EE THE CONFRONTATION
AND HEAR FROM THE CONCERNED
NEIGHBORS.
>> Devin: FIRST YOU NEW DETAILS
IN THE SHOOTING OF A DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER.
CHIEF JAMES CRAIG QUESTIONS A
CRITICAL DECISION MADE BY
PARAMEDICS.
>> HENRY FORD, LEVEL 1 TRAUMA
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY.
WHY THERE?
NOT THERE?
IT WAS CLOSER.
>> Devin: GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
>> Kim: LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP
ON THE OFFICER'S CONDITION.
THE OFFICER IS IN WHAT HE CALLS
EXTREMELY GRAVE CONDITION.
THE 14-YEAR VETERAN WAS SHOT IN
THE HEAD SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE
RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ON THE WEST SIDE.
THE SHOOTER DIED AT THE SCENE.
>> Devin: AS THE OFFICER FIGHTS
FOR HIS LIFE, THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE WAS TAKEN
TO BEAUMONT OAKWOOD HOSPITAL IN
DEARBORN.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO OTHER
HOSPITALS CLOSER TO THE SCENE,
SINAI-GRACE AND HENRY FORD,
WHICH HAS A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA
CENTER.
ROD MELONI HAS BEEN DIGGING FOR
ANSWERS AND JOINS US WITH WHAT
HE'S LEARNING TODAY.
AND ROD, YOU TALKED WITH THE
AMBULANCE COMPANY.
>> Rod: WE'RE HERE IN ROMULUS
AND THIS IS THE RAPID RESPONSE
EMS AMBULANCE COMPANY AND
THEY'RE HERE STANDING BY THE
DECISION.
THEY SAY IT WAS "THE" BEST
DECISION TO MAKE AT THAT TIME.
OF COURSE, THE CHIEF IS
QUESTIONING ALL OF THIS AND
THERE'S THE QUESTION OF TIME AND
DISTANCE AND THE CONDITION OF
THE POLICE OFFICER AND HERE'S
HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT TODAY.
>> WHEN I MET WITH T OFFICER'S
WIFE WITHOUT SAYING ANOTHER
WORD, THE FIRST GREETING YOU
WILL IS, WHY IS MY HUSBAND HERE?
>> Rod: THE CHIEF IS ASKING THAT
QUESTION TWO DAYS LATER.
AT THE VERY MINUTE SUNDAY NIGHT,
THE MICROPHONE...
>> SINAI-GRACE CLOSER.
>> Rod: WHY DID AN AMBULANCE
THERE WITHIN ONE MINUTE OF THE
MILES AWAY?
HE SAID FOR A GOOD REASON AND
CREW.
>> THE DIRECTION AND THE ROADS
WERE THE BEST FOR THAT TIME DUE
TO BEING ABLE TO GET THERE
FASTER.
THE CREW WAS THINKING OF TIME
NOT NECESSARILY DISTANCE.
>> Rod: HE ADDED HIS CREW FELT
IT WASN'T A DIRECT SHOT TO HENRY
FORD HOSPITAL, A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA
CENTER SPECIALIZING IN
NEUROSURGERY AND HAD TOP STOPS
AND TURNS WITH THE OFFICER'S
CONDITION AND DETROIT POLICE
GAVE HIS AMBULANCE A SIZABLE
POLICE ESCORT AND OFFERED NO
SPECIFIC GUIDANCE ON WHICH
HOSPITAL TO GO TO, WHICH IS A
REGULAR OCCURRENCE.
BUT CHIEF JAMES CRAIG IS
TROUBLED BY ANOTHER ISSUE.
>> HERE'S MY COMMITMENT: A
POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN THE CITY
OF DETROIT, THEY NEED TO GO TO
ONE TYPE OF TRAUMA CENTER, LEVEL
1, THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT, THAT'S
WHAT I'M GOING TO DEMAND!
>> LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 ARE
PROTOCOLS, VERY SIMPLE.
LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 ARE LUMPED
INTO THE SAME.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED HERE THAT
HAVE TO GET LOOKED INTO.
COMMISSIONER COMES IN.
IT WAS THE FIRE COMMISSIONER WHO
CONTRACTS WITH RAPID RESPONSE.
SO I'M TOLD BY THE CHIEF THAT HE
IS DOING AN EXTENSIVE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DECISIONS
MADE THE OTHER NIGHT AND HOW ALL
OF THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS GET
MADE BECAUSE THE CHIEF IS
ADAMANT IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE
POLICE OFFICERS BUT ANYBODY IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT WHO IS SHOT
SHOULD END UP IN A LEVEL 1
SCENE.
THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID.
I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET FROM
THE FIRE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
TODAY.
ISSUES?
ABOUT SO MANY THINGS AND THEY'RE
WEIGHING ON HIM.
THE OTHER THING HE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THE LACK OF WORD FROM
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN YOU
SEE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS
HAPPEN, WHY NOT A SIMILAR MARCH
IN THE STREET WHEN YOU HAVE 8
MONTHS?
ISSUE!
I'LL HAVE THE FULL UPDATE ON