KNOW
WHO IS TO GET HIM OFF THE
STREETS.
STREETS. BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY IS WATCHING.
THINKS IT IS JUST FLOWERS.
THINK OF IT FROM REGINA’S POINT
OF VIEW.
OF VIEW. A VICTIM F GOES MIDDLE OF THE
DAY TO GET FLOWERS.
HOUSE SOON BEFORE HE ENTERS
HOMES.
HOMES. KIMBERLY?
KIMBERLY? >> Anchor: IT THIS EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE?
HAPPENED BEFORE? >> SHE HAD SOME ANGEL STATUE
STOLEN.
STOLEN. THERE SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT NEVER FLOWERS.
SO THAT’S WHY IT IS SURPRISING.
FOR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO HOPE
HE GETS--
HE GETS-- >> GOOD SHE CAME FORWARD TO GET
OUT THE WORD.
SO PEOPLE CAN WATCH.
>> HORRIFYING ORDEAL FOR WOMAN
INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT OF BED
BATH AND GLAND TAYLOR.
CARJACKED AND KIDNAPPED AT
GUNPOINT ON WAY TO WORK.
FORCED TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM
HER ACCOUNT AT VARIOUS BANKS.
AND SHE SAID MAN CHOKED HER
LEAVING HER UNCONSCIOUS OUTSIDE
OF A NEARBY BUSINESS WHERE A MAN
FOUND HER CRYING FOR HELP.
>> BARELY CATCH HER BREATH.
COME TO WORDS TO TELL ME THAT
SHE WAS CARJACKD AND STRANGLED.
>> WOMAN TRYING TO GO TO WORK.
LIKE LAST TEN YEARS.
ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE.
NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, I
SUPPOSE.
SUPPOSE. >> Anchor: POLICE ABLE TO
TRACK DOWN THE MAN.
HE IS FAKING ATTEMPTED MURDER
CHARGES IN THE CASE.
>> GARDEN CITY MAN CHARGED IN
SHOOTING DEATH OF POLICE
SERGEANT WILLIAMS.
SERGEANT WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS 14 YEAR POLICE VETERAN
AND MOTHER OF TWO.
WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE OF HER
GARDEN CITY HOME SUNDAY NIGHT.
WILLIAMS’ PARTNER EDDIE RAY
JOHNSON ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO
NEARBY HOSPITAL.
NEARBY HOSPITAL. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE ARRAIGNED
TOMORROW ON FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
AND FELONY FIREARM CHARGES.
AND TONIGHT WE WILL GET A FIRST
LOOK AT THE MAN CHARGED IN
MURDER OF THREE PEOPLE.
19-YEAR-OLD DEVIN ROBINSON IS
ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE MEMBERS
OF DETROIT LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
AND THE VICTIMS WERE ALL SHOT
LAST MONTH INSIDE OF A HOME ON
DEVIN SHARE.
DEVIN SHARE. EASTSIDE.
EASTSIDE. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY ROBINSON
IS AN EX-BOYFRIEND THAT SEEMED
TO BE ENRAGED OVER SEVERAL
ISSUES.
ISSUES. AND THAT MURDERS ARE NOT
BELIEVED TO BE A HATE CRIME.
AND NOW A LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL 4 DA
STATE APPEALS COURT OVERTURNED A
JUDGE DECISION TO REMOVE FOUR
WARREN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM
PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT.
2-1 DECISION.
2-1 DECISION. NOW ALLOWS FOUR MEN TO APPEAR ON
BALLOT.
BALLOT. ORIGINALLY DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE
OF REACHING TERM LIMITS IN
OFFICE.
OFFICE. BUT BACK IN 2014 WAR KEN CITY
ATTORNEY CLAIMS MEMBERS THAT
REACHED TERM FILMS ONE DISTRICT
COULD RUN FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL
SEAT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.
>> ORANGE BARREL ALERT IF YOU
ARE HEADED TO DOWNTOWN DETROIT
THIS WEEKEND.
THIS WEEKEND. STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT.
CREWS WILL SHUTDOWN SOUTHBOUND
LANES OF THE LODGE FREEWAY AT
94.
94. AND CLOSURES WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE UNTIL MONDAY MORNING 5:00
A.M.
A.M. DRIVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE
DAVISON FRY AND 75 AS DETOURS.
AND STILL TO COME.
POLICE HAVE A RUN-IN WITH AN
UNUSUAL INTRUDER.
UNUSUAL INTRUDER. >> POLICE LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS.
>> Anchor: POLICE STORM INTO
A HOME THINKING THEY ARE
CONFRONTING A BURGLAR.
NOT QUITE WHAT I FOUND INSIDE.
WE HAVE THAT COMING UP.
>> Anchor: IT IS A POPULAR
SUMMER VACATION SPOT FOR
MICHIGAN FAMILIES.
MICHIGAN FAMILIES. WHY IT SUDDENLY HAS TO CLOSE
AMID SAFETY CONCERNS.
HI BEN?
HI BEN? >> Weather: IT IS NOT 2010CLY
SUMMER BUT AS WE HEAD TO WEEKEND
IT WILL FEEL LIKE IT.
INCLUDING END OF TOMORROW.
THE BEGINNING MAYBE DIFFERENT.
WE WILL DISCUSS TOALL COMING UP.
>>EVERY DAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE PASS BY.
>> IT IS ICONIC.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HERE IN
DETROIT AREA EVERYONE KNOWS.
THAT IT EXISTSM BUT NOBODY KNOWS
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
>> IT HAS STOOD TALL IN METRO
DETROIT HALF A CENTURY, I FIRST
SAW IT IN NEW YORK WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER.
YOUNGER. SO HOW DID IT GET HERE?
>> IT CAME IN 116 PIECES AND 22
TRUCKS.
TRUCKS. >> WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND ONE
OF METRO DETROIT’S MOST ICONIC
SYMBOLS.
SYMBOLS. COMING UP.