Mike gayle came in from california. He knew jess for more than 40 years. And i came back to honor jesss memory and to comfort the family in some ways with some stories. Some of them with pretty funny. Some of them are just jess. Reporter jess fought for American Indian rights in grass root movements. He was the first native american on the Chicago Police force and janelle says was a protective father. My first car date, he had the guy bring in and sho of insurance before i was allowed in the car. Janelle says they will not stop fighting for justice and thanks the community for their love and support thus far. They have a saying, that when womens hearts are on the ground, all is lost. Well, our hearts were slammed to the ground. And it was the power of their love and support, the people that you see here today, many others across the nation that stopped their world for us for a little while. Reporter silent witness is information leading to an arrest. Courtney griffin, fox 10 news. And
Now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. Im standing right in front of an apartment complex where im told four buildings went up in flai flames. Well go ahead and show you some of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. We are told that the fire started just after 7 . Than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. And im told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 2530 people were forced out of their homes. We spoke to the battalion chief just a little while ago. He says that this is really just an unfortunate situation for everyone who lives in this area. Citizens in the area. Its obviously very damaging to them. In downtown, a very vibrant district right here. We have shut down downtown gilbert road for folks in every direction. We have got a lot of guys and gals out there working to isolate this, but so far no report of in
Fire started, i can tell you crews are still hard at work here. We are in a plaza thats pretty much adjacent to where these four apartment buildings caught on fire. You can still see they have those aerials going, lots of water, about 1500 gallons of water being spewed about a minute right now. I can tell you within the last ten minutes, we have seen small fires still sparking in these buildings, a lot of smoldering going on, and the crews are still working from the outside because the structure is not safe for them to go inside. Drastic its drastically definite from what we initially saw. Well go ahead and show you some video that was sent into the fox 10 news room that shows these buildings in flames. Again, the battalion chief tells me about four buildings caught on fire here. During that time, two buildings also near these apartment buildings also had to be evacuated due to the heat that was coming from this fire and a lot of smoke, about 2530 people they already know the structure
Now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. Im standing right in front of an apartment complex where im told four buildings went up in flai flames. Well go ahead and show you some of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. We are told that the fire started just after 7 . Than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. And im told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 2530 people were forced out of their homes. We spoke to the battalion chief just a little while ago. He says that this is really just an unfortunate situation for everyone who lives in this area. Citizens in the area. Its obviously very damaging to them. In downtown, a very vibrant district right here. We have shut down downtown gilbert road for folks in every direction. We have got a lot of guys and gals out there working to isolate this, but so far no report of in
Fire started, i can tell you crews are still hard at work here. We are in a plaza thats pretty much adjacent to where these four apartment buildings caught on fire. You can still see they have those aerials going, lots of water, about 1500 gallons of water being spewed about a minute right now. I can tell you within the last ten minutes, we have seen small fires still sparking in these buildings, a lot of smoldering going on, and the crews are still working from the outside because the structure is not safe for them to go inside. Drastic its drastically definite from what we initially saw. Well go ahead and show you some video that was sent into the fox 10 news room that shows these buildings in flames. Again, the battalion chief tells me about four buildings caught on fire here. During that time, two buildings also near these apartment buildings also had to be evacuated due to the heat that was coming from this fire and a lot of smoke, about 2530 people they already know the structure