. >> coreen zell joins us from washington high school where wilder was an alum. >> george and shannon, a plaque the famous alum. back when he walked the halls, he was just jerry. >> it's not hard to find gene wilder, as long as you know he was jerome silverman. wilder grew up in the sherman park neighborhood and started acting when he was 13, a freshman in high school. it seemed like he was in a lot of the plays more than others >> he received an outstanding ev school. senior year he played and attorney, the night of january 16th. a high school drama teacher encouraged wilder to take acting seriously. >> look at that, steady as a rock. but i shoot with this hand. >> wilder married saturday night life comedian gilda radner. after she passed away in 1989 he started gilda's club an international support network >> it really is the heart of his legacy, that families who are facing cancer can get support they need. >> today's tmj4 was there when wisconsin performing artists all of fame in 1981. that's when he told us his favorite role was young franken stein. >> i was in that role in 1939

our coreen zell is ?live? on the ground. coreen, what can you tell us? officials aren't saying what happened, but they tell me no one is in danger at this point. chopper 4 shows 57th hour ago. the west allis fire department and police are still here. they aren't sharing details surrounding the incident, but confirm no one is trapped. a neighbor knew something wasn't right and that's when she ran outside. (marie hendricks, 15:18:56- i heard somebody yelling i came out by the time i came out i see firemen and just the workers standing around, but as far as what happened i don't know, but i was told someone fell in the hole 15:19:09 ) neighbors saw person taken away by ambulance, but again officials aren't sharing details at this time. live in west allis, coreen zell, today's tmj4. more news now: mourners gather at a northwest side church for the funeral of the man who's death sparked a weekend of violence in sherman park... milwaukee police say sylville smith had a weapon on him when he was shot and killed by an officer.today, friends and family came toget

if you're interested in helping the red cross, you can find reporting live, coreen zell, today's tmj4. >> where would we be without the red cross and volunteers. >>> the aclu is putting pressure on the attorney general in the smith case. >> smith's death led to two days of violence in sherman park. rebecca klopf talked to the aclu about why they want the video released. >> ed flynn, police chief, said the entire incident involng sylville smith took 20 seconds to unfold. we don't know if he activated his camera. the aclu says this could mean you don't hear the actual shots. >> that suggests that the officers didn't turn on their video when they should have. >> the cameras are always recording, but not always saving the video. here's how it works. when an officer wants to save an incident, they double click on the camera. the camera will go back and save the previous 30 seconds of video happened before. there is no audio on that 30 seconds. audio starts the moment the officer double clicks the camera. >> we don't think that it's a defect that if you don't have the audio, if you can have

. >> coreen zell talked with his widow. she joins us live in brookfield with more. >> matthew thompson was a graduate of central. he attended uwm before heading to california to attend school where he met his wife. she calls her husband the most fearless fun-loving person she this brookfield neighborhood is lined with american flags, a way to show support to their neighbors whose son, 28-year-old matthew thompson, the green beret in the army special forces, died, in afghanistan tuesday. >> he was just my best friend. he went out of his way to unconditionally love me. >> they got married five years ago. after meeting at concordia university in california. >> he almost didn't date because really specialized extreme dangerous job. that's who he was. >> thompson enlisted in 2011, he worked as a medic, he was with the foot patrol clearing ieds. the department of defense said thompson died from injuries caused by an explosive. rachel said her husband lost his life doing what he loved. >> he had the time of his life. >> rachel las

. >> coreen zell talked to one of those families affected, along with volunteers who say they need more people to step up and help. >> reporter: charles and carole, more than 20 of those people who lost everything in that apartment fire are staying here tonight, at farnsworth middle school. clothes. >> i don't even ever want to go by that building again. >> jackie is one of more than 40 residents who used to call embers apartments in sheboygan home. now, many have no place to go after the complex caught fire sunday morning, leaving one person dead. >> we were shipped here on this bus shocked, put into the loving hands of these volunteers. and it was amazing. >> 35 red cross volunteers are working around the c those who lost everything in the apartment fire. almost 50 local volunteers are in louisiana assisting with flooding victims. close to ten in california helping with wildfires. the red cross is in need of some help of their own. >> right now, it's a little bit more urgent, because we have so many things happening. >> reporter: they're asking for people to volunteer their time, dona

. >> they were found dead inside >> coreen zell is live where people knew sister margaret would refer to her as a living saint. >> george and carole, the sister has been a member of this congregation for 49 years. every sister would have met her at some point, many knew her very well. today, at saint francis in milwaukee, this family of sisters learned one of their own lost her life to police say 68-year-old sister was found slain in her durant, mississippi, home, along with her roommate, a fellow sister. >> naturally, the news of her death is extremely shocking. she is like a living saint. >> she taught in kenosha during the 70s. the school says sister margaret's memory will live on in the st. joseph community inspired. she moved to mississippi for social work. that's when she and audrey peterson became friends. >> i have never heard sister margaret say anything unkind about another human being. >> she became a nurse practitioner serving the poor in rural mississippi. this video shows both victims side by side. >> this is one of the poorest counties in all of mississippi. statistics.

live in west allis, coreen zell, today's tmj4. more news now: mourners gather at a northwest side church for the funeral of the man who's death sparked a weekend of violence in sherman park... milwaukee police say sylville smith had a weapon on him when he was shot and killed by an officer.today, friends and family came together to remember smith's ?life?. many people arrived early this them wearing red which, we're told, was sylville smith's favorite color. reverend jesse jackson delivered the eulogy. he spoke about issues like segregation, lack of education and poverty. but he also called for law enforcement and the justice system to be more transparent about the shooting investigation: 12:28:09-((: "lack of transparency looks like cover up. and when anything looks like a cover up it creates more suspicion more doubt, fear and rumors.")) wisconsin rn brad schimel said early this week the body camera video showing the shooting will not be released in order to protect the integrity of the investigation. in the wake of smith's deat

live in menomonee falls, coreen zell, today's tmj4. >> let's hear it for civility. >>> everybody is looking ahead to friday's game against san francisco. >> number 12 is expected to make his pre-season debut. rod burks joins us. >> aaron rodgers is expected to play when the packers travel to 49ers. aaron rodgers says his conditioning, even though he sat out the first two games is on pace. >> feeling good with my conditioning. that's the key. doing extra on the side to make sure i'm ready. again, if you're playing the games in pre-season the first two, i wouldn't play a lot anyways. actually, the stuff i'm doing on game day is probably more exertion than the field. with an injury, you would expect callaghan and...with a lost snaps. >> i think joe has improved. and i think they're growing, bret had the opportunity to play against oakland. played well until he was injured. i feel good about where we are. >> in green bay with the pack, i'm rod burks for today's tmj4. >>> and the packers take on the san francisco 49ers friday kickoff is at 9:00 p.m. >>> dancing like nobody's watching, or, in thi