>> Kim: IT MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAPPY, FOR SURE.
>> Jason: AS A RESULT OF THE
GOVERNOR’S ORDER, THE MHSAA SAID
FOOTBALL TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED
TO GET BACK ON THE FIELD THIS
COMING TUESDAY TO RESUME
PRACTICE WITH GAMES STARTING IN
TWO WEEKS.
>>> HEARTBREAK FOR THE WAYNE
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
AFTER A BELOVED CORPORAL WAS
KILLED BY AN INMATE INSIDE THE
COUNTY JAIL.
>> Kim: CORPORAL BRYANT SEARCY
WAS AN 18 YEAR VETERAN AND A
BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER AND
BEING REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE
GOOD GUYS.
>> Shawn: ABSOLUTELY.
AND THIS IS SUCH A TRAGEDY ON SO
MANY LEVELS.
WE’LL GET TO THAT.
FIRST, WE’RE REMEMBERING
CORPORAL SEARCY, SPEAKING TO THE
PASTOR AT THE CHURCH THEY WENT
TO IN DETROIT.
HE SAID, WHEN CORPORAL SEARCY
SMILED, YOU FELT IT.
YOU’LL SEE IT IN THE PHOTOS
WE’LL SHOW YOU.
WE SPOKE TO THE CORPORAL’S
DAUGHTER WHO GOT A CALL FROM HER
MOTHER THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
CRUSHING.
WHEN THE CORPORAL WAS ATTACKED
BY AN INMATE AND LOST HIS LIFE,
HIS DAUGHTER AT COLLEGE IN NORTH
CAROLINA GOT A CALL FROM HER
MOTHER.
>> MY MOTHER COULDN’T TELL ME.
MY GODMOTHER TOLD ME.
>> Jason: TODAY, A MASSIVE
OUTPOURING OVER THE LOSS OF THE
18-YEAR VETERAN DEPUTY WHO
TOUCHED LIVES EVERYWHERE HE
WENT.
SHE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS
MESSAGES.
>> HE ALWAYS MADE SURE I KNEW
THAT THE GOOD I DID TO OTHERS
WOULD COME BACK TO ME.
>> Shawn: HIS DEATH ROCKING THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
>> WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO THE
WIFE AND DAUGHTER?
>> WE’LL BE HERE FOR YOU ANY WAY
WE CAN.
>> Shawn: HIS PASTOR.
>> THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS
THE LOVE HE SHARED WITH HIS WIFE
AND HE IMPARTED IN HIS DAUGHTER.
>> Shawn: HE WORKED WITH HIM FOR
YEARS.
>> HE STOOD OUT AS SUCH A
PROFESSIONAL.
>> Shawn: THE QUESTION IS, HOW
DID THIS HAPPEN?
WE’RE DIGGING INTO THAT AT 6:00.
STAY TUNED.
WE’RE LEARNING THIS INMATE
SOMEHOW BLOCKED THE LOCK ON HIS
CELL DOOR.
INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO HOW
HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, SO THE
DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK.
WE’RE ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FACT
THAT SOURCES ARE TELLING US THAT
CORPORAL SEARCY WAS MAKING HIS
ROUNDS ALONE, A MAJOR PROBLEM!
HIS PARTNER WAS NOT WITH HIM AND
THE ATTACK LASTED 20-30 MINUTES.
MUCH MORE AT 6:00.
>> Kim: IT’S AWFUL!
I KNOW HE DIDN’T ALWAYS WORK IN
THE JAIL.
THE JAIL.
HE HAD AN IMPACT AT JUVENILE
COURT AS WELL.
>> Shawn: JUVENILE COURT WHERE
HE WAS WORKING AS A DEPUTY AND
DOING MUCH MORE.
YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING
THROUGH IN CRISIS.
SO HE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO
TALK TO THEM.
WE HEARD A STORY THAT HE CARRIED
A ROLODEX OF MOTIVATIONAL
QUOTES, AND HE WOULD WHIP IT OUT
AND READ A QUIT RIGHT THEN AND
THERE AND TOUCHED LIVES
EVERYWHERE HE WENT.
WHEN HE SMELLED, YOU FELT IT.
