LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. DISTURBING NEW INFORMATION IN
THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT 1/4 OF
JULY PARADE IN A CHICAGO SUBURB
. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT HAS
CONFESSED IN DETAIL AND WAS
PLOTTING EVEN MORE VIOLENCE.
SERIOUSLY. CAN’T UM PLATED USING
THE FIRE ARMY AND HIS VEHICLE TO
COMMIT ANOTHER SHOOTING. THAT
SHOOTING SUSPECT WENT BEFORE A
JUDGE TODAY CHARGED WITH SEVEN
COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WENT INTO
DETAIL ABOUT THE ATTACK AND IS
LIKELY TO FACE MORE CHARGES THAT
COMES AS WE’RE LEARNING SOME
HEARTBREAKING DETAILS ABOUT THE
VICTIMS. THEY INCLUDE THE
PARENTS OF A TWO YEAR OLD BOY
WHO WAS FOUND WANDERING ALONE
AFTER THEY WERE MURDERED. J.
GRAY IS IN HIGHLAND PARK. HEY
THERE. GOOD EVENING, DEVON. GOOD
EVENING, KIMBERLY. AND LOOK. THE
SMALL DOWNTOWN AREA HERE IN
HIGHLAND PARK STILL LOCKED DOWN
RIGHT NOW. FBI EVIDENCE TEAM,
CONTINUING ITS WORK AS A
SUSPECT. MAKES HIS FIRST
APPEARANCE IN COURT TODAY IN A
COMMUNITY THAT IS STILL REELING.
TODAY’S AFTER THE ATTACK. AS A
MEMORIAL GROWS AT THE SITE OF
THE MASSACRE. AUTHORITIES NOW
SAY THE MEN RESPONSIBLE ROBERT
CREMO, THE THIRD HAS CONFESSED
TO KILLING SEVEN AND WOUNDING
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DURING AN
ATTACK AT 1/4 OF JULY PARADE. HE
WENT INTO DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HE
HAD DONE. HE ADMITTED TO WHAT HE
HAD DONE, APPARENTLY IDENTIFYING
HIMSELF IN VIDEO FROM THE SCENE
, ACKNOWLEDGING HE DRESSED LIKE
A WOMAN TO HIDE TATTOOS AND HELP
HIM ESCAPE AND TELLING
INVESTIGATORS CONSIDERED A
SECOND ATTACK. WHILE HE WAS ON
THE RUN. HE WAS DRIVING AROUND.
HOWEVER, HE DID SEE A
CELEBRATION THAT WAS OCCURRING
IN MADISON, AND HE SERIOUSLY
CONTEMPLATED USING THE FIRE ARMY
AND HIS VEHICLE TO COMMIT
ANOTHER SHOOTING. DURING A BRIEF
HEARING, A JUDGE DENIED BAN FOR
THE 21 YEAR OLD SUSPECT WHO
FACES SEVEN COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE MURDER, THE FIRST OF WHAT
PROSECUTORS SAY WILL BE DOZENS
OF CHARGES IN THE CASE. AND
WE’RE LEARNING MORE TODAY ABOUT
THOSE WHO DIDN’T SURVIVE,
INCLUDING IRENA AND KEVIN
MCCARTHY, WHO DIED SAVING THEIR
TWO YEAR OLD SON. HE HAD BEEN
FOUND UNDER HIS FATHER, WHO WAS
ON TOP OF HIM TO PROTECT HIM
FROM THE GUN. THIS POOR LITTLE
BOY CAME WITH HIS PARENTS JUST
TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM AND NOW HAS
LOST HIS PARENTS. IN A PLACE
THAT’S LOST ITS INNOCENCE. WE
ARE FEELING THIS RIPPED THROUGH
OUR COMMUNITY, IT’S GOING TO
TAKE A LONG TIME TO HEAL, AND
EVEN THEN MOST HERE’S THINGS
WILL LIKELY NEVER BE THE WAY
THEY WERE BEFORE THE ATTACK. THE
INVESTIGATION HERE IS GOING TO
TAKE SOME TIME AS WELL. POLICE
AND FEDERAL AGENTS, SAYING IT
WILL TAKE MONTHS FOR THEM TO
GATHER AND ANALYZE ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE IN HIGHLAND PARK,
ILLINOIS, J. GRAY FOUR LOCAL
ALRIGHT, J BY THE WAY THAT TWO
YEAR OLD BOY IS NOW WITH HIS
GRANDPARENTS AND A GO FUND ME
HAS ALREADY BEEN HAS ALREADY
RAISED $2.5 MILLION FOR HIS
CARE. HIS STORY IS CLEARLY
TOUCHED THE WHOLE COUNTRY
BREAKING IT REALLY IS OUR OTHER
TOP STORY HERE AT FIVE. AN
INNOCENT BYSTANDER SHOT AND
KILLED TRYING TO STOP A HIT AND
RUN DRIVER. IT HAPPENED DURING A
CHAIN REACTION CRASH ON WEST
OUTER DRIVE AND GREENFIELD ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. MEGAN WOODS
JOINS US LIVE TO WALK US THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED, MEGAN YEAH.
KIMBERLY DEVIN THE DETAILS
SURROUNDING THIS SITUATION AND
WHAT HAPPENED ARE STARTING TO
UNFOLD HOUR BY HOUR. WE KNOW
THAT THIS STARTED AS A THREE CAR
ACCIDENT. NOW WE’RE LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT
AND KILLED. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING
ABOUT THE FAMILY THAT’S CAUGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS.
NOT ONLY COULD ONE PERSON HAVE
BEEN DEAD, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
EASILY AND THEN. VERY IMPORTANT
PEOPLE. DENISE WALLACE SAYS HER
DAUGHTER IN LAW WAS DRIVING HOME
WITH DENISE’S EIGHT AND SEVEN
YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTERS IN THE
BACKSEAT OF THIS WHITE DODGE SUV
, SHE SAID THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN
TO LOOK AT THE LIFE SHE LOOKED
BOTH PLACE YOU WANT TO PROCEED
TO TAKE OFFICE IS ALL THAT YOU
KNOW IS WHAM! AND SHE SAID THE
CAR ROLLED THREE TIMES AFTER THE
FIRST ROW. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS
THERE. SHE STARTED PRAYING. THEN
THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS, DENISE SAYS
. THE MOTHER IS STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL, AND THE EIGHT YEAR OLD
HAS A BROKEN COLLARBONE IN
PELVIS BONE. SHE’S HAVING TO
VISIT HER IN THE HOSPITAL, AND
I’M COMING DOWN HERE BECAUSE MY
GRANDDAUGHTER SHE’S SERIOUS.
SHE’S SHE’S VERY INJURED. SHE’S
IT’S NOTHING TO PLAY WITH. THEY
RAN AROUND WITH THESE GUNS
SHOOTING AND THEY I MEAN, IT’S
JUST CRAZY AFTER FURTHER
INVESTIGATION, DETROIT POLICE
SAY A DODGE CHALLENGER STRUCK A
VEHICLE THAT STRUCK ANOTHER
VEHICLE THAT INCLUDES DENISE IS
FAMILY’S CAR. PEOPLE IN THE
CHALLENGER TRIED TO RUN AND
LEAVE THE SCENE, BUT A WITNESS
TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM TO STAY.
PEOPLE FROM THAT CHALLENGER SHOT
AT THAT WITNESS AND KILLED HIM.
THE MAN HAD A CPL. AND BEFORE HE
DIED, HE WAS ABLE TO SHOOT AT
THE GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE PERSON
SHOT IS IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT
UNDER ARREST AT THIS POINT,
DENISE IS GRATEFUL HER FAMILY IS
ALIVE. BUT IS FRUSTRATED THAT
THEY’RE EVEN HAVING TO GO
THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE
THREE INJURED PEOPLE IN THAT
WHITE VEHICLE THAT NO ONE EVER
TOOK THE TIME TO EVEN MENTION
ABOUT I MEAN, IT’S LIKE WHO
CARES? WELL, WE CARE. DENISE
SAYS AGAIN THAT THEY’RE
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL HER GRANDSON
. HIS BIRTHDAY IS TODAY. AND SO
SHE SAYS THAT THAT MOTHER IS SO
GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE TO BE ABLE
TO SHARE THAT DAY WITH THE REST
OF HER FAMILY. BACK TO YOU. JUST
AWFUL SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
INDEED, MEGAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW
QUICKLY TO THE WEATHER. TAKE A
LIVE LOOK AT A LITTLE OVERCAST
RIGHT NOW. AND AS YOU LOOK AT
DOWNTOWN MOUNT CLEMENS, BUT WE
GOT SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN
AFTERNOON TODAY, NOT THE ONLY
DAY WE’RE GOING TO GET IT THIS
WEEK, EITHER. LAWNS WILL TAKE
IT, THAT’S FOR SURE. BRETT WE
NEED IT MINES VERY BROWN. A LOT
OF FOLKS ARE TELLING THE SAME
TALE. WE’LL GET SOME MORE RAIN
BEFORE THE WEEKEND. JUST IN TIME
FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A NICE
LOOKING WEEKEND. WITH ALL THE
CLOUDS AND THE RAIN TODAY, IT’S
STAYED FAIRLY COOL. 80 HOT SPOT
IN PONTIAC RIGHT NOW, MOST
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE MIDDLE
SEVENTIES, BUT IT’S THAT
HUMIDITY THAT’S STILL ON THE
HIGH SIDE, AND IT’S GOING TO
STAY HIGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE
IS SOME DRIER AIR TRYING TO WORK
ITS WAY IN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,
SO FEELING PRETTY HEAVY OUT
THERE SOUTH AND 94 EVEN FURTHER
NORTH. WE’RE EVEN SEEING SOME
SUNSHINE AND THAT’S GOING TO
GIVE WAY TO WHAT SHOULD BE A
QUIET EVENING. SOME OF US WILL
HANG ON TO SOME CLOUDS HERE
TONIGHT SHOULD BE A QUIET NIGHT
, BUT IT WILL FALL INTO THE
SIXTIES TEMPERATURES WILL THIS
EVENING. WE’VE GOT SOME NICE
WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. WE’LL
DIVE INTO IT COMING UP. BRETT
RIGHT. NOW HELP ME, HANK.
PUTTING TRAVEL TO THE TEST. IT
HAS BEEN A ROCKY SUMMER AT THE
NATION’S AIRPORTS, THOUSANDS OF
CANCELATIONS AND DELAYS IF YOU
HAVEN’T DEALT WITH IT. CHANCES
PRETTY GOOD. YOU KNOW SOMEONE
WHO HAS THAT’S RIGHT. AND IF YOU
HAVE A TRIP COMING UP, YOU MAY
BE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL
FACE. SO HELP ME HANG CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER IS
DOCUMENTING HIS AIRLINE
EXPERIENCE AS WE SPEAK. IF
YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIS
JOURNEY, HANK LEFT METRO AIRPORT
BRIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING
HEADED FOR ORLANDO. HE JOINS US
LIVE FROM FLORIDA. SO, HANK, WHY
DID YOU CHOOSE FLORIDA AND
ORLANDO? WELL I MEAN, IT IS ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS
FOR PEOPLE LEAVING DETROIT. I
HAVE TO TELL YOU, THOUGH. YOU
BOTH KNOW MY DAUGHTER IF SHE
KNEW I WAS MILES AWAY FROM
DISNEY AND NEVER LEFT THE
AIRPORT. I’D NEVER HEAR THE END
OF IT. BUT THE GOAL HERE TODAY
IS SIMPLE. WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU
WHAT OUR JOURNEY WAS LIKE, FROM
DETROIT TO ORLANDO, AS MANY
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH
CANCELATIONS AND DELAYS. WE WERE
LUCKY THIS MORNING. OUR FLIGHT’S
ABOUT TO TAKE OFF HERE IN ABOUT
A HALF AN HOUR, BUT WE WANT TO
SHOW YOU OUR JOURNEY, SO
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN LEARN FROM OUR
DAY. TAKE A LOOK. ALRIGHT. JUST
GETTING TO THE AIRPORT RIGHT
NOW. IT’S ABOUT SIX AM LOOKING
FOR A FLIGHT. WE ARE MAKING OUR
WAY TO ORLANDO. THERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW. AS OF THIS MOMENT, NO
DELAYS, NO CANCELATIONS. LET’S
SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. WE GOT TO
METRO AROUND 5 45 THIS MORNING
FOR OUR 8:30 A.M. FLIGHT. IT WAS
EARLY. YES BUT WE WANTED TO BE
PREPARED. SHOULD WE ENCOUNTER
ANY LAST MINUTE CANCELATIONS?
THERE WERE IN FACT, 11 THIS
MORNING ALL IN THE OTHER
TERMINAL. WE WERE GOOD. JUST
GETTING INTO THE PLANE. WE HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS AT ALL.
WITH SECURITY GETTING THROUGH
THE AIRPORT. THIS FLIGHT IS ON
TIME. THERE ARE STILL
CANCELATIONS DELAYS, THOUGH AT
METRO BUT, THANKFULLY, JUST
FIGHTING THAT ONE OF THEM FLIGHT
TOUCHED DOWN IN ORLANDO ALMOST
ON TIME. AND AS I WAS LEAVING
THE GATE I MET ANDREA GALLANT.
HISTORICALLY ORLANDO’S AIRPORT
IS ALWAYS VERY BUSY AND USUALLY
HAVE MULTIPLE DELAYS MORE THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE JUST BECAUSE
EVERYBODY’S COMING DOWN HERE TO
SEE MICKEY MOUSE, SO I’VE JUST
BEEN WATCHING IT. IT DIDN’T SEEM
LIKE IT WAS BAD. I WAS WORRIED
ABOUT CANCELATION. ANDREA’S FROM
DETROIT. SHE NOW CALLS ORLANDO
HOME HER DAUGHTER HEADING BACK
TO MICHIGAN, HER OTHER CHILD
ABOUT TO LAND, ESPECIALLY WITH
THE DELTA PILOTS. KIND OF
PICKETING IN DETROIT, AND THEY
WERE IN ATLANTA AS WELL. SO WE
WERE KIND OF HOLDING OUR BREATH
ALL WEEK AND WONDERING IF SHE
WAS GOING TO GET OUT IN ORLANDO.
FEW ISSUES ON ANY AIRLINE.
HOWEVER I TALKED WITH MANY
PASSENGERS WHO SHARED THEIR
RELEVANT TRAVEL SAUGUS IT’S WHY
BRAD MACKIE AND HIS FAMILY GOT
TO THE AIRPORT SO EARLY TODAY WE
WANTED TO GET HERE EARLY. WE
THOUGHT THERE’S A CHANCE YOU
KNOW, WITH ALL THE WEATHER AND
EVERYTHING. WE’VE SEEN THAT
THERE’S A CHANCE WE CONGRATULATE
, SO THE GOOD RECORD DRIVING
EARLY IS IMPORTANT. WELL, WE’VE
LEARNED IS THAT FLYING MIDWEEK
IS USUALLY A BIT SMOOTHER. ALSO
BE FLEXIBLE. IT COULD HELP YOU
SCORE BETTER DEAL AND ALSO HELP
YOU GET ON ANOTHER FLIGHT.
SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE IN ORLANDO
NOW. TONIGHT AT SIX O’CLOCK, I
WORKED WITH THE TEAM AT FLIGHT
AWARE, YOU KNOW, THE APP THAT
ACTUALLY IS IN THE BUSINESS OF
TRACKING ALL OF THESE ISSUES
THAT CANCELATIONS AND DELAYS. I
WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU’RE FLYING
OUT OF DETROIT. WHAT CITIES ARE
THE PROBLEM CITIES? WHAT AREAS
HAVE WE SEEN BIG ISSUES IN
DURING THE LAST FEW MONTHS?
WE’RE GOING TO BREAK ALL THOSE
NUMBERS DOWN FOR YOU TONIGHT AT
SIX O’CLOCK FOR NOW. WE’RE LIVE
HERE IN ORLANDO. HANK
WINCHESTER. HELP ME, HANK. BACK
TO YOU, HANK. I REALLY HAVE
ENJOYED YOUR REPORTS ALL MORNING
, AND NOW I’M WONDERING FROM
YOU, THOUGH, WHAT WOULD BE THE
BEST PIECE OF ADVICE FOR PEOPLE
LOOKING TO BOOK A FLIGHT RIGHT
NOW? OR EVEN IN THE FUTURE? WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY? YOU KNOW, I THINK
YOU HAVE TO BOOK AND A LITTLE
TIME ON THE FRONT AND ON THE
END, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW
THAT IF YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE
THAT FLIGHT THE DAY YOU WANT TO
TAKE OFF IF YOU GET DELAYED IF
YOU CANCEL SAME THING ON THE WAY
BACK YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME
OPTIONS THERE AND SOME WIGGLE
ROOM BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE
HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THESE ISSUES
ARE GOING TO RESOLVE THEMSELVES.
WE WERE LUCKY THIS MORNING, BUT
JUST YESTERDAY, THE FLIGHT DOWN
HERE FROM DETROIT TO ORLANDO WAS
CANCELED. SO YOU’VE GOT TO BE
FLEXIBLE IN ALL OF THIS RIGHT?
FLEXIBLE AND PATIENT AS WELL.
OKAY THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT,
AND WE’LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN AT
SIX O’CLOCK. NOT A DECISION 2022
ABOUT TWO HOURS FOR REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR WILL BE
FACING OFF IN A DEBATE JUST
WEEKS AWAY. NOW FROM THE PRIMARY
ELECTION, THE CANDIDATES ARE
GOING TO BE GRILLED ON A NUMBER
OF THE ISSUES AS THEY COME DOWN
TO THE WIRE. MARA MACDONALD LIVE
IN GRAND RAPIDS TONIGHT WHERE
THAT DEBATE IS TAKING PLACE
TOMORROW. HI, DEVIN. AND YOU
KNOW, ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES
HAVE BEEN IN A DEBATE FORUM
BEFORE. THAT’S REALLY NOT THE
ISSUE HERE. WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
VOTER, YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT IF
YOU VOTE ABSENTEE IS ALREADY ON
YOUR COUNTER AND YOU ARE READY
TO FILL IT OUT. BUT THE ISSUE
HERE IS THAT NONE OF THESE
CANDIDATES AT LEAST POLLING WISE
UP UNTIL THIS POINT. HAVE REALLY
SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM ONE
ANOTHER. SO YOU’VE GOT A WHOLE
PACK OF TIGHTLY GROUPED
CANDIDATES, ALL WAITING TO
SOMEHOW BREAKTHROUGH TONIGHT ON
STAGE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TUTOR
DIXON, RYAN KELLY, KEVIN RINKY
AND GARRETT SOLDANO. AND IF
ANYBODY IS COMING INTO THIS
THING WITH THE WIND AT HER BACK,
IT IS DIXON. SHE HAS BEEN
SCOOPING UP MAJOR ENDORSEMENTS
AS WELL AS MAJOR GOP MONEY.
DON’T DISCOUNT RINKY, THOUGH,
SIMPLY BECAUSE HE CAN SELF FUND
AND THE RANKING NAME IS KNOWN IN
METRO DETROIT. BOTH DIXON AND
RINKY ARE ALREADY UP ON TV
ADVERTISING IN METRO DETROIT.
NOW AS FAR AS KELLY AND SALDANO
GO, BRIAN KELLY’S NAME SEEMS
FAMILIAR. IT’S BECAUSE HE WAS
CHARGED BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
WITH FOUR CRIMINAL MISDEMEANORS
. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE IS IN
FEDERAL COURT TOMORROW, ALL IN
CONNECTION WITH HIS ALLEGED
ACTIONS THE DAY OF THAT JANUARY
6TH RIOT AT THE CAPITOL. AS FAR
AS SALDANO GOES. HE STARTED
MAKING SOME MOVES IN REPUBLICAN
POLITICS WHEN HE BECAME A VERY
STRONG VOICE FOR PANDEMIC
PROTESTING, YOU KNOW, LOCKDOWNS
. NEITHER KELLY OR SALDANO HAVE
SEEN ANY MONEY ADVANTAGE HERE.
IF IT’S ANYWHERE, IT’S WITH
DIXON AND RINKY. SO TONIGHT
YOU’VE GOT FOUR CANDIDATES WHO
ARE SORT OF TIGHTLY PACKED
TOGETHER. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO
HAVE TO START MAKING SOME MOVES
. IF THEY WANT TO MAKE SOME
TRACTION. WE’RE LIVE IN GRAND
RAPIDS WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE