gilliland was a prominent lawyer. he was murdered outside his front door and as of right now people don't have many leads. aches 7 news was there as this group of young people took flowers to the home of attorney james gilliland, a partner kilpatrick, townsend and stockton. he was gunned down on the front porch of his house on mira vista drive last night hand police got the call just before 9:00 p.m. >> they immediately started cpr. paramed hicks arrived shortly after and it was not successful. the person succumbed to his injuries. >> reporter: gilliland handled cases for tech giants like oracle. jim was an absolute pillar of our law firm. he was a close friend as well as mentor and role model to many. >> jim will be missed deeply. >> police and investigators say right now they don't have much to go on. >> as of now there's no suspect information. there's no motive known to us. no witnesses. >> obviously investigators will have to consider whether a disgruntled client could be behind gilliland's murder but they need t

james gilliland jr. was shot to death on his own front porch in el cerritos hills friday night. police say gilliland, an attorney with clients like apple and oracle and sony, was coming home from a social event when he was confronted. his wife and neighbors heard that gunfire. >> we heard two shots and three kind of rapid ones afterwards, and something in my gut says this is not fireworks. >> gilliland was a managing partner and chairman of the litigation department at kill patrick townsend law firm. he was our trusted colleague and close friend as well as a mentor and role model to so many. jim will be missed deeply. police are looking for surveillance video from homes nearby, really any evidence that can help them in that investigation. >>> to a story we broke yesterday, an arrest in the bay area cold case, richmond police say this man, jonathan jackson, raped and beat to death an 82-year-old woman, sun kwon, while she was out on a morning walk in 2012. the case remained unsolved until september, when jackson was arrested on charges of possessing a stolen car. his dna sample w

jim will be missed deeply. >>> gilliland leaves behind three sons and a daughter. his family requested privacy, but his neighbor spoke highly of him. >> he's a good person. and requiring a good father and good family. kids are all really nice and highly accomplished, but yeah it is just horrible. >> jim is a nice family man, a nice pleasant guy. and i'm in total shock. that it is unbelievable that this would happen to jim. i'm hurt to the bone. >> reporter: homicides are almost unheard of in el cerrito. >> they are rare. unfortunately they happen from time to time, but not with great frequency unfortunately. having this despair and an unsolved case at this point. we definitely need people to be aware, to call in suspicious vehicles because it is possible that they were parked in the area and casing for somebody. >> it's shocking and alarming to hear about this happening in our neighborhood. this is a quiet residential neighborhood, so i'm alarmed. >> reporter: police are asking anyone with information including surveillance video of the area to give them a call. in

police say gilliland, a prominent san francisco attorney, with clients like apple. oracle and sony was coming home from a social event when he was confronted on his front porch. his wife heard the gunfire. >> she heard the shots, as did others in the neighborhood. >> gilliland died on his front doorstep. his family posting this note asking for privacy. he was a managing partner and chairman of the litigation department at the kill ppatrick townsend law firm. >> he was our trusted colleague and close friend as well as a mentor and role model to so many. yim will be missed deeply. that's how his long-time neighbor felt who lived down the street from the family for more than 40 years. >> they're very nice people. they're active in the community. >> being sho -- >> we've been talking to a lot of neighbors, and some are saying they saw a white car leaving the area and possibly someone running away. police are also asking for people to come forward with any surveillance video from their home cameras. contact the police if you can help. >> the story we first broke at cold

they said they saw a suspicious vehicle on the street where gilliland was shot. >> the black s.u.v. was pulled over on the wrong side of the road with his lights on. it was kind of a nuisance at the time. >> he was parked the wrong direction and parked in front of a straight fence. there were no houses like he was going to run to a house. >> james gilliland was recently named an intellectual attorney in the county. he was always board member of a new school in east oakland called roses. >> there are so many children and families and even teachers at our school that didn't even know jim and wouldn't know him because he's so humble. >> el~cerrito police say they hope the public can help with tips or information to find anyone connected to this crime. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> the sheriff of the county said he was supposed to take the call that killed one of his deputies. deputy jack hopkins was shot to death earlier this month, responding to a disturbance that happened in elturis near the oregon border. deputy hopkins was working in the courthouse when he volunteered to take the

gilliland practiced intellectual law. police say he had just arrived home from a social event. a short time later his wife and others in the neighborhood heard gunfire. >> there it is, an unsolved case at this point. we definitely need people to be aware to came in suspicious vehicles, because it is possible that they were parked in the area and casing for somebody. >> it's shocking and alarming to hear about homicide in our neighborhood. this is a quiet residential street that is normally very quiet. so i am alarmed. >> police have not made any arrests or identified any systems. they're asking witnesses or anybody with surveillance video from the neighborhood to give them a call. >>> all right, fists fly between two high school girls, and a mother appears to stand by and watch it all unfold. >>> plus, a story that sought of this world. we'll preview the inaugural alien convention happening this weekend in the south. the u.s.those of us whoof freedserved in the military are very proud of that. i believe very, very strongly in our country and what we stand for. i went to iraq in

no suspects have been identified for the shooting of james gilliland. he had just come home when he was confronted and shot by an unknown gunman. he was a prominent san francisco attorney who represented clients like apple, which oracle, and sony. >>> in the bay, it looked like the set of a block buster movie, but this was real. take a look. ka boom. it doesn't work for me, just for her. this is the foundation of the earn fan of the bay bridge. you see it goes boom, happened about 11:30 a.m., chp made sure no one was close to the bridge sight. traffic was slowed and the bike path was closed for the day. they are set for similar demolitions here, and we'll have those for you. >> protestors haunted streets today for better housing. take a look at the castro creepy crawl. lbgt groups spoke out about needs affordable housing. rent in san francisco is crazy, among the highest in the country. speeches were held before protestors set off. >> in this time, we want people to know what the real scary thing happening and it is the rental market. >> they made their

the police tell us gilliland was killed on his porch and they have little information to go on. >> there's a person who says they saw possibly a white car leaving the area about that time. and some of of the things they saw was running in the block around that time but that's it. >> 62-year-old james gilliland land was an intellectual property attorney with clients like apple, sony and oracle. some said he was a pillar of our law if i were, a trusted colleague and close friend and a mentor and role model to so many. it's a murder that's shaken the otherwise quiet neighborhood. >> what's your biggest concern? >> that the person is still on the loose. >> there are near buy homes with surveillance cameras and police are looking for further help from the public. in el~cerrito, abc7 news. >>> we have new details on the millennium tower, the san francisco skyscraper that's both sinking and tilting. abc7 news has now learned that building inspectors allowed construction on the tower to proceed just as they denied a similar high rise project. abc7 news reporter katie utis has more. >> she shows us

no suspects have been identified in the shooting of 62-year-old james gilliland outside his home thursday night. investigators say he had just come home when he was confronted and shot by an unknown gunman. >>> in campbell police are looking for a man who robbed a bank yesterday at the chase bank near the corner of winchester boulevard and hamilton avenue. he told the teller he had a gun, demanded cash, and walked out of the bank. he's got a maroon shooter, black hoodie and black baseball cap. >>> in san francisco, protesters haunted the street for better housing. several lgbt groups spoke out for better housing. the event started as harvey milk plaza. >> we want to make sure people know the serious thing happening is the rental market, an affordability crisis. >> they made their way down the street, holding flags, doing chanting. they want to make it easier for working families to live in the city. >>> a native american youth group from the east bay has quite the experience. they traveled to where people are demonstrating against the dakota access pipeline. i'm christie smith. we'll have

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police say jim gilliland, a partner at kilpatrick, townsend and stockton, in san francisco was walking up to his house after leaving a social event last night. someone opened fire around 8:45 killing him on his front porch while his wife was home. >> i heard pow pow, pow pow pow. it was two and then three really fast and we both looked at each other and said that's got to be gunfire. >> reporter: they had been on the block mere minutes before the shooting and saw something suspicious near jim's house. >> there was like a dark colored suv parked the wrong way on the road. as you were driving up, its headlights were toward us. >> reporter: police are also exploring other leads. >> there was a white car seen leaving right around this time and someone also thinks they saw somebody running in the block. >> reporter: tonight jim's family members did not want to talk about the murder. a sign on their door referred questions to police. neighbors told us the family ask they not speak about the murder out of respect. one man said this is an area where murders simply do not happen. >> i'm surpris

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gilliland was an attorney at a san francisco law firm. neighbors say they can not believe what happened. police are working to gather more evidence. no arrests have been made at this point. happening today. cal-trans will be imploding another section of the old bay bridge.and that might affect traffic on the bridge it is scheduled to start at 11 this morning. you may remember this video from last november. that's when caltrans initially blew up part of the old eastern span. the bike path on the new east span will be closed during the operation. caltrans says it's taken steps to ensure safety for the environment and marine life. they are taking precautionary measures to contain the debris from the implosion. check email for info -- caltrans imploding one of the old bay bridge piers tomorrow we have video from previous implosions -- could cause traffic impact when its happening. coming up. >> rebecca: >> marty:a popular food spot shut down for business. what inspectors found that forced them to close it down. and the theme of the week conti

james gilliland was a partner at kilpatrick townsend where he focused on intellectual property. he just got home at the 260000 block of mira vista drive when he was shot. his wife was inside at the time. >> she heard the shots as did others in the neighborhood. and it was unfortunately found out that it was her husband that was being shot outside. >> neighbors say they remember seeing a white car and someone running around the time of the shooting. no arrests have been made. police don't believe the victim was involved anything illegal. >>> san francisco supervisors reacting to the millennium tower fiasco talked today about how best to beef up standards for construction. the 58-story tower has sunk 16." it's also started leaning since it was built in 2009. the board of supervisors held a new hearing this afternoon. they questioned city inspectors and others about what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. >>> santa clara's mayor says that the 49ers are not playing ball like they should with independent auditors. city leaders want to know if taxpayer money is bei