THERE ARE FOUR WINTER POOLS. ME COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, ARTS PLEADING FOR NO MORE VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND
THOSE PLEAS COMING AS THE FBI
PROCESSES THE EVIDENCE FOUND IN
THE EAST SIDE ALLEY WHERE WINTER
COLE SMITH’S LITTLE BODY WAS
FOUND. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US,
EVERYBODY. I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
>> I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN OFF THE
TOP AT 11. DETROITERS CAME OUT
TONIGHT SICKENED BY WHAT THIS
TODDLER WAS FORCED TO ENDURE.
MARA MACDONALD LIVE ON DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE TONIGHT. RIGHT. THAT
WAS THE EVENING’S VIGIL AND
ANOTHER PLANNED BY THE FAMILY
TOMORROW NIGHT. MARA
>> HI, DEVIN. SORRY, WE JUST HAD
A REALLY LOUD BOOM OUT HERE.
SOMEONE’S LETTING OFF M-80S IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THAT’S
WHY I LOOK SO STARTLED AND. YES,
CORRECT. AT TONIGHT’S VIGIL WAS
ACTIVISTS. YES. TOMORROW IS THE
FAMILY RALLY. HOWEVER, I DID
SPEAK AT LENGTH WITH WINTERS
GRANDPA TONIGHT. YOU’RE GOING TO
HEAR MORE FROM HIM IN A MINUTE.
BUT TONIGHT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY COMING OUT TO GRIEVE.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MANY RAISE
YOUR HANDS IF YOU WAS IMPACTED
BY WHAT HAPPENED TO BABY WINTER.
>> YES. EVERYBODY OUT HERE.
YEAH, I DON’T THINK ANYONE CAN
LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF THAT
PRETTY LITTLE GIRL.
>> AND NOT JUST ACHE FOR HER
MOTHER AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY.
PASTOR MO, WHO’S BEEN A FIXTURE
IN TRYING TO CURB VIOLENCE IN
THE CITY FOR YEARS, WAS HIS
IMPASSIONED AND AS I HAVE EVER
SEEN HIM TONIGHT, IT AIN’T ABOUT
RACE AND COLOR, BUT I WANT IT TO
BE KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD.
>> WE DO NOT CONDONE THIS CBP’S
RIGHT HERE PUTTING OUT A DEMAND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO BE
CARED FOR.
>> AND A PLEA TO YOUNG MEN.
>> I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS
AND SAY AND MAKE AN OATH TO
YOURSELF AND YOU WILL BECOME A
MAN OF STANDARD AND LOVE YOUR
SISTERS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS. AND
YOU USE THIS TO PUSH BACK. WE
WILL NOT HAVE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN.
>> WINTERS FAMILY WAS NOT IN
ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, BUT THEY
WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. BUT ONE
OF HER AUNTS THANKED EVERYONE
FOR COMING.
>> WE’D LIKE TO THANK YOU. WE
ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR
SUPPORT. WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR
ALL OF YOUR LOVE, YOUR
CONDOLENCES, YOUR HUGS AND MOST
OF ALL, WE’RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR
PRAYERS.
>> THOSE PRAYERS ENDED TONIGHT
WITH A HYMN FOR WINTER. I LOVE
YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU, LORD,
TODAY. BACK HERE LIVE, I SPOKE
AT LENGTH WITH WINTERS PATERNAL
GRANDFATHER.
>> TONIGHT, ALMONT SMITH. AND
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TO BED SINCE SUNDAY. THEY’VE
BEEN UP LIVING ON ADRENALINE AND
THEY ARE. THE GRIEF IS PALPABLE.
YOU CAN SEE IT THERE, HOLLOW
EYED WITH IT. AND I ASKED HIM,
INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON WHAT
HAPPENED TO WINTER TO TELL ME
WHAT HE REMEMBERS ABOUT HER,
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM ABOUT
HER AND WHAT HE WANTS. PEOPLE TO
KNOW. TAKE A LISTEN. ANGEL
THAT’S ONE WORD.
>> ANGEL. AS YOU CAN SEE HER
PRETTY SMILE. YOU CAN TELL JUST
LIKE LIGHT UP THE ROOM. HER WERE
JUST JUST BEING THERE, YOU KNOW
, ESPECIALLY FOR A KID THAT
COULD DO HER ABCS BACKWARDS.
>> BACK HERE LIVE, HE SHE SHOWED
ME THE PRETTIEST PICTURE OF HER
FALLING ASLEEP AND SAID SHE
COULD NEVER FALL ASLEEP UNLESS
SHE WAS HOLDING ON TO HIS BEARD
. WE ARE LIVE ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE. I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL
4. SO TOUGH.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARA.
>> NEW AT 11. IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR
SINCE DETROIT POLICE OFFICER
LAUREN CORTES WAS SHOT AND
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FORMER
COLLEAGUES TOOK TIME TODAY TO
HONOR HIS MEMORY. DOZENS
GATHERED OUTSIDE THE SECOND
PRECINCT ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE
TO REMEMBER OFFICER CORTES LAST
JULY. CORTES HAD JUST ARRIVED TO
A 911 CALL WHEN A 19 YEAR OLD
OPENED FIRE FROM AN UPSTAIRS
WINDOW, HITTING AND KILLING HIM.
HE LEFT BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO
CHILDREN WHO ARE STILL LEARNING
HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT THEIR
BELOVED LAUREN.
>> SO COMING HERE TODAY WAS HARD
. BUT SEEING ALL OF THE GREEN
PANTS AND THE BLACK SHIRTS WAS
HARDER, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT LAUREN WAS SO
PROUD TO DO. BUT SEEING ALL THE
BATMAN MEN AND THE LAUREN SHIRTS
LIKE MEANS THE WORLD TO US. WE
PRAY FOR YOU GUYS EVERY SINGLE
NIGHT AS MUCH AS WE ALL MISS
LAUREN. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY
THAT I GET TO SEE HIS SMILE AND
HIS SON, HIS GYMNASTIC MOVES AND
HIS DAUGHTER WERE, YOU KNOW, I
GET TO WATCH HIS LEGACIES AND,
YOU KNOW, I’M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
>> THE 19 YEAR OLD WHO SHOT OFF
OFFICER CORTES WAS KILLED BY
POLICE. THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE
GUN USED IN THAT SHOOTING IS
SERVING A TWO YEAR PRISON
SENTENCE. THE MONROE COUNTY,
TOLEDO KOA HOLIDAY CAMPGROUND IS
DRAINING ITS SWIMMING LAKE.
>> OF COURSE, THIS COMES AFTER
MULTIPLE DROWNINGS, ONE NEAR
DROWNING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
AND TONIGHT, WE’RE HEARING FROM
THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE SADLY BEEN
CLOSEST TO THESE TRAGEDIES.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LIVE WITH
THEIR PUSH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
JACQUELINE THE MOST RECENT
DROWNING HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND
IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY THAT THEY
MADE THE DECISION TO DRAIN THE
POND FOR GOOD.
>> NOW THE CAMPGROUND ISN’T
SAYING WHY THEY DECIDED TO DO
THAT, BUT THE VICTIMS FAMILIES
TELL ME THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA
WHY. IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE
EVERY DAY, A CAMPGROUND DRAINING
ITS LAKE AFTER MULTIPLE
DROWNINGS.
>> IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LIKE A 50
POUND, 100 POUND WEIGHT WAS
LIFTED OFF MY CHEST BECAUSE I
WAS SO RELIEVED.
>> TWO YEARS AGO. DAVE SNOOK’S,
13 YEAR OLD SON WENT FOR A SWIM
AT THE MONROE COUNTY, TOLEDO
CAMPGROUND. HE NEARLY DROWNED
AND HAS BEEN IN A VEGETATIVE
STATE EVER SINCE.
>> WE STILL HAVE ANDY. HE’S
STILL HERE. HE’S STILL A
MIRACLE. BUT THE ANDY BEFORE HE
YOU KNOW, I DON’T THINK WE’LL
EVER GET HIM AGAIN.
>> LAST SUMMER, 15 YEAR OLD
JALEN HALE DROWNED THERE. AND
JUST LAST WEEK, 18 YEAR OLD
ANTHONY SHORES. ALSO LOST HIS
LIFE THERE IN A DROWNING. THE
VICTIMS FAMILIES HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR THIS DAY, WANTING
THE CAMPGROUND TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY AND CLOSE THE
LAKE FOR GOOD. THEY ALSO WONDER
ABOUT ITS PAST.
>> BUT ODDLY ENOUGH, A GIRL IN
MY CLASS THAT I’M TEACHING HER
EIGHT YEAR OLD BROTHER 20 YEARS
AGO PASSED AWAY IN THE SAME BODY
WATER AND I’VE I’VE JUST MET HER
FIRST TIME MY ENTIRE LIFE AS THE
WATER DRAINED THE FAMILIES FELT
A SMALL SENSE OF VICTORY. MAYBE
THESE ACTIONS HAS PREVENTED
SOMEBODY ELSE THIS YEAR OR NEXT
YEAR. MAYBE IT DID SAVE A LIFE.
MAYBE IT SAVED FIVE LIVES.
>> TWO OF THOSE FAMILIES HAVE
FILED LAWSUITS AGAINST THE
CAMPGROUND. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO
THE CAMPGROUND FOR COMMENT, BUT
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK REPORTING
LIVE IN DETROIT, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS, LOCAL 4. OKAY.
>> THANKS, JACQUELINE.
>> A BARRICADED SITUATION IN
WASHTENAW COUNTY ENDS WITH A
SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE
STANDOFF TOOK HOURS AND IT ALL
STARTED WITH A DEADLY STABBING
IN A PARKING LOT AT THE ASPEN
CHASE APARTMENTS IN YPSILANTI
TOWNSHIP. A WOMAN WAS KILLED AND
THE SUSPECT, ARMED WITH A GUN,
RAN INTO A FRIEND’S APARTMENT.
THAT FRIEND WAS INSIDE AT FIRST,
BUT WAS ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY.
CRISIS NEGOTIATORS FINALLY
CONVINCED THE SUSPECT TO
SURRENDER NEARLY TWO DOZEN
PEOPLE DISPLACED AFTER AN
APARTMENT FIRE IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP.
>> FLAMES BROKE OUT AT THE
WAVERLY ON THE LAKES ON DENTON,
NEAR I-94. AND I 275
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO GET
THE FLAMES UNDER CONTROL. BUT
THEN THE FIRE REKINDLED ABOUT AN
HOUR LATER. THAT FORCED CREWS TO
COME BACK. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS
HURT, BUT ABOUT 20 PEOPLE HAVE
LOST THEIR HOMES. RESIDENT SAY
IT’S ACTUALLY THE SECOND FIRE.
THIS YEAR AND THE FIFTH IN TWO
AND A HALF YEARS.
>> IF YOU DRIVE BY THAT BUILDING
, YOU’LL STILL SEE THAT THAT
APARTMENT. BUT THESE MANY MONTHS
LATER IS STILL BOARDED UP. I
KNOW SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE CAME
TO LIVE IN MY BUILDING AND NOW
THEY AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME
THIS YEAR, DON’T HAVE ANY PLACE
TO LIVE.
>> THEY’RE NOT SURE YET. WHAT
STARTED THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION. NEW AT 11 ANN
ARBOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE
STATE’S FIRST DRIVING EQUALITY
ORDINANCE.
>> THE NEW MEASURE LIMITS ANN
ARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT’S
ABILITY TO PULL OVER DRIVERS FOR
MINOR OFFENSES. THAT INCLUDES
TRAFFIC STOPS FOR THINGS SUCH AS
A BROKEN TAIL, LIGHT AND AIR
FRESHENER DANGLING FROM A REAR
VIEW MIRROR OR A CRACKED
WINDSHIELD. CITATIONS FOR MINOR
VIOLATIONS WILL STILL BE ISSUED
VIA MAIL OR PLACED ON PARKED
CARS BY POLICE.
>> FIVE YEARS AFTER HER PASSING
THE BATTLE OVER ARETHA
FRANKLIN’S ESTATE IS STILL GOING
ON. QUEEN OF SOUL HAD FOUR SONS,
BUT DID NOT LEAVE A FORMAL HAND
WRITTEN WILL WHEN SHE DIED BACK
IN 2018. INSTEAD HER SONS ARE
BATTLING OVER TO A HANDWRITTEN
WILLS FOUND AFTER HER DEATH, ONE
OF WHICH WAS DISCOVERED, AS YOU
MAY RECALL, IN COUCH CUSHIONS.
THE ESTATE LIKELY INVOLVES
ASSETS LIKE REAL ESTATE, FURS,
JEWELRY, FUTURE ROYALTIES FROM
FRANKLIN’S WORK TRIAL IS
EXPECTED TO START MONDAY.
BARRING ANY SORT OF SETTLEMENT
THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THEN.
>> THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION GRANTS FULL
APPROVAL TODAY TO THE
ALZHEIMER’S DRUG LACOMBE IT’S
THE FIRST MEDICINE PROVEN TO
SLOW THE COURSE OF THE MEMORY,
ROBBING DISEASE. THE APPROVAL
COMES WITH BROADENING THE ACCESS
FOR UP TO ABOUT 1 MILLION PEOPLE
WITH EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S.
FULL APPROVAL COULD ALSO PROMPT
INSURANCE COMPANIES TO OFFER
COVERAGE THAT MAKES THE DRUG
MORE AFFORDABLE. WITHOUT
INSURANCE, IT COSTS MORE THAN