you watch the news every day and you neverty it will hit close it home like this. i don't know how we are going to get through this. she was the backbone. >> reporter: brandy said her cousin, 26-year-old march keith that campbell was shot dead after going out to celebrate a friend's family. >> she has two babies, christmas is next week. what are they going to do. >> reporter: the argument that lead to the shooting started at a bar a few miles away. the altercation moved to this parking lot outside of big boy's subs. the argument escalated. when police arrived, they said three people were shot. one, family has identified as -- she worked as a certified nursing assistant and had just gotten off work last night before the shooting. >> i just got the phone call that my best friend was up here, fighting. that's it, that's all. >> reporter: her mother said her daughter was her best friend, now, she hopes for justice for her daughter. >> my baby is gone and i have to raise her two kid says. >> i'm not mad at nobody, i'm not mad at god. i just hope that whoever did it -- i'm going to put it in god's hands, not the court's hands. >> wgn news. >> police are also search are not the gunman that shot an wounded a woman in the north austin area. it happened this afternoon. the 25-year-old victim was taken to loyola hospital after being being shot in the back. she's in stable condition. >> a fair of friends who had plans to do ice fishing in mchenry county have been hailed as heros, tonightent the men spotted a house on fire and immediately sprang into action. >> i started to kick the windows in the basement of the house and started to scream "fire, fire" and the gentlemen came and opened the front door and i said "there is a fire going on." at that time, the wife came running downstairs to a house on fire. you could tell she just woke up. disoriented. didn't know what was going on i asked her how many children were in the house, she said one. i said get them, your house is on fire. >> thanks to their actions, the family was able to escape the fire without injuries. >> we went over there and got everybody out of the house. >> two minutes, the whole back of the house was in flames, it's great everybody got out safely. >> the house is almost a total loss, but firefighters were able to pull out almost all of the family's christmas gifts, which were wrapped and under the tree. >> a cancer-causing metal, turning up in tap water this chicago and several other cities. it's the metal made famous in the film erin brockovich. there is no requirement to test for the toxic metal. repeated inquiries from the chicago tribune brought no response from the department water of management. >> a show of campaign strength for campaigner annie davis. a public fund-raiser where davis discussed his plan if he is elected mayor. he said creating a city where everyone is equal is unwith of his priorities. one chicago -- >> and davis said improving education and job opportunities is another way that he can close the gap between wealthy and poor communities. >> another candidate, carol mosely braun, campaigning and announcing plans to improve the allocation of contracts to minority and women in businesses. >> when you get through adding up all of the groups covered why this law, you are talking about a majority of the population and the question is are we going to be a city of inclusion and diversity or a city of exclusions? i think we have to move out of the business as usual mode. >> able speaking at her campaign headquarters, she said she intends to fix the failed minority set aside program, doing it by unbundling projects and holding department heads responsible. >> it's being hailed by gay activists as a chemo meant in civil rights. next, the decision to repeal the "don't ask don't tell." the window is shrinking to take action of a hot button bill of legislation aiming to give additional aid to september 11th first responders. >> why tomorrow will give many in america a chance to see something that has not happened in more than 450 years. jim? >> bob, they may have to see it from an airplane because it looks bike the first of two snow systems is coming into the area tomorrow. i'll have details and a full forecast, still ahead. 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