Reporter: Associated Press Email

4 firefighters shot, 2 dead in western NY

WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) -- The police chief in Webster, N.Y., says that four firefighters were shot while responding to a blaze in the town near Rochester and that two are dead.

Chief Gerald Pickering says "one or more shooters" fired at the firefighters Monday morning. Police say they had arrived at the scene of the blaze near the Lake Ontario shore around 6 a.m.

Officials say a fire started in one home and spread to two others and a car. There also was no active shooter at the scene.


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  • by Scott1 on Dec 24, 2012 at 02:08 PM
    We should arm the firefighters, too!
  • by Szabla Location: Location on Dec 24, 2012 at 10:57 AM
    This is again the judges’ fault for letting this criminal out of jail. Another, of the 78 people who kill each day that should be still in jail, what a corrupt system we have.

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