Local for News starts now with a breaking news alert and that breaking news is happening right now Detroit’s West Side that’s where two people are dead after a shooting at a busy street corner right now police have shut down that intersection but so many questions remain that’s right this is happening
Right along the Southfield service drive at 8 Mile with officers working to figure out exactly what happened Mar McDonald is live at the scene Mar what can you tell us so far Kimberly we just got briefed by dpd and the bottom line to all of this is
We’ve got two men who are dead who shot each other with the same gun it is bizarre let me show you the scene is still active out here and we’ve got to be careful with what we show you because there is a man who is dead on the ground
Um and this is very strange the man who is deceased seems to have been driving a black Dodge Charger and he looks young to me I mean probably 30s um there is a known p hand Handler who who sits in his wheelchair in this intersection he’s a
Double ampute in his 60s for some reason these two men got into some sort of fight out here it’s unclear over what dpd isn’t sure but one of them produced a gun also dpd not sure which of them was armed they fought over this gun one
Shot was fired they fought some more and both of them have ended up being shot and killed by each other with the same firearm and I’ll tell you people who drive home this way who are so used to seeing that panhandler here you know most of people stop and give them a
Couple bucks they told me that they they simply can’t believe what’s happened out here take a listen I’m shocked I’m totally shocked right now cuz I see him this my way home every day and to see him laying there man to see that wheelchair and him not in it got my
Heart just racing like where is he at back here live so we’ve got one of these men is dead on the scene the other man who was in the wheelchair was taken to Providence pronounced Dead on Arrival I’ll tell you homicide is out here going to these various businesses trying to
Find some video to see if they can figure out what led up to what is truly one of the more strange things I’ve seen in quite some time uh we’re live on the TRS west side right now I’m Mara McDonald local okay Mara thank you our other top story tonight police and
Community leaders were out canvasing a neighborhood on Detroit’s East Side they were looking for clues in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old which happen Sunday night at the intersection of beaconfield and Corville sha L live with more on this and uh Sean the chief was out there with them
Right absolutely because to get out there the chief said from the start and dpd said from the SC look we’re going to need the community’s help the Public’s help to get a leg up some kind of Clue here because a car drives by the kids roller skating shots are fired the car
Takes off so I need to go door to door to find out if anyone saw the car did doorbell cameras catch a glimpse of the car so they could get something to go on here also tonight Deon we’re learning about a possible motive in the shooting
Of an 11-year-old boy we’re going to be walking the neighborhood with our community groups working to track down a child killer on Detroit’s East Side Detroit police chief James White along with other community members going door too in the area of Beaconsfield and Corville this is where 11-year-old
Latrell mines was shot and killed as he played with his friends outside Sunday evening around 7 he and the other neighborhood kids were roller skating a car drove by stopped and opened fire Latrell was hit he later died at the hospital an outrageous act of violence
And the only way to track down the person who fired the deadly shots at kids playing is to be out where it happened asking neighbors what they saw anything unusual anything uh around that time a 7:00 p.m. Sunday night that may have been different anything that someone may have captured on a video
System that we can use to bring some justice to to L lr’s family tonight we are working our sources to find out more about how and why this could happen we are learning that the shooting that looks like a random driveby shooting likely was not random that 11-year-old
Latrell sources believe was the target of the gunman sources tell me that 11-year-old Latrell was apparently involved in a dispute with a teen who has ties to a gang in the area this is about an 11-year-old child who was out front playing and I’m hopeful that you
Know that would tug at the hearts of folks and say if I got anything or I know anything I’m going to do everything I can to bring Justice to this family absolutely that’s what the chief is hoping for maybe they’ll be getting those answers as they’re out there canvasing that neighborhood and guys
11-year-old shot and killed while roller skating with its friends absolutely mindboggling then to find out Perhaps it is not random and a 13 or 14y old may be the suspect here we’ll keep following this but it’s not getting any better this is getting worse back to you so
Sure sounds like it all right Sean gosh a 35-year-old Romulus man is facing murder charges and the death of a couple on the Lodge Freeway prosecutors say it all started on January 6th near Greenfield an 8 Mile they say anhel Melendez or fled from police in a stolen vehicle
Reaching speeds of more than 100 mph during the chase he’s accused of driving the wrong way along the lodge until he was stopped when he hit another vehicle head-on killing both passengers those passengers you see here in the picture were the parents it was the parents that
Were in the car parents of six children if convicted Melendez Ortiz faces life in prison now to our exclusive WDIV poll and the startling results showing most Michigan ganders don’t like either front runner in the race for the White House poll shows 76% of Voters want a
Candidate other than Joe Biden on the Democratic side 62% of Voters want a candidate other than former president Trump on the Republican side will Jones live with us tonight will people on both sides of the aisle sounding the alarm over the numbers that we’ve seen Deon and Kimberly I spoke with a Democratic
And Republican strategist about the current state of the presidential race and 10 months out from the general election what they both agree on is President Joe Biden is in trouble here in Michigan the 2024 general election could be a replay of 2020 at the top of the ticket but with a different result
According to a new WDIV Detroit News poll if the election was held today 46% of Michigan voters said they would support Donald Trump while 38% would choose Joe Biden I think it’d be a mistake to read into this being about Trump being popular it it has much more to do with Biden
Being very unpopular I’m not convinced that this is fixable with this candidate um you know so if you’re a highlevel Democrat um you should be focused on um you know getting the president to give the L LBJ speech right if nominated I won’t run if elected I won’t serve
According to the poll Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer would win in a matchup against Trump in Michigan California governor Gavin usum would fear a little better against Trump than Biden but would still lose the poll also found former un Ambassador Nikki Haley would defeat Biden in Michigan FOC regardless
Of what you think of Trump’s behavior um you know America seemed to work a little bit better the president has been out making an argument that you have to vote to reelect me to save American democracy from Donald Trump the voters don’t care about that as much as he wants them to
The voters care about um issues that affect them and their families directly Michigan has 15 electoral votes up for grabs in the race to 270 both Biden and Trump won here before before Trump the last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was George HW Bush and
1988 Devin back to you really something will what are the concerns then about the down ballot races in light of what we see in the poll well Deon and particularly among the Democrats they’re very concerned that Biden could be a drag on the State House makeup and who
The state sends to Congress yeah Deon that open senate seat certainly among them yeah all right will we are all in on the Detroit Lions all quiet right now live pictures of Ford Field it will not be that quiet late this weekend uh going to be rocking
Sunday night for the first ever playoff game in that building they are taking on Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in the first game of the Wild Card round we got Bernie here now for the Lions I guess one of the big questions is about Sam leap Porter and his injury
Is he going to play well that’s the question everybody I think in town is wondering and at this moment there’s no definitive word on tight end Sam lorta he suffered a hyperextended knee and Bone bruise on Sunday against the Vikings Dan Campbell said today and he sounded a bit more optimistic you might
See leaport he said leaport is getting better but they’re not there yet we’ve got highlights of Jared gof he was a big subject for Dan Campbell today that’s because gof did take the Rams to the Super Bowl so when you talk big games and big moments he’s been in those big
Games and big moments Campbell says G is the guy for this moment he’s been to the big one you know so he’s dealt with this a number of times not just the playoff wins and uh you know I bring this up again he came to our place NFC
Championship game and won the game for him you know and uh and so he’s been in the big ones and he understands what it is he understands that you can’t get too high or too low you just you focus on your job all right good words for uh Mr
Golf Lions currently favored by three and a half points against the Rams as you know you could see the game here on Local 4 pregame show begins in about 10 minutes love it it really started with the end of the last game that is so true really exciting stuff speaking of that
We do have you covered for everything leading up to Sunday night’s game right here on Local 4 tune in to our Allin playoff edition special Sunday night at 6:30 we’ll get you ready with special interviews and some of the Lions fans that make these games so great then be
Sure to stay with us after the game for local for news 11 is 30ish somewhere around in there actually whatever it takes if we’re headed for a wind right now to the weather temperature still staying above the freezing Mark as we take a look at well that’s a different
Shade of gray from yesterday I think isn’t it from our wsor Sky Camp that’s right the focus though is starting to shift to the weekend and snow in the forecast so let’s get over to Kim Adams hi Kim hi Kim can we put a filter on that there’s got to be an Instagram
Filter for that Sky Kim make it look a little brighter around here it’s just gray another gloomy day 38 downtown at least temps are above freezing but it’s been windy today 40 m per hour gusts at city and Metro airports 32 m per hour winds in an arbor and 37 in Pontiac and
You combine that with the temp and you get wind chills that are pretty cold in the 20s 25 is what it feels like right now in Pontiac and how also in an arbor 28 at Metro and 29 the current windchill down in Monroe tomorrow we have a little
Clipper coming through so between about 4:00 or 5 in the morning and 11:00 in the morning we’ll see a quick light accumulation with highs in the afternoon at 37 degrees we’ve got some snow ahead for Friday night and into Saturday and then the Arctic air comes in and boy is
It a blast of cold there with our highs by Tuesday only at 11 degrees we’ll talk about the storm for the weekend coming up
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