STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, WHERE ONE PERSON HAS
BEEN SHOT NOT FAR FROM WHERE
TONIGHT’S TREE LIGHTING WAS
TAKING PLACE AT CAMPUS MARK
MARSHES, MCDONALD IS LIVE AT THE
SCENE TONIGHT NEAR MICHIGAN
AVENUE AND GRISWOLD AND MARA.
YOU JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM
POLICE FROM THE CHIEF. WHAT DID
HE HAVE TO SAY? JASON JUST
TALKED TO HIM TWO MINUTES AGO.
TAKE A WALK WITH ME. I WANT TO
TELL YOU WHAT THEY’RE DEALING
WITH. RIGHT NOW. WE’VE GOT
ESSENTIALLY TWO DIFFERENT
SHOOTING SCENES. THIS IS
MICHIGAN AND GRISWOLD. I MEAN
FOR EVERYBODY WHO COMES DOWN.
THIS IS RIGHT BY THE CONEY
ISLAND’S. YOU SEE HOW CLOSE IT
IS TO CAMPUS MARTIUS. THE CHIEF
IS TELLING US THAT YOU HAD TWO
GROUPS OF TEENAGERS DOWN HERE
THAT GOT INTO SOME KIND OF
ARGUMENT AND SHOTS WERE FIRED,
STRIKING A 15 YEAR OLD. IN THE
NECK CHIEF TELLING US THAT HE IS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW
AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NOW YOU
CAN SEE THAT POLICE HAVE
BLANKETED THIS ENTIRE AREA. BUT
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AREA THAT
THEY ARE AT AFTER THE SHOOTING
HAPPENS HERE AT MICHIGAN AND
GRISWALD ACROSS CAMPUS MARTIUS
HEADING TOWARDS GREEK TOWN NEAR
THE BUFFALO WILD WINGS, YOU HAVE
ANOTHER SHOOTING OF ANOTHER
YOUNG PERSON CONDITION UNKNOWN
AT THIS POINT. THE CHIEF SAYS.
AT THIS POINT, HIS OFFICERS
BELIEVE THAT BOTH OF THESE ARE
RELATED WHETHER IT IS THE SAME
SHOOTER OR NOT, IS UNCLEAR, BUT
YOU HAVE A 15 YEAR OLD WHO WAS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION SHOT IN
THE NECK. YOU HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG
PERSON ACROSS CAMPUS MARTIUS
HEADING TOWARDS GREEKTOWN, WHO
WAS SHOT AS WELL. CONDITION
UNKNOWN NOW THIS HAPPENED WELL,
WELL AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING
DOWN HERE, SO THE MAIN EVENT
DOWN HERE WAS OVER. PLEASE
TELLING US THIS HAPPENED
PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE 10 O’CLOCK
TONIGHT. SHE SAYS THEIR CRIMINAL
INTELLIGENCE UNIT IS GOING
THROUGH ALL THE CAMERAS
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE AREA.
THEY BELIEVE THEY’VE GOT SOME
PRETTY DECENT WHAT HE REFERS TO
AS VIDEO ASSETS. HE THINKS
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A PICTURE
OF THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE UP.
PROBABLY TONIGHT. SO STAND BY
JASON AND KIMBERLY. AS SOON AS
WE KNOW MORE WE WILL. OF COURSE
. COME BACK TO YOU LIVE. WE ARE
LIVE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. OH
STAND BY. I UNDERSTAND THAT
WE’VE GOT SOME OF THE CHIEF
STANDBY. TAKE A LISTEN. BUNCH OF
KIDS HANGING OUT DOWNTOWN. ONE
GROUP OF KIDS GETS INTO IT.
ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS, WE’VE GOT
SHOTS FIRED. UNFORTUNATELY WE’VE
GOT A 15 YEAR OLD IS BEEN STRUCK
IN THE NECK. HE’S IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
WE’RE GOING TO BE CHECKING OUR
VIDEO ASSETS AND INTERVIEWING
WITNESSES. BUT YOU KNOW A LOT OF
KIDS IN THE AREA. AH AND IT’S
UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY HAVE TO
BRING GUNS DOWNTOWN AND WHEN WE
SHOULD ALL BE HAVING A GOOD
TIME. BACK HERE LIVE THE CHIEF
ALSO SAYING TONIGHT DO PARENTS
REALIZE THAT THEY’RE YOU KNOW
TEENAGERS 15 16 YEARS OLD ARE
DOWN HERE AFTER CURFEW AFTER
HOURS, SHE SAID IF HE SEES AND
HIS OFFICERS SEE KIDS RANDOMLY
WANDERING AROUND HERE WITHOUT A
PARENT OR GUARDIAN, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE PICKED UP. SO IT IS
. IT’S A LITTLE TENSE DOWN HERE
. RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT TWO
DIFFERENT SHOOTING SCENES.
POLICE ARE WORKING BOTH. THEY
THINK THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A
PICTURE OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE
SUSPECTS IN THIS PROBABLY LATER
TONIGHT. WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN
BACK TO YOU AGAIN AGAIN. THIS
HAPPENING WELL AFTER THAT TREE
LIGHTING, BUT NONETHELESS A LOT
OF PEOPLE STILL IN THE AREA
BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT’S
GOING ON TONIGHT AND AGAIN, ONE
PERSON 1 15 YEAR OLD SHOT NEAR
CAMPUS MARSHES. WE APPRECIATE
YOUR LIVE REPORTING TONIGHT,
MARA. WE WANT TO KICK OFF THE
WEEKEND NOW, WITH FRIGID
CONDITIONS ACROSS METRO DETROIT
, SAID THAT LIKE IT WAS A GOOD
THING, BUT THAT’S MORE LIKE IT.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE DAY.
DIGIT WINDCHILLS HERE. LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM ADAMS WITH WHAT TO
EXPECT FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS,
SAY KIM. HEY IT IS GOING TO BE
REALLY, REALLY COLD THIS WEEKEND
, FEELING MUCH MORE LIKE WINTER
THAN IT IS LATE FALL. WE’VE GOT
SOME SNOW SHOWERS UP TO OUR
NORTHWEST IN FLINT, MAINLY NORTH
OF I 69 OUT TO THE WEST WINTER.
WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR
LANSING IN JACKSON. WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR BIG RAPIDS DOWN TO
GRAND RAPIDS AND ALSO KALAMAZOO
, BUT IT’S THE TEMPERATURES THAT
ARE GOING TO BE VERY COLD THIS
WEEKEND IN THE WINDSHIELDS AS
YOU SAID IN THE SINGLE DIGITS 24
IN PONTIAC 27 AT CITY AIRPORT,
23 AN ARBOR, BUT IT FEELS LIKE
IT IS 11 IN FLINT. AT METRO 13
IN PONTIAC, AND WE’RE NOT DONE
THERE BY TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL FEEL LIKE IT’S IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS. SO IF YOU’RE
TAILGATING TOMORROW AT EITHER
MICHIGAN OR MICHIGAN STATE, IT
IS REALLY GOING TO BE FRIGID.
EVEN THOUGH ATTEMPTS WILL GET
INTO THE THIRTIES. TOMORROW ARE
WINDCHILLS WILL STAY IN THE
TEENS, AND IT GETS EVEN COLDER
FOR SUNDAY MORNING WITH SUB ZERO
WINDCHILLS IN A FEW
NEIGHBORHOODS, SO A VERY COLD
DAY TOMORROW, AND WE HAVE
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WE’LL TALK
ABOUT WHEN THAT ROLLS IN, PLUS A
SNEAK PEEK OF YOUR THANKSGIVING
FORECAST COMING UP AND YOU JUST
HEARD KIM MENTION THE WEST SIDE
OF THE STATE ICY ROADS THERE.
CAUSING DOZENS OF CRASHES,
INCLUDING A 20 CAR PILE UP ON US
1 31, AS WELL AS A 10 CAR PILEUP
NEAR PORTAGE. ANOTHER CRASH
INVOLVED A CONCRETE MIXER.
FORTUNATELY NO SERIOUS INJURIES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED. OUR OTHER
TOP STORY TONIGHT. A HAZEL PARK
FAMILY BREATHING A SIGH OF
RELIEF TONIGHT AFTER A SEMI
CRASHES JUST FEET FROM THEIR
HOME. POLICE SAY THE TRUCK
DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON THE I 75
SERVICE DRIVE APPROACHING
WOODWARD HEIGHTS. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS’S LIVE THERE TONIGHT
WITH A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH,
JACQUELINE YOU CAN SEE THE
TRAJECTORY OF HOW THIS ALL
UNFOLDED. WE’RE TOLD THAT PICK
UP THAT SEMI TRUCK WAS GOING
SOME 60 MILES AN HOUR. IT GOES
OFF THE ROAD, FIRST TAKING DOWN
THAT SIGN FOLLOWED BY THIS
UTILITY POLE. AND IF YOU LOOK UP
AT THE INTERSECTION UP HERE THAT
STREETLIGHT IS NOT WORKING
LIKELY DUE FROM THE TRUCK TAKING
OUT THAT UTILITY POLE NOW THE
TRUCK KEPT GOING. THE DRIVER HAD
LOST CONTROL, AND THAT’S WHEN IT
MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE
INTERSECTION BARELY THROUGH THE
FENCE. JUST FEET AWAY FROM THAT
HOUSE FOR THE HOMEOWNERS. 16
YEAR OLD SON WAS LOUNGING ON HIS
BED INSIDE. IT SOUNDED LIKE
THUNDER IS KIND OF LIKE
UNEXPLAINABLE. THE WORDS 16 YEAR
OLD JOSH EDWARDS SAYS IT
HAPPENED IN A FLASH A SEMI TRUCK
CRASHING THROUGH THEIR FENCE AND
INTO THE BACKYARD THIS AFTERNOON
, RIGHT? THEY’RE MISSING THE
HOUSE WHERE HE WAS LAYING ON THE
BED INSIDE. DID I JUST CALLED
911 AND I RAN OUT THE HOUSE AND
I SAW IT. AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT
I WAS HOME ALONE BECAUSE MY DAD
WAS ACTUALLY AT THAT LIGHT RIGHT
THERE. HIS DAD TELLS LOCAL 4 THE
DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS HAVING A
SEIZURE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE
SEMI JUST MISSING PEDESTRIANS,
TRAFFIC AND THEIR HOUSE. THE
TRUCK WAS PULLED FROM THE LOT,
BUT THE SURROUNDING DAMAGE
REMAINS A REMINDER OF JUST HOW
MUCH WORSE THIS ALL COULD HAVE
BEEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD HAVE
BEEN HURT. IT WAS CRAZY. I COULD
HAVE BEEN HURT. IF MY DAD’S
LIGHT WAS GREEN, HE COULD HAVE
BEEN HURT IN THIS. THE LADY OVER
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT. IT’S
JUST IT’S CRAZY. POLICE TELL US
THAT DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL, BUT THE EXTENT OF HIS
INJURIES IS NOT KNOWN. REPORTING
LIVE IN HAZEL PARK, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. GLAD IT WASN’T
WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS
JACQUELINE. WE APPRECIATE IT.
LINCOLN PARK POLICE
INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASHES A
CAR FULL OF CHILDREN ROLLS OVER
THE DRIVER OF THAT CAR. JUST 14
YEARS OLD. IT HAPPENED LAST
NIGHT ON SECOND AVENUE NEAR
PORTER AND LINCOLN PARK. POLICE
SAY THE DRIVER WAS SPEEDING DOWN
THE STREET AND ACTUALLY
STREAMING LIVE ON INSTAGRAM.
JUST BEFORE CRASHING INTO A
TREE. I WISH I COULD HAVE HELPED
HIM. I’M LIKE I WAS FREAKED OUT.
WHEN I FOUND OUT THERE WERE KIDS
AND I COULDN’T HELP HIM AND I
COULDN’T. I COULDN’T GET NEAR
THE CAR. I MEAN, I DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO
BLOW UP. KILLED IN THAT ACCIDENT
WHERE AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL AND
TWO BOYS 15 AND 18 YEARS OLD 13
YEAR OLD IS HOSPITALIZED IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. THE DRIVER
WHO WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE
WINDSHIELD IS STABLE COUNTY
FATHER IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO
STAB HIS SON TO DEATH. THAT
HAPPENED WEDNESDAY AT THE EAST
POINT HOME OF 68 YEAR OLD
RICHARD MAY CHECK AND HIS 35
YEAR OLD SON. POLICE SAY THE TWO
WERE FIGHTING WHEN MAYAK GOT A
KNIFE AND STABBED HIS SON IN THE
HEAD AND ABDOMEN, 35 YEAR OLD
WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND IS
EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. MAYAK IS
NOW BEING HELD AT THE MACOMB
COUNTY JAIL. DETROIT MAN WHO’S
BEEN WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY
ABUSING HIS EX GIRLFRIEND’S DOG
IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT AFTER
BEING ARRESTED IN OHIO ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL, MAKING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT 55 YEAR
OLD JULIUS HOLLY HAS BEEN
EXTRADITED BACK TO MICHIGAN.
HE’S ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO
HIS EX GIRLFRIEND’S HOUSE AND
TAKING HER YORKSHIRE TERRIER MIX
DOG THAN SENDING HER VIDEOS OF
HIM BEATING AND TORTURING THE
DOG IN DETROIT. THE DOG WAS
TAKEN IN BY MICHIGAN HUMANE AND
HAS SINCE RECOVERED AND RETURNED
HOME TONIGHT. HOLLY IS BEING
HELD IN THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL.
ANOTHER BIG EVENT IS HAPPENING
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT THIS WEEKEND
, AND IT’S ONE THE CITY ACTUALLY
DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE HOSTING.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUFFALO
BILLS. CLEVELAND BROWNS FOOTBALL
GAME AT FORD FIELD THAT WAS
MOVED BECAUSE OF THE SNOWSTORM
THAT’S HITTING WESTERN NEW YORK
RIGHT NOW. TICKETS WENT ON SALE
TODAY TWO BILLS FANS THROUGH A
PRE SALE TICKETS RANGING FROM 10
TO $30. BEFORE FEES. THE GENERAL