GOOD MORNING EVERYONE THIS IS ALLIE BROWN REPORTING FOR

KALAMAZOO’S CHANNEL 3 NEWS.

AUTHORITIES CLOSE THEIR BOOKS ON LAST DECEMBERS SANDY HOOK

MASSACRE. ALMOST A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE 20-YEAR-OLD ADAM LANZA

SHOT AND KILLED HIS MOTHER, 20 FIRST GRADERS, SIX ADULTS, AND HIMSELF.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE MOTIVE BEHIND

LANZA’S ASSAULT. POLICE REPORTS SHOW THAT LANZA PLANNED HIS ACTIONS,

BUT THERE IS STILL NO INDICATION WHY HE TARGETED SANDY HOOK

ELEMENTARY. REPORTS SAY THAT LANZA HAD SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH

ISSUES AND HAD A STRONG INTEREST WITH MASS MURDERS AND FIRE ARMS.

INVESTIGATORS FOUND SPREADSHEETS ON LANZA’S COMPUTER DETAILING

MASS MURDERS OVER THE YEARS. CONNECTICUT POLICE FINALLY DECIDE TO

CLOSE THIS CASE MONDAY AFTER A YEAR WORTH OF INVESTIGATING.

A PHILADELPHIA DETECTIVE IS SUSPENDED AFTER BEING CONNECTED TO

A SERIES OF MURDERS. 16-YEAR VETERAN DETECTIVE RONALD DOVE HAS BEEN

SUSPENDED FOR 30 DAYS FOR POSSIBLY COVERING UP FOUR MURDERS IN THE

LAST THREE YEARS. ALL OF THESE MURDERS INVOLVE DOVE’S GIRLFRIEND

ERICA SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ IS CONNECTED TO THE DEATH OF HER EX-

BOYFRIEND CESAR VERA WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.

JUST DAYS AFTER VERA’S DEATH, DOVE TOLD DETECTIVES HANDLING THE CASE

TO GO EASY ON SANCHEZ BECAUSE HE KNEW HER. POLICE BEGAN TO QUESTION

DOVES TIES TO SANCHEZ AND DISCOVERED HE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH

COVERING UP OTHER KILLINGS. PHILADELPHIA POLICE PLAN TO DISMISS

DETECTIVE DOVE ONCE MORE EVIDENCE IS DISCOVERED.

IN LIGHTER NEWS DETROIT TALKS ABOUT REMOVING A MAJOR FREEWAY

IN REPLACE FOR A WALKABLE SURFACE STREET. THE CITY OF DETROIT AND

THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE FORMED A

COMMITTEE TO STUDYING THE REMOVAL OF I-375. THE FREEWAY RUNS FROM

1-75 NEAR GRATIOT SOUTH TO JEFFERSON AVENUE. I-375 CREATES

CONNECTIONS TO THE RENAISSANCE CENTER, COBO CENTER AND MANY OTHER

AREAS IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. I-375 WOULD BE REPLACED BY A SURFACE

STREET THAT WOULD MAKE FOR EASIER CONNECTIONS TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

MICHIGAN GAS PRICES RISE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK. ACCORDING TO AAA

MICHIGAN GAS PRICES STATE WIDE ARE AROUND THREE DOLLARS AND 33

CENTS. THAT’S ABOUT SEVEN CENTS HIGHER THAN PRICES LAST WEEK. THE

CHEAPEST PRICE FOR GAS IS IN THE MARQUETTE AREA AVERAGING AROUND

THREE DOLLARS AND 25 CENTS PER GALLON. THE HIGHEST PRICES ARE IN THE

SAGINAW AND BAY CITY AREA AT ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND 38 CENTS PER

GALLON.

IN OTHER NEWS THE NEW “HUNGER GAMES” FILM BREAKS NOVEMBER

RECORDS. “THE HUNGER GAMES” SEQUEL “CATCHING FIRE” BROUGHT IN AN

ESTIMATED 161 MILLION DOLLARS ON ITS OPENING WEEKEND. ONLY THREE

MOVIES HAVE EVER OPENED HIGHER THAN “CATCHING FIRE” WHICH INCLUDE;

“THE AVENGERS”, “IRON MAN 3”, AND “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEADLY

HALLOWS PART 2.” “CATCHING FIRE” IS EXPECTED TO SURPASS “THE HUNGER

GAMES” DOMESTIC TOTAL OF 408 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE COMEDY SHOW “FAMILY GUY” SHOCKS ITS VIEWERS BY KILLING OFF

A MAJOR CHARACTER. ON SUNDAY’S EPISODE THE GRIFFINS FAMILY DOG BRIAN

DIES. THIS INTELLIGENT DOG WAS WALKING TOWARD THE STREET WHEN HE

WAS HIT BY A MOVING CAR. BRIAN’S INJURIES WERE TOO SEVERE AND WAS

FORCED TO SAW FAREWELL TO HIS FAMILY. THE SERIES PLANS TO REPLACE

BRIAN WITH ANOTHER DOG NAMED VINNY. “FAMILY GUYS” EXECUTIVE

PRODUCER STEVE CALLAGHAN SAID THAT THEY ARE EXCITED FOR THE NEW

CHANGE IN CHARACTERS.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING KALAMAZOO, THIS IS ALLIE BROWN

REPORTING FOR CHANNEL 3.

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