‘Chicago Fire’ actor Brian J. White, neighbors sprung into action to take down illegal immigrant with ‘flamethrower’ near LA fires


‘Chicago Fire’ actor Brian J. White, neighbors sprung into action to take down illegal immigrant with ‘flamethrower’ near LA fires

By Nicholas McEntyre Published Jan. 15, 2025, 1:42 a.m. ET A former “Chicago Fire” actor and his neighbors jumped into action and detained a “flamethrower”-wielding Mexican national near the Kenneth Fire threatening the area during a dramatic citizen’s arrest last week. Brian J. White — who portrayed Captain Dallas Patterson on the hit NBC show — was gearing up to flee his Woodland Hills home if the fire jumped from the neighboring West Hills neighborhood on Thursday when he heard shouting from outside. “I hear screaming, ‘Put it down, put it down,’” White told Deadline of one of his neighbors confronting 33-year-old Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva. The actor believed there was a gunman outside, as his daughter hid in a closet and he raced outside to help his fellow good Samaritans.