mike gayle came in from california. he knew jess for more than 40 years. and i came back to honor jess s 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 women s 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. courtne
fox 5 news at 9:00 starts now. this is a fox a huge apartment complex under construction goes up in flames. this is a our phones in the newsroom were ringing off the hook. video also came pouring on to our facebok page, this video posted by derado gomez. you can see the flames at guadalupe and gilbert road. if you think this looks familiar, it s because back on november 23rd, an apartment went up in flames. this time, a three alarm blaze. we are live there with stefania okolie. stefania? i can tell you things right now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. i m standing right in front of an apartment complex where i m told four buildings went up in flai flames. we ll go of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. we are told that the fire started just after 7:00. i m told that nearly or more than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. and i m told that two buildings were evac
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. but i can tell you, this is a drastic it s drastically definite from what we initially saw. we ll go ahead and show you some video that was sen i 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 25-30 people were forced out of their homes. is going to be a total loss. they are working to get everyone out of the buildings surrounding this area. what we do
now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. i m standing right in front of an apartment complex where i m told four buildings went up in flai flames. we ll 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 i m told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 25-30 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. it s 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
fire started, i can tell you crews are still hard at work here. we are in a plaza that s 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 it s drastically definite from what we initially saw. we ll 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 25-30 people they already kn